Keywords:
Life on other planets.
;
Biochemistry.
;
Mars (Planet).
;
Electronic books.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (534 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780309293501
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=3440061
DDC:
523.43
Language:
English
Note:
Intro -- Front Matter -- Summary and Conclusions -- Postscript: October 1965 -- 1. What Is Life? -- 2. The Origin of Life -- 3. The Solar System as an Abode of Life -- 4. Biological Materials in Carbonaceous Chondrites -- 5. Signs of Life -- 6. Optical Asymmetry -- 7. The Biochemistry of Terrestrial Soils -- 8. Properties of Desert Soils -- 9. Remote Detection of Terrestrial Life -- 10. Development of Rigorous Tests For Extraterrestrial Life -- 11. A Model of Martian Ecology -- 12. Exotic Biochemistries in Exobiology -- 13. Higher Organisms on Mars -- 14. Some Terrestrial Programs -- 15. Potential Yields of Biological Relevance from Remote Investigations of Mars -- 16. Launch Opportunities and Seasonal Activity on Mars -- 17. Space Vehicles for Planetary Missions -- 18. Biological Objectives and Strategy for the Design of a Space Vehicle to be Landed on Mars -- 19. The Automated Biological Laboratory -- 20. Analytical Methods for Landers -- 21. The Use of Martian Materials in the Search for Extraterrestrial Life -- 22. Impact of Manned Spacecraft on the Exobiology Program -- 23. Prospects for Manned Mars Missions -- 25. The Nature of the Problem -- 26. Objectives and Technology of Spacecraft Sterilization -- 27. Spacecraft Sterilization -- 28. Standards for Spacecraft Sterilization -- 29. The Special Problem of Encapsulated Contaminants -- APPENDIX I. Instrumentation for the Detection of Extraterrestrial Life -- APPENDIX II. Potential Application of Electron-Optical Methods to Storage of Information for Direct Retrieval -- APPENDIX III. List of Participants and Contributors to the Study -- APPENDIX IV. Note on the Space Science Board.
