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NASA exoplanet discovery conference (7 Earth-sized planets, 3 in habitable zone)
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WeAreStarStuff
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It's a terrifying thought that first contact could occur during the current global political climate, but it's not like there would ever be a good time I guess.
But I guess it's still astronomically unlikely that we would be close to a space-faring civilization.
Interface_2037
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40 light years.
14 days away...at Warp 8
14 days away...at Warp 8
LookAtMeGo
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Now we just need to learn how to manipulate the fabric of space-time to open wormholes or discover the warp field and create warp drives and shit.
So you're saying I should pay the extra fee to pack more than a carry on?
MrChocolate
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My guess is if we, as species, dedicated our resources to achieve FTL speed. We could do it in a reasonable timeframe. But as species we are just a bunch of prehistoric monkeys fighting over stupid shit.
The Jazz Cabbage Master
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Lol pretty much.
Lan Dong Mik
And why would I want them?
It's too slow! We gotta go faster. 40 years is just way too fucking long. Ship breaks down half way and the crew is fucked. Need to think of other alternatives to space travel man. Sure would be cool to see a significant break through in my life time.
Slayer-33
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Fuuuuck. Need NAO
kruis
Exposing the sinister cartel of retailers who allow companies to pay for advertising space.
Image you'd be the first human astronaut standing on the surface of Lambiek and looking up you'd see the planets Struise Pannepot, Leffe, Hoegaarden and Oud Beersel floating over the reddish clouds.
RareFantasy64
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Could we ever develop the technology to move around in space practically enough to reach other livable planets?
FantasticMrFoxdie
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water + sun = life!
can't wait to meet our new alien friends so we can colonize and build a wall around them
can't wait to meet our new alien friends so we can colonize and build a wall around them
Travel Poster by NASA. It is astronomically accurate. You'd see those planets in that way if you were in that place.
This is incredible.
The Incarnation
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Can't wait for us to invade, only to find out on arrival that the inhabitants of the three planets have destroyed themselves and posioned the athmosphere with a spectacular nuclear fireshow.
LegendofJoe
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I need to have dreams about this. The Trippel of life planetary system.
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Steeped in a Sea of Games
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That's nice, I guess. It doesn't really mean much to anyone currently alive in this thread, however.
LookAtMeGo
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Travel Poster by NASA. It is astronomically accurate. You'd see those planets in that way if you were in that place.
My new background image on my phone.
DrROBschiz
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wow cool!!!!
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now how do we get there
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now how do we get there
Chiaroscuro
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LookAtMeGo
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What if our germs kill off any life that is actually there already?
Wheeljack539
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Well if you want to honor the system's name I would go for only trappist beers, hehe. Westvleteren, Rochefort, Chimay, Orval, Leffe, so fort.
engage
Travel Poster by NASA. It is astronomically accurate. You'd see those planets in that way if you were in that place.
I wonder what the probability of life emerging is for a given planet with oceans and constant geological activity. As long as you have organics and thermal vents and infrequent enough bombardment, is it always going to form? Hopefully we get some data from Europa or Enceladus or somewhere close within the next couple of decades.
Linkstrikesback
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Jokes aside, we'd definitely have sent an unmanned probe first and found about that long before any human got near the planet.
I assume the probability is low for any short amount of time, but if a planet has similar properties to earth, and is capable of being stable for long enough (though enough means probably near billion(s) years) I'd bet it happens eventually for all Earth like planets.
nekkid
It doesn't matter who we are, what matters is our plan.
Shame about the text.
davidwhangchoi
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guys, guys, Kyrie says the earth is flat so that's that.
Don't forget La Chouffe!!
demosthenes
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Trying to decide between planet f or g
Is this like Pokemon?
GeekyDad
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Make it so, Number One!
RocknRola
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Travel Poster by NASA. It is astronomically accurate. You'd see those planets in that way if you were in that place.
A view like that would be amazing! That's a whole lot more interesting than 1 moon hehe
GameAddict411
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That's very tiny. So it's a dwarf star then? You can probably see the other planets pretty easily if you were on one of them. Just imagine what sort of life could on one of them. I don't believe for a second that we are alone in this universe.
woah
I think we would have that info before any other steps would be taken. Just think of all the crazy possibilities though, imagine sending an AI or Transplanted Human conscious on thousands of tiny drones capable of collecting and reassembling matter to create a sustainable being that could live on that planet. The idea of us getting there may not be achievable but maybe we can make an us there.
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