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Re:Why Can’t We Find Planet Nine? by stcredzero on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @02:48PM (#18718832)
Space is so hugely, mind-bogglingly big, that even paring it down to small fractions using clever orbital analyses still yields hugely mind-bogglingly big regions of space. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.

I think someone should re-imagine all of Star Wars as hard Sci-fi set in the vicinity of a system like Alpha Centauri. That's still a vast setting.

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Re:Why Can’t We Find Planet Nine? by masonic on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @04:31PM (#18719883)
"Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space."

Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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Re:Why Can’t We Find Planet Nine? by stcredzero on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @04:33PM (#18719900)
Even as old as it is, I didn't think it necessary to explain my reference.
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Re:Why Can’t We Find Planet Nine? by FlyMoreRockets on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @07:22PM (#18721363)
I just realized it has been nearly 40 years since I first heard those words on the NPR radio broadcast of "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". It was broadcast alternately with the Star Wars radio drama. IIRC, Star Wars was aired Friday nights and Hitchhiker's Guide was Saturday nights. Good times, thanks for the reminder. :)
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Re:Why Can’t We Find Planet Nine? by wavefunction on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @07:55PM (#18721575)
You should at least put quotation marks around it.
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Re:Why Can’t We Find Planet Nine? by stcredzero on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @08:43PM (#18721832)
It's not an exact quote.
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