Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Science!
Extrasolar water: aqualink. I shall further address "hot Jupiters" and all manner of other so-called exoplanets when I savage the ill-named Fermi paradox and the preposterous Drake Equation in a forthcoming post. For now, though, I cannot wait until our techniques are sufficiently sophisticated to find (a) terrestrial planets, e.g., Mars, Venus, or Earth and (b) we find a world with an Earth-like nitrogen-oxygen atmosphere with an unbroken salt water ocean for its surface. Yes, boys and girls, star-hugging gas giants are all fine and good, but me, I'm jonesing for a waterworld.

The Rebel Black Dot Song of the Day
Fountains of Wayne, "All Kinds of Time" from Welcome Interstate Managers (T.L.A.M.)

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