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NASA astronaut thinks he knows why aliens have never visited Earth

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Updated 14:06 29 May 2023 GMT+1Published 14:05 29 May 2023 GMT+1

NASA astronaut thinks he knows why aliens have never visited Earth

He's had plenty of time to reflect on the big questions about just what is out there

Jess Hardiman

Jess Hardiman

A NASA astronaut who believes life in outer space is ‘very likely’ has explained why he thinks aliens have never visited Earth.

Stan Love, 57, is an astronaut and scientist from Oregon who joined NASA in 1998 – heading off on his first spaceflight 10 years later with the crew of STS-122 aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis.

Having experienced much more of the cosmos than other mere mortals, Love has had plenty of time to reflect on the big questions about just what is out there – saying he thinks alien lifeforms are highly probable.

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NASA astronaut Stan Love.
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In a 2022 interview, Love explained why he felt extra-terrestrial life was 'very likely', but went on to reveal he doesn't actually reckon aliens have ever visited us yet, despite what many believers claim.

Speaking to The Sun last August, he said: "Life out in space is very likely. The Earth had bacterial life basically as soon as it possibly could have.

"As soon as the surface was cool enough for liquid water to form. So 3.5 to 3.7 billion years ago. But for 3.2 billion years of that it was green slime in the oceans and it was not little green men in flying saucers.”

However, Love said he wasn’t convinced that aliens had visited Earth, claiming their spacecraft would likely burn part of the planet as it flew off – leaving quite a clear trace of their trip.

Saying the situation is probably a far cry from the sci-fi tropes we've become accustomed to, he continued: "I am strongly sceptical of the idea that intelligent life is coming here and mutilating cattle and, you know, teasing people out on the roads if you’ve read Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

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Love believes there is life out there, but that aliens haven't visited us.
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"Yeah, no. The amount of energy it takes to travel between the stars, within the laws of physics as we know them, and we’ve been exploring those laws very thoroughly and haven’t found many holes lately, is something like 100,000 times the annual energy consumption of the planet Earth."

Love added: "Ask anyone from the Middle East, energy is wealth. So, at the time when the Earth is 100,000 times wealthier than it is now, we might be ready to send the mission to another star.

"And, if you are going to expand that kind of energy. No matter how much power you wield, you’re not going to mess with cows when you get there. I’m highly sceptical."

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But he added: "Show me the evidence and I’ll believe it."

Featured Image Credit: ZUMA Press, Inc./NASA Photo/Alamy Stock Photo

Topics: Space, Aliens, UFO, NASA

Jess Hardiman
Jess Hardiman

Jess is Entertainment Desk Lead at LADbible Group. She graduated from Manchester University with a degree in Film Studies, English Language and Linguistics. You can contact Jess at [email protected].

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