Path: ...!news-out.netnews.com!postmaster.netnews.com!us8.netnews.com!not-for-mail X-Trace: DXC=81V4?74M;\hQmXLb:2Rl8bU5[F2hIijDo7J470dMQQ7kJ4R`5ADBYnb78WECPL4LUgKOZ<7f X-Complaints-To: support@frugalusenet.com Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2024 01:08:27 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: Expedition to Europa Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design References: <63br7jpf7le468rnljlfhaol4432dt70lq@4ax.com> Content-Language: en-US From: bitrex In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 23 Message-ID: <667f96cb$0$2873004$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 127.0.0.1 X-Trace: 1719637707 reader.netnews.com 2873004 127.0.0.1:33491 Bytes: 1942 On 6/27/2024 5:17 PM, Don Y wrote: >> Most big librarys carry AW. >> >> . >> >> If it turns out that there is life in the ocean of Europa, which has >> existed for something like four billion years, it supports the general >> idea of "random but inevitable" theories of Abiogenesis. > > _Remembrance of Earth's Past_ has an interesting take on the whole > notion behind an "empty" universe.  It's a tedious read (mainly for > me coming from a non-chinese culture... just keeping track of the > characters is difficult) but has some good ideas to chew on at its core. > > My guess: The Universe is mammoth, the technological and energy requirements of even short-distance interstellar travel are immense, the lifespan of technological civilizations is highly time-limited before such a civilization destroys itself, technological civilizations are very rare to begin with, and no technological civilization ever survives long enough to attempt it.