It’s time to chart the future directions of astrobiology research and you can participate. NASA is hosting a series of on-line hangouts and discussions focusing on broad themes in astrobiology: Planetary Conditions for Life, Prebiotic Evolution, Early Evolution of Life and the Biosphere, Evolution of Advanced Life, and Astrobiology for Solar Systems Exploration. The online conversations will then be used as the starting point for an in-person/virtual meeting to draft an outline for the Roadmap.

At a face-to-face meeting from June 17 to 20 a series of concept documents on future astrobiology research topics were developed and posted to the www.astrobiologyfuture.org/ website. A series of webinars/hangouts will be scheduled in which the authors will explain their concept document. Following this the documents will be open to the community for commenting. Community input will be incorporated and over the next few months a draft document will be posted and made available for review by the Planetary Science Subcommittee of the NASA Advisory Council prior to publication.

Videos and discussions from the webinars that have already taken place are viewable at www.astrobiologyfuture.org/ . The site also hosts a wealth of additional resources and information about astrobiology.

Join the astrobiology road mapping community and make your unique voice heard in this important conversation! Register now at: www.astrobiologyfuture.org/