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Astronomy
Planets Planets Everywhere, but is There a Drop to Drink?
Always happy to add a planet to our list of planets and planet like things. We know they’re there, but slow build up to what we all ultimately want to find seems painstakingly slow.
It’s Official: Astronomers Have Discovered another Earth, a brief article introducing the latest find to be released to public. Author’s name not mentioned. It’s also interesting to note it’s hosted on a travel website, which is ironic when you note the Travel Channel has been pushing alien content. This planet has everything, Goldilocks parameters, relative compatible size… atmosphere and water?
It was only January that NASA announced the second Earth size planet discovered. Maybe they have lot more to tell us about, but they’ve collected so much data that it takes time to sort and confirm to the degree the prefer before publishing. Fair enough.
At what number of planets will the euphoria of discovering another rock in space wear off? The slow drip finally explained. Leak data to us slowly and keep the funding coming in. That’s doesn’t seem right. The moment NASA announces life on Mars, they will have all the funding they need to go there. And if they don’t…
