Mines professor part of $7 million NASA study on “rock-powered life”
GOLDEN, Colo., Oct. 22, 2014 – The NASA Astrobiology Institute has awarded a team, including Colorado School of Mines Civil and Environmental Engineering professor John Spear, more than $7 million to study “rock-powered life.” Spear is part of a team led by University of Colorado, Boulder Geological Sciences professor Alexis Templeton that will examine life in the subsurface, researching minerals such as iron bearing rocks and serpentinites. October 22, 2014.