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Strategies for remote detection of life--DARWIN-IRSI and TPF missions
1Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, CNRS, Orsay, France. leger@ias.fr
Advances in Space Research : the Official Journal of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR)
|September 7, 2001
Abstract:
Having selected a general definition of a living system, we wonder whether a remote detection of such systems can be made, at least in some cases. Quite fortunately, we find that this seems possible. We describe the present status of missions with this goal.