From: rick.jones2@hp.com   
      
   Nog  wrote:   
   > If comets are made from mostly water-ice, some dirt and organic   
   > matter they had to come from a former water planet that blew up   
   > somewhere in the universe.   
      
   Why?  What says that organic matter can only be produced on a planet?   
   (IIRC, while "life" implies organic matter, organic matter does not   
   have to have come from "life" yes?)   
      
   rick jones   
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