UN 'to appoint space ambassador to greet alien visitors'

[ravisunny2]

A space ambassador could be appointed by the United Nations to act as the first point of contact for aliens trying to communicate with Earth.

Mazlan Othman, a Malaysian astrophysicist, is set to be tasked with co-ordinating humanity’s response if and when extraterrestrials make contact.

Aliens who landed on earth and asked: “Take me to your leader” would be directed to Mrs Othman.
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But Professor Stephen Hawking has warned that alien interlopers should be treated with caution.

He said: “I imagine they might exist in massive ships, having used up all the resources from their home planet. The outcome for us would be much as when Christopher Columbus first landed in America, which didn’t turn out very well for the Native Americans.”

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/...space-ambassador-to-greet-alien-visitors.html

 

[bobcat]

The outcome for us would be much as when Christopher Columbus first landed in America, which didn’t turn out very well for the Native Americans.”

Though that would be what we deserve, the way we are using up our resources and spoiling our environment, by the time aliens land here there won't be much left for them.

 

[ravisunny2]

The reference is to freedom rather than resources, I believe.

And then there is the old saying "One man's food/meat is another man's poison".