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Re: Up to 140 "Earths" found by Kepler Space Probe
Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 8:55 pm
by magma
Cool, but expected. The real breakthrough will be identifying which ones actually have interesting planets and working out how to survey the planets... we're pretty fucking stumped on that at the moment.
Re: Up to 140 "Earths" found by Kepler Space Probe
Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 9:00 pm
by knell
magma wrote:Cool, but expected. The real breakthrough will be identifying which ones actually have interesting planets and working out how to survey the planets... we're pretty fucking stumped on that at the moment.
indeed. this isnt a breakthrough but its progress. i think that humanity will get to the surveying point eventually if we dont blow each other up first
Re: Up to 140 "Earths" found by Kepler Space Probe
Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 9:06 pm
by kay
magma wrote:Cool, but expected. The real breakthrough will be identifying which ones actually have interesting planets and working out how to survey the planets... we're pretty fucking stumped on that at the moment.
I believe I've read that our telescopes will have sufficient resolving power to image planets in the next decade or two. However most of them will be space-based so it's all down to funding.
Re: Up to 140 "Earths" found by Kepler Space Probe
Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 9:22 pm
by magma
kay wrote:magma wrote:Cool, but expected. The real breakthrough will be identifying which ones actually have interesting planets and working out how to survey the planets... we're pretty fucking stumped on that at the moment.
I believe I've read that our telescopes will have sufficient resolving power to image planets in the next decade or two. However most of them will be space-based so it's all down to funding.
Awesome!
Funding's a bitch at the moment though. We need a competition... China need to do something overtly amazing in space, forcing the US and Europe to combine and conquer the Solar System, but like... letting the Chinese come anyway when everything's blown over.
More cold war please, it's good for progress!
Re: Up to 140 "Earths" found by Kepler Space Probe
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 12:33 am
by boxxy
alien pimp wrote:you're deffo not a girl
why do guys use teenage girls' photos as avatars?
to confuse "the stupids"
and you're definitely not a pimp of aliens!!! i like you, you're fun! we already went over who i was, give it a rest already!
Re: Up to 140 "Earths" found by Kepler Space Probe
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 12:42 am
by paistyboy
vulvavibration wrote:boxxy wrote:i'm excited, when do we move to our new earths?
we should first sort out our problems on thi earth before we fuck up the next earth
haha thats never going to happen
urggh i hate people
