Breve historia de la exobiología desde la figura de Joan Oró Florensa

Iván López García

doi:10.3989/asclepio.2024.08

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Iván López García Instituto de Historia de la Ciencia. Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7535-6234

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/asclepio.2024.08

Palabras clave:

Exobiología, Joan Oró Florensa, Apollo 11, Viking, Meteoritos

Resumen

El presente artículo ofrece la elaboración de una historia de la exobiología a la luz de los trabajos y aportaciones del bioquímico español Joan Oró Florensa. Con este planteamiento se pretende demostrar, por un lado, el papel crucial que tuvo Oró en las investigaciones y debates que dieron forma y contenido a esta disciplina científica, cubriendo así el vacío que existe en este respecto, y, por el otro, se pretende elaborar esta historia mediante su concreción en ciertas tramas y materiales concretos que la cubren perfectamente. La exobiología nace a partir de la década de 1960 con la unión, de la mano de la National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), de los estudios sobre el origen de la vida y la era espacial; en concreto, toma forma principalmente a partir de las investigaciones y experimentos biológicos de las misiones Apollo y Viking, en los que Oró participó como uno de los actores principales.

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