Do the math JakeD, will not just glimpse at politics as simply just a "Blue shirt vs Red shirt" proposition like "My grandaddy was a Republican" alright? Today it was introduced that a in close proximity to-Earth-sized rocky earth has been identified in the Habitable Zone all-around the nearest star, Proxima Centauri, a pink dwarf (component of a 3-star system the other folks are Alpha Centauri-A and -B).