Nope

Just quoting that one sentence, because it puts the rest of what you say in context.

If it still isn't clear to you, try to imagine if there could be any connection between what these things cost and what insurance premiums cost.

They truly are great stories. Such imagination.

Seems to me the only person in a religion who knows it's bullshit is the one who made it up. When he croaks without admitting it's bollocks, well, that's probably how these things get started. I don't see anything very different about scientology other than we've seen its creation out of whole cloth. We don't get that kind of view with ancient religions.

I wouldn't put money into Bitcoin but it's not a ponzi scheme and calling it that simply suggests that you don't know what a ponzi scheme is.

Typical stingy bookies odds. SpaceX don't even have plans to go to Mars by 2020. It's so ludicrously short a timescale that you could quite comfortably offer 2000 or 5000-1 and be completely confident about coming out ahead. (as the bookie)

Pardon me if we don't all leap to your personal definition of 'earth-like'. In your head Jupiter would be earth-like if it had life. Sorry, nope.

lol at least now it's clear that most of the shit you're spewing can be safely ignored.

It's very clear that you started with your conclusion. The $850 billion on the F-35 is money well spent to you? Shows you're an ideologue who isn't interested in changing their mind.

Why a higher, superior intelligence would shun curiosity about the contents of outer space (including the potentially important discoveries and resources there) is beyond me.

This comment strongly suggests that your grasp of this entire issue is that of a simpleton. No-one said anything about living on this place. You made that up in your own head. You should question what else you've been making up in your own head to make others seem ridiculous in your narrow world view.

I think you already posted that as AC. Of course, that one got the '5' ;)

There's little doubt that if it was done it would be an amazing technology. One proposal around the idea is FOCAL.

I haven't seen any sources indicating that this planet would be tidally locked. None of the articles seem to mention it one way or the other. It's much further out than its siblings in that system and it's a decent size so I think it's possible it might not yet be tidally locked.

Agree that it probably isn't Earth 2.0. I think we'll need a more sun-like star for that. There are loads of red dwarfs but there's the ever-present issue of planets being tidally locked if they're close enough to have liquid water.

Interesting; thanks..!