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Please. If the most intelligent life in the universe can't get off their planet, then they ain't very smart are they?

What if their planet lacks the resources to even build a suitable spacecraft? What if their life spans are only 5 years? What if they are biologically unfit for space travel? If you could answer this.

And the size of the universe is irrelevant.

Irrelevant? Really?

It would seem to me that great distances would present the largest problems to any life forms.

If the distances of the vastness of the universe are irrelevant, what are the big obstacles for interstellar travel throughout the universe? And why haven't we had manned missions to Mars and bases on the lunar surface?

We've been around 2000-3000 years and the universe is about 12 billion years old. If there was any "intelligent" life out there, don't you think they would have solved the problem by now?

What problem would that be?

And why haven't we had manned missions to Mars and bases on the lunar surface?

For what purpose? Space exploration is a waste of taxpayers' money. If you want to explore - you pay.

Why does it take so much money? Is it because the distances of interstellar travel are irrelevant? Since our life forms have restrictions, do you think other possible intelligent, or even the most intelligent life in the universe don't?

I'm sorry but your responses and questions have taken on the quality of "Oh, yeah?" Most arguments for intelligent life and space exploration lead to one thing - a quest for money. Here's an example:

Are We Alone in the Universe?

"Alone, in all that space? Not likely. Just do the numbers: Several hundred billion stars in our galaxy, hundreds of billions of galaxies in the observable universe, and 150 planets spied already in the immediate neighborhood of the sun. That should make for plenty of warm, scummy little ponds where life could come together to begin billions of years of evolution toward technology-wielding creatures like ourselves. No, the really big question is when, if ever, we'll have the technological wherewithal to reach out and touch such intelligence. With a bit of luck, it could be in the next 25 years."

"The technology may well be available in coming decades, but SETI will also need money."

You can read the article to find out where to donate your hard earned money. LOL ...