Earth 2

[Muslimwoman]

Oh how brilliant. Now give it 50 years and we will be up there mining, cutting down trees, dumping barrels of green goo and killing anything that moves and doesn't.

I must look up the word pessimist one day.

[Snoopy]

Originally Posted by Muslimwoman

I must look up the word pessimist one day.

It says "Don't live as long as optimists."

You choose!

s.

[juantoo3]

How's the fishing there?

[Snoopy]

Distinctly sole destroying.

[juantoo3]

They make nose plugs for that problem.

[Quahom1]

Originally Posted by InLove

40 degrees Celsius? Oh, man! I was ready to pack my bags, pre-flight, until I realized that I already live in Texas. That's about as warm as I wanna get!

Arizona gets hotter than that...

[Quahom1]

Originally Posted by Muslimwoman

Oh how brilliant. Now give it 50 years and we will be up there mining, cutting down trees, dumping barrels of green goo and killing anything that moves and doesn't.

I must look up the word pessimist one day.

Not to worry, even approaching the speed of light, It would take twenty some years to get there. Meanwhile the earth will have aged by 1500 years. By the time the crews returned with the raw materials, 3000 plus years will have passed on earth, and if we're still around, we'd probably look at them as a primitive curiosity ("and what is all the junk you brought back with you?")

edit: more reasons to give you hope. At 1.5 times the radius of Earth 1, Earth 2 would be five times the size of our Earth. So, a 100 lbs man would weigh over 500 lbs there, and instead of a realitively light 14.7 Psi atmospheric pressure, it would be greater than 60-75 Psi there (the equivelent of being 90-120 feet below the surface of the sea). So, once a crew got there, if they could survive any length of time and adapt to the new conditions, they could never really come back to Earth 1 for long. (they'd be physiologically altered). Sure they'd be five times stronger than us back here, but they'd have to wear a special "space suit" just to keep from suffering explosive decompression, or having their blood boil, or getting enough oxygen under pressure to even breath.

So, in short, it would be a one way trip.