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Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by ryandrake on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @02:22PM (#13708365)
To put that 60 years into perspective: It was 66 years between the first powered airplane flight and landing people on the moon.
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Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by matwood on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @02:48PM (#13708592)
These kinds of realizations make me sad that life is so relatively short.
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Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by rorosaurus on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @03:40PM (#13708953)
It's also exciting, isn't it? That every generation is likely to experience some unique achievement?
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