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  • #2
    takes like a half hour or so to get to mars?
    To us, it is the BEAST.

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    • #3
      Should only take about 12 minutes. But yeah, light is slow.
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      • #4
        goddamn "mission to mars" movie lied to me

        I think it was the gary sinise/tim robbins one
        To us, it is the BEAST.

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        • #5
          Well, it depends. It could take upwards of 20 minutes to get a message from Earth to Mars, if they're at opposite ends of their orbits. So there's a between distance where it could take half an hour to get there and back again. /me shrugs.
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          • #6
            Google's source says:
            All communication between Mars and Earth goes through satellites. Because of the distance, there is a substantial delay. As communication signals travel at the speed of light, this means that it can take between 3 and 22 minutes for the information to reach the other end, so a phone call would not be practical.
            To us, it is the BEAST.

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            • #7
              than go from mars to Jupiter... that's a trip!

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              • #8
                I saw a program that guessed what kind of life would/could exist in Jupiter's atmosphere.

                It was pretty trippy.
                To us, it is the BEAST.

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                • #9
                  I bet nothing... but on the moons... maybe.

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                  • #10
                    I bet neither one of us will find out the answer in our lifetimes.
                    To us, it is the BEAST.

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                    • #11
                      Maybe you need to raise your life expectancy.
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                      • #12
                        If the next 34 is going to be anything like the first 34, I'd rather not.
                        To us, it is the BEAST.

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                        • #13
                          oh... I think so... if you live another 30 years. Now, if there is nothing else out there... than yeah, we will not see it - nothing to see.

                          As far as intelligent life/advanced life if this part of the galaxy... one thing you can say for sure - we don't live down town on main street.

                          I still think mars is #1 chance of anything. it will be small... but it's not too cold, not too much radiation (Jupiter and moons are bathed in it). Saturn/titan. too cold. way too cold.

                          of course... we may be it. might not be anything else like us for some distance - or time.

                          but when you see the distance between planets... wow - I really don't think people will ever make it to the nearest stars. it's just too far.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by My Wife Hates CIV View Post

                            As far as intelligent life/advanced life if this part of the galaxy... one thing you can say for sure - we don't live down town on main street.
                            Would a microbe on Main Street know its on Main Street?
                            To us, it is the BEAST.

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                            • #15
                              I would think not... but I wouldn't consider that intelligent life... or even advanced life. but not sure what the standard def for advance life is.

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