We need to think about where we want the knowledge and what knows it. We could use humanoid AIs. We could hatch humans "just in time". Run them in a sim to 18 then release them on their mission. Ethics would need to accept this. Maybe we would be happy slowly expanding across the universe and an decendant talking to 'the aliens'.
I am not totally serious. But you wanna meet aliens? Gotta do something a bit radical.
I am not totally serious. But you wanna meet aliens? Gotta do something a bit radical.