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the answer is never.
I am not one to believe that there is any benefit to colonizing anything that does not harbour life, and I believe the whole of space to be void of life except for our delightful little planet.
I am not one to believe that there is any benefit to colonizing anything that does not harbour life, and I believe the whole of space to be void of life except for our delightful little planet.
Well, we've already started working on joint coverings for machines on the moon t prevent the buildup of microscopic glass shards present in moon dust, so that may not be too far away. As for discovering other races, who knows? It could happen tomorrow, or it could never happen.
I find it hard to believe that this one planet is the only one in the entire damned universe that contains life, the universe is (supposedly) infinite so there must be at least some life out there.super_smash_jesus said:
But if you think of how small the actual likelihood that even this planet was able to maintain life, it shows just how small the likelihood of the exact same thing happening elsewhere. I will not put it past there being some "type" of life out there in the quantities of space, but it will most likely be something that resembles bacteria or viruses.TJ rock 101 said:
Intelligent life, is another thing, and I highly doubt that we will ever see another race, considering how evolution works. The actual steps towards having intelligence, throughout the evolutionary process, is so random(random in the sense of mutation, not selection), and taking even one step out, will likely not yield the same results as we have now. So life, maybe, intelligent life, big negatory.
We've already met with alien races.... on the moon!
There are several colonies of people living up there, in the low G environment, as voluntary hosts for a species of alien symbiots. Up there, they live, free of the petty prejudices that consume mankind down here. They live, they train, they develop and they breed. They wait together, these xenomen, biding their time, awaiting our eventual armageddon. Then they will return. God help those who are left when this happens.
There are several colonies of people living up there, in the low G environment, as voluntary hosts for a species of alien symbiots. Up there, they live, free of the petty prejudices that consume mankind down here. They live, they train, they develop and they breed. They wait together, these xenomen, biding their time, awaiting our eventual armageddon. Then they will return. God help those who are left when this happens.
Moon colonies, 75-100 years. Mars? 100-150. Interstellar? 400 years at least. We'd need some sort of teleporter or something to take us to the nearest star in one lifetime. It would be about that time we find a habitable world to find alien life. Let's hope they won't hate us.
EDIT: We're likely to never go to another galaxy. The distances are just too great.
EDIT: We're likely to never go to another galaxy. The distances are just too great.
I personally think that we will NEVER find Aliens. I believe that somewhere in the vastness of space they have to be lurking. But who knows. odds were against humans, we turned out fine. (coughs)
The better question is when will a nation, or private company, make a space elevator? Because that is cheaper than repeatedly launching rockets up into space. The nations of the earth will not colonize the moon until we build one of those. Also there's the problem of who gets to colonize what. America claimed the moon, but does that really make it theirs? Until we answer questions like those space colonization is impossible.
If we run into aliens, let's hope they aren't some mindless consuming juggernaut like the Flood or the Tyranids. That would suck.
"The better question is when will a nation, or private company, make a space elevator? Because that is cheaper than repeatedly launching rockets up into space. The nations of the earth will not colonize the moon until we build one of those. Also there's the problem of who gets to colonize what. America claimed the moon, but does that really make it theirs? Until we answer questions like those space colonization is impossible."
Actually, international space laws (of which there are only three to my knowledge), it's illegal for anyone, public or private, to own extraterrestrial territory. The US does not own the Moon.
Actually, international space laws (of which there are only three to my knowledge), it's illegal for anyone, public or private, to own extraterrestrial territory. The US does not own the Moon.
Dec 21, 2012 the aliens are gonna come back and take us back home. How long it takes to get there is anybodies guess. Where that actually is raises more questions.
So we will never get to do it on our own.
So we will never get to do it on our own.
Actually, it was two years ago, they set up forward operations in my basement, and I'm the leader their prophecy speaks of. In two months time we will invade New York in badass power armours and take over the world from there. We have twenty genetically engineered leviathans in kryo-genic sleep in strategic places, and our experiments with conditioning Kraken is in it's final stages.
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On the subject of colonisation I don't think it's viable. Most planets don't have the kind of resources we would have much use of, and sending people off, with supplies and such, would take far too much resources to be viable. I think we'll set up a colony on the moon just to see if it works, and that it'll cost sickening amounts of money with no tangible benefits at all, most people would never see anything of it, just a few scientists. I sincerely hope it will never be necessary, and that instead of just colonising we will deal with overpopulation. Colonising planets should be for a reason, because we need what's there, not just expanding more and more, and becoming more and more. There's enough people in the world, there's almost too many already. We should deal with that, and the other problems we have, not just postpone them because there's more planets we can use up instead of facing the consequences of our actions.
EDIT: Yes, that is our official opinion on the matter. Colonising the moon however HAS real tangible benefits, since we'll transform it into a penal colony, where you'll become cheese-miners.
If you want to join and be spared the onslaught you can send a photo and a 500-letter petition to [email protected]
It should be valid until 15.00 GMT next tuesday. It's been a pleasure.
On the subject of colonisation I don't think it's viable. Most planets don't have the kind of resources we would have much use of, and sending people off, with supplies and such, would take far too much resources to be viable. I think we'll set up a colony on the moon just to see if it works, and that it'll cost sickening amounts of money with no tangible benefits at all, most people would never see anything of it, just a few scientists. I sincerely hope it will never be necessary, and that instead of just colonising we will deal with overpopulation. Colonising planets should be for a reason, because we need what's there, not just expanding more and more, and becoming more and more. There's enough people in the world, there's almost too many already. We should deal with that, and the other problems we have, not just postpone them because there's more planets we can use up instead of facing the consequences of our actions.
EDIT: Yes, that is our official opinion on the matter. Colonising the moon however HAS real tangible benefits, since we'll transform it into a penal colony, where you'll become cheese-miners.