Aliens, Are we alone in this Universe? Options

[vivekpm]

Aliens!!! This is the topic which intrigues me everytime I ponder upon it...

I used to run SETI sometime back hoping that I would some day help in making contacts with extra-terrestial creatures .

Would like to invite talks on this topic. One thing that I have always wondered is why have most, if not all, research on aliens concentrated in finding possible places in universe which can support life, that is, which has water in some form, sustainable temperatures etc...? Is it not possible that the definition of life can be different for aliens? I mean they may not require water at all. They may sustain only at 1000+ temperatures or at sub-zero temperatures. Why is this not possible? After all, the notion that to sustain life we need favourable conditions like presence of water etc., is concieved by us. For aliens, "favourable conditions" may be different.

Would request anyone who has done some reading on this to please throw more lights and possibly supply pointers to good research material...

Cheers,
Vivek...

PS: Thanks NimmiJi for this new forum...

[Mandrake]

Nice going fellas. Keep it up

Btw, Cassini was the bloke who stared at saturn so much that the rings parted. And the gap between them came to be known as the Cassini Division...

And yes, Titan has so much of crude oil, that if we could lay a pipeline from there to earth, petrol in India would cost 1 rupee/litre

Also, just a humble thought for logical people like you two: it would be nice if one doesn't always look for hardcore evidence first up. Often, to believe in a possibility, and then trying to follow up and see whether that might work, leads one to hitherto unseen things....

Just my way of looking at things...