Mars is about a third of the size of Earth or something, so we should be able to destroy it even faster than Earth.
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Mars is about a third of the size of Earth or something, so we should be able to destroy it even faster than Earth.
Could that be the reason we cannot find intellegent life out there? they are too busy trying to hide from us? while doing so, laughing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lucas101
WW5: The United States of Mars vs Earth?Quote:
Originally Posted by Lucas101
No, the reason we have not found intelligent life is because we have only within the past 60 years become technologically aware. Like I said in reply to Rodri, if there is life elsewhere it will be microscopic organisms OR if it is intelligent they will have destroyed themselves or their home planet OR they will have died out naturally because the universe has been around for a very long time and the past 500 million years here on Earth is just a flash in the pan, it is highly likely that whatever intelligent life may have existed has already perished.Quote:
Originally Posted by deadlysage
OR interstellar space travel just isn't possible and so even if there are other intelligent life forms we will not be able to interact with them in anyway but internet chat rooms.
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Originally Posted by rasterbee
Just to help clear up the amount of time it would actually take to get to 22b, per the measurement of each light year being the equivilent of 5.9 trillion miles...it would take the space shuttle apprx 22 million years to get there. Hey, Unky! Your calculations were pretty close...only off by 4,872,677.1037182 years... +/- a few trillion, I'm sure. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by TheGr8UNKy
So, yes. Communication seems to be the best possibility of gaining the knowledge we need in order to get ourselves out there some kind of way before we die of old age and/or become space hash trying.
***Update***
Seems since Kepler-22b is 2.4 x the size of Earth, it is a bit too big to support life on its surface. Although they are finding that what with the planet's current orbit around its star giving it nearly the same calendar days (290) in its year, and that it probably has rock & water? They theorize that it is likely to be more like Neptune: made mostly of gas/liquid, with only a rocky core and an ocean-like surface. Something in a way of Waterworld in Space.
Kitti, I'm not knocking Grunky but he just got those numbers (and the math was already done for him) from Google. And we've already moved past that all agreeing that it's wrong because outside of the the influence of Earth or other bodies our space ships would move much faster than 17.5k mph.
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Originally Posted by rasterbee
Agree, even if we come face to face with alien life, will we recognize it as, such.
We recently discovered a new life-form on earth, an arsenic based life-form, arsenic is supposed to be lethal to human.
I believe that you may also be right on track on the possibility of advance life-form, destroying them self.
What is interesting is, how vast the universe is, and countless of galaxies. Surely, some sort of life must exist out there, whatever form that be.
Then the possibility that we may not be able to see them, but they can see us.
I like how this conversation has turned from recent scientific findings into a serious discussion about hipster multi-dimensional beings that don't think we're cool enough to hang out them yet.
Now, here something to think about.
During the Russian's attempt to explore mars and its moon (Phobos), which was partially funded by US and other countries. They discovered something strange, something that is not suppose to be there. There is a monument there, but the question is, who put it there. This discovery is also commented by Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on our moon.
There was also a shadow of something hovering over mars surface, what could it be?
That probably won't happen for a while. Check the time frame on this:Quote:
Originally Posted by rasterbee
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Message_From_Earth
It'd probably take us 600 years to say hi to anyone that might live on Kepler-22b. And another 600 years to get their response, assuming they did respond and immediately did so.
Until we find a way to send communications at a faster-than-light speed, I don't think we'll be doing any internet chats with aliens.
If you mean the visage on Mars, they already studied that and concluded that it's a natural formation, not artificial. Or perhaps you mean the canals, which were also studied and ruled as natural. You'd have to be more specific on what 'strange' thing you mean, and make sure it hasn't already been researched and dismissed as natural.Quote:
Originally Posted by deadlysage
We are such a unique and scholarly bunch, waving our Wikipedia links around and acting all tough.