It would take about 20 years for it to get there.
2007-05-23 05:41:50 · 11 answers · asked by Yahoo Man 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
If you have one, can you give me a link of a computerized drawing of life on the new earth?
2007-05-23 05:45:46 · update #1
Finding humans? Won't happen. I hope there'll be life there, I do believe there could be, but it won't be humans. Even species with a very small genetic difference look quite different, so a life form that evolved on another planet will be very different from us.
And unfortunately it'll take longer to get there, we can't travel at the speed of light....
2007-05-24 11:29:26 · answer #1 · answered by Sheriam 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually it would take 20 years if we send it at the speed of light, which we can't. I think it might take about 20,000 years to get there at the best speed our technology can produce. The "new earth" is one of the most interesting stories of all time, it is absolutely fascinating, the mind reels with possibilities. It would seem that if humans are ever going to explore there, at least with the technology we can envision now, some means of suspended animation will have to be perfected so that the explorers can sleep during the journey and be revived as they approach the planet.
As a kid I read a science fiction story in which a space craft launched on just such a mission approached its destination after thousands of years, only to discover when the explorers got there that the light speed barrier problem had been solved and the trip was as routine as a drive to the mall is today.
Anyway, it is a truly astounding discovery, you asked a very interesting question, so thank you.
2007-05-23 05:48:50 · answer #2 · answered by jxt299 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It would take many more than 20 years to get there - it's 20 LIGHT YEARS away. The fastest space craft ever, Helios 2, travelled at 250,000 km/h, which is 6.94 * 10^5 m/s, which is .02 percent the speed of light.
At that speed, it would take us 86000 years to get there.
The fastest shuttle we've ever sent up travelled about 1/10 as fast as Helios 2, so it'd take us 800000 years to get to this new earth.
Anyway, there'd be no humans there because the evolution of life on that planet, if there IS life on that planet, would have progressed differently.
2007-05-23 05:48:48 · answer #3 · answered by Brian L 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Absolutely zero. There is no chance of life evolving in the exact way it did on Earth - no chance at all. Sure, there's a good chance there's some sort of life, maybe even intelligent - but it won't be humans.
2007-05-23 06:09:28 · answer #4 · answered by eri 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Very little...You might find life, but not humans...The odds that mankind could evolve to the exact same species over the millions of years is HUGE...Probably never happen.
2007-05-23 05:44:26 · answer #5 · answered by Guy 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
why does everyone call it our twin? It has twice the gravity as here but similar temperatures. It may have no atmosphere or may covered with sulfuric acid for all we know. At shuttle speeds, a one way trip is 800,000 years.
2007-05-23 05:46:06 · answer #6 · answered by Gene 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It has new form but not identical of life?
2007-05-30 06:56:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
what are the odds of us finding humans?
about 1:Googolplex - against
2007-05-23 05:55:34 · answer #8 · answered by RationalThinker 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You gines are carzy peapley.:)
2007-05-30 19:28:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
zero
2007-05-23 06:25:29 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋