Leonard David's INSIDE OUTER SPACE

Search for ET – an ongoing enterprise. Allen Telescope Array is one of many attempts to answer: Are we alone?
Credit: Seth Shostak/SETI Institute

Forget that overused, hackneyed query: Are we alone?

Arguably, the real question at hand may be how to cope with crowds of extraterrestrial civilizations.

With increasing regularity we learn of exo-planet detection. But with those observations, is the prospect of locating other starfolk a sure bet?

For more details, please read my new Space.com story:

When Will We Make Contact with Intelligent Aliens?

by Leonard David, Space.com’s Space Insider Columnist

January 21, 2016 02:00pm ET

http://www.space.com/31662-alien-civilizations-when-make-contact.html