Just saw a great doc on BBC about "do we need the moon" and it postulated that the distance was key in our evolution and that it could be a important factor in tidal pools which many think might be a key spot where multicellular life took hold.
Sooo many things have to go right for us to be here, meteors, moons, distance from the sun, gas giants taking hits, right type of sun, safe neighborhood in our galaxy, etc, etc, etc..
I think very simple life will be found somewhat abundantly on moons and planets all over the universe, but yeah intelligent life like ours, not to mention space faring ones more advanced than us in this massive universe is a miniscule number.
However even that tiny number means a lot in a super massive universe with mind boggingly many galaxies and solar systems.
Btw here's the BBC doc, man BBC and Horizon docs are just an endless amount of fun, so much good stuff coming out of the UK.
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