"If life was found on Mars, would the risk of alien infections mean it would be too dangerous to bring it back to Earth for examination."
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Introduction
The NAI is a partnership between NASA and its NAI Teams located at academic institutions, research laboratories, and NASA centers. These teams work to define and conduct integrated interdisciplinary research and education in astrobiology. There are over 700 scientists and educators involved in these NAI endeavors.
Click here for podcasts of team overviews given at the Janurary 2009 NAI Executive Council Meeting.
Current Teams
Timeline
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- NASA selects new NAI teams through a competitive peer review process. The October 2, 2008 press release announces the fifth round of team selections since the Institute’s founding in 1998. Following selection, NASA executes 5-year Cooperative Agreements with each team's institution. It is expected that the newly-announced teams will begin their terms in early 2009.
- Press Release: NASA Selects New Science Teams for the NAI
- University of Hawaii
- Arizona State University
- Carnegie Institution of Washington
- Pennsylvania State University
- NASA Ames Research Center
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Icy Worlds
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Titan
