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You're exactly right. A race of beings sprung up out of the mud of their home world, discovered science, space travel, faster than light travel, decided to visi
by bitJericho 13y ago
You're exactly right. A race of beings sprung up out of the mud of their home world, discovered science, space travel, faster than light travel, decided to visit a solar system and place an artificial ring around a rock in the distant outer reaches of a solar system, and then... profit?
- memracom 13y agoActually ceramic materials make the best protection against missiles like bullets or meteorites. So an advanced race of star travelers would not use metal-skinned ships, they would coat their vessels with a thick layer of porous rock. All we can see is that outer protective skin. Inside the star travelers live generation after generation patiently waiting until they find a habitable planet to take over.
- bitJericho 13y agoAnd then they immediately die because life is designed for a planet, not the other way around, unless by habitable you mean a planet that is uninhabitable, artificially made habitable.
- petercooper 13y agoIt's our monolith!
- pavel_lishin 13y agoA race of beings sprung up out of the mud of their home world, discover science, space travel, decide to visit a nearby rock, and place some plastic glued to a metal pole on it, and then... profit? If this is an artificial item - a big honking if - there's not enough known about it to draw any significant conclusions. It could be their version of a flag. It could be a relay satellite. It could be a billboard to advertise McJxrqins.
- jmhtest 13y agoIts a long range antenna in the big network in he sky. Currently receiving Discovery Channel and Fox Sports Saturn.