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. -------