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kleinbl00 · 1922 days ago · link · · parent · post: Have aliens found us? Interview with Avi Loeb, Chair of Harvard Astronomy Department
1) From an astronomical standpoint, it ain't a big thing. We're talkin' about an object around the rough size of a football stadium. 2) If I had something shaped like a giant cigar and I were trying to not get noticed, I'll bet my AI would go "quick, act like an asteroid" as soon as I had a reasonable read on my observed race's intelligence. "Tumbling" is such a nasty word. It's got a periodicity of 8 hours. Sucker's "tumbling" about 1/10th as fast as your average revolving restaurant. 3) We should totally send something after it. That's the sort of speedboat space exploration your average Red Stater can get behind.