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Astronomers Prepare to Search for Alien Life at Nearby 'Habitable' Exoplanet
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| 20 Jan, 2017
Posted on 01/22/2017 7:56:05 PM PST by MtnClimber
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To: Halgr
186,000 miles/sec x 3600 sec/hour x 24 hours/day x 365 days/year = ??
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posted on
01/23/2017 9:35:09 AM PST
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SgtHooper
(If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
To: SgtHooper
then x 14 is a one-way trip. Then it has to come back.
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01/23/2017 9:37:33 AM PST
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SgtHooper
(If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
To: Halgr
14 Light Years * 186,000 Miles/Second * 3600 Seconds/Hour * 24 Hour/Day * 365.25 Day/Year = 82,175,990,400,000 Miles
So, 82.2 Trillion Miles
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posted on
01/23/2017 12:27:33 PM PST
by
dsrtsage
(One half of all people have below average IQ. In the US the number is 54%)
To: dsrtsage
Even if we could get a probe (or swarm of probes) up to 1/2 the speed of light (a very big if), it would take 28 years to do a fly-by.
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01/23/2017 1:03:10 PM PST
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samtheman
(delete * from executive orders where author=obama)
To: samtheman
Ah well, you know what they say about planting oak trees....
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01/23/2017 1:08:33 PM PST
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Eepsy
To: Eepsy
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01/23/2017 1:13:21 PM PST
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samtheman
(delete * from executive orders where author=obama)
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