Habitable Exoplanet Confirmed

[knell]

http://dvice.com/archives/2011/05/gliese-581d-con.php

French scientists have confirmed with computer models that Gliese 581d, a planet orbiting a red dwarf star about 20 light years from here, has a stable atmosphere, comfortable temperatures, and a surface covered in liquid water. It's the first planet orbiting another star that could definitely support life, and it's basically next door.

http://news.discovery.com/space/exoplan ... 10516.html

A rocky world orbiting a nearby star has been confirmed as the first planet outside our solar system to meet key requirements for sustaining life, scientists said on Monday.

and fox news:

That makes 581g a prime candidate for liquid water and life as we know it — if the planet exists.

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/05/ ... z1NUSOKAIb

[knell]

i hope the scientists lie and say it has massive oil reserves.... we'd be there in 5 years

[christophera]

i just watched a bunch of star trek movies and i forgot which one it was but there was a habitable m class planet that stayed dark on one side. reminded me of this

[christophera]

i hope the scientists lie and say it has massive oil reserves.... we'd be there in 5 years

yeah we could use zero point energy to get there so we could drill for oil

[christophera]

oil's value is like the value of cigarettes in prison.

[borrowed]

i hope the scientists lie and say it has massive oil reserves.... we'd be there in 5 years

Because you dont need oil as much as the rest of us, right?

[kay]

Cool. Possibly a bit optimistic though I'd say. It's not as though our climate modelling abilities are top notch.

[DRTY]

now all we need is an antimatter spaceship

[knell]

i hope the scientists lie and say it has massive oil reserves.... we'd be there in 5 years

Because you dont need oil as much as the rest of us, right?

actually, i dont, personally


also, people use oil because there is no better alternative, which is pretty inexcusable.

[christophera]

wormhole/stargate is faster than a spaceship

[christophera]

is pretty inexcusable.

do i detect a high horse?

[christophera]

is noble knelly leading by example and looking down on the poor suckers who don't get it??

[christophera]

like the dog who is gonna save the family from the garbage man who steals their food every week

[knell]

[christophera]

[knell]

dance for me my little troll

[sonar]

cannot put into words how happy i would be if we made proper contact with other life forms. Imagine watching the TV, moon landing style, and seeing all animals and stuff like on Pandora.

[kingGhost]

lol at news article comments

Ah yes, "element Zero", the supposed element that can bend space and time. we have dismissed that claim

[knell]

lol at news article comments

Ah yes, "element Zero", the supposed element that can bend space and time. we have dismissed that claim

haha and the username "Council"

[64hz]

schweeet