Could Earth have seeded life on Titan?

New Scientist: Earth rocks could have taken life to Titan (March 17, 2006)

When large enough asteroids/comets hit earth, debris from the impact can be launched into the outer solar system. This would include rocks that originated on Earth? What if those rocks carried primitive life? Simulations show that some of these rocks likely would have made it to Titan, and crashed on Titan at speeds slow enough for simple life to have survived.

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