Assessment of the NASA Astrobiology Institute

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Committee on the Review of the NASA Astrobiology Institute, National Research Council
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Astrobiology is a scientific discipline devoted to the study of life in the universe - its origin, evolution, distribution, and future. In 1997, NASA established an Astrobiology program (the NASA Astrobiology Institute - NAI) as a result of a ...
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Front Matter	i-xii
Executive Summary	1-4	(skim)
1 Introduction	5-16	(skim)
2 Interdisciplinary Research	17-34	(skim)
3 Training the Next Generation of Astrobiologists	35-41	(skim)
4 Leadership for Current and Future Space Missions	42-50	(skim)
5 Use of Information Technology	51-56	(skim)
6 Education and Outreach	57-62	(skim)
Appendixes	63-64	(skim)
Appendix A: Letter Requesting This Study	65-66	(skim)
Appendix B: Committee Biographies	67-68	(skim)

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Astrobiology is a scientific discipline devoted to the study of life in the universe - its origin, evolution, distribution, and future. In 1997, NASA established an Astrobiology program (the NASA Astrobiology Institute - NAI) as a result of a series of new results from solar system exploration and astronomical research in the mid-1990s together with advances in the biological sciences. To help evaluate the NAI, NASA asked the NRC to review progress made by the Institute in developing the field of astrobiology. This book presents an evaluation of NAI's success in meeting its goals for fostering interdisciplinary research, training future astrobiology researchers, providing scientific and technical leadership, exploring new research approaches with information technology, and supporting outreach to K-12 education programs.

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