if they found life, i think it would be awesome. freaky, scary, encouraging, exciting all at the same time. i've been thinking about it a lot lately. blame Art Bell...

AaronAlmighty said:

I love Art. Does he still come on?

This was one of the coolest stories episodes of the TV show Outer limits (The new series, not the old one). It sucks because I can't remember exactly how the story went but essentially it was a story about a civilization that lived in absolute peace and harmony for 1000 years.

Then they were faced with a dilema. They had to make a choice to either accept total destruction and everybody perish at once or choose to save some of the people and infuse their peaceful existence with tragedy. They chose to all perish together. Because of that choice, there was a huge explosion.

That explosion was the north star that the three wise men used to guide them on their way to Jerusalem to see the newborn messiah...

Imagine that our choices here on earth would have consequences and impact thousands of light years away... Talk about putting shit into perspective.....

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Lammastide said:

Us city folk are deprived of this wonderous miracle I used to go camping with my family when I was younger and I would just about cry at the beauty of all the stars in the black of night sky. It's truly one of the most remarkable things a person can see

cborgman said:

someday your prince will come.

Paisley said:

aww, thank you...

You know the're just filming this in the Arizona desert or just somewhere remote, right?

Special Effects houses like George Lucas' ILM or WETA could pull this shit off easily and fool everyone.

Infact that would be funny as fuck!

Anything with a Probe gets my vote

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

I'd shag them!

I would immediately upgrade the terror level to red. I would send the creature to Guantanamo Bay, I would inspect my shoes, then I would duct tape my windows and start Googling up remedies for anthrax.

So very 2002 of me, I know.

bananacologne said:

2the9s said:

mcmeekle said:

What a great thread! I've always loved Astronomy. I'll never forget that feeling when I finaly found the Andromeda galaxy with a pair of binoculars. It's just a tiny grey blob but you know it's actualy another galaxy containing millions and millions of stars, a ridiculously long distance away.

I think if they found a decent alien (not a microbe or a worm) there'd be uproar. Religous fundamentalists would claim it was a lie by the devil to test the faithful or the antichrist itself. Hippies would worship it and conspiracy theorists would probably claim it was a geneticaly modified man created by the Pharamaceutical industry.

What freaks me out about space is the vast nothing between galaxies. How can that ever be crossed?



By the way, who's heard of the Drake equation?

It's N = N* fp ne fl fi fc fL

Might not look too exciting at first but:-

N* represents the number of stars in the Milky Way Galaxy (probably 100 billion)

fp is the fraction of stars that have planets around them (Current theories range from 1/5 to 1/2)

ne is the number of planets per star that are capable of sustaining life (Currently believed to be 1 in 5)

fl is the fraction of planets in ne where life evolves (Well, this is a controversial one which I'm not going to get involved in)

fc is the fraction of fi that communicate (for some reason, Astronomers put that at 10% to 20%, although I'm not sure how)

fL is fraction of the planet's life during which the communicating civilizations live (Good question! How long have we got?)

Anyway, you multiply all these together and that gives you N, the number of communicating civilizations in the galaxy.







Of course, as we're on an outer spiral of the Milky Way, we're in the galactic backwaters and unlikely to ever be invited to the party.

First of all, i don't think they will find anything on Mars.

On the other hand i've always lived with the perspective that there is other life out there (not little green men per se, but u know, something organic), so that wouldn't change very much. Still it would b like mmm the most historical day in our lifes? I mean, the discovery of fire would pale in comparison.

Space is fascinating indeed, but personally i'm more fascinated (although rather uneducated) in the theoretical side of things. The construct of time and such. Powerfull stuff.

2the9s said:

The duct tape will save you!

I'd wonder if, by having left Earth, Michael Jackson would be found in violation of the terms of his bail.

Y'all know about Europa, one of Jupiter's moons right?

Well, the photos we have of Europa show it to have a pale cracked surface.



It's just conjecture at this point but the main theory is that it's surface is covered in ice.

If so, then there's vast oceans beneath.

Current theories about the beginning of life state that it began in volcanic ducts at the bottom of the ocean combined with radiation

Jupiter exerts a powerful gravitational force which literaly squeezes another of it's moons, Io, causing huge volcaninc eruptions into space, like giant pimples!

Jupiter also gives off all kinds of radiation.

If anywhere else in our solar system contains life, it is more likely to be Europa than Mars.

Check out http://seds.lpl.arizona.e...uropa.html for more info on Europa.

There is still no firmly scheduled mission to Europa, although it has been discussed now for quite some time.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

I'd say


"Damn, they found Cloudy... and I thought I hid him so well"



Nah, I hope it happens, cos mankind will wreck this world and the people on this planet will probably need somewhere else to go. Especially if Ardeo gets to be dictator of the world

I'd say Hello in Klingon and see what happens.

Lammastide said:

he only works weekends now. George Norrey (sp?) does weednights now.

I'd play the X-Files dance theme and dance to it

Would the Mars creature be probed? Cuz I don't think that would be very cool.

Je chierais mon pantalon comme le RD !

althom said: