It's Broken, Kepler

[Terryl]

Sorry, no gas stations up there.

And they didn't have triple ""A"" road side service, and we don't have the shuttle anymore to go fill it up.

 

[Channel Hopper]

The craft continued to run far beyond the original specification and project criteria, I doubt they have the type of fuel needed to get it started again.

The only downside appears to be the lateness of next generation machinery (James Webb), the recent worrying issues with Hubble, and the ongoing billionaires space race , none of the contenders have the funds to launch anything that surpasses, or matches what went on before.

At least Hawaii gets a new telescope, which is nice. (Article elsewhere)

 

[Channel Hopper]

M Class planet - found, Kepler-1649c

Earth-Size, Habitable Zone Planet Found Hidden in Early NASA Kepler Data - NASA

Editor’s note: This release has been updated with the correct information on planet orbits, and to add language about how this discovery relates to

www.nasa.gov

 

[Channel Hopper]

Two more, with water.

NASA finds evidence that two water worlds orbiting a red dwarf star

Two exoplanets may be mostly water.

www.techexplorist.com