You are not logged in. Please register or login.
- Topics: Active | Unanswered
- monkeychow
- Rep: 661
Re: Curiosity (on Mars) Discussion
Kinda mindblowing. Always freaks me out to think all the mountains on other planets that just sit there when we don't look at them.
Re: Curiosity (on Mars) Discussion
Kinda mindblowing. Always freaks me out to think all the mountains on other planets that just sit there when we don't look at them.
Huh?
there r plenty of mountains that just sit here & we don't look at them..
this whole thing is cool n all. but i just dunno what they hope to achieve, y'know?
maybe we won't know what they hope to achieve until they achieve it??
is it just proof for theories that they want? or do they think something extra/terrestrial/exceptional is gonna transpire? what new info has or will it give us?
Re: Curiosity (on Mars) Discussion
It's called moving forward, investigating - sort of like we've been doing since we ever got up on two legs - but I'm sure a couple of cave men said the same thing. "That round thing they try to make...what are they trying to get from it?".
It will give us a remarkable amount of new information which can bring us a step closer to understanding not only the solar system, but the entire universe. Mars is a key for this exploration.
Re: Curiosity (on Mars) Discussion
Most scientists have concluded "we are not alone in the universe" as the universe most likely has life *everywhere*. If there is life on Mars for example, it will only show that their current view is right.
But let's stick to one out of 100 billion galaxies. In the milky way, we got 100 billion stars, and from what we now know, a large percentage got planets. Now, drop out all of those that is not inside the goldilock zone, there's still possibly a million planets in the right zone. Because there are so many, you're bound to meet life in some form.
SETI, looking for alien signals have looked at many, many stars. No luck, but since the amount of stars they have checked out equals a pint of water out of the entire amount of ocean on planet Earth, I'd say they haven't looked at many.
It's quite a mindfuck. The numbers involved are crazy.
And, considering this planet won't last that long, the sun will blow up eventually and we're about to fuck it up anyway, I'd say the only chance of survival is going into space, so we better start now.
Re: Curiosity (on Mars) Discussion
I think given the vastness and enormity of the universe is well beyond our comprehension I'd say it's literally impossible for us to be alone in the universe.
I know I'll get flamed for this but I'm not even convinced man has been on the moon. Like seriously they got their shit together in the late 60's got up there, made a few trips and in the last 40 years nobody has been? Fuck that. AND the Russians just concieted and said we take the American's word for it that there's no reason to go. No way.
It blows my mind when you think of how technology has advanced in the last 40 years yet they arn't able to come up witha better method of space travel other than rocket fuel. Please. We didn't even have microwaves when man "landed on the moon" but in 2012 there's no advancement in the field that allows man to make a quick jaunt to the moon and the reason is "oh there's just no reason for us to go? Please. If man can't make the hop, skip and a jump to the moon by now we're never gonna see a man on Mars in our lifetime or the next.
I fully believe there's intelligent life out there and I bet they laugh at us 
