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I think we will find a Earth like planet in 20 - 30 years. Any takers?
1 posted on 09/27/2003 7:19:21 AM PDT by KevinDavis
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2 posted on 09/27/2003 7:20:35 AM PDT by KevinDavis (Let the meek inherit the Earth, the rest of us will explore the stars!)
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Make that less than 10 years.
3 posted on 09/27/2003 7:21:08 AM PDT by demlosers
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Are you kidding?
Haven't you heard of PN3217? If we get the right coordinates we can visit them all.

Just ask Colonel Hammond.

4 posted on 09/27/2003 7:23:36 AM PDT by Publius6961 (californians are as dumb as a sack of rocks.)
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To: KevinDavis
I agree. How about life in the Sol system (other than earth)? I say we will find it. I don't know about 20-30 years, though.
5 posted on 09/27/2003 7:29:18 AM PDT by gitmo (Zero Tolerance = Intolerance)
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Science-ping-list ping...
6 posted on 09/27/2003 7:29:55 AM PDT by general_re (SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING: Quitting Sarcasm Now Greatly Reduces Serious Risks To Your Health.)
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I think we will find a Earth like planet in 20 - 30 years. Any takers?

Define "Earth-like."

Are Venus and Mars "Earth-like?"

Or will an Earth-like planet have oceans of water?


7 posted on 09/27/2003 7:33:44 AM PDT by Sabertooth (No Drivers' Licences for Illegal Aliens. Petition SB60. http://www.saveourlicense.com/n_home.htm)
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I think we will find a Earth like planet in 20 - 30 years. Any takers?

Would it matter? Whatever we find will be too far away to have anything to do with it.

Second, the methods used to determine that a planet is "earth like" will likely disappoint you and make you question whether we've found what someone says we've found. If you think we're using powerful telescopes and actually looking at the alleged planets, guess again.

9 posted on 09/27/2003 7:40:34 AM PDT by Spiff (Have you committed one random act of thoughtcrime today?)
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Watching an Ant Farm as a kid....I often wondered if they had any idea I was observing their behavior...
10 posted on 09/27/2003 7:42:37 AM PDT by M-cubed
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Ok....Let's say we find it. Then what? How much do we spend on a new 'vacation paradise'? I say...they haven't bothered us, why bother them? Don't we have enough to handle here?
14 posted on 09/27/2003 7:46:20 AM PDT by mrtysmm
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Do you mean a planet with intelligent life? Human life? Be more specific, please, then I might take your bet.
18 posted on 09/27/2003 7:58:01 AM PDT by Rocko (Post no Clintons)
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When you say 'earth-like', do you mean planet filled with idiots like this one?
20 posted on 09/27/2003 8:01:07 AM PDT by Chad Fairbanks (I like my women like I like my coffee - Hot, and in a big cup)
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Billlllions and billllions

24 posted on 09/27/2003 8:19:59 AM PDT by P.O.E.
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To: KevinDavis
I think we will find a Earth like planet in 20 - 30 years. Any takers?

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31 posted on 09/27/2003 8:33:30 AM PDT by BlazingArizona
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The question remains - will we find intelligent life on Earth?
32 posted on 09/27/2003 8:35:04 AM PDT by headsonpikes (Spirit of '76 bttt!)
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34 posted on 09/27/2003 9:01:20 AM PDT by Sabertooth (No Drivers' Licences for Illegal Aliens. Petition SB60. http://www.saveourlicense.com/n_home.htm)
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well now we know where James Carville come from.
39 posted on 09/27/2003 9:13:53 AM PDT by Reagan79 (Pro Life! Pro Family! Pro Reagan!)
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INTREP
44 posted on 09/27/2003 9:38:29 AM PDT by LiteKeeper
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Judgeing from earths world history.. a planet with intelligent life on it is still unknown in this universe..

Question... and would we know intelligence if we saw it..?

45 posted on 09/27/2003 9:42:08 AM PDT by hosepipe
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I think it will be within 10 years! And, I believe there will be proof of the existence of extra-solar life within 15.
48 posted on 09/27/2003 10:20:30 AM PDT by hardhead (Vast Right Wing Conspirator, Serial Number 565723890)
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we will find a Earth like planet in 20 - 30 years.

Kidding, right? You can't even find a great apartment in 20-30 years.

Here's what will happen: we will find a planet close enough so that we can transform it to a base condition we like. This transformation will take a really long time, a million years just to pick a number. But we will find a close enough planet in 20-30 years, it just won't be what Joe Sixpack would call earthlike.

50 posted on 09/27/2003 10:25:45 AM PDT by RightWhale (Repeal the Law of the Excluded Middle)
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