“If this is true, it’s the biggest news story of our lifetime.”
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If what is true?
We have been discovering stars with planets for several years now.
It would be big news only if life is found on one or more.
Who could spend 20 years or so to go see them?
20 or so years???
Try like many many lifetimes. We do not have the technology YET to even get close.
“...Who could spend 20 years or so to go see them?...”
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That’s 22 light years away...ain’t nobody gonna be going.
Right now the trip, one way, would take about 375,000 years. Better pack a big lunch. That is Earth time, it would appear to be slightly quicker to those on the space craft, but not much quicker.