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- Julie188, on 12/18/2008, -2/+29Very cool ... it would be nice if humans could find a friend ... but then again, if you look at how we treat our own planet, not sure any aliens would want to add us to their intergalactic facebooks.
- BrettFromTibet, on 12/18/2008, -1/+23I will be SO excited when they finally discover life on another planet... The universe is far too fast for just us...
- inactive, on 12/18/2008, -0/+18Always heard of this question "are there other Earths in space?"
Only possible answer : probability. - rpwalsh, on 12/19/2008, -0/+11Who's says they would be our friends? To paraphrase Hawking, when you're in a jungle you don't shout out letting everything know where you are. On Earth we can't stop our petty squabbles over natural resources, what's saying some other intelligent beings would abide by a different set of rules?
- mindpuzzle, on 12/18/2008, -0/+9Keep the birds flying
- fant0m, on 12/19/2008, -0/+8vast* ?
I agree, nonetheless. - Paulorific, on 12/19/2008, -0/+6How retarded would it be if we found a planet similar to Earth that has intelligent life--but they're identical to us? I think I might even consider believing in God.
- armakaryk, on 12/19/2008, -0/+4Vega 3 has just poked you! poke back?
- sanman, on 12/19/2008, -0/+4Even if there's no life there, I'd just like for there to be more Earths
- mal1964, on 12/19/2008, -1/+5We treat the planet the way we have to at this time and space. And as we learn better ways, we adjust.
- rockeydigged, on 12/19/2008, -1/+4what we can do is just pray
that humans would find friend as humans already have
many enemies - sheeplescareme, on 12/19/2008, -1/+4let's hope so!
- diggface5000, on 12/19/2008, -0/+3To address previous comments, this is not necessarily going to find intelligent life and doesn't need to. The purpose is to see how common earth-like planets are to better narrow our search for life. It's still a very significant step and I'm really excited about it- especially considering how frequently we've been finding exoplanets with our current technology.
- inactive, on 12/19/2008, -0/+3Kepler is one of the most exciting things to happen in the history of humanity.
- kd1s, on 12/19/2008, -0/+3I'm just so happy that within my lifetime we're finding out that old Sol isn't the only one with planets orbiting it.
And I can almost guarantee if they find a planet within a habitable zone that has water, there'll be some form of life there. - Seidoger, on 12/19/2008, -0/+3We need to discover warp speed first
- sanman, on 12/19/2008, -0/+2well, considering how many zillions of stars there are in the universe, it would have to be pretty improbable that we have the only solar system with an Earth-like planet
That would be like buying a zillion tickets in a lottery, and yet losing on every single one of them. Unlikely. Even Mars nextdoor to us has water, so that says a lot. - Yookji, on 12/19/2008, -0/+2My name (RL name) will be among a list of names sent into space with Kepler.
- Paulorific, on 12/19/2008, -0/+2Accompanied by Seymour Butz, Amanda Huggenkiss, and Mike Hawk.
- inactive, on 12/19/2008, -1/+3I have money on finding other Earth-like planets within the next year.
Don't let me down Kepler!! I have faith in you! :D - iChopPryde, on 12/19/2008, -0/+2That would be trippy lol imagine they also believe in the same God we do and they have the same races of Human like Asians, Caucasians ect I'm pretty sure my head would explode in utter confusion lol.
- jftitan, on 12/19/2008, -1/+2farscape.... farscape... or lexx... crossing my fingers for hope of discovery of life out there!
- inactive, on 12/19/2008, -0/+1I made a real good paper airplane and it flew across the entire room once.
- groo68, on 12/20/2008, -0/+1not vast. we will get to the end of the solar system and it will just be a wall with a door.
- sidizzle, on 12/19/2008, -0/+1That picture looked like nothing I had in mind.
- audiogeek5, on 12/19/2008, -0/+1This is really exciting. I can only hope that one day the US and maybe the world will reach the wide eyed inspiration and wonder that was there in the days of Mercury and Gemini - when we were excited about space and discovery, and exploration.
If we had kept going at the breakneck pace of the Apollo missions, we would have completely colonized the moon, and have multiple, operational space stations built by now, with colonies already well on their way to reaching for mars. Think about it - from 1960 to 1971, we went from having no space program at all, to putting men on the moon - with less than a quarter of the computer and technological resources we have today. Just think of what could be achieved if NASA/JPL were pumping at that pace in this day and age.
I can hope we reach those days again. - audiogeek5, on 12/19/2008, -0/+1I, for one, welcome our...dangit.
- Hermitwise, on 12/19/2008, -0/+1You can't really guarantee that, no one knows the variable for life beginning on a planet. Not that I don't expect there to be, I just don't think anyone can guarantee it, Drake's equation is lacking.
- iChopPryde, on 12/19/2008, -0/+1 I think we are still early in our evolution and we will eventually hit a point when it's time to evolve meaning we will finally let go of things such as race and religion and start to understand the way the universe works. Though I think it's going to take something BIG to happen that will test our species and it will either destroy us or better us.
- tumbleweed89, on 12/19/2008, -0/+1Godspeed, godspeed
- cuoops, on 12/19/2008, -0/+1source - http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2008 ...
image - http://jpl.nasa.gov/images/kepler/20081218/kepler2 ... - jpqsat, on 12/19/2008, -0/+0Nop, the only possible answer is ; ABSOLUTELY
2 are known and they're called Gliese 581 c and Gliese 581 d , both of them can support human life and are in our solar system (to get there, turn right after the 83rd sun at the Libria exit, it's the 6th and 7th planet on your left)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gliese_581_c - MacEnvy, on 12/19/2008, -1/+1Or generational ships.
- venuspcs, on 12/19/2008, -4/+1Okay I call first dibs on smoking hot alien pussy!
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