So these are the planets that are large enough to be picked up by our telescopes, within the tiny range they can scan. And people still say that Earth is the only planet sustaining life in the universe, and even more ignorantly that we are the only intelligent species in the universe?
Mind blowing.

***I know this is a selfish idea, and only just so because I am human.***

I really think we should take one of those red planets.

Originally posted by BenTFH
So these are the planets that are large enough to be picked up by our telescopes, within the tiny range they can scan. And people still say that Earth is the only planet sustaining life in the universe, and even more ignorantly that we are the only intelligent species in the universe?
Mind blowing.

Yeah but we don't actually have any proof that these planets could support life as we know it. Assuming any different is just as ignorantly assuming that we are the only intelligent species in the universe!

Originally posted by mr10k
***I know this is a selfish idea, and only just so because I am human.***

I really think we should take one of those red planets.

I think we'll have to strengthen up our leg muscles just to be able to stand.
...And the strength of our bones and the rest of our entire bodies.

This is awesome, it really shows the scale at which our universe operates at.

Think of all the kinds of different life that could be on those planets, or even what kind of materials could be on those.

We might be able to make additions to the periodic table! You never know what's out there.

We've witnessed such a small part of our existence in this universe, I wouldn't be surprised if there was mass amounts of intelligent life on any of those planets, that simply aren't worried about communicating with us Humans.

I think they'd be more interest in making contact with elephants on dolphins. Hell, maybe even platypus's (They are a combination, it seems, of many different species, to make it's own species)

Originally posted by BenTFH
So these are the planets that are large enough to be picked up by our telescopes, within the tiny range they can scan. And people still say that Earth is the only planet sustaining life in the universe, and even more ignorantly that we are the only intelligent species in the universe?
Mind blowing.

Who says this exactly? I always see complaints about these 'people', but Ive yet to actually see one person claim anything remotely like that we are the only intelligent species in the universe?
I would have thought that making any sort of statement regarding the existence or non-existence of intelligent alien life at this moment in time would be rather hasty.