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Re:Four Earth-sized planets detected orbiting the nearest su... by ExactoKnight on Friday August 11, 2017 @01:55AM (#14986926)
Not at all. I don't care about traveling there, I want to know about what other life exists.

Once we find a good target, the Breakthrough Starshot program is one example of a promising project that could get us results within our lifetime.

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Re:Four Earth-sized planets detected orbiting the nearest su... by Retra on Saturday August 12, 2017 @04:54PM (#14999907)
Breakthrough Starshot will get you to a negligible number of stars. Fewer than ten, probably. You think one in ten stars has life?
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Re:Four Earth-sized planets detected orbiting the nearest su... by dTal on Sunday August 13, 2017 @10:56AM (#15003127)
That wouldn't necessarily be a surprising figure. I might even be tempted to assign a similar probability to finding life elsewhere in the Solar System.
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