Comments on: What the Earth-Sized Planet Discovery Means http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2011/12/what-the-earth-size-planet-discovery-means/ A new Smithsonian blog covering scenes and sightings from the Smithsonian museums and beyond. Fri, 17 May 2013 19:32:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: Harry Hoejvande http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2011/12/what-the-earth-size-planet-discovery-means/comment-page-1/#comment-8939 Harry Hoejvande Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:31:43 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/?p=25142#comment-8939 I have difficulties accepting that the fields of ecology and evolution face under-funding. See article by Cyrus Martin in Current Biology, Volume 21, Issue 24, 20 December 2011, Pages R969-R973. This stuff is fun, but the associated costs are huge. Just think for a minute about the importance of understanding OUR planet before we turn our adventurous gaze 950 light-years outwards... I have difficulties accepting that the fields of ecology and evolution face under-funding. See article by Cyrus Martin in Current Biology, Volume 21, Issue 24, 20 December 2011, Pages R969-R973. This stuff is fun, but the associated costs are huge. Just think for a minute about the importance of understanding OUR planet before we turn our adventurous gaze 950 light-years outwards…

]]> By: Shawn Elliott http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2011/12/what-the-earth-size-planet-discovery-means/comment-page-1/#comment-8938 Shawn Elliott Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:07:17 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/?p=25142#comment-8938 ...especially with the effects of relativistic time dilation. Rimshot! …especially with the effects of relativistic time dilation.

Rimshot!

]]> By: Al Lane http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2011/12/what-the-earth-size-planet-discovery-means/comment-page-1/#comment-8930 Al Lane Wed, 21 Dec 2011 21:12:15 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/?p=25142#comment-8930 I realize that it would require a journey of 36 million years by the space shuttle, but hey... lets go for it. You know, time flies I realize that it would require a journey of 36 million years by the space shuttle, but hey… lets go for it.
You know, time flies

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