UFO's... What do you think?

[dave1949]

Interesting. My question would be what kind of environment would have spawned a life form that depended on suspended animation and dispersion throughout the universe for survival? Seems highly unlikely to me.

A life form that was forced to live under harsher and harsher conditions, loss of atmosphere, their sun star fading out; they could conceivably evolve the needed qualities or engineer them.

Insects on earth do some unlikely things. Seeds of some plants remain viable for many decades. Take a little of that, add to it with some 'droid alterations; it's not so far fetched. Some futurists feel that human evolution inevitably leads to cyborgs. I could see that, especially under extreme environmental stress.

 

[David P]

:laughing: Some good stuff right here, folks. :laughing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD94mEYFaCw

 

[PapaPerk]

Train hits UFO: Close Encounters of the Accidental Kind - UFO and Train Collide Near Kentucky Mountain Town | Alieneight Bruce

That's quite an article! Thanks for sharing!

 

[RoyJackson]

Correct but the Vorlons and Shadows did not follow the Prime Directive. Just the opposite...

:laughing::laughing::laughing:

Later,
Dan

I doubt too many TBNers know who (or what) the Vorlons and Shadows are...

I just bought all 5 seasons of "Babylon 5"...great series!

 

[k0ua]

I doubt too many TBNers know who (or what) the Vorlons and Shadows are...

I just bought all 5 seasons of "Babylon 5"...great series!

Yes, and the Vogon's with their highway construction ships, did not worry a lot about the prime directive either!

 

[2LaneCruzer]

:laughing: Some good stuff right here, folks. :laughing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD94mEYFaCw

Now that there's funny!

 

[2LaneCruzer]

A life form that was forced to live under harsher and harsher conditions, loss of atmosphere, their sun star fading out; they could conceivably evolve the needed qualities or engineer them.

Insects on earth do some unlikely things. Seeds of some plants remain viable for many decades. Take a little of that, add to it with some 'droid alterations; it's not so far fetched. Some futurists feel that human evolution inevitably leads to cyborgs. I could see that, especially under extreme environmental stress.

Nope. Not without a transmogrifier.

calvin and hobbes wonderland!

 

[dmccarty]

I doubt too many TBNers know who (or what) the Vorlons and Shadows are...

I just bought all 5 seasons of "Babylon 5"...great series!

Yeah, I doubt it too but I figured I would see if I could get any bites! :laughing::laughing::laughing:

It is one of the best series put on TV. The first year or so the script and/or acting makes me cringe from time to time but by year 4 and 5 things are really rocking and rolling. I can't think of any other series that had me waiting desperately to see the next episode much less shouting at the TV or laughing! :shocked::laughing::laughing::laughing:

Firefly was excellent too but was canceled. Firefly seemed to have a back story but it did not have time to reveal all. B5 had a planned 5 year story arc and thankfully, just barely, was able to complete it.

What do you want vs Who are you?

There are some many great lines in B5, far more than any other movie or series I know. Some of the lines and scenes, which seemed unimportant, actually had great importance years later. Rewatching the series always makes me see things that I never saw before. I bought the DVD's years ago and I should go watch the series again. Some of the different plot lines apply to current events today.

Later,
Dan

 

[dave1949]

Nope. Not without a transmogrifier.

calvin and hobbes wonderland!

:laughing:

Well, we don't have a transmogrifier but think about this: some stem cell organ generation, a little genetic tinkering, mix in some nanotechnology; we could build a high performance lung. A lung that is capable of supporting life in an oxygen-reduced atmosphere, or a lung that has built-in enhanced scrubbers allowing survival in a more toxic atmosphere.

These capabilities are not far-fetched. We already have the basic knowledge to build upon.

 

[k0ua]

I discovered Firefly on Netflix and watched them rapidly. I wanted more. But there were no more.