Comments on: Alien nation http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/05/alien-nation/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:49:22 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Joe Meils http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/05/alien-nation/comment-page-1/#comment-132347 Joe Meils Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:07:50 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/05/alien-nation/#comment-132347 Man, I so miss the Weekly World News... :( Man, I so miss the Weekly World News… :(

]]> By: Badger3k http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/05/alien-nation/comment-page-1/#comment-132263 Badger3k Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:17:09 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/05/alien-nation/#comment-132263 It's a defninite fake. No way would our Reptoid Overlord Masters meet with another alien. It’s a defninite fake. No way would our Reptoid Overlord Masters meet with another alien.

]]> By: StevoR http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/05/alien-nation/comment-page-1/#comment-132198 StevoR Thu, 06 Nov 2008 11:08:29 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/05/alien-nation/#comment-132198 The BA : <i>"Not everyone is happy that Obama won." </i> I am though! ;-) :-D Thankfully sanity - & planetarium-loving voters - have prevailed! :-) Unscientific as it may be, I've got a very good feeling that you folks in the States have just gone from your worst ever President to what promises to be perhaps one of your best ever ones! :-) BTws. Just who is that alien figure & whats it from? The BA : “Not everyone is happy that Obama won.”

I am though! ;-) :-D

Thankfully sanity – & planetarium-loving voters – have prevailed! :-)

Unscientific as it may be, I’ve got a very good feeling that you folks in the States have just gone from your worst ever President to what promises to be perhaps one of your best ever ones! :-)

BTws. Just who is that alien figure & whats it from?

]]> By: Tim G http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/05/alien-nation/comment-page-1/#comment-132177 Tim G Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:54:58 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/05/alien-nation/#comment-132177 I agree with PsyberDave. I really have to question the authenticity of that photo based on how McCain looks. Did anyone else notice how funny he appears? I agree with PsyberDave. I really have to question the authenticity of that photo based on how McCain looks. Did anyone else notice how funny he appears?

]]> By: Okuro Oikawa http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/05/alien-nation/comment-page-1/#comment-132158 Okuro Oikawa Thu, 06 Nov 2008 07:31:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/05/alien-nation/#comment-132158 Hi! nice picture! With kind regards! Okuro Oikawa Hi!

nice picture!

With kind regards!
Okuro Oikawa

]]> By: Peter B http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/05/alien-nation/comment-page-1/#comment-132131 Peter B Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:33:28 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/05/alien-nation/#comment-132131 Annette asked: "...wouldn’t the heliosphere keep us in our solar system and in return keep the nasties out? Assuming they don’t have some sort of faster than light jump thing à la Battlestar Galactica, how the heck would they make it through that sheath that travels at over a million kilometers per hour?" The individual particles might be travelling that fast, but they're so dispersed that space out there is a higher grade vacuum than anything we can create here on Earth. Annette asked: “…wouldn’t the heliosphere keep us in our solar system and in return keep the nasties out? Assuming they don’t have some sort of faster than light jump thing à la Battlestar Galactica, how the heck would they make it through that sheath that travels at over a million kilometers per hour?”

The individual particles might be travelling that fast, but they’re so dispersed that space out there is a higher grade vacuum than anything we can create here on Earth.

]]> By: M http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/05/alien-nation/comment-page-1/#comment-132128 M Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:12:27 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/05/alien-nation/#comment-132128 Oh my yes... That's very fake. Actually none of the local species really resemble you hunams. Most aren't even hunamoid. And those who are aren't neccesarily hunam-sized. (And you certainly can't confuse 'em with hunams.) That thing looks like a hunam who had an unfortunate accident. That and none of the species in the galaxy cares about you hunams, that's why they don't make contact. Its kind of like how you wouldn't be to thrilled with having cartoon cavepeople living next door. We don't really want you around with spaceships and stuff. Kind of like how you wouldn't give one of your larvae a loaded weapon with the safety off. Oh my yes… That’s very fake.

Actually none of the local species really resemble you hunams. Most aren’t even hunamoid. And those who are aren’t neccesarily hunam-sized. (And you certainly can’t confuse ‘em with hunams.)

That thing looks like a hunam who had an unfortunate accident.

That and none of the species in the galaxy cares about you hunams, that’s why they don’t make contact. Its kind of like how you wouldn’t be to thrilled with having cartoon cavepeople living next door. We don’t really want you around with spaceships and stuff. Kind of like how you wouldn’t give one of your larvae a loaded weapon with the safety off.

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