https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/astro-ph_0403049/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45211189urn:hackerpapers:mention:astro-ph_0403049:45211189Thu, 11 Sep 2025 13:11:21 GMT<p>This. Not all ejecta from asteroid/comet impact is vaporized. Some is launched at escape velocity mostly undisturbed[1]. Mars both cooled first, giving it a leg up to allow biogenesis[2], and has lower escape velocity, making easier for rock chunks to be launched from there to Earth, rather than the reverse. From thousands of impacts and billions of rock chunks ejected from Mars in the early solar system, the successful delivery of a single viable microbe would be enough to seed Earth. [1] https://fire.biol.wwu.edu/cmoyer/zztemp_fire/biol345_F10/pap... [2]…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/astro-ph_0403049/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>astro-ph