# New Planet Discovered With Life **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 28, 2007, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-planet-discovered-with-life/401947 "2007-04-28T11:16:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![threnodyangelfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@threnodyangelfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threnodyangelfire)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-planet-discovered-with-life/401947/1 "2007-04-28T11:16:44Z")
So say, this [new planet](http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/070424_hab_exoplanet.html) may have life on it. What kind of life do YOU want it to have? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-planet-discovered-with-life/401947/2 "2007-04-28T11:18:53Z")
There is a difference between _could_ and _does_. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![threnodyangelfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@threnodyangelfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threnodyangelfire)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-planet-discovered-with-life/401947/3 "2007-04-28T11:25:22Z")
[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor] There is a difference between _could_ and _does_. :dubious: [/QUOTE] I love you. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-planet-discovered-with-life/401947/4 "2007-04-28T11:45:45Z")
Reality TV contestants. Really fucking stupid reality TV contestants. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-planet-discovered-with-life/401947/5 "2007-04-28T11:53:34Z")
Would that be where \*this \* planet’s stupid reality TV contestants come from?? ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-planet-discovered-with-life/401947/6 "2007-04-28T12:01:43Z")
You don’t think we have enough of them already? ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-planet-discovered-with-life/401947/7 "2007-04-28T14:31:16Z")
[QUOTE=threnodyangelfire] What kind of life do YOU want it to have? [/QUOTE] Gallifreyans? ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-planet-discovered-with-life/401947/8 "2007-04-28T14:39:49Z")
What Really fucking stupid reality TV contestants? I don’t watch any of those programs. Am I missing something? Anyway, I’d prefer to be able to communicate with these beings, and that they be nice and friendly, but more powerful than we are. Peace, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![Merkwurdigliebe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/74df32/32.png) [@Merkwurdigliebe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merkwurdigliebe)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-planet-discovered-with-life/401947/9 "2007-04-28T14:49:28Z")
This is the first post that I could find on the new planet, so I figure I’ll answer your question and maybe add a bit. Who do I want to find? Obviously Vulcans, who can come here and teach us how to build starships! Secondly, this thing is only 20 light-years away! We should have some kind of high-powered transmission over there to see if anyone will answer back! Okay, it’ll take 20 years, but still…We could find out in 40 years, possibly! Sorry for all of the exclamation points, but this gets me really excited. We need to invent some kind of warp drive very soon. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-planet-discovered-with-life/401947/10 "2007-04-28T14:58:14Z")
[QUOTE=Merkwurdigliebe] This is the first post that I could find on the new planet, so I figure I’ll answer your question and maybe add a bit. Who do I want to find? Obviously Vulcans, who can come here and teach us how to build starships! Secondly, this thing is only 20 light-years away! We should have some kind of high-powered transmission over there to see if anyone will answer back! Okay, it’ll take 20 years, but still…We could find out in 40 years, possibly! Sorry for all of the exclamation points, but this gets me really excited. We need to invent some kind of warp drive very soon. [/QUOTE] First, I think we should develop some kind of warp look. Be a shame to go all that way only to discover the star had novaed\* 20 years ago. \*I know that. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-planet-discovered-with-life/401947/11 "2007-04-28T14:59:29Z")
[QUOTE=Merkwurdigliebe] Who do I want to find? Obviously Vulcans, who can come here and teach us how to build starships! [/QUOTE] Me, too, but I reckon if they have starships, they already know about us and decided we are too warlike, stupid and or generally icky to associate with. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-planet-discovered-with-life/401947/12 "2007-04-28T15:03:12Z")
[QUOTE=mangeorge] Be a shame to go all that way only to discover the star had novaed\* 20 years ago. [/QUOTE] So you take your lunch. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-planet-discovered-with-life/401947/13 "2007-04-28T15:03:48Z")
Humans. Exactly like us\*, and watch the collective minds of earth shit themselves. \*in reality, I couldn’t imagine a more fascinating yet disappointing fact than this. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-planet-discovered-with-life/401947/14 "2007-04-28T18:08:15Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] So you take your lunch. :rolleyes: [/QUOTE] ? Lunch? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-planet-discovered-with-life/401947/15 "2007-04-28T18:17:23Z")
[QUOTE=mangeorge] ? Lunch? [/QUOTE] If MacDonald’s has been vaporized, you will need a snack before you turn around and travel 20 light years back. ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-planet-discovered-with-life/401947/16 "2007-04-28T18:19:24Z")
[QUOTE=threnodyangelfire] What kind of life do YOU want it to have? [/QUOTE] Something that’s good with cream sauce. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-planet-discovered-with-life/401947/17 "2007-04-28T18:36:41Z")
[QUOTE=Lizard] Something that’s good with cream sauce. [/QUOTE] Popplers! ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/K_mBUhKSne8/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/K_mBUhKSne8?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque And if it is an M class planet, don’t forget to look for Rodenberries… ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-planet-discovered-with-life/401947/18 "2007-04-28T19:01:40Z")
[QUOTE=Merkwurdigliebe] This is the first post that I could find on the new planet, so I figure I’ll answer your question and maybe add a bit. Who do I want to find? Obviously Vulcans, who can come here and teach us how to build starships! Secondly, this thing is only 20 light-years away! We should have some kind of high-powered transmission over there to see if anyone will answer back! Okay, it’ll take 20 years, but still…We could find out in 40 years, possibly! Sorry for all of the exclamation points, but this gets me really excited. We need to invent some kind of warp drive very soon. [/QUOTE] Probably already happened. They’ve been watching _Full House_ and are now assembling an armada to destroy us. Can’t say I blame them, really. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-planet-discovered-with-life/401947/19 "2007-04-28T19:10:47Z")
[QUOTE=threnodyangelfire] So say, this [new planet](http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/070424_hab_exoplanet.html) may have life on it. What kind of life do YOU want it to have? [/QUOTE] Something that tastes good. Like, cows that are even tastier than the ones we have. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-planet-discovered-with-life/401947/20 "2007-04-28T19:22:34Z")
A fantasy world with mermaids and dragons and unicorns and hobbits and hot sexy chain-mail chicks and killer rabbits and aaadaaaahhhh fan-wank overload! My serious side though is wondering what the nature of the Christian Jesus would have on another planet. Would he have died for their sins too, or would their world have a different Jesus, ala the Narnia series? Straying into GD stuff though ^^; [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-planet-discovered-with-life/401947.md?page=2)