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Kepler Mission |
Sep 24 2005, 04:23 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 147 Joined: 3-July 04 From: Chicago, IL Member No.: 91 |
This NASA Discovery mission is to be launched in June 2008 and will search for Earth-size and smaller planets. Launch was originally scheduled in 2007 but delayed by 8 months due to "funding constraints".
Here's the official web site: http://www.kepler.arc.nasa.gov/ |
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Mar 17 2009, 08:37 AM
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Mar 26 2009, 10:29 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 237 Joined: 22-December 07 From: Alice Springs, N.T. Australia Member No.: 3989 |
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Mar 27 2009, 09:02 AM
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Hi Hugh,
I notice that he goes on to say it's based on the assumption that stars like our sun have terrestrial planets. Which means, I suppose, the number could be many hundreds (to include stars not like our sun) or, indeed, none (Earth The Cosmological Rarity). As Tom Petty once sang ... the waiting is the hardest part. ;-) Andy |
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Mar 28 2009, 08:08 PM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
As Tom Petty once sang ... the waiting is the hardest part. ;-) Looks like you're not the only one thinking that thought... "We’re having a hard time waiting for the dust cover to be released so that we can finally see what the stars look like through Kepler’s eyes. I’m confident that we won’t have to wait too much longer." New Jon Jenkins update at BtC explaining that "first light". -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
Edgar Alan Poe |
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