Still no reason to assume aliens would be pathologically afraid of the dark.

The dude with the big hair is blocking the telescopes.

I think the real news story here is that Freeman Dyson is still alive.

It isn't on Pluto. It's on Rupert, and the inhabitants there are very confused.

Just please leave the Mi-go alone.

LrdPhoenix: I think the real news story here is that Freeman Dyson is still alive.


"And I don't feel a day over 120!"

This seems like a spectacular waste of money and resources just to prove a negative.

I have been thinking if aliens were in out solar system they would be out in the ort cloud. If aliens came here what would they be looking for. Not us are tech is too low. If they want resources they would not come to earth. Too much energy to lift stuff off earth and too much energy to lift from our orbit out of the solar system. Objects in the ort cloud should have the same proportions of metals and such and the energy to take them away is so much lower.

Ecobuckeye: This seems like a spectacular waste of money and resources just to prove a negative.

Using existing technology and telescopes that will be examining the area of the sky in question anyway is a spectacular waste of resources?

"It's unlikely that there are cities in the Kuiper Belt, but we should not pretend we know this for sure," Turner says. "If it involves no additional resources, we should definitely [look for it]."

Plainly this will take billions of dollars away from other astronomical endeavors.

RexTalionis: 2wolves: RexTalionis:

Why did Galactus wear a mask?

That's always bothered me.

I assume because Jack Kirby thought it looked neat.

maybe it's to keep debris out of his eyes

2wolves: James Blish would like a word four novels.

One of the best sci-fi series ever written.

Cagey B: Ecobuckeye: This seems like a spectacular waste of money and resources just to prove a negative.

Using existing technology and telescopes that will be examining the area of the sky in question anyway is a spectacular waste of resources?

"It's unlikely that there are cities in the Kuiper Belt, but we should not pretend we know this for sure," Turner says. "If it involves no additional resources, we should definitely [look for it]."

Plainly this will take billions of dollars away from other astronomical endeavors.

I'm glad somebody agrees with me.

Pluto is a cold mo fo ... surely they thought of that

pdee: If aliens came here what would they be looking for.

Why do you assume it isn't us? Maybe we're the most blood thirsty species in the galaxy and they need a war fought? Or we might make good slaves, because robots are so impersonal? Or maybe so they don't feel so alone in the galaxy? Ooh, what if there is a galactic council of species and the species having raised the most species to galactic "sentience" gets more prestige, influence, or votes, whatever.

Maybe they'd do it just to play practical jokes on us?

I don't think we could even express their real motives with our current vocabulary.

Professor Pacoli: Aziz! Light! [powerful lights from the Mondoshawan spaceship turn on] Much better. Thank you, Aziz.

2wolves: RexTalionis:

Why did Galactus wear a mask?

That's always bothered me.

He has a private life apart from devouring worlds?

Maybe they are ...



/happy to use this one again.

Mayhem of the Black Underclass: pdee: If aliens came here what would they be looking for.

Why do you assume it isn't us? Maybe we're the most blood thirsty species in the galaxy and they need a war fought? Or we might make good slaves, because robots are so impersonal? Or maybe so they don't feel so alone in the galaxy? Ooh, what if there is a galactic council of species and the species having raised the most species to galactic "sentience" gets more prestige, influence, or votes, whatever.

Maybe they'd do it just to play practical jokes on us?

I don't think we could even express their real motives with our current vocabulary.

They use the phrase "leverage" a lot. It seems to be the basis of their gold based economy.

There might be aliens standing directly behind me. I haven't turned around in a while.

Fano: They use the phrase "leverage" a lot. It seems to be the basis of their gold based economy.



/fun movie

loonatic112358: RexTalionis: 2wolves: RexTalionis:

Why did Galactus wear a mask?

That's always bothered me.

I assume because Jack Kirby thought it looked neat.

maybe it's to keep debris out of his eyes

So: WAY TLDNR Back Story

Galactus was the last survivor of the prior universe. IIRC his outfit was what he was wearing back when he was still a "man"

Mayhem of the Black Underclass: pdee: If aliens came here what would they be looking for.

Why do you assume it isn't us? Maybe we're the most blood thirsty species in the galaxy and they need a war fought? Or we might make good slaves, because robots are so impersonal? Or maybe so they don't feel so alone in the galaxy? Ooh, what if there is a galactic council of species and the species having raised the most species to galactic "sentience" gets more prestige, influence, or votes, whatever.

Maybe they'd do it just to play practical jokes on us?

I don't think we could even express their real motives with our current vocabulary.

Lets pretend for a moment we discover NOT ONLY is there life on Titan thats humanoid. Its like thats at a comprable level of development to the roman empire.

Now: We could through observation of this species learn a lot about where we came from.

This is what Anthropologists do with tribal cultures that exist today

karasoth: Mayhem of the Black Underclass: pdee: If aliens came here what would they be looking for.

Why do you assume it isn't us? Maybe we're the most blood thirsty species in the galaxy and they need a war fought? Or we might make good slaves, because robots are so impersonal? Or maybe so they don't feel so alone in the galaxy? Ooh, what if there is a galactic council of species and the species having raised the most species to galactic "sentience" gets more prestige, influence, or votes, whatever.

Maybe they'd do it just to play practical jokes on us?

I don't think we could even express their real motives with our current vocabulary.

Lets pretend for a moment we discover NOT ONLY is there life on Titan thats humanoid. Its like thats at a comprable level of development to the roman empire.

Now: We could through observation of this species learn a lot about where we came from.

This is what Anthropologists do with tribal cultures that exist today

We would give them t-shirts of Superbowl losers?

karasoth: Lets pretend for a moment we discover NOT ONLY is there life on Titan thats humanoid.

I would love to meet a telepath.

Braindeath: karasoth: Lets pretend for a moment we discover NOT ONLY is there life on Titan thats humanoid.

I would love to meet a telepath.

No thanks, I sense that you are creepy.

Braindeath: karasoth: Lets pretend for a moment we discover NOT ONLY is there life on Titan thats humanoid.

I would love to meet a telepath.

A Telepath huh?

*googles Thanos's super powers*

You win this round DC comics

RexTalionis: karasoth: You win this round DC comics

Thanos is Marvel.

Thanos is not a telepath

he was the only Titanian Eternal who could make that interesting (but he doesn't have telepathy)

I could have always went with a starfox rape joke

I love how they assume they would need light to see during the day being that far away from the Sun instead of thinking they could have adapted to the light available and see just as clearly as we do. Heck they could even see energy like Neo.

Once we get to Pluto and discover that Charon is just a gravity locked Mass Effect gate we will all be in for a surprise.

Maybe a few of those rare star clusters are really massive cities. They are after all, some of the oldest stars in the universe. Maybe some of those Quasars are actually searchlights or disco balls.

Cagey B: "It's unlikely that there are cities in the Kuiper Belt, but we should not pretend we know this for sure," Turner says. "If it involves no additional resources, we should definitely [look for it]."

It's unlikely that there is a million dollars hidden under the carpet in my closet, but I should not pretend I know this for sure. If it involves no additional resources, I should definitely look for it.