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schuyler
JadeStar
CONFIRMED: They just said they found an Earth 2.0
I called it
No you didn't. Saying they have a better way of finding Earth 2.0 is not quite the same as actually FINDING Earth 2.0. Stop patting yourself on the back; no one else is.
freelance_zenarchist
reply to post by JadeStar
Is there some significance to the size of these planets being the same as ours? Does it make them more habitable, or is it just a novelty thing, like hey we found Earth's twin.
Blue Shift
Let's go there and chop down all the forests.
Cerdofuego
Thank you for this lovely presentation. I just got educated in something I've already been interested in for many years. S&F for that!
teamcommander
What are the chances for our looking at ourselves. Could it be that all the data which has been gathered has, somehow, gone through a "gravitation lensing" and has been turned back toward it's point of origin.
Like sending light through a fiber optic cable turned in a big circle back to where it began.
freelance_zenarchist
reply to post by JadeStar
Is there some significance to the size of these planets being the same as ours? Does it make them more habitable, or is it just a novelty thing, like hey we found Earth's twin.
I am talking about for human visitation or colonization. of course other life forms can live in extreme enviroments. but we could never live in thier world.
Aleister
reply to post by stormbringer1701
Gravity is far from a deal-breaker. Look at all those flimsy fragile looking lifeforms that people find when they explore the bottom of the sea. I still have no understanding how those things can live in environments where humans would be crushed like an eggshell. That's a mystery to me, but the point is that they do live, in a place where tons-per-square-inch of weight is pressing down on them.
stormbringer1701
I am talking about for human visitation or colonization. of course other life forms can live in extreme enviroments. but we could never live in thier world.
Aleister
reply to post by stormbringer1701
Gravity is far from a deal-breaker. Look at all those flimsy fragile looking lifeforms that people find when they explore the bottom of the sea. I still have no understanding how those things can live in environments where humans would be crushed like an eggshell. That's a mystery to me, but the point is that they do live, in a place where tons-per-square-inch of weight is pressing down on them.
Aleister
stormbringer1701
I am talking about for human visitation or colonization. of course other life forms can live in extreme enviroments. but we could never live in thier world.
Aleister
reply to post by stormbringer1701
Gravity is far from a deal-breaker. Look at all those flimsy fragile looking lifeforms that people find when they explore the bottom of the sea. I still have no understanding how those things can live in environments where humans would be crushed like an eggshell. That's a mystery to me, but the point is that they do live, in a place where tons-per-square-inch of weight is pressing down on them.
I missed that, and you're right. So the size and metallic makeup of the inner-core of the planet, the weight of its atmosphere, its closeness to its star, and many other factors related to gravity would have to balance perfectly for humans to have a chance of someday colonizing or visiting it. So why didn't the Star Trek away-teams ever have a problem with gravity? (smiley here)