Richard B. Hoover
Richard Brice Hoover (born January 3, 1943) is a physicist who has authored 33 volumes and 250 papers on astrobiology, extremophiles, diatoms, solar physics, X-ray/EUV optics and meteorites. He holds 11 U.S. patents and was 1992 NASA Inventor of the Year. He was employed at the United States' NASA Marshall Space Flight Center from 1966 to 2012, where he worked on astrophysics and astrobiology. He established the Astrobiology Group there in 1997 and until his retirement in late 2011 he headed their astrobiology research. He conducted research on microbial extremophiles in the Antarctic, microfossils, and chemical biomarkers in precambrian rocks and in carbonaceous chondrite meteorites. Hoover has published claims to have discovered fossilized microorganisms in a collection of select meteorites on multiple occasions. Provided by Wikipedia-
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4by Hoover, Richard B.Contributors: “...Hoover, Richard B....”
Published in SPIE Proceedings, Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobiology II (1999)
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10by Pikuta, Elena V., Hoover, Richard B.Contributors: “...Hoover, Richard B....”
Published in SPIE Proceedings, Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobiology VIII (2004)
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11by Mojib, Nazia, Bej, Asim K., Hoover, RichardContributors: “...Hoover, Richard B....”
Published in SPIE Proceedings, Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobiology XI (2008)
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13by Astafieva, Marina M., Rozanov, Alexei Y., Hoover, Richard B.Contributors: “...Hoover, Richard B....”
Published in SPIE Proceedings, Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobiology XIV (2011)
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14by Sipiera, Paul P., Hoover, Richard B., Jerman, Gregory A.Contributors: “...Hoover, Richard B....”
Published in SPIE Proceedings, Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobiology IV (2002)
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15by Sipiera, Paul P., Hoover, Richard B., Jerman, Gregory A.Contributors: “...Hoover, Richard B....”
Published in SPIE Proceedings, Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobiology III (2000)
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17by Guisler, Melissa, Pikuta, Elena V., Townsend, Alisa, Hoover, Richard B.Contributors: “...Hoover, Richard B....”
Published in SPIE Proceedings, Instruments and Methods for Astrobiology and Planetary Missions XII (2009)
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19by Marsic, Damien, Hoover, Richard B., Gilichinsky, David A., Ng, Joseph D.Contributors: “...Hoover, Richard B....”
Published in SPIE Proceedings, Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobiology II (1999)
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20by Marsic, Damien, Pikuta, Elena V., Hoover, Richard B., Ng, Joseph D.Contributors: “...Hoover, Richard B....”
Published in SPIE Proceedings, Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobiology IV (2002)
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