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What's next??? How do we find out if there is life?
by FailMore 11y ago
What's next??? How do we find out if there is life?
- stormcrowsx 11y agoMore money spent on science and technology.
- jaegerpicker 11y agoThis, I think the spending on education, science and technology should be the by far the most spending, like 10x imo.
- parksy 11y agoWhat benefit could that possibly have for humanity? /s
- jessaustin 11y agoWe'll learn how big the invasion force is, and when they're likely to arrive.
- SoftwareMaven 11y agoI wonder how much of the $100M[1] is going to get aimed at this planet. 1. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/stephen-hawking-and-yuri-milner-announce-100m-initiative-to-seek-extraterrestrial-intelligence/ http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/stephen-hawking-an...
- svachalek 11y agoI think the basic procedure is to see what chemical signatures can be observed when the planet passes in front of its star (I believe all Kepler-discovered planets do, it's how it finds them) and then try to infer if those could have occurred through purely physical/chemical reactions or if some form of "life" had to be involved. But, consider that there are a few places in our own solar system that "could" support life, probably with more confidence than we have in this planet so far, and yet the question is still wide open. I wouldn't expect a firm answer for many decades to come.
- trose 11y agoA much better telescope