RE: [semi-OT] extrasolar planets - where are the kra'vak??

G'day,

> Further down the road (my estimation ~50 years...
> they can (or should) be able to pick out Earth-like terrestrial
> planets ...~11 to just shy of 50 lightyears out.
> 
> So, with this techonology in the early/mid-21st century, why hasn't
> humanity detected the Kra'Vak homeworld already??  ;-)

a) because the funding go cut and they only covered the northern
hemisphere sky and the Kra'Vak homeworld is in the south...
b) the Kra'Vak homeworld is 52 light years away ;P

And if anyone really wants me to describe the intricacies of soil
bacterial processes I can... it may be a good cure for insomniacs in the
audience ;)

Love the idea of an ocean planet by the way too! Indy are they putting
abstracts from the conference up anywhere or are the papers going in a
symposium journal edition anywhere?

Thanks

Beth