Pabulo Henrique Rampelotto

Pabulo H. Rampelotto is a researcher at the Federal University of Santa Maria, with background in Biology. He has done extensive research on life in extreme environments, panspermia, planetary habitability, and on the origins of life. In recent years has received several invitations to publish papers and book chapters related to Planetary Science and Astrobiology.
He is known for his advocacy of the manned exploration of Mars and critical reviews regarding the Europa Jupiter System Mission (EJSM) and Titan Saturn System Mission (TSSM) concepts. His studies suggest that some issues concerning the current EJSM concept remain open for discussion: radiation represents a critical challenge that may delay and even stop the mission and further compromise the development of future Outer Planet Flagship Missions; the current design of the EJSM will not be sufficient to fully address the habitability of Europa, which may take many decades to happen; furthermore, Ganymede has low priority in terms of astrobiological potential. In this sense, Rampelotto is the first one to point out that the EJSM is not justified in terms of its current concept and main scientific goal (The emergence of habitable worlds around gas giants), and advocates for an alternative architecture for this Flagship Mission with focus on Europa and including in situ instrumentation. The still limited knowledge on this question (the origin of life) cannot be used to refute any one of these ideas. Within the scientific scope, both theories remain worth of consideration. In his words:
His researches are guided by a non anthropocentric way of thinking. According to him:

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