Has NASA Made First Contact?

[Xpwn3ntial]

Umm, Yuki. Did you have something to do with this?

Yuki N. > No.

Oh, okay. Do you know what it is, then?

Yuki N. > Yes.

And you're not going to tell us. Are you?

Thought not.

OT: Please be microbes on Titan. Please be microbes on Titan.

 

[ph0b0s123]

we knew about alien bacteria for years. it isn't alien bacteria.

????? Do mean the stuff they thought was alien but was shown to have originated here, as that's not what we are talking about. And NASA would look pretty stupid announcing bacteria like that.

 

[likalaruku]

Probably jellyfish that fly/swim in a sea of gases.

 

[popepaul3]

"that will impact the search for evidence of extraterrestrial life."
Hate to be a killjoy but that could simply mean budget cuts.....

no, NASA is being dismantled next year. That isn't "budget cuts" since it needs to exist in order to cut on a budget.

NASA being dismantled?...that sucks! Boo-urns!

 

[That's Funny]

I'll prepare a sacrifice in honour of our new masters, now I'm thinking about sacrificing Bieber to our overlords, since he can't contribute to their nasty (or nice) plans.

 

[Scabadus]

Maybe we should hold off on wanting to have sex with anything until...

I don't get it.

Truth of the matter is, I don't think any alien would be well-advised to get on Earth's bad side... We still have enough firepower to blow our own planet to bits several times over, and the means of delivery are essentially the same stuff we use to put satellites into space.

And their means of delivering themselves to us are essentially the same stuff we use to... oh wait we don't yet. Any alien race advanced enough to get to Earth is going to be advanced enought to move a little bit to the side if we fire nukes at them. That's if they don't have shields, or even a laser defence grid like what we can build now! What's your plan here, if they piss us off we messily annihilate ourselves at them? That'll learn 'em!

Not to mention that they'll probably fire back and then we're all crispy-fried Alderan.

 

[ph0b0s123]

Damn it, they've have worked out I'm not from this planet....

 

[Ithera]

Probably nothing worth my time. I'll save my enthusiasm for the big events.

 

[Macgyvercas]

​

"No-one would have believed, in the first years of the twenty first century, that human affairs were being watched from the timeless worlds of space. No-one could have dreamed that we were being scrutinized, as someone with a microscope studies creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water. Few men even considered the possibility of life on other planets. And yet, across the gulf of space, minds immeasurably superior to ours regarded this earth with envious eyes; and slowly, and surely, they drew their plans against us."


I, for one, welcome our new galactic overlords.

You have no idea how epic you are. This is the second time I've given you this cookie filled TARDIS.

Spoiler

I freaking LOVE that album!

OT: I will treat aliens as I do all new people I meet...with caution until I have guaged their intentions, personality, demeanor, etc.

 

[sgtshock]

If NASA discovered alien life, and decided to wait a few days so they could announce it at a news conference vaguely described as relating to the search for life, I will eat my hat.

we knew about alien bacteria for years. it isn't alien bacteria.

Uh, no we haven't. We found vague formations in rocks that looked like fossilized bacteria on Mars several years ago, but they disproved that, and that's the closest we've come to alien life since.

 

[JWAN]

Super primitive bacteria.


It's still awesome!

can you post a link or something?

 

[Ithera]

So no one here has mentioned that we will no longer have any shuttles [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/the-big-picture/2482-Once-Upon-a-Time-in-The-Future] to respond to this imminent alien threat?! Hmmm... actually, who wants to guess that they were holding out on this discovery in case there were 'budget cuts', and now that they have no shuttles they'll be like "oh, and by the way we discovered an alien civilization inside mars, ummm.... yesterday. We need our space shuttle program back D:!!!

(not sure if this was already mentioned in the 'user-made' thread, but meh)

Truth of the matter is, I don't think any alien would be well-advised to get on Earth's bad side... We still have enough firepower to blow our own planet to bits several times over, and the means of delivery are essentially the same stuff we use to put satellites into space.

Also, concerning the Wow-Signal they caught some years ago: It's exciting, but could have been anything. Though I doubt that any intelligent extraterrestrial race catching the Arecibo-message would go "hey, it's a coded message from another world!" but rather "Hey, Jim, the radio telescope is broken again, mind fixing it?"

So, we can blow ourselves up really well? wow...... that will show those pesky aliens. As for our space combat capabilities, I wont be holding my breath.

 

[DanDeFool]

Well, this is exciting, sort of. They probably just found alien bacteria on Mars or something, but it could be more interesting than that.

Personally, I'm with Stephen Hawking on this one; aliens are probably jerks like us, and I want nothing to do with them.

 

[gee666]

well all the astrobiology people at NASA will be participating,it will be some kind of discovery, not sure about a planet as one was found back in september orbiting Gilese 581 so not big news, if it was first contact would it not be a presidential thing? bacteria, a few claims have been made before and there have been fossils soooooooooo, i'm betting they have found a planet that they know has either water and or oxygen, think they were trying to use light wavelengths to detect this

 

[Abengoshis]

I can imagine:

NASA: "We found aliens, they sent us a postcard! Look!"
*Mass panic ensues.

 

[thenumberthirteen]

Probably primitive bacteria.

Not awesome, still a giant leap.

NOT AWESOME???!!! Proof of life beyond our own? How is that not the most ground breaking and awesome discovery in the past 1000 years? If you are not in awe from the prospect of Alien life then you are the most cynical person I have met. If there was verified proof of alien bacteria I would break down and weep in joyous wonder.

To add to the growing list of Sci-Fi based possible announcements maybe they've found a message in the Cosmic Background Radiation that points to inteligence from the beginning of time and space.

we knew about alien bacteria for years. it isn't alien bacteria.

Since when? That's news to me. Extra-terrestrial life? I thought it'd be in the papers.

 

[wammnebu]

As long as the meeting is not held by the PM of UK aboard a UNIT air carrier, we should be good

...Actually I bet its something along the lines of a planet or maybe a warped radio signal, but I really hope its something exciting so I can show the article to that prick who keeps saying God made us as his only children

 

[RobCoxxy]

​

"No-one would have believed, in the first years of the twenty first century, that human affairs were being watched from the timeless worlds of space. No-one could have dreamed that we were being scrutinized, as someone with a microscope studies creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water. Few men even considered the possibility of life on other planets. And yet, across the gulf of space, minds immeasurably superior to ours regarded this earth with envious eyes; and slowly, and surely, they drew their plans against us."


I, for one, welcome our new galactic overlords.

This, would be awesome, and lead to many fellow music/scfi aficiandos singing Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds.



I for one, am hoping for the discovery of:

That or some f*cking Prothean ruins.

 

[Icehearted]

Maybe we should hold off on wanting to have sex with anything until...

I don't get it.

Someone had said they'd hoped these aliens were sexy, I was commenting on the peril of inter-species dating before we have more facts. What's not to get? Seriously though, what is it with our species and probing things (or being probed for that matter)?

 

[wammnebu]

Since when? That's news to me. Extra-terrestrial life? I thought it'd be in the papers.

it was a couple years back, scientists found a meteor from mars that had bacteria
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/6660045/Bacteria-from-Mars-found-inside-ancient-meteorite.html

i think theyve found some on titan too