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Traveller: Pull out Book 6!

Started by Settembrini, April 25, 2007, 03:25:59 AM

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Settembrini

April 25, 2007, 03:25:59 AM
Hopes are, that we are neither alone, nor shackled to this planet:

http://www.eso.org/outreach/press-rel/pr-2007/pr-22-07.html

I can imagine all kinds of Trav stuff going on with that info alone.
Generation Ships, Ramjets, Aliens (which are highly probable if the info is confirmed).
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Settembrini

#1
April 25, 2007, 03:27:53 AM
Also look how close it is:

http://cc.joensuu.fi/~tniemi/starmaps/GJ581.png

(Gliese 581 is in the top right corner)
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mhensley

#2
April 25, 2007, 06:35:16 AM
It's only a matter of time now until we bump into the imperium.

flyingmice

#3
April 25, 2007, 08:15:40 AM
Well, it will be a long while yet. The only drive we are capable of making that could get a colony ship there is an Orion drive, and no-one is going to build it.

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Settembrini

#4
April 25, 2007, 08:30:30 AM
A man can dream though, a man can dream...
If there can\'t be a TPK against the will of the players it\'s not an RPG.- Pierce Inverarity

flyingmice

#5
April 25, 2007, 08:34:09 AM
I know, Sett! I've been dreaming for 40 years. :D

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HinterWelt

#6
April 25, 2007, 10:11:57 AM
You know, call me naive but I have always been confident earth-like worlds existed. I just wasn't so sure we would find them. In all the billions of worlds out there, the odds would seem to favor. However, it does feel good to read this news.

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#7
April 25, 2007, 10:15:24 AM
Quote from: HinterWeltYou know, call me naive but I have always been confident earth-like worlds existed. I just wasn't so sure we would find them. In all the billions of worlds out there, the odds would seem to favor. However, it does feel good to read this news.

Bill

I'm with you Bill. With all the starts out there, there has to be one that will supports a planet like ours.

Settembrini

#8
April 25, 2007, 10:26:37 AM
And it´s only 20 lightyears away!
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Balbinus

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April 25, 2007, 11:31:10 AM
Quote from: HinterWeltYou know, call me naive but I have always been confident earth-like worlds existed. I just wasn't so sure we would find them. In all the billions of worlds out there, the odds would seem to favor. However, it does feel good to read this news.

Bill

We don't know if it has liquid water though, but yes, it is indeed incredibly cool.

And only 20 light years, which implies they may be quite common.

flyingmice

#10
April 25, 2007, 11:57:20 AM
Quote from: BalbinusWe don't know if it has liquid water though, but yes, it is indeed incredibly cool.

And only 20 light years, which implies they may be quite common.

From the temperatures estimated, 0 to 40 C, if there is any water at all, it should be liquid somewhere on the planet. I think it's a safe bet. There may not be a lot of water, but there is probably some.
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Dr Rotwang!

#11
April 25, 2007, 12:36:15 PM
Bad-ass.

EDIT: Dude I'm training at work today and I were looking at the news item and he said he'd heard that 581 c or whatever they're calling it is a heavy world with more than 1G.  Anyone?
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jrients

#12
April 25, 2007, 12:38:34 PM
One of the exoplanet guys whose work I follow on the net suspects that the world in question might have oceans with liquid water totalling an earth mass or more.  Unless his very-credible-in-the-field pet theory about planet formation is wrong, in which case a waterless rock is the most likely configuration.
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Dr Rotwang!

#13
April 25, 2007, 12:45:39 PM
From CNN:

The new planet is about five times heavier than Earth, and gravity there would be 1.6 times as strong as Earth's.
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Wil

#14
April 25, 2007, 12:47:22 PM
Given the abundance of water in our solar system, the odds of there being some liquid water are probably pretty high.
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