Pascale Ehrenfreund: Space Exploration and the Search for Life in the Universe

SONIC ACTS FESTIVAL – THE DARK UNIVERSE Pascale Ehrenfreund: Space Exploration and the Search for Life in the Universe 22 February 2013 – De Balie, Amsterdam, the Netherlands --- Several nations are currently engaging in, or planning for, space exploration programmes that target the Moon, Mars and near-Earth asteroids. These journeys can provide answers to some of the most fundamental scientific and philosophical questions. ‘How did our solar system and host planet form?’ ‘Does life exist beyond the Earth?’ and ‘What are the potential opportunities for humanity to live off the planet?’ Pascale Ehrenfreund (AT) is chief investigator at the NASA Astrobiology Institute (Node Wisconsin) and leads the Astrobiology Laboratory at the Leiden Institute of Chemistry.