re: #144 BignJames

Yes, that’s what I meant by “didn’t think we’d discover planets around other stars, much less…” I remember a file of clippings from the Washington Post I kept when they started making the news with extrasolar planet discoveries. I had to stop after Butler got into the act and they came up with more than 300 of them. (And if I weren’t so disorganized I’d know where that file is.) My point is that it’s even more exciting to be looking for earthlike world when finding gas giants was exciting enough as it is.