Asri-unix.1386 net.space utzoo!decvax!cca!DIETZ@USC-ECL@sri-unix Mon May 3 09:39:27 1982 Amino acids in meteorite From: Paul Dietz I'd take that amino acid story with several grains of salt. Others have done the same experiment on the same meteorite and have failed to detect L-amino acids by themselves. There is an obvious eror mechanism - contamination by terrestrial life. I know that they said that special precautions were taken, but no one's perfewct. ------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.