Suppose humanity was confronted with an extinction-level occasion. Not simply excessive odds, however certain-sure. A close-by supernova will explode and irradiate all life, a black gap will engulf the Earth, a Mars-sized interstellar asteroid with our title on it. A cataclysm that may finish all life on Earth. We may settle for our destiny and face our final extinction collectively. We may collect the archives from libraries internationally and launch them into house within the hopes that one other civilization will discover them. Or we may construct a fleet of arks containing life from Earth. Not individuals, however micro organism, fungi and different easy organisms. Seed the Universe with our genetic heritage. Of all of those, the final choice has the best probability of constant our story. It is an concept referred to as directed panspermia, and we are going to quickly have the flexibility to undertake it. However ought to we?
