An artist's impression shows the five-planet system; from there, our Sun appears in the constellation Bootes
To: SunkenCiv
exoplanet ping!...............
2 posted on
12/19/2012 6:31:15 AM PST by
Red Badger
(Lincoln freed the slaves. Obama just got them ALL back......................)
To: Red Badger
Hey folks, let’s solve FTL travel and build a rocket and get off this stupid planet already. Someone call Bob Lazar.
3 posted on
12/19/2012 6:40:55 AM PST by
struggle
(http://killthegovernment.wordpress.com/)
To: Red Badger
Hey folks, let’s solve FTL travel and build a rocket and get off this stupid planet already. Someone call Bob Lazar.
4 posted on
12/19/2012 6:41:14 AM PST by
struggle
(http://killthegovernment.wordpress.com/)
To: Red Badger; KevinDavis
THIS IS CETI ALPHA FIVE! Ceti Alpha Six exploded six months after we were left here. The shock shifted the orbit of this planet and everything was laid waste. ‘Admiral’ Kirk never bothered to check on our progress. It was only the fact of my genetically-engineered intellect that allowed us to survive
5 posted on
12/19/2012 6:44:32 AM PST by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: Red Badger
Does anyone remember where Khan (maker of Corinthian leather in Chrysler cars) is marooned ?
6 posted on
12/19/2012 6:45:06 AM PST by
staytrue
To: Red Badger
10 posted on
12/19/2012 6:52:05 AM PST by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: Red Badger
This is interesting because Tau Ceti is close enough that an Orion drive probe could reach there in around four hundred years. Still not a fast run but when talking about interstellar travel this is about as far as you can go and still have any hope that the probe will still be functional when you get there. Dyson actually worked out the design for a ship that could get up to .033C using existing (1960s) technology.
I don't think there is any chance we would actually build or send send such a probe. First it would cost close to the US GNP to build the thing. Second the fuel for the engine would be several hundred thousand nuclear bombs. Finally a 400,000 ton Orion drive starship plays hell with the launch facilities.
13 posted on
12/19/2012 7:20:54 AM PST by
GonzoGOP
(There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
To: Red Badger
Those familiar with the star map developed by Marjorie Fish based upon information from the Barney and Betty Hill UFO abduction case, will recall that Tau Ceti was identified as one of the stars on that map.
21 posted on
12/19/2012 1:15:36 PM PST by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
To: Jack Hydrazine; ELS; ToxicMich; paintriot; Cronos; A_perfect_lady; Art in Idaho; perplyone; ...
Something that I already knew... Now we have to figure out the FTL thing then I'm leaving this frakin rock..
24 posted on
12/19/2012 5:23:34 PM PST by
KevinDavis
(And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.)
To: Jack Hydrazine; ELS; ToxicMich; paintriot; Cronos; A_perfect_lady; Art in Idaho; perplyone; ...
Something that I already knew... Now we have to figure out the FTL thing then I'm leaving this frakin rock..
25 posted on
12/19/2012 5:24:27 PM PST by
KevinDavis
(And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.)
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