Goldilocks....

[patchz]

planet. In the neighborhood and deemed habitable, maybe. But science has been wrong before.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100929/ap_ ... new_earths

[Webb]

I think the United States should immediately allocate a bazillion dollars to investigate this.

And another bazillion dollars to investigate every "potentially habitable" planet that may be discovered in the future.

The fact that nothing approaching life has been found on Venus or Mars should not dissuade us in the least.

[machineman9]

We discussed this in Physics earlier. I came to the conclusion that it was rather crazy. I don't know how it's possible for something that distant to have any recognition.

It could easily be a 2000 year mistake if they decided to go there, but I must admit, it would be very 'cool' to go there if it was the perfect place.

Now lets hope their dinosaurs are also extinct!

[Apex]

120 trillion miles = 20 light years, assuming I entered the numbers in correctly. (onlineconversion.com).   

So, Warp 10 gets us there in what?  Two years?  Or are warp speeds logarithmic?

[machineman9]

[quote]120 trillion miles = 20 light years, assuming I entered the numbers in correctly. (onlineconversion.com).

[Fozzer]

I am always highly relived when I wake up, each and every morning, from Fantasy-Land, once again.... ... ... ...!

Far too many Star-Trek, Time Travellers, out there for me to cope with... ... ...!

I generally despair at all these "Space Travel" stories!... ...!

...good for a laugh tho'... ...!

Paul...generally, a practical sort of Chap... ... 8-)...!

[ozzy72]

You mean your Honda doesn't have a warp speed button Paul? I'd complain, mind did... used to scare the hell out of me

[Fozzer]

You mean your Honda doesn't have a warp speed button Paul? I'd complain, mind did... used to scare the hell out of me

LOL.... ...!

The vivid imagination required by me, of pressing the "Warp-Speed Button" on my Motorcycle handlebars, is equivalent to the vivid imagination required of certain Human Beings, in the subject of; "Time/Space Travel".... ...

...trust me... ... ... ...!

Paul..."Beam me up, Scotty!".... 8-)...!

.... ....!

[patchz]

You mean your Honda doesn't have a warp speed button Paul? I'd complain, mind did... used to scare the hell out of me

LOL.... ...!

The vivid imagination required by me, of pressing the "Warp-Speed Button" on my Motorcycle handlebars, is equivalent to the vivid imagination required of certain Human Beings, in the subject of; "Time/Space Travel".... ...

...trust me... ... ... ...!

Paul..."Beam me up, Scotty!".... 8-)...!

.... ....!

My '79 XS11 had one Paul. They called it a 'throttle' and if twisted as far as it would go and held in place, you would think you were in worm hole, no imagination needed.

[H]

I am always highly relived when I wake up...

Did you intend to print 'relieved' or are you just happily reliving everything day after day?

8-)

[Steve M]

I think if we got there and survived, we would be very flat people. Sort of like a pancake with a face on top and wee little legs underneath.


Without the all the earthly spinning, could gravity change?

[RaptorF22]

If you had a very large craft large enough to inhabit for the 1,000 year journey(or however long it took); and you spun the craft at a speed to replicate earth's G-force, and then slowly increase the speed or rotation to match the destination planet's gravity so we would be accustomed to that planet's gravity, would that work?

[Webb]

That sounds like Soviet eugenics.

It didn't work very well.

[machineman9]

If you had a very large craft large enough to inhabit for the 1,000 year journey(or however long it took); and you spun the craft at a speed to replicate earth's G-force, and then slowly increase the speed or rotation to match the destination planet's gravity so we would be accustomed to that planet's gravity, would that work?

Yes, it would. If the living quarters were around the circumference of a 'large spinning disc on a space ship' then over time you'd just get used to it.

The gravitational acceleration on Earth is approx. 9.81ms^2. On a planet approx. 3.5 times larger (they say 3-4 times) it is likely to be around 34ms^2, which is roughly 3.5g. That is, if the density of 'Goldi' is the same as the density of Earth.

Over 1000 years? Yeah, that would be fine. Pilots get used to hanging around at several g after practising for a few years. This would only be going up 0.0035g per year.

[Fozzer]

I am always highly relived when I wake up...

Did you intend to print 'relieved' or are you just happily reliving everything day after day?

8-)

Nope, H... ...!

The thought of "reliving" everything in my past, day after day, is a thought too awful to contemplate!.... ...!

(Groundhog Day!)

I would be very "relieved" if that didn't happen too often!... :-?... ...!

All this talk of "Space Stuff", makes me very thankful to be sat in my Garden, on a warm Summer day!....on Planet Earth!... 8-)...!

Paul.... ... ...!