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

Combining work and hobby, not as exciting as the idea suggests...

Hx, SF, and Fx: 6 mm figures, Starships and 1:6K "Wet Navy" warships
are my main interest.

Gracias,
Glenn

On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 09:27:58 +1100 <Beth.Fulton@csiro.au> writes:
>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
>
>

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