CNN: NASA Finds Earth v2.0!

[Joemonkey]

Originally posted by: microAmp

Originally posted by: Shawn
20,000 light years away? Even if we were able to reach the speed of light, that's still a hell of a long time!

About 21 years, if I did my math right.

speed of light = 299,792,458 m / s <-- from Google

uh... there really isn't any math involved... a light year is the distance light travels in a year.

20,000 light years away, at the speed of light, = 20,000 years to get there

 

[DivideBYZero]

We should bomb it.


Just in case.

 

[Syrch]

Cant he human body withstand the G Force while travelling such a speed? Would we have to come up with some sort of teleporting device?

 

[Proletariat]

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero
We should bomb it.


Just in case.

We'll leave that responsibility to you.

 

[GTaudiophile]

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero
We should bomb it.


Just in case.

Yup! No doubt Sadam is hiding the WMDs there!

 

[dxkj]

Originally posted by: microAmp

Originally posted by: Shawn
20,000 light years away? Even if we were able to reach the speed of light, that's still a hell of a long time!

About 21 years, if I did my math right.

speed of light = 299,792,458 m / s <-- from Google

lol are you trying to be funny?

in our current state of the space program it would be closer to 20,000 years * the fraction of the speed of light we can travel at, making it much closer to 1 million years t han 20 years

 

[DivideBYZero]

Originally posted by: Syrch
Cant he human body withstand the G Force while travelling such a speed? Would we have to come up with some sort of teleporting device?

Only accelerating to that speed would be an issue. Sustained speed isn't AFAIK.

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: Syrch

Originally posted by: SagaLore
planet++

Early in my childhood when first got interested in space, I could have sworn that astronomers were having a tough time detecting any other planets at all. I remember being told that our solar system was very unique and other starts didn't have planets. Am I recalling incorrectly?

heh depends..how old are you? Not to be rude but if that was like 20 years ago sure...if it was 5 years ago..probably not

I was born in '80.

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: Proletariat

Originally posted by: Proletariat
Considering that its orbiting a Red Dwarf it may have been at one time habitable.

It would be interesting if there were already civilizations on this planet that came and went long before the advent of mankind.

Makes you think about how insignificant we are in the big scheme of things.

You really think so? I think the opposite. I think we're extremely significant. The chances of intelligent life forming on another planet is slim, the chances of that life succeeding into a diverse ecosystem is even slimmer, and the chances of one of those organisms to reach a level of intelligence and capability to travel beyond their planet to other planets is improbable. I believe the universe is destined to by our playground - we must progress and colonize every uninhabited planet we can get to.

 

[BDawg]

Originally posted by: DaShen

Originally posted by: Trippin315

Originally posted by: BDawg
I wonder if this planet is older or younger than Earth's 4.6 billion years old?

Fixed

Isn't it 6.4 billion years.

4.6 is PreCambrian.

You people are impossible. Don't you know anything about the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics or how satan uses half lifes and dinosaur bones to test your faith?

 

[Syrch]

Originally posted by: SagaLore

Originally posted by: Proletariat

Originally posted by: Proletariat
Considering that its orbiting a Red Dwarf it may have been at one time habitable.

It would be interesting if there were already civilizations on this planet that came and went long before the advent of mankind.

Makes you think about how insignificant we are in the big scheme of things.

You really think so? I think the opposite. I think we're extremely significant. The chances of intelligent life forming on another planet is slim, the chances of that life succeeding into a diverse ecosystem is even slimmer, and the chances of one of those organisms to reach a level of intelligence and capability to travel beyond their planet to other planets is improbable. I believe the universe is destined to by our playground - we must progress and colonize every uninhabited planet we can get to.

I like that line of thinking But thats one MASSIVE playground

 

[Proletariat]

Originally posted by: Syrch

Originally posted by: SagaLore

Originally posted by: Proletariat

Originally posted by: Proletariat
Considering that its orbiting a Red Dwarf it may have been at one time habitable.

It would be interesting if there were already civilizations on this planet that came and went long before the advent of mankind.

Makes you think about how insignificant we are in the big scheme of things.

You really think so? I think the opposite. I think we're extremely significant. The chances of intelligent life forming on another planet is slim, the chances of that life succeeding into a diverse ecosystem is even slimmer, and the chances of one of those organisms to reach a level of intelligence and capability to travel beyond their planet to other planets is improbable. I believe the universe is destined to by our playground - we must progress and colonize every uninhabited planet we can get to.

I like that line of thinking But thats one MASSIVE playground

I used to think liek that, but as our technology gets better it seems less and less likely.

Earthlike planets common

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: Proletariat
I used to think liek that, but as our technology gets better it seems less and less likely.

Earthlike planets common

All the more reason to colonize, assuming that a native organism didn't beat us to it.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Syrch
hey question...20,000 light years...we aren't going to shuttle there any time soon. What type of technology would we need to get there and is it so far advanced for us that its not even a reality?

the warp engine the military is working on would be able to do it. but some of the basic physics needs to be proved out in reality first.

 

[iwantanewcomputer]

Originally posted by: Baked

Originally posted by: Syrch
hey question...20,000 light years...we aren't going to shuttle there any time soon. What type of technology would we need to get there and is it so far advanced for us that its not even a reality?

We'll get there as soon as somebody's smart enough to prove that objects don't stop when they reach the speed of light.

they don't stop when they reach the speed of light because objects with mass never reach the speed of light.

 

[Alienwho]

Keep this stuff coming guys, it's fascinating.

 

[Proletariat]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: Syrch
hey question...20,000 light years...we aren't going to shuttle there any time soon. What type of technology would we need to get there and is it so far advanced for us that its not even a reality?

the warp engine the military is working on would be able to do it. but some of the basic physics needs to be proved out in reality first.

AFAIK, that warp engine being theorized by our army is going to be able to reach a star 11 light years away in 80 days. Thats amazing, but still too slow for this.

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: Proletariat
AFAIK, that warp engine being theorized by our army is going to be able to reach a star 11 light years away in 80 days. Thats amazing, but still too slow for this.

Nah, consider that first gear. The next step is trans-warp (warp inside of warp inside of warp). Then we'll be cruising in 5th gear.

 

[Proletariat]

Originally posted by: SagaLore

Originally posted by: Proletariat
AFAIK, that warp engine being theorized by our army is going to be able to reach a star 11 light years away in 80 days. Thats amazing, but still too slow for this.

Nah, consider that first gear. The next step is trans-warp (warp inside of warp inside of warp). Then we'll be cruising in 5th gear.

That would make Star Trek seem really impressive.

Don't they have different 'warp gears' in that?

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: Proletariat

Originally posted by: SagaLore

Originally posted by: Proletariat
AFAIK, that warp engine being theorized by our army is going to be able to reach a star 11 light years away in 80 days. Thats amazing, but still too slow for this.

Nah, consider that first gear. The next step is trans-warp (warp inside of warp inside of warp). Then we'll be cruising in 5th gear.

That would make Star Trek seem really impressive.

Don't they have different 'warp gears' in that?

Warp 1, 2, 3... 9.9999. 10 is theoretically unachievable, although I think they surpass it using other technologies in the future. Those aren't gears though, it is a logarithmic scale.

 

[tfinch2]

Originally posted by: KillyKillall
Are there martian babes on it?

LOL, no those would be from Mars not OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: dxkj
The stupid thing is, it would take 56k years to send a signal and have it returned to us..

We really need to find a way to have faster-than-light communication

Quantum entanglement FTW

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: SagaLore

Originally posted by: Proletariat
AFAIK, that warp engine being theorized by our army is going to be able to reach a star 11 light years away in 80 days. Thats amazing, but still too slow for this.

Nah, consider that first gear. The next step is trans-warp (warp inside of warp inside of warp). Then we'll be cruising in 5th gear.

i prefer top gear

clarkson > tiff