Casper Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 http://news.yahoo.com/super-earth-1-50-newfound-alien-planets-could-160802014.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kritz Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 Amazing amount of discoveries have been happening over the past few years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scruit Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 Sweet. If we hop on board the fastest space vessel ever built (Apollo 10, ~25k mph) we shoudl get there in about... 27,000 years. Better take a good book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Posted September 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 Sweet. If we hop on board the fastest space vessel ever built (Apollo 10, ~25k mph) we shoudl get there in about... 27,000 years. Better take a good book. I'm willing to bet within our lifetimes we'll see faster than lightspeed travel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisknight Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 I'm willing to bet within our lifetimes we'll see faster than lightspeed travel.Yeah, we already have crafts that can travel through time and space at ridiculously fast speeds. Combine that with propulsion systems that can pull time and space toward the craft... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2talltim Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 would not suprise me if they havent already figured out some sort of dimensional travel or viewing...make you wonder why they would quit the shuttle program if they didnt have a better way already in the works Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gen3flygirl Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 We need a tin foil hat smiley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2talltim Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 We need a tin foil hat smileythere ya go..LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gump Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 I think they could point in any direction in the sky and say there could be a planet that supports life next to that star. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serpentracer Posted September 15, 2011 Report Share Posted September 15, 2011 cool send all the right wing nuts there. where they can bitch at each other who ruined the economy instead of trying to help fix it. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gump Posted September 15, 2011 Report Share Posted September 15, 2011 huh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted September 15, 2011 Report Share Posted September 15, 2011 A super Earth of 3.6 more mass would make people a lot heavier. I'm guessing I'd weigh about 575 pounds. No thanks. I'm still waiting for something with not frozen/boiling water to be found in the .5 to 1.25 mass range. That would be extremely interesting. And indeed, that is what they are looking for. Our next home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjettman Posted September 15, 2011 Report Share Posted September 15, 2011 ^ This. Not mentioned in this article, but mentioned in others, is the fact that the gravitational field is twice that of earth. So it may be fine for smaller creatures like microscopic organisms, and maybe smaller insects, human life has no shot. If you weigh 200 pounds, try loading up a bar with 200 pounds and walk around with it on your shoulders all day. Babies would be four years old and look like Arnold before they could stand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted September 15, 2011 Report Share Posted September 15, 2011 ^ This. Not mentioned in this article, but mentioned in others, is the fact that the gravitational field is twice that of earth. So it may be fine for smaller creatures like microscopic organisms, and maybe smaller insects, human life has no shot. If you weigh 200 pounds, try loading up a bar with 200 pounds and walk around with it on your shoulders all day. Babies would be four years old and look like Arnold before they could stand.Yeah, I was a little too high on the weight. I just gave myself a refresher course on mass vs weight. The felt weight of a person's mass will vary both with the mass of the planet and the distance from the center of the planet's mass. So a large diameter planet of high mass would have a lower felt weight of the person, compared to a high density and mass of small diameter. Which would feel very heavy.Of course, a large diameter planet of one Earth mass would just be a big puff ball of worthless properties. Lots of variables, it's a difficult search for the perfect planet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serpentracer Posted September 16, 2011 Report Share Posted September 16, 2011 ^ This. Not mentioned in this article, but mentioned in others, is the fact that the gravitational field is twice that of earth. So it may be fine for smaller creatures like microscopic organisms, and maybe smaller insects, human life has no shot. If you weigh 200 pounds, try loading up a bar with 200 pounds and walk around with it on your shoulders all day. Babies would be four years old and look like Arnold before they could stand.maybe their gravity doesn't care what newton says Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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