NASA Sets News Conference on Astrobiology Discovery; Embargoed Details Until 2 p.m. EST On Dec. 2

NASA ^ | 29 November 2010 | NASA

[AntiKev]

MEDIA ADVISORY : M10-167

NASA Sets News Conference on Astrobiology Discovery; Science Journal Has Embargoed Details Until 2 p.m. EST On Dec. 2

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 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov or call 202-358-0918 by noon Dec. 2.

[AntiKev]

Well this should be interesting.

[AntiKev]

For your lists.

[Psycho_Bunny]

Hmmmmm.

[tet68]

No inteligent life in the universe.
We already knew that.

[battlecry]

They want more money.

[RobRoy]

The face on mars. It WAS real!!!

/s

[Brett66]

Methane on Mars related or exoplanets?

[PIF]

No inteligent life in the universe.
We already knew that.

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No. Just no intelligent life here... everywhere else is a different matter.

[soycd]

WTF? Our tax money paying for hyped up wait till Thursday crap?

Lay the facts out so us intelligent people can make of it what it is. Why the complete BS?

Our government really really sucks big time.

[Viking2002]

Probably the detection of some amino acid component they never saw out there before. It won't be little green men, trust me. Then again, if they announce that something reached up out of the Martian soil, grabbed one of our rovers by the camera, and started to club it with a stick, I'll take the day off to watch the NASA video feeds.

"But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: for men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away, for his name is Obama."

[gura]

[mnehring]

If it started clubbing it with a stick, I would bet it is one of your relatives.

[colorado tanker]

No inteligent life in the universe.

[RayChuang88]

My guess is that they’re upping the chances primitive lifeforms exist on Mars, thanks to the methane emissions from these lifeforms.

[Rebelbase]

It’s a Trap!

[rdl6989]

Probably the detection of some amino acid component they never saw out there before. It won't be little green men, trust me.

Agreed. I think all the drama is silly, I mean why not just spit it out if they've got something interesting.

[dragnet2]

Bookmark

[tet68]

Inteligent. Obviously I’m not a prime example.

[mnehring]

I doubt it is anything big or important, Zero isn’t scheduled to be there taking credit for the find.

[rdl6989]

You might find this interesting.