NASA Sets News Conference on Astrobiology Discovery

[jayfish]

Alright, I know the disclosure of the "exceptional" black hole was somewhat anti-climactic but...

WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a news conference at 2 p.m. EST on Thursday, Dec. 2, to discuss an astrobiology finding that will impact the search for evidence of extraterrestrial life. Astrobiology is the study of the origin, evolution, distribution and future of life in the universe.

The news conference will be held at the NASA Headquarters auditorium at 300 E St. SW, in Washington. It will be broadcast live on NASA Television and streamed on the agency's website at http://www.nasa.gov.

Participants are:
- Mary Voytek, director, Astrobiology Program, NASA Headquarters, Washington
- Felisa Wolfe-Simon, NASA astrobiology research fellow, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, Calif.
- Pamela Conrad, astrobiologist, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
- Steven Benner, distinguished fellow, Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution, Gainesville, Fla.
- James Elser, professor, Arizona State University, Tempe

Media representatives may attend the conference or ask questions by phone or from participating NASA locations. To obtain dial-in information, journalists must send their name, affiliation and telephone number to Steve Cole at [e-mail] or call 202-358-0918 by noon Dec. 2.

For NASA TV streaming video and downlink information, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv



For more information about NASA astrobiology activities, visit:

http://astrobiology.nasa.gov



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I'm not going to hazard to guess at this one. Not even jokingly...

[sfwriter]

1. Chemical signature of life...

Chemical signature of life... Probably on a moon.

[tridim]

5. I think we've already measured methane on Titan.

[get the red out]

2. I look forward to hearing about this

I love this kind of stuff. Very interesting!

[ORDagnabbit]

3. NASA sucks....all they ever report is boring boring oh my god boring crap. its the oxygen on the

saturns moon....big whooping deal... you dont need another damn overhyped news conference for it.

[no limit]

4. Yeah, those bastards. Making a big deal out of data that shows life as one of the few explainations

for that data. This on a moon in our very own solar system.

Spoiled children want photos of green little men, and what spoiled children want they should get. Come on NASA. Get your shit together!

[sudopod]

6. Just because you don't grasp the import of something

doesn't make it unimportant.

[LanternWaste]

7. I imagine many people find those things which they do not...

I imagine many people find those things which they do not or can not understand rather boring.