[meteorite-list] Alien life topic

[Becky and Kirk]

OK Phil & others----here is some of the PROOF that you wanted!!
Sounds pretty legit to me! Read the whole thing! Hmmmmm-----Sounds like my 
post last week about amino acids coming from Comet & Meteorite impacts 
bringing life to Earth from deep Space!
Time to eat some crow----eh??
Kirk.......:-)
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg Catterton" <star_wars_collector at yahoo.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 8:09 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Alien life topic



> Here is some interesting reading.

>

> "GLycine in Wild 2 comet dust provides fresh evidence of life beyond 

> earth"

> Australian Associated Press | AFP

>

> The discovery ... strengthens the argument that life in the universe may 

> be common rather than rare.

>

> Astrobiologist Carl Pilcher

>

> Scientists have uncovered fresh evidence that life could exist beyond 

> Earth, with research published on Tuesday showing that comet dust 

> contained traces of a compound vital to human existence.

>

> Researchers probing dust and gas collected from the Wild 2 comet by NASA's 

> Stardust spacecraft in 2004 found traces of the amino acid glycine, 

> lending credence to idea that there is life elsewhere in the universe.

>

> "The discovery of glycine in a comet supports the idea that the 

> fundamental building blocks of life are prevalent in space, and 

> strengthens the argument that life in the universe may be common rather 

> than rare," said Carl Pilcher, one of the space agency's top 

> astrobiologists.

>

> Jamie Elsila, lead author of the report, which was published in the 

> journal Meteoritics and Planetary Science, said the findings also support 

> the idea that the material elements of human life may have come from 

> space.

>

> "Our discovery supports the theory that some of life's ingredients formed 

> in space and were delivered to Earth long ago by meteorite and comet 

> impacts," she said.

>

> The group's final findings confirm suspicions that the amino acid -- which 

> creates the proteins that form the building blocks of life -- were not 

> simply earth-sourced contamination.

>

> "We discovered that the Stardust-returned glycine has an extraterrestrial 

> carbon isotope signature, indicating that it originated on the comet," 

> said Elsila.

>

> Twenty different amino acids are arranged to build the millions of 

> different proteins that make up everything from hair to enzymes, NASA 

> said.

>

>

> http://livenews.com.au/life/glycine-in-wild-2-comet-dust-provides-fresh-evidence-of-life-beyond-earth/2009/8/19/216679

>

> Proof?

> who knows.

> Hope everyone is doing good today!

>

> Greg C.

>

>

>

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