TY - JOUR
AU - Rummel, John D.
AB - Forum Life in NASA and the Rest of the Universe: New Scientific Opportunities LYNN MARGULIS AND JOHN D. RUMMEL that policies and engineering decisions supporting this broad orty years of space flight have altered science. astrobiological base will reflect bona fide scientific knowledge FSince Sputnik’s launch in 1957, we have seen the face of and generate wisdom, not just data. The agency has, for ex- the Earth from a different perspective, and perhaps we have ample, reshaped its Office of Biological and Physical Re- become wiser. Life, we now realize, is a planetary phenome- search, elevating its Fundamental Space Biology program. non. As Russia’s V. I. Vernadsky proclaimed, life is the most Through its Space Science Office, NASA actively seeks new powerful of all geological forces (Vernadsky 1998). Living concepts in astrobiology research and instrumentation to matter, today, is found from the top of the atmosphere to be- complement its efforts in exobiology. low the bottom of the abyss—a 20 km+ band that thrives near Moreover, the NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts the Earth’s surface. The biota is especially dense just where wa- (NIAC) seeks revolutionary new systems to shape the future ter meets land and air. By some 
TI - Life in NASA and the Rest of the Universe: New Scientific Opportunities
JO - BioScience
DO - 10.1641/0006-3568(2001)051[0317:LINATR]2.0.CO;2
DA - 2001-04-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/life-in-nasa-and-the-rest-of-the-universe-new-scientific-opportunities-t80cvlZQPQ
SP - 317
EP - 317
VL - 51
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -