Funny Out of This World Stuff

For the first time since Mars landers demonstrated what an arid lifeless dump Mars is, astronomers have found a planet other than Earth that could be life-bearing. So what's the headline? "New planet may be habitable, but don't start packing."

We all know how condo prices are going through the roof, but that doesn't mean it's worth mounting a 20 light-year expedition to the nearest possibly habitable planet, because, oh, I don't know, IT WOULD TAKE MORE THAN A HUNDRED THOUSAND YEARS USING CURRENT TECHNOLOGY, AND YOU'D BE DEAD ON ARRIVAL?

NO! The article says, don't GO there, SISTER, because THIS planet, called Gliese 581c, by the way (it's name is also its tax status?!), circles its red dwarf star once every 13 Earth-days! You DO NOT want to add the years so fast -- that's over 27 "years" per Earth year! OUCH!

Not only that, but at 1.6 times Earth gravity at the surface you would be SO putting on the pounds! (And I DO know the difference between pounds -- which measure force, and would therefore increase! -- and kilograms, which measure mass, and therefore WOULDN'T increase!)

Funny, funny, stuff!