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Breathless speculation aside, I think it would be extremely cool if we could identify, intercept and sample an extrasolar object at some point in my lifetime.
by boothby 11mo ago
Breathless speculation aside, I think it would be extremely cool if we could identify, intercept and sample an extrasolar object at some point in my lifetime.
- CamperBob2 11mo agoMeanwhile, in this life, some dogs and cats were apparently being eaten, so we get this: https://www.space.com/space-exploration/nasa-is-sinking-its-flagship-science-center-during-the-government-shutdown-and-may-be-breaking-the-law-in-the-process https://www.space.com/space-exploration/nasa-is-sinking-its-...
- Muromec 11mo agoThat just means that the first people making contact with the object will not be speaking English, not that it will not happen at all
- m4rtink 11mo agoBy this point it looks like they are not that rare. Lets just hope the next one does not have enough delta-v to change its trajectory to intercept us - at a couple dozen km/s. ;-)
- ProllyInfamous 11mo agoThe most amazing thing to me (after reading Wikipedia on this very-recent classification of "Interstellar Object"), is that only two prior have been confirmed, and all in the last decade.