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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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