"NASA Voyager 1 spacecraft nears interstellar space" do you remember when we sent these out?

At the time I thought it was a great idea. Now I worry about what it may send our way.

Yep...It could be good or bad. Why do people think that a race more advanced than us would have to be good rather than bad.

Because they are saps. Remember what happened to every native population that the advanced European culture contacted. Duck and Cover!

Yes...But I must say that a few...(manly the ones the spanish wiped out) needed to be stopped. That is unless you think Human sacrifices are ok.

Well, there is that angle to look at but the Spanish Inquisition was pretty darn uncivilized as well.

Oh I never said the spanish were so good back then. I just mean that some of the native people one the American continent were awful killers. Some were very good like the people closest to the east coast or say most in the north east...or almost all that lived on the eastern side of the mississippi but west of it and say about 60% were bad tribes.

Mine point is only to say that a large amount of the native people to the american continent were bad. I think it might be about 50/50 but I think that is how it can be with all peoples. I have had this topic on my mind of late as my good friend who is about 50% native america thinks this way too.

Sure do. I remember waiting for the downloads of fly-by pictures from Saturn and Pluto. Sigh... that America is gone.

I remember.

Absolutely. I have newspaper clippings when they(both Voyager 1 and 2) were launchedI also have about 8 hours of news coverage when Voyager 2 reached Uranus and Neptune

Yes I do.

And the thing is still functioning. Heavy duty 70's tech powered by RTG's. Our first ambassador to the stars, hopefully it will find a safe harbor to some friendlies.

Yeah...no kingons...LOL

Borg...

We will be the Borg...At least that is the way it looks to me if we keep playing god too much to keep our bodies going.

we keep tinkering with the genome we will end up with......



good book by the way

Yep..that too.