How comets may have 'seeded' life on Earth

[Mr. McD]

Some scientists have long held the notion that comets delivered many of the chemical building blocks of organic life. NASA's Deep Impact mission to comet Tempel 1 has substantially strengthened their case.

This week, at a meeting in London and in results published in Thursday's edition of Science Express, Deep Impact scientists say they have found high levels of organic chemicals beneath the surface of Tempel 1's core.

http://csmonitor.com/2005/0908/p04s01-stss.html

[NNadir]

1. Does anyone know what instruments were on this device?

It would be real interesting to know if anything was on board that could detect chirality.