NASA Press Conference - Aliens?!
30 November 2010, 04:31 PM
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NASA Press Conference - Aliens?!
This Thursday...
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010...robiology.html
Fingers crossed they've discovered a race of peace loving Ewoks and not some evil alien insect race a la Starship Troopers.
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010...robiology.html
Fingers crossed they've discovered a race of peace loving Ewoks and not some evil alien insect race a la Starship Troopers.
30 November 2010, 08:23 PM
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IIRC Hawkins reckons we are way too late looking for aliens as we are looking for earth like radio signals - and he thinks any aliens out there will be way more advanced than using basic radio and probably have autonomous ships etc that need no direct communication to their home planet (but do communicate between ships).
There is also the thought that we have only been around as an advanced people for less than 100 years - and aliens will be hundreds of thousands, if not millions of years old - thus will know how to hide away from us and can easily wipe us out if they wanted too.
There is also the thought that we have only been around as an advanced people for less than 100 years - and aliens will be hundreds of thousands, if not millions of years old - thus will know how to hide away from us and can easily wipe us out if they wanted too.
30 November 2010, 09:29 PM
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IIRC Hawkins reckons we are way too late looking for aliens as we are looking for earth like radio signals - and he thinks any aliens out there will be way more advanced than using basic radio and probably have autonomous ships etc that need no direct communication to their home planet (but do communicate between ships).
There is also the thought that we have only been around as an advanced people for less than 100 years - and aliens will be hundreds of thousands, if not millions of years old - thus will know how to hide away from us and can easily wipe us out if they wanted too.
There is also the thought that we have only been around as an advanced people for less than 100 years - and aliens will be hundreds of thousands, if not millions of years old - thus will know how to hide away from us and can easily wipe us out if they wanted too.
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01 December 2010, 10:02 AM
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You may say that, but the article states an 'astrobiology finding that will impact the search for evidence of extraterrestrial life' - even if they haven't found ET just yet, it is pretty intriguing.
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01 December 2010, 12:24 PM
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The statement they've made is rather interesting. I'd say they have found single cell life forms or the basis for such in ice / water molecules (under x1000000000 magnification 
) on a planet in our solar system. That or it's something in some far off galaxy which we won't be able to send people to until we're reincarnated as hyper intelligent bees a thousand millennia from now
) on a planet in our solar system. That or it's something in some far off galaxy which we won't be able to send people to until we're reincarnated as hyper intelligent bees a thousand millennia from now
01 December 2010, 01:31 PM
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put it this way, you're WAY more likeley to win the Euro Lottery, get struck by lightning or perhaps get hit on the head by a meteor 
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"Virtually zero chance" means that it's so close to zero, it may as well be zero!
01 December 2010, 02:30 PM
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Don't panic !!!
All they are saying is that they have finally found a human based life form in the town centre of Wellingborough..
.. I guess some traveller's satnav went on the blink
All they are saying is that they have finally found a human based life form in the town centre of Wellingborough..
.. I guess some traveller's satnav went on the blink
01 December 2010, 02:57 PM
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however out of our solar system, who knows!
01 December 2010, 03:03 PM
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01 December 2010, 03:03 PM
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Yes, thats what I meant BTW.
Our first radio signals wont make it out of our own galaxy for a long long time. It will be another 2.5 million years before our first crappy radio signals make it to another major galaxy. Even the nearest small galaxy will be another 30 thousand years. So not till the year 31,900.
02 December 2010, 11:18 AM
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A heads up for this, today 7pm UK time on the http://www.nasa.gov
Can't wait to see the little furry critters!
Can't wait to see the little furry critters!
02 December 2010, 07:02 PM
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02 December 2010, 07:54 PM
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No Ewoks... disappointed.
03 December 2010, 10:07 AM
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I love it. Whenever there's an article about alien life forms on the Daily Mail website, all the bible bashers come out and comment about how science is wrong and that God created everything, blah, blah, blah.....
03 December 2010, 11:10 AM
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well lets not get started on the religous issue as my whole belief is if there was a god any god he wouldnt let children die,be molested,beaten or get killer diseases
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