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Project Reports

• Chemical Building Blocks

  ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.0 2.0 11.0 13.0

• Studies of Organic Matter and Water in Meteorites

  ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.0 8.0 9.0 11.0

• Geobiology and Geochemistry of Early Earth and Mars

  ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0

• Module 1A

  ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.0 5.0 8.0 11.0

• Organic Synthesis at High Temperatures

  ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.0

• Hydrothermal Organic Synthesis

  ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.0 2.0 3.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 11.0 13.0

• Biogeochemistry of Earth’s Greenhouse Leading to the Rise of Oxygen

  ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.0 5.0 12.0 13.0 14.0 15.0

• Theoretical Studies of Hydrothermal Synthesis Reactions

  ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.0 2.0 3.0 5.0 7.0 8.0 9.0

• Evolution of Atmospheric O2, Climate, and Biosphere – Hiroshi Ohmoto

  ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.0 2.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 10.0 12.0 14.0 15.0

• Organic Chemical Evolution From the Solar Nebula to the Earth

  The focus of this work is to understand the organic chemical evolution of extraterrestrial organics, beginning in the solar nebula, through to delivery to the Earth.

  ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.0 11.0

• The Planetary Context of Biological Evolution: Molecular and Isotopic Approaches to Microbial Ecology and Biogeochemistry

  ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.0 2.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 14.0

• Evolution of Earth’s Early Life

  ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.0 5.0 8.0

• A New Molecular Recognition Instrument for Astrobiological Applications

  ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.0 2.0 6.0 9.0

• Switzer – Self-Reproducing Molecular Systems and Darwinian Chemistry

  ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.0 2.0 3.0 9.0

• Biological Studies of Hydrothermal Systems

  ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.0 2.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 12.0 14.0

• Biogeochemistry of the Early Earth

  ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.0 5.0 7.0 12.0

• MASSE Development (Formally MILDI)

  ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 17.0

• Isotopic and Molecular Tracers of Life

  ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.0 3.0 5.0 6.0 8.0 9.0 11.0 14.0 16.0

• New Technique Development and Application

  ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.0 6.0 8.0 17.0

• Environment of Prebiotic Earth and the Origin of Life: Experimental Approach

  ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.0

• Environment of Prebiotic Earth and the Origin of Life: Chemistry of Hydrogen Cyanide

  The role of hydrogen cyanide polymer chemistry in the origin of life has provoked much speculation. In spite of extensive efforts by many groups, a satisfactory understanding of this polymer’s structure and mechanism of formation still eludes us. Our studies involve the synthesis of Hydrogen Cyanide (HCN) polymers under a variety of conditions and the application of modern powerful analytical methods for structure elucidation

  ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.0 2.0 9.0

• Dynamics of Comets, Asteroids, and Planets

  ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.0 5.0 9.0 11.0

• Delivery of Organic Materials to Planets

  ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.0 5.0 11.0