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Research Blog #6

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  This image was originally an instruction card from an Alien board role-playing game called Alien RPG Core Rulebook. The text section indicates the role of the scientists in researching unknown knowledge on Aliens, and this also applies to astronomers, ufologists, and astrophysicists in reality. They all know better than anyone else, and hoping to explore the truth of the unknowns and the future of humankind, but why didn't they collaborate? This image would help me to draw out the possible reason behind the boundary-work. 

Research Blog #5 - Revised RQs and Current Works Cited

Revised Questions: What do the fields of astrobiologists, ufologists, and astronomers reside, about finding extraterrestrials life? Why do scientists in similar fields set boundaries from collaborating with each other? What would they conclude when successfully contacting with Alien civilizations?   Work Cited: Elani, Zion. “Space, the Final Frontier: In the Scientific Pursuit of Extraterrestrial Life Away from Earth.”  Physics Essays , vol. 33, no. 4, Oct. 2020, pp. 367–379.  EBSCOhost , doi:10.4006/0836-1398-33.4.367 KLOOR, KEITH. “UFOs Won’t Go Away.”  Issues in Science & Technology , vol. 35, no. 3, Spring 2019,pp.49–56.  EBSCOhost , search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=136003471&site=ehost-live. Loeb, A. (2021). Extraterrestrial: The first sign of intelligent life beyond Earth . New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Michaud, Michael.  Contact with Alien Civilizations: Our Hopes and Fears about Encountering Extraterr...

Literature Review #3

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  Visual : Citation :  Elani, Zion. “Space, the Final Frontier: In the Scientific Pursuit of Extraterrestrial Life Away from Earth.”  Physics Essays , vol. 33, no. 4, Oct. 2020, pp. 367–379.  EBSCOhost , doi:10.4006/0836-1398-33.4.367 Summary :  Elani's article, "Space, the Final Frontier: In the Scientific Pursuit of Extraterrestrial Life Away from Earth", it narrates how did scientists and astrobiologists in history use scientific methods, such as the Drake Equation (1961) which became the basis of all SETI research before astronomers proved there was water on Mars in 1971, to discover life outside of Earth. Elani analyzes each variable on the Drake Equation would need to be modified as time goes, since there was no definite proof of whether advanced civilizations would colonize other planets. Until we have enough technical capabilities to estimate and contact other civilizations, the equation remains incomplete and inestimable, yet we still can see the equati...

Literature Review #2

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Visual :  Summary: The article illustrates the few behaviors that the extraterrestrials would possibly play on humankind and the potential actions of human beings to encounter the risks or dangers we would face in the future. Tough made specific proposals, some based on evidence or earlier incidents, on the human's instant protection on advanced extraterrestrials' invisible actions, the possible methods of communication and help towards extraterrestrials' radio messages, and the preparations of interaction with extraterrestrials. Tough concludes that gaining major insights through thoughtful, disciplined inquiry into such questions could alter humankind's current priorities.  Citation : Tough, Allen (1986).  "What Role will Extraterrestrials Play in Humanity's Future?"   (PDF) .  Journal of the British Interplanetary Society . 39 (11): 491–498. Author : Allen Tough   was a Canadian educator and researcher. Widely known as a futurist, scientist, an...

Research Proposal

Working Title: Humankind Connecting with Extraterrestrial Life, What’s Next? Topic        I will discuss the current status of acknowledging the extraterrestrial life that we have on hand. This paper will cover the bigger picture of government’s coverups or debunk on the cosmic secret, which tightly related to the whole humankind’s fate and our civilization’s life expectancy. Research Question        What is the current status of extraterrestrial studies? Why did the government find it is necessary to coverups or debunk the secrets of Aliens? How would they conclude with the fate of humankind after successfully contacting extraterrestrial life? Theoretical Frame        In the study, Contact with Alien Civilizations, Our Hopes and Fears about Encountering Extraterrestrials , done by Michael Michaud, it hypothesizes that contacting with an extraterrestrial civilization in the cosmos woul...

Literature Review #1

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  Visual : Summary :  Citation : Michaud, Michael. Contact with Alien Civilizations: Our Hopes and Fears about Encountering Extraterrestrials . Springer, 2010. Author :  Michael A.G. Michaud, in his career, once served as Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State of Science and Technology, Director of the State Department's Office of Advanced Technology, and Minister-Counselor for Environment, etc. He also is a member of the Astrobiology/SETI Board, Diplomacy Board, Economics Board, and Space Settlement Board. He once played a major role in the negotiation of a new space cooperation agreement between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. Also, Michaud was one of the initiators of U.S.-Soviet anti-satellite arms control negotiations and served on the U.S. delegation.  Key Terms :  L (longevity): the average lifetime of communicating civilizations, and can be determined by the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.  Quotes :  “Searching for other life in t...

Research Blog #3 - Research Question and 3 Scholarly Sources

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  After researching my previous blog post topics, I got some confusions on the field of study of those “ufologists”. Some coverup the fact, some debunk the truth, while some have said we have no progress on finding evidence of extraterrestrial intelligent life. What, after all, is the current status of the scientific ufo study?  Do “ufologists” actually have a “field” of study, and what would it be?  How would they conclude with the future of human beings after confirming the success of contacting extraterrestrial life?  Would it be a Judgement Day of the whole race of human beings?  Work Cited     LEMARCHAND, G. “M.A.G. Michaud, Contact with Alien Civilizations: Our Hopes and Fears About Encountering Extraterrestrials, Copernicus Books, New York (2007) (xiii+460 Pp., $27.50, ISBN:0-387-28598-9).” Space Policy, vol. 23, no. 3, 2007, pp. 188–90, doi:10.1016/j.spacepol.2007.06.003.   “Not of This Earth: UFO Studies.” Logos (Moscow, Russia), vol. 29,...