Posted on 01/12/2006 6:33:46 PM PST by KevinDavis
Canada's bargain-basement "Humble" space telescope has launched a search for Earth-sized planets around distant stars, a feat none of the much bigger and costlier telescopes in space or on the ground can match.
Its initial survey came up empty, chief scientist Jaymie Matthews announced yesterday at the annual scientific conference of the American Astronomical Society in Washington.
Yet the University of British Columbia astronomy professor isn't downcast.
"We're the first people who can look for planets about the same size as the Earth and we're the only ones who can tell you what's not there," Matthews joked in an interview.
The $10 million telescope spacecraft was assembled at the University of Toronto's Institute for Aerospace Studies, which also provides mission control.
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Finally...we can find somewhere to send all liberals!
No they can stay here, the new planets should be for us...
Kind'a like its liberal government, eh?
I know of a place about 93,000,000 miles from here were all the left wing Canadians can go.
Uh, the asteroid belt?
;-)
The other direction.
Nah... the hemorrhoid belt
Canada should concentrate upon looking closer to home. At the moment, Canada cannot find its ass with both hands.
Sure we can, here's our ass with both hands...
When they find it, will they promise to move there?
Dude! No way!
I'd much rather leave Earth with a hind-picked crew of the hardiest buccaneers to ever stain the seven seas with Spanish blood than let the Lefties coloinize the stars!
Not to mention that if one of their ships was to arrive at the New Dawn system, we'd be able to blast them out of the sky - BECAUSE WE CARRY WEAPONS! Anti-matter bombs, particle cannons, and even good ol' plutonium fission bombs to deal with whatever we might find - even if what we find is a colony of drum-beating hippes who got there first but couldn't provide a living if their very lives depended on it.
/Sci-fi, heavy metal geek from the Heinlein School of Moral Philosophy
Damned straight. Hell, they'd probably BEG for us to leave! LOL
And I'd be on the first damned transport with a jump-drive, too.
The Moon? LOL
The Moon is about 240,000 miles from the Earth. It would have been impossible to have interactive conversations with astronauts on the Moon if the distance were 93,000,000 miles. It takes about 1.3 seconds for a signal to go from the Earth to the Moon. The round trip time for a signal and response is at least 2.6 seconds. It's even more once you add in satellite delays.
They are also talking about legalising polygamy in Canada. They really do belong on another planet.
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