Kepler Mission |
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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Aug 6 2009, 08:42 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 131 Joined: 31-May 08 From: San Carlos, California, USA Member No.: 4168 |
I took a couple screen caps during the press conference.
Was anyone else highly disappointed by the Q&A? All their questions were either useless or answerable by Wikipedia. I was hoping Planetary Society might dial in with some intelligent questions. - Put this into perspective for an average joe. - How far away is HAT-P-7b? - How hot is HAT-P-7b? - How far away is Kepler? Nobody asked how many Earth candidates they may have found!? And even the principal investigator hinted at something about it! He said about Earth-size planets: "We need three data points, and for all we know we may already have one of them." |
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Aug 6 2009, 09:37 PM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
Was anyone else highly disappointed by the Q&A? You were? Than I must assume that you don't know what Kepler is about and that you don't value the science taking place. Since the beggining the team points to 2012 as the timeline for results regarding an Earth-like planet. Are you disappointed by the fact they have decided to come up front and tell us what is going on until then? I am disappointed with you for not rejoicing with the fact that Kepler ACTUALLY works. That is what I've got from this conference, the thing is really able to detect an Earth-size planet. And...who knows? It might have found one already...Guess one have to be patient and not disappointed. -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
Edgar Alan Poe |
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Aug 6 2009, 09:50 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 131 Joined: 31-May 08 From: San Carlos, California, USA Member No.: 4168 |
You were? Than I must assume that you don't know what Kepler is about and that you don't value the science taking place. As was noted in the reply above, you're confused by my definition of Q&A. I was disappointed by the questions asked during the Q&A session at the end of the press conference. It seemed like the people asking the questions didn't bother to learn anything about Kepler before the briefing. "How far away is Kepler?" You have got to be kidding me. |
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Aug 6 2009, 10:01 PM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
As was noted in the reply above, you're confused by my definition of Q&A. Sorry for the misunderstanding Syrinx...and thank you centsworth_II...I was taking it too serious...I have to deal with this another way...hey! I can always anagram it! -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
Edgar Alan Poe |
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