/sci/ - Science & Math

>>12115132
Yes. It would be especially interesting if we found life in our solar system that wasn't DNA-based, or at least had way different metabolic pathways (that way we would know for sure it wasn't just earth life contamination that we measured).

However, even if we found life in our own solar system, I don't think it would add anything to the popsci fermi paradox argument. Space is fucking vast. Our own galaxy alone is huge. Even if there were other intelligent civilizations in our own galactic neighborhood I doubt we could see them zipping around the stars.

>>11935134
Yeah I agree, I suspect by the time Bezos officially unveils New Glenn it will be flying payloads almost immediately. He will probably continue working with ULA and other government contractors to get lots of launches (even with Starship in the competition) and have time to develop the starship competitor. Lots of people joke about him sitting on his ass but AFAIK they have already started testing components for Glenn.