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		| Paper: | 
		The Blue Dots Initiative and Roadmapping Exercise | 
	 
	
		| Volume: | 
		430, Pathways Towards Habitable Planets | 
	 
	
		| Page: | 
		15 | 
	 
	
		| Authors: | 
		Coudé, V. | 
	 
	
	
		| Abstract: | 
		The Blue Dots initiative (a grassroot effort to build a scientific community in Europe around the exoplanet theme) is introduced. The Blue Dots activities include the elaboration of a roadmap towards the spectroscopic characterization of habitable exoplanets, a summary of which is presented here. While the roadmap will need to be updated regularly, it is expected that the methodology developed within Blue Dots will provide a durable framework for the elaboration of future revisions. | 
	 
	
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