Trappist (TRAnsiting Planets and PlanetIsmals Small Telescope -- kind of a stretch for an acronym) is joining in the search for exoplanets, Earth-like rocky bodies orbiting distant stars that are quite en vogue in the astronomical community right now. Such planets are clearly the best place to start looking for extraterrestrial life, and in recent years astronomers and governments have been devoting increased resources to identifying them. Trappist will also employ special filters to study molecules ejected by comets orbiting the Sun in hopes of gaining a better understanding of how comets may have contributed to the advent of life on Earth.