Re:TRAPPIST-1 Is Older Than Our Solar System
by ianai on Sunday August 13, 2017 @02:43AM
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Well, for one, the doomed endeavors (if it actually is) are often worthwhile for the following reasons:
-The technology that stems from attempting to answer the problem.
-The unforeseen consequences - i.e. Maybe someday we'll reach technology that can detect signals in a more advanced way than we can currently and, through recording data from the past, have captured a signal years before that technology exists.
-How many people buy into lotteries despite having awful odds? The odds may be bad, but it's non-zero.
-The technology that stems from attempting to answer the problem.
-The unforeseen consequences - i.e. Maybe someday we'll reach technology that can detect signals in a more advanced way than we can currently and, through recording data from the past, have captured a signal years before that technology exists.
-How many people buy into lotteries despite having awful odds? The odds may be bad, but it's non-zero.