[RightWhale]

life is rare in the universe

There is independent confirmation today that the stratospheric microbes are possibly raining down from interplanetary space. Got to say "possibly" at this time, of course.

[js1138]

I've seen the thread. More likely, in my opinion, to be rising from the surface. It sems likely the life can get a jump start this way, but I'm skeptical of anything approaching the complexity of a cell drifting in space.

Then again, supernovae may push organic matter into space without killing everything. Someone should crunch the numbers on this. Perhaps stardust contains the remnants of living systems.

[exmarine]

The microbes are obviously from earth, not from outer space. Life cannot exist in outer space. If the microbes were planted by aliens (panspermia), the inevitable question then becomes: Where did the alien life come from? Life does not come from non-life. Panspermia is a desperate attempt for naturalists and atheists to find an answer to the origin of life without admitting the most likely source - God.