NASA将宣布新的天体生物学重大发现

时间：2010-12-01 来源：cnblogs

　　NASA再次发布了一则引入好奇的新闻稿，宣布将在12月2日、太平洋标准时间上午11点宣布一项天体生物学重大发现，声称与地外生命的证据有关。

　　于是流言再次四起，有人说泰坦星上发现了生命，也有人说人类与ET首次接触，等等。比较严谨的推测来自kottke.org，作者分析了新闻发布会的出席者名单：地理生物学家Pamela Conrad，是一篇火星生命论文的主要作者；海洋学家Felisa Wolfe-Simon，最近写过一篇用砷进行光合作用的论文；生物学家Steven Benner是喷气推进实验室泰坦星团队成员；生态学家James Elser正参与NASA资助的天体生物学计划Follow the Elements。因此估计NASA将宣布在泰坦星上发现生命存在的线索。但《大西洋月刊》的资深编辑Alexis Madrigal在Twitter上留言称，他看过了论文，很遗憾推测并不正确。

　　NASA新闻稿原文：

MEDIA ADVISORY : M10-110

NASA to Hold News Conference on Astrobiology Discovery
Science Journal Has Embargoed Details Until 11 a.m. PST On Dec. 2 MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA will hold a news conference at 11 a.m. PST on Thursday, Dec. 2, to discuss an astrobiology finding that will impact the search for evidence of extraterrestrial life. Astrobiology is the study of the origin, evolution, distribution and future of life in the universe.
The news conference will be held at the NASA Headquarters auditorium at 300 E St. SW, in Washington. It will be broadcast live on NASA Television and streamed on the agency's website at http://www.nasa.gov.

Reporters may view the televised press conference at NASA Ames Research Center in the main auditorium, Bldg. 201 or ask questions by phone. To obtain dial-in information, journalists must send their name, affiliation and telephone number to Steve Cole at [email protected] or call 202-358-0918 by 9 a.m. PST Dec. 2, 2010.

Participants are:

Mary Voytek, director, Astrobiology Program, NASA Headquarters, Washington
Felisa Wolfe-Simon, NASA astrobiology research fellow, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, Calif.
Pamela Conrad, astrobiologist, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
Steven Benner, distinguished fellow, Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution, Gainesville, Fla.
James Elser, professor, Arizona State University, Tempe

To reach NASA Ames, take U.S. Highway 101 to the Moffett Field, NASA Parkway exit and drive east on Moffett Boulevard towards the main gate. The briefing will be held in the main auditorium, Building N-201, at NASA Ames. Building N-201 is located behind the administration building, N-200.

For NASA TV streaming video and downlink information, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
For more information about NASA astrobiology activities, visit:

http://astrobiology.nasa.gov