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The basic blaster technology of intensifying a beam of energy into a deadly bolt is scalable, and largely the same despite the differences in weapon types and sizes. The interior mechanisms of a tiny hold-out blaster, a blaster pistol, a large blaster rifle, and a turbolaser cannon are based on the same theories and principles. A squeeze of a trigger emits volatile blaster gas into a conversion chamber, where it is excited by energy from the weapon's power source. The agitated gas is then funneled through the actuating blaster module, where it is processed into an intense particle or plasma projectile. A prismatic crystal focuses the beam, and passes it through a refinement chamber which galvanizes the beam into its final bolt shaped like a cone with a high ballistic coefficient.
The basic blaster technology of intensifying a beam of energy into a deadly bolt is scalable, and largely the same despite the differences in weapon types and sizes. The interior mechanisms of a tiny hold-out blaster, a blaster pistol, a large blaster rifle, and a turbolaser cannon are based on the same theories and principles. A squeeze of a trigger emits volatile blaster gas into a conversion chamber, where it is excited by energy from the weapon's power source. The agitated gas is then funneled through the actuating blaster module, where it is processed into an intense particle or plasma projectile. A prismatic crystal focuses the beam, and passes it through a refinement chamber which galvanizes the beam into its final bolt shaped like a cone with a high ballistic coefficient.
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On the 4th last paragraph - I should add: After the big bang it would be very implausible that we were the only planet in the Universe that the materials to create life landed on Earth? Unlikely.
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Well Star Trek often referred to a Single Origin theory, even in Voyager when they met a Lizard race there was someone on that planet who went against the theory that they were the first race and that Earth was the origin of life in the universe.
There are a few theories to consider when talking about life on other planets and a few scenarios.
First of all: Are we the firs planet in the Universe to sustain life? 150 million years of evolution. Before us there were dinosaurs. What was before that? Nobody really knows. Is it up to us to populate the universe, are we the firts? Are we the first planet to host life, is it up to us to expand to other planets?
Secondly: Are we the last planet in the universe to host life? Did life die out in the universe 150 million years ago? If you think about it, we've been sending out radio signals and radiation into space for about 100 years. Let alone the chirping sound that is emitted by solar winds that cause the Aureole Buerola (sp.) that eminates a radio like signal into space for 150 million years. Given that we have been sending out signals for about 100 years of our own radio and tv etc., and the Earth has it's own radio signal - then how come no Alien race has tried to contact us? Furthermore if there are other aliens out there before us, even if their civilsations died out, how come in 150 million years of history have we not intercepted a radio signal, they've been travelling for 150 million years. Surely in the time we've been studying the universe we'd have picked up some transmissions. There are a few reasons why might not have. 1: We don't have equipment capable of interpreting their signals. 2: There are no signals to pick up, as there are no aliens out there or were out there. 3: Perhaps the signals didn't come our way, or past us before we had the technology to intercept them. So are we the last planet in the Universe to support life?
Thirdly: Are we in a remote sector of the universe. Are we in the corner? Perhaps there are other solar systems out there thriving with interplanetary trade and wars? Are we being shielded from other races because we're not sophisticated enough?
There is something we do know for sure. That we don't even know if there is life on other planets in our own solar system. Years ago nobody believed that fish could live so deep in the ocean, it would be too cold, to much pressure, etc., but when technology became available to go deeper in the oceans they discovered that there species of fish never seen before, heat coming from volcanic vents etc. that allowed life to thrive. Given that we don't even know how many speices of life there are on own planet how can we say there is no life on other planets, in any form? Some scientists believe the icey moons of some planets could in fact have life, which is interesting and missions are on going.
But the whole point is we are just one small planet in a small solar system in a small galaxy, a galaxy which has 1000's of other solar systems and galaxies with millions of other planets. IN 2003 it was estimated that 25% of the Sun like stars in the Universe have planets, it is estimated there are Trillions of planets.
There is something like 100 billion stars that have planets in our own Galaxy alone!
It's all conjecture to say that we are alone in the universe, but the odds speak for themselves. If one planet around 1 Sun (star) has as much life and as many species then the odds of at least 1 other planet in the trillions of planets having life on it is quite large.
That's not to say that it's humanoid life. As we evolved from a single cell, splitting into two cells and it just evolved from there. But given that life is traced back to one trillionth of a second after the big bang (science) then we have to assume that similar formations of cells occurred on other planets.
What we do know is that it's very very likely there are other humanoid life forms out there. But after 150 million years of potential radio signals being sent in our direction we are yet to recieve a signal that we deem to be intelligent life as we know it. That's not to say that we missed other forms of transmissions that we don't know how to detect.
Science fiction is based on actual science and then spruced up a bit for the fiction end of things. Of all the things in star trek, the only thing that wasn't theoretically possible it was the Inertia Dampners. That's the only thing that there is no scientific theory for in Star Trek, to the best of my knowledge.
But for all we know it could be just turtles all the way down.
There are a few theories to consider when talking about life on other planets and a few scenarios.
First of all: Are we the firs planet in the Universe to sustain life? 150 million years of evolution. Before us there were dinosaurs. What was before that? Nobody really knows. Is it up to us to populate the universe, are we the firts? Are we the first planet to host life, is it up to us to expand to other planets?
Secondly: Are we the last planet in the universe to host life? Did life die out in the universe 150 million years ago? If you think about it, we've been sending out radio signals and radiation into space for about 100 years. Let alone the chirping sound that is emitted by solar winds that cause the Aureole Buerola (sp.) that eminates a radio like signal into space for 150 million years. Given that we have been sending out signals for about 100 years of our own radio and tv etc., and the Earth has it's own radio signal - then how come no Alien race has tried to contact us? Furthermore if there are other aliens out there before us, even if their civilsations died out, how come in 150 million years of history have we not intercepted a radio signal, they've been travelling for 150 million years. Surely in the time we've been studying the universe we'd have picked up some transmissions. There are a few reasons why might not have. 1: We don't have equipment capable of interpreting their signals. 2: There are no signals to pick up, as there are no aliens out there or were out there. 3: Perhaps the signals didn't come our way, or past us before we had the technology to intercept them. So are we the last planet in the Universe to support life?
Thirdly: Are we in a remote sector of the universe. Are we in the corner? Perhaps there are other solar systems out there thriving with interplanetary trade and wars? Are we being shielded from other races because we're not sophisticated enough?
There is something we do know for sure. That we don't even know if there is life on other planets in our own solar system. Years ago nobody believed that fish could live so deep in the ocean, it would be too cold, to much pressure, etc., but when technology became available to go deeper in the oceans they discovered that there species of fish never seen before, heat coming from volcanic vents etc. that allowed life to thrive. Given that we don't even know how many speices of life there are on own planet how can we say there is no life on other planets, in any form? Some scientists believe the icey moons of some planets could in fact have life, which is interesting and missions are on going.
But the whole point is we are just one small planet in a small solar system in a small galaxy, a galaxy which has 1000's of other solar systems and galaxies with millions of other planets. IN 2003 it was estimated that 25% of the Sun like stars in the Universe have planets, it is estimated there are Trillions of planets.
There is something like 100 billion stars that have planets in our own Galaxy alone!
It's all conjecture to say that we are alone in the universe, but the odds speak for themselves. If one planet around 1 Sun (star) has as much life and as many species then the odds of at least 1 other planet in the trillions of planets having life on it is quite large.
That's not to say that it's humanoid life. As we evolved from a single cell, splitting into two cells and it just evolved from there. But given that life is traced back to one trillionth of a second after the big bang (science) then we have to assume that similar formations of cells occurred on other planets.
What we do know is that it's very very likely there are other humanoid life forms out there. But after 150 million years of potential radio signals being sent in our direction we are yet to recieve a signal that we deem to be intelligent life as we know it. That's not to say that we missed other forms of transmissions that we don't know how to detect.
Science fiction is based on actual science and then spruced up a bit for the fiction end of things. Of all the things in star trek, the only thing that wasn't theoretically possible it was the Inertia Dampners. That's the only thing that there is no scientific theory for in Star Trek, to the best of my knowledge.
But for all we know it could be just turtles all the way down.
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There are trillions of planets, to say what stage of evolution they are at is unknown. I simply cannot believe that in an explosion such as the big bang that all the necessary material for life landed on Earth. It's just not plausible. Whether civilisations died out and we're the last ones, or we're the first civilistaion I don't know, nobody does. Could be there are billions or trillions of civilisations out there. And birth of life from two cells (call them Adam and Eve if you want) and splitting into other cells and forming life would be natural. But weather conditions and geographical climates produced what we are now through natural selection. To say that something similar happened on another planet isn't that far off, would they be intelligent humanoids?
But to say that the movies leapt in imagination with humanoid aliens is a farce really. It's based on science as we know it. Look at all the races we have here, some people in africa have flatter and fatter noses, because the air is thin due to the heat, they're skulls evolved differently to ours. And the chinese and japanese have distinctinve slanty eyes, and that's due to extra deposits of fat in their eyes, take that deposit of fat out and their eyes look like ours.
So different climates affect the way people's skin and bones form around our globe. It's not entirely out there that different climates and conditions on other planets result in different humanoid looking species.
And the movies have used blobs as alien lifeforms, Star Trek did it about 5 times, Star Wars had Jabba, the movie The Thing, and many many others.
It's just science fiction, as I said based on scientific facts that we know about, and spruced up for the movies. It's not a stretch of the imagination to think that people with different climates result in different appearances, we see it everywhere on this planet, so why not on others, and why not stretch the imagination and use ficticious skin tones and voices.
Even the klingons in Star Trek are based on a religion of a an African tribe (I believe) and also that it is a real language they use. Most of the aliens on Star Trek derive their beliefs and religions based on religions that we know about.