Links
Penny Boston, Associate Professor of Cave and Karst Science

Penny Boston brings a wealth of fascinating experience with her. Her website is still under construction, so I have selected some interesting links to help you get acquainted with Dr. Boston. --Webmistress

Caves of Mars Project: http://www.highmars.org/niac/

SLIME Team website: http://www.i-pi.com/~diana/slime

NOVA: The Mysterious Life of Caves. Originally broadcast on PBS in October 2002, this site has the program transcripts if you missed it.

Life in the Extremes: An interview with Penny Boston. This is an interview from the Thinkquest Internet site written by precollegiate students on Astrobiology: The Living Universe. Dr. Boston was asked about her experiences studying life in underground caves, life on Mars and recognizing alien life.

Mars Desert Research Station Crew 6. Dr. Boston was a member of Crew 6 from April 22-May 4, 2002, where she lived in a simulated Martian habitat. Click here to access the logs and here for some Martian poety penned by Boston.

Life on Mars Simulated by Crew in Utah Desert. National Geographic News article about the MDRS.

Green Slime and Red Goo, a story about cavewomen Penny Boston and Diana Northrup written for Spacekids.

The Search for Extremophiles on Earth and Beyond. An Astrobiology Web article written by Dr. Boston.