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Galactic Travel
Topic Started: Apr 27 2007, 06:01 PM (711 Views)
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Assume for the sake of this argument that humans have just discovered a way to travel to planets far far away. We have found a few planets that have life on them or are able to be terraformed and those are the targets we've chosen for inter-system colonization. How do you think we should approach this ability? Should we travel to the new planets and start messing around with them? Should we attempt to fix earth first? Should we study them for years before being certain of what we have to do to not screw up the new planets?
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I think studying them for a bit would be a good option. Ya know, just incase they're hostile and more advanced than us.
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Well i doubt that the other life forms would be Hostile, depending on if they are more advanced than us. If they were more advanced, I would suggest proceeding with caution and examining from afar for a while. If they are less advanced, they probably dont have the technology of galactic traver therefore they would more likely be not hostile. We probably want to get on their good sides so we might not want to just all of the sudden come with a huge ship full of people, thats when things may become hostile.
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Apr 27 2007, 06:25 PM
Well i doubt that the other life forms would be Hostile, depending on if they are more advanced than us. If they were more advanced, I would suggest proceeding with caution and examining from afar for a while. If they are less advanced, they probably dont have the technology of galactic traver therefore they would more likely be not hostile. We probably want to get on their good sides so we might not want to just all of the sudden come with a huge ship full of people, thats when things may become hostile.

Being advanced doesn't have anything to do with hostility.

I'd rather be in a room with someone who is advanced (from the 21st century) than someone who is not (a caveman).
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I think the best thing would be to both maintain work on Earth and also study the new planet. Start with sample areas where you learn the details of the environment before doing anything that would impact the entire planet. Studying from afar would only allow so much so I think it would be necessary to "get our hands dirty" but there are still smart ways to go about doing hands on research.
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.Jason
Apr 27 2007, 04:15 PM
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Apr 27 2007, 06:25 PM
Well i doubt that the other life forms would be Hostile, depending on if they are more advanced than us.  If they were more advanced, I would suggest proceeding with caution and examining from afar for a while.  If they are less advanced, they probably dont have the technology of galactic traver therefore they would more likely be not hostile.  We probably want to get on their good sides so we might not want to just all of the sudden come with a huge ship full of people, thats when things may become hostile.

Being advanced doesn't have anything to do with hostility.

I'd rather be in a room with someone who is advanced (from the 21st century) than someone who is not (a caveman).

well assuming that they are more advanced than us probably means that that have already traveled making them aware and ready for other Aliens to make contact. While a not as advanced planed (Earth, as of now) may not be as likely to be hostile since we dont know is such things are possible yet.
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Apr 27 2007, 08:37 PM
.Jason
Apr 27 2007, 04:15 PM
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Apr 27 2007, 06:25 PM
Well i doubt that the other life forms would be Hostile, depending on if they are more advanced than us.  If they were more advanced, I would suggest proceeding with caution and examining from afar for a while.  If they are less advanced, they probably dont have the technology of galactic traver therefore they would more likely be not hostile.  We probably want to get on their good sides so we might not want to just all of the sudden come with a huge ship full of people, thats when things may become hostile.

Being advanced doesn't have anything to do with hostility.

I'd rather be in a room with someone who is advanced (from the 21st century) than someone who is not (a caveman).

well assuming that they are more advanced than us probably means that that have already traveled making them aware and ready for other Aliens to make contact. While a not as advanced planed (Earth, as of now) may not be as likely to be hostile since we dont know is such things are possible yet.

Well it depends on how undeveloped the place is. If no type of civilization is created then yea, there can't be any hostility because they're too simple. There's a large spectrum of possible intelligence. This is why studies would need to be done before we go.
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Well I was mostly referring to like, alien plant and animal life.
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.Jason
Apr 28 2007, 12:15 AM
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Apr 27 2007, 06:25 PM
Well i doubt that the other life forms would be Hostile, depending on if they are more advanced than us.  If they were more advanced, I would suggest proceeding with caution and examining from afar for a while.  If they are less advanced, they probably dont have the technology of galactic traver therefore they would more likely be not hostile.  We probably want to get on their good sides so we might not want to just all of the sudden come with a huge ship full of people, thats when things may become hostile.

Being advanced doesn't have anything to do with hostility.

I'd rather be in a room with someone who is advanced (from the 21st century) than someone who is not (a caveman).

Indeed.

Approach them with caution then get on their good side. :arr:
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If we discovered a planet with intelligent life on it, then the best way to proceed with this situation would be to simply greet them. Yes, simply greet them, and make clear to them that we come in peace. Maybe even send a gift of some sort :lol: (I'm serious...)

If there was no life on the planet, the best thing to do for this situation would be to study it, until there is nothing left to study. Then, and only then, should we colonize it. Though, if our planet was on the brink of destruction due to Global Warming or some other disaster, I would basically say to begin transporting human beings to the area, make sure the planet can absolutely sustain life, make sure it's safe, and then, and only then begin colonizing it.
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OK. Wait. Obviously I didn't explain this well enough the first or second time. So I'll nail it down again. I am talking about alien plant and animal life. Nothing particularly intelligent. Definitely nothing intelligent enough to communicate.

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If there was no life on the planet, the best thing to do for this situation would be to study it, until there is nothing left to study.
Well we've been studying this earth for the past 10,000 years and we still haven't gotten to where "theres nothing left to learn". You aren't suggesting we wait several thousand years before we colonize a planet are you? That would kind of defeat the purpose.
I think we should just go for it. Early colonization wouldn't be permanent anyways but it would be one of the best ways to learn. You can't really learn of any of the dangers you might face (alien disease/predators) untill your down on the planet either.
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We'd lust for that planet, therefore resulting in us taking over that planet and turning the natives into working humans. :sigh:

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I believe that (If we had the ability) Planets should only be tranformed to occupy human life if the Earth was no longer able to. And even in that circumstance, the only way we should go about doing this would be through years of researching the planet(s), and if there were no living lifeforms already living there.

Pretty soon people will start worrying about interplanetary real estate.
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Study 'em for years. But scientists already suspect that Mars may be able tot be terraformed so...
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I say a good size team of scientists and military would suffice, as a preliminary colonization to determine threats.

I would rather be more interested in the politics of it all.
Which country owns the planet?

How is territory divided?

Will there be territories and countries once we do colonize, or would it be a single nation as a planet.

~ Crimson
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