Comments on: Searching the universe for habitable planets (video) http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/searching-the-universe-for-hab.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 20 Jun 2013 07:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: lilbear68 http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/searching-the-universe-for-hab.html#comment-1546408 lilbear68 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 13:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184459#comment-1546408 until ET gives us a  FTL drive system we migtht as well put all this going to another planet on the back burner face it we aint going there on our own in the foreseeable future,  or ever until ET gives us a  FTL drive system we migtht as well put all this going to another planet on the back burner
face it we aint going there on our own in the foreseeable future,  or ever

]]> By: rastronomicals http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/searching-the-universe-for-hab.html#comment-1545779 rastronomicals Mon, 01 Oct 2012 18:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184459#comment-1545779 Haven''t watched the video because I don't have sound here at work, but I do hope the video is better constructed than their blurb. Haven”t watched the video because I don’t have sound here at work, but I do hope the video is better constructed than their blurb.

]]> By: wrecksdart http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/searching-the-universe-for-hab.html#comment-1545767 wrecksdart Mon, 01 Oct 2012 17:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184459#comment-1545767 I've read that it's far better to be the discoverer than the discoveree (at least in terms of alien civs) for any number of reasons ("You mean they practically worship these Kardashian people?  EXTERMINATE!!").  Other than that, I'd suggest a red hat to go along with your alien discovery Nobel. Also, Go Slugs! I’ve read that it’s far better to be the discoverer than the discoveree (at least in terms of alien civs) for any number of reasons (“You mean they practically worship these Kardashian people?  EXTERMINATE!!”). 
Other than that, I’d suggest a red hat to go along with your alien discovery Nobel.
Also, Go Slugs!

]]> By: spacedoggy http://boingboing.net/2012/10/01/searching-the-universe-for-hab.html#comment-1545688 spacedoggy Mon, 01 Oct 2012 15:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184459#comment-1545688 Why search for habitable planets and just hope that there's intelligent life there? there is so many. Why not search for a unique, predictable, astronomical event/entity in the local galaxy, and look for a message from intelligent life at that time and place. We are not yet capable of sending such a message, but it's possible that if some day, we are advanced enough to move between the stars, we could advertise our presence to the galaxy by flying a probe to the site of a supernova or something, and detonate a bunch of nukes in the sequence of prime numbers, let the green men come to us. Until then we should continue to search for life at as many of these 'galactic meeting points' as we can observe. P.S. -If this post leads to the discovery of extraterrestrial life, I want partial attribution and a mention in the Nobel speech... and a gold sports jacket and a tube of pringles(green). Why search for habitable planets and just hope that there’s intelligent life there? there is so many. Why not search for a unique, predictable, astronomical event/entity in the local galaxy, and look for a message from intelligent life at that time and place. We are not yet capable of sending such a message, but it’s possible that if some day, we are advanced enough to move between the stars, we could advertise our presence to the galaxy by flying a probe to the site of a supernova or something, and detonate a bunch of nukes in the sequence of prime numbers, let the green men come to us. Until then we should continue to search for life at as many of these ‘galactic meeting points’ as we can observe.

P.S. -If this post leads to the discovery of extraterrestrial life, I want partial attribution and a mention in the Nobel speech… and a gold sports jacket and a tube of pringles(green).

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