The astrobiology primer: An outline of general knowledge - Version 1, 2006

Mix, Lucas J; Armstrong, John C; Mandell, Avi M; Mosier, Annika C; Raymond, Jason; Raymond, Sean N; Stewart, Frank J; von Braun, Kaspar; Zhaxybayeva, Olga; Billings, Linda; Cameron, Vyllinniskii; Claire, Mark; Dick, Greg J; Domagal-Goldman, Shawn D; Javaux, Emmanuelle; Johnson, Orion J; Laws, Chris; Race, Margaret S; Rask, Jon; Rummel, John D; Schelble, Rachel T; Vance, Steve; Adam, Zach; Backus, Peter; Beegle, Luther; Bishop, Janice; Boering, Kristie; Briley, Michael; Calvin, Wendy; Catling, David; Cleland, Carol; Dodson, K Estelle; Fletcher, Julie; de la Fuente Acosta, Eduardo; de Zwart, Ico; Eigenbrode, Jennifer; Farmer, Jack; Frank, Siegfried; Gogarten, Peter; Goolish, Edward; Grymes, Rosalind; Haghighipour, Nader; Hudson, Troy; Ivkovic, Vladimir; Jahangeer, Muffarah; Jakosky, Bruce M.; Kenyon, Scott; Kilston, Steven; Knoll, Andrew; Korpela, Eric; Lamb, David; Lazio, Jospeh; Lenski, Richard; Link, Lindsey; Lloyd, Karen; Lunine, Jonathan; Manga, Michael; McCoy, Tim; Meech, Karen; Mello, Gustavo; Mojzsis, Steven; Morrison, David; Morton, Oliver; Moser, Duane; Nealson, Kenneth; Nimno, Francis; Norris, Ray; Offerdahl, Erika; Olien, Tom; Pace, Norman; Pfiffner, Susan; Philips, Cynthia; Rao, Shanti; Rodriquez, Debora; Rummel, John; Schopf, Bill; Seager, Sara; Sleep, Norman; Sogin, Mitchell; Solovaya, Nina; Sullivan, Woodruff; Thomas, Brian; Thorsteinsson, Thorsteinn; Tomow, Carmen; Wevrick, Michael; Woolf, Nick; Yamaguchi, Kosei; Zerella, Michael

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