Ad Astra Volume 14 Number 1 2002
ON THE COVER: A sentient life form stands in the sea from whence its ancestors arose to embrace a living universe. Artwork: Keith Cowing/SpaceRef.com
Featured Articles:
- 10
Astrobiology at T+5 Years
The NASA Astrobiology Institute’s search for extraterrestrial locales where life may be found. - By Baruch S. Blumberg and Keith Cowing
- 12
The NASA Astrobiology Institute: Reaching Within and Beyond
Terrestrial investigations as a construct to inform and focus on likely sources of extraterrestrial life.
By Rosalind A Grymes, Ph.D. - 19
Finding Those Pale Blue Dots
Finding terrestrial worlds using the latest science.
By Jeff Foust - 24
How Do You Build a Tricorder?
Future remote sensing technologies and their application.
By Keith Cowing and Greg Schmidt - 28
A Sense of Place
Planetary Protection: the perils and protocols in obtaining viable research subjects.
By John D. Rummel and Margaret S. Race - 32
Life in Extreme Environments
Extrapolating what may be encountered in space by studying extremophiles on Earth.
By Lynn Rothschild, Ph.D.
- 4 Launch Pad
- 5 Transmissions
- 6 Mission Control
- 42 References
- 46 Space Community
- 48 Lifting Off
Ad Astra Volume 14 Number 1 2002
ON THE COVER: A sentient life form stands in the sea from whence its ancestors arose to embrace a living universe. Artwork: Keith Cowing/SpaceRef.com
Featured Articles:
- 10
Astrobiology at T+5 Years
The NASA Astrobiology Institute’s search for extraterrestrial locales where life may be found. - By Baruch S. Blumberg and Keith Cowing
- 12
The NASA Astrobiology Institute: Reaching Within and Beyond
Terrestrial investigations as a construct to inform and focus on likely sources of extraterrestrial life.
By Rosalind A Grymes, Ph.D. - 19
Finding Those Pale Blue Dots
Finding terrestrial worlds using the latest science.
By Jeff Foust - 24
How Do You Build a Tricorder?
Future remote sensing technologies and their application.
By Keith Cowing and Greg Schmidt - 28
A Sense of Place
Planetary Protection: the perils and protocols in obtaining viable research subjects.
By John D. Rummel and Margaret S. Race - 32
Life in Extreme Environments
Extrapolating what may be encountered in space by studying extremophiles on Earth.
By Lynn Rothschild, Ph.D.
- 4 Launch Pad
- 5 Transmissions
- 6 Mission Control
- 42 References
- 46 Space Community
- 48 Lifting Off
