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Extraterrestrial Life And Outer Space

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Throughout my life, movies about extraterrestrial life and outer space have always seemed to entertain me. I know I’m not alone when it comes to this fascination because there are many who find joy, excitement, and mystery in many of these movies. Some people even take their interest to a completely other level by believing that these other forms of life actually exist. Although they might, others still go to the extreme by dressing up as them in science fiction conventions such as We Heart Nerds Con, Mysticon , Atomacon, Necronomicon (“Convention Scene”) and obsessing over the idea of one day finding them. I believe that people enjoy watching these movies because they like the mystery of the fact that there might be other forms of life other than us, the coming together of the human species to take down an extraterrestrial enemy, or maybe they just like to think about how far we as humans will come along in space travel in the future. For a great deal of time, the search for an alien species has been occurring. “The idea there might be other creatures in the universe has been around since at least the fifth century B.C.” (Zielinski) Whether it is going to the moon, putting out telescopes in space, or putting robots on mars, some of us like to believe that there are other forms of life out in the dark abyss of space. For people who do like to believe in such a concept, watching movies and television shows like Star Wars and Star Trek fascinate the mind. Just the thought of

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