I'm currently studying "Embedded Systems and Robotics" at the University of Essex.
Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home
Of course aliens exist - you've seen them on Star Trek haven't you?!
Seriously though, I can't believe that our planet would be the only one in the universe to harbor life. There simply has to be life on other planets, even if they are Amoeba's! What would be the point in such a big universe if we were the only lifeforms to exist in it? It would be a waste of space! (Sorry, I had to slip that one in!)
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