We really can't tell what the origin of life is. There is no diffintive proof of either theory, so why don't we live it at that?
As to the exploration of this planet, it might take a while till we get a probe there. Can you imagine the accruracy required to send the probe there? The slightest miscalculation will throw it WAY off. And to fix that problem will take a few years (sending the command to the probe to shift vourse heading). Besides, between the 420 or so years it would take to send the probe there and now, we'll probably discover hyperspace or warp space, or groovey wavy space and we'll get there before the probe itself...
Edited by Reality Man, : No reason given.