There's a Road on this Alien Planet... ?

Especially when it goes off in both directions... for a very long way. We'll assume it leads somewhere, and that's why they're using it... yes? (Ash voice).

It could be that additional roads radiate out from the temple like spokes projecting from a hub. Seems like the road(s) would not have been manmade. Assuming the humans created the road with their ship, would they have used some sort of high-energy beam? Wouldn't that result in glass particles (from superheating) on the ground rather than the dirt we see kicked up by the vehices? Can someone with more expertise shed some light?

hahahaha I wonder if some of the old timers here have seen this yet...i remember the first guy that mentioned this was Frantz...Guys i WILL NOT DELETE OR LOCK THIS THREAD BUT....everyone has to start checking before they make a new post that the subject matter is not fo something we have already discussed at great length...if there is just pull up the original thread and make youre post in it....sorry...but until we have our new search feature up and running we all have to do this ...

Hey Sparty, I get where you're coming from, but I may be able to justify this particular discussion based on the fact that: A. BH started it... (and it's really his playground, right?) . B. With the release of the new "preview to the trailer", we can see that the previously thought of "man-made" road actually stretches beyond the Prometheus and therefore was probably already there when they landed and the crew is just taking advantage of using it to get to their target destination. Make sense? Which brings me to my road-based question: Why does an alien race need roads? Do they use land-based vehicles too? How bad-ass would a Giger-inspired SJ driven Hummer look?

Would SJs have land-based transportation? Why not just smaller flying craft so you don't even have to touch the ground? The purpose for these roads is puzzling, indeed. In space, no one can hear you scream when a tire blows out.

I like the idea that it could be Nasca line type formations.