Earth 2.0?

[Hans Tucker]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2607079/Have-finally-EARTH-2-0-Astronomers-discover-planet-support-ALIEN-LIFE.html

[Astro_Bot]

I read that this morning. It's in the Australian press, too.

They say it may be Earth-like, but wouldn't be an Earth twin - it receives only one third of the radiation we get from the Sun. Also, "its mass and composition are not yet known".

[Ric]

Hmmm, now how do we get there?

[Hans Tucker]

With the current technology the task seems impossible within a single human lifespan but as long as we have people like those that devised the concept of the Daedalus and Icarus Starship and propulsion ideas like Nuclear Pulse Propulsion I would like to think the dream of Interstellar Travel remains alive.

[tlgerdes]

Earth 2 wasn't such a bad TV series.

[ReaPerMan]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/14/warp-drive-possible-star-trek-special-relativity_n_3273422.html

:)

[Ric]

Cheers Paul

A very interesting read.