I think the techniques will continue to improve and we will eventually find likely Eart type planets and this eventually drive our space industry to develop the technology to get there.
Comments?
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2 posted on
10/12/2004 12:53:21 PM PDT by
tricky_k_1972
(Putting on Tinfoil hat and heading for the bomb shelter.)
To: tricky_k_1972
I think the day when we get "good" images of these extrasolar planets is a lot closer than we realize. When classrooms have these images on the walls it will spark the minds of the children.
I think actually visiting extrasolar planets is several centuries in the future. On the other hand we could experience great leaps in technology that make it much sooner than we think.
3 posted on
10/12/2004 1:00:47 PM PDT by
cripplecreek
(The economy won't matter if you're dead.)
To: tricky_k_1972
Can space ship one make it that far? Gotta call Burt!
5 posted on
10/12/2004 1:01:53 PM PDT by
Arkie2
To: tricky_k_1972
John Kerry has A Plan to reach out toward the extrasolar planets and bring them back to the table
7 posted on
10/12/2004 1:11:56 PM PDT by
NewJerseyJoe
(Rat mantra: "Facts are meaningless! You can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!")
To: tricky_k_1972
Does anyone have an idea how many light years away the planets in our solar system could be detected with current technology?
8 posted on
10/12/2004 1:13:10 PM PDT by
KarlInOhio
(If they couldn't stand up to ...Howard Dean..., how can we expect them to stand up to Al Queda?)
To: Owl_Eagle; Mr. Mojo; Mudboy Slim
Extrasolar Planets: A Matter of Metallicity Metallica really needs to get back to simple album titles or nicknames, like the "Black Album." This "Extrasolar" thing is going to really turn off the kids!
9 posted on
10/12/2004 1:14:41 PM PDT by
HenryLeeII
("I own a lumber company? Didn't know that. ... ... Want some wood?" -GWB, Oct. 8, 2004)
To: tricky_k_1972
Silly me, I thought Neptune and Uranus where gas giants. Good thing this article set me straight </sarcasm>
12 posted on
10/12/2004 1:19:32 PM PDT by
SengirV
To: tricky_k_1972
When we do find an earth-like planet, let's ship all the liberals there!
Seriously, I sometimes wonder if there are some beings on a planet 100 lightyears away wondering if there's someone else out there.
13 posted on
10/12/2004 1:26:17 PM PDT by
RockinRight
(John Kerry is the wrong candidate, for the wrong country, at the wrong time)
To: tricky_k_1972
"hot Jupiters"
John Kerry has a plan to cool those planets down by enlisting the aid of the Intergalactic Council, most of whom support him for president.
To: tricky_k_1972
IMO, it all depends on whether islam wins or islam loses. If islam wins, we won't be advancing much further and we'll go straight back to the Dark Ages, never to emerge from that darkness again.
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25 posted on
10/12/2004 6:44:10 PM PDT by
Tax-chick
(If you stand very still, they may think you're a tree.)
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It is a matter of time that we find an Earth like planet..
26 posted on
10/12/2004 6:53:57 PM PDT by
KevinDavis
(Let the meek inherit the Earth, the rest of us will explore the stars!)
To: tricky_k_1972
130 is a lot of planets considering that a decade ago there were about none. There are another 100 that have been detected even more indirectly. There could be a trillion in this galaxy, easily.
31 posted on
12/01/2004 12:44:34 PM PST by
RightWhale
(Destroy the dark; restore the light)
34 posted on
06/29/2006 12:23:37 AM PDT by
SunkenCiv
(updated my FR profile on Wednesday, June 21, 2006.)
To: tricky_k_1972
Still sounds like our type of Solar System would be rare.
35 posted on
06/29/2006 12:51:57 AM PDT by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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