Already Visited and On The Moon
NOTES FROM THE PROPHETS CONFERENCE
April 15, 2000
Dr. Michio Kaku is an internationally recognized authority in theoretical physics, author and educator. He is an advisor to NASA regarding starship propulsion systems. During The Prophets Conference - Santa Fe held last weekend April 14-16, 2000, Professor Kaku stated the following:
"Personally, and this is a view shared by Paul Davies, a friend of mine. Personally we believe that we have already been visited; and chances are they're on the moon, OK.
"If we were an advanced Type 'Three' civilization...
A 'Type One' civilization is a civilization with the power of a planet; they can control the weather, they control earthquakes, volcanoes. They have cities on the ocean; they have all planetary power at their disposal, that is 'Type One'. Eventually they exhaust the power of a planet and they go to their nearby star.
'Type Two' they play with solar flares, they play with stars, they ignite them, they play with them. When Jr. wants to borrow the starship Dad says "sure, just put a few White Dwarfs in the gas tank" and off you go!
'Type Three' Eventually a civilization exhausts the power of a star and they go to the galaxy; they harness the power of the black hole at the center of most galaxies. They are 'Type Three' - truly galactic in power and scope.
We wouldn't send Captain Kirk, going from planet to planet, because it would take too long. What we would do is send what are called Von Neumann Probes (?). Von Neumann Probes are self-replicating machines. They land on a moon, create a factory that creates thousands of copies of themselves that shoot out to other moons, land on the moon, create thousands of copies of them and shoot out again. OK.
Each time they land on a moon they leave an alarm clock waiting for a 'Type Zero' civilization to attain 'Type One' status, which would be interesting for a 'Type Three' civilization. Now, this was also the basis of a feature length movie. Who can tell me the name of the movie based on the idea that these civilizations land on a moon, create thousands of copies of themselves that are sent off to other moons and like a virus, colonize a galaxy in a very brief period of time? The movie is 2001.
The movie 2001 is perhaps the most accurate description of an encounter with a 'Type Three' civilization, OK."
Michio Kaku, Ph.D.
The Prophets Conference - Santa Fe