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K Kobayashi1, T Kaneko, H Hashimoto
1Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Yokohama National University, Japan. kkensei@pchem.bsk.ynu.ac.jp
Abstract:
Simulation experiments on ground have shown that "amino acid precursors", which give amino acids after acid-hydrolysis, can be formed when an ice mixture simulating ice mantles of interstellar dust particles (lSDs) is irradiated with high energy particles or UV light. It is strongly suggested that such bioorganic compounds were delivered by comets for the first biosphere on the Earth. It is of great interest to confirm this hypothesis in actual space conditions, such as in an exposed facility of JEM. Fundamental designs for such exobiology experiments in earth orbit (EEEO) will be discussed.
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