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To: KevinDavis
I think in 50 years we will find a Earth like planet outside this solar system

It's going to be almost impossible to find Earth-like planets without actually venturing out there to find them. They're too small and too far away.

I hate to say it, but barring a revolution in physics (along the lines of anti-gravity) 50 years may be a bit optimistic.

10 posted on 02/02/2004 6:57:59 PM PST by irv
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To: irv
"It's going to be almost impossible to find Earth-like planets without actually venturing out there to find them. They're too small and too far away."

Interferometry with a baseline distance of Jupiter's orbit could give us the needed resolution.
12 posted on 02/02/2004 7:09:54 PM PST by edwin hubble
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