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Re:NASA’s Kepler Mission Discovers Bigger, Older Cousin to E... by tbabb on Thursday July 23, 2015 @06:59PM (#9939014)
With a larger planet, they may have been inescapably bound to the surface for their world for millions of years by the tyranny of the rocket equation.
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Re:NASA’s Kepler Mission Discovers Bigger, Older Cousin to E... by Tossrock on Friday July 24, 2015 @02:38PM (#9944218)
Interesting thought, but then again, maybe they would just use external acceleration on such planets (ie catapult launch assist).
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