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Astrobiology as a NASA Grand Challenge"Are we alone" is a question whose ambition can only be met with a NASA-led global collaboration. In this white paper, we describe how this makes "The Search for Life Beyond Earth" a new Grand Challenge for NASA. As described in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the White House National Economic Council, Grand Challenges are "ambitious but achievable goals that harness science, technology, and innovation to solve important national or global problems and that have the potential to capture the public's imagination." NASA had identified an "Asteroid Grand Challenge" centered on the Asteroid Retrieval Mission, which was closed out in June, 2017. Here, we explain how NASA's next Grand Challenge could be focused on "The Search for Life Beyond Earth," with a flagship-scale mission in Astrophysics as its centerpiece.
Document ID
20190029133
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Other
Authors
Domagal-Goldman, Shawn (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Arney, Giada (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Lopez, Eric D. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2019
Publication Date
August 26, 2019
Subject Category
Law, Political Science And Space Policy
Exobiology
Report/Patent Number
GSFC-E-DAA-TN70946
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
Technical Review
NASA Peer Committee

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