Earth like planet found. Your reactions?
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im going to LOVE this. XD heheheh.Chris Overhage said:
as long as they dont start their own space program, id buy an rpg myself to stop them XD
NO RELIGION IN SPACE DAMNIT XD
..well...
maybe the god emperor of mankind. but no other crap! keep space clean XD
Damn you! Well then, shotgun!The Amazing Tea Alligator said:
This can be good or this can be bad, we'll see.
[SUB]Is there dinosaurs on that planet? Because it would be awesome to see some dinosaurs.[/SUB]
First off it is "...possibility to support complex life...", secondly there have been at least a few discoveries of Earth-like planets, and thirdly for us as a species to go out into space to colonize we need to first take a look at ourselves. We cant let individual nations have their petty conflicts everywhere we need to start thinking as a species and not as the purely selfish entities we are today.
"Several generations to get there".
...Well, it's closer than I expected. I was CERTAIN that it would be a handful of generations, or even... a bucketful of generations.
Still, it's a cool thing to think about. Who knows? Maybe we'll kit ourselves out, Pandorum style, and bam! We just need to make hypersleep viable.
EDIT: Then we get there, right, and it has a sapient population, and they are all "Uhm, guys? Could you... um, could you NOT live here?" And we are all "Bambambam for freedom and liberty! Kill these fooking prawns" because humans suck.
...Well, it's closer than I expected. I was CERTAIN that it would be a handful of generations, or even... a bucketful of generations.
Still, it's a cool thing to think about. Who knows? Maybe we'll kit ourselves out, Pandorum style, and bam! We just need to make hypersleep viable.
EDIT: Then we get there, right, and it has a sapient population, and they are all "Uhm, guys? Could you... um, could you NOT live here?" And we are all "Bambambam for freedom and liberty! Kill these fooking prawns" because humans suck.
Earth like planet.... yaaaaay.....
but does it really matter there is another one like this? its just as unreachable as it was before.
none of us will see it in our lifetimes, and none of us will see it for possibly hundreds of years, if we're lucky...smart....dont nuke ourselves to hell and back....lucky.
and I cant see how it would shape our view of life and the universe? maybe im just close minded on this, but I think I have to take from the hitch hikers guide to the galaxy on this one. we cant begin to comprehend our place in the vastness of the universe, and if we ever knew our heads would explode
which is exactly why we're going to build a machine that tells us our place in the universe and consequently forces out heads to explode.
but no, srsly. in the infinite vastness that none of us can even begin to imagine, there is bound to be at least one more planet that went through similar phenomena to what formed earth. there's an even infinitly smaller chance a species akin to us humans developed on it, to boot, if not nigh impossible. Gah, theres too much to say on this. "constitution of life, how other species would survive on a world we would deem uninhabitable" im gonna shut up now
but does it really matter there is another one like this? its just as unreachable as it was before.
none of us will see it in our lifetimes, and none of us will see it for possibly hundreds of years, if we're lucky...smart....dont nuke ourselves to hell and back....lucky.
and I cant see how it would shape our view of life and the universe? maybe im just close minded on this, but I think I have to take from the hitch hikers guide to the galaxy on this one. we cant begin to comprehend our place in the vastness of the universe, and if we ever knew our heads would explode
which is exactly why we're going to build a machine that tells us our place in the universe and consequently forces out heads to explode.but no, srsly. in the infinite vastness that none of us can even begin to imagine, there is bound to be at least one more planet that went through similar phenomena to what formed earth. there's an even infinitly smaller chance a species akin to us humans developed on it, to boot, if not nigh impossible. Gah, theres too much to say on this. "constitution of life, how other species would survive on a world we would deem uninhabitable" im gonna shut up now
I vaguely remember a planned mission for a space telescope that would scan the atmosphere of extra-terrestial planets, painting a (rough?) picture of their atmospheric structure. This planet is one helluva candidate for that mission. But I can't recall the name of that proposed mission, does anyone here?
I also must admit that I'm not very surprised. It's a massive universe, planets are pretty common. I'd be odd if we were the only planet in this zone. Same with life, it'd be odd if the chemical works to boot up life would only have existed on this planet.
Also, Zarmina is a weaksauce name.
And kinda sad as well.
Though I don't see how it matters much, the Goldilocks zone is the zone that supports Earthlike life. Who says life has to be Earthlike?
I also must admit that I'm not very surprised. It's a massive universe, planets are pretty common. I'd be odd if we were the only planet in this zone. Same with life, it'd be odd if the chemical works to boot up life would only have existed on this planet.
Also, Zarmina is a weaksauce name.
Isn't it cool how us nerds are all like "Ohh, that ain't that far away now is it?"grimsprice said:
And kinda sad as well.
If I'm not mistaken those were usually planets just outside the Goldilocks zone.Mrrrgggrlllrrrg said:
Though I don't see how it matters much, the Goldilocks zone is the zone that supports Earthlike life. Who says life has to be Earthlike?
FOR THE EMPEROR!Shrifes said:
The Iron Guard can bugger off, the Praetorians on the other hand, those regiments are the finest in the Imperial Guard.
Its tidally locked so goddamn it anywhere but the sliver of night and day would have you either A. FREEZING TO DEATH. or B. AAAAAAAAAAH! FIRE FIRE FIRE! IM BURNING!
"Banshees! Fast and low!"
Seriously, that's my biggest concern; if there's already life there, and how aggressive and/or expansionist that life is.
Seriously, that's my biggest concern; if there's already life there, and how aggressive and/or expansionist that life is.
No one knows if there is life on it. The only interesting thing is that it lies in the zone where liquid water can exist. That doesn't mean that there is water on it.
Besides that it has a locked rotation so that the same side faces the star always much like our own moon. That will cause one side to be extremely hot and the other to be extremely cold. If it has an atmosphere of any kind that effect will be mitigated a bit but not entirely.
All in all it will be a difficult place for life to exist even if there is liquid water which we do not know.
Besides that it has a locked rotation so that the same side faces the star always much like our own moon. That will cause one side to be extremely hot and the other to be extremely cold. If it has an atmosphere of any kind that effect will be mitigated a bit but not entirely.
All in all it will be a difficult place for life to exist even if there is liquid water which we do not know.
Actually, if I recall correctly, planets cannot be claimed by individual nations. Corporations, on the other hand...Souplex said:
Then again, it's not like countries follow the U.N. as it is.
On-topic, this is interesting. Combined with the fact that Russian scientists have allegedly broke the aging process, who knows if we might go for it or not.