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Why do you assume it's for scientific reasons? They could be doing it purely for shitz and giggles. ;):eek:

Remember. The aliens that pilot those aren't the same aliens that built those. Many people drive cars, but how many are smart enough to build one?
 
Then you have serious problems if you don't know that technologies are inter-related.

To some extent that is true. But it would be perfectly possible for a race to have developed advanced propulsion technology and be relatively backward medically. It depends on a lot of factors, such as what priorities are assigned when divying up research funds, any religious taboos which might be in place, etc. Indeed, one could argue that was the case for most of human history.

I don't know which part of this is most foolish. There's this little thing called an X-Ray Machine, that was invented before space travel. And today, we have stuff like CT scans and MRIs.

And that supports your point...how? Did the development of the Xray machine directly influence the development of the rocket engine? I think you would be hard pressed to show a corelation between the two. Besides, the development of technology by an alien civilization is not likely to directly parallel our own. Indeed, it would be surprising if it did.

And you never responded to my first point, which is that the probes may have other purposes of which we are not aware.
 
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