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underpants

(182,823 posts)
Wed Dec 13, 2017, 07:32 PM Dec 2017

God's floater.





https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/12/12/570167473/astronomers-want-to-know-does-this-interstellar-visitor-have-a-message-for-us

"Researchers working on long-distance space transportation have previously suggested that a cigar or needle shape is the most likely architecture for an interstellar spacecraft, since this would minimize friction and damage from interstellar gas and dust," the group said in its announcement.

"While a natural origin is more likely, there is currently no consensus on what that origin might have been, and Breakthrough Listen is well positioned to explore the possibility that 'Oumuamua could be an artifact."

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God's floater. (Original Post) underpants Dec 2017 OP
an interstellar doobie... spanone Dec 2017 #1
:-) underpants Dec 2017 #5
It looks like Star Trek's... El Supremo Dec 2017 #2
Space catfish underpants Dec 2017 #4
We are following this so closely. It's fun. raven mad Dec 2017 #3
They came to put yellow police tape around our solar system and Irish_Dem Dec 2017 #6

raven mad

(4,940 posts)
3. We are following this so closely. It's fun.
Wed Dec 13, 2017, 08:00 PM
Dec 2017

Space.org, NASA, NPR - it is absolutely fascinating! (I grew up at Kennedy Space Center, so, well, duh.....)

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