Thank you for not making this a slide show. My god do I hate slide shows. I deliberately read this article- even though it only slightly piqued my curiosity- specifically because it was NOT a slide show. The appreciation is real. The hate is strong.

The Kinesis Freestyle with the VIP wrist rests.

The Kinesis Freestyle with the VIP wrist rests.

Here's some other possibilities;

What is wrong with the idea that there may be plenty of civilizations but they did not solve the problems of interstellar distance? Maybe we have not been visited because there exists to practical way to solve the problem of interstellar travel.