Space!

Carlos wrote:

Ironhide wrote:

Moggy wrote:

Preezy wrote:There has to be life clinging to a rock going round one of those stars, just has to be.

Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.

If there's other life out there, which I'm assuming there is given the incomprehensible number of stars in one galaxy alone, the odds of any two civilizations advanced enough to develop interstellar travel meeting each other are almost non existent.

I imagine most miss each other by millions of years.

The other option is the galaxy is teeming with life, uses a much more efficient way of communicating than radio and has Earth segregated off in some sort of planetary preserve like the the tribes in the Amazon because we are deemed both primitive and stupid.

Crop circles are just some sort of extraterrestrial NTV where we wonder what they are and the aliens are all peeing themselves with laughter at the sight.

Sprouty wrote:

Carlos wrote:

Ironhide wrote:

Moggy wrote:

Preezy wrote:There has to be life clinging to a rock going round one of those stars, just has to be.

Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.

If there's other life out there, which I'm assuming there is given the incomprehensible number of stars in one galaxy alone, the odds of any two civilizations advanced enough to develop interstellar travel meeting each other are almost non existent.

I imagine most miss each other by millions of years.

The other option is the galaxy is teeming with life, uses a much more efficient way of communicating than radio and has Earth segregated off in some sort of planetary preserve like the the tribes in the Amazon because we are deemed both primitive and stupid.

Crop circles are just some sort of extraterrestrial NTV where we wonder what they are and the aliens are all peeing themselves with laughter at the sight.

Radio waves travel at the speed of light, so we may never find a more efficient technology for it's purpose. Effectively, we need technology which disproves E = MC squared to do any better, or find a different solution of traveling from A to B through space.

If I were to place a bet, if a solition is possible, it would be through use of quantum entanglement.

Sprouty wrote:Radio waves travel at the speed of light, so we may never find a more efficient technology for it's purpose. Effectively, we need technology which disproves E = MC squared to do any better, or find a different solution of traveling from A to B through space.

If I were to place a bet, if a solition is possible, it would be through use of quantum entanglement.

Sprouty wrote:

Carlos wrote:

Ironhide wrote:

Moggy wrote:

Preezy wrote:There has to be life clinging to a rock going round one of those stars, just has to be.

Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.

If there's other life out there, which I'm assuming there is given the incomprehensible number of stars in one galaxy alone, the odds of any two civilizations advanced enough to develop interstellar travel meeting each other are almost non existent.

I imagine most miss each other by millions of years.

The other option is the galaxy is teeming with life, uses a much more efficient way of communicating than radio and has Earth segregated off in some sort of planetary preserve like the the tribes in the Amazon because we are deemed both primitive and stupid.

Crop circles are just some sort of extraterrestrial NTV where we wonder what they are and the aliens are all peeing themselves with laughter at the sight.

Radio waves travel at the speed of light, so we may never find a more efficient technology for it's purpose. Effectively, we need technology which disproves E = MC squared to do any better, or find a different solution of traveling from A to B through space.

If I were to place a bet, if a solition is possible, it would be through use of quantum entanglement.

site23 wrote:Sorry for taking a joke post too seriously. But if there were aliens advanced enough to observe us, and empathetic enough to want to observe us, then I don't think they would find our situation funny. I think they would recognise that this planet has eight billion ordinary people living on it who bear no direct responsibility for the terrible decisions being made by corporations and governments, yet have to bear the suffering those decisions entail.

Also, I don't think it's right to describe tribal peoples living in Amazon reserves as "primitive and stupid". They are not worse people than us, they just have a different culture.

Jenuall wrote:

site23 wrote:Sorry for taking a joke post too seriously. But if there were aliens advanced enough to observe us, and empathetic enough to want to observe us, then I don't think they would find our situation funny. I think they would recognise that this planet has eight billion ordinary people living on it who bear no direct responsibility for the terrible decisions being made by corporations and governments, yet have to bear the suffering those decisions entail.

Also, I don't think it's right to describe tribal peoples living in Amazon reserves as "primitive and stupid". They are not worse people than us, they just have a different culture.

Vermilion wrote:

Jenuall wrote:

site23 wrote:Sorry for taking a joke post too seriously. But if there were aliens advanced enough to observe us, and empathetic enough to want to observe us, then I don't think they would find our situation funny. I think they would recognise that this planet has eight billion ordinary people living on it who bear no direct responsibility for the terrible decisions being made by corporations and governments, yet have to bear the suffering those decisions entail.

Also, I don't think it's right to describe tribal peoples living in Amazon reserves as "primitive and stupid". They are not worse people than us, they just have a different culture.

So what you're saying Jen, is that you're an intergalactic puss filled cold sore?

twitter.com/natgeo/status/1689339511212314624

Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft has crashed into the Moon after spinning out of control, officials say.

The unmanned craft was due to make a soft landing on the Moon's south pole, but failed after encountering problems as it moved into its pre-landing orbit.

It was Russia's first Moon mission in almost 50 years.

The spacecraft was scheduled to land on Monday to explore a part of the Moon which scientists think could hold frozen water and precious elements.

Roscosmos, Russia's state space corporation, said on Sunday morning that it had lost contact with the Luna-25 shortly after 14:57pm (11:57 GMT) on Saturday.

"The apparatus moved into an unpredictable orbit and ceased to exist as a result of a collision with the surface of the Moon," it said in a statement.

Russia’s Luna-25 space craft has crashed into the moon after it spun into uncontrolled orbit, Russia’s space corporation Roskosmos said.

Roskosmos earlier said an “abnormal situation” had occurred as mission control tried to move the craft into a pre-landing orbit at 11:10 GMT on Saturday, ahead of a planned touchdown slated for Monday.

The failure of Russia’s first moon mission in 47 years underscore the decline of Russia’s space power since the glory days of Cold War competition, when Moscow was the first to launch a satellite to orbit the Earth– Sputnik 1, in 1957 – and Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man to travel into space in 1961.

Mommy wrote:You'd think landing on the moon would be a doddle after 50 years of technological progression...