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  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    PI Roger Summons
    Members 44 (See)
    Active Dates 11/2007 - 7/2012
    Team Website http://www.complex-life.org/

    Executive Summary

    Project Reports

    Bowring Project

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.2

    Erwin Project

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 4.2, 6.1

    Grotzinger Project

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES:

    Pearson Project

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.2, 4.2, 6.1, 7.1

    Peterson Project

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES:

    Requirements for the development and maintenance of complex life

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.2, 4.2

    Segre Project

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES:

    Summons Project

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES:

    EPO Reports

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    Project Reports

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  • 1.1 Models of formation and evolution of habitable planets
  • 1.2 Indirect and direct astronomical observations of extrasolar habitable planets
  • 2.1 Mars exploration
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  • 3.1 Sources of prebiotic materials and catalysts
  • 3.2 Origins and evolution of functional biomolecules
  • 3.3 Origins of energy transduction
  • 3.4 Origins of cellularity and protobiological systems
  • 4.1 Earth's early biosphere
  • 4.2 Foundations of complex life
  • 5.1 Environment-dependent, molecular evolution in microorganisms
  • 5.2 Co-evolution of microbial communities
  • 5.3 Biochemical adaptation to extreme environments
  • 6.1 Environmental changes and the cycling of elements by the biota, communities, and ecosystems
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    • Astrobiology: Life in the Universe
    • Editor: Daniella Scalice
    • NASA Official: Edward Goolish
    • Last Updated February 14, 2012
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