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In Memoriam: David S. McKay

I am sad to report that NASA scientist David S. McKay passed away yesterday, Feb. 20, 2013 at age 77.
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David S. McKay was Chief Scientist for Astrobiology at the Johnson Space Centre. During the Apollo program, McKay trained the first men to walk on the Moon in geology. McKay was the first author of a scientific paper postulating past life on Mars on the basis of evidence in Martian meteorite ALH 84001 found in Antarctica.
David passed away February 20, 2013.
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