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by arcticfox 3093 days ago
> it doesn't matter how many things we can see far, far away.

Why does it "not matter" since we can't land on them in our lifetimes? It's still interesting.
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cornholio 3093 days ago
The GP meant to say "it doesn't matter for SpaceX that we find new planets, since no rocket company will send anything there in the forseeable future". The GGP was pointing out that TESS itself is launched by SpaceX.
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