Posted on 08/13/2016 8:51:10 PM PDT by ckilmer
The hunt for exoplanets has been heating up in recent years. Since it began its mission in 2009, over four thousand exoplanet candidates discovered by the Kepler mission, several hundred of which have been confirmed to be Earth-like (i.e. terrestrial). And of these, some 216 planets have been shown to be both terrestrial and located within their parent stars habitable zone (aka. Goldilocks zone).
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Sort of like Einstein here. I was born in 1950. Am I older or younger than you???
Yes, yes, yes. Boulders that weighed thousands of pounds. It was so beautiful. He used a “magnetic” crane to pull up the boulders. The island was a rock island, but with flora. The segment was about 15 minutes. No one is allowed on that island unless you are a scientist.
I can fake a lot, but a scientist? I think not.
1953
This is such a great thread, and I have managed to laugh myself sick.
Sorry to the thread master.
Hahahahaha!
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