NASA: Countdown to the Very First CONTACT !

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"I think we're going to have strong indications of life beyond Earth within a decade, and I think we're going to have definitive evidence within 20 to 30 years," Nasa chief scientist Ellen Stofan said .

"We know where to look. We know how to look," Stofan added, "In most cases we have the technology, and we're on a path to implementing it. And so I think we're definitely on the road."

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...s-nasa-chief-scientist-believes-10161694.html


So today my senior approached me and said he'd heard this on the TV. I am doubtful to these kinds of announcements most of the time. And just looked first if there was a foreign source. There was. Then looked for the NASA source. Yeap.

I really can't understand people who "strongly claim" that there cannot be intelligent life existing in somewhere else. All this logic and knowledge of the size of the universe gave you that impression? Seriously?

But did we ever contact them before? Discussable.

I know that NASA digs the ground for more money and the justification for the fonds they receive.

I also know that a life devoted to searching of the unknown can drive some souls crazy.

What do you folks think of that one?

Did NASA falsed the Chief?

Will we actually experience the inevitable experience in our very own lifetimes?

And will any part of the Earth be able to talk about anything else whence this happen?

 

[LogGrad98]

It will be exciting for a while then people will go back to the drive through and Christmas shopping at Walmart.

 

[Jamezz]

We already come from aliens so what's the big deal?

 

[VINYLONE]

I think it's incredibly exciting. I hope to be alive when we do make contact. I mean, it's ****ing mind blowing. Great thread. Will sub.

 

[b_line]

I think intelligent life might be pretty far off, but life, as in bacteria and small things seems pretty reasonable in the next couple decades. Even finding another habitable planet relatively close to us seems pretty reasonable.

 

[b_line]

I think it's incredibly exciting. I hope to be alive when we do make contact. I mean, it's ****ing mind blowing. Great thread. Will sub.

First contact is an experience so different and so incredible that it is indeed mind blowing to think it could happen. It would be awesome to see.

 

[Siro]

We already come from aliens so what's the big deal?

It's a big deal for those who like more of a rational perspective on life.

 

[Siro]

It will be exciting for a while then people will go back to the drive through and Christmas shopping at Walmart.

Humanity's advancing knowledge has changed society profoundly. The question of whether an event affected the mundane details of your life is hardly relevant to the significance of the event to the big picture.

 

[Jamezz]

It's a big deal for those who like more of a rational perspective on life.

Hi Siro, I think it's rational thinking. Us earthlings have plans on terraforming Mars. Are you saying that in such scenario 'Martians' never would acknowledge or accept the fact that they had come from us?

 

[Siro]

Hi Siro, I think it's rational thinking. Us earthlings have plans on terraforming Mars. Are you saying that in such scenario 'Martians' never would acknowledge or accept the fact that they had come from us?

It is not impossible that the Earth was seeded by aliens or whatever. The hypothesis is called panspermia, and I've seen some scientific research that tries to evaluate the theory. But science is about evidence that we can all examine and analyze. As far as science is concerned, we haven't had any confirmations of extra-terrestrial life yet. That's what so exciting about it. Not conspiracy theory kind of evidence, but rational evidence that can change the perspective of humanity at large, and in a meaningful way.

 

[Jamezz]

It is not impossible that the Earth was seeded by aliens or whatever. The hypothesis is called panspermia, and I've seen some scientific research that tries to evaluate the theory. But science is about evidence that we can all examine and analyze. As far as science is concerned, we haven't had any confirmations of extra-terrestrial life yet. That's what so exciting about it. Not conspiracy theory kind of evidence, but rational evidence that can change the perspective of humanity at large, and in a meaningful way.

I get what you're saying, real factual/visual evidence. I would love that as well, I wished it became so blatantly obvious that not even the govt could hide it from us any longer. Who do they think they are anyway, considering themselves 'entitled' to knowing about extraterrestrial life but hiding it from the rest of us.

 

[Gameface]

I think it's incredibly exciting. I hope to be alive when we do make contact. I mean, it's ****ing mind blowing. Great thread. Will sub.

Yeah, that's the #1 thing I hope to be alive long enough to see.