The astrobiology drilling program of the NASA Astrobiology Institute

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Apr 2003

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EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly, Abstracts from the meeting held in Nice, France, 6 - 11 April 2003, abstract #14160

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The Astrobiology Drilling Program (ADP) of the NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI) is an initiative that aims to coordinate the activities of participating drilling projects, some of which may require supplementary support from the NAI. The ADP will be administered by NAI and directed by a steering committee that includes representation from current and former project leaders, the astrobiology community, and persons appointed by the NAI Director. Appropriate participants from field site host countries will also be invited. Participating projects will be presented to the astrobiology research community prior to drilling so that scientists who are not members of the project team may register their interest in associated samples. Requests for access will be transmitted to the ADP steering committee and to the relevant project's lead. This creates an opportunity to modify the drilling plan in light of community requests. NAI funding may be available to support such modifications. Members of the original project team will retain privileged access to their core samples, nominally for one year from the time the core becomes available to them. If requests involve investigations that are not part of the original plan, the project leader may grant immediate access to core samples for specific purposes within this proprietary period. Archival of the drill cores is to be addressed, including the applicable national policies of host countries. The ADP's efforts at collaborative distribution and analysis of materials are anticipated to generate increased productivity for participating drilling efforts. Individual projects will benefit from the opportunity to optimize and expand their objectives. Overall, the determined leveraging of projects will benefit the community scientifically and demonstrate a unity of purpose influential with funding sponsors. Two projects have adopted the ADP; the Deep Time Drilling Project initiated by the NAI's Focus Group "Mission to Early Earth" and the Archean Biosphere Drilling Project led by Dr. Munetomo Nedachi. These two groups are committed to working with each other, and with the broad astrobiology community. Current status, operational details, and future prospects of the NAI's ADP will be presented.

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