Speculoos-2c: A new potentially habitable earth

Re:Speculoos-2c: A new potentially habitable earth by ncmncm on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @08:14AM (#32749580)

In any case all its water would be locked up in ice on the night side.

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Re:Speculoos-2c: A new potentially habitable earth by callamdelaney on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @08:17AM (#32749599)

If only we could invent a method to turn ice into water..

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Re:Speculoos-2c: A new potentially habitable earth by ncmncm on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @08:25AM (#32749669)

Needs heat. But that is all found thousands of km away.

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Re:Speculoos-2c: A new potentially habitable earth by dylan604 on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @10:37AM (#32751219)

Just use mirrors strategically placed so that light can bounce around the horizon so solar can be used to melt the ice. Or orbit a giant mirror beaming that heat source down. The fact that you think thousands of km away is a hard limit just means you're not fully caffinated just yet.

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Re:Speculoos-2c: A new potentially habitable earth by ncmncm on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @11:30AM (#32751958)

If you are in orbit, why land on it at all? Surely there are construction materials and ice only light-minutes away and not so deep down a gravity well. God knows there is nothing else down there of any interest.

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Re:Speculoos-2c: A new potentially habitable earth by dylan604 on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @12:08PM (#32752473)

Which God knows this? Have you asked and been told this by said God? In which manner of appearance did God take when conversing said information to you: a burning bush or a 60' tall marshmallow icon?

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Re:Speculoos-2c: A new potentially habitable earth by ncmncm on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @02:20PM (#32754188)

Both at once.

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