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Designing a space Tango experiment : to study the effect of microgravity on left/right asymmetry in the nematode C. elegans

Gloria Volonsky, Author | Illkirch-Graffenstaden (France) : International Space University | 2017

This project presents an experimental design that will examine the influence of gravity on the stereotypical development of a living organism. This experiment is designed to be performed in the Space Tango hardware and showing feasibility of per[...]

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Making contact : Jill Tarter and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence /

Sarah Scoles, Author | New York : First Pegasus books edition | 2017

"Jill Tarter is a pioneer, an innovator, an adventurer, and a controversial force. At a time when women weren't encouraged to do much outside the home, Tarter ventured as far out as she could -- into the three-Kelvin cold of deep space. And she [...]

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Report of the Europa Lander science definition team

K.P. Hand, Author | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 2017

This report focuses on the science of a mission concept for landing on the surface of Europa. The first seven chapters of this report detail the science, and science considerations, of the mission concept. Chapters 8, 9, and 10 then go into deta[...]

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What we know about extraterrestrial intelligence : foundations of xenology

Michael Ashkenazi, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Space and Society | 2017

Have you ever wondered what could happen when we discover another communicating species outside the Earth? This book addresses this question in all its complexity. In addition to the physical barriers for communication, such as the enormous dis[...]

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Children of time

Adrian Tchaikovsky, Author | [S.l.] : Pan Books | 2016

The last remnants of the human race left a dying Earth, desperate to find a new home. Following their ancestors' star maps, they discovered the greatest treasure of a past age--a world terraformed and prepared for human life. But all is not righ[...]

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Exobiologists, rocketeers, and engineers

Rick Eyerdam, Author | Mustang : Tate publishing | 2016

The book details the challenges faced by the NASA engineers with the rise of the exobiologists who had no laboratory and no way to conduct scientific research unless they could get a ride on a spaceship. Just what NASA needed since its legacy in[...]

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SEDNA: planetary protection in missions to icy moons : analysis and technology roadmap

Illkirch-Graffenstaden (France) : International Space University | 2016

In recent years the astrobiology community has become increasingly interested in the environmental conditions of icy moons in the Solar System, such as Enceladus, Titan, and Ganymede. It is believed that on several of these moons there are the t[...]

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Waiting for contact : the search for extraterrestrial intelligence /

Lawrence Squeri, Author | [S.l.] : University Press of Florida | 2016

Imagine a network of extraterrestrials in radio contact with each other across the universe, superior beings who hail from advanced civilisations quadrillions of miles away, just waiting for Earth to tune in. Some people believe it's only a matt[...]

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Astrobiology : an evolutionary approach /

Vera M. Kolb, Editor | Boca Raton, Florida ; London ; New York : CRC Press | 2015

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Astrobiology : an introduction /

Alan Longstaff, Author | Boca Raton, Florida ; London ; New York : CRC Press | Series in astronomy and astrophysics. | 2015

Assuming a minimal amount of science knowledge, this text provides a full introduction to astrobiology suitable for undergraduate students. With an emphasis on bioscience, the text covers such topics as stellar evolution, cosmic chemistry, plane[...]

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Biological life support systems for future spaceflight missions

Brian Ramos, Author | Illkirch-Graffenstaden (France) : International Space University | 2015

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The Drake equation : estimating the prevalence of extraterrestrial life through the ages /

Douglas A. Vakoch, Author ; Matthew F. Dowd, Author | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | Cambridge astrobiology | 2015

"In this compelling book, leading scientists and historians explore the Drake Equation, which guides modern astrobiology's search for life beyond Earth. First used in 1961 as the organising framework for a conference in Green Bank, West Virginia[...]

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The impact of discovering life beyond Earth

Steven J. Dick, Editor | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | 2015

In this volume, distinguished philosophers, theologians, anthropologists, historians and scientists discuss the big questions about how the discovery of extraterrestrial life, whether intelligent or microbial, would impact society. Their remarka[...]

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NASA astrobiology strategy

Lindsay Hays | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 2015

This science strategy identifies questions to guide and inspire astrobiology research on each of these topics—in the lab, in the field, and in experiments flown on planetary science missions—over the next decade. The strategy also identifies maj[...]

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Archaeology, anthropology, and interstellar communication /

Douglas A. Vakoch, Editor | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Program Office | NASA History Series | 2014

Are we alone? asks the writeup on the back cover of the dust jacket. The contributors to this collection raise questions that may have been overlooked by physical scientists about the ease of establishing meaningful communication with an extrate[...]

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Archaeology, anthropology, and interstellar communication /

Douglas A. Vakoch, Editor | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Program Office | NASA History Series | 2014

Are we alone? asks the writeup on the back cover of the dust jacket. The contributors to this collection raise questions that may have been overlooked by physical scientists about the ease of establishing meaningful communication with an extrate[...]

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From dust to life : the origin and evolution of our solar system /

John Chambers, Author ; Jacqueline Mitton, Author | [S.l.] : Princeton University Press | 2014

Tells the story of how the celestial objects that make up the solar system arose from common beginnings billions of years ago, and how scientists and philosophers have sought to unravel this mystery down through the centuries, piecing together [...]

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Extraterrestrial altruism : evolution and ethics in the cosmos /

Douglas A. Vakoch, Editor | Cham : Springer | Frontiers collection | 2014

The book examines the basic assumption of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI): that extraterrestrials will be tranmitting messages to us for our benefit.

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Astrobiology, history, and society : life beyond earth and the impact of discovery /

Douglas A. Vakoch, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | Advances in astrobiology and biogeophysics | 2013

This book addresses important current and historical topics in astrobiology and the search for life beyond Earth, including the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI). The first section covers the plurality of worlds debate from ant[...]

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Enduring quests, daring visions : NASA astrophysics in the next three decades

[S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 2013

In March 2013, the NASA Advisory Council/Science Committee assembled a group of astronomers who would determine the goals and aims of NASA for the next 30 years. The roadmap first notes three defining questions NASA should continue to pursue: A[...]

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Five billion years of solitude : the search for life among the stars /

Lee Billings, Author | New York (United States) : Current | 2013

An intimate history of Earth and the quest for life beyond the solar system traces the discoveries of thousands of "exoplanets" throughout the past two years, including some with Earth-like characteristics that could possibly support life

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Habitability of other planets and satellites

Jean-Pierre De Vera, Editor ; J. Seckbach, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology | 2013

Is Earth the right model and therefore our Earth-centric view the only universal key to understand habitability, the origin and maintenance of life? This book tries to give answers on this question. It gives insights into the nature of planets [...]

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Proceedings of life in space for life on earth : 18-22 June 2012, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

L. Ouwehand, Editor | [S.l.] : European Space Agency | ESA SP | 2013

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Stardust : the cosmic seeds of life /

Sun Kwok, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Astronomers' universe | 2013

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Are we being watched? : the search for life in the cosmos /

Paul Murdin, Author | [S.l.] : Thames and Hudson | 2013

Murdin invites readers to join him in exploring an extraordinary array of evidence on how life developed on Earth, and how it could have developed on other planets. He examines who forms it might take, and how likely we are to be able to communi[...]

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Weird life : the search for life that is very, very different from our own /

David M. Toomey, Author | [S.l.] : W. W. Norton & Company | 2013

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Young sun, early earth and the origins of life : lessons for astrobiology

Muriel Gargaud, Author ; Hervé Martin, Author ; Purificacion Lopez-Garcia, Author ; Thierry Montmerle, Author ; Robert Pascal, Author | New York, NY : Springer | 2013

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Alien life imagined : Communicating the science and culture of Astrobiology /

Mark Brake, Author | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | 2012

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Astrolinguistics : design of a linguistic system for interstellar communication based on logic /

Alexander Ollongren, Author | New York, NY : Springer | 2012

In linguistics, one of the main areas of modern research involves the capabilities and possibilities of there being "lingua cosmica", a LINCOS, a universal language that could be used to cummonicate with non- human intelligences. This book touc[...]

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Beyond the stars : our origins and the search for life in the universe /

Paolo Saraceno, Author ; David L. Goodstein, Author | [S.l.] : World Scientific | 2012

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