A few days ago, NASA tried closing the gap between life on Earth and the possibilities of life elsewhere. The space agency and the Library of Congress (image below left) brought together scientists, historians, philosophers and theologians from around the world for a two-day symposium, Preparing For Discovery. Their agenda: To explore how we prepare for the inevitable discovery of extraterrestrial life, be it simple microbial organisms or intelligent beings. library of congress Were looking at all scenarios about finding life. If you find microbes, thats one thing. If you find intelligence, its another. And if they communicate, its something else, and depending on what they say, its something else! said astronomer, symposium organizer and former chief NASA historian, Steven J. Dick. The idea is not to wait until we make a discovery, but to try and prepare the public for what the implications might be when such a discovery is made, Dick told The Huffington Post. I think the reason that NASA is backing this is because of all the recent activity in the discovery of exoplanets and the advances in astrobiology in general.
Posted on: Tue, 07 Oct 2014 21:03:54 +0000
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