NAI
2004 Annual Science Report
SETI Institute
Reporting | JUL 2003 – JUN 2004
Executive Summary
The NASA Astrobiology Roadmap asks three fundamental questions: (1) How does life begin and evolve? (2) Does life exist elsewhere in the universe? and (3) What is the future of life on Earth and beyond? The SETI Institute NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI) team is conducting a set of coupled research projects in the co-evolution of life and its planetary environment. These projects begin by examining certain fundamental ancient transitions that ultimately made complex life possible on Earth. They will conclude with a synthesis that will bring many of the team’s investigations together into an examination of the suitability of planets orbiting M stars for either single-celled or more complex life.
The astrobiology roadmap calls for a strategy "for recognizing novel biosignatures" that "ultimately should accommodate a diversity of habitable conditions, biota and technologies in the universe that probably exceeds the diversity observed on Earth." ... Continue reading.
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Rocco Mancinelli
NAI, ASTEP, ASTID, Exobiology -
TEAM Active Dates:
11/2003 - 10/2008 CAN 3 -
Members:
18 (See All) - Visit Team Page
Project Reports
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Planetary Biology, Evolution and Intelligence
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.2 2.1 2.2 3.1 4.1 4.2 5.1 5.3 6.1 6.2 7.1 7.2
Publications
- There are no publications for this team in the 2004 annual report.
2004 Teams
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Arizona State University
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Harvard University
Indiana University, Bloomington
Marine Biological Laboratory
Michigan State University
NASA Ames Research Center
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA Johnson Space Center
Pennsylvania State University
SETI Institute
University of Arizona
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Los Angeles
University of Colorado, Boulder
University of Hawaii, Manoa
University of Rhode Island
University of Washington
Virtual Planetary Laboratory (JPL/CalTech)