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Earth-like planet found orbiting the star next door
AP via CBC ^
| 08/24/2016
Posted on 08/24/2016 10:19:54 AM PDT by Phlap
After scanning the vast reaches of the cosmos for Earth-like planets where life might exist, astronomers have found one right next door. NASA's New Horizons probe, the fastest spacecraft launched, left Earth hurtling toward Pluto at about 36,000 mph. At that speed, it would take more than 78,000 years to get there.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: xplanets
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To: conejo99
Thanks. Interesting link, but I keep reading “doesn’t yet exist” for all of the pieces.
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posted on
08/24/2016 11:39:53 AM PDT
by
from occupied ga
(Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
To: Dilbert San Diego
Roddenberry definitely imagined a wonderful universe.
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posted on
08/24/2016 11:41:59 AM PDT
by
katana
To: from occupied ga
Matching velocities is something inherent in either method. Using another body eliminates the need to accelerate tons, and tons, of mass for protection from cosmic rays, micro-meteors, and provides for subsistence, as long as this body had water and various other elements which could be mined by those aboard it.
That is if we wish to send people. If we only send DNA, in the form of some sort of organism (water bear, bacterium, or even viruses perhaps) then a lone craft of much smaller size would probably be the best alternative.
To: Phlap
"the star next door"
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posted on
08/24/2016 11:48:30 AM PDT
by
Leep
(Cut the crap!)
To: katana
That’s not imagination, that’s hormonal imbalance, according to our mono-sexual overlords.
To: Leep
"I commit to you today....this country WILL land a man on Proxima Centauri no later than the year 80,016...
To: Buckeye McFrog
Even sexier on Star Trek: Enterprise
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posted on
08/24/2016 12:02:41 PM PDT
by
hattend
(Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
To: hattend
Captain, transport me to this new planet, and I mean pronto ...
To: from occupied ga
There are a couple humorous posts I’ve seen other places. One wonders what the reaction of the alien civilization is to our shooting tiny projectiles toward their planet. “This means WAR!”
The other offers to be the manager of the near side moon base constructed to hold the giant lasers. This from the future emperor.
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posted on
08/24/2016 12:07:04 PM PDT
by
conejo99
To: hattend
Yes but the raw material on the 60's version was of very high quality.
Yvonne Craig and Susan Oliver? I mean, c'mon!!
To: Buckeye McFrog
YVonne Craig was awesome as Batgirl.
Susan Oliver was a hottie.
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posted on
08/24/2016 12:19:24 PM PDT
by
hattend
(Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
To: Phlap
A plant that is tidally locked (one face always to the sun, is not earth-like. I doubt it has atmosphere because the frozen night side would be incredibly cold and the atmosphere would freeze to ice.
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posted on
08/24/2016 12:39:59 PM PDT
by
WMarshal
(Trump 2016)
To: Dr. Sivana
Don’t forget the reptile Gorn!
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posted on
08/24/2016 12:43:08 PM PDT
by
WMarshal
(Trump 2016)
To: Secret Agent Man
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posted on
08/24/2016 12:48:02 PM PDT
by
teeman8r
(Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
To: WMarshal
Dont forget the reptile Gorn!
I was purposefully focusing on the "other" outerspace show of the mid-sixties, Lost in Space. Gorn would be too serious for that one. Just imagine if somehow Dr. Smith wound up on the Enterprise? I don't think even Kirk can overcome that problem.
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posted on
08/24/2016 1:00:23 PM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
(There's no salvation in politics.)
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posted on
12/12/2017 1:55:02 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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