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American planetary scientist

This article is about the planetary scientist. For the animator, seeChris McKay.

Christopher McKay
McKay in Antarctica in 2005
Education	Physics,Florida Atlantic University Mechanical Engineering, Florida Atlantic University PhD inastrogeophysics, University of Colorado (1982)
Occupation(s)	Planetary Scientist,NASA Ames Research Center
Organization	Planetary SocietyMars Society

Christopher P. McKay (born 1954)^[1] is an Americanplanetary scientist atNASA Ames Research Center, studyingplanetary atmospheres,astrobiology, andterraforming. McKay majored inphysics atFlorida Atlantic University, where he also studied mechanical engineering, graduating in 1975,^[2]^[3] and received his PhD inastrogeophysics from theUniversity of Colorado in 1982.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Career

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McKay has done research on planetary atmospheres, particularly the atmospheres ofTitan^[7]^[8] andMars, and on the origin and evolution of life.^[9] He is a co-investigator on theHuygens probe, theMars Phoenix lander, and theMars Science Laboratory. He also performed field research onextremophiles, in such locations asDeath Valley, theAtacama Desert,^[10]Axel Heiberg Island, and ice-covered lakes inAntarctica. McKay is the Principal Investigator of the proposedIcebreaker Life astrobiology mission to Mars.^[11] In 2015 he received theNevada Medal.

He was a member of the board of directors of thePlanetary Society and also works with theMars Society, and has written and spoken onspace exploration and terraforming.^[12]^[13]^[14] He is also an adviser for the Microbes Mind Forum.^[15]

Ethics of terraforming

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McKay advocates a moderatelybiocentric position in theethics of terraforming, arguing that we must thoroughly explore a planet such asMars first to discover whether there is any microbial life before taking first steps toward terraforming, and that if indigenous alien life is found in an obscure niche or dormant on Mars, we should remove all Earth life and alter Mars to support the global spread of this alien life on Mars.^[16]^[17] He has held a series of public debates withRobert Zubrin, who advocates a moderatelyanthropocentric position on the ethics of terraforming.^[18]^[19]

References

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^"5382 McKay (1991 JR2)".ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/. Retrieved2 March 2021.McKay. Discovered 1991 May 8 by R.H.McNaugth at Siding Spring. Named for Christopher P. McKay (b. 1954), sapce scientist and exobiologist ...
^Edward Silverman, "Scientists' Paths To Eminence: What Are The Turning Points?",The Scientist, Vol:6, #2, 20 January 1992.
^"Christopher McKay | Academic Influence".academicinfluence.com. Retrieved2022-07-20.
^Chris McKay Planetary Scientist - NASA Quest
^"Many Worlds Symposium". Archived fromthe original on 2012-10-29. Retrieved2012-08-27.
^"Mckay".National Space Grant Foundation. Retrieved2022-07-20.
^e.g.Photochemically Driven Collapse of Titan's Atmosphere, Ralph D. Lorenz, Christopher P. McKay, and Jonathan I. Lunine,Science, Vol. 275 pp. 642–644, 31 Jan. 1997
^"Christopher McKay".Science Friday. Retrieved2022-07-20.
^Organic Synthesis in Experimental Impact Shocks, Christopher P. McKay and William J. Borucki,Science, Vo. 276 pp. 390–392, 18 April 1997
^Microbial Life in the Atacama Desert, R. M. Maier, K. P. Drees, J. W. Neilson, D. A. Henderson, J. Quade, J. L. Betancourt;, Rafael Navarro-Gonzalez, Fred A. Rainey, and Christopher P. McKay,Science, Vol. 306 pp. 1289–1290, 19 November 2004
^Christopher P. McKay; Carol R. Stoker; Brian J. Glass; Arwen I. Davé; Alfonso F. Davila; Jennifer L. Heldmann; Margarita M. Marinova; Alberto G. Fairen; Richard C. Quinn; Kris A. Zacny; Gale Paulsen; Peter H. Smith; Victor Parro; Dale T. Andersen; Michael H. Hecht; Denis Lacelle; Wayne H. Pollard (April 5, 2013). "TheIcebreaker Life Mission to Mars: A Search for Biomolecular Evidence for Life".Astrobiology.13 (4):334–353.Bibcode:2013AsBio..13..334M.doi:10.1089/ast.2012.0878.PMID 23560417.S2CID 21073805.
^Haynes, R. H.; McKay, C. P. (1992). "The Implantation of Life on Mars: Feasibility and Motivation".Adv. Space Res.12 (4):133–140.Bibcode:1992AdSpR..12d.133H.doi:10.1016/0273-1177(92)90167-v.PMID 11538133.
^C. P. McKay and M. M. Marinova, "The Physics, Biology and Environmental Ethics of Making Mars Habitable",Astrobiology 1, 89–109 (2001).
^Marinova, M. M.; McKay, C. P.; Hashimoto, H. (2005)."Radiative-Convective Model of Warming Mars using Artificial Super-Greenhouse Gases".J. Geophys. Res.110 (E3): E03002.Bibcode:2005JGRE..110.3002M.doi:10.1029/2004JE002306.
^Microbes Mind Forum – Advisors Archived 2014-02-28 at theWayback Machine (2014)
^C. P. McKay, "Let's Put Martian Life First",The Planetary Report, XXI(4), 4–5 (2001).
^McKay, Chris (December 2007)."Planetary Ecosynthesis on Mars: Restoration Ecology and Environmental Ethics"(PDF). Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 2020-04-01. Retrieved2017-01-04.
^C. P. McKay and R. M. Zubrin, "Do Indigenous Martian Bacteria have Precedence over Human Exploration?" inOn to Mars: Colonizing a New World (pp. 177–182)
^R. M. Zubrin and C. P. McKay, "A World for the Winning: The Exploration and Terraforming of Mars",The Planetary Report, XII(5), 16–19 (1992).