Take a guess at the year when (if) humanity makes 1st contact with other life forms?

Question

and what will they be like?

Ok I meant alien life forms from extra terrestrials...

Answer 1

2012...they will look like skeksies (sp)

Answer 2

Are we not sons of the gods. Just imagine if God was an astronaut that he visited earth thousands of years ago then we could all be descendants.

That said if we did or if we have made contact it would be covered up as all religion is based upon a greater life form and millions of people all over the world would have the basis of the religion torn apart. The bible doesn't mention anything about god making another world the following week after he made earth.

The only thing the bible says is that we are the sons of the gods that came down from the sky ! enough said so maybe look in the mirror to see what aliens look like.

Answer 3

There is serious speculation that life on earth came from alien life on asteriods, so the first time we got a mirror, we met an alien life form!

Answer 4

Well, barring a visit from another species, I'd say in around 50 years when we can thoroughly explore Mars, and hopefully by that time make it to Europa where there might exist and ocean with life. Even if our first contact is with a paramecium, it still counts.

Answer 5

First Contact Within 20 Years: Shostak

Will the 20s see ET roar onto center stage
Mountain View CA (SPX) Jul 22, 2004
If Intelligent life exists elsewhere in our galaxy, advances in computer processing power and radio telescope technology will ensure we detect their transmissions within two decades. That's the bold prediction from a leading light at the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute in Mountain View, California.
Seth Shostak, the SETI Institute's senior astronomer, based his prediction on accepted assumptions about the likelihood of alien civilisations existing, combined with projected increases in computing power.

Shostak, whose calculations will be published in a forthcoming edition of the space science journal Acta Astronautica, first estimated the number of alien civilisations in our galaxy that might currently be broadcasting radio signals.

For this he used a formula created in 1961 by astronomer Frank Drake which factors in aspects such the number of stars with planets, how many of those planets might be expected to have life, and so on. Shostak came up with an estimate of between 10,000 and 1 million radio transmitters in the galaxy.

To find them will involve observing and inspecting radio emissions from most of the galaxy's 100 billion stars. The time necessary for this formidable task can be estimated from the capabilities of planned radio telescopes- such as SETI's 1-hectare Allen Telescope Array and the internationally run Square Kilometre Array- and expected increases in the power of the microchips that sift through radio signals from space.

Shostak assumed that computer processing power will continue to double every 18 months until 2015- as it has done for the past 40 years. From then on, he assumes a more conservative doubling time of 36 months as transistors get too small to scale down as easily as they have till now.

Within a generation, radio emissions from enough stars will be observed and analysed to find the first alien civilisation, Shostak estimates. But because they will probably be between 200 and 1000 light years away, sending a radio message back will take centuries.

Paul Shuch, executive director of the SETI League, a separate organisation in New Jersey, says Shostak's prediction ignores one important factor. "It is altogether reasonable to project the development of human technology, based upon past trends and planned investments," he says.

"But predicting the date, the decade or even the century of contact is another matter because the 'other end' of the communications link is completely out of our hands. It would be nice to think we know something about the existence, distribution, technology and motivation of our potential communications partners in space, but in fact, we don't."

Shostak admits that there are myriad uncertainties surrounding his prediction, but he defends the basis on which he made it. "I have made this prediction using the assumptions adopted by the SETI research community itself."

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Answer 6

Hey, humans already made contact with other life forms. In fact, my sister already made contact with my dog! Dogs are other life forms. Plus, first contact was about 3000 years ago.

Answer 7

Detection of non Terran life

2020

Detection of Extraterrestrial intelligence
(Not counting Earth originated space beings)

1000 years to Never

But our AI descendents will likely find and create many.

Answer 8

1941

Answer 9

2019

Answer 10

we shouldnt worry about making contact with other life forms we should worey more about making peice with the ones on earth already why worry about the possibilty of the being other life forms when there is to much hatred on this planet this should be sorted out before we even atempt it

Answer 11

Approximately 2 million years ago. Insects. They tasted OK.