Given theoretical possibilities for the stability of a platform (like Hubbell), inherent resolution limits as determine some min RMS 'wobble' to be deciphered.. it seems a *futile mapping anyway. But of course we have to look anyway.

* even after extending the 'legs' for parallax correction - via pairs of orbiters many miles out, Cs clocks at THz freqs for pSec phase-lock yada yada.

We're virtually forced to "look under the street lamp, where the light is - not where we lost the ___" via limits of our sensors + physics. Postulates of exploratory radii presuppose that, 'evolution' from possibly (?) omnipresent organic molecules hitch-hiking on space micro-dust (current best guess?) is The mechanism.

Fortunately the characteristics of the hydronium ion give water its remarkable sp. heat, latent heat of vaporization and strange transitions at freezing and boiling - that part aids life possibilities, and the suppositions.

But looking at the stages from zilch --> amoeba ---> onwards? (which we only can crudely guess about) and n! chances for accumulated small peculiarities of some Solar System II:

Seems that the monkeys / typewriter / Hamlet likelihood is the order of probabilities here. So I think..

ET good entertainment. Period. We're stuck with Ourselves and - no rescue from our self-induced follies, as we merrily fill up and casually trash the only nest extant. While many forces from The Pope down - deem birth-control must *still* be, The Old Debbil's Work. (Factor superstition into evolution: how?)

Besides, it's only 56 years, 1 month, 2 days since Trinity.

There are, between just US / former USSR >20K nuclear weapons from 155 mm howitzer size through > 5 MT (more a vengeance than tactical creation), a rapidly bankrupting Russia - increasingly being dissed by folks with the IQ of Dubya and no vision beyond the next quarter or local election.

All as.. Russia's C and C deteriorates daily, including via alcoholism of on-duty controllers (recent report) and we rattle cages about NATO-izing even the Balkans on their border. (With a M$-grade accounting dbase, just to make it a Real comedy)

Believe Carl Sagan hit on the obvious: ours is the only test case, whether Any homo-sap-like civilization can last 50 years (we made that, barely - whew! lots of near-misses).

60 _?_ 70 _?_ 100 _?_ 1000 _?_ after discovery of EZ self-immolation, effortless as flipping a switch. Or clicking a mouse, now.

Place yer bets. (Only way to win This game is not to ___)
I'll place a small chip if we make 60, double it at 70.



Cheers,

Ashton