Author Topic: First big earth like rocky planet found in another solar system.. (Read 447 times)

GRUNHERZ · « **on:** August 26, 2004, 03:00:23 PM »

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/08/26/new.planet/index.html

Interesting, up to now they only found gas giant planets.

SunTracker · « **Reply #1 on:** August 26, 2004, 03:07:36 PM »

Probably a bit hot to support life (1000 F). Possible it could have some archaic bacteria though.

Reschke · « **Reply #2 on:** August 26, 2004, 03:12:16 PM »

Its just a matter of time before they find one in a similar orbit and size like ours. Its probably going to be a very long time but its just a matter of time.

Makarov9 · « **Reply #3 on:** August 26, 2004, 03:49:41 PM »

Great, more anal probes on the way.

Saurdaukar · « **Reply #4 on:** August 26, 2004, 03:55:17 PM »

At least they used lube on me.

Think thats what it was, anyway.

Coolridr · « **Reply #5 on:** August 26, 2004, 04:32:32 PM »

Whats the use? Like we'll ever be able to travel that far:rolleyes:

GRUNHERZ · « **Reply #6 on:** August 26, 2004, 04:39:42 PM »

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Originally posted by Coolridr
Whats the use? Like we'll ever be able to travel that far:rolleyes:

One day we will.

midnight Target · « **Reply #7 on:** August 26, 2004, 04:42:16 PM »

Traveling that far is easy. Having a home when you get back is the hard part.

Sagan once did a whole study on possible life forms that might occur on a gas giant. You may not need a hard surface to sustain or evolve life.

Coolridr · « **Reply #8 on:** August 26, 2004, 04:54:29 PM »

Don't ya think maybe we should fix some things here before we go galavanting off spreading our problems like a diasease across the galaxy?

Gunslinger · « **Reply #9 on:** August 26, 2004, 05:07:53 PM »

I read about a theory once that truly amazed me. I dont remember the name of it but it was thaught provoking to say the least....OK here goes.

The odds of inteligent life from different worlds ever meeting is remote at best given our current knowlege of physics.

If you do the math and figure the possibilitys of a civilization ever growing and evolving enough to develop space travle technology it eliminates most of them.

Think about our ability to destroy our planet and how many times over it can be done.....now think how close we as a world have come to total world destruction.

Now consider how big just our galexy is just to travel under current conditions and consider how old the universe is our existance as humans is miniscule at best.

Given all the chalenges facing a modern civilization and our current knowledge of space travel and the size of the univers the chances of two civilizations developing enough to meet at the same place at the same TIME is remote at best.

It was alot better written that my paraphrase but has anyone else heard this?

Coolridr · « **Reply #10 on:** August 26, 2004, 05:12:22 PM »

I've heard it also....It kinda debunks the UFO thing to...why would someone spend so much time getting here just to F with us.

GRUNHERZ · « **Reply #11 on:** August 26, 2004, 05:22:14 PM »

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Originally posted by Coolridr
Don't ya think maybe we should fix some things here before we go galavanting off spreading our problems like a diasease across the galaxy?

What was going on in Europe oh say circa 1492?

What about thec state of ythe world in 1969?

Kevin14 · « **Reply #12 on:** August 26, 2004, 06:14:17 PM »

I heard somewhere that one of Jupiter's moons (or maybe Saturn's

), is very similar to earth. It is smaller, thus less gravity, and instead of oxygen in the air it is mostly hydrogen.

GRUNHERZ · « **Reply #13 on:** August 26, 2004, 06:19:55 PM »

Not hydrogen but some dense flammable gas. Due to the low gravity and this dense atmosphere a man could actually fly on this moon by flapping his arms and using of those funky wing contraptions you see in the old film clips..

superpug1 · « **Reply #14 on:** August 26, 2004, 06:33:53 PM »

AWSOME THEN I COULD TRULEY BE A SUPERPUG!!!!!!:rofl