SETI public: NASA to take a closer look at extraterrestrial "weird life"

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NASA to Take a Closer Look a 'Weird Life' Beyond Earth

By Leonard David
Senior Space Writer
posted: 08:17 am ET
13 December 2003

NASA is assessing support for a major look into the limits of organic life in planetary systems.
The purpose of the imaginative study is twofold: To evaluate the possibility that "non-standard" chemistry may support life in known solar system environments and conceivably in extra-solar settings; and to define broad areas that might guide NASA and other agencies to fund efforts to expand knowledge in this area.
The assessment would take place over a 15-month time period, undertaken by a National Academy of Sciences study group within the National Research Council's Space Studies Board in Washington, D.C.
The expected go-ahead on the effort stems from a "Weird Life" Planning Session, held in April 2002 by the National Research Council’s Committee on the Origins and Evolution of Life.

http://space.com/scienceastronomy/nasa_astrobiology_031212.html

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