Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Jul 2004
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Astrobiology: Future Perspectives, p. 445 by Ehrenfreund et al., Leiden Observatory, The Netherlands ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIE
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Scientific paper
The first part of this paper contains a brief history of some of the key events leading to initiation of NASA's Astrobiology program in the late 1990s. The perspective taken is than of a non-specialist and emphasis is placed policy issues rather than key scientific discoveries. A basic conclusion that can be drawn from the circumstances surrounding the initiation of the program is that a combination of scientific results in diverse fields, combined with advanced planning by scientific community and NASA, enabled prompt exploitation of a political opportunity. The second part of this paper concerns the findings and recommendations contained in a recent scientific and programmatic assessment of NASA's activities in the general area of astrobiology. The basic conclusion of this study is guarded optimism that the program is on track.
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