[Travel] Calling occupants of interplanetary.....?

[AmexRuislip]

Following [MENTION=1958]Gazwag[/MENTION]

The Murdoch mother ship returning to planet Sky.

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

It does rather look like a huge rock more than it looks like a spaceship doesn't it!

That's just what they want you to think ...

 

[Is it PotG?]

Yep, Shane will see it off

 

[Papa Lazarou]

That's just what they want you to think ...

If it's starts to decelerate, then we're in trouble.

 

[Jim D]

Indeed. I think the unusual thing the scientists are pointing out is the unusual shape, i.e cylindrical. Very unusual shape for a naturally occurring asteroid (though not beyond the realms of probability, maybe scoured as it's passed through the interstellar medium) coupled with the trajectory indicating it came from outside our solar system (and presumably from beyond the heliopause). There's no report I can see that describes whether it's tumbling, spinning on its long axis or just moving forwards with no rotation.

Do you think that perhaps, on some far off planet, there are giants whose main sport is Javelin throwing with rocks - and their equivalent of Leonardo got the launch wrong?

 

[Igzilla]

If it's starts to decelerate, then we're in trouble.

Let's hope it's not the advance scout for the huge alien war fleet currently passing through Alpha Centauri...I for one welcome our new alien overlords...

 

[half time scores]

Considering how long we have had the technology to send / receive radio signals in comparison to the age of our planet, the chances of another Goldilocks planet being at the same stage at the same time must be pretty slim.
Mind you, the universe is somewhat on the large side.
Someone told me that to get to the nearest star using the technology we have at present would take more fuel that our planet has and has ever produced, taking thousands of years to get there.

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Considering how long we have had the technology to send / receive radio signals in comparison to the age of our planet, the chances of another Goldilocks planet being at the same stage at the same time must be pretty slim.
Mind you, the universe is somewhat on the large side.
Someone told me that to get to the nearest star using the technology we have at present would take more fuel that our planet has and has ever produced, taking thousands of years to get there.

But given the speed limit of the universe, we'd be receiving radio signals from way in the distant past (dependant upon the distance to the source).

You could also suggest that some of the planets we're seeing via Kepler don't even exist anymore!

 

[A1X]

Probably come to return Glenn Miller. We don't want him, go away. You took him, you can keep the smegger.

 

[melias shoes]

Viable or just sensationalist journalism.

Huge object orbiting earth COULD be alien spacecraft. Hmmmm....


https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/tech...y-scientists/ar-BBGCPom?li=BBoPWjQ&ocid=wispr

It's all the Russians fault.

 

[half time scores]

But given the speed limit of the universe, we'd be receiving radio signals from way in the distant past (dependant upon the distance to the source).

You could also suggest that some of the planets we're seeing via Kepler don't even exist anymore!

Absolutely, the coincidence of all these factors must be minute.

 

[melias shoes]

Unlikely unfortunately but would love it if it was.

Be careful what you wish for. I've seen war of the worlds.

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Probably come to return Glenn Miller. We don't want him, go away. You took him, you can keep the smegger.

Thanks Ace.

 

[Guinness Boy]

 

[The Sock of Poskett]

Is it a submarine modelled out of the hopes and dreams of ex-Palace managers?

 

[vegster]

" Two possibilities exist: Either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying." Sir Arthur C Clarke

 

[Dean Deyn]

https://www.scientificamerican.com/...galactic-driftwood-seti-tunes-in-to-oumuamua/

 

[The Clamp]

To quote Calvin and Hobbs

"The surest sign that there is intelligent life out there is that they haven't bothered to contact us"

 

[el punal]

So that's where the knuckle duster got to.

 

[Icy Gull]

Looks very battered, probably been through a Galactic war on two on it’s journey