Like shooting comets in a barrel
To simulate a comet hitting pay dirt, Blank and her colleagues fire a bullet into a metal container the size of a can of beans. In this scenario, the container is the comet and the bullet is the hard ground. Inside the container is a small chamber about as big as a quarter, in which the scientists place a liquid sample of organic molecules. Full story:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33008390/ns/technology_and_science-space/page/2/
* Ingredient for life detected in comet dust:
http://cristiannegureanu.blogspot.com/2009/08/ingredient-for-life-detected-in-comet.html
