first planet found in a habitable zone

[ProtoKun7]

Prepeare for space colonization

Imma gonna move to Side 7!

I'mma = I'm gonna
I'mma gonna =

QUOTE(_Chaz_ @ Oct 1 2010, 03:48 AM)

Simple: Make it spin.

Couldn't find a better upload. :<



And if you're around to read this, you won't be able to go to this planet.

Still, it makes for an interesting article.

 

[Veho]

I'm surprised nobody mentioned Pandora yet.

 

[FAST6191]

I heard this new planet is a lot closer to the sun and is a bit larger then earth but with size of it's sun and it's planetary revolutions it's capable of sustaining life. This is a huge breakthrough tho. I bet NASA will send a signal to it soon and a scouting satellite to look at the surface a bit closer. That would be nuts to see civilization or differently evolved life. The main thing about all this searching is just a single living bacteria. There is a lot to learn from other planets even if there different.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/30/al...581g/page2.html and http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/09/be...ar_gumblespurt/

^It seems we already spammed them with some messages from Bebo a couple of years back.

On a more serious note http://www.ted.com/talks/dimitar_sasselov_...ke_planets.html might be worth a watch if you are interested in this sort of thing.

 

[narutofan777]

i thought they found something like this years ago? Guess they found a new one

 

[8BitWalugi]

Lets try and get man on Mars first.

This.

IT'LL BE LIKE POLICENAUTS ALL OVER AGAIN!!!!11!!23!!

Alright, I'll stop now.

 

[mightymage]

has phazon been spotted there yet

 

[ProtoKun7]

I'm surprised nobody mentioned Pandora yet.

The moon of Saturn?

Spoiler

If you're referring to Avatar, then it was still a moon, not a planet.

The planet was Polyphemus.

 

[Veho]

Sheesh, aren't we nitpicky today

 

[cwstjdenobs]

Read an article on this yesterday. I believe they said it would take 200 some odd years to get there if they started on it now. I'm assuming this was calculated using current or upcoming propulsion methods. So even though it's interesting news, I don't think it's something that we will be seeing much more of any time soon.

Money no object? About 22/23 years our time, with current, non experimental propulsion. The only thing limiting what humanity can do is money and energy. A big enough rocket with enough fuel would do it. At safe acceleration (under 1g) you'd get to 8 m/s under light speed in a year, you travel most of the distance at that speed and spend another year decelerating. And remember at that speed 20 years would feel like 12 days, so you mite have to go slower just so you have enough time to turn the ship around to slow down.

EDIT: and almost a g acceleration = artificial gravity for most of the trip.

 

[ProtoKun7]

Sheesh, aren't we nitpicky today

I'm often nitpicky.

 

[deka01]

Some call it nitpicky others call it intelligence the choice is yours

 

[Jamstruth]

Read an article on this yesterday. I believe they said it would take 200 some odd years to get there if they started on it now. I'm assuming this was calculated using current or upcoming propulsion methods. So even though it's interesting news, I don't think it's something that we will be seeing much more of any time soon.

Money no object? About 22/23 years our time, with current, non experimental propulsion. The only thing limiting what humanity can do is money and energy. A big enough rocket with enough fuel would do it. At safe acceleration (under 1g) you'd get to 8 m/s under light speed in a year, you travel most of the distance at that speed and spend another year decelerating. And remember at that speed 20 years would feel like 12 days, so you mite have to go slower just so you have enough time to turn the ship around to slow down.

EDIT: and almost a g acceleration = artificial gravity for most of the trip.

Only when you're accelerating. So 1 year of artificial gravity at either end, not most of the trip. Even then we're not gonna colonise that place yet. I just want to know what's on that planet i.e. is there any intelligent life? We could do with sending a probe that way but we can't spend all that money on a rocket that lasts a year on a probe.

 

[Veho]

Some call it nitpicky others call it intelligence the choice is yours

Some people call it a chicken, the others call it a banana. The choice is yours.

 

[Maplemage]

ITS A DEATH STAR IN DISGUISE!

 

[metamaster]

What about Nibiru? (/planet x)

 

[p1ngpong]

Seems people are getting ahead of themselves here. This planet is only in a "habitable zone" which is really just a measure of how far away it is from its Sun. As they say in the article its orbit falls around the same distance as Venus', and as we know Venus is a completely uninhabitable planet. Being in the habitable band really doesn't mean a whole lot, all it means is that there is a better chance that the planet is not an ice cube or a ball of fire. The only significance here is that this is the first planet to be discovered in this zone, we haven't discovered a planet that has little green men running around it just yet.

 

[cwstjdenobs]

EDIT: and almost a g acceleration = artificial gravity for most of the trip.

Only when you're accelerating. So 1 year of artificial gravity at either end, not most of the trip.

Most of the trip from the point of view of the travellers. 2ish (a bit less really) years at almost 1 g vs 12/13 days at 0.

But yeah we don't know if there's anything worth seeing out there until we go, I was just saying it is technologically possible. But what would be better, a drone that can send back some telemetry or people who could make use of any resources that might be there, if even only to refuel?

EDIT: Personally I think it would be worth it just to go so far.

 

[Zerosuit connor]

this would a strange place to live:

Gliese 581g, dubbed a "Goldilocks planet" by co-discoverer R. Paul Butler of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, is tidally locked, meaning that the same face of the planet always is oriented toward the sun, with another residing in perpetual darkness. Life could be found near the terminator, or the intersection of the two regions.

that means no night and day cycle, just choose either (day side = probably too hot, night side = probably too cold, you'd have to live near the intersection)
interesting, but probably way too far to envision colonization?

True i wonder if they would have internet there

 

[Maplemage]

this would a strange place to live:

Gliese 581g, dubbed a "Goldilocks planet" by co-discoverer R. Paul Butler of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, is tidally locked, meaning that the same face of the planet always is oriented toward the sun, with another residing in perpetual darkness. Life could be found near the terminator, or the intersection of the two regions.

that means no night and day cycle, just choose either (day side = probably too hot, night side = probably too cold, you'd have to live near the intersection)
interesting, but probably way too far to envision colonization?

True i wonder if they would have internet there

They do have it on the moon. Browsed the web there but the speed is slow.