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I feel like something similar to this is announced every year, and nothing ever comes of it.
by jamisteven 9y ago
I feel like something similar to this is announced every year, and nothing ever comes of it.
- manachar 9y agoWhat do you expect to come of it? Finding more planets is helping understand the universe and give a rough idea of how common Earth-sized planets are.
- Method-X 9y agoBut what would come of it? We're not going to build a spaceship and go there on the off chance it's interesting. We're a LONG way away from exploring deep space.
- dredmorbius 9y agoThe ratte of discovery is accellerating rapidly. This chart only show through 2014: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Exoplanet_Discovery_Methods_Bar.png/1200px-Exoplanet_Discovery_Methods_Bar.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Ex...