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On the Past, Present, and Future Role of Biology in NASA’s Exploration of our Solar System

Whitepaper #229 submitted to the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032. Topics: habitability and water; life and prebiotic organics; ocean worlds

Published onMar 18, 2021
On the Past, Present, and Future Role of Biology in NASA’s Exploration of our Solar System

Here we provide a brief perspective on the role of biology in NASA’s planetary science goals, and its spacecraft missions, past, present, and future. We argue that while biology — via astrobiology — generates much interest and excitement for NASA, biology is vastly under-represented as a science within NASA Planetary Science Division missions.

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