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NASA's Kepler Telescope Launched Successfully

Posted by Soulskill on from the take-that-gravity dept.

Iddo Genuth writes "At precisely 10:49 p.m. EST, NASA's 'Kepler' telescope was successfully kicked off into space, embarking on a mission that the agency says 'may fundamentally change humanity's view of itself.' The telescope will search the nearby region of our galaxy for the first time looking for Earth-size planets, which orbit stars at distances where temperatures permit liquid water to endure on their surface — a region often referred to as the 'habitable' zone."

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  1. GJ Nasa! by binarylarry · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nasa needs to get the facts:

    You take the good, you take the bad,
    you crash billions of dollars of equipment into the ocean,
    The Facts of Life, the Facts of Life.

    There's a time you got to go and show
    You're growin' now you know about
    The Facts of Life, the Facts of Life.

    When the world never seems
    to be livin up to your dreams
    And suddenly you're finding out
    the Facts of Life are all about you, you.

    It takes a lot to get 'em right
    When you're learning the Facts of Life. (learning the Facts of Life)
    Learning the Facts of Life (learning the Facts of Life)
    Learning the Facts of Life.

    Ahh, I never get sick of that old Alan Thicke jingle.

    --
    Mod me down, my New Earth Global Warmingist friends!
  2. Re:Must have used a big-ass boot. by khallow · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's a mixed metaphor. Don't throw the blender out with the bathwater.