Life Expanding Beyond Our Conceived Limits
Life Expanding Beyond our Conceived Limits
Table of Contents
Intro…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..1
The Beginning…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….1
Alien Life…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...3
Life’s Essentials…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..4
Potential Life on Neighboring Planets and Moons……………………………………………………………………………………………….5
Conclusive Theory……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….6
Resources……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………7
Life Expanding Beyond our Conceived Limits
By: Mitchell Armenta
December 1, 2012
Intro One of the deepest fascinations of mankind has always been if our existence is a lone existence, or if there is life elsewhere. Since the beginning of life forms that were consciously aware of their actuality on this rock floating through space that we quaintly call home; mankind has always sought to explain our purpose, beginning, ending, and our connectivity to the universe around us. This is why each society throughout the centuries has invented their own unique deities to explain the wondrous happenings that occur to keep life prevailing here. That and the fact that we don’t like to feel as though we are alone in this massive universe. Before we could conceive the concept that life could exist elsewhere society leaned upon the comfort that we had an ultimate creator(s), but this unfortunately lead to the divine rights mindset creating the misconception that we were special and thus inhabited the sole planet to harbor life. Then as time progressed people created the abstract concept that there was intelligent life outside of our planet and that it was hostile, leading to fear of life beyond our planet. No matter what time period or religious background one may be from, they all have the same curiosity to know if we are in fact alone; or if we have some form of cosmic neighbor. In this
Table of Contents
Intro…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..1
The Beginning…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….1
Alien Life…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...3
Life’s Essentials…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..4
Potential Life on Neighboring Planets and Moons……………………………………………………………………………………………….5
Conclusive Theory……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….6
Resources……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………7
Life Expanding Beyond our Conceived Limits
By: Mitchell Armenta
December 1, 2012
Intro One of the deepest fascinations of mankind has always been if our existence is a lone existence, or if there is life elsewhere. Since the beginning of life forms that were consciously aware of their actuality on this rock floating through space that we quaintly call home; mankind has always sought to explain our purpose, beginning, ending, and our connectivity to the universe around us. This is why each society throughout the centuries has invented their own unique deities to explain the wondrous happenings that occur to keep life prevailing here. That and the fact that we don’t like to feel as though we are alone in this massive universe. Before we could conceive the concept that life could exist elsewhere society leaned upon the comfort that we had an ultimate creator(s), but this unfortunately lead to the divine rights mindset creating the misconception that we were special and thus inhabited the sole planet to harbor life. Then as time progressed people created the abstract concept that there was intelligent life outside of our planet and that it was hostile, leading to fear of life beyond our planet. No matter what time period or religious background one may be from, they all have the same curiosity to know if we are in fact alone; or if we have some form of cosmic neighbor. In this