February 22, 20179 yr NASA will hold a news conference at 1 p.m. EST Wednesday, Feb. 22, to present new findings on planets that orbit stars other than our sun, known as exoplanets. The event will air live on NASA Television and the agency's website.Details of these findings are embargoed by the journal Nature until 1 p.m. https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-to-host-news-conference-on-discovery-beyond-our-solar-system
February 23, 20179 yr Well it is neat that they are out there but unless we find a way to overcome the vast distance in a shorter time, we'll never truly know.
February 23, 20179 yr Well it is neat that they are out there but unless we find a way to overcome the vast distance in a shorter time, we'll never truly know. Heck, all you gotta do is travel at the speed of light for 31 years, or so, and you're all set. Easy peasy. Or make a worm hole. On the other hand, the natives might have laser blasters. Gregg Seipp "A good landing is when you can walk away from the airplane. A great landing is when you can reuse it." i9 64GB RAM, GTX-5090
February 24, 20179 yr Given the state of affairs of mankind they'd better start searching for a new home a few light years further down the galaxy. Kind regards, Michael Intel i7-13700K / AsRock Z790 / Crucial 32 GB DDR 5 / ASUS RTX 4080OC 16GB / BeQuiet ATX 1000W / WD m.2 NVMe 2TB (System) / WD m.2 NVMe 4 TB (MSFS) / WD HDD 10 TB / XTOP+Saitek hardware panel / LG 34UM95 3440 x 1440 / HP Reverb 1 (2160x2160 per eye) / Win 11
February 24, 20179 yr 8 hours ago, Gregg_Seipp said: Heck, all you gotta do is travel at the speed of light for 31 years, or so, and you're all set. Easy peasy. Or make a worm hole. On the other hand, the natives might have laser blasters. Well, AT the speed of light you would be everywhere at once so to speak, due to time dilation and length contraction, but would also cost an infinite amount of energy and you would obtain an infinite amount of mass, so that's out the window as well. Only the people left behind would say the trip took 31 years (or whatever the distance is in light years). The best we can do is get as close to the speed of light as possible, like the particles in the colliders.
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