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Posted on 08/08/2010 2:14:49 PM PDT by KevinDavis
NASA announced some preliminary results of studies by its Kepler probe on June 15: the probe's camera chips had pointed out 706 potential planets in its first 43 days of operation. Though NASA has been issuing cautionary comments, this is thrilling.
These are in addition to five planets that were announced earlier by the project, places where life seems extremely unlikely.
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I totally agree. I have posted on these habitable planet threads before, and mentioned Gonzales’ book, and Ward and Brownlee’s “Rare Earth.” The response is usually either crickets, or “you can’t know that.” No, I can’t, but I can postulate a hypothesis based on observation so far: no Earthlike worlds will be found in the galaxy except our own.
Just make sure there's no Dr. Smith stowing away on your ship, and you should be ok.
Excuse me you two flat earthers, the book Rare Earth and others like that is just a Hypothesis!!!!
Have you had a chance to explore the reasons.org website?
Kronos and Romulus awaits!
That's racist!
If they aren’t human, they’re not a race.
You’d be bigoted, maybe, but not at all racist.
Plus, if it turns out the green guys are the power-wielding majority with a history of mistreating third-world creatures like ourselves, then you’re good. Hate away—it’s social justice to resent them for the past, not bigotry.
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