Habitable Planet Found Only 22 Light Years From Earth!

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Razgovory

#15
February 04, 2012, 04:47:43 PM
Would a Jovian moon actually be able to support life?  Wouldn't the planet block the sunlight a lot?  Not to mention the radiation such a gas giant would emit.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

The Brain

#16
February 04, 2012, 04:58:25 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on February 04, 2012, 04:47:43 PM
  Wouldn't the planet block the sunlight a lot?  Not to mention the radiation such a gas giant would emit.

You're thinking of katmai.
Women want me. Men want to be with me.

Tonitrus

#17
February 04, 2012, 05:52:42 PM
We could discover a habitable planet full of billions of nubile, Caliga-approved young ladies orbiting Proxima Centauri, 4-ish light years away...we still wouldn't even be able to imagine reaching it.

Malthus

#18
February 04, 2012, 05:58:14 PM
Quote from: Tonitrus on February 04, 2012, 05:52:42 PM
We could discover a habitable planet full of billions of nubile, Caliga-approved young ladies orbiting Proxima Centauri, 4-ish light years away...we still wouldn't even be able to imagine reaching it.

The least they could do is broadcast their porn at us.  :D
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane—Marcus Aurelius

Siege

#19
February 04, 2012, 09:33:08 PM
Quote from: Tonitrus on February 04, 2012, 05:52:42 PM
We could discover a habitable planet full of billions of nubile, Caliga-approved young ladies orbiting Proxima Centauri, 4-ish light years away...we still wouldn't even be able to imagine reaching it.

Yes we could. Orion Project, baby.



"All men are created equal, then some become infantry."

"Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't."

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Fireblade

#20
February 04, 2012, 09:36:03 PM
Quote from: Siege on February 04, 2012, 09:33:08 PM
Quote from: Tonitrus on February 04, 2012, 05:52:42 PM
We could discover a habitable planet full of billions of nubile, Caliga-approved young ladies orbiting Proxima Centauri, 4-ish light years away...we still wouldn't even be able to imagine reaching it.

Yes we could. Orion Project, baby.

If we're lucky, Iran will graciously provide Israel with enough nuclear bombs to go to Proxima Centauri this year. :)

Siege

#21
February 04, 2012, 09:36:34 PM
Anyway, the point is, I feel like I'm living in 1412.
So close, yet too far in time to see the New World.

Wow, I think I hit the nail in the head!
By the end of this century.


"All men are created equal, then some become infantry."

"Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't."

"Laissez faire et laissez passer, le monde va de lui même!"

Ideologue

#22
February 04, 2012, 09:48:55 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on February 04, 2012, 04:47:43 PM
Would a Jovian moon actually be able to support life?  Wouldn't the planet block the sunlight a lot?  Not to mention the radiation such a gas giant would emit.

Sure; yeah, but not to a significantly greater extent that the Earth blocks light on about half of its surface, and it's a lot better than a planetoid tidally locked to its star; it need not necessarily receive toxic levels of radiation--Titan doesn't, nor does Callisto (more or less).
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Siege

#23
February 04, 2012, 10:53:53 PM

i don't know.
Habitable planets worry me.
I just hope we end up as the evil european conquistadors and not as the noble and peaceful indians.



"All men are created equal, then some become infantry."

"Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't."

"Laissez faire et laissez passer, le monde va de lui même!"

Neil

#24
February 04, 2012, 11:13:34 PM
Quote from: Siege on February 04, 2012, 10:53:53 PM

i don't know.
Habitable planets worry me.
I just hope we end up as the evil european conquistadors and not as the noble and peaceful indians.
Habitability does not imply the existence of sentient life, let alone a technological civilization.  In fact, we can be reasonably certain that there is no advanced culture 22 light years from Earth.
I do not hate you, nor do I love you, but you are made out of atoms which I can use for something else.

Siege

#25
February 05, 2012, 12:44:16 AM
Ok, I will be back later, but you have to listen to this song, Jimi Hendrix- Fire.
Listen not only for Jimi's legendary guitar, but for the mindblowing drums and the bass.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2OrKIGeZKw&NR=1&feature=fvwp


"All men are created equal, then some become infantry."

"Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't."

"Laissez faire et laissez passer, le monde va de lui même!"

Siege

#26
February 05, 2012, 12:46:04 AM
I should have gone to Vietnam.
I would have done great against the reds.



"All men are created equal, then some become infantry."

"Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't."

"Laissez faire et laissez passer, le monde va de lui même!"

Razgovory

#27
February 05, 2012, 01:18:25 AM
Quote from: Siege on February 04, 2012, 09:33:08 PM
Quote from: Tonitrus on February 04, 2012, 05:52:42 PM
We could discover a habitable planet full of billions of nubile, Caliga-approved young ladies orbiting Proxima Centauri, 4-ish light years away...we still wouldn't even be able to imagine reaching it.

Yes we could. Orion Project, baby.

That can get you into space, but not between the stars.  Moving between the stars is an entirely different and more difficult problem then getting from the earth to space.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Razgovory

#28
February 05, 2012, 01:35:10 AM
Quote from: Ideologue on February 04, 2012, 09:48:55 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on February 04, 2012, 04:47:43 PM
Would a Jovian moon actually be able to support life?  Wouldn't the planet block the sunlight a lot?  Not to mention the radiation such a gas giant would emit.

Sure; yeah, but not to a significantly greater extent that the Earth blocks light on about half of its surface, and it's a lot better than a planetoid tidally locked to its star; it need not necessarily receive toxic levels of radiation--Titan doesn't, nor does Callisto (more or less).

I think Calisto is the only one that doesn't receive massive daily dosage of radiation, though it is still fairly significant.  How long would a moon be between a gas giant and the sun at a time?  What would the ratio of the moon in the sun and moon not in the sun be?  Using say the Sun, Calisto and Jupiter?
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Siege

#29
February 05, 2012, 01:36:56 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on February 05, 2012, 01:18:25 AM
Quote from: Siege on February 04, 2012, 09:33:08 PM
Quote from: Tonitrus on February 04, 2012, 05:52:42 PM
We could discover a habitable planet full of billions of nubile, Caliga-approved young ladies orbiting Proxima Centauri, 4-ish light years away...we still wouldn't even be able to imagine reaching it.

Yes we could. Orion Project, baby.

That can get you into space, but not between the stars.  Moving between the stars is an entirely different and more difficult problem then getting from the earth to space.

You are mistaken.
The Orion Project let us achieve 50% of lightspeed.
Ok, maybe 25%.
Still, we can get there.


"All men are created equal, then some become infantry."

"Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't."

"Laissez faire et laissez passer, le monde va de lui même!"
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