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ninty · 04-06-2005, 04:54 PM

Yeah, I 100% believe there is other life out there. I actually believe there is a really good chance for life in our own solar system. There's a chance for microscopic life on Mars still, but I think the jackpot for life in the solar system is Europa, a moon of Jupiter. It’s covered with miles of ice, and below the ice is liquid water. I would be my life’s savings that there is some form of life in the seas of Europa.

I also believe there has been intelligences greater than our own, and there will be intelligences greater than our own in the future in the universe, however, realizing that the closest star is 4 light years away, distances to even the closest stars and planets are vastly enormous. These distances are insurmountable unless you can travel faster than the speed of light, which Einstein says is impossible and can be tested for quite easily, or you can somehow bend space and time. That is what has been dubbed a wormhole. If we wanted to ever map out our own galaxy traveling at the speed of light, it would take thousands of years. The Milky Way galaxy alone is anywhere from 90-150 thousands light years across. (Traveling at the speed of light, it would take 90,000 - 150,000 years to get from one side to the other) And that’s just one of billions of galaxies in the universe.

This leads me to the conclusion that actually physically meeting another species is probably very small at this moment unless they decide to visit us.

Another way would be transmitting signals such as radio frequencies and other electromagnetic frequencies, but again, these frequencies travel at the speed of light. To reach the closest star, it would take 4 years.

We've been broadcasting at high enough frequencies for about 60 years. Thus, if anyone is within 60 light years of us, they could potentially hear our TV and radio and things like that. However, as I said before, if the galaxy is 90-150 thousand light years across, and were only covering 60 years, that’s not very much.

Man I could go on forever about this stuff.

And oh yeah, +1 back atcha bub.

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ninty is Offline Major General Posts: 12,683 Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Calgary	04-06-2005, 04:54 PM Yeah, I 100% believe there is other life out there. I actually believe there is a really good chance for life in our own solar system. There's a chance for microscopic life on Mars still, but I think the jackpot for life in the solar system is Europa, a moon of Jupiter. It’s covered with miles of ice, and below the ice is liquid water. I would be my life’s savings that there is some form of life in the seas of Europa. I also believe there has been intelligences greater than our own, and there will be intelligences greater than our own in the future in the universe, however, realizing that the closest star is 4 light years away, distances to even the closest stars and planets are vastly enormous. These distances are insurmountable unless you can travel faster than the speed of light, which Einstein says is impossible and can be tested for quite easily, or you can somehow bend space and time. That is what has been dubbed a wormhole. If we wanted to ever map out our own galaxy traveling at the speed of light, it would take thousands of years. The Milky Way galaxy alone is anywhere from 90-150 thousands light years across. (Traveling at the speed of light, it would take 90,000 - 150,000 years to get from one side to the other) And that’s just one of billions of galaxies in the universe. This leads me to the conclusion that actually physically meeting another species is probably very small at this moment unless they decide to visit us. Another way would be transmitting signals such as radio frequencies and other electromagnetic frequencies, but again, these frequencies travel at the speed of light. To reach the closest star, it would take 4 years. We've been broadcasting at high enough frequencies for about 60 years. Thus, if anyone is within 60 light years of us, they could potentially hear our TV and radio and things like that. However, as I said before, if the galaxy is 90-150 thousand light years across, and were only covering 60 years, that’s not very much. Man I could go on forever about this stuff. And oh yeah, +1 back atcha bub.