Posted on 05/19/2004 12:46:40 PM PDT by Conservomax
Dying thread placemarker.
baloney sandwich
Lack of money - yes. How long will it take for us to travel throughout the universe, assuming no Einstein-violating technology? And who will approve the funding? And why? It takes a VERY advanced, VERY rich, and VERY curious or bored civilization to convince itself to spend the resources to send probes around the universe knowing that their answers will be unknown for millions more years.
just a topic bump
Refuting Fermi: No Evidence for Extraterrestrial Life?
John B. Alexander
National Institute for Discovery Science
http://www.nidsci.org/pdf/fermi.pdf
related FR topics:
Cosmic Conundrum [Brief essay on multiple universes and the Anthropic Principle]
Time ^ | Monday, November 22, 2004 | Michael D. Lemonick; J. Madeleine Nash
Posted on 11/26/2004 1:33:59 AM PST by snarks_when_bored
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1288684/posts
Radio search for ET draws a blank
BBC News Online ^ | Thursday, March 25, 2004 | By Dr David Whitehouse
Posted on 03/28/2004 8:38:01 AM PST by Momaw Nadon
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1106697/posts
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