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No ET! Ever?
RE: No ET! Ever?
it's not clear we are rich in resources compared to the typical exosolar system. Maybe 50% of all stars in Milky Way may have one or more planets in orbit, There may be many more fre floating rogue planets than there are planets bound in orbit around stars. So it seems to me the notion that our solar system is strategic for resource or positional reasons is dubious.

Also, that colonization of space consist of going from habitable planetary system to habitable planetary system in an effort to recreate many more or less faithful replicas of the conditions on the home planet during pre- or early- industrial days is a common Sci-fi troup, but I suspect that is too reliant on our current mode of existence, and not reflective of what would be convenient to a truly interstellar civilization that can muster the resources to colonize on a large scale.
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No ET! Ever? - by ignoramus - January 25, 2017 at 5:03 am
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Alex K - January 25, 2017 at 5:23 am
RE: No ET! Ever? - by I_am_not_mafia - January 25, 2017 at 5:56 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Neo-Scholastic - January 25, 2017 at 10:00 am
RE: No ET! Ever? - by brewer - January 25, 2017 at 10:14 am
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Thumpalumpacus - January 25, 2017 at 10:35 am
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Mister Agenda - January 25, 2017 at 10:41 am
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Aoi Magi - January 25, 2017 at 11:17 am
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Neo-Scholastic - January 25, 2017 at 5:08 pm
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RE: No ET! Ever? - by Amarok - January 25, 2017 at 6:17 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Thumpalumpacus - January 25, 2017 at 9:06 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Cyberman - January 26, 2017 at 11:01 am
RE: No ET! Ever? - by TheRealJoeFish - January 25, 2017 at 11:29 am
RE: No ET! Ever? - by vorlon13 - January 25, 2017 at 12:07 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Gawdzilla Sama - January 25, 2017 at 12:10 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by vorlon13 - January 25, 2017 at 12:12 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Anomalocaris - January 26, 2017 at 12:12 am
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Cato - January 27, 2017 at 5:44 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Minimalist - January 25, 2017 at 6:20 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by I_am_not_mafia - January 25, 2017 at 6:24 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Aoi Magi - January 25, 2017 at 10:38 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by ignoramus - January 25, 2017 at 11:14 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by The Valkyrie - January 25, 2017 at 11:18 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Kernel Sohcahtoa - January 25, 2017 at 11:27 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Angrboda - January 25, 2017 at 11:29 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Anomalocaris - January 26, 2017 at 12:22 am
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Edwardo Piet - January 25, 2017 at 11:53 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by ErGingerbreadMandude - January 26, 2017 at 12:15 am
RE: No ET! Ever? - by I_am_not_mafia - January 26, 2017 at 3:18 am
RE: No ET! Ever? - by ignoramus - January 26, 2017 at 12:16 am
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Minimalist - January 26, 2017 at 1:25 am
RE: No ET! Ever? - by ErGingerbreadMandude - January 26, 2017 at 2:21 am
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RE: No ET! Ever? - by Anomalocaris - January 26, 2017 at 12:27 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Minimalist - January 26, 2017 at 11:47 am
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Amarok - January 26, 2017 at 1:48 am
RE: No ET! Ever? - by ignoramus - January 26, 2017 at 2:33 am
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Thumpalumpacus - January 26, 2017 at 1:08 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Lemonvariable72 - January 26, 2017 at 4:53 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Mr Greene - January 26, 2017 at 10:47 pm
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RE: No ET! Ever? - by vorlon13 - January 27, 2017 at 12:55 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Alex K - January 27, 2017 at 3:46 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Anomalocaris - January 28, 2017 at 2:15 am
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Foxaèr - January 28, 2017 at 2:19 am
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Anomalocaris - January 28, 2017 at 11:44 am
RE: No ET! Ever? - by ErGingerbreadMandude - January 28, 2017 at 12:27 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Rhondazvous - January 28, 2017 at 1:16 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Anomalocaris - January 28, 2017 at 1:48 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Rhondazvous - January 28, 2017 at 3:07 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by vorlon13 - January 28, 2017 at 3:14 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Rhondazvous - January 28, 2017 at 4:04 pm
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RE: No ET! Ever? - by Rhondazvous - January 28, 2017 at 7:15 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Aoi Magi - January 28, 2017 at 8:49 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Godschild - January 30, 2017 at 3:23 am
RE: No ET! Ever? - by ignoramus - January 30, 2017 at 3:33 am
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Godschild - January 31, 2017 at 3:22 am
RE: No ET! Ever? - by robvalue - January 30, 2017 at 3:51 am
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Aoi Magi - January 31, 2017 at 11:50 am
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Godschild - February 1, 2017 at 1:52 am
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RE: No ET! Ever? - by Anomalocaris - February 1, 2017 at 11:29 am
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Catholic_Lady - February 1, 2017 at 11:33 am
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Kernel Sohcahtoa - February 2, 2017 at 4:24 pm
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RE: No ET! Ever? - by Anomalocaris - February 1, 2017 at 11:37 am
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RE: No ET! Ever? - by Catholic_Lady - February 1, 2017 at 11:51 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by ignoramus - February 2, 2017 at 12:05 am
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Godschild - February 2, 2017 at 1:14 am
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Foxaèr - February 2, 2017 at 1:17 am
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Godschild - February 2, 2017 at 1:56 am
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Cyberman - February 2, 2017 at 8:58 am
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RE: No ET! Ever? - by Catholic_Lady - February 2, 2017 at 12:11 am
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RE: No ET! Ever? - by Cyberman - February 2, 2017 at 11:04 am
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RE: No ET! Ever? - by Rhondazvous - February 18, 2017 at 1:55 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Jehanne - February 18, 2017 at 2:01 pm
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RE: No ET! Ever? - by Jehanne - February 18, 2017 at 3:06 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Aoi Magi - February 2, 2017 at 5:08 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Anomalocaris - February 2, 2017 at 7:21 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Jehanne - February 16, 2017 at 8:58 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Edwardo Piet - February 16, 2017 at 10:42 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Anomalocaris - February 16, 2017 at 11:34 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Jehanne - February 17, 2017 at 9:17 am
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Mr Greene - February 18, 2017 at 7:11 am
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RE: No ET! Ever? - by Anomalocaris - February 18, 2017 at 11:43 pm
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RE: No ET! Ever? - by Anomalocaris - February 19, 2017 at 12:02 am
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Jehanne - February 19, 2017 at 9:04 am
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RE: No ET! Ever? - by Jehanne - February 19, 2017 at 10:08 am
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Mr Greene - February 19, 2017 at 2:55 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Anomalocaris - February 19, 2017 at 3:29 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Jehanne - February 19, 2017 at 3:37 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Rhondazvous - February 18, 2017 at 7:43 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Jehanne - February 18, 2017 at 8:20 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by ignoramus - February 18, 2017 at 8:10 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Rhondazvous - February 19, 2017 at 6:59 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by ignoramus - February 19, 2017 at 7:29 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Rhondazvous - February 19, 2017 at 8:34 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Anomalocaris - February 19, 2017 at 10:26 am
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Jehanne - February 19, 2017 at 12:48 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Anomalocaris - February 19, 2017 at 2:15 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Jehanne - February 19, 2017 at 2:40 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Gawdzilla Sama - February 19, 2017 at 2:26 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Anomalocaris - February 19, 2017 at 7:08 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Rhondazvous - February 19, 2017 at 7:19 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Anomalocaris - February 19, 2017 at 8:25 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by ignoramus - February 19, 2017 at 9:22 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Rhondazvous - February 20, 2017 at 8:26 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by ignoramus - February 20, 2017 at 9:02 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by ignoramus - February 27, 2017 at 9:55 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Anomalocaris - February 27, 2017 at 10:00 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by ignoramus - February 27, 2017 at 10:23 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by residentatheist - March 27, 2017 at 12:43 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Gawdzilla Sama - March 27, 2017 at 1:24 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by residentatheist - March 27, 2017 at 2:30 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Gawdzilla Sama - March 27, 2017 at 2:47 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by residentatheist - March 27, 2017 at 3:04 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Gawdzilla Sama - March 27, 2017 at 4:22 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by residentatheist - March 27, 2017 at 4:29 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Gawdzilla Sama - March 28, 2017 at 7:00 am
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Thumpalumpacus - March 27, 2017 at 5:02 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by residentatheist - March 27, 2017 at 6:03 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by ignoramus - March 27, 2017 at 5:26 pm
RE: No ET! Ever? - by SuperSentient - March 28, 2017 at 12:04 am
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Sal - March 28, 2017 at 7:53 am
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RE: No ET! Ever? - by Sal - March 28, 2017 at 8:54 am
RE: No ET! Ever? - by Gawdzilla Sama - March 28, 2017 at 10:05 am



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