I had a lot of fun during my last AMA. Since a number of people have asked for another one, I’m doing a follow up starting at 9:00 AM PDT and going until 3:00 PM PDT.
If there’s enough interest, I’ll do what I did last time and return the following morning at 9:00 AM PDT to continue answering questions.
Because this is an AMA, you can ask me anything, but here are a few topics that we either missed or only covered in passing last time, in case anyone is interested:
What do we do if aliens contact us?
The Drake Equation
The Habitable Zone
METI (proactively sending messages to ET)
Space travel and terraforming a new home planet
Technosignatures
More about me at johngertz.com
If you missed the previous discussion, you can find it here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1ovazbx/what_if_everything_we_think_about_finding_aliens/
Edit: I appreciate the many good questions that you pose, and will do my best to continue to answer them tomorrow as they come in.
> I appreciate the many good questions that you pose, and will do my best to continue to answer them as they come in tomorrow.