Yes WW if I were younger I'd want to be an astronaut, & go explore.

However, perhaps we should remember, that when we see a cockroach, or a mouse, peep out from under something, we reach for the surface spray, or the mouse trap & the cheese.

It is the timid, who don't stick their nose out, that get to chew on your groceries, not the bold.

Hasbeen,

And then there's the bacteria, billions of whom live on you and in you....absorbing life-giving nourishment...and, for the most part, we're not even mindful of it.

Beetles and bacteria are stunningly successful species as far as longevity goes. When all is said and done, everything on earth has evolved in harmony with the earth's properties. "Life" out there somewhere could take any shape.

WW, the Fermi paradox sums up our current position:

>> The size and age of the universe incline us to believe that many technologically advanced civilizations must exist. However, this belief seems logically inconsistent with our lack of observational evidence to support it. Either:

(1) The initial assumption is incorrect and technologically advanced intelligent life is much rarer than we believe, or :

(2) Our current observations are incomplete and we simply have not detected them yet, or:

(3) our search methodologies are flawed and we are not searching for the correct indicators. <<

WW, I have been a member of the NSW Astronomical Society for longer than I care to remember. I have spent thousands of hours looking through a scope at the night sky....I don't believe I have ever seen a UFO that did not obey the laws of physics as we know them. I have not seen objects escape from our atmosphere, but I have seen a thousand enter our atmosphere.

My computer and 3 million other personal PC’s help SETI analyze data retrieved from radio scopes even as we speak. Over the 40 odd years that the SETI type pregame has run there were a handful of intriguing signals detected. The most famous of these was the "Wow" signal picked up n 1977. However, none of these signals was ever detected again. Single anomalies.

WW, on the atheist thread Dave was banging on with absolute assurance there is no creator. As I mentioned, I am an agnostic, but as I have gazed at our night skies I often wonder why the rest of the universe is active but silent. As for aliens living on the moon, they are just as likely to be in your spare bedroom.

Sonofgloin,

"on the atheist thread Dave was banging on with absolute assurance there is no creator."

Really, which 'Dave' is that? Could you supply a quote supporting that assertion.

David

As much as I thought I had my say,may be it bought the thread back to life, it deserves consideration.
It was sharp remarks from you indy that bought me back.
Mate why the constant nasty of subject, slings.
Apart from it being the best you can do how do you add to a thread.
Why not start one,say why I am constantly rude?
Individual you are not impressing any one, your next original thought if it ever comes will be your first.

Sonofgloin,

Absolutely fascinated that you've spent so many hours watching the night sky. Rather envious too, as I've only seen it with the naked eye.

I remember the wow incident, and how excited we were that maybe, just maybe, another entity was trying to communicate with us.

I understand that when the square kilometre telescope is completed we will have much more raw data. Will you be part of Peerless too?

Even here on earth it has been found that certain forms of bacteria thrive only in a methane environment. In the ocean we have life which has adapted to live only near fumaroles and at depths where the pressure would crush us.
We mostly don't understand the language of the animals on our own planet. Even plants can communicate with each other. Predators seem to communicate telepathically when hunting in a pack.

The Fermi paradox is certainly intriguing. Could it be that there is a way of communicating which we are yet to discover?