"DaffyDuck" wrote in message
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On 2006-10-02 21:35:54 -0700, "Steven L."
said:

But now we know they don't.

Well, we do not *know* they don't, and there's still other candidates out
there, including Europe ("Attempt no landing there..."), and the old
standby being Mars - which harbors some serious hopes for there being life
there, as it has seasons, it has sub-surface water, etc..

One thing I do like about the BSG universe, is that the only life within
it, is our protagonists' - no funky aliens, no odd lifeforms (albeit we're
about to find a sick basestar, which may be an interesting arc)

Agreed on what 'turns on' people to spacetravel, and that if we find no
life, there won't be much glory and glamor in going out into space.

Wow, I couldn't *possibly* disagree more. I find the idea of setting up
space colonies immensely facinating, and, if I were offered the chance to
go, I would take it in a New York minute.