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Re: The Future...
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lugnet.year.2005
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Wed, 10 Jan 2001 02:29:07 GMT
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In lugnet.year.2005, Erik Olson writes:
> In lugnet.year.2005, Jonathan Mizner writes:
> > Is this the first post in 2005? Technically, it is. Even though right
> > now it's only 2001... I am looking into the future... What will have
> > happened? Will commercial space flights be available? Will alien life have
> > been found? Will Disneyland still be open? All these question and more,
> > answered in four more years!
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> No, it won't all be answered in just four more years. NASA's Kepler space
> telescope is contemplated now as a project for launch in 2005. If it makes
> it, Kepler will seek out proof of Earth-size planets in neighboring star
> systems. The expectation is that 500 Earth-size planets will be found by
> 2010. Plus lots of big gas balls like Jupiter.
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> There's always the outside chance that Earth has been cataloged by another
> eye in the sky and they will drop in before 2005...
And to keep it on topic, I'd like to project at least a 35% increase in my
Lego collection by then :). Not much admittedly compared to some, but I hope
to have more storage for it by then.
Am I Classic Space complete yet? hmmmm...... what does "Classic Space" mean
in 2005 anyway?
-Tom McD.
when replying, spamcake.. the future of building material.
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