are we alone in the universe?

[KenWittlief]

If I understand it correctly, viruses dont reproduce themselves, they infect a DNA based lifeform and cause it to reporduce the virus (RNA strands) instead of reproducing DNA - so a virus could not be first, without DNA cells to reproduce them

most likely a virus is a mutation of a DNA cell that causes DNA cells to become corrupted.

I have to take off and dont know if I will be back online this weekend.

Its not really my intention to convince everyone that my ideas on the webpage are absolutely correct. The main thing is the idea that life is rare, and that possibly the earth contains all the life there is

I know that is a big leap for most people who want to believe in star wars and star trek like galaxies, but science is cold and un-emotional. The facts are what they are.

I did some surfing on the web and found a few other sites that explore the same idea from different angles. As I have time I will update us-spark.com and include links to those sites.

Like the name implies, the concept is a spark, a hope of starting a new way of thinking - a new level of responsibility for humanity.

If it doenst sit well with you for one reason or another, thats ok. Im not thinking in terms of individuals, or of today or tomorrow. The idea of humanity spreading life throughout the galaxy pushes you out into the realm of the universe, into a task that will take millions of people to engage, and might take a million years to accomplish.