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Going from X360 and it's vacuum sounds to PC and sound mods was a massive step up.. However to be fair to the Eden devs, some cars sounded great, imo. Like the Lambo's, Murcielago specifically :nods:

And thaat. is your choice of car? :cheeky:

Mike, stop "leeching" images :hmmm:

Well, if the rate of technological development continues at the current rate, in 600 million years it's likely we'll have moved planets, since that seems to be the plan currently. We'll probably have some indestructible GoPro 5000K cameras set up to document it :p

The second half of that was excellent. :nods:

Or worse.. they already know about us and don't want anything to do with us! Or Stephen Hawking's theory, they'll come and rob us of our resources when we just want to be space buddies :( --- Post Updated --- :eek: It must be something to do with these peoples..

No one noticed when I posted the Wikipedia link :( It's facinating, read some very interesting theories and even found another possible extraterrestrial signal that originated from a star. One great idea was that perhaps these are two different sources communicating with each other and we just happened to notice...

Man you'd hate for that to be your fault. Not only did Philae end up not where it was supposed to, but it's also now shutdown, because it isn't getting the sunlight that it probably would have gotten (if it landed in the right place) which would have kept Philae powered up. :lol:

That's what I was thinking too, I wonder what intervals the pictures were taken in, or maybe they just took pictures after the initial landing :hmmm: Or maybe this is Philae's current resting spot. :hmmm:

Well they seem to have an idea of Philae's location now: Sauce: Rosetta mission: Philae finally spotted on comet - Telegraph

For all we know bananas are the true aliens :btup

Saw the Sainsbury's advert on TV earlier, it's amazing! Has to be the best advert of the season. :nods:

An interesting read here: 8.8 billion habitable Earth-size planets exist in Milky Way alone - NBC News A habitable planet may only be 12 light years away. However, based on the speed of Apollo 11, it would take 291,666,667 years. And this sounds like a problem. Back to the drawing board until we can get those^ warp-drive engines going. :lol: I think if we but Japan's best scientists and mathematicians in a room with Steven Hawking for a year it'll get sorted. :hmmm:

Yeah totally, if they are then I can be more forgiving about the low number of cars. Though ideally I'd like to see double what's here.. Ah well, hopefully it'll be as enjoyable as TDU was. That'll be worth it.

That's incredibly depressing. I'm not expecting GT number of cars but at least meeting or exceeding what TDU/2, or FH/2 has would be nice.

From the ESA statement: "Given the low recharge current coming from the solar panels at this time, it is unlikely that contact will be re-established with the lander in the near future." It doesn't look good. It's only getting 90 minutes of sunlight per day, and I think it needs like 5-7 hours, something like that. Rosetta will be passing over on Monday, so we'll maybe get an update on the status of Philae. Hope it wakes up, I was enjoying it's tweets.

Wow, that's a really interesting point. I've never heard anyone theorise this before :hmmm: It's not entirely depressing though, if that happened it would confirm another intelligent life form, and possibly give us a way to communicate. Even if there was no way to transmit messages back, but only to send a message with said AI would be worth it. You just never know the possibilities. On another note, have you ever read about the "Wow!" signal?

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I haven't, though I do remember seeing a few episodes of a program he did a while ago and it was excellent to watch. He explains things really well and IIRC it was pretty visually stunning. So I'd say it'd make a good watch.. *opens iPlayer*

If ya'll who have seen it could use spoiler tags I'd appreciate it.

Great video Milli. At 6:00 he explains the "free return" trajectory that I mentioned in the OP, the Inspiration Mars mission plans to use this effect.

Everyone is entitled to their own beliefs theories, and I certainly won't criticize them. But in my opinion, I think it's most logical that in a world of this scale*, we can't be alone. Never mind the possible communications that have been made with us or anything like that, just simply the scale. It's like, if you have an ocean that's 500 miles cubed in size, chances are you're going to find a fish, right? *Scale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IVqMXPFYwI

That awkward moment when you're the guy in charge of landing the thing properly. :p

"Two possibilities exist: Either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying." - Arthur C. Clarke What do you think is out there? Do you believe that we'll ever find proof of alien life? Do you think WE are the alien life, sent to this planet? Or do you believe we are alone, and exist purely by chance? Us nosey humans have been exploring space one way or another for a while now, but we haven't gotten very far compared to the actual size of the universe, or even the galaxy, or even the solar system in which we live in. Our next target, which we seem to have the technical capacity of reaching, is Mars. As you probably know we already have a few rovers on the surface of Mars, collecting data, and trying not to get stuck in the sand like that other muppet-rover did. If you're curious, below you'll find examples of the leading manned Mars missions scheduled for the very near future. Mars One From April to August 2013 anyone over the age of 18 was eligible to apply to be an astronaut on the Mars One mission by applying online. Applicants will be narrowed down by a series of interviews and tests until, in July 2015, 6 teams of 4 will be chosen for the mission. In 2017 an unmanned lander will be sent to Mars, arriving in 2018. If things go according to their April 2013 schedule the first team of 4 astronauts will be sent on a 7 month long journey to arrive on Mars in 2025, with the remaining teams arriving every 2 years, with a total of 24 people living and working on Mars by 2035. And in case you were wondering.. it's intended to be a one way trip. Inspiration Mars In 2018, the planets will literally align to allow the Inspiration Mars Foundation to send a team of 1 man and 1 woman (a married couple) on a low-fuel mission to and from Mars (within 100 miles, no actual surface landing). The alignment of the planets will allow them to do this in only 501 days. The opportunity for this direct and "free-return" mission only comes around once every 15 years. If IMF are unable to meet the 2018 deadline they will have to settle for "Plan B", sending the team on a similar trip in 2021 which will be 88 days longer and will involve a fly-by of Venus as well, to use its gravity to slingshot the craft towards Mars. The fly-by of Venus is a definite advantage for the for the 2021 "Plan B" mission, however the advantages of the 2018 mission include lower risk due to less manoeuvring and the coinciding of the 11 year solar minimum, which means the lowest solar radiation, which the 2021 and subsequent missions wouldn't have. The ESA, NASA and Russia are also involved in manned Mars missions, however the deadlines are further into the future, or in the case of Russia's are lacking in publicly known details - though they have stated the estimated launch date is between 2016 and 2020.