Originally Posted by schneemann

Apparently you don't know much about who uses high powered telescopes and where. You somehow assume that they're all used by the government or NASA.



Long distance space travel would most assuredly require an extremely fast vehicle. No object can travel faster than the speed of light. The nearest star is 4 light years away and the nearest star capable of supporting life is probably HUNDREDS of light years away.

Let's say we engage your fantasy notion that such a craft could be built to attain such speeds, you're still talking about at least a generation or two going by before the spacecraft reaches its destination. In terms of aliens coming HERE, that would be like finding a needle in the haystack. Think about it: to come here requires knowing that HERE is a destination worth coming to.

The "aliens" would have to:
a) Be capable of constructing a craft capable of travel at light speed
b) Large enough to hold whatever fuel powers such a craft over such long distances
c) Large enough to house the food and other sustenance necessary for such long distance travel
d) Large enough to hold the staff necessary to make such long distance travel.
e) and finally KNOW we even exist as a destination to visit.

The whole thing is totally fucking preposterous. I'd sooner believe in God than aliens visiting us from hundreds of light years away.