Quote from: LouScheffer on 05/24/2013 02:26 amI was trying to figure the odds of Kepler recovery. So it does not look good for Kepler. I'm highly constrained with respect to what I can say (vs. what I'd really like to say about those wheels)... Read this:http://www.nature.com/news/the-wheels-come-off-kepler-1.13032
I was trying to figure the odds of Kepler recovery. So it does not look good for Kepler.
A friend sent me this link, but in my opinion, the title line is completely misleading, as the only reference in the article is "engineers are working on a long-distance repair plan and testing it on a spacecraft test bed at the Ball Aerospace facility in Boulder, Colo.", and then nothing more is said other than to review Kepler's accomplishments and discoveries. Does anyone have any meat to this statement?http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9240630/NASA_preps_long_distance_rescue_plan_for_crippled_Kepler_telescope
- Kepler viewed an area of 150,000 stars in the area of Lyra and Cygnus. That area was specifically picked; they wanted enough stars to get a good sample but too many stars would make it difficult to pick out planets.
- There is no solar system analog for most of the planets Kepler has found. (Are WE and our solar system the oddballs in the universe?)
- Most planet candidates are expected to be the "real deal"
- There are several planets/planet candidates close to earth size AND close to earth's temperature range (270 K). Others in the graph that he showed were within the potential range where water could be liquid.
Could it be.....an earth like planet just got found?