----- Original Message ----- From: "The Fool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 8:43 PM Subject: Re: The Fermi Paradox (was Re: SCOUTED: Science Meets Spirituality, and Wirel...
> --- > No Not really. at .1c the entire galaxy would be colonized in < 20M > years. Given the time since the formation of the galaxy (let alone since > the beginning of the universe) If there were aliens, they would have been > here by now. Your assertion is false. > --- > >Given what we know about physics at this point in >time, it is impossilbe. Hmm, could you expand on that? While it is an overwhelming engineering problem, to be sure, if one assumes another 2000 years of engineering, I cannot see what basic principal of physics would keep a spacecraft from traveling at 1 million kilometers/hour. Dan M.
