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I've been interested in astronomy since an early age. My first memory of looking at the stars was when my Dad took me outside to try to see Sputnik. While a lot has happened in our exploration of space since then, we are barely scratching the surface.
I look at high definition pictures of deep space and am just in total awe at the size the universe that we can see. It is hard to image the billions and billions and billions (to borrow a phrase :-) ) of stars that exist or the size of the universe or even the laws of physics that control it.
I am glad to have been around to see our first tentative steps into space, but I will regret not being around for its later exploration. In the meantime, I hope we don't blow ourselves up or destroy our environment in other ways. I have to wonder how many civilizations got the brink of exploring space only to fail because they could not get along with other beings on their own planet or with their planet's environment. |
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Yes, life must exist. It is unthinkable to imagine that this grand universe which is larger than our minds can comprehend has only one intelligent life form. What a true waste that would be. For a God to imagine and create such a hugh universe without populating it does not make sense. Will we discover them? Absolutely. When? Who knows. Maybe they already contacted us. Maybe we are them.
We really only know a few thousands years of our human existance. We could have risen and fallen several times over those years, or we could be descendants of a forgotten colony or a large science experiment of a some galactic species high school class. The benefits are a far greater understanding of what the universe means and God's creation. The danger is that we must accept that we are little more than children just learning to crawl.
Why would an exterterrestrial life want to talk with us? What could we offer them? Are we more to be studied to see how we handle growth beyond our petty clans? Are they afraid of our getting loose in the universe and spreading our primative thoughts and territorialism?
But we should try to reach out. There may be others not much beyond our technology who understand us better than we understand ourselves. Maybe they could help us grow into the galactic community. Yes they could be dangerous, they could be hostile. They want to destroy and eat us, but if they can travel between stars, I doubt we could stop them. On the other hand, if they were that aggressive, I wonder how they managed not to kill themselves off in the first place. Exploration is worth the risk though.
I run SETI because I hope to see real contact with other life in the universe. I know it is there. I hope we are prepared to meet it.
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