Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!Pendleton@UTAH-20 From: Pendleton@UTAH-20@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.space Subject: Space seed Message-ID: <3502@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Wed, 27-Jul-83 11:00:00 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.3502 Posted: Wed Jul 27 11:00:00 1983 Date-Received: Mon, 1-Aug-83 04:45:34 EDT Lines: 10 From: Pendleton@UTAH-20 (Bob Pendleton) The idea that life developed only once in the galaxy and then spread through space is quite old. In fact E. E. "Doc" Smith used it in the Lensman series to explain the rapid devlopment of almost identical species throughout the two galaxies. I believe this is referred to as the "Pansperamatic" theory of the development of life. Bob Pendleton -------