valen200 on 22 January 2008
At Artofangels-
Well, seriously we not really close to anything major in the galaxy that we know of. Yes, exploration is a cause that furthers it's own ends. We climb mountains, it is said, because they are there. Still, in order for an alien race to actually take an interest in us you have to assume that it is worth the resources to travel here and then start drawing patterns in crops or whatever conspiracy theory is en vogue.
"But as always, technology refused to be dignity's bitch."--Vance DeGeneres
