Seeing inside a Comet

[longen]

A first view of comet dust - will they find that it was one of the building blocks of human life.

[nasa.gov ]

[Stefan]

I want a chunk of that aerogel stuff. Been reading about that for a few years. Very cool material.

will they find that it was one of the building blocks of human life?

I prefer to think of my background as rather less fluffy than a comet - maybe a carbonaceous chondrite, or one of those nickel-iron units (even better).

[grandpa]

I was thinking along the same lines.. let the scientists pore over the dust and bits, just tell me where I can get some of that aerogel. Wasn't that stuff a Gizmo Quiz last year?

If they should happen to get a lead on my ancient humble beginnings, they can keep them. As far as I'm concerned I've degenerated to the point of near uselessness by now anyway.