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  • #1

    Water found in other planetary systems

    One is Epsilon Eridani, a sun-like star 10 light years distant.....

    Read me....

    Dr. Mordrid
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  • #2
    and figured to be one of the stars that would have planets similar to ours capable of supporting life we could reach...
    "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind." -- Dr. Seuss

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    • #3
      Yup...

      And it'll be an interesting early target for the Space Interferometry Mission (SIM) when it's launched in 2009.

      Exoplanet Exploration: Planets Beyond our Solar System
      http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/SIM/sim_index.html
      NASA’s Exoplanet Exploration Program, the search for planets and life beyond our solar system.


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      Last edited by Dr Mordrid; 18 September 2002, 20:29.
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      • #4
        'Course we need some mo' betta' propulsion. I mean c'mon - we're still traveling using burnt fuel as propulsion. Not pretty, man.

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        • #5
          Umm....uhh... no need to worry, everyone knows that in the year April 5, 2063, Dr. Zefram Cochrane will launch his warp test vessel, named "Phoenix", from an abandoned Titan missile silo in remote Montana and make first contact.
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          • #6
            exactly RC. you guys must have been asleep at school.
            no matrox, no matroxusers.

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            • #7
              Excuse me while I throw up.
              I thought MURC was free of trekkies.

              Disgusting

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Dogbert
                Excuse me while I throw up.
                I thought MURC was free of trekkies.

                Disgusting
                HAHAHA!
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                • #9
                  ...or maybe you could jump on Paddy's faster-than-the-speed-of-light wired teleporter...
                  How can you possibly take anything seriously?
                  Who cares?

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                  • #10
                    What about ion propulsion? Granted it still uses fuel, but no buring needed. Plus you have much longer "burns" for more gentle acceleration.

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                    • #11
                      We need something that modifies the speed of light. I hesitate to call it "warp drive", but something similar. Honestly - we're pretty close, with recent discoveries about the malleability of the speed of light.

                      - Gurm
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                      If only life were as easy as you
                      I'm the least you could do, oh yeah
                      If only life were as easy as you
                      I would still get screwed

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                      • #12
                        Warp consists of warping the distance between 2 objects so that they are closer together so therefore you don't have to travel as far, but you are still going the exact same speed, hence the reason the call it a "warp" drive. Your not going any faster your just warping physical space to make the distance shorter than it really is.

                        That is the theory behind warp drive anyways.
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                        • #13
                          ION drives are a nice idea, but they can only accelerate VERY slowly.

                          It takes a long time to reach a reasonable speed.

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                          • #14
                            v=initial velocity+at

                            You can have massive velocity if acceleration happens for longer....higher velocity gives you much shorter trip times....
                            Let us return to the moon, to stay!!!

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by McElvis
                              ION drives are a nice idea, but they can only accelerate VERY slowly.

                              It takes a long time to reach a reasonable speed.
                              I heard about ION drives, they are super slow. Usually the slingshot around the moon before they turn it on that way they they can accelerate faster.
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