S103 Discovering Science Diary
Block 12 Life in the Universe
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26th August
I did do my essay again - and am a little happier with it now. All is ready to send in a couple of weeks time. FINITO!!
I also had an email from Clare, telling me my TMA08 mark. 87% and I have 85% average for the coursework. I'm happy with that! :)
21st August
I have actually finished the block and finished the TMA - two copies done - all fastened together - 1st class stamp on the receipt card. But I'm not happy with it and may try a different version of my essay (on Titan). I might not. But I might. (It will do - but I just think I can do better - if I have time. And inspiration.)
15th July
Plodding through this! I've done parts I and II - just part III to plod through.
These are some very interesting links which go with part II of the block.
Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn and Titan
ESA Huygens
Beagle 2
Mars Express
NASA Mars Exploration Missions
Modulus Experiment (Kuiper Belt)
Rosetta
On the question of the Mars meteorite
Earlier Scientific Papers on ALH 84001 Explained
Recent Scientific Papers on ALH 84001 Explained
Europa Factsheet
6th July
This is ECA territory!! We do not have a proper bound book for this block, just a loose study file, together with several articles relevant to the subject matter. (Unfortunately, we do not yet have the ECA!)
Study File contents
The origin of life on Earth
The nature of the problem
Timing: when did life appear?
Earth's early environment
How did life originate?
Life elsewhere in the Solar System
A quick assessment
The prime candidates
Life beyond the Solar System
The search for extrasolar planets
The detection of life
Articles
'The origin of life' by C.R. Woese (1984)
'Seeding Earth: comets, oceans and life'2 by C. Chyba (1990)
'Cold start' by J. L. Bada (1995)
'Nature's feet of clay' (Anon) (1996)
'Search for past life on Mars: possible relic biogenic activity in martian meteorite ALH84001' by D. S. McKay et al (1996)
'Europa: prospects for an ocean and exobiological implications' by J. Oro et al (1992)
'The planet of 51 Pegasi' by A. M. MacRobert and J. Roth (1996)
'The search for extraterrestrial life' by C. Sagan (1994)
'Life on Mars?' by M. Grady and I. Wright (1996)
'The search for extraterrestrial intelligence: scientific quest or hopeful folly?' A debate between E. Mayr and C. Sagan (1996)
'Life's Rocky Start' by R. M. Hazen (2001)
Extracts from Lifting Titan's Veil: Exploring the giant moon of Saturn by R. Lorenz and J. Mitton (2002)
'Extrasolar planets' by A. C. Cameron (2001)
