The Limits of Organic Life in Planetary Systems (Space Exploration and Weather) - Softcover

National Research Council; Division On Earth And Life Studies; Board On Life Sciences

 
9780309104845: The Limits of Organic Life in Planetary Systems (Space Exploration and Weather)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 030910484X ISBN 13: 9780309104845
Verlag: PAPERBACKSHOP UK IMPORT, 2007

Inhaltsangabe

The search for life in the solar system and beyond has to date been governed by a model based on what we know about life on Earth (terran life). Most of NASA's mission planning is focused on locations where liquid water is possible and emphasizes searches for structures that resemble cells in terran organisms. It is possible, however, that life exists that is based on chemical reactions that do not involve carbon compounds, that occurs in solvents other than water, or that involves oxidation-reduction reactions without oxygen gas. To assist NASA incorporate this possibility in its efforts to search for life, the NRC was asked to carry out a study to evaluate whether nonstandard biochemistry might support life in solar system and conceivable extrasolar environments, and to define areas to guide research in this area. This book presents an exploration of a limited set of hypothetical chemistries of life, a review of current knowledge concerning key questions or hypotheses about nonterran life, and suggestions for future research.

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Committee on the Limits of Organic Life in Planetary Systems, Committee on the Origins and Evolution of Life, National Research Council

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Verlag
PAPERBACKSHOP UK IMPORT
Erscheinungsdatum
2007
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
030910484X
ISBN 13 
9780309104845
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
100
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