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Overview of NASA’s goals in Education/Public Overview of NASA’s goals in Education/Public Outreach (E/PO) and in AstrobiologyOutreach (E/PO) and in Astrobiology
Overview of NASA’s goals in Education/Public Overview of NASA’s goals in Education/Public Outreach (E/PO) and in AstrobiologyOutreach (E/PO) and in Astrobiology
John W. Delano John W. Delano Associate Director, New York Center for Astrobiology (NASA) Associate Director, New York Center for Astrobiology (NASA)
Distinguished Teaching Professor Distinguished Teaching Professor Dept. of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences Dept. of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences
The University at Albany (SUNY) The University at Albany (SUNY) jdelano@csc.albany.edujdelano@csc.albany.edu
http://www.origins.rpi.eduhttp://www.origins.rpi.edu
John W. Delano John W. Delano Associate Director, New York Center for Astrobiology (NASA) Associate Director, New York Center for Astrobiology (NASA)
Distinguished Teaching Professor Distinguished Teaching Professor Dept. of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences Dept. of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences
The University at Albany (SUNY) The University at Albany (SUNY) jdelano@csc.albany.edujdelano@csc.albany.edu
http://www.origins.rpi.eduhttp://www.origins.rpi.edu
NASA Educational Strategic Framework: A Portfolio Approach (2007)NASA Educational Strategic Framework: A Portfolio Approach (2007)
NASA Educational Strategic Framework: A Portfolio Approach (2007)NASA Educational Strategic Framework: A Portfolio Approach (2007)
NASA’s Educational Strategic FrameworkNASA’s Educational Strategic Framework
Goal 1: Understand the nature and distribution of habitable environments in the Universe.
Goal 1: Understand the nature and distribution of habitable environments in the Universe.
Goal 2: Explore for past or present habitable environments, prebiotic chemistry and signs of life
elsewhere in the Solar System
Goal 2: Explore for past or present habitable environments, prebiotic chemistry and signs of life
elsewhere in the Solar System
Goal 3: Understanding cosmic and planetary precursors that led to life
Goal 3: Understanding cosmic and planetary precursors that led to life
Goal 4: Understand how past life on Earth developed and evolved by integrating evidence from both geologic and
biomolecular records
Goal 4: Understand how past life on Earth developed and evolved by integrating evidence from both geologic and
biomolecular records
Goal 5: Understand the evolutionary mechanisms and environmental limits to life
Goal 5: Understand the evolutionary mechanisms and environmental limits to life
Goal 6: Explore the adaptation, survival, and evolution of microbial life under conditions beyond its planet of originGoal 6: Explore the adaptation, survival, and evolution of microbial life under conditions beyond its planet of origin
Goal 7: Determine how to recognize signatures of life on other worlds and on early Earth
Goal 7: Determine how to recognize signatures of life on other worlds and on early Earth
NASA’s search for life in the galaxy: NASA’s search for life in the galaxy: Information from exoplanets and the ancient EarthInformation from exoplanets and the ancient Earth
NASA’s search for life in the galaxy: NASA’s search for life in the galaxy: Information from exoplanets and the ancient EarthInformation from exoplanets and the ancient Earth
John W. Delano, Ph.D. John W. Delano, Ph.D. Associate Director, New York Center for Astrobiology (NASA) Associate Director, New York Center for Astrobiology (NASA)
Distinguished Teaching Professor Distinguished Teaching Professor Dept. of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences Dept. of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences
The University at Albany (SUNY) The University at Albany (SUNY) jdelano@csc.albany.edujdelano@csc.albany.edu
http://www.origins.rpi.eduhttp://www.origins.rpi.edu
John W. Delano, Ph.D. John W. Delano, Ph.D. Associate Director, New York Center for Astrobiology (NASA) Associate Director, New York Center for Astrobiology (NASA)
Distinguished Teaching Professor Distinguished Teaching Professor Dept. of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences Dept. of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences
The University at Albany (SUNY) The University at Albany (SUNY) jdelano@csc.albany.edujdelano@csc.albany.edu
http://www.origins.rpi.eduhttp://www.origins.rpi.edu