8.8 Billion Earth-like Planets in the Milky Way

[blazerboy30]

Well, assuming other planets are made from the same stuff our planet is made from and their resources are finite, much like our own, it's most likely that they are in the same boat as us -- doomed to die alone. Maybe we're in the backwoods, though, and there are solar systems with two or three inhabited planets. But the sheer distance is just insane, and the technology required is beyond imagination.

Your imagination, perhaps.

I'm surprised by the amount of in-the-box thinking around here.

 

[Denny Crane]

The more pertinent question might be when, not where.

The universe is so vast, it must be teeming with intelligent life. Right now.

Not when.

 

[speeds]

The universe is so vast, it must be teeming with intelligent life. Right now.

Not when.

Must it be?

 

[BlazerWookee]

<snicker>

 

[Denny Crane]

Must it be?

If you're going to play the numbers game (tiny odds, big universe), at least be consistent.

 

[TradeNurkicNow]

Your imagination, perhaps.

I'm surprised by the amount of in-the-box thinking around here.

Derp.

Okay well, I will backtrack and say that it is possible that intelligent life somewhere could come up with a way for interstellar space travel. But it won't be us.

 

[blazerboy30]

Derp.

Okay well, I will backtrack and say that it is possible that intelligent life somewhere could come up with a way for interstellar space travel. But it won't be us.

You're confident that no human will ever travel in the vicinity of another star?

 

[TradeNurkicNow]

You're confident that no human will ever travel in the vicinity of another star?

Yes indeed.

 

[Denny Crane]

We can only guess.

Mine would be that we will be able to travel vast distances.

Star Trek tech is going to be a reality.

Warp Drive - a warp bubble something like this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcubierre_drive

And it'll require antimatter type energy (mass quantities) to work.