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Originally posted by Lord Vilmur
So ancient humans were Star Wars fans?
Originally posted by Distortion
Does it have a core that in some enginnering flaw was left accessible to a small fighter that can blow the whole thing up?
Originally posted by Holographic Monkey
I've confirmed that many of the photographs of Iapetus that Richard Hoagland is using are legitimate.
If Hoagland is correct, Iapetus could be a store-house of ancient, advanced, alien technology. Assuming the aliens have abandoned it, though, much of it may be damaged by corrosion and erosion of various sorts. It still would be a planet-sized archaeological artifact, though.
It would be really cool if Bill Gates or somebody would send a private mission there (manned or not), and publicly disclose what they learn.
Also, if the old life-support systems of the spaceship could be repaired and modified to support human life, we could put a permanent scientific outpost there.
BTW, just ignore Hoagland's silly references to popular culture. You'll get more real science out of it that way.
It would be really cool if Bill Gates or somebody would send a private mission there (manned or not), and publicly disclose what they learn.
Originally posted by Cardu
Yes indeed. But joust a quick question: Q: do you think its possible that aliens where sending out seed ships into the milkyway galaxy to spread life?
It would be abit hard to try to understand how the seed ship works because its probably beyond our knowledge. So because you/we dont understand how it works it doesnt mean its impossible.
The one thing I don't understand is not how, but why? Why did they not terraform Earth and inhabit it themselves? Maybe it was built jointly by several species, or maybe it was built as part of some inter-species environmental impact rules - if they colonize a planet, they must also create life on another, in order to maintain a sort of conservation of indigenous life.