Are we really alone?

[Waylander]

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ca.../pia07966.html

Noise from space. Kinda makes you wonder...

Explained noise from space.

Saturn is a source of intense radio emissions, which have been monitored by the Cassini spacecraft. The radio waves are closely related to the auroras near the poles of the planet. These auroras are similar to Earth's northern and southern lights...

Apparently our planet makes the same noise.

[Hitcher]

Explained noise from space.

Yeah, but it's still not Radio Hauraki or ZMFM, is it.

[emaN]

Just kinda wonder if we're really alone

don't look now, but i think chewbacca might be creeping up on you
(thank me later for the heads up)

[hairy stu]

lets imagine you could travel at the speed of light, if it was dark and you switched your headlights on, would you be able to see where you were going? cause you would be going as fast as your headlights could project their light, i know this is slightly off the subject, but id be interested if anyone has an idea?

[Swoop]

There has to be intelligent life out there.
There's fuck all down here.

[James Deuce]

lets imagine you could travel at the speed of light, if it was dark and you switched your headlights on, would you be able to see where you were going? cause you would be going as fast as your headlights could project their light, i know this is slightly off the subject, but id be interested if anyone has an idea?

It's all relative.

[Hitcher]

It's all relative.

The incest of physics...

[Skyryder]

That "sweet spot" is only for life similar to ours. Carbon based and what not. No reason life cannot exhist outside of this. I cannot believe that life could be limited to only one set formula for success.

The current thinking is that the laws of physics and chemestry are as applicable 'there' as here. Simon Sing's book Big Bang touches on this very subject. It's too complex for me to write about but it has something to do with molecule bonding and the formation of the elements at the time of the big bang etc.

I'll do a quick search and see what transpires.

The only certainty is that carbon based life forms work.

Skyryder

[Skyryder]

There has to be intelligent life out there.
There's fuck all down here.

I know of two...................now so do you. Others might disagree but then we will just have to wait and see.


Skyryder

[Skyryder]

That "sweet spot" is only for life similar to ours. Carbon based and what not. No reason life cannot exhist outside of this. I cannot believe that life could be limited to only one set formula for success.

See my pervious post.

This may explain why carbon based life forms work where others may not.

http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/as...s/980221b.html

Further link on this

http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives...0820.Ev.r.html


Skyryder

[Paul in NZ]

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ca.../pia07966.html

Noise from space. Kinda makes you wonder...

Bit like the noise you get here..... Makes me wonder too...

Seriously... If there is intelligent life in the universe there is very little chance that we will encounter it because, well, the universe is really (really) big and it's an unlikely accident and as others have pointed out, we would make bad neighbours! In my opinion, we had to invent 'advanced' spacemen because it got unfashionable to invent extra gods and real estate for new churches became expensive. Humanity has a need to believe in something bigger as an excuse for not doing terribly well themselves...

Of course, I'm not saying weird shit does not happen in the sky, it sure does. I just don't think we have had skies full of aliens looking to make contact. Possible exception being sept 11 when there really was skies full of aliens making contact in the USA...

Certainly, if advanced civilizations were visiting earth the only explanation for their silence is that either we are starring in an intergallactic 'National Geographic Presents' or it's all a giant conspiricy.... Neither holds much water really.

Nope - Much as it pains me, we are alone with the loons and the haters...

Bugger...

Paul N

of course, there is a VERY good chance the Earth is being run as a giant reality TV show for aliens... Sort of a massive 'big brother' house...

[Skyryder]

One of the better sites on this. It's still a mystery..............

http://www.space.com/searchforlife/s...ow_021205.html

Skyryder

[terbang]

Of course, I'm not saying weird shit does not happen in the sky, it sure does.

Chugging along in an old BAe 146 (in freight configuration) enroute Christchurch to Auckland at 27000' late one night. We encountered a bright light directly ahead and above, which initially, looked like the landing lights of an oncoming aircraft being turned on in a friendly gesture (as we often do to opposing traffic at night). As I reached for the landing lights to return the compliment, the light (s?) rapidly grew in intensity way brighter than a landing light and seemed to move toward us. Shortly we were sitting in such brightly lit cockpit that we needed no internal lights and were becoming quite dazzled. During out stunned mullet reaction the light came directly toward us and then, as if intentionally, manouvred around us in a controlled fashion and dived off to our left at very high speed (way faster than any aircraft we had seen). We last saw it disappear into the cloud tops behind us and to our left. Still like stunned mullets we both basicly said "WTF" together and an Air NZ aircraft that was behind us and above jumped on the radio and showed concern for what had happened (they basicly said "WTF" also) and confirmed our sighting. Air traffic control, listening in, joined the fray and confirmed no known traffic in the area and asked a whole bunch of questions that we felt a bit sheepish about answering. Later that night the ANZ pilot (whom I know personally) that witnessed our little excitement rang me and was really freaked out by how close this extremely fast object had come to us. We reported it as an incident and nothing could be established other than some freak of the atmosphere..? I, and the others, struggled to swallow that as it seemed so controlled and have been left to wonder to this day what really happened that night.

[avgas]

Chugging along in an old BAe 146 (in freight configuration) enroute Christchurch to Auckland at 27000' late one night. We encountered a bright light directly ahead and above

Look my throttle was stuck that night OK! I hurt the next day though

[bugjuice]

Chugging along in an old BAe 146 (in freight configuration) enroute Christchurch to Auckland at 27000' late one night.

and it wasn't LooseBruce pulling wheelies again?

pretty cool story tho, I've heard one or two stories a bit like that before. Kinda makes me want to get my CPL quicker!