2. On astrobiology:

2.1. What do we learn from astrobiology?
 

The compounds found in meteorites and the cosmos correspond to thermodynamically stable products, synthesized under prebiotic conditions and are therefore of great significance to the origin of abiotic organic compounds on our Earth. The fact that, until now, no oligopeptides or nucleotides have been detected in cosmic material may signify that these oligomers do not tend to form spontaneously. Thus, what we learn from cosmic products is of limited interest regarding macromolecular prebiotic molecular evolution. Do you agree with this statement, and where would you see than the importance of astrobiology?

 

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