The document discusses the EvoGrid project, which aims to build a simulation of the origin of life and evolution through an artificial chemistry model. It outlines 7 steps visionary aliens may take to evolve life and send it out into the universe. The EvoGrid concept involves a large central artificial chemistry simulation operated on by analysis clients using stochastic algorithms to search for emergent complexity. Early test simulations show promising results forming large molecules. Challenges include input from chemists and distributing the simulation more broadly through distributed computing networks. Open questions remain about what types of life may arise and how the EvoGrid could help communicate with or understand extraterrestrial life.