[AlexanderPalamayr]

20 light years in 30-40 years time? No. Not this century. 20 light years in 70-100 years, maybe. Would take a multigenerational ship or hibernation; both of which are a long, long way off. Although I am sure you would still get lot of volunteers.

[zoneouddy]

If by joining the mission the colonists secure an astronaut's pension for their parents and brethren, many people would join.

I would send 48 people in the mission; 24 men, 24 women, with 12 people running the ship at any time and the remaining 36 on stasis, in a yearly cycle. This means 4 people on duty at any time (8-hour shifts). 1 in 4 should be a doctor and 1 in 4 engineer.

[TriammaMade]

Iif life exists on that planet, it'd be nothing like what we know here.

It's life Jim, but not as we know it...

[Seisyvose]

wow. this is an amazing discovery but there's nothing concrete yet. Only that it is in the 'goldilocks zone'.

[mymnarorump]

And according to Futurama, it would be inhabited by hyper-intelligent cats.

[defenderfors]

Well Mass Effect gave a reason for it... the hot and cold fronts would interact and create storms (I know nothing about meteorology to know if this is true). Actually, the planet I'm thinking of rotated such that the habitable zone would move along. There was another planet that had a static cold side and hot side but you couldn't land there. I remember reading it when I probed it.

[Sowsunese]

So we have a planet that we can send extreme right-wingers and extreme left-wingers to, now.

[Poohoppesmase]

@OP: This is very bad news. See here.

[RokeIdeadioke]

This is Hera. What do you expect?

[Tij84ye]

Filter, wtf? That link Hera posted was gibberish. It seemed vaguely related to the Monty Haul problem, but it wasn't really coherent. Smoke weed everyday.

[maxtp]

Seriously. I mean, I got no hate in my heart for the huffers, but keep your retardation to yourself.