[CraigS]

Hi Sylvain;

I, for one, would be really excited also.

Not wanting to sound too negative but I wonder how it would be if we didn't find any new life.

I guess exactly the same as we feel now. Motivated by the emotions you expressed in your post, exploring with whatever resources we can afford and living into the hope that there might be other life out there.

The chances of finding new life out there, at the moment, are the same as not finding it.

The only thing separating the two alternatives is the hope of finding it.

Cheers
PS: oh yes .. and the need for funding the technology to find it. Technology which can be used for other purposes.