Beginning with Project Ozma in 1960, and for the last 25 years through SETI, Frank Drake has spearheaded the quest to hear from other intelligent beings in the universe.
God has allowed humankind dominance of the earth, but the situation we find ourselves in was not the path intended. What is our intended relationship to the earth?
Just as a soap opera will not give valuable insight into real human relationships, finding another earth will not help us understand our place in the universe.
Skeptics question if building cities, removing forests and increasing the carbon dioxide content of the atmosphere matter in the big picture of life on earth.
After about two months of Martian days on the surface, NASA’s Phoenix robotic lander is well down the road to completing several important aspects of its mission.