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Toxic Speech
Episode 744 2:04:17 - 2:06:07

744: Toxic Speech

NASA Kepler Mission, Light Meter Technology

An engineer's note clarifies that NASA's Kepler satellite does not use a traditional camera but a light meter to detect variations in stellar brightness. These "dips" in light are used to estimate the diameter and orbit of potential planets, but other details reported by NASA are characterized as supposition. The segment questions the validity of NASA's claims regarding habitable "Earth-like" planets.