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2008 Annual Science Report

University of Colorado, Boulder Reporting  |  JUL 2007 – JUN 2008

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Our goals are to understand the origin of life on early Earth by using Titan and Mars as analogs, and to provide clues to the environments on Mars where life might be hidden.

  • PROJECT INVESTIGATORS:
    Owen Toon Owen Toon
    Project Investigator
    Margaret Tolbert Margaret Tolbert
    Co-Investigator
  • PROJECT MEMBERS:
    Melissa Trainer
    Research Staff

    Helen DeWitt
    Doctoral Student

    Adrienne Dove
    Doctoral Student

    Raina Gough
    Doctoral Student

    Richard Urata
    Doctoral Student

    Kaj Williams
    Doctoral Student

    Eric Wolf
    Doctoral Student

  • RELATED OBJECTIVES:
    Objective 1.1
    Models of formation and evolution of habitable planets

    Objective 2.1
    Mars exploration

    Objective 2.2
    Outer Solar System exploration

    Objective 3.1
    Sources of prebiotic materials and catalysts

    Objective 4.1
    Earth's early biosphere