NASA Announces Wednesday Media Teleconference About Search For Extraterrestrial Life

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NASA Announces Wednesday Media Teleconference About Search For Extraterrestrial Life

WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a news media teleconference at 1:30 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, April 28, to discuss the status of agency-sponsored astrobiology research, including the search for evidence of extraterrestrial life and the study of how life began on Earth. Topics also will include the quest for evidence of life on Mars, the habitability of other celestial bodies, and future technology research.

This week, NASA and scientists from around the world are gathering at a biennial meeting near Houston to celebrate 50 years of astrobiology research. Astrobiology is the study of the origin, evolution, distribution and future of life in the universe. Scientists gathered to share new data and insights, initiate and advance collaborations, plan new projects, and educate the next generation of astrobiologists.

The teleconference participants are:
Mary Voytek, astrobiology senior scientist at NASA Headquarters, Washington
Steve Squyres, researcher, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.
Bill Schopf, researcher, University of California, Los Angeles
Jack Farmer, researcher, Arizona State University, Tempe, Ariz.
John Peters, researcher, Montana State University, Bozeman

To obtain call-in information, journalists should e-mail their name, media affiliation and telephone number to:

dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov ​

Audio of the teleconference will be streamed live on NASA's website at:

http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio ​

For more information about NASA astrobiology activities, visit:
http://astrobiology.nasa.gov

 

lulz praxy, sorry this thread didnt set you up to stroke your ego or self loathe depending on your current mood

i'll try to be more accomodating to you in the future

 

its cool that nasa is announcing this but i don't see any possible way that they will be able to look for extraterrestrial life. our technology doesn't seem to be that great and we don't have any money.

 

its more likely that they're already fully aware and have made contact years ago.....for whatever reason its becoming a pressing matter to make everyone else somewhat aware.

 

that would be cool, to say the least.

 

Even psychadelics is a more entertaining topic (though I'd rather your tits)!

Edit You've really lost your edge.

 

You gotta admit, this was a good response.

 

I was trying to bring some life into a stillborn thread.

 

9 posts in less than half an hour isn't exactly stillborn.

just be a man and concede. she beat you.

 

I wish.

 

And people were complaining about Obama cutting down on NASA funding.

 

now are we looking for any extraterrestrial life or intelligent life, there is already suspicion of life being on europa, mostly provided by the Galileo mission,, or maybe thay know something we dont. how would you explane the sudden advance in technology since the 70's? just something to consider.