Posted on 03/31/2016 10:40:20 AM PDT by sparklite2
We should shine lasers into space if we want to hide our presence from aliens, two US-based astronomers suggest.
The beams could compensate for the dip in light the Earth creates when it passes in front of the Sun, as viewed from far-off worlds, they contend.
But an alternative might be to use a laser simply to disguise the interesting aspects about Earth - features in its atmosphere that betray the fact that life exists here. These are a suite of gases that include oxygen, ozone and methane.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
I’m kind of thinking the 100 years worth of radio traffic would be a clue, assuming they bust through all the clutter.
So Im going to point a very powerful beam of coherent light energy at a moving target a gazillion miles away to hide the earth?
Wouldn’t a laser powerful enough to hide the earth a gazillion miles away necessarily be awful dang powerful. Almost like a weapon.
I’m sure this band of interstellar non-humans would be a bit annoyed at our feeble attempts to fry their corneas.
Then theres the issue of what frequency is this laser. What frequency do the illegal non-humans perceive?
Gamma Ray burst, magnetic pole flip, comets, asteroids, rogue black holes
Shall I go on?
Couldn’t we just hire David Copperfield, I once saw him hide a Lear Jet.
Maybe some aliens have a taste for “slumming”.
Plus they wont like being called solar...that’s bigoted...
I’m sure they would prefer the more inclusive “planet” or planetary ...
its American errr global values after all...
after all we are not a sun...
I prefer a Dyson Sphere to simply enclose our entire solar system.
[ Plus they wont like being called solar...that’s bigoted...
I’m sure they would prefer the more inclusive “planet” or planetary ...
its American errr global values after all...
after all we are not a sun... ]
Undocumented Galactic Resident?
Not to mention the inevitable merger with Andromeda. I’m saving up my air travel miles to head for the hills when that happens.
They’d have to build a bypass.
Call the vogan construction fleet.
I hear their poetry is quite good.
Well this is good to know!. Now I can stop spending a fortune on aluminum foil.
Monochromatic, coherent light, like from a laser, pretty much screams out "Technological civilization here!"
Well considering Andromeda is 3million, 200,000 light years away and closing you’ve got some time. Order a pizza. I’m sure Andromeda will get here before the pizza does.
Goodness knows that aliens that have mastered interstellar travel, will totally have no idea how physics works!
What an idiotic waste of taxpayer money!
Can we use them on Muslims?
I thought that all those “I love Lucy” shows was sufficient to keep them away.
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