Has NASA Made First Contact?
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F*ck yeah! Just don't get us all exterminated NASA!
[sub][sub]I bet the American government are regretting cutting the replacement for the space shuttle program now XD[/sub][/sub]
F*ck yeah! Just don't get us all exterminated NASA!
[sub][sub]I bet the American government are regretting cutting the replacement for the space shuttle program now XD[/sub][/sub]
Didn't Steven Hawking recently say, we should stop searching for life in the galaxy as those who find our radio signals are at least as advanced as us and are probably aggressively expanding. If they know we're here with food, water and other valuables they won't be coming to offer us the gift of enlightenment. Then again, asari....
Umm... Bacterial life hasn't been found anywhere but Earth.Ultratwinkie said:
As far as we know life evolved once in the Universe and finding Bacteria is like finding they have Toilets and Electricity in a magical castle under the sea. You understand what they are, but you damn well weren't expecting it.
Ye was wondering that, its probably not going to be a little green man being captured on one of those landers they send.Dr. Paine said:
But still the scientific comuinity would shit itself stupid if they did make an announcement like that, something to look forward to anyway into what has been a shock week so far
If they really had made first contact, there's no way they could keep it secret. I know scientists, and scientists love to share information.
No doubt the press conference will be somewhat interesting. Perhaps they found amino acids on the moon, or perhaps they detected a planet with an atmosphere similar to ours. Stuff like that.
Evidence or proof of first contact? Don't hold your breath.
No doubt the press conference will be somewhat interesting. Perhaps they found amino acids on the moon, or perhaps they detected a planet with an atmosphere similar to ours. Stuff like that.
Evidence or proof of first contact? Don't hold your breath.
I'm among the unfortunate that just cannot get interested in such discoveries... I mean, bacteria... Yaaay.... *cough*Duffeknol said:
Of course they can, but so far we have found no evidence of life possibly living outside earth, and the discovery of that would be a defining point in human civilisation.Ultratwinkie said:
It takes light approximately 4 years to travel from Sol to the star closest to us.
It takes light approximately 100,000 years to travel the radius of the Milky Way galaxy.
There are approximately 100 billion galaxies in the universe, and each galaxy is quite a bit more than 100,000 lightyears apart.
My points are these:
a) there is definitely other life out there
b) the likelihood of actually finding it during the tiny duration of its existence is almost zero
Sorry, but I seriously doubt that NASA have made any sort of 'first contact'.
It takes light approximately 100,000 years to travel the radius of the Milky Way galaxy.
There are approximately 100 billion galaxies in the universe, and each galaxy is quite a bit more than 100,000 lightyears apart.
My points are these:
a) there is definitely other life out there
b) the likelihood of actually finding it during the tiny duration of its existence is almost zero
Sorry, but I seriously doubt that NASA have made any sort of 'first contact'.
I don't know ... whilst radio communication would possibly be the first evidence of extraterrestrial life, I think given the amount of spatial phenomena that could impede proper communications (not to mention the huge amount of time it takes for radio signals to actuallybe transmitted) it's unlikely.Andy Chalk said:
If there is an extraterrestrial intelligence with a possibly billion years headstart on us due to some freak natural occurrence that allowed another planet in another system to develop life at a greater pace then it took our little orb I think it's more than feasible that an alien intelligence is morelikely to just 'drop in' rather than communicate via radio.
I mean assuming that faster than light works as well as theory when transitioning into practice, would you rather send a radio wave back to a distant star system(Earth in this case) and wait tens of thousands of years to hear a reply, or merely just drop in and visit?
Let's assume that an alien race has far greater capacity for patience than we, it's possible that they may just wait (and hope) that not only the message is getting through (to us) but al;so hope that we have the sufficient means to translate (or even just manage to receive it) and recognize it for what it is, rather than dismissing it as possible background interference from satellites ala the 'Wow! Signal'.
But if we are assuming that these aliens resemble our noble selves in character and reasoning, it is far more likely they will just pay us a visit as opposed to waiting.
The arrogance lies assuming something is one way because you haven't been proven otherwise. Life, any life, is and would be an amazing find. Where there is bacteria there is the chance for more complex forms to eventually come (no time soon mind you.) I'm wondering if they're placing any thoughts on how life will evolve. While many people say there is no reason for life to be bipedal or humanoid in any form... There's a reason that it worked here, It could work elsewhere.Ultratwinkie said:
Anyway... As long as it's not Minbari I'm good... you don't eff with the Minbari.
Agreed, I don't expect anything more than that really, but hey who knows. Either way it's still very impressive.Dr. Paine said: