Four Earth-sized planets detected orbiting the nearest sun-like star

Re:Four Earth-sized planets detected orbiting the nearest su... by CamperBob2 on Thursday August 10, 2017 @06:25PM (#14984923)

Nobody's expecting Eritrea to put a satellite in orbit.

Worth pointing out that Ghana just did.

If we waited until we "solve all our problems here at home," as the GP suggests, we'd still be calling to each other from neighboring trees in a jungle somewhere.

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Re:Four Earth-sized planets detected orbiting the nearest su... by SOLAR_FIELDS on Thursday August 10, 2017 @07:44PM (#14985419)

Slightly pedantic but it's also worth pointing out that Ghana basically used Japanese technology, academic resources and equipment to launch the satellite.

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Re:Four Earth-sized planets detected orbiting the nearest su... by imron on Thursday August 10, 2017 @09:03PM (#14985834)

So what you're saying is, if the US or someone else develops amazing new space telescope technology, Ghana will eventually be able to buy it from them instead of the Japanese.

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