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Originally posted by: Stargazer
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Originally posted by: Freethinker
What value would there bo to alien visitation, as is typically presented by UFOers? We are a small non-descript planet circling a medium to small sun on the outer arm of our galaxy. What about us would draw attention?
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One might say the same about any of the planets or moons that we have sent probes or even people to...
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That is exactly my point. In each and every space flight we ahve made, there has been an established goal, or set of them. An ROI (yes Return on Investment) is established. It might be subjective in part, such as the original "Moon Race" included political advantage. The US decided it had to beat the USSR to the moon. And the research and needed technical advancements have paid off many fold.
Can we show a direct financial benefit to the Mars roomers we have there right now? Perhaps not based on an ability to mine product from Mars today, but again the technologies have benefit as well as the cash funnelled into the marketplace. Not to mention potential benefits should we find some elements not known here.
But none were just for kicks. To make cute patterns in wheat fields. Or to stick stuff into various orifices of inhabitants.
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To a sufficiently advanced species, interstellar travel could be as routin as flying is to us.
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But even flying for pure fun has a cost to the person. They get a personal ROI out of their expenditure.
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Thanks for helping to get god pounded into my head
Another succesful faith based initiative. Just like 9/11
