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| The Protocell Project |
| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
09/10/07 |
| Summary: At the Los Alamos National Laboratory, scientists are trying to create artificial life. In this interview, Hans Ziock discusses the progress made so far, and the steps that still need to be taken for life to arise in the lab. |
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| The Man to Contact |
| Topic: Alien Life |
08/27/07 |
| Summary: In the field of astrobiology, few people have had a bigger influence than Frank Drake. In this interview, he discusses his famous Drake Equation, alien messages, and the search for alien life. |
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| Fossil Hunting on Mars |
| Topic: Mars |
07/30/07 |
| Summary: In the second part of an exclusive Astrobiology Magazine interview, Project Scientist Jorge Vago explains how the European Space Agency´s ExoMars rover, scheduled for launch in 2011, will carry out its search for signs of life on Mars. |
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| Digging Deep for Martian Life |
| Topic: Mars |
07/23/07 |
| Summary: In an exclusive Astrobiology Magazine interview, Project Scientist Jorge Vago explains why the European Space Agency´s ExoMars rover, scheduled for launch in 2011, will arrive prepared to dig beneath the surface in its search for signs of martian life. |
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| The United Nations of Space |
| Topic: Missions |
06/14/07 |
| Summary: COSPAR - The Committee on Space Research - might be described as the United Nations of space research and collaboration. From Astrobiology Magazine, European Edition is an interview with its president, Roger Bonnet, about COSPAR's role in space exploration. |
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| Restricted Zone |
| Topic: Moon to Mars |
06/04/07 |
| Summary: International regulations say it´s okay for astronauts to make a mess on the moon. But the rules for sending humans to Mars, according to Dr. Cassie Conley, NASA´s acting planetary protection officer, are far more restrictive. |
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| Containing ET |
| Topic: Moon to Mars |
05/28/07 |
| Summary: Despite stringent restrictions, international regulations do allow for living terrestrial organisms to be sent to Mars – and for martian rocks that may contain life to be returned to Earth. In this exclusive Astrobiology Magazine interview, NASA´s acting planetary protection officer, Dr. Cassie Conley, explains how it could be done. |
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| Forecasting Earth-Like Worlds |
| Topic: New Planets |
05/24/07 |
| Summary: Future missions like COROT, KEPLER, and DARWIN should find Earth-like exoplanets. In this interview from Astrobiology Magazine, European Edition, Franck Selsis, an astrophysicist specializing in planetary atmospheres, explains how we can learn if any of those alien worlds contain life. |
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| Keeping It Clean |
| Topic: Moon to Mars |
05/21/07 |
| Summary: The job of a planetary protection officer is to make sure that humans don´t contaminate other worlds, and that Earth is kept safe from the potential harmful effects of extraterrestrial life. For NASA, that job is currently held by Dr. Cassie Conley. Astrobiology Magazine recently interviewed Conley to find out what she actually does. |
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| Life's Slimy Beginnings |
| Topic: Geology |
05/17/07 |
| Summary: From Astrobiology Magazine, European Edition is a podcast interview with Frances Westall of the Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire in France. She discusses her search for traces of life in the Earth´s most ancient rocks, and explains how fossilized microbial mats provide information about life´s slimy beginnings. |
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