Extra-terrestrial life in the European Space Agency's cosmic vision plan and beyond

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 369, Issue 1936, 2011, Pages 582-593

  Fridlund, Malcolm ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; Bioastronomy; Habitability; Planet detection methods; Terrestrial exoplanets

Indexed keywords

BIOASTRONOMY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES; DISTANT FUTURES; EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY; EXO-PLANETS; HABITABILITY; LATEST TECHNOLOGY; MAJOR ELEMENTS; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; ROADMAP; TERRESTRIAL EXO-PLANETS;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ASTROBIOLOGY; ASTRONOMY; EUROPE; GOVERNMENT; METHODOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; MOTIVATION; REVIEW;

EUROPE; EXOBIOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; GOALS; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; PLANETS;

EID: 79951963032     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2010.0233     Document Type: Review

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