Does Life Exist

[geoschmo]

I have found links giving credit to that quote to Yoggi Berra, and to JAN L.A. VAN DE SNEPSCHEUT, a
Dutch-American computer scientist and educator (1953 - 1994)

Have not determined difinitivly if it's either of them, or someone else entirely.

[Slick]

Berra, Einstein... Same thing.

Slick.

[parabolize]

we are not going to another solar system soon
1. Yes there are planets that can harvist life out there, but they are far apart.
2. We dont see them and the optics to see them will need a very wide base line.
3. Multi generation ships are very very risky. In all societies there are distructive people. You would need a lead room for people and food to hide from radiation. Thats alot of lead so we would probably have to make a really good magnetic field instead.
4. no gravity and the inertia idea dosnt work.

i am not saying it wont happen

and with mars there just is not a reason to do it until we have micro machines that can turn rust and CO2 into steel and O2

[Suicide Junkie]

What do you mean by #4?

With "zero" gravity, inertia becomes more important, but certainly not stronger or weaker.

[Erax]

Warning : possibly controversial link below.

Is there intelligent life out there ? Here's one possibility.

[DavidG]

Originally posted by Cirvol:
jurijd, communism didn't fail because of enemies 'abroad and within'...

it failed because it absolutely relies on the 100% trustworthiness of people running the system to not take advantage of it...

These would be the "human flaws" jurijd mentioned but that you didn't quote.

[parabolize]

Originally posted by Suicide Junkie:
What do you mean by #4?

With "zero" gravity, inertia becomes more important, but certainly not stronger or weaker.

there is no gravity in space
They did a test to see if you could use inertia as artificial gravity. It didnt work the person still had a bad back when he came down.