WanderingFool said:That was funny readingSaltyk said:
"Nothing heavier then the air will possibly fly"Saltyk said:
Earth like planet found. Your reactions?
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no, we need to claim it in the name of the Aun'Va and the greater good!dalek sec said:
but yeah, this sounds pretty sweet, hopefully we get there before we run out of shit on this planet. And hopefully there is plenty of stuff there to kill, so that we don't end up killing each other.
anyone know from various sci-fi how far away earth-like planets were? ie vulcan, reach etc etc it'd be an interesting comparison fiction to science
Reach is 10.5 light years from Earth.djlukaluke said:
Vulcan, supposedly, about 16 light years
I'll see if I can find other "notable scifi planets"
Actually, the Vatican already beat you to it. Two years ago. Probably not the best source, but you can read about it here [http://blackmailbox.wordpress.com/2009/12/01/vatican-prepares-for-extraterrestrial-disclosure/].Chris Overhage said:
In short, the Vatican states that extraterrestrial life poses no challenge to Catholic theology, stating that extraterrestrial life is still a part of creation.
Why do people always assume that all religion is completely espoused from scientific thought?
OT: Great. Now how are we going to get ourselves/something there? It's one thing to find something. It's another to actually run tests and obtain much more concrete data.
Good, if they claim that planet I'll stay here and finally be able to go to sleep at night without those god damn Catholics bugging me everyday. I don't mean that all Catholics bug me, but there are a few that won't shut the fuck up at my school and won't rest until every last person in the school converts. Just to be clear.LBringer said:
My reaction, how long until we have faster than light travel, so that this discovery actually matters?
If there isn't already a civilization or two there let's colonize the hell out of that planet!
If there is let's attempt to get friendly with them and hope they don't have the technology to wipe us all out.
If there is let's attempt to get friendly with them and hope they don't have the technology to wipe us all out.
I could've sworn I've seen information about a new, potentially inhabitable planet that was 20 light years away and possessed the necessary prerequisites for life in Stephen Hawking's documentary into the universe. Strangely enough, this new planet was discovered today orbiting the star gilese 581, so it must've been a different planet that Stephen Hawking was talking about.
I guess I'm just having one of those days.
I guess I'm just having one of those days.
That wormhole part was a joke. I probably should have clarified. I highly doubt we will ever discover a way to creat wormholes IF they could even be used to travel such distances. Tons of factors. How do you create it? How do you control where you exit? How do you make the entrance and exit collapse? How do you keep it stable? How much energy would it require? You get the picture.philosophicalbastard said:
Keep in mind there are other problems with space travel. Living space. Boredom. Food. Water. About a billion things in the universe that would want to destroy you, your ship, and the hot green skinned alien girl you just met.
I'm not saying its impossible. Just improbable. At least, with our current level of technology.
Exactly my point. Thank you for clarifing it.heavymedicombo said:
The problem is that is a theory. I can theorize that you are a cat. That doesn't make it true. Sometimes, I really hate scientists. They seem to watch sci-fi and then try to come up with reasons that it IS possible. Can't they stick to things we can actually prove.Rocket Dog said:
Case in point. The multiverse theory. Yeah, that is a real theory. My problem with it? It's completely untestable. How can you prove or disprove something you can't possibly test?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiverse
By smoking a single cigarette, looking at the camera, and sayingSaltyk said:
"Ya, well, prove my theory wrong *****"
That is how I do it.
The improbability drive is always an option, along with warp technology of some sort.Saltyk said:
"The pyre was lit, and those loyal to Leyths and the Order set out and departure this world. We watched form the skies and beyond, Tera in engulfed in flames. This certainly wouldn't be the last time either. Whether or not we meet the same fate that all humans face was up for debat. For the time being all we can do is rebuild and someday unit fully."
-Lt.Creed of the 19th Phoenix Guard October 6th 2067 "The first pyre"
Huh, thats cool. Wish my future gene spawns get to live there some day.
EDIT: It would be funny if we got there around the aliens middle ages or something. We land and discover their tech is centuiers behind us. Be all scarying the hell out of them.
-Lt.Creed of the 19th Phoenix Guard October 6th 2067 "The first pyre"
Huh, thats cool. Wish my future gene spawns get to live there some day.
EDIT: It would be funny if we got there around the aliens middle ages or something. We land and discover their tech is centuiers behind us. Be all scarying the hell out of them.
statistically speaking, the odds that there isn't intellegent life in the universe is astronomical, simply because of the number of planets that are out there. That said, the question of if we will ever contact them is a good one, and i think the answer depends on one thing, and one thing only. If we develop faster than light travel, we will contact them, if we do not, we won't. mankind doesnt have the patience to travel decades just to make contact, and if they can decode the transmissions that leave earth, intelligent aliens will most likely want nothing to do with our violent race.