We can search for evidence of cells preserved in rocks, or at a much smaller scale: compounds called biosignatures are molecular fossils, specific compounds that give some indication of the organisms that created them. MEP developed the Mars 2020 Rover Mission to determine whether life may have left telltale signatures in the rocks on Mars’s surface, a further shift to the current science theme “Seek the Signs of Life”.įinding fossils preserved from early Mars might tell us that life once flourished on this planet. After establishing that Mars once had significant amount of water on its surface, the Mars Science Laboratory (which includes the Curiosity rover) was sent to Mars to determine whether Mars had the right ingredients in the rocks to host life, signaling a shift to the next theme of “Explore Habitability”. The Pathfinder Mission and Mars Exploration Rovers (Spirit and Opportunity) were sent to Mars to “Follow the Water,” recognizing that liquid water is necessary for life to exist on Earth. The field of Astrobiology saw a resurgence due to the controversy surrounding the possible fossil life in the ALH84001 meteorite, and from the outsized public response to this announcement, and subsequent interest from Congress and the White House, NASA’s Astrobiology Program was formed.Īlso at this time, NASA’s Mars Exploration Program began to investigate Mars with an increasing focus on missions to the Red Planet. The twin Viking landers of 1976 were NASA’s first life detection mission, and although the results from the experiments failed to detect life in the Martian regolith, and resulted in a long period with fewer Mars missions, it was not the end of the fascination that the Astrobiology science community had for the red planet. However, the exploration of Mars has been intertwined with NASA’s search for life from the beginning. Enjoy your conversations.Astrobiology is a relatively new field of study, where scientists from a variety of disciplines (astronomy, biology, geology, physics, etc.) work together to understand the potential for life to exist beyond Earth. Ready made spaces include Pinterest, spaces that offer reflections include Rasputin Maxim, or you could make your own spaces using Little moments. You could also encourage people you work with to do this and use what people collect to start conversations that have no agenda or purpose other than to explore, reflect and learn together. If this chimes with you and you haven’t already done so you might like to create a space to collect quotes and images that speak to you. Whilst each image I have chosen may have an instinctive resonance with me, what I find more interesting is considering its undiscovered relevance. Talking with images encourages me to reflect on what I am stuck on, or trying to say. Or I need to have a conversation with no judgements or answers. Sometimes I don’t quite know what kind of conversation I need to have, and who to have it with. However what they do is encourage me to listen to what I think they are saying, and find my own voice within this interpretation.Īnd that is the key draw for me when talking with images.
Instead they suggest, indicate, and intimate, or I decide are irrelevant to the conversation I am looking to have. I love the images more because they are not a quick win.
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But sometimes I find they tell me how to think or what to do. They point me in a new direction, help me think positively, encourage me to reflect and remind me of a more philosophical slant to the way I generally think. They say something I wish I had thought of myself. I love the quotes because they are a quick win. Sometimes I look at the images and quotes when I get stuck. They talk to me, the quotes in an obvious way, the images in a not so obvious way, but they still have something to say.
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I have boards on Pinterest full of quotes and images that I have collected because I am instinctively drawn to them.
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