AstRoMap European Astrobiology Roadmap
Gerda Horneck
(1)
,
Nicolas Walter
(2)
,
Frances Westall
(3)
,
John Lee Grenfell
(4)
,
William Martin
,
Felipe Gómez
(5)
,
Stefan Leuko
,
Natuschka Lee
,
Silvano Onofri
(6)
,
Kleomenis Tsiganis
(7)
,
Raffaele Saladino
(8)
,
Elke Pilat-Lohinger
(9)
,
Ernesto Palomba
(10)
,
Jesse Harrison
,
Fernando Rull
(11)
,
Christian Muller
(12)
,
Giovanni Strazzulla
(13)
,
John Brucato
,
Petra Rettberg
(1)
,
Maria Teresa Capria
(14)
1
DLR Institut für Luft- und Raumfahrtmedizin
2 ESF - European Science Foundation
3 CBM - UPR 4301 - Centre de biophysique moléculaire
4 Extrasolare Planeten und Atmosphären [Berlin]
5 CAB - Centro de Astrobiologia [Madrid]
6 UNITUS - Università degli studi della Tuscia = Tuscia University [Viterbo]
7 Dep. Of Physics
8 Dipartimento di Agrobiologia ed Agrochimica
9 Institute for Astronomy [Vienna]
10 IAPS - Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali - INAF
11 UVa - Universidad de Valladolid = Universidade de Valladolid = Valladolideko Unibertsitatea = University of Valladolid = Université de Valladolid
12 Cooltech Applications
13 OACT - INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania
14 IASF-Roma - Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica cosmica - Roma
2 ESF - European Science Foundation
3 CBM - UPR 4301 - Centre de biophysique moléculaire
4 Extrasolare Planeten und Atmosphären [Berlin]
5 CAB - Centro de Astrobiologia [Madrid]
6 UNITUS - Università degli studi della Tuscia = Tuscia University [Viterbo]
7 Dep. Of Physics
8 Dipartimento di Agrobiologia ed Agrochimica
9 Institute for Astronomy [Vienna]
10 IAPS - Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali - INAF
11 UVa - Universidad de Valladolid = Universidade de Valladolid = Valladolideko Unibertsitatea = University of Valladolid = Université de Valladolid
12 Cooltech Applications
13 OACT - INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania
14 IASF-Roma - Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica cosmica - Roma
Nicolas Walter
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Frances Westall
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William Martin
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Stefan Leuko
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Natuschka Lee
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Jesse Harrison
- Function : Author
Christian Muller
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John Brucato
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Petra Rettberg
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Abstract
The European AstRoMap project (supported by the European Commission Seventh Framework Programme) surveyed the state of the art of astrobiology in Europe and beyond and produced the first European roadmap for astrobiology research. In the context of this roadmap, astrobiology is understood as the study of the origin, evolution, and distribution of life in the context of cosmic evolution; this includes habitability in the Solar System and beyond. The AstRoMap Roadmap identifies five research topics, specifies several key scientific objectives for each topic, and suggests ways to achieve all the objectives.