Earth 2? ...

[MinionZombie]

Only Capn could go from new planet to the intricacies of the interplanetary blunt market. And another idea - with all the ifs, what if there was an equal race of people over there, but they were either behind us or in front of us development wise? If they were behind, you just know it wouldn't be a case of leave them to it, we'd end up speeding them along, or perhaps it'd be the other way around ... or if it was the other way around, you just know the politicians would be weary of them as we would be the ones on the back foot, and prime for being taken over - if the others even wanted to do that, but you know how politicians think...

[Dommm]

Only Capn could go from new planet to the intricacies of the interplanetary blunt market. And another idea - with all the ifs, what if there was an equal race of people over there, but they were either behind us or in front of us development wise? If they were behind, you just know it wouldn't be a case of leave them to it, we'd end up speeding them along, or perhaps it'd be the other way around ... or if it was the other way around, you just know the politicians would be weary of them as we would be the ones on the back foot, and prime for being taken over - if the others even wanted to do that, but you know how politicians think... Or maybe we will just end up in an argument about which religion is better, another group of sucidial bombings to worry about. and imagine the racial tensions we would have....

[capncnut]

Imagine if they spoke the same language and had the exact same Bible as us but with edits like 'The Testament According To Matthew Of Earth'. That would pretty much seal that debate.

[MinionZombie]

Speaking of all things spacey, I just saw on ITV News a clip of Stephen Hawking being taken on one of those zero-G flights so he could experience weightlessness ... it was pretty cool, just brought a smile to my face to see the bloke so blatantly loving it.

[Terran]

Imagine if they spoke the same language had the exact same Bible as us but with edits like 'The Testament According To Matthew Of Earth'. That would pretty much seal that debate. Or the entire planet practices some similiar form of vodoo that we see here on earth....but they do it successfully....and on a regular basis raise the dead to do chores for them..... Disgruntled employees commonly make vodoo dolls to put curses ontheir bosses.....

[capncnut]

Disgruntled employees commonly make vodoo dolls to put curses ontheir bosses... I've thought about making one or two myself.

[EvilNed]

I'd point out how totally pointless this discovery seems, but I know Terran would go bonkers if I did.

[Dawg]

So to measure really long distances, people use a unit called a light year. Light travels at 186,000 miles per second (300,000 kilometers per second). Therefore, a light second is 186,000 miles (300,000 kilometers). A light year is the distance that light can travel in a year, or: 186,000 miles/second * 60 seconds/minute * 60 minutes/hour * 24 hours/day * 365 days/year = 5,865,696,000,000 miles/year A light year is 5,865,696,000,000 miles (9,460,800,000,000 kilometers) So, the planet is: 120,246,768,000,000 miles away! (Over 120 trillion miles!) Well what are we waiting for? Let's go!! Reference Page: http://www.howstuffworks.com/question94.htm Dawg

[Terran]

I'd point out how totally pointless this discovery seems, but I know Terran would go bonkers if I did. Nah Id agree.....The only thing that will be interesting is to see how much we can find out about the planet by looking at it through telescopes and other devices..... ...*sigh*... Heres hoping for the "singularity" so I can maybe one day see places like this

[Neil]

I'd point out how totally pointless this discovery seems, but I know Terran would go bonkers if I did. How is proving at least planets of earth'esque size exist, pointless?

[EvilNed]

How is proving at least planets of earth'esque size exist, pointless? Because we discovered it through a telescope. It's like discovering a new form of deep sea bacteria with a magnifying glass, looking down from sea level! Tell him, Terran!

[Dommm]

I dont know, I dont think its pointless, it gives us a directtion to point our rockets in when we are ready to travel that far.

[Terran]

Theres certain things we should be able to tell and it will be interesting.... and help prove concepts and theories ....or stir up new concepts and theories.... But it seems we will be very limited in the way we can view and interact with this planet.... So unlike things we learn about our own solar system this seems it will be practically useless because we will never be able to get anything there.....at least in the conceivable future I mean....who didnt already believe that there were earth sized planets out there....