re: I heard the devestation was great for the morel mushroom hunters who braved the volcanic wasteland.
You have to wonder if any microbes hitched a ride on any probes and survived in alien environments- perhaps even thrive. Of course hardy microbes might low certain places on Mars, but what about the Upper atmosphere of Venus, or even the sulfuric acid clouds. They might love the warmer levels of Jupiter’s atmosphere. Titan is probably way too cold (wouldn’t it be interesting if, 4 or 5 billion years from now, frozen bacteria stuck to a Titan probe was thawed by a red giant sun and found it like Titan.)
Probably the best line from Jurassic Park was , “Life will find a way.â€