Comments on: How the Academy Figures Out What Planets to Explore http://glyphpress.com/talk/2010/how-the-academy-figures-out-what-planets-to-explore/ the alien writing of designer joshua a.c. newman Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:37:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: joshua http://glyphpress.com/talk/2010/how-the-academy-figures-out-what-planets-to-explore/comment-page-1/#comment-6076 joshua Wed, 05 May 2010 01:31:15 +0000 http://glyphpress.com/talk/?p=1539#comment-6076 I'm doing every single piece of research that's convenient to prove what I want to be true! I’m doing every single piece of research that’s convenient to prove what I want to be true!

]]> By: Robert Bohl http://glyphpress.com/talk/2010/how-the-academy-figures-out-what-planets-to-explore/comment-page-1/#comment-6075 Robert Bohl Wed, 05 May 2010 01:19:25 +0000 http://glyphpress.com/talk/?p=1539#comment-6075 Awesome. That means this totally works, and not just through avoiding paying attention. Awesome. That means this totally works, and not just through avoiding paying attention.

]]> By: joshua http://glyphpress.com/talk/2010/how-the-academy-figures-out-what-planets-to-explore/comment-page-1/#comment-6074 joshua Wed, 05 May 2010 01:18:13 +0000 http://glyphpress.com/talk/?p=1539#comment-6074 The Academy's been around for 800 years, but there's scattered evidence of exoduses from Earth all the way back 100,000 years. The Orion Nebula is 24 light years across — it makes stars. It's a huge structure. <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar_neighborhood rel="nofollow">Here's</a> a list of stars within 16 light years. There are, I guess, some 2000 stars within three times that distance. The Academy’s been around for 800 years, but there’s scattered evidence of exoduses from Earth all the way back 100,000 years.

The Orion Nebula is 24 light years across — it makes stars. It’s a huge structure.

Here’s a list of stars within 16 light years. There are, I guess, some 2000 stars within three times that distance.

]]> By: Robert Bohl http://glyphpress.com/talk/2010/how-the-academy-figures-out-what-planets-to-explore/comment-page-1/#comment-6073 Robert Bohl Wed, 05 May 2010 01:01:12 +0000 http://glyphpress.com/talk/?p=1539#comment-6073 Well, if you figure that the Academy's been around for 800 years, and the colony ships left before that.... So like 1000 light years? 1500? The Orion Nebula is 1500 light years away according to a lazy googling. Is that enough "room" for there to be a bunch of potentially-inhabitable planets? Well, if you figure that the Academy’s been around for 800 years, and the colony ships left before that…. So like 1000 light years? 1500? The Orion Nebula is 1500 light years away according to a lazy googling. Is that enough “room” for there to be a bunch of potentially-inhabitable planets?

]]> By: joshua http://glyphpress.com/talk/2010/how-the-academy-figures-out-what-planets-to-explore/comment-page-1/#comment-6072 joshua Wed, 05 May 2010 00:55:34 +0000 http://glyphpress.com/talk/?p=1539#comment-6072 Well, colonists have been out there for at least tens of thousands of years. There are rather a lot of stars in any given volume of space 20,000 light years across. No one knows, of course, if there are colonies beyond that radius. Better go to a colony near the edge and set up an array! Well, colonists have been out there for at least tens of thousands of years. There are rather a lot of stars in any given volume of space 20,000 light years across.

No one knows, of course, if there are colonies beyond that radius. Better go to a colony near the edge and set up an array!

]]> By: Robert Bohl http://glyphpress.com/talk/2010/how-the-academy-figures-out-what-planets-to-explore/comment-page-1/#comment-6071 Robert Bohl Tue, 04 May 2010 23:31:45 +0000 http://glyphpress.com/talk/?p=1539#comment-6071 That's really interesting. I'm curious, though.... Are the distances so great in light years that the Colonists wouldn't have arrived yet? That’s really interesting. I’m curious, though…. Are the distances so great in light years that the Colonists wouldn’t have arrived yet?

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