[LINK] o/t: NASA astrobiology announcement?

[stephen at melbpc.org.au]

http://www.nasa.gov

From: Dwayne Brown
NASA Headquarters, Washington                                
dwayne.c.brown at nasa.gov 
  
and: Cathy Weselby Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 
cathy.weselby at nasa.gov 

Nov. 29, 2010 MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-167  NASA Sets News Conference on 
Astrobiology Discovery; 

NASA Science Journal Has Embargoed Details Until 2 p.m. EST On Dec. 2nd


WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a news conference at 2 p.m. EST on Thursday, 
Dec. 2nd, 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 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 


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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Cheers,
Stephen