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What I am missing from the discussion and have not seen addressed on their website is whether this project actually makes sense. I thought that simulations have
by patall 10y ago
What I am missing from the discussion and have not seen addressed on their website is whether this project actually makes sense. I thought that simulations have shown that there are no stable orbits around AlphaCentauri (A&B) [at least in the habitable zone] so what do they think they will find? I mean if we are pretty much sure that it does not exist what they want to find, why do they keep claiming that that is what they will find? There is a reason NASA stopped projects in this direction.
- antognini 10y agoThere have already been two planets detected (and possibly two others), and there are at least some simulations that indicate that a planet could be in the inner edge of the habitable zone. [1] [1]: https://arxiv.org/abs/0811.0673 https://arxiv.org/abs/0811.0673
- devindotcom 10y agoProject Blue rep says: Simulations suggest that orbits beyond 2.5 A.U. are unstable, but all the habitable zone orbits are stable: For example, see: https://arxiv.org/abs/1604.04917 https://arxiv.org/abs/1604.04917