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To: SunkenCiv
a relatively nearby spiral galaxy

Interesting concepts, these...what's 1 light year? 6 trillion miles, something like that. What's 110 million times 6 trillion?

It says right here, that's a lot!

6 posted on 10/12/2013 6:36:06 PM PDT by stevem
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To: stevem
Not when you consider the vastness of the universe.

Shucks, I go there for lunch sometimes, it's so close.

7 posted on 10/12/2013 7:01:07 PM PDT by Wingy
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To: stevem

and they’ve got better telescopes pointing down

every unshielded electronic signal would be theirs for the taking... if they focused the area. soon, if not already, they will record all areas and decipher later (like AT&T recording all calls since 1987 and only now processing them with DEA)


8 posted on 10/12/2013 7:01:42 PM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: stevem

The answer to your query is 6.6 quintillion.
:)


9 posted on 10/12/2013 7:02:39 PM PDT by gas_dr (Trial lawyers AND POLITICIANS are Endangering Every Patient in America)
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To: stevem
What's 110 million times 6 trillion?

...it's a number smaller than the debt limit Dems want.

18 posted on 10/13/2013 12:42:34 AM PDT by Rodamala
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