[Cadaverous Pallor]

It is possible that there are aliens. Is it worth thinking about? No, they are too far away to affect us.

I'm a sci-fi fan and a hard science fan....and I've never felt the need to think twice on the subject.

Now if you want to talk about the possibilities of us traveling at or near the speed of light, it's definitely intriguing stuff. Perhaps I'm waiting for that to be achieved before I consider other stuff.

I'm more interested in mining colonies on other planets. Some project that would pay for itself, with people that we could communicate with...that would be awesome and is much more tangible in my mind.