Posted on 06/19/2012 3:36:59 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
With all that space dust out there, we should shoot some Dyson vacuum cleaners into space to clean the mess up. Oh, wait, with their circular technology, they would probably form a sun and burn us all to a crisp.....never mind.....
Why haven’t aliens with advanced space travel come to Earth yet?
If they are that advanced, they must be conservatives.
They don’t want to infect their societies with socialism.
Been there. It takes just about a year at 1G, then the same amount to decelerate. What is more interesting, is how long would it seem to take to the person on the ship to perform the entire maneuver.
I recently re-read a story called (I think) "A path less travelled" that was linked off one of the SF pings here that had exactly that as it's main point. Extra-galactics never discovered atomics and advanced rocketry because they discovered the secret to anti-grav when they were at the level of matchlock/flintlock rifles. I really do think that a once the principle of a ZPM module is discovered, it will probably be something that will be incredibly simple and extremely obvious in hindsight. I got nothing to back that up with, but I believe we are meant, by our Creator, to travel to the stars to explore and experience His grandeur and the marvels He has created for us, because if not, mankind as a species will simply not survive. Even if you take the entire solar system into account, there is only a limited supply of resources, and we know that the sun has a limited lifespan.
The road not taken, by Harry Turtledove.
The story itself is a great example of outside the box thinking that once read, shifted my whole perception on the issue and sends me off in a whole new direction of thinking. I had certainly never considered the possibility of a less advanced race coming to earth. We could be surrounded by alien races that simply have no curiosity about us or are afraid of us.
That's it. Thanks. I'd have never found it again with google. I really mangled it, while keeping the sentiment.
Another original beauty, cc! Thanks for sharing your work with us.
Ooooh! It has atmosphere! M-Class.
I’m going to start “borrowing” these, with your permission?
Yeah you can use them.
Thank you. You’re very kind.
“No kill I”
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