• Russian billionaire to spend 100 million on "biggest ever" quest to find aliens
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[quote]A Russian billionaire has vowed to spend a huge chunk of his fortune on funding the search for alien life. Investor Yuri Milner appeared alongside Professor Hawking at London's Royal Society today to announce the beginning of the "biggest ever" attempt to locate extraterrestrial civilisations. The one million stars closest to Earth will be examined in unprecedented detail and telescopes will peer deep into the centre of the Milky Way.[/quote] [url]http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology-science/science/russian-billionaire-spend-100million-biggest-6102427[/url] :xfiles:
[QUOTE=LuaChobo;48252512]and then we fuck them right? and kill the ones that wont fuck us? i love space[/QUOTE] what
Hopefully the USA is like NO US FIRST and builds like a giant moon telescope or something
[QUOTE=Laserbeams;48252521]what[/QUOTE] I feel like I can hear your avatar saying this.
[QUOTE=LuaChobo;48252530]the aliens we fuck the aliens nah but really im interested in seeing a comparison to previous efforts and how much money was pumped into them[/QUOTE] [img]https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5228/5676633160_c6530af7c8_o.jpg[/img]
100 million isn't a whole lot of money when you're talking about finding aliens.
Praise altman
Is there a Russian billionaire that spends his money to help people and stuff, and not on English football clubs, a fleet of 100m yachts and looking for aliens ? Maybe it's just the media who don't find them interesting...
[QUOTE=AntonioR;48252651]Is there a Russian billionaire that spends his money to help people and stuff, and not on English football clubs, a fleet of 100m yachts and looking for aliens ? Maybe it's just the media who don't find them interesting...[/QUOTE] If you had a choice between supporting either illegal aliens or just aliens I'm sure you'd pick aliens too.
[QUOTE=Glitchman;48252522]Hopefully the USA is like NO US FIRST and builds like a giant moon telescope or something[/QUOTE] Space race part 2. Lets make it happen.
[QUOTE=AntonioR;48252651]Is there a Russian billionaire that spends his money to help people and stuff, and not on English football clubs, a fleet of 100m yachts and looking for aliens ? Maybe it's just the media who don't find them interesting...[/QUOTE] There was a guy who built helipads and bought helicopters for medical facilities in Saint Petersburg, but I've heard he got fucked over by local government and nothing's used, so yeah. Even if you want to help people, government won't allow it because fuck people, why won't they die more.
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[QUOTE=AntonioR;48252651]Is there a Russian billionaire that spends his money to help people and stuff, and not on English football clubs, a fleet of 100m yachts and looking for aliens ? Maybe it's just the media who don't find them interesting...[/QUOTE] while we're at it let's get angry at mcdonalds for throwing out day old food instead of shipping it to starving african children while 'looking for aliens' sounds trivial on the surface, the technology put into a proper research endeavor for examining other planets that well would help to advance our overall knowledge of science in the universe. Finding any sort of evidence of extraterrestrial life would mean a [i]lot[/i] to our knowledge of biology, and could be a catalyst in jump-starting humanity's focus on interstellar travel
That's a drop in the ocean for anything space related.
[QUOTE=dai;48252742]while we're at it let's get angry at mcdonalds for throwing out day old food instead of shipping it to starving african children while 'looking for aliens' sounds trivial on the surface, the technology put into a proper research endeavor for examining other planets that well would help to advance our overall knowledge of science in the universe. Finding any sort of evidence of extraterrestrial life would mean a [i]lot[/i] to our knowledge of biology, and could be a catalyst in jump-starting humanity's focus on interstellar travel[/QUOTE] Not to mention the possibilty of jump-starting humanit'y focus on self preservation. As far as that goes these days we are skydiving without a parachute. Maybe the technological advancement we need to better take care of ourselves here on earth will come from the research done on other worlds. I'm being as optimistic as I can here though.
[QUOTE=dai;48252742]while we're at it let's get angry at mcdonalds for throwing out day old food instead of shipping it to starving african children while 'looking for aliens' sounds trivial on the surface, the technology put into a proper research endeavor for examining other planets that well would help to advance our overall knowledge of science in the universe. Finding any sort of evidence of extraterrestrial life would mean a [i]lot[/i] to our knowledge of biology, and could be a catalyst in jump-starting humanity's focus on interstellar travel[/QUOTE] As far as catalysts for interstellar, or at least intra-galactic travel goes, in a few more generations we may really need to think about finding ways of moving humanity onto other planets, or at least start establishing colonies on the moon, with how fast the earth seems to be getting trashed by exploitation and carelessness. I'm less than optimistic about the environmental status quo getting much better, if not any worse, without a ton of effort and funding getting put towards such things, introducing more sustainable development models, etc. But as far as I'm concerned, barring a scientific breakthrough leading to the development of an FTL drive, or at least some form of cryostasis for long term travel, combined with at the least some form of sublight propulsion that brings us as close as possible to the speed of light, interstellar travel is a pipe dream at best.
[QUOTE=LuaChobo;48252512]and then we fuck them right? and kill the ones that wont fuck us? i love space[/QUOTE] [video=youtube;fYKLuSKW4ao]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYKLuSKW4ao[/video]
In the hypothetical realm where NASA still has the same budget it had a shit ton of time ago, what would they be doing today?
[QUOTE=Zonesylvania;48252963]As far as catalysts for interstellar, or at least intra-galactic travel goes, in a few more generations we may really need to think about finding ways of moving humanity onto other planets, or at least start establishing colonies on the moon, with how fast the earth seems to be getting trashed by exploitation and carelessness. I'm less than optimistic about the environmental status quo getting much better, if not any worse, without a ton of effort and funding getting put towards such things, introducing more sustainable development models, etc. But as far as I'm concerned, barring a scientific breakthrough leading to the development of an FTL drive, or at least some form of cryostasis for long term travel, combined with at the least some form of sublight propulsion that brings us as close as possible to the speed of light, interstellar travel is a pipe dream at best.[/QUOTE] I don't understand the interstellar optimism in posts like this. Even if Mars was a 99% almost perfect copy of Earth but it had like 2% more oxygen in air it would still not be a suitable environment for us. People living on Moon or in space, without some kind of artificial gravity device, will not be able to return to Earth doe the lowered muscle and bone density. For the price it would take to colonize anything in space we could clean up this whole freaking planet. Either way this decision wont be made by space explorers or scientists, but the ones who have the money. As technology advances the planet will get cleaner. There is already project ITER, it will take 20-30 years, but effects of it could be pretty "green". Also many scientists predict Earth's population will start to decline after it hits 10 billion in 2050, that should slow down the damage we are doing. Large areas like Europe, Russia and Japan are already dying out.
I still think the aliens nuked themselves if there was any. If there are still any, what would they look like? I can't fathom their biology unless it's very similar or identical to ours. I just don't know.
what about fund new generation of propulsion and in-space observatories to replace aging Hubble ? yes, I'm fine with some small fund for SETI to keep it working but most of time it's waste (better use it to study various EM sources) in short, if someone fails to put those money to some logical use, it's like burning them
Nah the world need's more tanks
I bet this is gonna happen [url]http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v452/n7190/pdf/4521032a.pdf[/url] They even spend $100m in it
[QUOTE=Zezibesh;48253187]I bet this is gonna happen [url]http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v452/n7190/pdf/4521032a.pdf[/url] They even spend $100m in it[/QUOTE] That would be fucking awesome, though. Trouble is, we're more likely to dismiss it as a hoax right away.
[QUOTE=eirexe;48252986]In the hypothetical realm where NASA still has the same budget it had a shit ton of time ago, what would they be doing today?[/QUOTE] Adding a 4th bathroom to Unit E in the Mars colony, most likely.
"One million stars closest to Earth" and looking deep into the Milky Way Galaxy(the one we're in). Haha, that's the biggest search ever? That tells you how far away we really are from finding intelligent life out there. 100 million can't even buy you a look outside your own backyard.
In my opinion, we should focus more on experimental propulsion and physics. We need to test more crazy warp-drive ideas so that we can get off this planet so some war or a natural cataclysm doesn't wipe us out. There will be more interest in space once we have practical means of exploiting it for economic benefit.
[QUOTE=cecilbdemodded;48254372]"One million stars closest to Earth" and looking deep into the Milky Way Galaxy(the one we're in). Haha, that's the biggest search ever? That tells you how far away we really are from finding intelligent life out there. 100 million can't even buy you a look outside your own backyard.[/QUOTE] Are you suggesting we try looking for habitable planets OUTSIDE of our galaxy? All of the money and technology currently existing on earth wouldn't allow us to do that.
[QUOTE=Killuah;48252560][img]https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5228/5676633160_c6530af7c8_o.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] The Bush Tax Cuts really take away that much for public spending money? Holy shit, why in the holy name of Keynes would we ever even do that?
[QUOTE=Nikita;48255725]In my opinion, we should focus more on experimental propulsion and physics. We need to test more crazy warp-drive ideas so that we can get off this planet so some war or a natural cataclysm doesn't wipe us out. There will be more interest in space once we have practical means of exploiting it for economic benefit.[/QUOTE] If we can't dip into the Warp, we'll try to make wormholes. If we can't make wormholes, we'll try to perfect the Alcubierre drive. If we can't perfect the Alcubierre drive, we'll just make cold cruisers to keep people in stasis for aeons as they cross the inky black.
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