imagination. you know, generations ago it was "star trek" that fired people's imagination about space exploration, created inroads for nichols to increase the number of people in nasa and in jpl and cal tech and in aerospace. so maybe there's a back end to this, regardless of whether we find anything, that could really be good for us in general. >> and i would be remiss if i didn't say how excited i was to learn the other day that i'm distantly related to the late astronaut nichella, the first south asian woman to go into space. my mother growing up in india was absolutely obsessed with her, and i was too just learning about her life. i think it is important we have the curiosity about what is out there. but the reality is a ufo is just that, an unidentified flying object. it doesn't give us proof of extra terrestrial or aliens. that's the part that gets people in a panic, right? is are there other intelligent