NASA DARES to Establish an Astrobiology-Specific Technology Development Program

NASA DARES to Establish an Astrobiology-Specific Technology Development Program

NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, Planetary Science Division, Space Technology Mission Directorate, and Astrobiology Program are recommended by the Agnostic Life Finding Association (ALFA) to establish a competitive, highly-focused, science-requirements-driven technology development program to advance astrobiological instrumentation towards and beyond Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 6.
Searching for Unambiguous Signs of Extant Life on Mars with the Agnostic Life Finder (ALF)

Searching for Unambiguous Signs of Extant Life on Mars with the Agnostic Life Finder (ALF)

NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD) and Mars Exploration Program (MEP) are recommended by the Agnostic Life Finding Association (ALFA) to produce a focused investigation to seek unambiguous signs of extant life within the Martian subsurface ice, in this decade, by deploying the Agnostic Life Finder (ALF) in concordance with planned water-mining operations on Mars.
How to Search for Unambiguous Signs of Extant Life on Mars with NASA-DARES 2025

How to Search for Unambiguous Signs of Extant Life on Mars with NASA-DARES 2025

NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD) and Mars Exploration Program (MEP) are recommended by Agnostic Life Finding Association (ALFA) to produce a focused investigation to seek unambiguous signs of extant life within the Martian subsurface ice, in this decade, as a Discovery-class mission or by deploying an astrobiology payload in concordance with planned water-mining operations on Mars.
Prioritize the Search for Extant Life on Mars with NASA-DARES 2025

Prioritize the Search for Extant Life on Mars with NASA-DARES 2025

NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD) and Mars Exploration Program (MEP) are hereby recommended by Christopher Temby and Agnostic Life Finding Association to ensure that the highest priority science objective in the coming decade for the 2025 Decadal Astrobiology Research and Exploration Strategy (NASA-DARES 2025) is a search for an extant Martian biosphere before human arrival.