March 2006

Astrobiology in Peril!

A major decrease - 50% - in NASA funding for astrobiology has been proposed.

Make your voice heard on this threat to scientific research by faxing congressional representatives.  

Find out more

 

Links

NASA Astrobiology Budget Crisis:     Other articles on this topic:
Take action: Send a Fax to Congress House Science Committee Debates NASA Budget
Letter from B. Blumberg & T. Pierson NASA Budget Diverts Funds from Science
to Spaceships (National Geographic)
Second Letter from B. Blumberg & T. Pierson  National Research Council Report: Life in the Universe
NASA's Proposed Budget 2007                                  National Research Council Report: Rising Above the Gathering Storm
The Case For Astrobiology One Percent for Space:NSS Challenges Congress to Fully Fund NASA
The "Vision for Space Exploration" Planetary Society Charges Administration
with Blurring its Vision for Space Exploration
 
 
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Research Highlights

Mark Showalter's discovery of a new ring/moon system on Uranus
appears as the cover of the February 17, 2006 issue of Science Magazine.   Congratulations, Mark!

Ancient Mars - in South America!  The recently concluded
Astrobiology Institute-funded High Lakes Expedition , led by SETI Institute scientist Nathalie Cabrol, visited the Andean volcanos Licancabur and Poquentica to study  the best terrestrial analogy to ancient martian environments.  Check out the  photos! 


Sightings 

March 16, 2006
Seth Shostak speaks at SpaceWorld.

March 17, 2006
ASSET application deadline.

March 17-19
Contact 23 - Music of the Spheres - Seth Shostak, Douglas Vakoch, and Andrew Fraknoi are among the speakers at this annual conference on science and the arts.

April 7, 2006
Commonwealth Club - Friedemann Freund presents "When the Earth Speaks - the Story of Pre-Earthquake Signals".

April 10-14, 2006
Conference on World Affairs - Seth Shostak participates in several panel discussions.

For more information about these and other events, check out the SETI Institute Events Calendar

Are We Alone? - the SETI Insitute's Science Radio Show 

Upcoming shows:
The Horrendous Space Kablooie, with Simon Singh
A Trip Through the Solar System... But How Do You Planet?, with Dava Sobel and Mark Showalter

FAQtoids

What is ASSET?

ASSET stands for the  Astrobiology Summer Science Experience for Teachers - a science and curriculum institute for high school science teachers, with presentations by leading astrobiology researchers from the SETI Institute, NASA, and the California Academy of Sciences.   
       

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