Posted on 07/28/2015 5:37:59 AM PDT by Kaslin
NASA has discovered the answer to all of our problems. It is another planet, a possible twin to Earth that could theoretically sustain life.
This revelation could be bigger than Columbus "discovering" America, or Lewis and Clark finding the Northwest Passage.
It offers the possibility of starting over. Hasn't the thought crossed the mind of every adult of a certain age that if we could time travel back to our youth and know what we know now, we would not have made the mistakes we made?
The first step in boldly going where no one has gone before is to re-name the planet. Kepler-452b won't do. How about Krypton? That name is already widely known as the fictional planet from which Superman came, thus giving it cultural standing. Steven Spielberg could make a film about our new second home. ET might even be there to welcome us.
Then we have to figure out a way to get there. Kepler-452b is 8,400 trillion miles away. Using present technology it would take 25.8 million years to get there. To reach the planet, people would have to reproduce in space, creating multiple generations of descendants. How would the new arrivals find materials to build anything? We'd be starting over like cavemen, though that should not deter us. Early pioneers didn't give up when they encountered obstacles.
What is really interesting is that Kepler-452b is not the only planet with an environment thought capable of sustaining life. The Kepler spacecraft has found more than 4,000 planets in the so-called "Goldilocks Zone," meaning they have temperature ranges that could support at least plant life and possibly more advanced life forms.
This could be the solution we have been looking for. Republicans and Democrats could have planets of their own, which could settle once and for all the argument over whether big or small government is best; not that one would be able to convince the other, even if verifiable proof could be presented. The same goes for global warming proponents and climate change deniers.
Criminals would have their own planet where they could prey on each other instead of the rest of us, thus "solving" the crime problem. And the gun control crowd could inhabit a planet where all guns would be banned, though sticks and stones, mankind's first weapons, would remain. It would be left to the peace-loving citizens of "gun-free-opolis" to work things out amongst themselves, but they would have achieved their ultimate goal -- no guns.
There is just one overarching challenge for those who might like to travel to this new world. How do you solve the problem of human nature? Travelers would take that nature with them, as illustrated in William Golding's classic novel "Lord of the Flies" in which a group of children crash on a remote tropical island and, cut off from civilization, slowly turn into savages.
Russian entrepreneur Yuri Milner recently announced a $100 million, 10-year project to search for intelligent life in the universe. Stephen Hawking, the physicist, has signed on to work with him. They are wasting their time and money. However, given the lack of intelligence on Earth, I can't blame them for looking elsewhere.
Perfect place for them. they need to go where it is really hot
Either Cal Thomas is being facetious or he has jumped the shark with this silliness.
I’m sorry, at 8400 trillion miles they do not show shiite about that planet. I get tired of hearing this stuff.
In plotting science fiction stories, I've given this a lot of thought. First of all, I've learned from a lot of my mistakes. Somehow eliminating those mistakes might eliminate the knowledge that came from them. Second, the mistakes I made are not unique in any sense. Given somewhat changed conditions, I'd probably have made some other mistake instead. Thus eliminating the mistakes I actually made might simply mean I'd make other mistakes, equally serious or even more serious. Finally, there have been a few times when I got close to getting maimed or killed. I wouldn't want to roll the dice on those events again. The second time around, I might not come out so well. So I'm just as glad that we can't go back and fix our mistakes.
It’s 8,400 trillion miles. That’s about 1,400 light years.
I'm guessing you meant to say "few mammalian species" rather than human?
I would simply say to that who's to know the dinosaurs wouldn't have themselves continued to evolve, with certain descendants equaling human like intelligence and qualities--but without the timid monkey, ape rage emotions?
Call it Dino Sapiens.
Fortunately for Kepler 452b we wont have the argument either.
Scientist estimate is age at millions of years older than Earth, and that it’s Sun is expanding. It’s gonna be a crispy critter soon if not already (The pics we are seeing are the planet 1400 years ago.)
I would worry about green Keplerite, just saying.
Death by snu-snu!!!
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