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Originally Posted by stephend
Given what we know about the size of space and the perils of space travel one has to say it is unlikely that any alien space craft will ever reach Earth.
On the other hand, the size of TIME means there may be technologies out there that are at least a billion earth years more advanced than ours. Wowee, pretty scarey.
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The thing about the universe is it is big, and it is old. And as you say if an alien civilisation is a billion years old I'm willing to bet its technolgy is going to be a bit more advanced and sophisticated than our present feeble attempts. With that almost the impossible would be common place.