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Information Page
This page contains information specifically for members
of the Spaceward Bound Field Expedition to the Atacama. Please continue
to check this page, as updates will be posted here frequently. You will
also be notified by email as major additions and/or changes are made
to this information.
Planning Session Schedule:
Monday, March 20, 2006 - 12:30 PST
Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 12:30 PDT
Tuesday, 2 May, 2006 - 12:30 PDT
Tuesday, 16 May, 2006 - 12:30 PDT
Monday, June 12, 2006 - 12:30 PDT
Broadcast Archives:
Monday,
March 20, 2006 - http://sargasso-3.arc.nasa.gov:10005/spacewardbound/sb_032006.wmv
Tuesday,
April 11, 2006 - http://sargasso-3.arc.nasa.gov:10005/spacewardbound/sb_041106.wmv
Tuesday,
May 2, 2006 - http://sargasso-3.arc.nasa.gov:10005/spacewardbound/sb_050206.wmv
Tuesday,
May 16, 2006 - http://sargasso-3.arc.nasa.gov:10005/spacewardbound/sb_051606.wmv
Monday,
June 12, 2006 - http://sargasso-3.arc.nasa.gov:10005/spacewardbound/sb_061206.wmv
Documents:
Spaceward Bound Pilot Program 2006 For
Teachers - Liza Coe, March 20, 2006
Spaceward Bound Planning Session
1 - Liza Coe, March 20, 2006
Spaceward Bound via the
Atacama Desert - Chris McKay, March 20, 2006
Write the Field Guide to Unknown Organisms
- Penny Boston, March 20, 2006
Spaceward Bound Planning Session
2 - Liza Coe, April 11, 2006
Human Exploration of the Moon
and Mars - Chris McKay, May 2, 2006
Atacama Travel Guide
- Lauren Fletcher (Note for the teachers: this was written for the scientists
and that only part of the info is valid for the teachers, i.e. they
should ignore flight information, car rental, hotel, getting to Yungay
from Antofagasta airport.)
Yungay Station Travel Primer
- Lauren Fletcher, Chris McKay, May 2, 2006
Biosignatures: Linking Life and the
Geosphere - Penny Boston, May 16, 2006
DNA Extraction in Atacama Soils
- Lauren Fletcher, May 16, 2006
Atacama Life / Vida en Atacama -
Chris McKay and Maite Trujillo, May 16, 2006
Meet Me in Santiago - Liza
Coe, June 12 2006
Biographies:
Mathew Allner - NASA
Explorer School Teacher
Cherlyn Anderson - NASA Explorer
School Teacher
Armando Azúa - Agronomical
Engineer, Catholic University of Chile
Rosalba Bonaccorsi - Sedimentologist,
NASA Ames
Penelope Boston - Geomicrobiologist,
New Mexico Tech
Whitney Brown - Broadcast Assistant,
Former JASON Argonaut
Geoffrey Bruce - Education Technology
Team, NASA Ames
Catherine Campbell - NASA
Explorer School Teacher
Marco Antonio Cáceres Torres
- Biology Teacher, Chile
Iván Castillo Rubina -
Biology and Chemistry Teacher, Chile
David Chandler - Science Writer
Liza Coe - Educator; Deputy Chief NASA
Ames Education Division
Renée M. Condori Apaza
- Chemical Engineer, Life Sciences Outreach, NASA Ames
Cassie Conley - Astrobiologist,
NASA Ames
Linda Conrad - Education Technology
Team, NASA Ames
Pierre-Yves Cousteau -Biology
Research Intern, NASA Ames
Brian Day - Education Technology Team,
NASA Ames
Lauren Fletcher - Biological
Sciences Design Engineer, NASA Ames
Juana García Delgado - Biology
and Science Teacher, Chile
Alejandro Enrique Garrido Iribarren
- Biology Teacher, Chile
Benito Gomez - Biochemist, Universidad
de Antofagasta; Director Instituto del Desierto
Geoff Hammond - NASA Explorer
School Teacher
Corey
Ippolito - Director of Engineering, Carnegie Mellon Innovations
Laboratory
Phyllis Isbell - NASA Explorer
School Teacher
Chris McKay - Planetary Scientist,
NASA Ames; Expedition Lead
Jim Nienow - Biologist, Valdosta
State University
Johana del Carmen Orellana Villazón
- Mathematics and Computer Science Teacher, Chile
Steve Patterson - Communications
Engineer, NASA Ames
H. Saul Pérez Montaño
- Chemist & Soil Researcher, NASA Ames
Linda Powers - Molecular Scientist,
Utah State University
Richard Quinn - Research Scientist,
SETI Istitute, NASA Ames
Shayne Rich - Engineer, Spectre
Engineering Support
Kelly Snook - Aerospace Engineer
& Planetary Scientist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Henry Sun - Microbiologist, Desert
Research Institute/Division of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences
Cindy Taylor - Research Asscociate,
NASA Ames
Maite Trujillo San Martin - Research
Engineer, NASA Ames
Karie Trupka - NASA Explorer School
Teacher
Koby VanBeest - NASA Explorer
School Teacher
Claudia Vega - Biology and Natural
Science Teacher, Chile
Jacek Wierzchos - Chemist, University
of Lerida
J. Judson Wynne - Cave Research
Scientist, USGS
Interesting Readings:
Two Dry For Life: The
Atacama Desert and Mars by Chris McKay, Ad Astra
Mars
on Earth by David L. Chandler, Wired Magazine
Researchers
Rain on Mars' Water Gullies Parade by Ker Than, SPACE.com
Microbial
Life - Educational Resources National Science Digital Library
Digging
for Life in the Deadest Desert by Michael Coren, CNN
Chris McKay's
Three Questions by Joel McKinnon, newmars.com
In
search of the driest place on Earth; Off to dry Jebel Uweinat by
Chris McKay, Here Today; Gone to Mars
Caves of Mars from Penny
Boston
Temperature and Moisture
Conditions for Life in the Extreme Arid Region of the Atacama Desert
McKay et al, Astobiology
Antiquity of aridity in the Chilean
Atacama Desert by Jonathan D.A. Clarke, Geomorphology
Images from the Atacama
Desert and Mars - Jacek Wierzchos
Endolithic Cyanobacteria in
Halite Rocks from the Hyperarid Core of the Atacama Desert - Jacek
Wierzchos
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