I would imagine there's also a universal drive of life to try and spread. a probe that can parachute microbes to earthlike planets as it 'buzzes' them would see

I would imagine there's also a universal drive of life to try and spread. a probe that can parachute microbes to earthlike planets as it 'buzzes' them would seem worthwhile on its face to me. I rationalize it as a way to 'pay forward' the debt we owe for the current mass extinction, but on some level it's probably also an abstraction of my sex drive.