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Five potential habitable exoplanets now
Phys.org ^ | July 20,2012 | Staff

Posted on 07/20/2012 11:14:12 AM PDT by Red Badger

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To: hattend
Or a good archeological dig at Gisa.

Got the reference. Hee hee. :)

41 posted on 07/21/2012 7:00:28 AM PDT by hoagy62 ("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered..."-Thomas Paine. 1776)
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To: bigheadfred

I’m with you there, if it’s 100% cacao. Mmmm... “edible planets.”


42 posted on 07/21/2012 7:14:17 AM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: bigheadfred

Yes, well. Haven’t we been wading through and ignoring media lies for forty years? Don’t worry, dear.


43 posted on 07/21/2012 7:16:33 AM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: Bubba_Leroy; Red Badger
As of right no, though, ‘warp 5’ will be simply 5 times the speed of light

Bubba -
I'm glad I saw your post before I went to the time and trouble of doing the math.

Badger -
Sorry, but Bubba's right. Warp speed is exponential. Warp 2 is twice as fast as warp one. Warp 3 is twice as fast as warp two....etc.

It's just one of those weird things you 'know' after watching Star Trek for 46 years. LOL!

44 posted on 07/21/2012 7:37:40 AM PDT by MamaTexan (I am a ~Person~ as created by the Law of Nature, not a 'person' as created by the laws of Man)
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To: Bubba_Leroy
If only Venus had a magnetic field and a moon it would probably be habitable.

Those and 800 degrees cooler, no sulfuric acid rain, and 10 or so less atmospheres of surface pressure.

45 posted on 07/21/2012 7:47:03 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: Bubba_Leroy
At warp 5 we could get there in less than two months (one month if we have one of those new fangled 24th Century warp drive engines).


Two months? Why not just hitch a ride (via displacement - like teleportation, just not as dangerous and effective at interstellar distances) on any passing Culture General Service Vehicle (System Class)?

Not only would you enjoy all the comforts of upscale living, you and the other millions of fellow passengers would arrive within the week (assuming local displacement was within the ship's range).

If you were in a hurry, perhaps you could enlist the ship's avatar to request the services of a Superlifter and arrive within days ... if you were not bored by the vast ranges of entertainment aboard, and were not in a hurry, you might request to stop off an Orbital where you could do things like mountain climbing.

Those “Star Trek” vessels are so slow, small, cramped, generally limited, and awkward, why would any self-respecting traveler pick that form of travel?

Although why anyone would want to visit such backwaters like 667Cc, Kepler-22b, HD85512, Gliese 581d, and Gliese 581 is beyond me.

I've heard that the GSVs “Anticipation Of A New Lover's Arrival, The” (Plate Class), “Quietly Confident” (Plate Class), and the “Sleeper Service” (Plate Class) are in the neighborhood... perhaps they are going your way?

PS:
General Systems Vehicles (GSVs) are the Culture's largest type of ship, ranging between 25 km and 200 km in each dimension (including the fields protecting them and forming the exterior of their life-support system). GSVs which provide accommodation for biological members of the Culture generally have populations in the millions or even billions, and can be considered worlds in their own right.

System Class: (multiple separate components suspended in a force field up to 200 km long).

Plate Class: (53 km long, 22 km wide, 4 km thick, or, including fields, up to 90 km long, 60 km wide, 20 km thick).

If for some reason you suspect a spot of trouble, I suggest having the GSV: (System Class - Special Circumstances) “Hubris Knows No Bounds” (heavily militarized) along. and perhaps a Rapid Offensive Unit (Killer Class) along - just in case ...

46 posted on 07/21/2012 8:41:20 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: Red Badger

As of right no, though, ‘warp 5’ will be simply 5 times the speed of light until further discoveries are made ...

5 Lights per Year? Why go Star Trek when you could go Culture - ships routinely travel at 100 KiloLightsHour and the Sleeper Service (if avallible) does upto 223 KLH (faster with a tow from a Superlifter) ... Those Trek ships are such antiques.


47 posted on 07/21/2012 8:50:08 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: PIF

What lore are you getting that from?


48 posted on 07/21/2012 2:36:56 PM PDT by wastedyears ("God? I didn't know he was signed onto the system.")
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To: wastedyears
The fictional universe of The Culture, created by Iain M. Banks:

Consider Phlebas
The Player of Games
Use of Weapons
Excession
The State of the Art
Look to Windward
Matter

Also but not in the Culture universe (perhaps adjacent): The Algebraist.

49 posted on 07/21/2012 4:30:00 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: PIF
The fictional universe of The Culture, created by Iain M. Banks

Gonna read at least one of those. Thanks!

50 posted on 07/22/2012 11:17:49 AM PDT by America_Right (Remember, Republicans have a lot more in common with Democrats than they do with Tea Partiers.)
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To: MamaTexan
Warp speed is exponential. Warp 2 is twice as fast as warp one. Warp 3 is twice as fast as warp two....etc.

You are describing a geometric progression. Exponential is a factor of 10, not 2.

51 posted on 07/23/2012 7:50:48 AM PDT by 6ppc (It's torch and pitchfork time)
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To: PIF
Those and 800 degrees cooler, no sulfuric acid rain, and 10 or so less atmospheres of surface pressure

If Venus had a magnetic field and a large moon its atmosphere and temperature would be much different. How different is subject to speculation, but the drastic differences between Earth's and Venus' atmospheres and temperatures cannot be explained simply based on Venus' closer orbit.

If Earth did not have a magnetic field and a moon it would likely resemble Venus.

52 posted on 07/23/2012 8:55:51 AM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation Continues)
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To: PIF
If you are going to travel through space, Q Continuum travel is the way to go. Instantaneous transportation to any point in time or space.
53 posted on 07/23/2012 9:00:59 AM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation Continues)
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To: Red Badger

Let’s talk about the most important thing: Gliese is a terrible name! Who is going to want to explore a system that sounds like a medical condition? I suggest something more marketable, like Chaucer, Laurier, or Gallifrey.


54 posted on 07/24/2012 7:46:04 PM PDT by mrreaganaut (Colonize Mars now!)
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To: mrreaganaut

Depends on how you pronounce it.
If you say ‘Glee-ess’ it sounds really exotic and beckoning.
But if you call it ‘Gleece’, it sounds like a Japanese comedian talking about a movie musical..........


55 posted on 07/25/2012 6:11:15 AM PDT by Red Badger (Think logically. Act normally.................)
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To: Bubba_Leroy

“If you are going to travel through space, Q Continuum travel is the way to go. Instantaneous transportation to any point in time or space.”

Unfortuantely, that method is limited to the Q. Culture travel methods are for everyone else. In “Excession”, several Culture ships instantaneously travel to another Universe - something the Q cannot do.

“If Venus had a magnetic field ...”

Albeit a weak one. But we are dealing in what is, not what might be. **If pigs could fly ...**


56 posted on 07/26/2012 4:51:44 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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