XPost: rec.arts.startrek.tech, alt.startrek   
   From: daniel47@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   Daniel wrote on 27/12/24 8:12 pm:   
   > John Leister  writes:   
   >   
   >> You bet   
   >>   
   >> It is one of the dreams I would love to see come true in my   
   >> lifetime when we make contact with life outside of Earth.   
      
   .... but haven't many, many people claimed they HAVE encounter ET's   
   previously?? ;-P   
      
   >> Of course in the ideal world I would love to be that person that   
   >> meets the aliens for that initial greeting, even if they do blast   
   >> me   LOL   
   >>   
   >> But I am betting any race that can reach us won't be hostile. It's   
   >> only in the movies and TV that we have this idea of what aliens   
   >> are going to be like.   
   >   
   > I am quite aware this is a dead post from over twenty years ago. It   
   > is still an interesting question.   
   >   
   > There was a period in my life where I had an opportunity to apply to   
   > the astronaut corps. It was a serious contemplation until I found   
   > out that they swallow their toothpaste while brushing their teeth.   
      
   A couple of years ago I was advised by my Dentist to do this (swallow   
   used toothpaste). She may have been suggesting (politely!!) that I   
   should be using a mouth-wash!! ;-P   
      
   > Yes, that was my breaking point. As time went on, there were other   
   > things on the realities of the job that doesn't appeal to me.   
   >   
   > Then the question arises about dreams of first contact. Would I want   
   > to be the one contacting an alien race? Nope, I'll be happy enough   
   > reading about it in the paper.   
   >   
   > What say yalls?   
   >   
   > Daniel   
   >   
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   Daniel (No, Daniel is not talking to himself, this is another Daniel!! ;-P )   
      
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