ALH

Alan Hills, specifically used to designate a meteorite found in Alan Hills, Antarctica

CAPS

Committee on Astrobiology and Planetary Sciences

CoLD

Confidence of Life Detection scale

labeled release experiment on Viking

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NExSS

Nexus for Exoplanet System Science, a NASA Research Coordination Network

NfoLD

Network for Life Detection, a NASA Research Coordination Network

NSF

National Science Foundation

IODP

International Ocean Drilling Program

PSD

Planetary Science Division of NASA Science Mission Directorate

RCN

Research Coordination Network

SOC

Science Organizing Committee

SSB

Space Studies Board

Independent Review of the Community Report from the Biosignature Standards of Evidence Workshop: Report Series—Committee on Astrobiology and Planetary Sciences
2022

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At the request of NASA, the Committee on Astrobiology and Planetary Sciences of the National Academies of Sciences Engineering, and Medicine, in its role as an independent forum, conducted a review of the NASA report "Community Report from the Biosignatures Standards of Evidence Workshop". The review addresses the accuracy, assumptions, and conclusions of the NASA report. This publication details the findings of the committee.

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44 pages · 8.5 x 11 ·
ISBN Ebook: 0-309-69046-3
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/26621

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Independent Review of the Community Report from the Biosignature Standards of Evidence Workshop: Report Series—Committee on Astrobiology and Planetary Sciences. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.

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Front Matter i-x
Executive Summary 1-2
1 Introduction 3-5
2 The Biosignature Standards of Evidence Workshop 6-11
3 Communication of a Life Detection Result 12-16
4 Relationship to the Scientific Process 17-26
Appendix A: Statement of Task 27-28
Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations 29-29
Appendix C: Committee and Staff Biographical Information 30-34

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Independent Review of the Community Report from the Biosignature Standards of Evidence Workshop: Report Series—Committee on Astrobiology and Planetary Sciences (2022)

Chapter: Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations

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Acronyms and Abbreviations

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Acronyms and Abbreviations