The Next Phase in Our Search for Life:An Expert Discussion

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AstrobiologyVol. 11, No. 1 The Astrobiology Society RoundtableThe Next Phase in Our Search for Life:An Expert DiscussionModerator: Christopher P. McKay, Participants: Dirk Schulze-Makuch, Penelope Jane Boston, Inge L. ten Kate, Alfonso F. Davila, and Everett ShockModerator: Christopher P. McKayPlanetary Scientist, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California.Search for more papers by this author, Participants: Dirk Schulze-MakuchProfessor, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington.Search for more papers by this author, Penelope Jane BostonDirector of Cave and Karst Studies and Associate Professor of Earth & Environmental Sciences, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology (New Mexico Tech), Socorro, New Mexico; Associate Director of the National Cave and Karst Research Institute, Carlsbad, New Mexico.Search for more papers by this author, Inge L. ten KateAssistant Research Scientist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland; Goddard Earth Science and Technology Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland.Search for more papers by this author, Alfonso F. DavilaResearch Scientist at the SETI Institute, Mountain View, California.Search for more papers by this author, and Everett ShockProfessor, Chemistry & Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona.Search for more papers by this authorPublished Online:23 Feb 2011https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2010.1122AboutSectionsView articleView Full TextPDF/EPUB Permissions & CitationsPermissionsDownload CitationsTrack CitationsAdd to favorites Back To Publication ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail View articleFiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsCited byCritical Assessment of Analytical Techniques in the Search for Biomarkers on Mars: A Mummified Microbial Mat from Antarctica as a Best-Case Scenario Yolanda Blanco, Ignacio Gallardo-Carreño, Marta Ruiz-Bermejo, Fernando Puente-Sánchez, Erika Cavalcante-Silva, Antonio Quesada, Olga Prieto-Ballesteros, and Víctor Parro1 October 2017 | Astrobiology, Vol. 17, No. 10Assessment of the Forward Contamination Risk of Mars by Clean Room Isolates from Space-Craft Assembly Facilities through Aeolian Transport - a Model Study26 July 2016 | Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres, Vol. 47, No. 2Relative stellar occurrence of exoplanets in habitable zones of the main sequence F, G, K starsPlanetary and Space Science, Vol. 99Mars Science Laboratory Mission and Science Investigation25 July 2012 | Space Science Reviews, Vol. 170, No. 1-4 Volume 11Issue 1Jan 2011 InformationCopyright 2011, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.To cite this article:Moderator: Christopher P. McKay, Participants: Dirk Schulze-Makuch, Penelope Jane Boston, Inge L. ten Kate, Alfonso F. Davila, and Everett Shock.The Next Phase in Our Search for Life:An Expert Discussion.Astrobiology.Jan 2011.2-8.http://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2010.1122Published in Volume: 11 Issue 1: February 23, 2011Online Ahead of Print:February 6, 2011PDF download