Has NASA discovered extraterrestrial life? December 1, 2010 by
Amara D. Angelica NASA has announced it will hold a news
conference in Washington, D.C. at 2 p.m. EST on Thursday, Dec.
2, to discuss “an astrobiology finding that will impact the
search for evidence of extraterrestrial life.” - Mary Voytek,
Director, Astrobiology Program, NASA Headquarters, Washington,
D.C. - Felisa Wolfe-Simon, NASA Astrobiology Research Fellow,
U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA - Pamela Conrad,
Astrobiologist, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt,
MD - Steven Benner, Distinguished Fellow, Foundation for Applied
Molecular Evolution, Gainesville, FL - James Elser, Professor,
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ Speculation about the
announcement has ranged from the recent discovery of oxygen and
carbon dioxide on Saturn’s moon Rhea to the recently launched
O/OREOS (Organism/Organic Exposure to Orbital Stresses)
nanosatellite, which is conducting astrobiology experiments in
low-Earth orbit. The research is intended to