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Kepler Mirror Arrives at Ball Aerospace for Test and Integration
PRNewswire-FirstCall ^ | August 8, 2006 | Ball Aerospace

Posted on 08/13/2006 6:29:03 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

NASA's Kepler mission, with a field of view 70,000 times greater than the Hubble Space Telescope, will attempt to detect Earth-like planets orbiting stars beyond our solar system. By continuously monitoring the brightness of more than 100,000 stars, Kepler will search for planets that transit in front of stars. As a planet passes in front of its parent star, Kepler will detect the star's brightness change to determine the planet's size and orbit. The possible discovery of Earth-size planets in the habitable zone of other stars will be the first step in determining the extent of life in our galaxy.

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TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; kepler; space; telescope; xplanets
And now you know why Hoaxland sez that NASA is part of a Masonic conspiracy...

Kepler Mirror Arrives at Ball Aerospace for Test and Integration

1 posted on 08/13/2006 6:29:03 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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Ball Aerospace is building the photometer and spacecraft, as well as managing system integration and testing for the Discovery Class mission.

Ball Aerospace is building the photometer and spacecraft, as well as managing system integration and testing for the Discovery Class mission.

2 posted on 08/13/2006 6:29:57 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (updated my FR profile on Thursday, August 10, 2006. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: tricky_k_1972; KevinDavis
Ping!
3 posted on 08/13/2006 6:30:30 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (updated my FR profile on Thursday, August 10, 2006. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: annie laurie; garbageseeker; Knitting A Conundrum

4 posted on 08/13/2006 6:30:46 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (updated my FR profile on Thursday, August 10, 2006. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv

There's the satellite I asked about


5 posted on 08/13/2006 6:33:30 PM PDT by GeronL (http://www.mises.org/story/1975 <--no such thing as a fairtax)
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To: FairOpinion

:')


6 posted on 08/13/2006 6:34:09 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (updated my FR profile on Thursday, August 10, 2006. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: GeronL

I had a feeling it was, but hadn't taken the time to track down who'd asked. :')


7 posted on 08/13/2006 6:37:10 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (updated my FR profile on Thursday, August 10, 2006. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv

well, I am glad I found it thanks


8 posted on 08/13/2006 6:46:01 PM PDT by GeronL (http://www.mises.org/story/1975 <--no such thing as a fairtax)
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To: GeronL

earlier, related topics:

Other Earths: Are They Out There ???
Government Extended News News Keywords: KEPLER NASA SCIENCE
Source: space.com
Published: 23 Jan 01 Author: John G. Watson
Posted on 01/23/2001 14:30:11 PST by RightWhale
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3a6e05f34843.htm

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/690929/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/990576/posts?page=8#8
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1381938/posts


9 posted on 08/13/2006 6:52:39 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (updated my FR profile on Thursday, August 10, 2006. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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