Conference summary: Life detection in extraterrestrial samples

Astrobiology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 203-216

  Allwood, Abigail ^a   Beaty, David ^a   Bass, Deborah ^a   Conley, Cassie ^b   Kminek, Gerhard ^c   Race, Margaret ^d   Vance, Steve ^e   Westall, Frances ^f  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^d SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f National Center for Research and Science   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROBIOLOGY; ASTRONOMY; CONFERENCE PAPER; GOVERNMENT; METHODOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; UNITED STATES;

EXOBIOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; MARS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84874379493     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2012.0931     Document Type: Conference Paper

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