If aliens came and

originally posted by: sapien82
Von Neumann probes are probably already in our solar system !

Yes. They're called "bacteria."

a reply to: Blue Shift

Panspermia may actually carry a measure of merit given the existence of the likes of Tardigrades and there propensity to be able to survive in any just about any environment including the near vacuum of space.

a reply to: Blue Shift

have these bacteria travelled across interstellar space though or are they native to earth, as far as we know the genesis happened here I get what you mean though , maybe life on earth is the result of a von neumann probe from another civilisation! Say earthlings are the result of a von neumann probe from a dieing planet.

Maybe our genesis was the result of that !

a reply to: sapien82

There some rather strange claims of organisms been discovered in our upper atmosphere that might be of interest.

www.telegraph.co.uk...

Don't hold me to the veracity of the article all the same.

If memory serves did the not find something growing on the outside of the ISS that may or may not be of terrestrial origin.

a reply to: oldcarpy

It's in the name... and I do have a thread of my own... I use it for recording and validating purposes. I will not put the link but will give its description "DreamerOracle's Dreams Of A Worthy Mention" I don't post for notoriety... Sorry for putting the descriptor OP.

As far as I can tell it takes 32+ years to travel here in the numbers required for the logistical task ahead.

Further on the provisos on passage... Age: can't undergo 30+ years of travel if you'd die before getting there(unless you wanted to die in space that is). Soul: A no brainer really, would you offer help to a malevolent being e.g Greedy, Warmongering, Ego Driven etc. etc. etc... And also there are some souls that are not indigenous to Earth i.e expeditionary casualties.