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I'm 49, married 23 yrs with two teenagers arghhh!, live in the UK and presently work in traffic management. Prior to this I was employed for 23 years in green keeping namely managing various Golf Courses around the country both parkland and heathland types.
My hobbies are motor racing especially F1 this includes reading Autospport magazine, watching events on TV and attending some race meetings. Other hobbies are growing and styling Bonsai trees, gardening, golf, reading Sci Fi. If I had the time (and money!) I'd love to travel with my wife, perhaps when the kids eventually leave home?!!
I have always been fascinated by space and associated subjects and my ultimate ambition is to travel into space and see the earth from orbit. The possibility of some form of life existing beyond earth is almost certain. I'm sure that somewhere in our galaxy there are intelligent alien civilisations and the prospect of contact with them is simply mind blowing, as is the alternative that we are totally alone! |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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1. Yes I think it's virtually inevitable that we will eventually discover life forms which are extraterrestrial in nature. I hope humans will discover such evidence before I die, but the years click on with no sign yet. The benefits for both parties are many and the most important is the fact that we will know that we are no longer alone. The dangers for both parties are also many. You only have to examine human history to find horrendous examples where two civilisations come into contact and one is stronger that the other. The result has all too often proved to be catastrophic for the weaker civilisation and that's without considering the effects of religion in the mix!
2. Yes I think we should. We have been advertising our existence for decades now so attempting to hide away now won't protect us from aggressive species, but will only delay our discovery. We should send out a massage simply saying "Hello".
3. To do my little bit to help process the massive backlog of data gathered by radio telescopes worldwide. And to hopefully be the one to discover the signal that ends the search and begins the adventure. I'm fully in favour of the project, but find it depressing that such a large proportion of the population care so little about it that they would cheerfully see it die never to be resurrected. What lack of vision and imagination they exhibit!
Could more be done to educate and interest such people or am I being too naive?
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