I'm sure the indigenous populations of the western hemisphere were thinking how "darn cool" European explorers were when they got to really know them.
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Major new exoplanet findings to be announced next Monday
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Not all explorers come in the name of conquest or exploitation. And even so, from the destruction and sadness of the past come lessons hopefully learned and some positive things moving forward.
Lastly, no point in dwelling in the guilt of sins past, both personally and nationally. You take what has been hard won, take the lessons and move forward.
You don't let the past paralyze you into fear or guilt driven inaction.
I have no idea what those people were thinking. I only know the whole span of history. And I love the fact that we are explorers, warts and all.
Check, some of us are explorers.
I find our planet extremely amazing. Everytime I venture out & see an eagle soar overhead or my dog chowing on grasshoppers or the change of seasons I am amazed. Amazed by the rich diversity of life that has & still exists, amazed at the people who don't think twice about tossing an empty pepsi can out the window.
Each new world is exciting & amazing in its own right. Each batch of new worlds brings us closer to finding one that reminds us of the pale blue dot we reside on. Which I think is very exciting.
Hard to believe that 20 years ago we knew of nine planets & the idea of extrasolar planets was still scoffed at by some in the scientific community.
Now we have eight local planets.
Pluto is still mad.
Pluto is still mad.
Gallifrey?
Assuming you merely forgot the question mark, I shall answer your question:
- While I love the planet on which I live, God created many worlds. I would love to be able to explore all the wonders of His creation.
Assuming you merely forgot the question mark, I shall answer your question:
- While I love the planet on which I live, God created many worlds. I would love to be able to explore all the wonders of His creation.
I don't know which load of tosh is worse Deckerds' or Sector 7s'. I guess that Dekard is at least talking about something with a basis in reality.
Back on topic,
nice, but get back to me on atmospheric composition...if they find a world with obvious mechanically caused pollutants in it's atmoshere...that would be major news..
If they find a planet with a nitrogen oxygen atmosphere, that would be major news..
finding planets is rather commonplace in todays science news... lets wait for the really big news before they bore the public to death..
nice, but get back to me on atmospheric composition...if they find a world with obvious mechanically caused pollutants in it's atmoshere...that would be major news..
If they find a planet with a nitrogen oxygen atmosphere, that would be major news..
finding planets is rather commonplace in todays science news... lets wait for the really big news before they bore the public to death..
And how, exactly, does Sector 7's religious belief negatively impact you, Fang? Could you explain which of your rights was violated by his post being present on this board?
So, they've confirmed again that there are planets circling other stars?
Of what we have seen so far, our planet is certainly the most amazing and the most beautiful one, and while we've found unmatched wonders in space, the Earth is packed with much more of them. But that certainly doesn't kill the excitement and doesn't diminish the astonishment from learning about the unknown, but in fact it even increases it.
The thing is that among the planets harbouring the civilizations we can expect ours to be, well, average. And even the least interesting ones would be so different from ours that any single person would lose their mind if they were to witness it. Films suck in that regard – that Pandora thing had to be so exaggerated to get that same point across.
The thing is, sometimes I suffer a mild feeling of depression when I think that we might never, as a race, see and touch any of those places, not even the other average ones, not even the least interesting ones, not even their remnants, while unspeakable amounts of wonder might be hiding right now scattered across the stars, hidden forever for us.
I see no reason why we won't. It's all just a matter of time. I don't believe we will off ourselves and I don't believe they will stay beyond our reach technologically.
For announcements such as these you need to consider who's making the announcement. The bigger the deal the higher up the food chain the announcement will come from.I bet they will find something that may or may not prove that there is an increased possibility of extraterrestrial life.
It is possible that they would announce that they've discovered an exoplanet whose atmospheric composition can be so far explained only by biological activity. It's just about right that we discovered something like that now if planets with microbial life are common.
When a head of state schedules something regarding space, then it would be time to pop the champagne. Until then it's not going to have the wow factor a vast majority of the people would expect from a "major new finding."
It's major...just not major enough for the people to care.
It's so fascinating. I mean, people are so used to the idea of new planets, aliens and scientific discoveries because they've already seen hundreds of science fiction shows/movies/novels.
Without Star Trek, or Star Wars or whatever, this would actually be HUGE news.
Without Star Trek, or Star Wars or whatever, this would actually be HUGE news.
I was wondering the same thing.
This is how alien stories were invented in the first place. Because we're all wondering what's out there. If we only looked at our immediate surroundings, humans would still be living in trees. It's our curiosity that got us this far, and will get us even farther.
It doesn't negatively impact on me in any direct sense although mass religious belief is another matter and where did I say that it did have any kind of impact on me at all? Or where did I mention my rights being violated? Sector 7 is entitled to believe in a load of old cobblers and also to post on this board about magic and bronze age fairy stories to his hearts content I believe I have the same right of comment.