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Listening to this episode right now, and just got to the issue of star maps, where to go and all that jazz. Right before I listened to it, I sent in my review of Nick Redfern's NASA CONSPIRACIES and KEEP OUT (pending publication) where I briefly discuss the Kepler program.

Here's an excerpt:

"Kepler is a space-based observatory set to discover Earth-like planets orbiting other stars. Recently it was announced that our galaxy alone appears to host 160 billion star-bound planets. A few million of those might hit the 'goldilocks' zone capable of sustaining known life forms.

The curious thing is that all of Kepler data was supposed to be freely and immediately available to the public for research purposes. Yet a few years back there was a sudden announcement that the results would be edited before release with a couple of years' delay. I haven't yet seen the conspiracy buffs run with this topic, but but I'd like to see what they can find."

A few related links to more information:

Telescope team may be allowed to sit on exoplanet data : Nature News

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/15/science/space/15kepler.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all

Kepler (spacecraft) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

<blockquote data-quote="J.T." data-source="post: 130953" data-attributes="member: 1863">Listening to this episode right now, and just got to the issue of star maps, where to go and all that jazz. Right before I listened to it, I sent in my review of Nick Redfern&#039;s NASA CONSPIRACIES and KEEP OUT (pending publication) where I briefly discuss the Kepler program. &nbsp;Here&#039;s an excerpt:&nbsp;&quot;Kepler is a space-based observatory set to discover Earth-like planets orbiting other stars. Recently it was announced that our galaxy alone appears to host 160 billion star-bound planets. A few million of those might hit the &#039;goldilocks&#039; zone capable of sustaining known life forms. &nbsp;The curious thing is that all of Kepler data was supposed to be freely and immediately available to the public for research purposes. Yet a few years back there was a sudden announcement that the results would be edited before release with a couple of years&#039; delay. I haven&#039;t yet seen the conspiracy buffs run with this topic, but but I&#039;d like to see what they can find.&quot;&nbsp;A few related links to more information:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100414/full/news.2010.182.html" target="_blank">Telescope team may be allowed to sit on exoplanet data : Nature News</a>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/15/science/space/15kepler.html?_r=1&amp;pagewanted=all" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/15/science/space/15kepler.html?_r=1&amp;pagewanted=all</a>&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler_(spacecraft)#Controversy_over_data_release_schedule" target="_blank">Kepler (spacecraft) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="J.T., post: 130953, member: 1863"] Listening to this episode right now, and just got to the issue of star maps, where to go and all that jazz. Right before I listened to it, I sent in my review of Nick Redfern's NASA CONSPIRACIES and KEEP OUT (pending publication) where I briefly discuss the Kepler program. Here's an excerpt: "Kepler is a space-based observatory set to discover Earth-like planets orbiting other stars. Recently it was announced that our galaxy alone appears to host 160 billion star-bound planets. A few million of those might hit the 'goldilocks' zone capable of sustaining known life forms. The curious thing is that all of Kepler data was supposed to be freely and immediately available to the public for research purposes. Yet a few years back there was a sudden announcement that the results would be edited before release with a couple of years' delay. I haven't yet seen the conspiracy buffs run with this topic, but but I'd like to see what they can find." A few related links to more information: [url="http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100414/full/news.2010.182.html"]Telescope team may be allowed to sit on exoplanet data : Nature News[/url] [url="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/15/science/space/15kepler.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all"]http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/15/science/space/15kepler.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all[/url] [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler_(spacecraft)#Controversy_over_data_release_schedule"]Kepler (spacecraft) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/url] [/QUOTE]

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