An artist's illustration of an Earth-like planet. The search for planets that are similar to Earth is one of NASA's main goals. Many planets have already been discovered orbiting other stars, but so far only larger planets (the size of Jupiter or larger) have been found. New missions are being planned by NASA which will be able to detect smaller Earth-sized planets. Some of these missions will also try to detect signs of life on these planets by studying emissions in their atmospheres.
BILLIONS OF EARTHS COULD BE OUT THERE!!

8/14/10

The Alpha Centauri System and Traveling There

Articles on the Alpha Centauri system, the possibility of traveling there, and other interstellar related articles.

Alpha Centauri & here.
Destination Alpha Centauri
First Ark to Alpha Centauri
How to Get to Alpha Centauri

Traveling from Earth to the Alpha Centauri system
Voyage to Pandora: Humanity's First Interstellar Flight
The Science Behind James Cameron's Avatar Voyaging to the Stars
Cosmic Journeys: Voyage to Pandora: Interstellar Flight See Video!

To learn about Interstellar travel & here.
Spaceship Could Fly Faster Than Light
The Universe - "Science Fiction, Science Fact" See Video!
Mark Millis on the possibilities of interstellar travel See Video!

Stephen Hawking's Warning (2006)
Move to new planet, says Hawking
Humans must colonize other planets: Hawking
Stephen Hawking: Humans Must Leave Earth to Survive
Hawking Says Humans Must Colonize Other Planets to Survive

Stephen Hawking's Warning (2010) UPDATE
Stephen Hawking's Ecological Warning
Stephen Hawking's Warning: Abandon Earth—Or Face Extinction
Abandon Earth or Face Extinction, Stephen Hawking Warns -- Again

Space colonization Click here, here & here.
Space Colonization: Future or Fanatsy?
NASA preps '100-year spaceship' NEW!
Is NASA Covering Up the 100-Year Starship? NEW!
Ion engine could one day power 39-day trips to Mars
Do We Have the 'Right Stuff' to Put an Astronaut on Mars?

Space Historian Sees Cyborgs in Our Future
Future Space Explorers Could Be Humans 2.0
Humans Only Have 200-300 Years Left on Earth
Visit this great site: The Future of Human Evolution
 













An artist picture of a future astronaut`s 1st breath of air on an alien planet.

"The long-term survival of the human race is at risk as long as it is confined to a single planet. Sooner or later, disasters such as an asteroid collision or nuclear war could wipe us all out. But once we spread out into space and establish independent colonies, our future should be safe. There isn't anywhere like the Earth in the solar system, so we would have to go to another star."
-- Stephen Hawking, Physicist

"By 2025 we expect new spacecraft designed for long journeys to allow us to begin the first ever crewed missions beyond the Moon into deep space. So we’ll start by sending astronauts to an asteroid for the first time in history. By the mid-2030s I believe we can send humans to orbit Mars and return them safely to Earth. And a landing on Mars will follow and I expect to be around in see it."
--President Barack Obama, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Speech outlining his administration's space policy, 15 April 2010.

"We'll build new ships to carry man forward into the universe, to gain a new foothold on the Moon and to prepare for new journeys to the worlds beyond our own. . . . We do not know where this journey will end, yet we know this: human beings are headed into the cosmos."
-- President George W. Bush, speech at NASA headquarters, 14 January 2004

"All civilizations become either spacefaring or extinct."
-- Carl Sagan, Astronomer
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