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So, we made it to Mars...
We went through all that trouble just to get to Mars, which we already know is uninhabited (unless NASA knows something the rest of us don't...maybe they heard there's gold, oil and/or diamonds over there and they're keeping it hush hush so they can cash in on the QT <whisper>that means 'silently'</whisper> without anybody knowing about it...OK, I'm getting off track...what was I saying again?...Oh, yea! uninhabited...) just to see if there may have ever been life on that planet a long time ago...::insert disgruntled smiley here:: (HubPages needs smileys!)
WTF?!!!
Here's my question...
Why haven't any aliens gone out of their way to track US down...to share knowledge and resources with US...to live among US??!!!
Are aliens just not as interested in us as we are in them?
Are they shy?
Why have THEY not yet made first contact?
Should we feel insulted like the doting schoolgirl whose athlete crush hasn't returned her calls?...or is this normal?...is it supposed to take this long?
I mean, we've made movies about them...
- ET
- Independence Day
- Star Trek the Movie
- The Jetsons meets the Flinstones
We've made TV Shows...
- The Jetsons
- Lost in Space
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- Star Trek: Voyager
- Alf
People have have made strange clubs and societies and even religions dedicated to them.
It's like we let them get to 3rd base and the STILL won't call us back!!! What are we not good enough for them? What's it gonna take??!!!
Do they not like us?
Are we like the crazy Uncle planet that nobody wants to visit?
Or are they having trouble finding our house? Do they not have MapQuest on their iPhones over there?
What's the problem??!!
Is it our breath? Do we need a makeover?
Maybe to THEM OUR planet is uninhabitable...No, that's IMPOSSIBLE! Crazy talk! They're obviously just too backwards to develop a way to find us...
These aliens are so SLOW!!!
Are we THAT hard to find?! ...like the remote jungle of galaxies?
If we DO finally escape this solar system, will we stumble upon a bustling highway of activity like scenes from the Jetsons and Futurama where they will be asking us "What took you so long?!"
Nah, cuz if that were the case, they'd be able to use MapQuest on their iPhones to find us faster...
These are the questions we should be asking ourselves on the advent of the Mars expedition...
Are aliens just not that into us?
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Well, as I see it, if YOU were a brilliant space alien, would YOU want to get involved in the mess called Planet earth? ;) LOL!!!
Perhaps they are simply observing us, waiting for us to actually do something good, and then they might let us in on the secrets of the cosmos. I am not certain we could be trusted with any really wonderful ideas right now, though - someone would find a way to make weapons from the most simple of ideas - that seems to be what we as a species do best.
Haven't you ever seen The Arrival? They're actually just waiting for us to go extinct so they can move in. Why waste a lot of time and treasure on an inconvenience that will soon eliminate itself. Actually, they’re among us right now disguised as corporate CEO’s helping to speed along our demise by helping us destroy the environment. They like it really hot.
Here's a link to The Arrival. You might find it interesting.
You're hilarius, CWB...Do you know who are aliens?...Oprah and Craig Ferguson!
You're hilarius CWB...
Ah yes! See "Men In Black". Aliens are EVERYWHERE! Elvis isn't dead, he just went home!
Oprah may or may not be human but I don't much care for her either way.
"Are we like the crazy Uncle planet that nobody wants to visit?"
CS Lewis (the guy who wrote the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe) has an answer to this in his "Cosmic Trilogy" Out of the Silent Planet. The rest of the universe is inhabited, and alive: we're just excluded. But in the Movie In the Shadow of the Moon, about the Moon landings, you get the opposite impression. We're an oasis of life in a desolate universe.
Take your pick.
The crazy ones are here, hiding amonst us and having a grand adventure on our backward savage planet what with sex, war, and politics to play with. The wise ones are still parked out there, waiting to see if we ever figure out how to take care of our own planet and its occupants before they turn us loose on the universe ;)
Well, and my alien cat says she was sent to take over the Earth, but they made a wee (but understandable) mistake about which is the dominant species on Earth...
Stooge says:
2 years ago
Some nice food for thought. Anyway, will there ever be an end to this question of life at other planets? Dutch, you know what was the most intriguing part of this hub to me? You jokingly mentioned the possibility of precious minerals on other planets. I think that is very much possible (May not be in the form of minerals we already know, but something far more useful and valuable). If at all something like this happens, be assured that NASA will find a way of extracting them and put them to good use on earth.
Liked your imagination - "What's the problem??!! Is it our breath?"