Titan & Europa Essay Contest Useful Links
For more information about potential missions to Titan and Europa, you can visit these websites:
Outer Planets Flagship Mission Concepts
http://opfm.jpl.nasa.gov/
NOTE: None of the missions described on the OPFM website are exactly the mission concepts to be considered in this contest. This information is being made available to stimulate student thinking.
Titan: A Living World? In Astrobiology Magazine
http://www.astrobio.net/interview/1403/titan-a-living-world
Why exactly do scientists think Europa could have the ingredients needed for life? http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/europa/
Astrobiology Top 10: Where Europa's Ocean & Ice Meet
http://www.astrobio.net/index.php?option=com_retrospection&task=detail&id=4423
More Astrobiology Magazine articles about Titan
http://www.astrobio.net/index.php?option=com_hottopic&id=14
More Astrobiology Magazine articles about Europa
http://www.astrobio.net/index.php?option=com_hottopic&id=14
For more information about the NASA Astrobiology Institute, visit this website:
https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/nai/
Astrobiology Educator Resource Guide (for students aged 5-12)
http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/145916main_Astrobiology.Guide.pdf
Astrobiology definition and examples from NASA Science website
http://science.nasa.gov/planetary-science/astrobiology/
NASA Science website -- How did life begin and evolve on Earth, and has it evolved elsewhere in the solar system?
http://science.nasa.gov/planetary-science/big-questions/how-did-life-begin-and-evolve-on-earth-and-has-it-evolved-elsewhere-in-the-solar-system/
Feel free to do your own research and find other information about Titan and Europa.
Questions should be sent to: titaneuropa@jpl.nasa.gov