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Thread inspired by one of the [url=http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/04/22/1249243]slashdot articles[/url] I commented: [quote]Assuming that it is impossible to travel faster than light and nearest habitable planets are hundreds to thousands of lightyears away. Why would aliens waste their time coming here? I can give you one very good reason: colonization. If they came, it would be the beginning of the end for us. They don't need to fly thousands of years through space to 'study' or 'meet' us. They would come out of necessity. One possible reason could be that their planet has been exhausted or has become inhabitable for another reason. Hoping to find friends from desperate aliens is just wishful thinking. Would we save a primitive alien civilization in it's entirety in the same situation? No. We would preserve it but not save it. We would drive it into reservations like the Americans (or should we call them illegal immigrants) did with Native Americans.[/quote] [quote]A colony ship in theory could sustain life over several generations (+ what about suspended animation) so traveling for over a 1000 years is no problem. A real planet could still be needed for 'normal' life, expansion and for it's natural resources.[/quote] dumdidum ... thoughts?
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