From: jtem01@gmail.com   
      
   On 1/6/26 1:13 PM, Mike wrote:   
      
   > Hypotheses are more likely to lead to facts   
   > than 'beliefs', because they are designed to   
   > be tested and verified, whereas beliefs do   
   > not require verification.   
      
   By definition, a hypothesis is testable or, if you   
   prefer, falsifiable.   
      
   Under a strict Panspermia model where life began in   
   space as a consequence of the Big Bang -- it formed   
   much like how elements form -- there may be a time   
   limit. As matter collects, "Pools" into nebulous,   
   stars and planets, this primordial life would also   
   pool.   
      
   It is matter, is it not?   
      
   Anyway, so if strict Panspermia is correct, life   
   could very well have begun quite early on, filled   
   the reaches of the universe and now is rare to none.   
      
   Could be the case.   
      
   But is abiogenesis is correct, it's real, then it's   
   got to be happening all the time, a near constant   
   on not geologic but galactic time scales. So we   
   should be able to find it.   
      
   We should be able to send a collector out far from   
   earth, open in, exposing parts thereof to space,   
   collecting sample of any "Dust" or whatever is out   
   there. And it could have a gazillion elements -- as   
   many as there is room for -- repeating this process   
   again & again. And in each element we have gel,   
   some kind of food for life, and upon return we see   
   if anything has grown inside any of the elements.   
      
   Technically we don't have to return it. We can place   
   censors, even cameras inside and just look. I mean,   
   why rick bringing a strange bacteria to the planet?   
      
   We can also encase bacteria inside of a rock or rock   
   like substance, blast it into space... one orbit   
   around the moon then back... have to crash back here   
   on earth. THEN we can examine it, see if the life   
   survived.   
      
           ...maybe we could genetically "Edit" the   
   bacteria so we can distinguish it from a natural   
   variant. Nothing fancy. Maybe give it the "Yellow"   
   gene from a banana or something...   
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
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