Kepler Finds Four New Planets That Are Possibly Habitable

[Dryson]

http://www.space.com/33460-possibly-habitable-exoplanets-dwarf-star-kepler.html


Four new planets being as close as they are and as large as they are would be the perfect setting for an advanced space faring civilization to emerge from.

The interplanetary commerce routes between the planets as well as exploring each planet not to mention vacation spots and other planet based locations of interest would definitely create a quadrilateral, four sided, market system.

A starbase is similar to a planet when thinking along the lines of trading. You an learn a lot by playing Starfleet Armada and building a vast network of trade hubs to build credits with. The Klingons don't like trading much however unless its trading disruptor fire with phaser fire.

 

[Asbo Zaprudder]

There are two planets in the habitable zone of K2-72, not four. I won't go into additional problems for life evolving on stars around red dwarfs such as likely tidally locked rotation, tidal heating, and intense radiation bombardment from flares. Anyway, four planets means six possible trade routes (number of combinations for choosing n from N without regard to order = N!/(N-n)!n!), not four.

 

[publiusr]

More here

http://cosmoquest.org/forum/showthr...otentially-Habitable-Planets-Are-Rocky-Worlds