Kepler will launching on Friday via a Delta II rocket to begin its 3 1/2 year study of planets in other systems, some that may harbor life. Here's an article I found today on it from the San Jose Mercury News: http://www.mercurynews.com/topstories/ci_11815817?nclick_check=1 Can't wait to find what they find or don't find, though I think they may find more than what they think. Jay