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From: Dr. David J. Thomas
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 2:59 PM
Subject: Marsbugs Vol. 11, No. 12 Newsletter is now available. Text: http://www.lyon.edu/projects/marsbugs/2004/20040316.txt PDF: http://www.lyon.edu/projects/marsbugs/2004/20040316.pdf Word: http://www.lyon.edu/projects/marsbugs/2004/20040316.doc Articles and News Page 1 NEW EVIDENCE SUGGESTS EARLY OCEANS BEREFT OF OXYGEN FOR EONS; EARLY LIFE MAY HAVE LIVED VERY DIFFERENTLY THAN LIFE TODAY NSF release 04-028 Page 2 SPACE STATION RESEARCH YIELDS NEW INFORMATION ABOUT BONE LOSS NASA release 04-084 Page 2 MARS UNDERGROUND: THE HARSH REALITY OF LIFE BELOW By Robert Roy Britt Page 3 MARS: GOLDILOCKS' OASIS? THINKING LOCALLY, BEFORE ACTING GLOBALLY From Astrobiology Magazine Page 5 PRIVATE DETECTIVES INVESTIGATE MARS By Leonard David Page 5 MARS HORIZON, THE BIG PLANS From Astrobiology Magazine Page 7 ADIOS ARECIBO: PROJECT PHOENIX MOVES ON By Seth Shostak Page 7 LOOKING TOWARDS CREATION Based on Hubble/STScI report Page 8 OUTBREAK ALERTS FROM SPACE By Patrick L. Barry Page 9 CLUES TO LIFE IN THE MINES OF MURGUL By Leslie Mullen Page 11 WAR OF THE WORDS: SCIENTIST ATTACKS ALIEN CLAIMS By Robert Roy Britt Announcements Page 11 STUDENT SIGNATURES IN SPACE (S3) 2004 From Astronomylinks.com Page 12 JIMO UPDATE From the Lunar and Planetary Institute Page 12 NEW ADDITIONS TO THE ASTROBIOLOGY INDEX By David J. Thomas Mission Reports Page 13 SCIENTISTS EXAMINE IMAGE OF MARS BEAGLE 2 LANDER By Jane Wardell Page 13 CASSINI SIGNIFICANT EVENTS NASA/JPL release Page 14 MARS EXPLORATION ROVERS UPDATES NASA/JPL releases Page 15 MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR IMAGES NASA/JPL/MSSS release Page 15 MARS ODYSSEY THEMIS IMAGES NASA/JPL/ASU release Page 15 ACTIVATING ROSETTA ESA release Page 16 TWO ASTEROID FLY-BYS FOR ROSETTA ESA release 15-2004 David J. Thomas, PhD Asst. Professor of Biology Lyon College, Science Division 2300 Highland Road Batesville, AR 72501 USA Phone: 870-698-4269 Fax: 870-698-4692 http://www.lyon.edu/webdata/users/dthomas NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/ambassador Editor of Marsbugs: The Electronic Astrobiology Newsletter http://www.lyon.edu/projects/marsbugs |