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Carnegie Institution of Washington
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High-temperature, High-pressure Microcosms to Study the Bio-molecular Basis for the Upper Temperature Limits to Life
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.2, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, 7.2Project 1. From Molecular Clouds to Habitable Planetary Systems
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 3.1, 7.2Project 2. Extraterrestrial Materials: Origin and Evolution of Organic Matter and Water in the Solar System
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1, 2.1, 3.1Project 3. Prebiotic Chemical and Isotopic Evolution on Earth
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 7.1Project 4. Prebiotic Molecular Selection and Organization
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.1, 3.2, 3.4, 4.1, 7.1Project 5. Life in Extreme Environments
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3.1, 5.1, 5.3, 6.2Project 6. Molecular and Isotopic Biosignatures
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.1, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 5.3, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2Project 7. Astrobiotechnology
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 4.2, 5.3, 6.2, 7.1EPO Reports
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Organized by Astrobiology Roadmap Objective
- Objective 1.1: Models of formation and evolution of habitable planets (2 reports)
- Objective 1.2: Indirect and direct astronomical observations of extrasolar habitable planets (2 reports)
- Objective 2.1: Mars exploration (4 reports)
- Objective 2.2: Outer Solar System exploration (1 reports)
- Objective 3.1: Sources of prebiotic materials and catalysts (8 reports)
- Objective 3.2: Origins and evolution of functional biomolecules (3 reports)
- Objective 3.3: Origins of energy transduction (1 reports)
- Objective 3.4: Origins of cellularity and protobiological systems (2 reports)
- Objective 4.1: Earth's early biosphere (4 reports)
- Objective 4.2: Foundations of complex life (3 reports)
- Objective 5.1: Environment-dependent, molecular evolution in microorganisms (2 reports)
- Objective 5.2: Co-evolution of microbial communities (1 reports)
- Objective 5.3: Biochemical adaptation to extreme environments (4 reports)
- Objective 6.1: Environmental changes and the cycling of elements by the biota, communities, and ecosystems (2 reports)
- Objective 6.2: Adaptation and evolution of life beyond Earth (3 reports)
- Objective 7.1: Biosignatures to be sought in Solar System materials (4 reports)
- Objective 7.2: Biosignatures to be sought in nearby planetary systems (3 reports)
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 our Solar System
Goal 3: Understand how life originates from cosmic and planetary precursors
Goal 4: Understand how past life on Earth interacted with its changing planetary and Solar System environment
Goal 5: Understand the evolutionary mechanisms and environmental limits of life
Goal 6: Understand the principles that will shape the future of life, both on Earth and beyond
Goal 7: Determine how to recognize signatures of life on other worlds and on early Earth
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