A funny part of the history of biology: NASA established its Life Sciences office in 1960, and the following decades they funded some pretty influential researc

A funny part of the history of biology: NASA established its Life Sciences office in 1960, and the following decades they funded some pretty influential research in molecular biology and on the origin of life, which was not getting funding from more conventional biology funding sources. Maybe the highlights would be Lynn Margulis and the endosymbiosis theory, and Carl Woese finding the Archaea in 1977. References: JE Strick. 2004. Creating a Cosmic Discipline: The Crystallization and Consolidation of Exobiology, 1957-1973. Journal of the History of Biology 37:131-180. http://www.researchgate.net/profile/James_Strick/publication/225266412_Creating_a_Cosmic_Discipline_The_Crystallization_and_Consolidation_of_Exobiology_19571973/file/32bfe50f022c9d3a59.pdf http://www.researchgate.net/profile/James_Strick/publication... M Morange. 2007. What history tells us X. Fifty years ago: the beginning of exobiology. Journal of Biosciences 32(6): 1083-1087.