"Strategies of life detection": Summary and outlook

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 135, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 371-380

  Botta, Oliver ^a   Bada, Jeffrey L ^b   Gomez Elvira, Javier ^c   Javaux, Emmanuelle ^d   Selsis, Franck ^e   Summons, Roger ^f  

^a INTERNATIONAL SPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TÉCNICA AEROESPACIAL   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^e LABORATOIRE D ASTROPHYSIQUE DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^f MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosignatures; Exploration; In situ measurements; Meteorites; Organic chemistry; Solar system; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

METEORITES; NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION; ORGANIC CARBON; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROSCOPY; TRAVEL TIME;

BIOSIGNATURES; DETECTION METHODS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE; IN-SITU INSTRUMENTS; IN-SITU LIFE DETECTION; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM;

SOLAR SYSTEM;

EID: 46749104034     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: 15729672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-008-9357-9     Document Type: Article

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