It also validates the concept of panspermia, the idea that life might have hopscotched through our solar system — or others — by hitching
a ride on asteroids or comets.
The experiment adds weight to the theory of panspermia — that life could somehow be transported between planets, perhaps by hitching
a ride on an asteroid.
Not exact matches
Such biomolecules or their precursors could have
ridden to Earth
on comets or
asteroids to seed life
on our planet — and possibly elsewhere.
Both the Europa mission and the
asteroid redirect mission could take advantage of
rides on a SLS rocket in the 2020s.