Life Sciences and Space Research XXV(4): Planetary Biology and Origins of Life : Proceedings of the Topical Meeting of the COSPAR Interdisciplinary Scientific Commission F (Meeting F3) of the COSPAR Twenty-ninth Plenary Meeting Held in Washington, DC, U.S.A., 28 August-5 September, 1992These proceedings contain 56 papers that cover such topics as extraterrestrial organic chemistry and the origins of life; life on Mars; planetary protection for Mars missions and chemical evolution on Titan. |
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Laboratory Astrophysics and Molecular Astronomy of Pure Carbon Molecules | 15 |
Toward the Detection of Pure Carbon Clusters in the ISM | 25 |
Organic Molecules in the Gas Phase of Dense Interstellar Clouds | 35 |
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absorption abundance aerosols amino acids AMMs analysis anticodonic aqueous Astron Astrophys atmosphere band biological carbon carbon star carbonaceous cells Chem chemical evolution chemistry chondrites circumstellar clouds comet Halley cometary comets composition compounds contamination COSPAR COSPAR Printed D/H ratio detection deuterium dust Earth electron elements emission enrichment environment enzymes Exobiology experiments extraterrestrial formation fraction grains HCN polymers hydrocarbons hydrogen hydrogen cyanide Icarus impact infrared interstellar interstellar medium ions irradiation isotopic laboratory liquid water Mars mass material mbar measurements metabolic methane microbial micrometeorites microorganisms mission molecular molecules Murchison meteorite NASA nebula nitrogen nucleotides observed Oort cloud orbit organic origin particles permafrost phase planetary protection planets Ponnamperuma possible prebiotic present processes pyrolysis radiation reactions samples Science sediments simulated soil solar system Space Res spacecraft species spectra spectrometer spectroscopy spectrum sterilization structure synthesis Table temperature terrestrial thermal tholins Titan Viking volatile