Potentially Habitable "Super-Earth" Discovered Only ~16LY Away; May Have the Same Temperatures as Ea - Polidicks

Okay, 16 light years away. How long does it take to travel 16 light years via space travel? Few minutes right? [editline]2nd July 2014[/editline] Give or take

You could work out on that planet and get fucking ripped due to the gravity. It'd be like a... Planet Fitness.

[QUOTE=Canuhearme?;45270519]You could go on that planet to work out and get fucking ripped due to the gravity. It'd be like a... Fitness Planet.[/QUOTE] Does it teach kaio-ken and spirit bombs?

[QUOTE=find me;45270428]Why is everyone rating you stupid? People can believe two rocks collided and created humans. But it's not plausible that two rocks collided somewhere else and created other complex organisms that could potentially be plague or disease like to humans?[/QUOTE] It's extremely unlikely any potential life on that planet took an evolutionary route extremely similar to ours. That means it's also unlikely any viruses or bacteria on that planet are biologically compatible with us. They wouldn't "know" what makes us sick, where there are vulnerabilities, what defense mechanisms they need to overcome. They might not even be after the general nutrients and environmental factors that make leeching off our bodies such a good deal for other micro organisms.

[QUOTE=for no reason;45270511]How long does it take to travel 16 light years via space travel? Few minutes right?[/QUOTE] It's in the measure of distance man! Light takes 16 years to travel 16 light years. Matter can't travel at that speed, but 16 light years is still encouragingly close! If we could travel at 1/3 the speed of light, which some hypothetical projects theorize is possible with huge space missions, that's still within ~50 years for us on earth, and thanks to relativity and all its mindfucks, less than that for the occupants.

[QUOTE=Matthew0505;45270524]Why would said organisms be so well evolved for infecting one specific species 15 light years away?[/QUOTE] Maybe those bacteria are the ancient aliens that built the pyramids.

Well how fast can a modern space shuttle go?

[QUOTE=for no reason;45270535]Well how fast can a modern space shuttle go?[/QUOTE] Pretty fast. Like, five times faster than an airplane.

[QUOTE=for no reason;45270535]Well how fast can a modern space shuttle go?[/QUOTE] No man, it's a lot harder than that. Interstellar craft, if we never figure out whether or not we can abuse physics for "warp drives", will look a lot more like this: [url]http://www.bis-space.com/what-we-do/projects/project-daedalus[/url] [t]http://www.bis-space.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Daedalus_SV_sml.jpg[/t] (A Saturn V next to it for scale.)

[QUOTE=ElectricSquid;45270367]That or they'd become fucking [I]ripped[/I] from having to cope with higher gravity.[/QUOTE] i would expect if any humans lived on a planet with higher gravity their spines would start breaking down faster than it already happens

Actually an exoplanet with 5 times the earth's mass and twice its radius would have just 1.25 G ie you'd feel dizzy because blood has a harder time being pumped up and standing for too long would give you back pains because of the weight increase. No being flattened to a meat patty or ripped to shreds. Gravity isn't the number one issue, really

[QUOTE=Samiam22;45270309]yeah, only 16 light years away.[/QUOTE] That's only 80 years at 20% the speed of light. That speed could be attainable, but we'll probably just skip right to working models of the Alcubierre drive :v: [editline]2nd July 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=for no reason;45270535]Well how fast can a modern space shuttle go?[/QUOTE] Gee probably somewhere between zero and 7.8km/s. You'd need a much larger vehicle to break solar orbit and attain any reasonable travel speed though, and if anything you'd be using something closer to a VASIMR drive than a shuttle's OMS or ascent engines.

[QUOTE=Mbbird;45270557]No man, it's a lot harder than that. Interstellar craft, if we never figure out whether or not we can abuse physics for "warp drives", will look a lot more like this: [url]http://www.bis-space.com/what-we-do/projects/project-daedalus[/url] [t]http://www.bis-space.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Daedalus_SV_sml.jpg[/t] (A Saturn V next to it for scale.)[/QUOTE] I really want them to just go with that project in the near future and when everyone gets pissed just be like " lol it's already up there whatcha gonna do? " , though joking aside didn't that project get shut down because it'd violate some treaty or pollution thing?

[QUOTE=LoganIsAwesome;45270225]Awesome discovery. It's a shame none of us will be alive to step foot on it though. I can only hope[/QUOTE] Virtual Reality will be plentiful in satisfying all your wants and needs. Join me brother as we await the day of the technological revolution. The day we become.. Techno-Sapiens.

I think that if we can't figure out a way to get beyond the speed of light, we will probably end up with ships where you basically freeze yourself in(Cyro) or a big ship where you live for a long time.

[QUOTE=Mbbird;45270527]It's in the measure of distance man! Light takes 16 years to travel 16 light years. Matter can't travel at that speed, but 16 light years is still encouragingly close! If we could travel at 1/3 the speed of light, which some hypothetical projects theorize is possible with huge space missions, that's still within ~50 years for us on earth, and thanks to relativity and all its mindfucks, less than that for the occupants.[/QUOTE] At 1/3 c it's still like 47 years. It's not that great of a difference.

Who knows what the future if interstellar travel could look like in 50 years? :v: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcubierre_drive#Mass.E2.80.93energy_requirement[/url]

[QUOTE=lapsus_;45270677]Actually an exoplanet with 5 times the earth's mass and twice its radius would have just 1.25 G ie you'd feel dizzy because blood has a harder time being pumped up and standing for too long would give you back pains because of the weight increase. No being flattened to a meat patty or ripped to shreds. Gravity isn't the number one issue, really[/QUOTE] So essentially with some kind of weight supporting exosuit we could basically survive easily enough there?

I don't know shit about space, but doesn't that mean we c- oh wait yeah light travels a lot faster than our spaceships ever could goddamnit fuck

[QUOTE=sltungle;45271077]At 1/3 c it's still like 47 years. It's not that great of a difference.[/QUOTE] Also note that people aren't going to Europa or Titan anytime soon, nevermind other stars. We're too expensive. I guess "occupants" is the wrong word there." If a ship is going to another system and humans are on it, it will be at much faster than .3c, or the humans onboard won't be awake to care. [editline]2nd July 2014[/editline] Also doesn't include the huge time it takes to accelerate and then the...issues of decelerating. Makes a sail (solar or otherwise) a really attractive option.

[QUOTE=Magman77;45271081]Who knows what the future if interstellar travel could look like in 50 years? :v: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcubierre_drive#Mass.E2.80.93energy_requirement[/url][/QUOTE] AFAIK an Alcubierre drive will be impossible to produce for a long long long time, if at all.

I've said this before concerning high-gravity worlds, but if there is macroscopic sapient life on that world, they'd be either snakemen slithering on their bellies or big bulky elcor that walk on all fours like space-gorillas. And be horrified by our lanky willowy emaciated corpse-like appearances (at least in comparison to their bulky stocky builds).

[QUOTE=Mysterious Mr.E;45270257]There is a species killing disease or monster there I guarantee it.[/QUOTE] Send a team of aussies to the planet, they'll be fine.

That's like 250 000 years of space travel. afaik.

According to Star Trek at warp 9 we could reach that planet in 416,56 hours aka ~18 days, at warp 11 ~6 days. However since we dont have that technology it would take us hundrets of years

[QUOTE=ironman17;45271796]I've said this before concerning high-gravity worlds, but if there is macroscopic sapient life on that world, they'd be either snakemen slithering on their bellies or big bulky elcor that walk on all fours like space-gorillas. And be horrified by our lanky willowy emaciated corpse-like appearances (at least in comparison to their bulky stocky builds).[/QUOTE] or their chemistry will be entirely different they might have evolved with significantly more efficient muscles than we did so they might be skinnier than us. also as posted earlier the planet is only roughly 1.25Gs, so it's the equivalent of carrying 25% more weight 24/7, that's not really a big deal compared to the vast vast amount of other things that will affect life on the planet, like atmospheric makeup and climate.

Sixteen light years? Isn't that how far away Vulcan is from Earth in Star Trek? spoooooooock

[QUOTE=Lordgeorge16;45272827]Sixteen light years? Isn't that how far away Vulcan is from Earth in Star Trek? spoooooooock[/QUOTE] It looks somewhat similar [t]http://i.imgur.com/LZaQ3tp.jpg[/t]

[QUOTE=Mysterious Mr.E;45270276]Cause somebody goes there gets sick everybody dies or worse brings it back and black death 2.0 on a global scale. Think for a second dude.[/QUOTE] The disease is probably just as deadly to us as we are to it.

[QUOTE=Mbbird;45270527]It's in the measure of distance man! Light takes 16 years to travel 16 light years. Matter can't travel at that speed, but 16 light years is still encouragingly close! If we could travel at 1/3 the speed of light, which some hypothetical projects theorize is possible with huge space missions, that's still within ~50 years for us on earth, and thanks to relativity and all its mindfucks, less than that for the occupants.[/QUOTE] We just need to reach ludicrous speed and we'll get there on time. [sp]Spaceballs[/sp]