The Kepler Mission

[Maarit]

True or False?

1. Johannes Kepler has said: "the ways by which men arrive at knowledge of the celestial things are hardly less wonderful than the nature of these things themselves".
2. The Kepler Mission has been made known by Johannes Kepler in 16th century.
3. One of the most important aims of the Kepler Mission is the mining of metals (for example Platinum) from planets`core and bringing them to Earth.
4. The Kepler Mission is the first mission which is capable of finding Earth-size and smaller planets around other stars.

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Maarit

[Anna]

- Over 2,000 exoplanets (extrasolar planet) have been confirmed due to Kepler missions. True or false?
- The Delta II rocket carrying NASA's Kepler spacecraft lifted off March 6, 2009 from Launch Complex 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. True or false?
- Kepler’s first mission finished in 2013 as the mission reached its purpose. True or false?
- The second mission is predicted to finish by 2017 or 2018. True or false?

[Admin]

Wow - I have no idea! I'd have to Google the answers... Does anybody know???
Pieter