Distant planet judged possibly habitable

On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:40:40 +1000, in a place far, far away, Sylvia
Else made the phosphor on my monitor glow
in such a way as to indicate that:

Joe Strout wrote:
http://www.world-science.net/otherne...ble-planet.htm

That is pretty interesting. Surface gravity of 2G or so, and average
temperatures estimated at 0-40 C. It'd be really interesting to see
what has evolved there, if anything.

Let's see, 20 light-years away... that'll be within reach of our probes
within the century, I'd guess. Can't wait to see what they turn up.

Seems to me that no credible probe could deliver results within a human
lifetime of its launch. I cannot see any government being willing to
fund such an enterprise even if it became technically feasible.

That depends on what happens to the length of human lifetimes.