Hubble Space Telescope Advent Calender

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Originally Posted by TeeKup

My faith has been re-affirmed yes. But I don't go to church. I try and stay away from the "fan-club."

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Rahspect.

that happens to tie into one of my favourite quotes ever.
"it's not god i hate, it's his fanclub i cant stand".

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Originally Posted by ironclad

No matter how insignificant we are in this universe, we're the most significant thing we know of. That's enough for me.

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True, good thinking.

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Originally Posted by kid908

I find it funny that our solar system has 1 sun. the norm of the universe is 2 sun per solar system. wonder if there are sulfer based life out there.

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Is it really? Where did you learn this? I'm pretty sure that there would be some sulfur based life out there, because the chances of there not being any is small.

When people are faced with the question of whether there's life or not, many think "well, what are the chances of there being some other form of life besides us?". I think that what we really should be asking ourselves is "what are the chances of that not being true?". I mean, there are millions of billions of stars, out there, all within hundreds of thousand of galaxies, millions of lightyears of stuff we don't know about. The possibilities of something not existing are quite small in my opinion. When I think about it, there are probably some other species out there, maybe is some distant galaxy, but still out there, that look almost exactly like us, and hey, maybe even use some similar words as us.

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Originally Posted by Hotrod

When I think about it, there are probably some other species out there, maybe is some distant galaxy, but still out there, that look almost exactly like us, and hey, maybe even use some similar words as us.

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Extreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeemely unlikely but you get the point.

Looking and speaking the same is very unlikely.

Lets just hope for sentience.

It's breathtaking when you realize all that's in the universe world first. Then it's sort of like "WTF? Why haven't we got there yet?" I'm still figuring out why NASA is being so damn slow with space shuttles (don't say the economy). :mad:

We have so many places we can visit out there and yet we're staying on Earth. Who cares what's on Mars right now? No point in knowing if we really can't get there in a viable ship. =/

Hotrod you should be asking, "What are the chances that there is some other form of life out there that is close to us, and going by close that's still pretty fuckign far. And will we ever get to communicate with them?" That's the questions that have a chance that are as good as impossible.

Primo is right.

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Originally Posted by DarkHalo003

It's breathtaking when you realize all that's in the universe world first. Then it's sort of like "WTF? Why haven't we got there yet?" I'm still figuring out why NASA is being so damn slow with space shuttles (don't say the economy). :mad:

We have so many places we can visit out there and yet we're staying on Earth. Who cares what's on Mars right now? No point in knowing if we really can't get there in a viable ship. =/

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Um, there's this stuff called fuel, this thing called distance, and this 4th dimension called time. Do you think it's as easy as just launching off the Earth and to get to Mars in a day or something? This isn't beginning to mention safety or the other resources required to pull off such an advanced project.

Really, think before you post. :|

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Originally Posted by flyinrooster

Um, there's this stuff called fuel, this thing called distance, and this 4th dimension called time. Do you think it's as easy as just launching off the Earth and to get to Mars in a day or something? This isn't beginning to mention safety or the other resources required to pull off such an advanced project.

Really, think before you post. :|

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I like you

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Originally Posted by Heathen

I find that hard to believe, but even so, saying that its the norm is wrong.

In an infinitely expanding universe, all ratios dont work. If you said in the known universe then its okay, but if the universe is infinite then nothing is rare because anything x infinity is still infinity.

I dont know how to say it but someone here knows what I mean....fuck.

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For stars like our sun, he's right. And some scientists still think our system might be binary :ssh:

orly? Thats awesome.

Though the way he says it, the majority of known stars would be binary...

Thats not how it is is it?