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Originally posted by Gazrok
the interest in military capabilities, and occassional abductions.
Originally posted by Gazrok
that we learned to split the atom as a fluke. This act was a wakeup call felt by others, and they came to investigate
Originally posted by Majorion
SETI won't attract attention with their radio signals IMO, but a nuclear/atomic weapon..is sure to attract anybody's attention. I often wonder how far an atomic signature my be detected in our galaxy.
Originally posted by jackphotohobby
Biologists are quite careful, after cane toads and the like, with introducing foreign species and diseases into environments because of unintended consequences.
Originally posted by Lightworth
but there's NOTHING else that makes ANY sense for the lack of absolute proof of their presence than an actual PD (or whatever it's called) policy in place concerning the quarantined xenophobes on this rock, and everyone is just dumbly sitting here with thumbs you-know-where.
SETI won't attract attention with their radio signals IMO, but a nuclear/atomic weapon..is sure to attract anybody's attention. I often wonder how far an atomic signature my be detected in our galaxy.
Originally posted by SaviorComplex
The energy released by an atomic weapon would be negligible compared to that released by a star we sit almost right on top of
Originally posted by SaviorComplex
Anyone looking for such an event would have to be looking in the precise spot at the precise moment.
Originally posted by SaviorComplex
We have had ecological events that released more energy and were more powerful than any weapon we have detonated; why wouldn't something like that attracted otherworldly attention?
Originally posted by SaviorComplex
Originally posted by Majorion
SETI won't attract attention with their radio signals IMO, but a nuclear/atomic weapon..is sure to attract anybody's attention. I often wonder how far an atomic signature my be detected in our galaxy.
Probably not very far. The energy released by an atomic weapon would be negligible compared to that released by a star we sit almost right on top of. Anyone looking for such an event would have to be looking in the precise spot at the precise moment. We have had ecological events (think Krakatoa) that released more energy and were more powerful than any weapon we have detonated; why wouldn't something like that attracted otherworldly attention?
Originally posted by Majorion
Hehe, you never cease to amaze me SC, and how do you happen to know so much about nuclear energy?.. or is this statement based on some supporting data you've seen?
Well..let's see here...
The bomb dropped on Hiroshima had a yield of around 15 kilotons and the one dropped on Nagasaki had a yield of 21 kilotons.
This compared to the nuclear engine we orbit, the size of almost 333,000 Earths.
Now you tell me...which releases more energy?