A new planet
BBC are talking about our neighbours, living on Gliese 581, should we call them the Glieseans? Will they call us Earthers, Earthlings or Terrans maybe?
It's 20 light-years away and so we won't be going there anytime soon, but with new kinds of propulsion technology that could change in the future. And obviously we'll be training some powerful telescopes on it to see what we can see.
Right you rocket scientists over to you. It's about time we had warp factor, hyperspace or jumpgates to explore the galaxy. It can't be too complicated - Hollywood's been doing it for year - Star Trek, Babylon 5 and Firefly, and you are rocket scientists, reputed to have the brains and bright ideas.
Of course nobody knows if there is life out there but if we get there first maybe we can find a new planet now that we've completely destroyed Earth. Think of it, we could start whole new wars and have an excuse to develop new weapons!
Seriously though, remember to
Pray that there's intelligent life somewhere up in space,
'Cause there's bugger all down here on Earth.
- Monty Python - Galaxy song
It's 20 light-years away and so we won't be going there anytime soon, but with new kinds of propulsion technology that could change in the future. And obviously we'll be training some powerful telescopes on it to see what we can see.
Right you rocket scientists over to you. It's about time we had warp factor, hyperspace or jumpgates to explore the galaxy. It can't be too complicated - Hollywood's been doing it for year - Star Trek, Babylon 5 and Firefly, and you are rocket scientists, reputed to have the brains and bright ideas.
Of course nobody knows if there is life out there but if we get there first maybe we can find a new planet now that we've completely destroyed Earth. Think of it, we could start whole new wars and have an excuse to develop new weapons!
Seriously though, remember to
Pray that there's intelligent life somewhere up in space,
'Cause there's bugger all down here on Earth.
- Monty Python - Galaxy song
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