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T@T · 03-06-2009, 11:34 PM

The search vessel blasted off tonight!

"The Kepler spacecraft blasted into space on top of a Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
The telescope will search our corner of the Milky Way galaxy for Earth-like planets.
"This is a historical mission. It's not just a science mission," NASA Associate Administrator Ed Weiler said during a prelaunch news conference."

"Mission goal is to find Earth-like planets with potential to have liquid water on surface"

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/0...tml#cnnSTCText

03-06-2009, 11:34 PM	#89
T@T Lifetime Suspension Join Date: Aug 2002 Exp:	The search vessel blasted off tonight! "The Kepler spacecraft blasted into space on top of a Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The telescope will search our corner of the Milky Way galaxy for Earth-like planets. "This is a historical mission. It's not just a science mission," NASA Associate Administrator Ed Weiler said during a prelaunch news conference." "Mission goal is to find Earth-like planets with potential to have liquid water on surface" http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/0...tml#cnnSTCText