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David S. McKay is Chief Scientist for Astrobiology at the Johnson Space Center. Dr. McKay was the first author of a major scientific paper (Science, Aug. 16, 1996) postulating past life on Mars on the basis of evidence in Martian meteorite ALH84001 found in Antarctica. This paper has become one of the most heavily cited papers in planetary science. The NASA Astrobiology Institute was founded partially as a result of community interest in this paper and related topics. McKay has studied lunar dust since the return of the first Apollo 11 samples in 1969, and has contributed over 200 publications to our body of knowledge on this topic. McKay has published numerous papers and abstracts relating to planetary materials and space resource utilization: lunar regolith, cosmic dust, meteorites, Martian soil analogs, and technologies for producing oxygen, water, and building materials from lunar soil. McKay was honored by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) by having an asteroid named after him in 2002. His IAU citation mentions his years of work on lunar samples as well as the positive effect his research on Martian meteorites has had on planetary research. McKay received BA in Geology from Rice University in 1958, MA in Geology from University of California Berkeley in 1960, and PhD in Geology from Rice University in 1964.
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Kathie Louise Thomaskeprta, N T Keprta,Simon J Clemett, Eve L Berger, Zillur Rahman,David S Mckay,E K Gibson,S J Wentworth
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