Space

[midcan5]

6.7 billion light years away you get to the end of space and if you step just one more foot you fall off.

I think Hubble was worth the cost and effort. Amazing stuff.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkJgJMHGd4k&feature=related]YouTube - Galaxy Being Ripped Apart - Hubblecast 01[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAWMa_YEuKI]YouTube - Hubble Space Telescope Directly Observes Exoplanet - Hubblecast 22 (HD)[/ame]

 

[Gungnir]

If we find a sentient species let us hope it is when they are only wielding stone axe-hammers and let us crush them there. We can NOT afford competition.

 

[Delephinki]

if the species we meet is not advanced beyond cave beings then we should not have much to fear. We could let the species to become a civilization and set ourselves up to seem as gods.