In search of ET: Fear of what’s out there causes split among space scientists

Re:In search of ET: Fear of what’s out there causes split am... by NickM on Wednesday February 27, 2019 @02:25PM (#19266131)

I sort of agree, but to be fair a nice habitable planet could be a really rare and valuable resource in and of itself, assuming there are any life forms out there with biology similar enough to our own to find Earth desirable.

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Re:In search of ET: Fear of what’s out there causes split am... by jandrese on Wednesday February 27, 2019 @02:36PM (#19266231)

Also assumes there aren't a bunch of Earth-like worlds that are otherwise uninhabited that would be much easier to colonize than one with potentially hostile/poisonous natives.

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Re:In search of ET: Fear of what’s out there causes split am... by kyriakos on Wednesday February 27, 2019 @02:47PM (#19266333)

or that the potential alien invaders are not adapted to a completely different environment than earth's

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