OT: Extrasolar planets discovered directly

Raging Deadstar · #1 March 27th, 2005, 08:50 AM

Hehe, all valid points Randall.

Maybe i should use [sarcasm][/sarcasm] tags a lot more often

jfp3 · #2 March 27th, 2005, 11:35 AM

What would you have thought about Galileo a few hundred years ago Atrocities? And (to the forum), didn't 'they' confirm some chunk of asteroid found in the Arctic had multicellular organisms fossilized within? Probably from an impact with Mars as I recall...

Raging Deadstar · #3 March 27th, 2005, 12:06 PM

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jfp3 said:
What would you have thought about Galileo a few hundred years ago Atrocities? And (to the forum), didn't 'they' confirm some chunk of asteroid found in the Arctic had multicellular organisms fossilized within? Probably from an impact with Mars as I recall...

Antarctic it was. And yes that's true, Unfortuantely it isn't reliable evidence due to contamination through Earth's Atmosphere and landing.

I believe NASA's Project Stardust is the next step towards proving this. Check out the FAQ section.

Slick · #4 March 27th, 2005, 12:11 PM

*Throws popcorn at RD. When RD spins around with death in his eye, Slick points at Fyron*

*Sits back in his lawn chair to watch the festivities heat up*

Fyron · #5 March 27th, 2005, 02:56 PM

*erects a sign with a finger pointing at Slick*

DeadZone · #6 March 27th, 2005, 03:15 PM

Lets see

There are billions of species on Earth alone
And thousands of years ago, we thought the world was small and flat, the stars were gods, comets and lightning were signs from said gods, so on and so forth

Our understanding of the universe is far too limited, science is just a theory until proven right or wrong

But personally, I'd prefer us to try and save what we have here before trying to find out whats out there

NullAshton · #7 March 27th, 2005, 03:56 PM

I believe that Earth is the only planet with sentient life in the universe. I don't think that we're going to find any sentient life anywhere else in the universe. Now, other non-sentient life could exist elsewhere...

Alneyan · #8 March 27th, 2005, 03:58 PM

Well, the answer to whether alien life exists or not is quite obvious: just look at Fyron and Narf! Fyron is a proven Vorlon, and have you ever seen sapient mice wielding six-foot tall hammers? Of course not; besides, mice are the true rulers of the universe, and do not hail from Earth.

(What I am really wondering about is how those other lifeforms would think, but that would be another matter, and a bigger can of worms so I will stay quiet. See, you aren't even reading this message!)

Renegade 13 · #9 March 29th, 2005, 01:26 PM

It's kinda hard to have an arguement when, since Atrocities dropped out of the conversation, all the opinions expressed have been agreeing with each other!

narf poit chez BOOM · #10 March 29th, 2005, 08:26 PM

Oh well. It was fun while it lasted.