We are looking at top level mission design right now to launch within 5 years to rendezvous fly by in the outer solar system in about 10 or 15 years from now. It can still happen and it will absolutely fascinating if the mission can get funding.
Rendezvous with rama, huh? We're going to need puzzle solvers, lots of puzzle solvers.
Edit: a word
[deleted] · 17 points · Posted at 12:27:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Now thats a game I havnt thought about in many years, yet at the first mention of it I instantly remember the soundtrack.
krakapow · 59 points · Posted at 12:37:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There is a game? The book is amazing.
[deleted] · 15 points · Posted at 12:41:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_-WoHVKhNQ a 90s point and click adventure. I liked it as a kid and I was terrified of some of the death scenes you can get. I can't say much if it holds up or if you can even buy/download it anywhere. Mostly nostalgia for me.
dmarko · 4 points · Posted at 12:40:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There were 4 books written by Arthur C. Clarke. The game is based on the first two.
Rendezvous with Rama is a science fiction novel by British writer Arthur C. Clarke first published in 1973. Set in the 2130s, the story involves a 50-kilometre (31 mi) cylindrical alien starship that enters Earth's solar system. The story is told from the point of view of a group of human explorers who intercept the ship in an attempt to unlock its mysteries. The novel won both the Hugo[4] and Nebula[5] awards upon its release, and is regarded as one of the cornerstones in Clarke's bibliography. The concept was later extended with several sequels.
The first book is all A. C. Clarke. The second through the fourth book is actually written by Gentry Lee, with some input and revision from Clarke (even though the covers obviously seem to suggest the contrary).
From what I've seen from reviews, due to lesser involvement from Clarke, these sequels have a different tone and are more character-driven (as opposed to science driven), which seemed like a letdown to me (and the reviews seem to agree they have a lower quality because of it and other reasons), so I never was too excited to read the sequels, but I've seen some praise for them here on reddit, so I might just pick it up and see what's what.
YakMan2 · 5 points · Posted at 13:59:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It is more character driven, and the characters are fantastic. Definitely a shift from the first one, but if you go in with that expectation you’ll enjoy it I think.
If i recall correctly, the books follow the characters as they board and live aboard Rama as it travels across the stars.
All I remember from Rama II was one of the crew built a pair of Shakespear quoting mini robots, one modelled after Prince Hal and the other Sir John Falstaff.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 15:02:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You're very correct!
Alaistair Reynolds did a similar take on Rama with Pushing Ice. A very good read about a team of ice miners who find out that Enceladus (iirc) is actually a spaceship; they catch up to it with a hastily-planned mission and get stuck because of space magic and plot requirements, but it is a really good read throughout.
That was my biggest beef with the sequels. I love reading Clarke for the macro/hard scifi, which Rendezvous with Rama had, but the other books focused on very flat characters and moved away to a much more higher scifi.
Do yourself the favor and read one through three, but skip number four. Like The Matrix which would have been best to stand alone without any sequels, Rama 4 is a big letdown.
Four total I think and the last has a great analogy for life in the universe that always stuck with me. I won't ruin it for you but definitely a great series.
They do tend to go on a tangent, and it's hard to replicate the sense of wonder from the first, but I think I can safely say I'd be sorry if they didn't exist. The original left me with too many questions. :)
Oh, please do, even if you only read the first one. Rama is Clarke at his best, a vivid experience that makes you live every paragraph, fills you with a sense of wonder, and leaves you with haunting memories. It's been years since I've last read it but I've formed pictures for every scene and landscape clearly in my mind. There's only a handful of SciFi books that left me with such a strong impression. (Dune is indeed a strong contender.)
Definitely do. Its one of my favorite sci do books of all time. Just an amazing sense of atmosphere. The ending left some people a bit underwhelmed, but I felt it was the perfect ending. I’ve yet to read the sequels due to a lot of bad reviews but I think I’m going to pick them up soon.
A5pyr · 1 points · Posted at 13:44:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Sounds phenomenal, adding to the list of books I'll try to read in the next decade.
Are they ever going to make a movie out of that book? I've been waiting for it since I was a kid.
an-can · 2 points · Posted at 15:12:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There was rumors about it some years ago. I had forgotten it until I read this thread.
Edit: Quoting Wikipedia here
Film[edit]
In the early 2000s, actor Morgan Freeman expressed his desire to produce a film based on Rendezvous with Rama. The film has been stuck in "development hell" for many years. In 2003, after initial problems procuring funding, it appeared the project would go into production.[12] The film was to be produced by Freeman's production company, Revelations Entertainment. David Fincher, touted on Revelations' Rama web page as far back as 2001,[13] stated in a late 2007 interview that he was still attached to helm.[14]
By late 2008, David Fincher stated the movie was unlikely to be made. "It looks like it's not going to happen. There's no script and as you know, Morgan Freeman's not in the best of health right now. We've been trying to do it but it's probably not going to happen."[15]
In 2010, Freeman stated in an interview that he was still planning to make the project but that it has been difficult to find the right script. He also stated that it should be made in 3D.[16] In January 2011, Fincher stated in an interview with MTV that he was still planning to make the film after he had completed work on his planned remake of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (which was scheduled to begin production in 2012 but has since been scrapped[17]). He also reiterated Freeman's concerns about the difficulty of finding the right script.[18]
In an interview with Neil deGrasse Tyson in February 2012, Freeman indicated an interest in playing the role of Commander Norton for the film, stating that "my fantasy of commanding a starship is commanding Endeavour". Tyson then asked, "So is this a pitch to be ... that person if they ever make that movie?" to which Freeman reaffirmed, "We ARE going to make that movie." In response to a plea to "make that come out sooner rather than later", Freeman reiterated that difficulty in authoring a high quality script is the primary barrier for the film, stating "... the only task you have that's really really hard in making movies, harder than getting money, is getting a script ... a good script".[19]
Astronomer here! I feel saying someone posted this to the ArXiv and therefore we’re lookin into doing this is a bit of a stretch. Anyone can post anything there, it’s not a refereed journal, and no space agency is on board with it so you’re definitely not getting funding in time to develop anything.
I'll be honest I didn't know ArXiv was so lax. In the past I've found nothing but reputable articles from it when I'm looking for information on topics. Thanks for letting me know.
As for the lack of agency and funding I completely agree. It's a longshot of a mission but at the top level it's still possible. It's one I would love to work on if the opportunity presented itself over the next few years.
Yeah, to be clear, I do believe you have to be affiliated with an institution in some way to submit. But peer review? Hells no, it's a preprint service.
LordOfOz · 19 points · Posted at 09:41:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"a close solar flyby (down to 3 solar radii), nicknamed “solar fryby” is
envisioned" best of scientific humour.
oldbean · 4 points · Posted at 14:29:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
In any case, a mission to the object will stretch the boundary of what is technologically possible today. A mission using conventional chemical propulsion system would be feasible using a Jupiter flyby to gravityassist into a close encounter with the Sun. Given the right materials, solar sail technology or laser sails could
be used.
I.e. nothing we currently have can catch up to the speed of that object. And we don't have time to develop something new.
Risley · 6 points · Posted at 12:41:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Good thing we waste so much money building bombs. They really helped us out here with this.
To oppose your point a bit, if those innovations were mere side effects of concentrated war efforts, what do you think might have been achieved with the same money and resources applied to more humanitarian goals?
The US gave a lot of humanitarian and economic aid to any country or group that suppressed communism. In Europe, this was successful in rebuilding Europe in the Marshall plan, thus undermining the ability for communist groups to gain ground.
Unfortunately, many others were authoritarian dictatorships or bandit groups, most famously South Vietnam (with "hard" rice), the many resource rich but impoverished kleptocracies of Africa, the drug contras in Nicaragua, and the mujahedeen in Soviet Afghanistan.
So a lot was accomplished with foreign aid and the goal of removing authoritarian Communist regimes. Unfortunately it often went to the fiercest and most repressive groups who rarely were much better, and where drugs and jihad deployed there would prove to be our own undoing eventually.
To be fair, we don't have many data points. Two cities nuked since nukes were invented isn't bad (especially considering they bombing/invasion they would have gotten anyway), but a hand full of more cities nuked with modern larger nukes will change your calculus considerably.
I think we need another 100 years of experience to get a proper verdict on the subject.
Except that threat of war existed only because of nukes. America and the Soviets were already on shaky terms, and as soon as WWII ended the USSR was scared shitless of being next on Americas nuclear hitlist, and pushed everything they had into superweapons development to counter it. Get rid of nukes, and the whole conflict ends up being either shortened to a couple months of politicians yelling at each other before dissolving into tense peace and eventually economic entanglement, or at absolute worst a conventional war in which neither party really manages to inflict any noteworthy damage on the other
Except that threat of war existed only because of nukes.
That's quite unusual point of view.
USSR was scared shitless of being next on Americas nuclear hitlist,
US was scared shitless the rest of Europe will fall into hands of USSR (one way, or another).
War was looming with or without the bomb.
Get rid of nukes, and the whole conflict ends up being either shortened to a couple months of politicians yelling at each other before dissolving into tense peace and eventually economic entanglement, or at absolute worst a conventional war in which neither party really manages to inflict any noteworthy damage on the other
I don't even know what to say... Why do you think so?
Problem isn't the law or treaties anyway. These things work in theory, like chemical space rockets in 19th century, but no one knows exactly how to make them fly as intended.
States shall not place nuclear weapons or other weapons of mass destruction in orbit or on celestial bodies or station them in outer space in any other manner.
Nuclear pulse device is supposed to use explosions, but it's not a weapon/WMD per se.
We are looking at top level mission design right now
Are we? That proposal seems to be helmed by some nonprofit called i4is, which is apparently an institution that hasn't even earned the right to call themselves an institution yet. That hardly sounds like top level mission design to me.
Math can be done by anyone believe it or not. At the highest level of any mission design, "is it possible?" should be asked. I'd say answering that question is important for planning any mission.
Don't confuse possible with plausible - the delta-V budget suggested for a mission in ten years is exceptionally high, calling for a very high velocity launch from a hypothetical future launcher like BFR (Which, as much of a SpaceX cheerleader as I am is still very much a paper rocket that may not be ready in time to design a payload for, let alone in time to actually launch). And many of the more likely mission profiles either end with a very high speed flyby of the asteroid and/or meet it very far out from our system and require pretty hard to obtain and politically toxic thermal nuclear power sources.
It's a great paper, but the odds of flying the missions described are slim given the timelines and velocities required. It's a better study to consider what we might want to predesign and stage to launch after the next interstellar visitor.
Don't confuse possible with plausible - the delta-V budget suggested for a mission in ten years is exceptionally high, calling for a very high velocity launch from a hypothetical future launcher like BFR (Which, as much of a SpaceX cheerleader as I am is still very much a paper rocket that may not be ready in time to design a payload for, let alone in time to actually launch). And many of the more likely mission profiles either end with a very high speed flyby of the asteroid and/or meet it very far out from our system and require pretty hard to obtain and politically toxic thermal nuclear power sources.
I'll be honest, this isn't the initial paper I read which detailed multiple deltaV reqs using multiple different launches. I was tired last night, googled for it and thought I found it without reading. I have no idea where I saw that. I looked through my history and what I found was the official project lyra page. That being said the odds are slim regardless. There is a strict timeline requirement that we need to launch by before the mission length becomes astronomically high.
In the same vein as the Net Neutrality business, call your reps and tell them you want to see a mission to this object. Congress is more likely to fund any mission if they have the support of constituents when the administration comes asking for funding.
I feel like at this point private industry is going to be how we really explore space. We need to discover something incredibly useful to industry on Earth yet incredibly rare, in quantity either on a near earth object (Asteroid or Comet) or on a planet in our solar system.
If Industry can find a way to make the numbers work, they will innovate and make it happen.
This is a purely scientific mission and would provide precisely zero economic benefit to a private entity.
While I don't disagree with you on the future of private industry in space. In general, pure research funding will almost always come from the government unless it can result in economic benefits. For example, SpaceX developing launch, land, and relaunch capabilities for Falcon 9 where the goal is launch more rockets cheaper -> make more money. However, no company will benefit economically from sending a scientific payload to an interplanetary object.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 00:13:53 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
Wow.. I've an idea.. peg mission cost to samples retrieved from this asteroid.. so we will have the money spent at the end of mission and then give it (money) to donors.
A fly by is at the absolute limits of our current tech. A rendezvous, landing, and return is out of the question for this one. It's tough to reach escape velocity...it's much much much harder to reach escape velocity and then come back.
where's the dude who landed the probe on the meteor, we need him
ddj116 · 1 points · Posted at 14:29:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
if the mission can get funding
It's a damn shame, the U.S. goverment just gave the military $80 billion more to spend over the next ten years. Imagine where our space program would be if we poured that kind of money into it. We'll never reach the stars as long as we spend all our money killing each other.
antonivs · -1 points · Posted at 14:14:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We are looking at top level mission design
If "we" were a little less grandiose with "our" fantasies and more pragmatic about what's actually possible, "we" might get more done.
It's not a fantasy, it is a top level mission design despite its brevity. There's nothing there that says it's not possible. There's a reason I ignored the fusion drive paper from Princeton.
I'm not pushing anything. If I had an agenda I would have said more definitive statements and neglected to post my source for people to contradict me. Instead, I left what I said out there, I haven't edited a thing, and even posted my source so people can make up their own minds about the matter. I only mentioned that it's possible.
As for lying I suggest you research characteristic velocity and what it means and reread the paper. Even amateurs can compare the C3's achievable by our current launch vehicles and see what and when this number crosses the C3 of Oumuamua. It merely states that it's possible.
I find your lack of respect for people reprehensible. You don't know anything about who I am or what I do. Go right on ahead with the sweeping generalizations about people. I won't pretend to know why you do it, I only ask that you think and do research before making assumptions.
HeiHuZi · 2537 points · Posted at 05:22:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Just send it a message and it can come to us.
Edit: Feels like a lifetime ago since I've had messages saying "you suckin'?"
pffttt... Black and white space bobs. My many years of SciFi have informed me I am to expect delicious blue, green, and orange space bobs. Sometimes with tentacle heads or three bobs.
A slime is fine too.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 13:24:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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A5pyr · 1 points · Posted at 13:41:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Ribbed for it's pleasure.
toeguns · 1 points · Posted at 14:34:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Hey. I can share friend. Updoot to you. It's only karma. Once you realize it only means shit in terms of ea being worst of all time, then you can let go.
[deleted] · 7 points · Posted at 08:44:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"I'm sorry Bob. The message was very clear about this. The other part of the message is less clear but we are hoping you can fill us in once you reach them. God Speed."
snopro · 5 points · Posted at 10:47:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Do milk
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 09:43:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 09:38:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
How crazy would it be if on some other planet life evolved almost exactly like it did here on Earth and there were effectively humans on it as well thinking they were the only ones.
It's relatively likely for spacefaring. There are aspects of evolution you'd expect to find similar. Hands with individual digits for intricate toolwork rather than say hooves or claws are almost definite. Having five fingers would be likely as wlll for most useful without too may or too little unless they've formed some adaption to enhance grip or precision in a way similar to how fingerprint grooves do that for us. Without any adaptions they likely will have fingerprints for grabbing in the water as well given how influential bodies of water are for sustaining life.
bipedalism is also highly likely as generally natural selection favors the optimal ease solutions. It's easier to develop standing on hind legs rather that developing a whole mother set of legs if you're already at four and four tends to be optical for non insectoid sized land animals.
xSabre · 332 points · Posted at 07:50:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Imagine how terrifying it would be if we beamed a message to it, and as the message reaches the rock, it suddenly stops its current trajectory and begins to fly straight towards Earth.
I wish, I wish. This is even more so, that there is a physical wall we cannot break at the edge of the atmosphere, and every astronaut has been lying about being in space.
Yeah and all of the atmospheric nuclear tests were trying to blow it up... because I mean if there is a dome we'd definitely want to see what happens if we blow it up right?
Don't worry. If that ever happens we'll just train some blue collar deep-drillers to become astronauts at NASA so they can blow that rock up in the name of freedom.
Its from an AskReddit thread where the question was "Glory hole risk-takers of Reddit, what was your experience like?". Someone told a story about a dude who would invite him to his house and they had a very casual relationship in which he would send him the text "you suckin?" every now and then if he felt like comin over to get his dick sucked through this man's glory hole.
I have a feeling we're gonna run into aliens, and we're going to be like "where were you guys", and they'll be like "my guy, you humans literally want to fuck or fight every living thing you see. we didn't want any part of that!"
It's within the limits of our technological capabilities, the main issue is its already on the way out of the solar system and we only just detected it, if we'd seen it coming a year or two out, maybe even just months, we could have gotten something on top of a rocket in time. As it is there's a lot of catching up to do.
Typrix · 8 points · Posted at 07:18:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
A flyby is probably doable but I don't think we are even close to being able to catch up to it.
Zedifo · 11 points · Posted at 12:18:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It would be like seeing a missile flying overhead and then trying to send up a hot air balloon to get a sample of its paint.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 12:33:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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Zedifo · 3 points · Posted at 12:36:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The problem being that by the time you launch the missile is already heading away from you, so good luck catching up in a hot air balloon.
It's also 400m long. Pretty small for an asteroid, but it will still weigh a couple million tonnes. To catch it, we'd have to stop it and it will have a kinetic energy of around 2 quintillion joules. That's 500 megatons of energy (10 Tsar Bomba equivalent). We would only need to get a 250,000,000 ton rocket booster into space. Our biggest payload ever has been 140 tons.
I think the idea was if we could catch up with it then we could transmit data back to earth about its composition. The paper I read that discusses some possible plans of action mentioned using high powered lasers to push tiny 10 gram spacecrafts to match its speed or collide with it, not really sure you could transmit anything at that range with little to no power capability.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:19:21 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
not really sure you could transmit anything at that range with little to no power capability.
You send a bunch of 10 gram spacecraft which assemble a solar shield/communications array. It's powered through the same method as the propulsion. Although 10 grams seems awfully heavy to send via light.
The paper says a 28 MW laser could accelerate 10 grams for 3,000s or 50 minutes to the required speed.
Force of photons = Power/Speed of Light, I think
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:58:53 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well, that's a buttload of power.
Not sure about your equation tho...According to Newton's Second, F=dp (momentum)/dt (time). Momentum of a photon can be found by multiplying Planck's constant * frequency / speed of light. So plug that in for p and multiply by the rate of photons to determine force of an object.
How many years did the Rosetta probe take from conception to it happening? I think the only way we could make it happen is to have one only needing to be fueled up to be launched and then wait for something to come by. Even then it might be a stretch given how fast they move and how late we're likely to spot it.
The smaller the object the less likely we'll be able to spot it in time. This asteroid is on the smaller end of things we could detect, and it's going to weigh more than a million tons. To catch something that big moving 90,000 miles an hour, we would need to put nuclear powered rockets into space. It's kinetic energy is on the order of 1 gigaton of TNT (20 Tsar Bombs). Or we could just nuke the object and hope to collect some of the fragments.
I think the real hope is to find one that we could give a minor nudge or nudges that will keep it in the solar system. Then they could plan to send some probe there.
" Well, our object collison budget's a million dollars, that allows us to track about 3% of the sky, and beg'n your pardon sir, but it's a big-ass sky."
[deleted] · 10 points · Posted at 12:58:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
XKCD#37 has nothing to do with incorrect hyphenations and everything to do with a childish urge to make every about-ass comment about ass-comments. I can relate.
Space is pretty damn big, it's pretty dark (absorbing 96% of light) and actually pretty small, not even 1km across.
honestly I think it's a miracle we detected it at all. The real question is: what else is out there that we haven't seen and is hurtling towards us at this very minute?
It's not difficult to convert from metric to imperial expansion. Just remember that Hubble's constant is 421 million furlongs per fortnight per megaparsec.
Apparently 9,999 other objects exactly like this one
Dotes_ · 4 points · Posted at 13:33:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The telescope that discovered it recently received a software update that improved its ability to tell the difference between background noise and real objects. Otherwise we probably wouldn't have known about it at all.
If you want to do that you're going to need to abandon capitalism first, because junk consumerism is the reason most people have jobs that provide them money for food and shelter right now.
The other group of astronomers, led by David Jewitt, University of California Los Angeles, estimated how many other interstellar visitors like it there might be in our solar system.
Surprisingly, they calculate that another 10,000 could be closer to the Sun than the eighth planet, Neptune, which lies 30 times further from the Sun than the Earth. Yet these are currently undetected.
So even if we miss this one there are 10,000 more!
"at the beginning" is the key to your question. Over billions of years, every rock develops organics (theory). Only a small portion of rocks in the galaxy are less than a billion years old.
While I was somewhat involved with this project, for fun I spent a little time sketching out a mission. This is extremely crude because it is based only on scaling existing missions. It would be a spacecraft with 1500kg of xenon propellant and ion thrusters powered using a ~2000 watt plutonium thermal radioisotopic generator (or better yet NASA's new and more efficient Stirling radioisotope generator).
It would blast off on a direct shot at New Horizons speeds of about 16 km/s but on a 3x bigger vehicle (heavier probe), and it would achieve a +20 km/s delta V using 800 kg of Xe to get to 36 km/s, which will allow it to catch the object, which will be moving at 26 km/s.
Ion vehicles have already achieved a 10 km/s delta v with 400 kg of Xe.
Then it would use the rest of the Xe to get a delta-v of -10 km/s to achieve a rendezvous.
Caveat: this is a napkin sketch and is probably wrong.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 13:57:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
According to the movie Superman, and what we know about the universe today, this thing could still contain unknown elements which could turn humans into zombies or make them immortal.This popular comment is so casual. Hopoefully those who study it wont be blinded by excitement and will employ proper safety measures.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 10:59:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There will be an effectively endless stream of them....over time, just be patient ;)
0r10z · 2 points · Posted at 11:59:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Why would nearby solar systems form from different stuff than our solar system? I think the velocity at which it travels should tell us much more information.
Different stars produce different ratios of elements. Heavier stars can produce heavier elements when they finally nova/super nova. You can see the metalicity of stars in their spectral lines and thereby assume the metal content of their solar system.
This impacts the chemistry available to the solar system.
OK hear me out on this one, just stay with me. I'm not sure what the time frame is but could we not fire a few missle's or something heavy that could at least break off a couple chunks that would stay in our system. We could then collect them when we're ready.
Because Trump and the Republicans set back our space travel technology by 20 years. We could've been on Mars if we elected a president with some kind of common sense.
United States- It needs freedom you say? Hold my beer.
[deleted] · 6603 points · Posted at 01:44:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"It is thought to be an extremely dark object, absorbing 96% of the light that falls on its surface, and it is red. This colour is the hallmark of organic (carbon-based) molecules."
"The first group, led by Karen Meech, University of Hawaii, also found that ’Oumuamua was extremely elongated and roughly 400 metres long. Using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope(VLT) they also found that it rotated once every 7.3 hours."
Really interesting, is this common for asteroids....
LeWhisp · 2291 points · Posted at 06:29:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Also from the article:
The latest analyses with ground-based telescopes show that 'Oumuamua is quite similar to some comets and asteroids in our own solar system.
[deleted] · 2783 points · Posted at 07:51:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh thank god... I don't want visitors. I'd be embarrassed to show them around.
14agers · 2934 points · Posted at 07:56:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"blek block?"
"sorry its a bit messy but i got my pc over-"
"frek?"
"yes this is my collection of frog memes..."
"(whispers).. Bek brek!"
"oh goodbye!"
(HOLY FUCKING SHIT REDDIT GOLD WE WAS KANGZ N SHIT)
Basically it was a goofy meme that was fucking everywhere online with people modifying the original image to make their own "rare Pepes." Later trolls on 4-chan, T_D, and a number of alt-right forums co-opted it and started making alt-right memes, which - the internet being what it is - quickly devolved into all-out racist memes, so much so that the ACLU classified the frog as a hate symbol. This is all much to the chagrin of the original creator who just wanted to make a nice webcomic about a frog. Through all of this plenty of people are still just using pepe memes as harmless goofy memes and still keep a folder where they save "rare pepes" they find on the web.
It's one of the stranger internet phenomenons to gain really widespread use and even national media coverage, and reading about it will drop you down a rabbit hole that will inevitably end with you asking yourself, "why the fuck am I spending so much time reading about a poorly drawn frog meme?"
So yeah, I just thought your comment was funny because it's nice to know that some people haven't heard of this strange, stupid topic. Congrats on being part of today's (un)lucky 10,000. Sorry if I made you feel out-of-the-loop.
There is also the rare pepe cryptocurrency which is, as far as I can tell, being used in Venezuela as a back up currency since the economic crisis hit them. http://rarepepedirectory.com/
Kreth · 1 points · Posted at 22:00:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
of course i´ve heard of rarepepe ... why shouldnt i it doesnt fucking matter ... I still dont see why there was a connection to it...
Yes because all aliens are bound to be immune to the common problems of having a society formed
Garnzlok · 25 points · Posted at 08:22:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I just always assume that if we ever meet aliens they'll be so much more technologically and socially advanced than us they'll have dealt with their problems one way or another.
I just feel like for a society to be improved like that there will always be rich and greedy people and there's will always be a problem, even if it's a very small one, with some of the population being underfed
Razier · 14 points · Posted at 09:07:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If we haven't either solved world hunger or destroyed ourselves in a 1 000 years I'd be surprised.
LeWhisp · 12 points · Posted at 08:37:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If you had lived 15,000 year ago you would be saying:
I just feel like for a society to be improved like that there will always be a need to travel from location to location hunting and gathering. There is no way for humans to settle in one place without the population being underfed.
Who knows what the future holds. As a rule we are constantly improving and I hope one day we will live in a much more equal society that is sustainable and enlightened.
Think the percentage of starving outweighs the overweight, pun intended.
[deleted] · -9 points · Posted at 12:01:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So, you have a large percentage of your people starving
And how do you suppose we fix that? I frankly care little about the millions of people in Africa and neither do many others. Welfare is a concept that exists solely in humans, no other species does this to the extent we do. Why do you expect everyone to care about these huge groups of people whom they have next to no connection to?
an even larger percentage massively over weight
Stupid people cant control what they eat, again propose a solution. You can ration or make mandatory exercise programs, but then youre removing peoples freedom. Its so stupidly easy to stay in shape.
You are aware you are causing a mass extinction event but aren't willing to stop it because you like to make rich people richer
There arent any perfect short term solutions to this. You cant just take what works in some small perfect European country and scale it up to the US or China. This one I agree with you more, I think there needs to be more effort put into it, simply so we can breathe cleaner air.
Hey, lets check out this building here. A-b-a-t-t-o-i-r... I wonder what humans do in here...
Meat is still the most efficient and reliable way to get nutrients. No need to understand bullshit like protein complementation or supplementation with vitamins that arent found in veggies., just eat a slab of meat with some rice and veggies and youre good. Thats how my parents lived, thats how my grandparents lived, and so on. Its a tried and true method and id rather not experiment with vegetarianism on myself.
lelyhn · 4 points · Posted at 10:39:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Aliens would show up during the Trump presidency, as if we didn't have enough to be ashamed about. The stale cheeto in chief would probably start an inter-galactic war with the shit he tries to pull.
"This is the United States - a very large and important country in our world!"
"Leader?"
"Oh...Um...And this is Canada, ANOTHER large and important country who's leader is Justin Trudeau!"
Track607 · -15 points · Posted at 08:48:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Are you kidding me? You'd introduce them to the most pansy ass leader we've got?? Might as well just have all our resources vacuum sealed and ready to go.
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 09:13:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Followed by "This is important because it suggests that planetary compositions like ours could be typical across the galaxy." Meaning they know its extraterrestrial.
So far I've not seen anything released to rule out that it's artificial. In fact what's released so far is quite to the contrary:
It makes an very interesting slingshot maneuver that passes not too far from Earth and sends it back on a trajectory not quite a return trajectory or a perfect swing by but not too bad either.
It didn't vent as it passed by the Sun (closer than Mercury). Many extra solar objects would be expected to so this is unusual. An artificial object would not be expected to vent.
It's unusually dark so once again not the average natural object. In fact, it's not, it also has a bright and dark part. It is spinning and it also has the greatest variation in darkness and brightness seen in the solar system (although this is probably a reporting error, mistaking that it's rotating and very long).
It is an extremely irregular shape, never seen before in nature.
It's not too big to rule out being likely artificial. It's a good size for an interstellar mission.
It's extrasolar. Well, at least we don't expect anything inside the solar system to be artificial unless we made it.
It's still far more likely to be natural and simply unusual. However unless astronomers have something more high resolution and conclusive it's not really useful. So far it's saying it's got a similar blur to other natural objects in the solar system. Basically they said its reddish and some other things in our solar system are reddish.
Even if it is a old regular comet or asteroid it's importance still shouldn't be taken lightly. This is something from a completely different solar system: it had to travel EXTREMELY far from home to get here. Whether that was a coincidence or on purpose, who knows, but it's still amazing that it's here. It really sucks that we really can't interact with it at all other than to just look at it through a telescope though. It could hold very valuable information.
I’ve got friends who are massively into astronomy (in the UK) and whether or not they’ll be free to hang out seems to be determined by whether it’s a clear night or not - because clear nights are rare enough that they both rush off to the observatory when they see the weather forecast.
recronin · 101 points · Posted at 09:36:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Just wait until we give the telescopes their own sentient AIs and they give themselves names like "Didn't See It Coming," "Agoraphobic," "Not Enough Gravitas," or "Saw It Coming But Didn't Mention It Because It Was Still Very Far Away At The Time. "
eegras · 1 points · Posted at 12:14:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Hopefully they don't go rampant.
Burnaby · 5 points · Posted at 09:01:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Big Big Very Not Small Telescope
teddy5 · 5 points · Posted at 09:07:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
alphgeek · 19 points · Posted at 09:11:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They were originally going to build one called the Overwhelmingly Large Telescope (OWL) but had to scale back to the merely Extremely Large Telescope (ELT). Here's a comparison of primary mirror sizes
Makes me think of somethibg else I read fairly recently - I believe elon musks giant Mars-colonizing rocket is called the "BFR" for *Big Fucking Rocket"
That kind of force is calculated with F=mv_theta2 /r . We can turn that into 'felt' acceleration by substituting F=ma; leaving a = v2 /r Unfortunately, the asteroid, even if it's spinning around its short axis, would only reach a maximum velocity at the very tips of something like 0.05 m/s in angular velocity. Given a radius of 200m, you end up with a felt acceleration of .0125 mm/s2.
This is approximately double the gravitational acceleration felt by Voyager 1.
syuvial · 841 points · Posted at 06:34:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
can you dumb that down for someone who totally isnt me?
At that rate of spin, there would be a very slight artificial gravity effect from centripetal force. Probably so light that you'd barely feel it, but if you dropped a handful of M&Ms they'd slowly float to the floor.
syuvial · 396 points · Posted at 06:49:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That’s why it’d be groundbreaking. It’d give a lot of support to the theory that M&Ms were seeded on Mars by asteroids instead of originating there. Exciting stuff!
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 08:22:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What if our new alien overlords are small, dense midgets? How small and heavy would they have to be for that gravitational force to be earth-to-human useful?
But seriously, you saved me from going to find the radius and doing the math this morning. Your curiosity satiated mine, so thank you.
Edit: realised you didnt do the math, but thank you for the comparison to normal gravity.
Technically, the M&Ms would continue to drift along, assuming there is a vacuum in there. The spinning container only applies a force to them if they are touching.
If there is atmosphere inside, it might eventually drift to the wall.
Gryjane · 0 points · Posted at 10:25:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What about Reeses Pieces? Do you think that, halfway home, E.T. might find a stray bag of Reeses Pieces on his ship and in his haste to open the bag most of them fall from his staggering height (he was only squat and squishy here because of our much stronger gravity), watch them slowly drift to the floor and reminisce about that interesting and kind creature back on Earth, Elliott?
beebler · 0 points · Posted at 10:38:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
yum
Duntchy · 0 points · Posted at 10:57:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Can I have a similar explanation but with skittles?
If you were fat and weighted 120kg on Earth, on that asteroid you'd still be fat, but you'd feel like you were 1,5kg and not really stuck to the ground. Any food you drop would sloooowwwwllllyyyyy float towards the floor and be much easier to catch.
9vapors · 20 points · Posted at 06:31:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Not quite... The gravity is about twice what Voyager 1 feels, which is about 20 million times less than Earth's gravity. So by your calculation, the aliens should be about 40 million times our size.
since the acceleration is 0.125mm/s2
and earth's force of gravity accelerates us at 9.81 m/s2 elvis would weigh just under one gram at the height of his carreer.
I got his weight from here
edit
calculation:
m=74.83kg
a=0.000125m/s2
F=m*a= 0.00935N
If an object would feel this force on earth, we can calculate its weight on earth:
m= F/a = 0.95 g
Yes! Everything in the Universe experiences gravitational acceleration from everything else in the Universe. Sometimes those forces cancel; but usually not exactly. Voyager continues to slow down as it crawls its way out of the solar system.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 12:36:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What would the mass of a planet which produced that acceleration due to gravity be? Assuming similar composition and density to that of our own, how big would it be?
Axial velocity of a spacecraft also helps maintain directional stability. If you need to stay pointed in one direction without constantly readjusting with valuable fuel, you can just add a little spin (though I'm not sure this amount is enough)
Maybe it's not for gravity, if it's soaking up that much light it could be some kind of organic solar panel coating that works best with a day/night cycle, just like everything organic on earth?
if there is one thing that Star wars, Star trek, Star Gate and all other Sci Fi series and movies have taught me, it is that all intelligent alien life forms are approximately human sized (and most are humanoid shape)
hyunxxi · 350 points · Posted at 05:02:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well, our entertainment industries lack diversity ... I haven't seen a single alien represent their species on television. Shame...
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 15:28:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That's just the high standard of beauty on this planet. I have a dream that we judge people based on their actions, and not the protective scales covering their bodies or the low temperature of their blood.
[deleted] · -5 points · Posted at 06:39:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There isn't, just a lot of delusional people unsatisfied with how beautiful and marvelous reality is, seeking to substitute it with something more interesting that explains why their own life is so dull, and boring, and why they can never accomplish their goals. A boogieman they can blame for their own shortcomings.
rsiii · 6 points · Posted at 07:33:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I think he was referencing the lizardman hypothesis.
[deleted] · 7 points · Posted at 09:11:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Is it really a hypothesis so much as deranged ramblings from conspiracy theorists?
rsiii · 1 points · Posted at 15:05:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The hypothesis is real but I don't think it's what you think it is. When you have a poll, a certain percentage of the population will pick the most rediculous answer simply because they can. This leads to added margin of error and a belief that millions of people "believing" that lizard people run the government.
C.J. Cherryh’s Foreigner series is about a human colony coexisting on an alien world populated by the Atevi. At one point, an Atevi science fiction television show is mentioned... where the bad guys are Atevi dressed up like humans.
Nope. The Arrival is a shitty movie from the 90s. They meant Arrival which is a great film from last year directed by Denis Villeneuve. Highly recommended. The Arrival is different.
Not that interesting, I thought that was the weakest part of the movie. Squids & octopuses inspired some of the first science-fiction aliens and are still popular to this day.
It's always either humanoids, squids or bugs. And then the occasional shapeless lifeform, like a gas or light.
taktyx · 1 points · Posted at 17:58:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
At least they were much larger and size was something the OR mentioned. I liked the ink like communication system.
Duntchy · 1 points · Posted at 11:00:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's also on netflix right now. At least in Canada. Good flick.
Don't forget Men in Black; the most advanced alien race in that series fit in human head sized cockpits and could destroy us multiple times over if they wanted to.
Well, there are a few physical limitations that would suggest that the size/shape of humans is more or less optimal. The square/cube law places an upper limit on organism size, but even then it's hard to imagine something as big as a whale having the reaction time necessary to perform complex tasks. A large organism would have a difficult time building spacecraft to house it and lifters to carry such large ships into space, unless their home planet has lower gravity, but then it would have a difficult time retaining a proper atmosphere.
Smaller creatures could potentially exist, and they have many advantages over human sizes, but they would have a difficult time competing with larger creatures on their home planet, as opposed to humans who can pretty much hunt everything.
Even the body types of humans are "standard" as in vertical symmetry and just enough limbs to accomplish the needs, and hands that are great tools. You wouldn't see a winged intelligent species because wings can't grip or do very complex tasks, for example.
James Cameron's Avatar is probably a pretty good example of what a lush alien world might actually look like, minus the whole magical tree plot device.
My biggest gripe with Avatar was that every organism had three sets of limbs except the Na'vi who are humanoids with two sets of limbs like us. It just makes zero sense from an evolutionary perspective unless they evolved from an entirely separate lineage than every other animal species (that we see).
I guess they couldn't have their quasi-John Rolfe fall in love with a giant 4 armed quasi-Pocahontas.
That is one of the glaring issues with the film, sure. Also the fact that most of the creatures breathe through their necks and not their noses. But the general idea is probably fairly realistic.
In all seriousness (as serious as a discussion on Avatar's evolutionary morphology can be), the other animals had similar appendages. Although come to think of it, not all of them had that sexy anemone thing on their tails while some did- which would also be unlikely from an evo viewpoint.
Star Trek has had some episodes where intelligent alien life forms are not humanoid. I'm thinking specifically of the episode where the lifeform is light? Although I don't know how they got the light into a bottle. I think there's some episodes where planets themselves are lifeforms.
We must have watched a different Stargate. The goa'uld are definitely not human sized or shaped and neither are the Asgard (closer in shape at least but the proportions are still way off).
As for the people you are talking about from Stargate, that's because those aren't "aliens" (depending on your definition, I guess) but rather just humans living on different worlds.
The Asgards were pretty similiar to humans, but tenthousand years of cloning degenerated them. Carter makes a remark about this in one episode where they are finding some old asgard corpses.
7DMATH7 · 2 points · Posted at 08:40:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And that we can make sweet love to them without any ill effects.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 12:24:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Not exactly true for Star Wars. There are thousands of Aliens that are non humanoid. But even in the time before the empire they still kept to themselves because of atmosphere and generally having trouble with humanoids.
And in the Empire anything not human is a second class citizen, and if you arent even humanoid you might as well be an insect.
In star wars there are non-humanoid races, the Tholians for one. But they dont get along with humanoids.
Star Trek even canonised why most life in the galaxy is humanoid as well which i thought was a nice touch.
I'm sure there would be an observable average size close to ours - we have some of the longest lifespans in the animal kingdom among the more intelligent animals, so we're built pretty damn well. To maximize efficiency of all the various organs and processes that keep us going, body size is surely a variable that's been perfected by evolution.
There are lots of critters smaller than us that can't do shit, and there are lots of critters bigger than us that don't live very long. We're the perfect mix of longevity, capability, and intelligence, and are fairly well-suited for space travel, considering we're smart enough to build a ship and live long enough to go somewhere in it.
I think aliens would probably be close to our size regardless of their chemical composition, because size has a huge influence on the efficiency and sustainability of the chemical reactions that keep us alive.
You are alien life. We are all we have to base what other life will look like. It's absolutely not unreasonable to assume they would be similar to us at all. People imagine shit like floating brains with tentacles and other forms without even thinking about the kind of environments that would need to exist for such life to even evolve and survive, let alone construct interstellar space ships.
mywan · 1 points · Posted at 06:35:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Like an ant colony.
Erikwar · 1 points · Posted at 06:39:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
the mighty ships tore across the empty wastes of space and finally dived screaming on to the first planet they came across - which happened to be the Earth - where due to a terrible miscalculation of scale the entire battle fleet was accidentally swallowed by a small dog.
Wasnt there an Isamov short story that humanity fight the immune system of some giant organism and the scope of the whole creature was so immense we tried negotiating with the immune system?
Sherool · 1 points · Posted at 13:00:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
“the mighty ships tore across the empty wastes of space and finally dived screaming on to the first planet they came across - which happened to be the Earth - where due to a terrible miscalculation of scale the entire battle fleet was accidentally swallowed by a small dog.”
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 13:22:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The colonists could also be uploaded AIs.
gvsteve · 1 points · Posted at 14:12:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I would think it unlikely that any civilization with the capacity for interstellar space travel would travel here in person first and not send a drone.
gqtrees · 1 points · Posted at 14:13:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
as in they take over our cells?
JoocyJ · 0 points · Posted at 06:26:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Orphyis · 2 points · Posted at 07:28:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Cells can only be so small, and brain mass is correlated with intelligence, of course their exceptions, but for the most part it’s legit. Small brains don’t have the capacity for sentience type stuff
JoocyJ · 1 points · Posted at 15:31:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Essentially what the other guy said. Intelligence is an emergent property of lots and lots of individually dumb cells interacting with each other. Unless their brains are packed much more efficiently, which is unlikely for physical reasons, less processing units means less intelligence.
Semblio · 64 points · Posted at 03:41:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Perfect size for a seed ship. It'll land on earth and release bacteria that will convert all living matter to a nice protein nutrient for it's plants and then the colony ship shows up.
Sadly they were sent so long ago they didn't realize anything more complicated then plants lived here.
Von Neumann just means self replicating machines, iirc I don't believe they have to have horror movie levels of zero self regulation. Also if it was, who's to say the entire ship is necessary to start the process, could just be a method of transport, only launching a seed module(s) at target objects.
best would be to release a small swarm at an asteroid or similar target in space, and let them expand from there. We wouldn't even know about it until tracked asteroids started disappearing or changing their appearance radically.
and to be self-replicating, they first have to decompose the required elements. it really depends how far that decomposition process goes, whether its just enough to create a single duplicate, or whether it just keeps replicating exponentially and converting all matter in the region.
not convinced that an interstellar freighter would go to the expense of enclosing all its freight within its walls, when it could just hang all its containers all around the outside of the ship and ensure that the shields extend far enough to cover them all.
Won't work if you ever enter atmosphere, but perfectly fine as long as you remain in space.
SBInCB · 2 points · Posted at 11:52:28 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What if it's a colony ship with a small crew and a whole bunch of embryos that are to be raised on site? Alien physiology could be like anything or like nothing we know of.
Jarhyn · 2 points · Posted at 13:47:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Only if you view other species through the lense of our own technology now. I'd imagine that a space-faring alien species would work smarter, not harder: find rocks moving through their own solar system roughly on a trajectory to move through a different one, spray a very thin layer of water ice on the outside, and coat that with very dark spores. An alien sun hits the spores, spores melt the water, water launches spores into alien solar system at all angles.
If a spore finds a surface it can take root on, it plants a lichen-like fungus that grows an "egg". The "egg" hatches and starts eating other bits of the fungus until it gives live birth to, and subsequently cares for a main stage life form. Main stage life form continues eating fungus as necessary, and is born already encoding some form of language, society, culture, and technology in the delivery package (maybe it has a biological hard drive using a DNA-like molecule).
It'd be a lot cheaper and more effective than sending a giant eggshell of a ship filled with squishy, fragile meatbags, using ridiculous amounts of fuel, to a solar system where there is no guarantee of either return nor of safe harbor.
The 1701 had a crew of 400 souls on board, not including diplomats and federation scientists on accompanying missions. The vessel has 22 decks, with E deck being the largest point in the saucer, housing most of the crew’s quarters and mess stations.
For anyone’s point of reference 🤗
Ranzear · 2 points · Posted at 16:31:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And the real Enterprise aircraft carrier is 341 meters long, so it's hardly bigger than that.
notsass · 2 points · Posted at 17:26:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What if it's like the seed ship from Prometheus, carrying a single member and some crazy bio weapon?
It's a nice thought, but the article says they suspect that there are around 10,000 of these between the Sun and Neptune's orbit. It's just a big rock, not a ship. It's still interesting though.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 11:27:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's rotating along it's elongated axis, so we don't know the circumference. ...but in any case, with a duration of 7.3 hours, it's not enough to generate artificial gravity.
Imagine you're on a roundabout / merry-go-round that makes a complete revolution once every 7.3 hours. How much outward force do you think you would feel?
iLqcs · 1 points · Posted at 16:11:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Literally the plot of Rendezvous with Rama. I like your thinking.
mr_ji · 1 points · Posted at 07:41:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
One rotation every seven hours by a 400-meter long object doesn't seem like it would produce much inertia at all.
Article says its scale is 10:1, so ~20 meter radius. Nowhere near enough to produce any fake gravity inside. If that's what you two mean when you say inertia.
AcidCH · 1 points · Posted at 08:49:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That's kind of a massive leap and devalues the real achievement of finding this asteroid. These asteroids are astronomically more likely to be the kind that hit earth and delivered carbon compounds (Organic compounds) to our planet.
It's not aliens lmao
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 07:32:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I’m coming up with thirty-two point three three uh, repeating of course, percentage, of survival. Uh…that’s a lot better than we usually do. Uhh, alright, you think we’re ready guys?
elbekko · 0 points · Posted at 08:12:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Jarhyn · 0 points · Posted at 13:31:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Colony ships like the ones you see in sci-fi are cool looking and fun to think about in fiction, but are highly unlikely. More likely are rocks that are essentially just high-tech spores that are sent out towards other systems, and then split off small chunks that are shot towards good candidates in the solar system and then infect them. In nature, there are all kinds of examples of species with hydrophobic spores that they launch explosively with extremely small quantities of water. A rock like this would only need to get hot enough in the sun to produce a small puff of liquid water, and then shoot spores off at supersonic velocities as it passes through... which is easily done if it has a 96% blackbody shell.
This is all because deep space is absurdly dangerous over cosmic time-frames (radiation, "dark" gravity wells, barren solar systems, etc), and a truely space-faring species would need maximum dispersal for minimal investment.
If we get visitors, my guess it would be that they originally came here on what looked for all intents and purposes like a dead rock that seemed to just pass through, much like this one.
Good god, what a cruel joke it would be for a race to launch a colony ship that arrived just in time to see us ruin their last hope with pollution and nukes.
Heads up: I spent 2 years looking at asteroids and did a masters research project on modelling asteroids based on their light curves. So if you have other questions throw them my way :)
It's definitely not really really abnormal - the long 'cigar' shape is not exactly common if true, however there are lots of asteroids with fairly similar shapes and the 'z axis' (axis about which the asteroid rotates) is hard to constrain with current lightcurve based modelling techniques generally (so it might be more rugby ball shaped).
But generally, asteroids tend to rotate about their own axis, whilst they orbit the sun (much like the Earth). Loads of different rotational periods are possible, 7 hours is pretty average tbh (I've looked at ones anywhere from 5 hours to 18 hours). As someone else commented their periods change quite a bit if they start drifting closer to the sun.
Edit: to be clear on how they work all this out - asteroids spin on their own (shortest) axis whilst they orbit the sun (like how the earth spins). Now imagine a rugby ball, spinning about it's shortest axis. Imagine looking at the rugby ball as it spins from the side - as it spins you see a large elliptical area (maximum) then a smaller round area (minimum) then the large one again (And varying amounts of area in between seeing each 'side'). This is like the asteroid spinning. Different areas of surfaces are both illuminated by the sun and visible to us at different times. This means when we observe the object, it appears to get brighter and dimmer. This happen on a regular schedule (as it rotates multiple times we see the same faces over and over). We plot this data (usually pretty much sinusoidal) and call it a light curve. Now depending on how different the maximum and minimum brightnesses are, we can tell roughly how big and small the maximum and minimum faces are relative to each other as area is directly proportional to brightness. How long between seeing the same maximum tells us how fast it's rotating. From the lightcurve we can then work out what shape the object is.
Reddish hue also not abnormal just based on the reflective properties of different surface compounds. Reddish ones tend to be carbon bound into organic compounds (created through chemical reactions).
"How could we communicate to other carbon based lifeforms that we are out here?" "Let's send a chunk of carbon toward their planet and see what they do."
dis23 · 3 points · Posted at 12:55:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I first saw this on r/astronomy and they were saying that we have yet to find a local object with a width to length ratio of 1 to 3, whereas this is thought to be 1 to 10, so the length is definitely abnormal compared to what we've seen so far.
It's 'elongation' direction will change as the asteroid itself rotates about it's own axis (which is shortest axis). This is why it has a light curve :)
Imagine a rugby ball. Spin it about it's shortest axis. That's what the asteroid is doing as it also orbits the sun.
Slightly nit-picky but why not just say “the object is from another ‘system’ as opposed to being from another solar system”? I could be wrong but doesn’t ‘solar’ refer to our star, the sun? There are other planetary systems and I don’t think they go by the term solar.
FC37 · 1 points · Posted at 08:07:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I am so glad that our best scientists are getting the full support of our government and public in building the most advanced telescopes in history on Mauna Kea to further our understanding of space and identify thousands of objects like this. It would really suck if a BS controversy founded on lies and racism were to set the project back millions of dollars and multiple years.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 13:13:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
an extremely dark object, absorbing 96% of the light that falls on its surface, and it is red. This colour is the hallmark of organic (carbon-based) molecules
100% this thing carries shapeshifting alien life that will try to eat us all after scientists bring back a sample
Ooh, i just watched the movie Evolution last night. I know exactly what to do. We need lots of Head and Shoulders shampoo, a fire truck, and some funk.
It's already gone well past us. We didn't detect it until after it had already entered our solar system, swung round the sun and zoomed off.
Ozuf1 · 1 points · Posted at 14:24:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I know its probably not but this description makes me think of the red marker from deadspace. Be glad it missed us or else we'd have a zombie apocalypse! =O ( /s, but also how cool would it be? Minus the zombies of couese)
If this estimate is correct, then roughly 1,000 enter and another 1,000 leave every year – which means that roughly three arrive and three leave every day. Video of this object appearing can be seen here (bottom left, 1:14)
Doesn't even look real.
tip_off · 1 points · Posted at 21:21:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So its a reaper?
W4spoon · 1 points · Posted at 23:49:13 on November 25, 2017 · (Permalink)
The world-eaters are coming.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:37:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Communists!
z10-0 · 1 points · Posted at 09:21:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
they also found that it rotated once every 7.3 hours."
Really interesting, is this common for asteroids....
their rotation speed increases whenever they're in proximity to a star/heat source due to the YORP Effect
the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope(VLT)
Fucking anglo-saxon butchering our names once again.
ken27238 · 20415 points · Posted at 02:18:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I don't know about you guys but if I were an alien race designing a long term interstellar ship making it look like an asteroid would be a solid choice.
Actually seems more efficient and safer to shape and hollow out an existing asteroid.
muklan · 1580 points · Posted at 03:38:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Wonder if you could lasso one with a crew to do that, and breed a population/ditch the asteroid when its near something habitable...kind of a budget destiny, from SG:U
And then genetic abnormalities and devolution cause the people to become feral, bestial, and violent. Systems fail and the ship is plunged Into darkness. Though essential systems stay intact and life support functions (albeit in a reduced form) reasoning and intelligence fades. Soon the population splinters into morlock style cannibalism, primitive tribes hunting each other through the stone and metal sarcophagus that spins forever through space trapped in eternal darkness, both within and without, in the freezing gulf between stars.
Uncannily, we're a small indie studio working on a TV series called Project S.E.E.D. with a similar premise to this too! Hollowed out asteroids to make an interstellar ship... humanity losing a part of itself to an alien race... might as well put ourselves into the mix! We also did a successful Indiegogo campaign to help fund its production.
It's the one where the crew has forgotten that they're on a generation ship. Mutated people are a thing. Don't remember anything about fungoids.
It's basically the mutated people from the decks near the hull vs the people who call themselves scientists and officers. Although, they don't have any idea what those titles really mean.
I loved that movie. Do not remember many others feeling the same way. Kinda ham handed the Dennis Quaid insanity stuff, but still liked it. And the practical effects and makeup were on point
I feel like the movie is 95% there of being an amazing movie. Really for me all they had to do was play up the ambiguity if he was actually suffering from space madness or not, both dennis quaid and Ben Foster.
Overall a very original plot and well executed though.
The Expanse has a similar idea in second season. In case you're interested to see that, I won't give any spoilers. It's a really good sci fi show, by the way!
I just finished Season 1 for free on Amazon Prime, and I am very dismayed that Season 2 isn't free... so I'm torn between paying $3.99 per episode for HD (that's over $40 by the end to see Season 2) or waiting. The end of Season 1 is such a cliffhanger!
HOLY SHIT! I've been trying to remember this movies title for so long, thank you!
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 10:13:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The first movie I ever saw on Netflix.
jmj_203 · 2 points · Posted at 18:02:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Pandorum is an awesome movie, worth at least one watch. Between that and Event Horizon I'm hard-pressed to pick a winner, but it'd probably go to Pandorum.
Deruji · 4 points · Posted at 07:03:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's a guilty pleasure but dear god some bad choices are made in that film..
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 09:45:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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Deruji · 2 points · Posted at 10:20:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Roaming killer mutants everywhere? Don't get a suit find the closest airlock and take the outside route!
Daxx22 · 1 points · Posted at 11:22:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Did you forget how the movie ends? Going out the "airlock" would have had a really bad result lol.
Deruji · 1 points · Posted at 11:24:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yeah, but he doesn't know that at the time. Enjoyed the film, just no event horizon.
How about the ending on the bridge? The whole stupid fight the woman has a knife but hey let's not use it! This flimsy metal tray is better! Also somehow this older dude doesn't have a hard time fighting two people. And after all of that shit to get the reactors working and finally getting a breather now is the time Ben Foster's character goes mad?
And the pièce de résistance: The fight ends with an utterly random chance event when Ben Foster's character shoots a goblin and happens to ricochet a hatch to break the canopy...
It's underrated. Reviews can be wrong - people thought the The Shining was a serious disappointment when it was released, for example. Of course Pandorum isn't a masterpiece but making allowances for its low budget it's a pretty interesting movie that I really enjoyed watching.
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 09:44:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Pandorum was great, and I was able to SS Daryl hanging dead and convince a ton of friends he gets killed by Neagan. They were pissed, then even more pissed weeks later that I lied 😂 #Trollolol
Then he better take his meteorphor and find his own damn space rock!
muklan · 105 points · Posted at 04:27:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Or like....that doesn't happen and we have cheap efficient colonization of other star systems?:(
Edit; no. Both things happen. In the same asteroid. The people that held up against the abandoned fucked up people now have to fight their way through to the exit. Boom. Next summer's blockbuster.
Edit 2: hey guys should I watch pandorum?
Dagon · 9 points · Posted at 06:40:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Who is the protagonist? An outsider coming to investigate and having to fight through the monsters to survive? Or a mysterious outlier that managed to retain his rationality and intellect after many generations of inbreeding has turned all others feral, and then in the end we learn the dark truth behind how you survived?
cubey · 6 points · Posted at 04:28:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This sounds like the plot of a Stephen Baxter novel.
Don't forget that the habitable planet it was originally on course towards has been completely forgotten and, due to malfunction, this nightmare arcology is spinning toward a destiny of eternal darkness and violence in an endless void, all its culture and morality lost to hunger, cold, and death.
A symphony of lost hope and endless pain echoing through the oblivious universe...until the last of its solar panels eons later is finally, blissfully damaged beyond repair.
Hardy har har alright well picture this. Snowy ash drizzles from the sky, a rabid pack of dogs surrounds you as the flame at the end of your stick dies out. There's only one hope left for you, the door to my shelter. You pound, you beg, 'Dwight please let me in!' but I ignore your cries and do not let you in, you know why? Because you laughed at me! Kevin will be eaten, Pam will be taken slave, Jim will be made a warlord's jester; Meredith will do okay. Be assured this day will come, it's just a matter of time.
Until the asteroid collapses and releases its tribes onto earths surface, and you basically have starcraft and the zerg. Or kinda close to starship troopers.
There was a writing prompt on here a year or two ago that had the same premise, one of answers was so good he ended up reading a book with it. Quite a good read
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 09:40:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Devolution" is something governments do. It is not a word that has any place in biology. Evolution is not directional.
moonaim · 1 points · Posted at 10:08:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
..until in the end only resouce eating bacteria sized hyprid nanobots are running with hive-intelligence of "let's plan how to eat that thing"..
There was a Star Trek episode similar to that, they were living inside a planet with an omniscient computer
nermid · 8 points · Posted at 06:47:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
For The World Is Hollow And I Have Touched The Sky. The people inside didn't know they were inside a generation ship, and were a short time away from crashing and dying.
Which is absolutely nothing like the Orville episode, If the Stars Should Appear, where there are people who didn't know they were inside a generation ship, and were a short time away from crashing and dying.
Which is absolutely nothing like the plot of the show, Starlost, where there are people who didn't know they were inside a generation ship, and were a short time away from crashing and dying.
The whole plot of Wrath of Khan was that they were in a generation ship and knew they had crashed and died, so they tried to steal another generation ship and crashed Kirk there so he would die. Except minutes seemed like hours, so he got bailed out of that one. There's actually three, come to think of it, depending on how many times you want to count the Botany Bay.
nermid · 1 points · Posted at 00:28:44 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
The Botany Bay wasn't a generation ship. It was a sleeper ship.
if you go for that it would definitely be the smartest du teach astronauts how to drill into it as opposed to training miners how to become astronauts.
[deleted] · 111 points · Posted at 05:04:28 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Just make sure not to store your crew in aging matter buffers with improper power production. Really you probably shouldn't mess with Wraith technology unless you fully understand it.
nermid · 62 points · Posted at 06:50:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The fact that anybody in the Stargate universe is researching anything besides how to create more ZPMs is silly.
Well, apart from the Pegasus Replicators, but apparently they weren't really using them for anything. Lazybots.
[deleted] · 23 points · Posted at 09:04:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They did try to mess with ZPM tech a few times. McKay used an experimental generator that messed with exotic particles and blew up a whole solar system. They also had the episode where they brought Rodney's sister in and the alternate Rodney came in from the universe they were taking energy from to get them to stop. ZPM technology is not a simple thing to figure out. I remember they brought up the politics of who gets to have the old ZPM from Antarctica as well as the chair.
ZPM and the alternate-phase matter or whatever are probably the two most valuable techs in that show.
108241 · 21 points · Posted at 09:43:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They did try to mess with ZPM tech a few times. McKay used an experimental generator that messed with exotic particles and blew up a whole solar system.
Doesn't our moon have like 100 puzzling anomalies too?
kurtios · 18 points · Posted at 06:56:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You won't believe number 32!
[deleted] · 10 points · Posted at 07:18:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's an alien teapot. Saved you the click.
TiiXel · 6 points · Posted at 07:41:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Thanks, I was wondering
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 19:07:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
No problem :)
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 07:20:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The Bungie video game series Marathon (well, the first game) was based on a interstellar colony ship built into Phobos.
j0324ch · 1 points · Posted at 19:37:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I don't know why but I just never realized Bungie did anything before Halo CE... whoops. Thanks for this. It would be cool if they had Easter egged or tied marathon in to something like Destiny. But idk how that would have affected continuity. Ah well.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 23:43:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I've not played either Destiny, but there were shitloads of Marathon easter eggs in Halo (and a lot of the concepts of AI and rampancy came from there). I'm sure Destiny is the same.
If you like old games like Doom, give Marathon a go (google Aleph One to get started, it's free!). Personally one of my favourite games ever made.
Except asteroids aren't dense, compacted lumps of solid rock and are actually more like loosely bound gravel pits floating in space. If you hollowed it out, it would just collapse or break apart.
[deleted] · 68 points · Posted at 06:46:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'd hope that there are at least a small percentage of asteroids that are solid.
And I hope that some of those would be big enough for us to build a huge habitat inside.
banjaxe · 2 points · Posted at 12:36:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's a pretty common trope in scifi. Books at least. I forget what I read recently that had an asteroid space habitat, but probably 2-3 of the books I've read in the last year had one.
They're not much different. Do you really think asteroids are solid pieces of metal or something? How would such a structure originate?
They all formed under the same processes as the planets, namely gravity. The Earth is just a loosely packed pile of gravel that became densely packed under it's own weight. Asteroids never got that big, except planetoids like Ceres.
Do we know how far into planetary formation the asteroid belt got before Jupiter's gravity interfered? Seems like that process might have done a lot of compacting.
They can be both solid or a loose collection of rubble.
According to Space.com: "Asteroids that are mostly stone sometimes are more like loose piles of rubble. Asteroids that are mostly iron are more, well, rock-solid."
https://www.space.com/14749-asteroids-composition.html
Yeah maybe smaller ones. I imagine the chances of finding a solid asteroid are logarithmically inverse to size until you reach the scale of mostly-spherical planetoids.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 15:41:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That sounds like it would have the opposite effect. If anything, being a smaller object without significant gravitational force should make it harder for it to stay intact.
I'm making a "Books" bookmark tomorrow with all these recs. I love it. Thank you! A redditor turned me onto Blindsight that I'm reading right now which I highly recommend to anyone interested in hard science fiction too. Lets home that that this is the whole ship asteroid and not a decoy for a massive cloaked ship behind it.
And thank you. Haven't heard of blindside but I loove myself some hard science fiction. Seveneves is a great book both storywise and tech- and science wise. Best book I've read in a long time.
This book used my whole brain. Every nook and cranny.
Pulled from one of the reviews. That is the case for me as well. I'm after the story and a lot of these people discuss the writing, which I find to be either incredible or tedious. I've just got to wade through it all like the middle 800 pages of a Stephen King book- eventually it will be over and it will be worth it.
Would be an excellent buffer for micro asteroid collisions. I remember reading I think an Arthur C Clarke novel where they did similar with an ice cone on the ships nose for protection.
Atherum · 2 points · Posted at 10:08:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Read that as well, in High school. I think they were heading to a planet to colonise it, but there were already people there. So they mix a bit with the locals, before causing a ridiculous amount of social and environmental problems (from what I remember) they then recharge their ice-cone and fly of to their next destination.
On Rama there was no crew... And that started out exactly as this is playing out. It was headed towards our sun from outside our system, it was shaped just like this, and we thought it was natural at first.
David Ike thinks the Moon is hollow and a spacecraft. Here's the shortest video I could find as I'm not subjecting myself to an entire video of his (again) to find the relevant bit.
Edit: Then there's this rubbish from the so called History Channel.
It brings up awareness and questions that science hasn't solved. I'm particularly thankful that it is bringing back the drive to learn our forgotten history. As a culture we were obsessed with it until WW2 and then we stopped funding expeditions like we did before. The public moved on to consumerism. I do actually think that is important.
It's a start and I'm sure like Star Trek, I'm certain people will lock onto certain aspects or cultures and be inspired to go on to study them in school and professionally after that.
You need to read 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson. A large part of the book is about people who live in hollowed out asteroids! It's fascinating. But they're more akin to vaults in Fallout because each one was built with different parameters. Some had different populations, gravity, laws.
I'm gonna take this time to plug 'Eon' by Greg Bear. Such a damn good book. An interstellar object shows up and it turns out it's a hollowed-out asteroid with essentially a city built inside, and then it gets more amazing (and weirder) from there.
It's traveling under a more or less constant (or negligible) acceleration, and within its own inertial frame of reference.
Making it into a spaceship would expose it to large inertia and g-forces as it has to turn, accelerate, decelerate, stop, and change direction, slowly (or catastrophically) breaking it apart.
Who's to say an advanced civilization's form of space travel would be remarkably different than the methods already proposed for interstellar travel? Very slow accelerations, saving fuel(energy) by using minor adjustments to change course and Slingshoting around large masses to pick up speed and change direction. I think a large rock could handle most of those pretty well. Not talking about a magical UFO that can stop on a dime and accelerate to near luminal speeds in an instant.
wbotis · 1 points · Posted at 07:01:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It’s actually not. In order to have gravity, you would need to spin up the asteroid. And asteroids aren’t really solid rocks. They’re more like huge clumps of dirt. So even if you could hollow one out, as soon as you tried to make it spin up to get gravity, it would be flung apart.
muelboy · 1 points · Posted at 07:43:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
IIRC, In Mary Doria Russel's "The Sparrow", alien life is heard from a nearby solar system so the Vatican secretly sends a group of explorers (cuz Jesus) using a hollowed-out asteroid slingshotted around the sun at near-light speed. The planet is only like 3 lightyears away so it takes the crew about 5 to get there. Then the UN figures out the Church sent a crew before them and sends another to try and catch up to them so they don't fuck everything up.
I was thinking what if this one they found was also observed by an advanced interstellar species. Maybe the hitch a ride on these rocks just long enough to dump some molecules to start life. Or very primitive life that could endure the ride like Tardigrades but with pieces of their dna in hopes they hit a planet that can sustain life. Like little messages in a bottle.
I would think so, but some people are telling me otherwise. I'm using regular people logic and I'm certain there are experts reading. Hopefully they will respond with thorough explanations.
I personally would not think so, using “regular people logic”. A natural meteor would be rife with structural irregularities and it’s not at all apparent that it would be easier to hollow one out than create one.
Not really. Most asteroids are just a collection of gravels and dust (very) loosely bond by gravity. Even ones with a metallic core aren't going to have more structural integrity than a purpose designed star ship. You are going to have to patch them up individually to make them work. Which make them terribly inefficient compares to mass producing the same ship over and over.
Interesting. I didn't know that, but you're the second person to say so. From a business pov it still seems better to find a way to bond, mold, and shape the existing material in order to bring in the least amount of outside material as possible.
It's amazing to me that I have not come across a book about shipbuilding like this yet. Surely there is a masterpiece out there that I've been overlooking. I tend to get seduced by first contact and space politics in my stories though. That may be why. Although I could see a lot of politics in a fleet building operation.
SYLOH · 1 points · Posted at 08:58:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Not really, there's a damn good reason we build skyscrapers instead of expanding caves.
And we make airplanes out of aluminium instead of carving them out of rock.
You're not going to waste precious Delta-V pushing material that is heavy, but not very strong.
That's what rock is.
SYLOH · 1 points · Posted at 09:08:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Not at anywhere near the rate we are building above ground.
Most of that underground stuff is because all the area above ground had already been built.
I don't think we can actually properly gauge that as civilians. Especially when you consider what the Chinese and Russians are doing.
SYLOH · 1 points · Posted at 09:17:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There's not enough military on the planet to compare with the above ground components of EVERY CITY IN THE WORLD.
It's relatively rare to see basements below 4 stories.
It's quite common to see 15+ story buildings going up.
Let alone all the ones that are 100+ of stories up.
I feel like you need to think about this more. A good way to realize how small that is, first you have to recognize that in the US that only happens in like 10 markets and the number of those building that go up every year aren't very much. It's way less in Canada and virtually non existant in Africa or South America.
Then how would you measure the units to compare? By number of buildings or square feet built above vs square feet below?
We really don't have the data. We're building entire military bases underground and is so is china. Who knows what the hell else we're doing on public land in the middle of nowhere. China is building entire islands to house military bases beneath them...
SYLOH · 1 points · Posted at 09:33:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's way less in Canada and virtually non existant in Africa or South America.
Yeah, and in those places the majority are still above ground, just in 1 or 2 story.
Then how would you measure the units to compare? By number of buildings or square feet built above vs square feet below?
I'd probably go with square footage, but that's rather irrelevant, the number is likely to be both.
We really don't have the data. We're building entire military bases underground and is so is china. Who knows what the hell else we're doing on public land in the middle of nowhere. China is building entire islands to house military bases beneath them...
I want you to think about this logically.
Do you think that the majority of the population of the entire planet is in the military?
The overwhelming majority is obviously not. So even if every single military person lived and worked underground, if the majority of the civilian population worked above ground, then obviously there was more above ground construction.
So do you honestly think the majority of the Civilian population currently, right now, or in the immediate future, lives and works entirely underground?
A small minority of miners and subway/sewer workers probably does, but nowhere near a majority.
You're either moving goal posts or I misunderstood what you meant. I'm just talking about development. I don't know the answer to this, but I'd be interested to know the ratio of NYC development above ground versus below ground in square feet. I'll bet it's a lot closer to 1:1 than you think.
SYLOH · 1 points · Posted at 10:14:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Ok. So you concede that the current status is overwhelmingly above ground.
We can also continue ignoring the lack of cars, ships, and aircraft that are carved out of boulders and rocks. Which in retrospect is the argument I should have lead with. Because that is so overwhelmingly obvious, and most things that apply to those applies to a spacecraft.
Let's continue to focus on current developments in progress in above ground vs underground developements.
Read any article on the subject of urban sprawl. Underground development is notable for its existence. Above ground urban sprawl is notable for its excessive prevalence. Unless you are able to show that a majority of the new population of earth is going underground. I don't see it being anywhere near 1 to 1
I'm an environmental consultant working in urban forestry. I read a lot about it actually. It's also why I'm familiar with so much of the underground facilities we use just to support our live above ground. The amount of underground real estate major cities use just for storm water is unimaginable to most people.
SYLOH · 1 points · Posted at 10:55:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And I'll hazard a guess a think your city has neither a flooding problem that you are now immediately constructing to solve. Or the explosive growth of Chinese cities.
Please link me an article that shows recent urban sprawl worldwide is mainly under ground.
I take contracts from all over. I'm likely moving to Houston for some large contracts that are being put together at the moment.
Please link me an article that shows recent urban sprawl worldwide is mainly under ground
This isn't something I'm a specialist in, which is I why I put out that bit about being interested in the ratio in NYC where I'm sure there is a ton of data that someone running across this will have hard data on.
I work with engineers, but I am not an engineer. I'm interested in city planning and take part in the process, but am not a city planner. I specialize in mitigation of environmental problems like the heat island effect and storm water management. My goal is to keep the water out of the underground systems or at least clean it out before it enters- not to build underground infrastructure to withstand a 1,000 year flood event- which we are failing across the country at an alarming rate.
The underground growth that I'm referring to is commercial, industrial, and military. Most of that information is not readily available for obvious reasons. Some things to look at are salt mines, underground storage, transportation (Minnesota is a great example beyond trains), and military stuff you can usually only find evidence of on the surface like entrances, vents, and radio towers.
Look at the Denver airport. The amount of bedrock removed and piled up outside was outstanding. The underground construction continued for years after it's completion- still might be going on. Military's all over the world are building undergound bases. That one is on the artificial island they built in the South China Sea and is believe to be a submarine base entrance.
Personally, I think underground facilities are our future for several different things, mostly utility, and other reasons as we turn more eco-conscious, but it's obvious to see the commercial, industrial, and military benefits which we know are already being employed. I think in the next 50 years this is where we are going to manage most of our water storage as well- especially out west. What we're doing in places like Southern California, Nevada, and Utah right now is fucking criminal.
This is turning into a water post. Water is going to be the political issue of the next 100 years causing wars and refugees like most people can't even imagine yet. It's already happening in Africa.
Here is a book about the issues of the Great Lakes. I haven't read it yet, but I've been told it's something I should be familiar with professionally and am getting to this winter. Just thought I'd share it if you're interested. A lot of my work is shifting towards water and that was not what I set out to do or really wanted to do, but it's where we're going to be needed.
SYLOH · 1 points · Posted at 12:59:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That's fascinating, I'll definitely look into the book.
However again, sure some militaries are making some stuff, but every two bit developer seems to be able to churn out multiple 40 story apartment buildings complexes. That are much more above than below.
And in almost all those cases while I never denied that some underground work was done, it's almost always because something bigger was built on top. And civilian construction outpaces military in times of peace anyway.
However I am willing to concede this point and move on.
Simply put there is no real reason for an asteroid to be turned into a space ship.
It is horrendously inefficient. Rock has pathetic tensile strength and horrendous specific strength, meaning that kilo for kilo, you would literally be better off with wood (kinda the reason why ships were made out of them instead of rocks). Ships need to be as light as possible, and the structural rock is pure dead weight. A ship of similar durability made out of metal will be able to fly faster and reach more difficult orbital changes than one that's made out of rock.
But it's already in space! You don't have to launch it!
Well here's the thing, it would be much more efficient to go to an asteroid, take back the bits that are metal and good for starship making, then just make the starship in space.
Now if you don't intend to move the asteroid, then sure, just bring some life support and what ever. But we were talking about something that was interstellar.
Is that true for the physics of space? I understand it would be harder to get it going, but it would seem that once you start sending it around the planets to pick up speed that it works in your favor, no?
SYLOH · 1 points · Posted at 15:50:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yes, that's very true, even at non-relativistic speeds.
Put simply, F=ma still holds, a = F/m.
Rockets can only run for a finite amount of time so there's a limit to the change in velocity 'a' provides.
This is called delta-v and is basically the fuel budget for space craft.
Orbital mechanics is based around velocity.
If you run out of fuel, instead of escaping the Sun's gravity well or reaching Jupiter or whatever, you instead spend the rest of eternity on a really elliptical orbit around the sun. Just because you don't stop moving, doesn't mean you get anywhere.
So to get the most delta-v, you have to burn the longest, with the most force, and be as light as possible.
Burning longer requires more stuff to be thrown out the back (called reaction mass), which makes the craft heavier.
Force tends to be constrained by chemistry or physics and the number of engines, the latter most reduces burn time.
Leaving mass as the only thing you can try to reduce as much as possible without compromising whatever the craft is supposed to do.
There is no evidence for Phobos being hollow though. It has an unusually low density, but that could be down to an icy core and high porosity. "Hollow Phobos" was a popular theory in the 50s and 60s but it has since been debunked.
If you have the means to get tools and materials (Giant fucking drills and that kind of machinery) into outer space it'd be easier to just build a fucking ship instead... I mean, you'd already need one to go there and carve the thing out. That makes no sense, seriously. Besides, you don't know if the damn thing is sealed to the vacuum of space, or if it has massive internal fractures that would destroy the asteroid while carving it.
There's a game called warframe where there's mining colonies in space where the asteroids are hollowed out for resources and re purposed into ships, and while it's a really cool concept it's just science fiction after all.
I'm curious if you think Elon Musk really started The Boring Company for it's use on Earth or if he has larger ambitions. Or do you think it's possible that his interest in renewable energy production, space travel, transportation, and boring all fit together into a larger picture.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 09:57:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I doubt that's even possible. Asteroids aren't solid rock throughout, they're mostly fine particles being held together by weak gravity. If you tried to drill into one, it would probably just fall apart.
creamyC · 1 points · Posted at 10:18:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
But this thing is not fast enough. We'll track it from now on and if it maintains it's speed the Aliens on board will die. Too small for a generation-ship. Deep-Freeze? Or maybe extremely long life-span? Or just an asteroid after all?
twersx · 1 points · Posted at 11:14:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
how on earth would that be safer than using a material specially designed for long term space travel?
It's already up there. Mining, processing, and shipping all that material to space is like 85% of the cost and labor. The amount of wealth that would take doesn't exist and those materials are already designed for space travel- that's what they're doing right now.
Use what you can from that and only take up the stuff that it cannot already provide.
Also, I'm talking interstellar travel- not hopping over to Mars or Europa- a real ship. Not a shuttle.
twersx · 1 points · Posted at 11:52:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Sure but we're talking about a hypothetical alien race that has the ability to travel to other solar systems. I don't think it's unreasonable to think that they might have developed more economical ways of sending stuff into orbit, or even developed "drydocks" in space where they construct vehicles in orbit.
And I'm not contesting that it would be cheaper, just that it wouldn't be particularly safe for interstellar travel compared to custom made materials.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 12:01:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Also for efficiency you'd want to train some drill team to be astronauts to go up and hollow it out. Easier than training astronauts to drill.
ixora7 · 1 points · Posted at 12:45:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What are they Orks
Shorvok · 1 points · Posted at 12:52:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Then next thing you know civil war breaks out on the ship. One faction is constant fighting another. Someone accidentally releases a super virus that turns everyone into big green fungus monsters. Next thing you know tha gits ar paintn' da rock red ta mak it go fasta! Planet der iz full a eumies! Let's make it orky! WAAAAAAAGH!!!
The issue with hollowing out an asteroid is actually getting the thing to stick together. We tend to think of them as solid rocks, but many of them are more like loosely connected piles of boulders and gravel. They don't have much gravity to keep them all in one piece, so they're actually pretty flimsy.
I honestly don't know. I'd say only if you have drugs readily available, but it's not really that sort of weird. If you really liked the first season and want more of the exact same then probably not.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 08:07:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I haven't watched the second season of the show but the magna is good even until much later. It gets "weird" if you are queasy I guess but it's really not bad at all.
RimuZ · 1 points · Posted at 11:08:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Honestly yes just watch it. It does get weirder for sure and is not nearly as good as the first season. But if you liked the first season then you might as well go finish the second one since the third season is coming out in 2018.
I read a summary on what happens in the manga after the events of the second season and regarding character development I'm kind of happy they never made more anime.
Knights of Sidonia, anime series on Netflix. Their home is a mobile converted asteroid thing like everyone here is saying this could be, called the Sidonia.
I don't know if there'll be a chance of getting season 3 -- the source material manga ended pretty soon after the culminating events of the 2nd season of the anime.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 15:25:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Season 3 and blame 2 was confirmed
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 15:25:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Its already confirmes
klezmai · 0 points · Posted at 14:07:28 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yeah IIRC the last scene of season two made it pretty clear there wasn't gonna be a third season. A shame really. But hey at least we got a Blame! movie!
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 15:25:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Season 3 and blame 2 was confirmed
klezmai · 1 points · Posted at 15:38:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh damn you are right! Well that's a great thing. I still feel like there wasn't supposed to be a season 3 when they wrapped up season 2. The last scene really had a "that's it folks!" feel (at least if you compare from the last scene of season 1). Anyway i'm glad Nihei is getting more exposure. He is really one hell of an artist.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 10:47:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
yeah lets just hope it doesn't come with Gauna (>_<)
Whenever someone asks me in the future why I spend time on reddit, I'll just link to this comment chain as a perfect example of the eloquent conversations I can't get anywhere else.
I always explain Reddit as a quantum conversation simulator. Each parent comment can branch off into so many directions and it demonstrates which branches the community most greatly values. An eloquently set up Uranus joke being the gold standard.
As greek-american its always funny to me how imo Uranus is one of the most beautiful sounding and unique words in greek language, pronounced Ou-ra(rolling R)-Noss, meaning Sky. It has a very old word sound, unique in greek language, likely pre-greek/indo-european in origin.
"You're gonna stand there, ownin' a fireworks stand, and tell me you don't have no whistlin' bungholes, no spleen splitters, whisker biscuits, honkey lighters, hoosker doos, hoosker don'ts, cherry bombs, nipsy daisers, with or without the scooter stick, or one single whistlin' kitty chaser?"
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 04:57:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Why are you quoting me I don't remember saying that
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 06:33:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It should be noted that, like almost any space related article, the picture here is an artist depiction. Not an actual picture of the asteroid, which may not really look much like that.
But if it weren't trying to be stealthy wouldn't it look a bit ornamental as the species brag with their material prowess?
Plus an asteroid would provide multiple times the volume of a ship hull. If you are capable of freely arranging matter you might as well do so as you see fit.
faluru · 12 points · Posted at 09:51:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They are vain or even just familiar with the concept of vanity.
They can form matter freely without a need for efficiency.
Where did you get those two premises?
[deleted] · 104 points · Posted at 06:15:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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Jahneboi · 16 points · Posted at 08:26:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
As someone unfamiliar with Warhammer 40k reading this wiki page I have no idea how to react but I'm pretty sure Orks might be my new favorite (is this considered sci-fi, fantasy or a mix of both?) race.
I am both confused and amazed.
Atlatica · 13 points · Posted at 10:46:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
40k Orks are a hilarious and genius design because they are innately psychic, but so incredibly thick that they don't realise it. Their awfully built ships, weapons, and vehicles only work because they really think that they should.
Extra fun when they stop killing each other long enough to group together on a 'WAAGHHH' rampage across the galaxy. In this state their psychic powers work together to effect all sorts of probabilities, so even the most bonkers shit imaginable (such as the Rok) starts to work, and Orks gain the ability to survive horrific wounds and regenerate lost body parts.
My friend has a homemade 40k vehicle he uses in play. He took a flying saucer toy with some of the typical greys, glued Orcs into it, and had them holding up the aliens. The "driver" has a wheel from a toy pirate ship shoved into the central console of the UFO.
Edit: I forgot what vehicle it represents, but it was a pretty major piece.
Their technology basically only works cause they imagine it should. They have insane solar system wide wars they call WAAARRGHH! (They also call lots of other things that.) and their gods are just two big imaginary orks called Gork and Mork.
It’s fun lore to get into!
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 09:17:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They're giant green football hooligans who are constantly looking for a fight.
DA HUMIES ALWAYD SAY "IN SPACE NO BOY CAN 'EAR YA SCREAM" AN' I'VE SEEN LOTSA BOYZ OUTSIDE DA KROOZA BUT I DON'T HEAR NONE OF IT!!!!! DA MEKBOY OR DA DOK TOLD ME SO I GAVE 'EM A SMAKK ON THE NOGGIN'!!!!! ME EARS WORKIN', AN' I'M DA SMARTEST BOY IN DA MOB ('CEPT FOR DOK BLUDDBAG AN' MEKBOY 'EADGEAR), SO NUTHIN'S WRONG WIV ME!!!!!! I WISH I COULD HEAR DA HUMIES SCREAM WHEN DA KAPTIN BLASTS DERE SHIPS!!!! WAAAAAAAAAAGHHH!!!!!!!
Did a seven year old name all the objects talked about in that article? I get that they're supposed to be stupid orcs, but that is some ground level creativity.
Laruae · 1 points · Posted at 13:51:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That's the whole idea. These Orks are so stupid that their 'fighters' used in space are effectively WW2 planes with open cockpits. They can survive because they and the rest of the Orks think they can.
[deleted] · 17 points · Posted at 06:00:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
From what I remember, in the book an object much like this entering the Solar System is thought to be a huge cylindrical asteroid at first, and turns out to be a spaceship.
[deleted] · 7 points · Posted at 07:07:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
From the article: " It is a dark red highly-elongated metallic or rocky object, about 400 metres long, and unlike anything normally found in the Solar System."
Well in "The Expanse" the ancient aliens sent a rock we call Phoebe that got caught up in Saturn's gravity instead of heading to Earth to infect it. Phoebe has an irregular orbit that hints it came from outside the solar system.
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 04:05:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If someone something is playing a game of interstellar croquet through our solar system, upon realizing this truth, I can’t even begin to imagine how infinitesimally insignificant my problems would immediately become.
Please let it be true.
Shotzo · 19 points · Posted at 04:19:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Agreed.
That really could have used a comma, hyphen, or colon though. Anything really. I'd even settle for a tilde.
But wouldn't it be very likely that if we ever get a whiff of the existence of Aliens it will be in the form of some type of Voyager? Unmanned spaceship that's built to just kind of drift as far as it can into space.
I would imagine over the time it takes to travel at sub light speed that the front of a ship would collect a lot of space dust which eventually would build up to rock.
What would shaping the object like an asteroid intentionally accomplish ? As i see it, every "shape" of a spacecraft or satellite that we see anywhere is just "optimal shape".
They worked for zillions of hours making sure their space shit moves and wiggles and articulates itself just right. Aesthetics are probably very far down the priority list. And when they finally get that far down the list, their probably going to make it appeal to investors / the public rather than shaping it like a Poo
faluru · 1 points · Posted at 10:03:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You’re assuming they are so very similar to us that they have investors and your sense of aesthetics.
In space, there’s no resistance depending on the shape of your object. So you might as well take the route of least cost and hollow out an object that already tumbles through space just fine - and put thrusters on it.
As far as we know, the evolutionary principle is absolute, so the most probable choice for space transportation is the most efficient one, i.e. an asteroid.
Wait are you using an asteroid or building to be shaped like one
faluru · 1 points · Posted at 10:36:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
In my understanding the asteroid shape only makes sense if you used an existing one. If I were to build a space craft for maximum efficiency, it’d be a sphere.
Not really. You don't really need to be efficient with your volume in outer space. The problem is moving stuff at high speed requires an asymmetric shape with one end providing thrust . Whatever you build has to come from some planet . Which means you had to get your craft into space piece by piece with launch craft from the surface.
Not me, I would send a series of small drones to bang out thier satellites, then my little orbital drones would kill the orbital assets. I would then monitor the airwaves for the next three days listening to what kind of plans they intended, and watch What kind of reaction or response they have. But I would purposely start picking small fights with them. Trying to figure out where their big guns were stored and what kind of guns they were.
I would then, depending on my intentions for the planet, fly huge orbital guns out near geo, and use a weapon that could bombard the planet from orbit. Or, I would move the Moon closer to the Earth and have the oceans just wash the world over for 10 - 20 years.
I have no reason to speak to your superiors, I'm here for the resources. And in an attempt to ensure that for no reason could I come under any kind of Galactic scrutiny, I would wipe out every single trace of existence of humanity. As quickly as I could.
jezwel · 1 points · Posted at 08:03:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'm pretty sure I've seen it somewhere, was it War of the Worlds? Independence Day?
FQDIS · 9 points · Posted at 05:44:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We have liquid H2O.
Clack082 · 33 points · Posted at 06:03:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's not worth pulling out of a gravity well. It takes orders of magnitude less energy to just pick through the Oort cloud and melt the ice when you want it liquid.
If you needed as much water as Earth holds and you were stuck in the solar system Europa or the rings of Saturn are still way better options.
The only thing Earth has that is worth harvesting is information in the form of DNA and cultural products like art.
Edit: I want to give a shout-out to Isaac Arthur if you find these ideas interesting you will probably love his channel.
Unless they can open a portal from our surface directly to the worksite for the slaves it would probably be a lot easier to just record the DNA and grow your slaves on site.
If their biotechnology is shit they could just take a few dozen women and the contents of a sperm clinic.
There's not really much to elaborate. Manufactured self-replicating robots are orders of magnitude cheaper and more efficient than biologically evolved self-replicating machines (people/animals).
But maybe slaves are simply cheaper. Also, slaves are a trade good, if they can get cheap and sell at a high value, it's a lucrative business.
Also, humans have a very high tolerance of temperatures, from very hot to very cold, this might be a trait that's usefull for them.
Or maybe the aliens enjoy some gladiatorial fights with different species from across the galaxy and tube grown clones aren't as attached to life as creatures born and raised free.
Worst case scenario, aliens might be even more sexually deviant than us, and they like to fuck anything that is alive and has holes. The richer ones would be willing to pay a lot for exotic creatures from distant planets.
wisty · 1 points · Posted at 07:20:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Slaves aren't even worth it with earth-level technology (short of a few regions which are apparently still stuck in the middle ages).
Yeah, they wouldn't need to come here to kill us though. If they have the technology to get here in a useful time frame they have the technology to kill us from their home system or the system next door, harnessing the energy of a star. We already have solid ideas how to do this, we just don't have the space Industry.
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 06:21:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
To be fair, we have absolutely no idea what Earth has that might be desirable by a super advanced race. We are still discovering new uses for materials we already have. Imagine the materials we have that we don't even know have valuable properties, yet.
But I mean our Core could have some element that only occurs in the core of rock planets and can be used for infinite fuel source.
There are at least two things wrong with this:
Any as-of-yet undiscovered elements on the periodic table are likely to be extremely unstable. Even if the island of stability exists, those elements aren't predicted (AFAIK) to occur naturally, even in minute quantities.
Infinite fuel is absolutely prohibited by the laws of physics. No fuel source can be infinite, no matter how advanced technology gets.
Then they would be better served by finding a system with no life, and crack open some rock planets there. No need to do that in an inhabited system and upset the locals.
Sure but the issue is our gravity well. Every type of relatively stable atom you can find on Earth you can find in space, other than information. Everything on the Earth comes from fusion or supernova, which is the same for all the other objects in space.
Maybe there are some mineral compounds that are practically unique to Earth, but once you have scanned it if your level of technology is good enough to get here you can almost certainly make it at home.
There are no conditions on Earth you couldn't replicate elsewhere in the Galaxy with that level of technology, other than maybe billions of years of evolution and other information.
If our imaginary aliens are so dense as to not realize this and try to buy or steal physical resources some human would sell them the idea.
You could just say "well they have a cultural reason to take stuff from us even though it's not practical from an energy perspective." And that allows for basically anything.
What if the aliens just need a new place to live, and we're on the closest rock?
fgalv · 1 points · Posted at 08:35:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
that's probably the most likely reason I could see aliens visiting. Not resources but just that we are a habitable planet.
Of course, there's likely lots and lots of other, uninhabited but habitable planets out there they could land on ...so...i dunno. Maybe we're the closest?
If they have that level of technology it is much easier to build space habitats than it is transport the population across the distance between stars. Especially since if they are looking for a similar world they are likely passing many star systems and all the resources available there. There are many other rocks and if you can travel between stars then you are probably primarily limited by power usage. If you are limited by power use then the Earth's gravity well is a major hassle.
If they wanted to build habitats here in our system it is still easier to do it with other sources of material in the solar system without using the Earth's materials. The moons and asteroids of the solar system offer a lot of readily available material.
If they have a cultural reason to want to conquer our world or destroy us up close and personal then all bets are off.
Thurito · 1 points · Posted at 06:58:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
All of the physical atoms that make up Earth would be so much more labor intensive to pull from our gravity than to take from elsewhere in the solar system or galaxy, though. Sure, we don't know what everything here could possibly be used for, but that doesn't make the raw material here special compared to the same stuff somewhere else.
The vastly intricate, ever-developing biosphere, on the other hand - enormous resource, especially with an exponentially progressed capacity for understanding genetics. An overwhelming majority of our innovations have come from observing life, across all domains of technological advancement
Water isn't that rare or difficult to obtain if you have the ability to just travel between planets, let alone stars.
poke133 · 2 points · Posted at 07:37:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
maybe they don't want resources, maybe they seek to eliminate competing intelligent lifeforms in their broad vecinity if they perceive them as a threat.
think about it.. aliens detect some apes that went through the industrial revolution, reached information and space faring age in 300 years. that is a technological explosion in a very very small timespan. soon they will have the potential to spread and compete for resources at a technological level that will be very hard to deal with.. unless we act NOW.
erkaes · 1 points · Posted at 06:18:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:36:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yeah.. You could get those resources from a non-inhabited planet, or just like, asteroids. Space is so fucking big, if you've made it to interstellar travel, theres not really a reason to fight.
Laruae · 1 points · Posted at 13:56:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I believe the word you're looking for is religion.
There's entire planets out there made of solid chunks of uranium, platinum and diamond. Earth is really just a bunch of iron with trace other stuff. The water argument is also bollocks, considering it's literally everywhere else.
They gave it a good try in Skyline I thought. They came to harvest our brains. It was a more original concept. I also liked the fact the aliens were definitely technologically superior to us. No hacking their computer systems, etc.
If they come, it's either to meet us or meet whales. Or they've come to preserve what non-human life is left before we destroy it all.
You are right, that there are many other ways to bombard the planet from orbit. And maybe orbital guns would be inefficient, but the good thing about orbital guns that you would not have with something like bringing many asteroids from another orbit is that I would show up to that fight ready to pull the trigger whenever I needed to, I would not have to wait for a supply of large rocks. But, you are right, and I do like your comment. Care to bounce around some orbital destruction ideas? I just got done reading Hyperion and its other four books in the series and to be honest with you I'm pretty enamored with the idea.
I think that's what happened in the original War of the Worlds movie. Or maybe the ship just crashed so hard it dug itself under the earth. Either one of those.
RcrdBrt · 1 points · Posted at 06:24:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well we are probably going to design many of our spacecraft to look like asteroids eventually, so it's logical that other advanced races have already done the same thing.
Important to note we haven't really seem what it is yet, the asteroid title was given to it because it didn't behave like a comet when near the Sun. We can see that it is rotating and long by the way it's colour changes over time but we really don't know what it looks like. 'Artists impressions' of objects like this annoy me way more than photoshopping girls to look skinny
Yeah, I wish. If there's anything I've learned from /r/space is there's too much of it. Unless aliens learn how to fold space, then they're going nowhere fast. Not even light speed is good enough.
So seriously doubt they're traveling around on this thing. We're probably in a universe full of dead alien civilizations. Frankly, I'm amazed humanity has made it this far.
What if it's a satellite from another species that's been floating through the universe for millions of years collecting space debris and now it looks like a rock.
This is the sort of thing that appears on a tv news report in the background of the main character's establishing scenes during the start of an alien invasion movie
Having forgotten the purpose of living, we have doubted even the value of living. A broken bone gives pain because it is not where it ought to be; our souls are in agony because we are not tending to the fullness of Life, Truth, and Love which is God. - Blessed Archbishop Fulton Sheen
This was my most upvoted comment before I grew weary of reddit. I have deleted my other comments and edited this one to something more efficacious for the souls of all who read it. You feel that stirring in your soul? Find out why. God love you!
In walks language expert Marissa T. Hernandez, “we intercepted a radio signal just over an hour ago, we think they want something from us”
[deleted] · 6644 points · Posted at 07:53:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"What do they want from us?"
A weapon
"What could they possible want with our weap..."
Not ours, sir. Theirs.
"..."
From what we've gathered, long before our time on this planet, their species visited Earth after a time of war, and hid a weapon of great magnitude beneath our surface... They've come back for it.
The Rock picks up his children from the local school. As he embraces them his phone begins to ring. It’s a phone call he hasn’t received in quite some time ..
cutty2k · 6029 points · Posted at 08:53:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Now here's a phone call I haven't received in quite some time," he says into the phone. "I thought I told you that I was done after Beirut. I'm not coming in."
"We don't want you to come in this time, The Rock, this time they're coming to you."
The Rock looks down at his children as his features harden with resolve.
He strides into his house, kids nipping at the heels.
"Go upstairs Jessica, take Tommy with you. Me and Mommy gotta talk."
In hushed voices, they argue- "You're doing this now? In front of our kids?"
"They're your kids Dwayne, not mine."
"Look, something came up. Can you wait this out for a few more days? For me? For them?"
The camera pans to the kids, who scurry to their rooms after listening from the top of the stairs.
"Again, Dwayne? Again? You're unbelievable. You can never put your family first, not even in the end, can you?"
Dwayne looks at his soon to be ex-wife with a forlorn and steely-eyed gaze. He swivels, puts on a leather jacket and exits.
He takes out his phone and begins to dial a number...
logo1016 · 3507 points · Posted at 09:33:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Cut to military training facility - location unknown.
Large metal blast doors open up to the outside revealing The Rock, and on the other side, Professor T. Swift Phd.
Dwayne smiles and laughs: “Well well, they didn’t tell me I’d be babysitting you today.”
Swift smiles back: “Funny, that’s exactly what they told me about you!”
The two friends share a muscular embrace before Swift leads Dwayne further into the facility.
Edit: Added a “T” (by popular demand)
pan1c_ · 677 points · Posted at 09:52:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Swift's demeanor turns serious as she turns to The Rock.
"Dwayne, this might be a bit bigger than the two of us, I don't know what to expect when we walk through those doors, but it can't be good."
The Rock cracks a toothy grin, and turns back to Swift.
"I do love me a challenge." He says as he cracks his muscular knuckles.
Cut to the inside of a technology laden War Room, blast doors open revealing The Rock and Swift on the other side. They're greeted by Lt. Jason Statham, Major Arnold Schwarzenegger, and President Tom Selleck.
"Oh hell no" says Dwayne as he lays eyes on Statham, almost simultaneously as Statham turns to the Major and starts to complain just as vigorously.
"Never again" says Dwayne and he turns to leave.
"Not another step" says the Major. "Put Beirut behind you Dwayne. This is bigger than both of you".
The Rock grunts and walks to a corner of the room, his eyes shooting daggers at Statham. Statham merely grins and sits on a metal chair. The major sighs in relief, before walking over to the projector, already painting the walls with pictures of the unknown objects.
In his thick accent, the Major begins his briefing.
"At 0237 we recieved a radio signal from our deep space prob. A large cylindrical metalic object was detected traveling at 1/10 the speed of light and heading straight for our solar system." The Major said in a monotone but stern voice, no doubt he's become accustomed to long drawn out mikitary reports and briefings but this is one for the history books.
logo1016 · 508 points · Posted at 10:26:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Suddenly, a large tremor shakes the facility and everyone in it. Our heroes glance around at each other. Each one on edge.
Calmly Prof. Swift addresses the group: “I think you should see what we’ve been working on”
Cut to- Underground rocket chamber
Swift: “What you boys are looking at is the latest in Earth Saving technology. We’re calling it “The Mega Ultra Rocket Defender of Earth Rocket” or “M.U.R.D.E.R.” For short”
"No, it's a death sentence. I ain't gonna be part of your suicide squad," says Statham. Statham begins to walk away. "What, you afraid of E.T. coming to kick your ass?" asked the Rock. Statham stops and turns. "I'm trying to keep me ass from dying, you bloody wanker."
Major Schwarzenegger steps forward. "Gentleman, I know we are asking you for a lot. But you are the only ones that can pull this off."
ee3k · 409 points · Posted at 11:09:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The Rock says "why should I throw my life away, I have kids to take care of".
President Selleck says" they will be here in 20 minutes screen time +/- plot convenience, if you dont commit to M.U.R.D.E.R. now, your children will be caught in new york when they tear it apart for their big shiny toy."
the rock says "well damn, do I at least get a last meal? I could M.U.R.D.E.R. a taco belltm " (the rock turns and winks at screen )
The International Space Station is floating above the horizon of the planet, for us known as earth. The camera is flying towards the ISS till its going through a window to the inner of the station.
"How about the communication to earth?" asks Bryan Cranston. "Still nothing. I have no idea why we do not get any data. It's like someone's trying to stop us from communicating." says Evangeline Lilly. "Just white noise".
"Have You Tried Turning It Off And On Again?" says Chris O’Dowd with a big grin on his face. "Thats not funny, boy" mumbles Bryan. "We have to restore communication."
Suddenly a loud bang. The whole station starts to shake furiously. And then there is just silence. Nobody says a word. Bryan looks out of the window.
Closup to his face.
His eyes are wide open and filled with fear.
"...and THAT -" Mark dots an i with vigor on a whiteboard "- is why we can't push this code to production. It's too unstable."
A group of young, hip software developers are discussing a flowchart. Various jargon is written along the sides. Mark drops his marker as he catches a Nerf football, and he throws it back to Len (played by Jesse Eisenberg).
"What?" Len says, "you act like we do that and it's gonna be the end of the world or something." As Len throws the football towards Steve at the window, a large crack is heard. Steve's hand narrowly misses the ball as the window behind him shatters.
The floor cracks, and the group flees in a hurry.
We follow the football as it arcs outside towards...
We follow the football as it arcs outside towards the busy traffic on 7th Avenue.
While the football falls down to the ground in slow-motion, the skies in the background take the shade of a dark grey, the only source of light apart from Time Square's neon lights now only being multiple bright blue lights on the bottom of the gigantic object hovering over New York.
Cut to- A Taxi on 7th Avenue
The driver of the taxi exits the vehicle as he just crashed into the rear of the Porsche driving aheadof him.
As he makes his way to the Porsche's driver door, holding his head, we see the taxi's back door opening with a close up of the door handle.
Out comes Terry Crews, his eyes focused on the thing that appeared above the city.
He opens his mouth, quietly forming the words "What the f..", as he gets hit in the head by the falling football.
The camera operater lifts his head.
"We are live in 3, 2 ,1" he says and points the lens directly into president Sellicks frozen face.
"My fellow Americans. Today is the day, we have to stand together. This morning I've got the message, that there is an interstellar spaceship coming towards earth. We have to face with a situation, that we never have witnessed in the whole history of mankind.
We are not alone.."
Suddenly darkness. The electricity has failed.
Cut to- the streets of New York
The streets are covered in dust. They are totally empty. Terry opens his eyes and stands up from the ground. He walks few steps along the streets. Then a hellish noise sounds. Right over the skyline of New York flys a bunch of military helicopters. The camera follows them till they land on a plattform at the coast.
Dwayne and Statham are climbing out of the helicopter. Their bodys are covered in space suits. They hold their helmets in their hands and let their eyes wander over New York.
"It's time to blew up this motherfucking ship".
Matt3989 · 180 points · Posted at 13:00:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Cut to- Living Room of a Quaint Country Home
Dwayne's wife nervously watches the press conference with her mother, the kids are playing in the background.
"....interstellar spaceship coming towards earth. We have to face with a situation, that we never have witnessed in the whole history of mankind.... We are not alone.." The power cuts.
"Mommy, when's Daddy gettting here" ask Jessica.
"Soon, Jessica. Soon" under breath "I hope" says Mila Kunis nervously
logo1016 · 162 points · Posted at 13:17:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Cut back to the military facility
5 hours earlier
Our ragtag team of muscular heroes stand before a wall of television monitors, all watching the president’s broadcast.
Swift: “He can’t do this! The project isn’t finished yet! If we launch now the rocket won’t make it out of the atmosphere! Let alone to the edge of the solar system to fight the threat!”
The Rock: “Well it looks like we don’t have much of a choice now Swift. We’ve gotta launch ASAP with as much firepower as we’ve got.
Swift: “You can’t be seri-“
Gen. Schwarzenegger: “That’s an order professor!”
The Rock pulls Swift in close, towering over him. He speaks in a calm familiar tone.
The Rock: “Do you remember that day in Beirut? We made the world a promise that day... don’t tell me you’ve forgotten already...”
Swift nods reverently and quickly turns to solute the general.
Terry: "Hello? Is anyone here?"
A very silent voice can be heard "Help".
The voice comes from a pile of rubble that may have been a house.
Terry picks up some debris. A man who has previously been trapped comes to the fore.
"God. Thank you. I thought I would die. My name is Mark!"
"Mark?" says Terry "Mark Jackson?
Expert in experimental informatics?"
"Yeah, do we know each other?"
"It is a miracle that you are alive. I come in the order of Prof. Jonathan Swift. Follow me. Your country needs you"
Cut back to the military facility
"Finished" says Mark as he lays back in his chair.
"Impossible! We would have needed to program the control unit for at least three weeks." stotters Swift.
Terry: "I thought thats the reason I should bring him here".
Swift: "Right, right."
Gen. Schwarzenegger: "Status?"
Swift: "All systems are configured and ready for departure."
Gen. Schwarzenegger: "Alright. Get the boys. We are ready to go."
logo1016 · 167 points · Posted at 13:47:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Inside the cockpit of the rocket - T-Minus 5 minutes to launch.
We see The Rock, Statham, and Cruz strapped into their seats wearing full spacesuits with the sleeves ripped off, exposing their bulging biceps. The trio flip a series of buttons and switches to prepare for launch.
The Rock notices an extra seat in the cockpit.
The Rock: “Hey Swifty, who’s the extra seat for?”
Enter Schwarzenegger in full spacesuit, holding a space helmet at his side.
Schwarzenegger: “For the only one on this ship who’s been to space before”
He locks the helmet on his head, flexes his arms until his sleeves rip from his suit, and straps himself into the empty seat.
The Rock cracks a sly grin
The Rock: “Glad to have you aboard captain, now lets save this big rock of ours!”
3.
2.
1.
Rockets Engage
Liftoff
141_1337 · 121 points · Posted at 13:48:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
cuts back to Dwayne's house
"Kids I'm gonna go upstairs" Sarah say "stay here and don't move"
"Ok" the older kid says sheepishly while the camera pans from the back as Sarah leaves for the stairs and the younger kid gets near a window.
He cracks just the curtains just a little bit to see the neighbors from accross the street scrambling to load things into their SUV when suddenly you hear three loud knocks in the door.
"Sarah? Sarah? Sarah?" someone yells as the kids are stunned into fearful silence while Sarah rushes downstair she opens the door and Ben Affleck's character is there.
"I came as soon as the power went off, where is Dwayne?" He says looking distressed.
"He got recalled into assignment" She says while rubbing her forehead and sweeping her hair back, Affleck's character just stares at her seriously while in silence.
"This was before the president's announcement" She says defensively "You know how it goes" while avoiding eye contact with her
"Sarah" Affleck's character says "Sally is picking up mom and dad, and Jonathan is picking up supplies at Walmart, we are going to uncle Johnny's winter cabin in Colorado"
"That's four hours away from here" She says while looking distraught
"I hear reports on the radio about an alien ship in New York" Affleck's character says "We should lay low until things have calmed down, OK? Leave him a note telling him where we going, I'll go secure the car in the garage and we'll go meet Sally, Ok, mom and dad miss you, you know?"
Sarah cries softly while leaning in Affleck's chest, he puts his chin over her head while looking concerned and the kids stare at them quietly in fear.
Gen. Schwarzenegger: This rocket is featured with a nuclear missile which detonates 15 minutes after impact. The missile head is constructed to attach on various strucutures without a direct explosion. So we have 15 Minutes to get away.
Statham: This is insane!
Terry: I'm calling this suicide. Its not possible to get away in time.
Dwayne: But its our only chance.
peeweejd · 99 points · Posted at 15:22:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The cockpit of M.U.R.D.E.R lights up with red light and audible alarms are heard.
Rock: General Schwartzenegger! We have radar contact.
Arnold: it must be the meteor field outside of Jupiter.
Jason: meteors do not put themselves into attack formation! GET TO THE DEFENSE TURRET NOW!
[deleted] · 95 points · Posted at 16:08:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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Mastrius · 83 points · Posted at 16:24:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Cut to - Asteroids
Many asteroids float in unison above the earth. The bottoms glow a bright, white light. The space around them trembles and vibrates. The bottoms of these asteroids becomes brighter and brighter until...
Cut to - M.U.R.D.E.R. Interior
"Hold onto your abs!" Shouts The Rock as giant streams of light shoot past the ship toward the earth, barely missing them. "My god..." says Terry as he sees just what's happening.
The camera pans out to show a ranged view of the earth being struck before cutting to New York City...
A blinking light is in the distance, charging toward M.U.R.D.E.R from behind.
Rock - "We got company!"
As the ship nears, an arm protrudes out and interlocks with M.U.R.D.E.R. The smaller ship then rotates and spins, facing forward toward the oncoming assault. A visible energy shield snaps around the new M.U.R.D.E.R configuration. Various barrels begin to emerge from the new ship, tripling the previous firepower.
Captain Will Smith over the radio: "I was in the neighborhood, heard y'all could use a hand."
Both ships, still overwhelmed, and locked in tunnel vision at the assaulting alien force, don't notice an approaching object from the other side. An unseen blast from a rail gun destroys several alien ships from behind our heroes. The object collides with the hero ship, and connects haphazardly with mismatched hardware. It's a rocket propelled module from the international space station, with pilot Bryan Cranston.
Cranston:" I hope I didn't startle you too badly. I had to get close, because our radio antenna wasn't broadcasting. I think we figured out the weakness of the alien ship."
Cuts to the rest of the ISS crew frantically writing math equations. Split screen with reaction shots of determined heroes in attached ships.
The Rock: “Cranston! Are those calculations done yet? Give me some good news.”
Cranston, speaking solemnly: “I’m sorry, it’s not looking good. We’ve collected all the data from the ship, it’s just too advanced for our onboard computers.”
The Rock: “Mr. President, I’m afraid we’re in need of some help down here. I’ll put Cranston on the line, we need some calculations done”
*The president turns to a group of low ranking men, who nod and rush to their computers
Mr. President: “You got it Dwayne, put him on”
The 20 year’s old from earlier bursts into the room, everyone turns in surprise
20 year old: “Wait! It won’t work! Give me 5 minutes on those computers and your calculations will be done”
Jesse Eisenberg replies, "There's no time for introductions now. Just five minutes, Mr. President."
President Selleck furrows his brow. "Okay, but you'd better not be wasting our time."
Jesse sits down in front of the terminal, typing on two keyboards simultaneously while the images on six screens change blindingly fast.
Cut to M.U.R.D.E.R.
Without warning, all weapons fire at once, concentrated on one spot of the alien mass.
"I've lost control of the weapons!" recently promoted Gen. Schwarzenegger says. "Who's doing this?"
"Dr. Eisenberg, sir," a voice says over the radio. "I've been following the situation, and I've been able to pinpoint the ship's weakness using the ISS's calculations."
"Eisenberg?" the general says. "From the astrophysics lecture at UCLA?"
"Yes, sir," Eisenberg replies. "Still think my theories are ridiculous?"
The weapons stop firing, and nothing but a cloud of dust remains.
The crews of M.U.R.D.E.R., the ISS, and the war room erupt in celebration. "Well, I'm sorry I ever doubted you, doctor," Gen. Schwarzenegger says.
Close-up on Eisenberg's face. "No time for celebration now. This is just the beginning."
Beijing, China. Drs. Jackie Chan and Christopher Tucker are rushing through the forbidden city.
"I almost have it. We need to get to the control room now!" Dr. Chan exclaims, out of breath.
"Man, why did they have to hide this lab in the middle of a big ol' tourist area?"
Drs. Chan and Tucker push through crowds as Chan fumbles with his smartphone. Outside of Mao's final resting place, a door slides open with a computer "beeping" noise, and they enter. The door slides shut and they begin to descend into a well-lit, underground area.
Chan explains to Tucker: "This is it. All of our knowledge. Here. Alien weapon was put into the Earth long ago. One end under United States - other end....China!"
In the command bunker with the president, all the monitors go out at once and a creepy laughter slowly crescendos into a maniacal fit before stopping suddenly. A voice echoes through the monitors, speaking Korean.
"Get a translation, now!" President Selleck orders.
"Sir, its Kim Jong Un... and he says... he's calling us 'puny humans', sir."
Kim Jong Un continues: "They left me here long ago to defend the weapon. You will never understand the weapon. You must post #theweapon2017 now to prevent your death! Post you pigs!"
Everyone sits dumbfounded for a moment until Eisenberg says, "what do you think he meant about that last bit?"
One of the generals turns to him and says, "Its a trap, they'll overload the twittersphere and use its frequencies to drown out the spy satellites. They've been preparing for this for a while..."
rushmix · 37 points · Posted at 19:55:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"and they're not gonna be able to do a damn thing with it. Not if my man Mark here has a say..." Eisenberg states, slowly spinning on the balls of his feet towards a familiar group; its the young programmers from earlier. The camera pans up from a palm spinning another nerf football, to the face of Mark Zuckerberg - smirking with the confidence that only he could have in this dire situation.
Walking up to the radio console the president is using to contact the teams in space and in China, Mark says "You know how Apple has a service agreement saying that their products can never be used to make weapons of mass destruction?"
Amidst a room of confused expressions, Eisenberg's eyebrow slowly raises and with a drawn out "... Y-yeah?"
"Facebook doesn't have that clause." Mark says with a chuckle. He pulls out his phone, turns it up to 300% volume, and plays four musical notes on a keyboard app directly into the microphone: "F. A. C. E."
An ear-piercing melody following the four notes set by Mark's leitmotif continues, taking over the monitors and the airwaves, extending through humanity's networks to the farthest reaches of the digitally connected world. Soon, counterpoints join in and invert, revert, and reverse the original motif in mind-bending ways.
Mark's face melts and morphs into a scaly reptilian scowl. As the roomful of shocked expressions from hardened military and officials reach for their weapons and/or bodyguards, the reptilian Mark hisses.
"I come in peace..." The room was motionless. It continued. "We are a species that came to Earth long ago in the hopes of keeping The Weapon hidden. Since our greatest fears have come to pass, we will finally make our presence known--"
"I knew it!" Eisenberg shouts. "I knew the conspiracies had to be right! Who else? I bet its Elon Musk..."
"No, he is only human. We found it easier to hide as the douchebags of the world. You expect the worst of your own species. So we gave you that. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to save the world from twitter."
The comm crackles and a confused voice can be heard: "What the... what is going on down there?" The Rock asks.
rushmix · 25 points · Posted at 23:23:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The opening of Aerosmith's "I don't want to miss a thing" (https://youtu.be/oR68oAtWY-c) start to play quietly as lizard Mark speaks into the mic:
"Listen up, Rock... Swift. Remember that promise we made to eachother in Beirut? You know what you have to do. We have a few minutes before professor Chan finishes his calibration of the ancient weapon to the FACE wavelength, channeling every phone on earth and turning you into the biggest radioactive mega-laser focal point the universe has ever seen. I'm... I'm gonna patch you through to your families so you can say some final words."
CUT TO:
Ben and the Rock's ex-lady in a sea of thousands of people abandoning their cars in a mid city traffic jam - their phones blinding light and FACE noises joining the pandemonium.
Suddenly all the phones go quiet, and the Rock's face appears on phones as far as the eye can see. The havoc stops as everyone looks at their phones. Ben sees that the Rock's lady doesn't have a phone and he gives her his, saying "baby, I think this is for you."
CUE: "I don't want to miss a thing" starts to fade in again as the Rock begins to speak through thousands of glowing phones all at once:
"Good morning. In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others from around the world. And you will be launching the largest aerial battle in this history of mankind.
Mankind -- that word should have new meaning for all of us today.
We can't be consumed by our petty differences anymore.
We will be united in our common interests.
Perhaps its fate that today is the 4th of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom, not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution -- but from annihilation.
We're fighting for our right to live, to exist.
And should we win the day, the 4th of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day when the world declared in one voice:
Copy your original one, edit it to say upvote the other branch, then paste it again as the next new comment in the other branch... It'll still make sense!
Special Agents James Franco and Seth Rogen hide in the treeline outside the Kim compound, Franco watching through his spotting scope and Rogen through the scope of his rifle.
"Two guards at the west entrance, two more patrolling the perimeter," Franco says softly. "Fire at the guards at the door on my mark."
"Roger that," Rogen confirms. "I hope the intel from our man inside is right."
"It has to be," Franco replies. "Once Kim is out of the way, there's nobody to stop us from taking control of the weapon."
"Do you think we can actually do that?" Rogen asks, incredulously.
"Our people are already in place in Beijing," Franco says.
"No, I mean do you think we can actually get to Kim without getting ourselves killed first?"
"We have to," Franco says. "Don't worry, this is what we've trained for."
The two sentries patrolling the perimeter disappear around the corner. "Now!" Franco says.
Rogen fires two shots from his silenced rifle, less than a second apart. The two soldiers guarding the door drop to the ground.
"GO GO GO!" Both agents spring up and sprint across the field to the entrance.
Cut to a lighthouse just off the coast of Maine
One of the ailen ships, still burning from passing through the atmosphere plummets into the rocks, narrowly missing the lighthouse. A wave crashes over the ship, extinguishing the fire. Cut to the interior of the lighthouse
Bill Murray is half asleep in a chair and jumps up, startled. He walks outside to see what the noise was. A short time later, Betty White joins him.
"What is it, dear?"
An arm reaches out from the wreckage as an alien slowly emerges.
"Get the harpoon," says Murray.
The alien, clearly hurt, stumbles toward the lighthouse. As the alien walks into the doorway, a harpoon rips through the back of its head.
peeweejd · -4 points · Posted at 18:03:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"My name is Corey Feldman. I'm a programmer with a l33t haxing group. I've designed a super quantum bio-computer with a 3D holographic visual interface. It uses the superconducting material I found in a meteorite chip a LONG time ago while camping with my friends. The computer never really worked before, but the alien presence seems to have energized the chip."
kinrif · 4 points · Posted at 17:54:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Cranston continues: if our calculations are correct, the gravi-mag barrier radius conti-
Rock and Crews, together: English Man!?
Cranston: If we can draw their fire, the shield will weaken just enough that a railgun attack will open a hole just the right size for M.U.R.D.E.R to connect. But there's just one thing, it will only stay open for -
Lilly: 2 minutes!
Cranston: - two minutes before the shield closes and you're stuck.
Cut to M.U.R.D.E.R. cockpit reaction shots and a
beat of silence before
Will over the radio - "You ever heard of a contingency, boyo? President's orders. Booyah--"
Cuts to several alien ships blowing up in front of the screen. As the explosions fade, we see the new ship in plain view. The words, E.X.T.E.R.M.I.N.8 clearly showing on its side.
Cuts to the M.U.R.D.E.R's interior
The Rock making a face - "Can you believe this guy?"
Statham yells, "It's not over yet ya wankers.. LOOK OUT!"
Cuts to space
From the distance, we can see asteroids and stars, but something huge seems to be blocking out the view as it moves. It's so dark it looks like as though it's eating away the light as it passes.
tlbane · 4 points · Posted at 17:02:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
New York -
The beam of light hits the center of Central Park with a blinding flash but no explosion. The air grows eerily calm and quiet. Pedestrians near the park pause momentarily as they fee to stop and let their eyes adjust to light. The light stops suddenly. Nothing happens. Everyone is still, collecting themselves. Beginning to calm down, a few smiles crack... then a low rumble. The rumble grows into a shimmy, then a shake. Pedestrian bridges begin to collapse.
Wide shot of Central Park -
As if from a zombie movie, a giant mechanical hand comes plunging out of the ground. Dragging itself out of the ground. Finally free, Megatron breathes a sinister sigh of delight and anticipation.
[deleted] · -4 points · Posted at 16:36:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
tbh this is hardly a full movie, more like the first 10-15 minutes.
Karufel · 3 points · Posted at 14:52:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well, if you flash out the conversations, add a few short flashbacks of Beirut, draw out the scenes of the wife and the kids, then we could already be at 2/3 of the movie.
A Japanese couple kneel together at a table enjoying some tea. Life is peaceful. The husband notices his tea is rippling. His reflection hardens. He sets it down and slowly rises, samurai sword wrapped into his kimono at his waist. His wife, understanding, collects his cup. This was the moment the sage had prophesied.
Alien Lt: "We've zeroed in on the device captain."
Alien Commander: "Good"
Pan out to see alien commander Alec Baldwin.
Baldwin: "Too long have we witnessed the subjugation of our people. It's time to take our weapon back."
Alien Lt: "But sir, we hid it away for a reason. Remember the last great war. The entire nebula is still a wasteland."
Baldwin laughs.
Baldwin: "That was a warning shot. The council has had enough time to change their ways."
Baldwin screams and slams his fist into the console.
Baldwin: "Now get me that weapon!"
EWVGL · 3 points · Posted at 15:22:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Living Room of a Quaint Country Home
Mila "Mrs. The Rock" Kunis stares forlornly out the window while the children play on the floor behind her with the family pets, Puppers--a paraplegic Golden Retriever puppy strapped into a 2-wheeled mobility harness--and Mr. Floof--an adorable little baby bunny.
Mila turns from the window and watches the children play, a tear wells up in her eye and drips down her cheek. Overcome by love, worry and fear of the impending doom hurtling toward the entire planet but more troublingly toward her brave husband and perfect family, she decides to go upstairs, slowly undress and take a long, hot, steamy shower.
EWVGL · 2 points · Posted at 15:55:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Military Facility, MURDER Rocket Launch Pad
The heroes ready the ship, as only this crew of the world's best special-ops warrior maverick experimental rocket pilots can... by stripping out unnecessary parts and pieces and tossing them away, chopping the rocket to make it more lightweight, powerful, and generally badass. The Rock pops a cassette into the tape player and they all begin to sing along as they work, singing all the words together in manly, slight off-harmony as if they've done this exact routine in perilous circumstances dozens of times before..
All alone at the end of the of the evening
And the bright lights have faded to blue
I was thinking 'bout a woman who might have
Loved me and I never knew...
Cut to Quaint Country Home Steamy Shower
Mila sings the same song, in a worried tone, as soap suds and hot water stream down her perfect, supple, forlorn breasts...
Mila: "You know I've always been a dreamer..."
Cut to MURDER Cockpit
The Rock: "spent my life running 'round..."
Montage: We cut between the Quaint Country Steamy Shower and the MURDER Cockpit as Mila and The Rock sing the alternate lines of the song
Mila: "And it's so hard to change"
The Rock: "Can't seem to settle down"
Mila: "But the dreams I've seen lately"
Mila and The Rock together, split screen: "Keep on turning out and burning out
And turning out the same"
MURDER Cockpit
The Rock, Statham, Arnold together: "So put me on a highway
And show me a sign
And take it to the limit..."
Steamy Shower
Mila, her voice breaking with sadness and worry, tears now mingling with the hot water cascading over her forlorn, quaint, supple breasts, sings the last line alone...
"...one more time."
Downstairs, the kids and pets lean on the back of the quaint country sofa and peer anxiously out the large, quaint, living room window at the ominous grey sky. Puppers puts his arm around Mr Floof's shoulders.
Matthew McConaghey stands in a white lab coat in a huge empty white room with some science aparatus in the middle.
"Heh heh hey....thats it li'l buddy. Show me that spark....KAPOOM!" he says enthusiatiscally as a spark and smoke arise out of a clear glass flask containing a blue translucent like substance.
"100 out of 100. Hey...say how long did it take us last time to get to the moon?"...he proclaims as if hes stumbled on a treasure chest.
"That studio is about 10 mins away right?" He laughs sarcastically.
"And that gentlemen, is how you make rocket fuel. Its not rocket science."
He then focuses on the aparatus and whispers....."10mins to a studio...this stuff will take me there in a quarter of a second."
A loud tannoy blares out around the room. "John...theres 4 green guys here to see you. One of them is giving me a weird look. Like i shouldnt have called them green guys. And hes wearing a stack of toy medals on left pocket on his shir..."
"Damnit Mitch." says Matthew McConaghey as he tosses his goggles of to the side...
Gerdione · -1 points · Posted at 13:53:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Cuts to the interior of a foreign ship
The background score transitions from a hardy low rolling beat accompanied by brass to a syncopated bass pad and discordant quiet synth.
The inside of the ship is dark except for the low whirr of what may possibly be a warp drive.
The slowly camera pans over the pitch black ground, the darkness is only broken by the soft pulse of dirty crimson lights.
...Silence fills the room... The sense of unease begins to grow.
Three sequential guttural clicks over a throaty reverberating bass blast through the still atmosphere.
The camera pans in for a close-up of Dominic Toretto as he slams his car into first gear, a crooked smile playing on his lips.
The flag drops and Dom's car does a wheelie as he double-clutches off the line.
They round the first turn as a rival slams into the passenger side of Dom's car, wiping the grin off his face.
"Not this time Toretto"
Dom slams the car in second and shoots the gap to take the lead.
They enter the barrio and weave in and out of cramped alleys. The rival pulls a gun and Dom is forced to make a hard left, crashing through a fruit stand.
The camera pans overhead to show the layout of the race and it's clear Dom is not on course, thousands of fans lining the race course the rival is on.
Dom looks out his window and sees a ferry in the river heading for the dock where the race ends. He flips open a cover on the dash reading "go-baby-go" and let's rip the NOS, propelling his car up the back of a tow truck ramp.
Dom is flying out of control off a bridge and falls in slow motion to the ferry. The NOS tank blows, catching the car on fire.
Cut to rival car
The rival rounds the final turn and is speeding down the dock.
Cut to Dom
When Dom hits the ferry, it punctures a second NOS tank, the pressurized gas makes his car become a flaming corkscrew. Dom bounces off the ferry, now heading to he dock.
Cut to rival
"Dios mio!"
Still in slow motion, Dom's flaming car spins upright and momentarily it flashes to appear that Dom isn't in a flaming car, but that Dom is upon a flaming horse.
Dom's car slams into the rival and pushes him into the ocean as Dom's car bounces over the finish line.
The crowd erupts in cheer and rush in to put out the fire.
Dom exits the vehicle, scoops up 2 beautiful women just as his phone rings.
The ship has settled just above Central Park hovering only feet from the ground. It’s method of propulsion is not clear but waves of energy emenate from its underside. The ship itself is pitch black metalic oval topped with several sharp spires. It’s dark metalic crown towers over the nearby buildings casting them in shadow.
panning shot of the trees
The trees in the park a blowing vicously in the wind and then the wind is suddenly still. And the only sound that can be heard are distant sirens.
varishtg · 14 points · Posted at 11:50:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"that's the twelveth window you've broken this month" shouts Mark. "sorry sir, gotta go it's Friday and I gotta push the code to prod, gotta run, catch you tomorrow" Len says as he dashes out of the meeting room only to hit the major right in the face. As he composes himself the major says "nerds! We need to talk".
JLake4 · 16 points · Posted at 12:15:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The nerds are packed into a van with the major and an older government scientist, Jeff Goldblum.
"I hear you've, uh, been working on some code?" Goldblum asks. He looks to the major. "Are they clear?"
The major nods.
"Just a few hours ago, we caught sight of, uh, an object entering our solar system from... beyond. It appears to be intelligent, and it might even be hostile. We need you to code a... virus, uh, to... infect the ship once we can get our people close enough. Once we do that, we can send it careening into the moon and--" he smacks a closed fist into the side of the van. "We, uh, we win."
"A virus?" Mark asks. "How can we code a virus for systems we've never seen before, on a network we might not even be able to access? All this seems presupposed on the aliens using computers similar enough to ours that a human computer virus could damage them."
Professor Goldblum exchanges a glance with Major Schwarzenegger. Schwarzenegger speaks. "We didn't bring you here to question us. Can you create a program that will allow us to control their ship or not?"
"I can create a program that'll control a ship," Mark replies.
Goldblum nods. "Uh, that's close enough for government work. Let's get to it."
Scene cuts to a modern suburban house, the camera is panning through a room full of football trophies and awards. A newspaper is framed on the wall with headline "STAR FOOTBALL PLAYER'S LEGACY LIVES ON AFTER INJURY," with a picture of Matt Damon, number 44, in full gear, posing next to president Tom Sellick. You can hear someone fast asleep and snoring loudly in the other room. Jennifer Aniston yells from the bathroom, "Matt, honey, you're going to be late for work and you need to get the kids ready for school!"
Matt's dog TJ, a large rottweiler, dashes into his room and jumps on the bed and starts licking Matt's face. "Augh!" Matt says with a half grin, "I'm up, I'm up!"
Suddenly Matt's smartphone vibrates loudly on the bedside table. The camera cuts over to the smartphone's caller ID displaying on the screen. It's Matt's brother, Mark.
Ikr?!
I just read this movie and I can hear EVERYONE’S voices and for some bizarre reason, the fact that every single plot device, snide remark, action sequence etc. are all 100% predictable and trite just makes me like it more and more!
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 13:09:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Statham: "That's what the fucking aliens are saying! They've been gone for millions of years, why are they here now? To show off their gun and impress their friends? Compensating for their little green dicks? No, they're here because some green ugly shit is saying 'we need this weapon, this is the one thing that can pull off our plan to save us from those other, purple fucks or whatever.' Something else is out there."
The Rock: "So these guys are...
...stuck between The Rock and deep space." <--also that's the movie title
ROK247 · 5 points · Posted at 15:21:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
He is interrupted by red flashing warning lights and a load alarm.
The Major rushes over to one of the technicians.
"What the hell is going on."
The technician is sweating profusely. He straightened his glasses and then in a hushed voice whispers into the Major's ear.
Arnold takes off his hat and stares at the rest of the group.
"They're speeding up."
Cut to deep space.
logo1016 · 16 points · Posted at 10:41:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
An otherworldly alien spacecraft lingers on the edge of our solar system. It begins to glow and fires a blinding beam through space
We see the glowing green ray streak through the empty dark void
Cut to- The Bridge of the International Space Station
An astronaut peers out the round window into the noiseless vacuum of space as a green light begins to sparkle in the distance and grows brighter
“What the-“
The light grows brighter still
In a panic, the astronaut slams a bright red flashing panel on the wall. The interior lights flash red. He turns to look out the window once more but before he can complete the motion, the ship is suddenly engulfed in the alien death ray.
No traces of the ship remain
shash747 · 10 points · Posted at 10:31:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"The object will pass by Jupiter and come within 0.5 Astronaumical Units of Earth."
The Rock narrowed his eyes, waiting for more.
"Trouble is - it's been transmitting radio signals in all directions. And somewhere on Earth seems to be responding back".
"Gentlemen, thank you for coming heeere today," Major Arnold begins.
"We would not have brought you baaack here unless it was important. Earlier today we received a transmission from a species we did not previously knew existed."
"So what's the big deal?" Statham interrupts.
"This species is not from our planet," the Major continues. "And it wants something from us. Something that we cannot give it."
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 10:37:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
President:"The plan is for you boys to use one of the derelict space crafts we had hidden for over 50 years and beam up to the mothership to plant the M.U.R.D.E.R.
Dwayne (The Rock), we have given you the special task of flying the bitch."
Suddenly Dwayne runs out, teary eyed.
The president is concerned: "What's up with this guy?"
Statham :"Don't you do the research on the people you hire you stupid fuck?...he hasn't flown ever since his best friend's neighbour died in...the accident."
They are interrupted by a dishevelled technician who looks like he hasn't slept in three days.
"Sir, we need to launch now or we will miss the launch window," says the technician with an air of urgency helped by the pile of paper he spills everywhere.
"Alright men," says the President staring with a steely gaze at everyone except Dwayne "You know what to do, blow up that mothership and come back in one piece."
The President marches off followed by his entourage of special agents and technicians all trying to get a word in. The doors seal shut behind them making it clear no-one will leave this mission.
Dwayne clears his eyes and thinks back on the accident when the thrusters misfired, he was the only one to eject he could hear their screams as his parachute pulled away from the burning mess. Never even left orbit, he stopped thinking about it and followed the men to the ship.
Well it's not my fault they can't exercise their economic rationality and make the free market work for them! Maybe they just need more guns and less government.
cutty2k · 2 points · Posted at 12:47:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I think, of all the world's children, the children in Africa already have the most guns and the least government...
I grew up in Africa. I munched popcorn during movies.
You probably meant to say that children in Africa don't suck down buckets of lard like I assume American kids must, since that's the only way to explain your figures.
Just pointing out that swift should be a she, T.Swift
pan1c_ · 1 points · Posted at 18:04:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The T was added after I had made my original comment, and the post I was replying to described them having a "muscular embrace" so I was assuming male.
Walking through the corridors, they pass the medical wing of the facility.
"Is... Is that Kevin?"
"You weren't meant to meet him again like this", says Professor Swift PHD. "He's been through a lot since you last saw him, you probably shouldn't see him just yet."
A new scene opens and it is in what looks like a TV newsroom. The big burly presenter sits down and the cameraman counts down.
“Three, two one...”
“Hello folks and welcome to Infowars, I’m your host, Alex Jones with a breaking news announcement.”
Alex exhales deeply as tears begin to well up in his eyes.
[deleted] · 10 points · Posted at 09:53:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
“Unfortunately, there’s no more time for pleasantries,” Swift says.
Dwayne raises his eyebrows in feigned disbelief. “You mean you brought me all this way and you don’t even want to catch up? I’m offended Swift, really.”
Swift punches a code into a keypad. A large metal door - their final destination - opens slowly.
“If we don’t fix this soon, catching up is the least of our worries.”
"What's this all about, Swifty?" Dwayne says, just as the elevator doors close.
Cut to elevator door opening, the doctor gestures for his old friend to exit first. As he does so, he looks up to see, to his shock and joy, 6 of his closest friends and former military buddies sitting around a large conference table.
Amongst the flurry of hellos, and figure slowly walks out to greet them.
Colonel walks in and notices something odd about the two men, but brushes it off.
“Break it up, you two. We’ve got a very important matter on our hands. We’ve received intergalactic intel that only you two can handle. We trust you will gladly accept.”
The Rock glances at his partner, then shoots a glare at the Colonel.
“It’s going to cost you.”
The Colonel is unsettled, realizing again something odd about The Rock.
“Name your price...”
The Rock, not having blinked once utters the words:
“It’s gonna be about 3.50”
The Rock then bursts out of his clothes, revealing his true form of a crustaceous being in the protozoic era.
The two men enter a room with more TV screens than you can count and the Professor says: "Dwayne, have you ever seen "Armageddon?"
Confused, The Rock replies: "Sure, I love a good Willis flick."
The Professor then asks: "Well have you also seen "War of the Worlds?"
The Rock: "Tom Cruise, great guy, good movie, what's your point?"
The Professor: "What about Independence Day?"
The Rock: "Ok, you didn't really bring me out here to find out my top ten action movie list, did you?"
With a look of grave concern, the Professor says: "If only that were true. What we're looking at here is all of those movies, combined. Think of the most generic action movie mashed up with the most generic Michael Bay alien invasion plot and you've got what we have here, except this is for realsies."
The pair walk through blast doors upon blast doors. Swift flashes identification at every checkpoint, barely breaking his stride.
"So, what's the sitch, Dash?" Dwayne asks, flicking his granite gaze from guard to guard.
"Beirut's coming back to bite us in the ass." Dash Swift grumbled.
The good doctor approached a retina scanner.
"Yeah, heard it in the call."
"They're coming for you, Johnson." The last doors screech open, revealing a large control room filled with thousands of monitors, and sleep deprived staff to man them.
The largest screen shows an object in low earth orbit.
"What is it?"
"A weapon, and a message. Davis, play it back. "
The two stare at the silhouette in silence, as the message blared across the control room's speakers.
"Your transgressions end here, Earthlings. We will devour your kind, and you have nought but your... 'Rock' to thank."
"About time," Dwayne begins, a cocky smirk curling his craggy lips.
Dr. Swift looks to him, a brow quirked.
The Rock slips on a pair of aviators, before unholstering a .50ae desert eagle from his pants.
Three unsavoury characters are arguing with each other. A ratty looking man bursts into the door.
Charlie: Oh no, oh no, oh no!
Dennis: What's going on, Charlie? Did you drink paint again?
Charlie: Guys! They're back! They've come back for me!
Mac: Who?
Charlie: The aliens, guys! They've come back to get me, and probe me, and stick their - oh god, they're the real Night Man!
Dee: Charlie, for the last time, you were molested by your creepy hands-crazy uncle. That's what happened.
Mac (checking his phone): Err.. guys? He's right. It's all over the news. There's a freakin' alien ship in the skies!
Dennis (gets up): Well, well, well. We can't be sitting here quietly then, accepting our miserable fate. Mac, you'll be the brainless roided out soldier character who'll be the first one killed.
Mac: Got it!
Dennis: Charlie, you'll be the nutjob who always knew aliens existed because he was abducted and sodomized. What am I saying, you're already that.
Charlie: Unnghhh!
Dee: What about me? Ooh, I'll be the young yet brilliant British scientist who cracks the alien's computer systems. Oi say, 'ello guvnah, oi've 'acked the alien ship, oi 'av!
Dennis: Dee, you're lucky you're not part of the aliens because you already look like one.
Dee: Oh come on!
Dennis: And I, as a man of peace and sexual love, will let myself be kidnapped by the aliens. I will then seduce the female aliens, and then overcome their ranks, AND show them Earth's true Golden God. If only I was that prisoner on that Klingon ship in Star Trek: Discovery...
Mac: Dennis, what about Frank?
Dennis: Well, Frank has a gun, maybe he can-
**The door bursts open. A troll-like man stands at the doorway, holding a laser gun.
Frank: Guys. We're going alien hunting.
The Gang Saves The World
Jezzmoz · 5 points · Posted at 09:56:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"So Prof Swift PHD, how bad is it?
"How much time have you got, The Rock?"
"That bad huh?"
The Rock and Swift enter a large room with a large round table in it, many people stood at the table but only one stood out to The Rock.
Cut to aerial long shot of isolated mansion house in rugged countryside. Slowly zoom in to reveal somebody doing push-ups at the side of a swimming pool. Emerging from the house is a beautiful woman carrying a bottle of champagne and two glasses. The guy doing push-ups continues briefly, before getting up and casually walking toward the pool’s high level diving board. With his back to the woman he calmly says
“What’s this? I told you I don’t drink in the mornings. I have rules,” before executing a skilful dive into the pool below.
As the two men goes further exploring, behind the giant glass Dwayne discovers shady alien objects being researched upon by government agents in hazmat suits.
Rock: "This is not what I signed up for".
Swift: "We need you Dwayne".
Rock: "I don't do that sort of work anymore dammit! I got a family."
Swift: (random stuff about alien invading the earth consequences).
Rock: "So where do we start" //loud heroic music starts playing//.
"The mission is simple, Dwayne. We're going to find that weapon before those aliens destroy New York City to get it themselves." Said T Swift in a rush.
"We have found a well with alien markings. We're assembling a team. Me, you, Hernandez the linguist and 5 unnamed soldiers will go down. Are you ready?"
"I'm too old for this shit."
Cut to the entrance of the alien well. The Rock and Swift join up with the rest of the team.
queue cresendo of overbearing white noise and distorted bass. Theater is rumbling at its resonance
Zooming in as Dwayne hangs up. Everything he needs to say, he says with his eyes.
Cut to black.
Volume fades to silence. Strange noises, sharp notes accompany the black screen
Camera is in an unidentifiable location. Its dark. Alien architecture makes up the barely visible contours of the walls.
We're going down a hall way. Slowly, in almost pitch black. The camera pans around a corner. There is more light of some sort coming from an opening at the far end. The level camera is steadily making its way to the vague image.
darez00 · 5 points · Posted at 14:14:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh God, this was already too good to be true, and now Jeff Goldblum is in it too... My day literally can't get any better than this
Cut to a scene in space. We see the earth through the window of the ISS. the camera pans as we see the crew of the ISS run towards the emergency escape pods. Outside a shadow loom over the ISS. Its an alien scout ship. It fires a bright green projectile at the ISS ripping it apart in half.
Cue huge explosion that would give Michael Bay an orgasm just before the chain reaction rips it apart one escape pod is able to escape just in time and is headed for a fiery re-entry inthe earths atmosphere.....
Cut to a front shot of a black car driving through the city
We hear a phone ringing
Cut to the inside we see will smith answering the phone
He has black glasses in the radio is a midwestern guitar
J: yo Rock my man how you doin!?
K: will shut the damn phone! We are on a time limit
Cut to the rock smiling when he hears the 2 agents that were once on his team bicker
We hear agent J
The Rock: we got a problem
J: nah ah this is my problem Rock, YOU stay out of this. Wait HOW on hell do you even know about this? I thought you were done after wha
The Rock: after Beirut I know, right now I don't need another man telling me this
I need my team
Cut to the car
Agent K: If you lady's stop bickering we got a weapon to find.
[deleted] · 2183 points · Posted at 09:27:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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Quithi · 13 points · Posted at 09:46:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'm pretty sure this is just the basic script they made a long time ago and have been throwing random words at since and making the Rock movies.
I love that they didn’t bother to change The Rocks name. It really adds to the realism! Why bother give him some shitty stage name when he’s already got one?!
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 09:58:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I mean, The Rock is in it, so equal to all the other movies he's in.
You would think but I know Roland Emmerich had this movie pitch waiting somewhere for the right time.
jtweezy · 1 points · Posted at 15:23:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yeah, I didn't see anyone mention gratuitous explosions anywhere. You know he's already cramming those in somewhere. Maybe the house explodes after the Rock puts on his leather jacket and walks out.
Cut to product placement shot of expensive muscle cars - one red, one blue. The Rock and Pedro, a small but wily Mexican are drinking beers and leaning on the hoods - a calm before the storm.
“I thought you said you were done after Beirut, The Rock.”
“I know. I thought I was too. But it’s serious this time.”
Cut away to an inky black shot of deep space, slowly the camera pans down to a dim looking world with a thin whisp of atmosphere and what looks like an ancient surface.
Pluto
The camera zooms and shifts now, it swoops in fast and low and were suddenly racing at great speed just several feet above the surface
a faint angular shadow comes into view, slowly catching and then overtaking our viewpoint, it looms over the seemingly barren world.
Vibrations grow, rock and earth shimmer,.....at first sand and shale bounce around......then slowly levitating into the thin atmosphere creating a dusty haze, chunks of it bounce off our virtual viewpoint as it tries in vain to keep up with the innocuous shadow
The surface suddenly cracks and upturns to reveal a shaft of brilliantly white pulsating light, what causes it or the looming shadow cannot yet be seen before suddenly a huge hunk of the ancient crust upturns and our viewpoint crashes into it suddenly fading to black.
Nerdy scientist man meets with the assembled suicide squad he begins to stutter out the plan to meet the aliens nervously and with gobbledygook science mumbo jumbo, then Goldbloom swiftly takes over, getting only one judgemental “dirty Jew” stare from the hardened general across the table while the rest of the group looks on with patient respect. “As you can see the Alien craft is over 3 Miles in diameter and is heavily shielded, but we can detect patterns in it’s orbit that show a drop in altitude every 24 hours. Additionally it’s slowing down like your mother after the third orgasm.” Abruptly the hardened general interiors this dumbed down exposition dum. “ What is this circus freak doing here? We need serious military scientists on this not somebody who was growing a third nipple with uranium from a smoke detector in the tool shed behind his trailer.”
Goldbloom (his character’s actual name completely forgotten) slickly interrupts saying,
“Actually I’m in my fourth nipple now, and it’s an RV not a trailer.”
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 21:09:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Sorry man, your addition to the story wasn't funny.
Donald Trump Googles "Can you build a space wall?"
uptown47 · 14 points · Posted at 10:05:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Just burst out laughing. Not a bad thing normally but I'm having a shit and there's someone in the next stall. They're probably a bit confused to say the least. Gotta decide now whether to nip it off and try and wash my hands and go before they finish or stick it out until they go and then slink out (hopefully) undetected....
Fine, I’ll give you six months to build it. Steal the tech from the aliens.
But sir.. Shut up and do it or you’re fired!!
Redren · 3 points · Posted at 23:21:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This is my favorite line of the whole movie. And actually makes me think of one good reason he is our president. Now all our action movies have built in comic relief.
"I know people that built the space station, in outer space. They build greatly. Very great materials and very good...things. Believe me. We will have this wall built by 2021, and that i can tell you."
yaygerb · 2 points · Posted at 17:36:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"The number you are trying to reach is not available." Frustrated, he dials the number once more: "The number you are trying to reach is not available."
"God Damn it!" He yells as he stops walking to look at his screen.
"God? God has nothing to do with this..." An unfamiliar voice behind him, a friend? an enemy?
Cut to the back of a chair in a fancy villa. Man picks up the phone "Dwayne, we haven't talked in ages" chair turns around and it's Chris Evans in a nice suit.
Y'all forgot a scene where there is a buncha people in RV's gathered in the desert to welcome the aliens. Also, the eccentric old prepper doomsday guy in his bunker, who saw this all coming!
You ever notice how the Randy Quaid character was still considered a loon even after the Alien Invasion. I mean the primary reason he was ostracized was his insistence on having been abducted by aliens. Now, aliens. Guy should've earned a smidgen of respect.
A distressed woman answers... "Hello?"
"I know it's a bad time right now..." says The Rock who is quickly interrupted.
"Why? After all this time? Now you finally call. Right when things were starting to go well. Why do you always do this to me The Rock?" (The Rock furrows his brow) "Oh man, this is weird. I called the wrong number, uhhh... but for the record you should definitely avoid going outside and calling me back. Best of luck! Goodbye. (He quickly closes his flip phone.) "We'll that could have gone better" says The Rock with a hearty chuckle. The Rock then opens his flip phone to his contacts list...
High above the New York skyline A Black Hawk Helicopter fly's noisily. The Rock and his cadre of high ranking military officials discuss just how bleak the situation really is.
Cut to a TedTalk stage. Elon Musk, as played by Leonardo Dicaprio, is giving a speech on how we are all living in an AI simulation. He is at the end of his speech, "... and in conclusion, our only option is finding a way to break out of this simulation before the simulations version of Norton Antivirus finds us." There is a chuckle among the crowd.
A man off stage waves for Musk. He walks off.
"What is it Cooper?"
The man hands Musk a phone.
"You are gonna want to hear this sir"
Elons smile drops, as a voice comes over the phone.
Cooper asks, "How bad is it?"
Elon Musk looks at Cooper and says,
"I'm going to New York."
She's calls her burn out brother to baby sit while she runs errands.
In walks Seth Rogan.
Movie periodically shows the hilarious and chaotic happenings while the uncle tries his best to handle the secretly unruly children to offset the action and serious scenes of The Rock punching cars.
scene: The military finally reveal to the professor the alien artefacts they've kept hidden for decades. Which would finally give validatation to the professors controversial theories...
In astonisment, He clumsily pulls off his glasses with both hands.
[deleted] · 167 points · Posted at 09:36:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
“I’ve always been one to believe in shecond chancesh Da-Wayne” rebutted Sean Connery “Beshides this is a matter of life and death. You may be a bashtard but you’re the best we’ve got.”
“Well I guess I’ll take that as a compliment” replies Dwayne “What do you need me to to do?”
Sean Connery grins “Tell me Da-Wayne are you a fan of schcuba diving?”
Aw, man.
I thought it was real.
Damned if that wasn't getting good.
I wasn't even thinking"ID3", just a cool science fiction movie in the spirit of "The Expendables".
enad58 · 65 points · Posted at 09:46:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The Secretary of Defense waits in the West Wing for his meeting with the President, staring at a picture of his kids he keeps in his father's pocket watch.
"How long is this going to take?" Demands the Secretary to the President's elderly aide.
"I guess we'll find out together, now won't we?" She replies with dry sarcasm.
Her phone rings.
"He'll see you now." The secretary announces. Her demeanor suddenly shifts as she begins escorting the Secretary into the Oval Office.
The Secretary walks in to meet President Gary Busey.
zbeptz · 35 points · Posted at 10:03:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Daddy, who was that?" says his son.
"Nobody, Mathew" the Rock replies, hiding the nervousness in his voice. He rushes his kids into their SUV and he drives home wondering how he's going to break the news to his wife. They were done. Out for good. Or so he thought.
As he approaches his driveway there are already three black unmarked cars waiting for him. His wife must already know.
Oh boy, you fuckers have me grinning like a madman in public. Perfect execution.
Zcasfqer · 60 points · Posted at 09:16:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Alright, but this time we are doing it my way," The Rock declares, as our attention shifts down to one of his children playing with action figures. One toy baring a striking resemblance to our protagonist with a flame thrower strapped to his back as we cross dissolve to a new location.
Never heard that term. Are you saying the people are hard for The Rock's features?
[deleted] · 16 points · Posted at 09:10:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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cutty2k · 11 points · Posted at 12:08:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Wow, that's eerie, I originally had the Rock's character named John, but switched it back to "The Rock" after the line about his features hardening, because yay puns.
“Hello, this is Crichton Decker. Who’s speaking?” The Rock answers.
“Is that how you talk to an old friend?”
a brief silence
“What the hell are you doing calling this number. I told you I was done.”
“You and I both know that once you’re never ‘done’ being a military astronaut, Decker. And I don’t mean the school visits, reality tv and getting to drive that Hum Vee of yours to Walmart for chips and dip”
“Yeah well, I’m about ‘done’ with this conversation, you threw me to the wolves and - why am I even talking to you, this shi-“
“You were right about that signal. I thought you should know. You were right, Decker, and if you want to come smell what’s burning you’ll get to Washington. Now.”
stranger hangs up, dramatic music, close up on the rocks “extremely concerned face”
Crawford - No chance General, I'm out of the game and you know it. Why not call Hopper? He was my number one student and I taught him everything I know
[deleted] · 36 points · Posted at 09:02:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
General - Why dont you hear it from him, then
Channing Tatum staring as Hopper - Remember that thing we found in the desert, Duke?
Crawford sighs heavily.
"I'm not about that life anymore... You know that. I got a family now, and I'm not leaving them again. Especially not after what happened to my brother."
"It's happened," the raspy voice says in his ear. Dwayne Johnson's eyes widen with fear.
Cut to a guy working a hot dog stand downtown with thr radio chatting in the background. He tosses a scrap of old food down to his dog hiding behind the stand ...
"I told you I'm done," he says. The Rock glances over at the front seat of his beat up Corolla. The sun casts an angelic glow on the face of his young son. "That's not my life anymore." He hangs up, but an uneasiness hangs about him as he walks into his small suburban home.
"The bank called,"echoes a female voice from another room as he crosses the threshold. A phone call from the office could distract him for only so long.
But wait, there's more.
A giant taco spaceship appears over the Hoover Dam, and out walks a Mexican army with tomato guns, and you bet your top dollar that these two brothers know all about it, because they have a strong bond.
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 09:00:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Eric Cartman enters as one of the hardened military officials who gained his rank through defending the US border. He's defeated every Mexican gang and army with a weapon he developed himself, the taco cannon.
"Look, I told you last time.... I'm out. Get Hendrix on the line, he's probably so bored he's taken up knittin' dresses by now, and- ....[pause, intense look].... Who the hell told your department about Project Sierra?"
zaphodp3 · 3029 points · Posted at 06:58:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The “In English please” line always pisses me off! “No you tit, it’s a complex problem and you are going to understand its complexity. Otherwise, fuck off and send someone who can process more than basic sentences.” Then again maybe it’s just me.
zero_iq · 428 points · Posted at 07:25:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Look, professor, I don't know about your fancy university 'quarantine principles' or 'first contact protocols'. I just need to know two things: where I can shit, and what can I shoot!"
I wonder how the Military, who often help fund or otherwise Support Action movies, can agree to being shown as so stupid.
My favourite example is the beginning of the AvsP movie, when in a conference a giant sonar Image of a supposedly Underground Mayan style pyramid is shown and the Military Boss man says "My experts tell me this is a pyramid".
LynkDead · 144 points · Posted at 08:28:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I was in the Air Force. Pretty much any time we had to brief anyone about what it was we actually did it consisted of dumbing things down. I remember having to explain satellite communications as "basically just a big ethernet cable that goes through the sky". Yes, it is/can be a lot more complicated, but specifically for what we were doing that was about as simple as I could make it.
[deleted] · 54 points · Posted at 09:15:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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faluru · 15 points · Posted at 09:41:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So you’re sure you don’t want to join in on the stupid-military-circle jerk?
Being able to dumb things down is generally how it has to be done especially with something that costs a lot and affects a lot of people.
You need to brief the right people to not have to dumb it down. PEOs and detachments are often run by former engineers, and their staff are current engineers. If you dumb it down with the wrong crowd, you're just going to have to do it again with the actual data and a less-happy crowd at having to be there for the same brief again because you didn't get it done right the first time.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 15:55:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I have a relative who's quite good at two things. Understanding code, and explaining how the code works to C-suite guys who don't understand code. He makes a crapton of money compared to anyone with only one of those skills.
"basically just a big ethernet cable that goes through the sky"
Problem with that is that then you dig yourself into a hole where you have to explain "no, we can't just 'cut' their space cable, because it's not literally a cable, I was just... I WAS JUST TRYING TO HELP YOU"
What you have to remember is that in a movie script, this kind of dialogue is written by a layman themselves. The "science rambling" answer is intended to show you that the problem is over your head, while making it seem like the character knows what they're talking about, while preventing a viewer who actually knows what they're talking about from realizing that the writer doesn't know what they're talking about.
_Aj_ · 3 points · Posted at 12:08:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There's a certain beauty in being able to convey complex subjects in a simple form that gets the message across. It requires considerable creativity and the ability to think quickly and be good with analogies.
I work with electronics and mechanicals, some people I speak with know more than me, some don't know a red wire is normally positive. Making stuff make sense to them so they can do their job when I send them away is probably more important than the bit I do.
It's like efficient data compression algorithms, nothing is lost, it just makes it a smaller package to deal with.
Also in SG1, (then) Air Force Chief of Staff, General Mike Ryan,
made a cameo appearance.
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 08:38:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Strategically, one could argue that it's helpful for the military to be seen as incompetent, so that enemies of the state will underestimate them and fail to probe their operations properly, assuming they are too incompetent to do things in an intelligent manner.
The truth lies in the middle. The Military is really stupid, but highly organized. Like it can get 200 people & tents for everyone fairly well. But once the tents are up, you kinda just stare at your phone as they decide on why 200 people were now sitting in a field for a week.
Bardlar · 4 points · Posted at 09:16:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What does the military lose by people taking it less seriously? Just means tehy can get away with more without people thinking they might be up to something.
nangke · 8 points · Posted at 08:16:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Nobody who signs up for the military because of a movie does it because of the incompetent or warmongering ones onscreen. They go in thinking they'll turn out more like the hero.
different branches support different films. I forgot one movie, but one branch turned it down only for a different one to take it because they didn't like how they would be portrayed. While I could be wrong, but they also made a joke about the first asked branch which helped the other branch agree.
The marines declined for Godzilla, but the navy agreed. That one wasn't a rivalry one though.
[deleted] · 8 points · Posted at 08:04:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Agree to? They don't really get a say in what unaffiliated media says about them.
I'm also unfamiliar with how they fund those projects.
Madrawn · 27 points · Posted at 08:11:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The us military often lends equipment and expertise for movies, if they show them in a way which is basically a free recruitment ad.
Top Gun for example lead to a surge in people applying for the air force. The film is basically a two hour commercial for either the USAF or anal lubricant.
In real life I imagine it functions as a chain of command. At every level commands get translated into what that command level needs to do with them.
Up at the top the guys understand the big picture. Then they tell a few dudes below them in charge of other stuff, who go and tell stuff to people below them, etc.
The soldier on the field knows who to shoot, what to shoot, what not to shoot, where to be, etc.
And the chain of command is what translates the executive officers orders as vague as “I do declare we are going to war against x” to what the millions of soldiers are doing at any point.
It's probably more of a trope than anything at this point. I have to talk with pathologists and physicians frequently, about engineering. I dumb it down like I'm talking to a ten year old. They aren't stupid, but they won't follow me either otherwise.
I only just realized that they ironically inverted that in Avengers when Tony Stark is talking about how Bruce Banner is finally somebody who speaks English. I'm a bit slow sometimes.
A professor once told me, IIRC, "if you really know the ins and outs of your shit, you're able explain it to the dumbest motherfucker in the room in a way he understands"
The "In English please" trope is more about audiences than the actual science. I'm sure a 4 star general (or military bigwig) could understand what the scientist is on about, but they need to dumb it down so that audiences can understand. A 'non-thinking military man' character to achieve that and also gets to be the idiot/bad guy for always being wrong about the best solution to the problem.
This. I'm sure in the actual situations where the military officer is talking to the scientist they've picked someone relatively intelligent who probably has some experience in the field somehow so that they're able to comprehend the huge crisis going on at the time without needing a super dumbed down version, but like you said, it's for the audience.
In the case of an alien invasion, I'm absolutely sure they'd have a packed room of extremely high level officials discussing the issue, not a mid-rank military guy and a single scientist, but a week of conferencing doesn't exactly make for thrilling watching.
Here's a new movie trope to start: just explain it to the President. He can only understand the dumbed down version, in words no longer than two syllables each. And he will likely cuss you out or threaten to fire you if you don't explain it to him that way.
matholio · 28 points · Posted at 07:20:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I disagree, an expert should be able to understand something complex and tease out the most contextually useful bits and share them with non experts in plain English.
CrivCL · 18 points · Posted at 07:41:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That's not always possible - quite a lot of complex issues and techniques are meaningless without their context. That's why the whole idea of 'lies to children' exists in education.
The lies to children thing is where they give a less correct explanation of something that is just correct enough to explain observations right? Sort of like how your first taught electron shells go 2,8,8,8 ad infinatum before we're taught about subshells?
CrivCL · 6 points · Posted at 09:17:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Pretty much - something you can use to build a structure that lets you slot the right knowledge in later.
Yeah I can see why that's done, trying to explain something like probability clouds without any sort of foundation to build off of would be a nightmare.
I told my cousin the straight up complex explanation for anything she asked about when she was a child. This past May she graduated as valedictorian of her high school class and said that was the reason she became valedictorian. Stop lying to children, expand their brains.
CrivCL · 1 points · Posted at 15:03:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This is what people are talking about when they say "lies to children".
It's not actually lying to children - and I guarantee that some of what you think of as the straight up complex explanation were "lies to children" that you aren't aware of because it's not your expert area.
Case in point Newton's laws are "lies to children" as are Kirchoff's laws and Ohm's law. They're really useful but they're fundamentally simplifications of the real physics.
Part of teaching is learning how to impart simpler foundations that give you the tools to take apart and understand more complicated versions of what you've learned.
I think some people lie too much to children, though. For instance, I was on a missions team in high school and we took some orphans on a field trip to a natural history museum. They had figures of cavemen and early animals. One girl asked of the figures, "are they real?" I was criticized by my teammates for responding truthfully, indicating that they were essentially statues dressed up to look real. It was a "lie" only in the sense that I wasn't going into the detail of what the figures were made of (I don't even know that), but it answered their question. So I get the concept. But people like my teammates were asked the same question and responded that, yes, they were real. And they criticized me for breaking the illusion. That's the sort of lying to children I have a problem with.
Santa Claus would be another example. It's an unnecessary false explanation for Christmas gifts when you can just tell kids these gifts are from you. I have no problem with stories like that, but only if they are taught as fiction. I think many people would classify Santa Claus in the same "lying to children" category, and I would say you are actually telling falsehoods to your kids.
CrivCL · 1 points · Posted at 15:57:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I think that's a different thing, and a really complicated one.
I can see why you'd find it objectionable, but I can also see why someone would want to maintain a sense of magic for kids (at least for Santa Claus - not so much the museum example which just seems like misleading kids for no real reason).
shrug tell your kids you're playing make believe that there's a Santa Claus, they're good at that. That's how I grew up and I'm still creative and enjoy fiction, including magical realism. No need to tell them lies for your own enjoyment.
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 08:11:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
A large part of knowing a subject well is being able to explain it using simple words.
CrivCL · 2 points · Posted at 10:53:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Sure but how long do you have? Minutes/hours/days?
monsto · 4 points · Posted at 10:34:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
But look. . . it's a movie establishment scene.
The perfessor has to look smart so he says a bunch of shit that goes over the viewers head. Not only is he "smart" but he's "nerdy" . . . he doesn't get society and doesn't know how to talk in public.
So the military guy, usually stuffed to the gills with common sense and witty country parables, is the representative of the "every man". So when he says "in english please?" he's not only getting the audience on his side for saying what they're thinking, he's also opening up the story for them as well by forcing Mr Poindexter to say what the average person can understand.
Eh, usually in these movies the situation calls for a scientist, and a military type, and they have to work together. Its not like the military guy planned on being thrust into a situation he knows nothing about. Similarly I wouldnt be mad if the scientist said 'in english please' after the general lets off some military jargon. Plus to be honest, imo you shouldnt criticize someone asking for explanation, would you rather he went into the situation blind so he wouldnt embarrass himself by asking? Plus a big indicator that you're good at your job, is how well you can communicate it to people who dont know anything about it, if you cant describe it in laymens terms, usually you dont have as much experience.
"Future Man" has a great, short jab at it, although you'll have to see for yourself because that'd be a major spoiler.
ledivin · 3 points · Posted at 08:01:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Josh Futturman, a janitor by day and a gamer by night, is recruited by mysterious visitors to travel through time to prevent the extinction of humanity.
That sounds so, soooo bad... thought it does have reasonably high scores on RT.
It's cussy, a particular episode is... unseemly, but it's so incredibly fun, I can't recommend it enough. It only gets better if you think it starts out slow, there's tons I love about it. May seem like mild pandering at first, but it became the best take on time-traveling (with the right amount of self-awareness) I could have wanted from it.
weikel · 3 points · Posted at 07:45:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yes! This drives me crazy. It is not that hard to infer some kind of basic meaning. I hate when we (the audience) are treated like children.
Well, the "jargon" in any movie where this line is uttered in earnest is never so complicated that someone with a bit of education couldn't understand it.
....annnnnd that's why you aren't in Trump's administration.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 08:42:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
In Star Trek they would at least have the decency to give you a simple real world analogy in the end. „So it’s basically like water draining from a bathtub?“ „Exactly captain“
But then sometimes the person "explaining", deliberately makes the explanation unnecessarily long and obscure, when in reality all they'd really need to say was something like "yes those are aliens"
Isoyama · 1 points · Posted at 08:36:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
Knowing your audience is a thing. Field specific jargon might work with individuals with the same training but others with an equal level of expertise in something else wouldn’t comprehend. Any intelligent person could figure it out from context and prior knowledge but why assume when you can just ask the explainer to clarify?
xixi2 · 1 points · Posted at 10:40:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The “In English please” line always pisses me off!
I just always wonder what they say when the movie is translated to another language.
From my experience with senior officers, that exchange is more for the audience. It's hard to get that high up and be dumb.
augustm · 1 points · Posted at 12:16:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Armed? What do you mean armed? Armed with what?"
"Err, bad breath, colorful language, feather duster... what do you think they're gonna be armed with? Guns, you tit!"
And it is never anything especially complex or time consuming. Is it really do irritating for the tough guy to listen to four, middle school level sentences?
"The alien ship functions like a living entity, transferring information through a system of..."
"In English, Doctor!"
"Shoot it there."
To be fair, you have to have a pretty high IQ to understand THE BEST SCI FI LOW CONCEPT ACTION THRILLER OF THE SUMMER
wettam · 1 points · Posted at 13:14:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I mean you can expect a person who is trained to be the boss of a bunch of people of different specialties to understand technobabble that you have spent years studying.
CeaRhan · 1 points · Posted at 13:35:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The most stupid thing about it is that 90% of the time the scientist says something TOTALLY understandable to anyone older than 13
JTswift · 1 points · Posted at 13:59:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
A few episodes ago on Arrow, they used this line, or a variation of it, no less than five times...in one episode!
On the other hand, I'd rather not have scientists using hundreds of words I don't know to explain something that can easily be explained in a more understandable way without changing the meaning.
Plus, "in English please" is actually ultra-realistic because usually the scientist just spouted a bunch of technobabble that makes zero sense in the real world. So, really, the most realistic and reasonable response is "in English please."
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 08:43:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I think "In English please" expresses it perfectly.
It's a defining characteristic of the Anglosphere cultures to dumb everything down to the lowest common denominator, usually way past the point where the grossly oversimplified "English" version has nothing in common with the real thing anymore. Life is all about ease of consumption and maximal short-term gratification for those people. Giving them complex problems only results in blank stares and spontaneous noisiness.
halborn · 1 points · Posted at 14:17:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's a defining characteristic of the Anglosphere cultures to dumb everything down to the lowest common denominator
Oooh-hohoho, no. Don't get the rest of us mixed up in america's problems.
I disagree. you dont have to be able to explain it to a 5 year old, you need to be able to explain it to the average adult.
A 5 year old doesn't understand jack shit. A 5 year old is still learning how to put one leg in front of the other to move faster. In this example you'd have to explain gravity, our existence, our cosmic reach and the basics of life - including life span, basic physical needs, and psychological needs of that level of travel. These things are not something a 5 y/o can really grasp.
Sure, they can grasp when their guppie dies... but can they grasp the concept of having 7 billion other human creatures and trillions of others? no. Having billions of creatures die a day? nay. Try explaining to a 5 year old that we landed on the moon and that its 239,000 miles away. Explain 239,000 to a regular person and they will likely not have any concept of the extent of how far we went to land there. -- Proof in point: Most people have no idea that you can put EVERY single planet between us and the moon, including Pluto, and still have room. That's not a level of distance that most people can even comprehend... i know I can't. I have a hard time with a couple hundred miles for scale.
In these movies you need to explain to a person who has the basics of humanity understood and the basics of travel, distance, and time. -- High level military knows this because they worked on our space shite. It'd be like a PHD talking to a BA in the same field. There's some level of understanding there.
That being said... if you cant explain it to an average, educated, adult then you don't really understand it.
You cannot ELI5 life to a real 5 year old. Ask any parent. They'll tell you they give them the basics, enough to stop the questioning, and they stop explaining.
Edit: Complete sentences and grammar.
Edit 2: Furthermore, we cant even explain most things to the average American when it comes to massive sizes. (Im American, and i dont mean that as an insult) We need things like X number of Empire State Buildings, or Area/length of the American Football field. We need relative understanding. A 5 year old doesnt even understand how long a damn Hour is in time let alone the rest.
So explaining complex things are pretty much out the window. you can dumb it down... that's why many of us enjoyed Cosmos with Carl Sagan. Because he put things into ways WE NORMAL people can understand. He even did it with 4th and 5th dimensions. The average, massively average, and massive majority, of 5 year olds cant even tell you what the 3 dimensions are.
I think even explaining it to a normal adult is misleading. There's a lot of concepts that rely on a significant amount of previous knowledge to understand, and can't really be easily dumbed down.
If you couldn't teach it to someone given enough time I agree you don't understand it, but good luck teaching extremely high level maths to an average adult no matter who you are, they simply don't have the pre-requisite knowledge.
Music is another great example. How are you meant to explain some of the more esoteric music theory out there to someone who barely even knows what a note is, let alone a scale?
This is one of those fortune cookie wisdoms that's just completely wrong
Oh yeah, my last boss who was this successful process engineer with 20 years in the business obviously "don't really understand" his job because he wouldn't be able to explain it to his 10 year old daughter? Yeah that sounds about right.
We had a crusty old Lieutenant with a flattop haircut who would sit in his beat up truck every morning in the parking lot and smoke a cigar before he walked in to the building.
Read up on how he treated K like a child fool and wanted to march the US straight into the maw of global nuclear war with the USSR. He was the cunt of cunts.
Camera is on his back, cigar smoke clouds around him while he spews some badass we-should-do-this-by-the-bookism.
Someone asks him a question...he slowly turns and as we view Ed Harris' face -complete with a scar running from above his eyebrow, past his dead white eye and just a over his cheek , he says "We're throwing the book away on this one"
no-mad · 1 points · Posted at 12:11:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Cut to scene Swanky DC party interrupted by the simultaneous ringing of multiple cell phones.
Cut to scene The threat is explained to the Joint Chiefs in briefing room with the president on video conference. This scene ends with one general asking another
General #2 “Johnson who’s your best (insert threat) expert?”
Jump cut to soon to be main character struggling with some comically mundane task, unaware that 3 men in suits are about to arrive via helicopter and whisk him away without telling him why.
That cliche always pisses me off, because generally, it has already been translated into regular English, with not much language that would only be understood by experts.
Like when a hacker says that they have to be physically plugged in to the main network to be able to do something, there shouldn't be any need to simplify it any further than that!
In my mind the scientist isn't meek and nerdy. I usually go with the Denise 'Christmas comes more than once a Year' Richards version. That way the no nonsense military guy has someone to bang when the last alien falls.
Either female with hair pulled back, glasses, clipboard/laptop, and an over-sized coat hiding a Playboy figure*; or male with thinning hair, glasses, clipboard/laptop, and a lab coat hiding a comedic foil.
PS: * at which you scream, "Why is she in such high heels!?"
A small part of me wants an entire movie to be like this, just a whole movie with an unrelated plot, that has a zombie apocalypse happening in the background but the main characters are too self absorbed to notice it.
Purpose2 · 75 points · Posted at 08:24:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Not exactly it, but the guy that did black mirror did a series where contestants of big brother are some of the only people alive during a zombie outbreak. It's not bad. Called Dead Set.
Atherum · 28 points · Posted at 09:53:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
In the World War Z novel, one of the stories talks about an island in New York set up as a Celebrity reality show. They had people filming the zombie hordes I the city and then the reactions of the Celebrities from the comfort of their fortified homes would comment and deride the survivors. Eventually the fortress island was overrun by survivors looking for safety and food.
[deleted] · 9 points · Posted at 09:40:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You should watch Seeking a Friend for The End of The World. It's about a comet coming to destory the Earth and everyone is freaking out but Steve Carell doesn't care and still goes to work and goes grocery shopping etc. It's pretty funny.
I really like this idea. I feel like some stories have come close to this effect, like the background plot in the game Dishonored where there's some sort of supernatural whaling industry shenanigans going on but it's always in the background.
There is a great novel by Finnish author Article Paasilinna, about a small newly established farming community growing and prospering, while at the same time WW3 is happening. And no-one really cares, until some marroccan (?) Pilots with an atomic bomb land there, having lost their way.
The new stepdad to-be who also just happens to have a great job at a well funded, well regarded Tech Start-up that recently successfully landed a rocket on an asteroid.
Perfect. And of course later in the movie they have to work together because the protagonist realises that the step-dad's work is the key to saving the world. And they develop a grudging respect for each other.
It's about two brothers. In a van. And then a space rock hit. And they ran as fast as they could, from giant cat-monsters. And then a giant tornado came. And that's when things got kicked into twelfth gear...
frogma · 5 points · Posted at 08:39:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Angry grandmas got released from the old-folks' home, and they're looking to kill... with guns. And they, they have like... zombies driving tanks. Grandma zombies in tanks. And then there's a hurricane. And then 3 vigilantes called the 3 Mars Bars jump into the mix, with more guns.
It's called... well, it's called "Two Brothers."
[deleted] · 9 points · Posted at 06:55:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Meanwhile, she barely has a speaking part. All she does is frenetically try to move herself and her child from an urban environment to a remote shelter. Somehow she has the access and security clearance to a government facility like that because her ex and current boyfriend are tenuously working for the government.
She might get angry and frustrated. You know because she’d start crying in the bathroom. Until the only other female in the shelter, the President’s wife, comforts her.
Or you know, it could be a comedy. Lovable fuck up saves the world. If this came out 15 years ago Jim Carey could have slayed this role. Jonah Hill would have been perfect 10 years ago before he got super serious. Now? Idk...
And that's when his high-ranking government buddy has to go track him down in the secluded cabin he now lives in to get him on board for the mission. Things like "I told you Lawrence, I don't do that anymore! I gave that life up a long time ago..." are said
chapert · 76 points · Posted at 06:41:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And when the step dad steps up, that's when the real dad (and audience) realizes the person he despised for being with his wife, was actually a good guy the whole time.
The protagonist over comes some obstacles and learns about himself? Hmmm?
tyszkor · 3 points · Posted at 12:13:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
But of course the protagonist is The Rock or Will Smith and the new Step dad is like Ed Helms so we wonder for half the movie why, even with his money, she decided to take this guy over our protagonist. Until he sacrifices himself and we all realize how great of a guy he was deep down.
alfiejs · 1 points · Posted at 07:41:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
As much as I love alien invasion type movies... This is painfully accurate. I would love for someone to throw a wrench in this cliche introduction method.
I understand the whole "gotta show life as normal before shit hits the fan" angle but still... Do something different. Or start the movie in total chaos already.
Would that soul sucking job be flying an old battered propellor airplane spraying crops.... flying skills that could perhaps later be used for piloting a soon to be declassified military starship on roughly one months time ?
It's really common enough that I don't think saying it's specific is fair anymore. Maybe if like the workout routines and the cereal they eat are the exact same then yeah.
This is the sort of thing that I’d look back on after the fact and be increasingly convinced that cause and effect moves in two directions in time but we’re only able to perceive it in one dimension. I see many of these lately. It started when i dated that girl with schizophrenia about 10 years ago...
God in the most unexpected places...
OP here. I'm sure I have read that strip before. Although I didn't specifically recall it when I made the comment, it probably made me more aware of the trope. It really is so god damned common.
Honestly I had this thought at a gas station recently. It was a cold, dark night and the gas pump television had the news talking about the confederate statues being torn down, and I got a really weird vibe from it. The whole "main character in a modern civil war" movie type thing. Luckily that all blew over.
"There's no doubt about it. We picked up several from different parts of the planet, took them aboard our recon vessels, and probed them all the way through. They're completely meat."
"That's impossible. What about the radio signals? The messages to the stars?"
"They use the radio waves to talk, but the signals don't come from them. The signals come from machines."
"So who made the machines? That's who we want to contact."
"They made the machines. That's what I'm trying to tell you. Meat made the machines."
"That's ridiculous. How can meat make a machine? You're asking me to believe in sentient meat."
"I'm not asking you, I'm telling you. These creatures are the only sentient race in that sector and they're made out of meat."
"Maybe they're like the orfolei. You know, a carbon-based intelligence that goes through a meat stage."
"Nope. They're born meat and they die meat. We studied them for several of their life spans, which didn't take long. Do you have any idea what's the life span of meat?"
"Spare me. Okay, maybe they're only part meat. You know, like the weddilei. A meat head with an electron plasma brain inside."
"Nope. We thought of that, since they do have meat heads, like the weddilei. But I told you, we probed them. They're meat all the way through."
"No brain?"
"Oh, there's a brain all right. It's just that the brain is made out of meat! That's what I've been trying to tell you."
"So ... what does the thinking?"
"You're not understanding, are you? You're refusing to deal with what I'm telling you. The brain does the thinking. The meat."
"Thinking meat! You're asking me to believe in thinking meat!"
"Yes, thinking meat! Conscious meat! Loving meat. Dreaming meat. The meat is the whole deal! Are you beginning to get the picture or do I have to start all over?"
"Omigod. You're serious then. They're made out of meat."
"Thank you. Finally. Yes. They are indeed made out of meat. And they've been trying to get in touch with us for almost a hundred of their years."
"Omigod. So what does this meat have in mind?"
"First it wants to talk to us. Then I imagine it wants to explore the Universe, contact other sentiences, swap ideas and information. The usual."
"We're supposed to talk to meat."
"That's the idea. That's the message they're sending out by radio. 'Hello. Anyone out there. Anybody home.' That sort of thing."
"They actually do talk, then. They use words, ideas, concepts?"
"Oh, yes. Except they do it with meat."
"I thought you just told me they used radio."
"They do, but what do you think is on the radio? Meat sounds. You know how when you slap or flap meat, it makes a noise? They talk by flapping their meat at each other. They can even sing by squirting air through their meat."
"Omigod. Singing meat. This is altogether too much. So what do you advise?"
"Officially or unofficially?"
"Both."
"Officially, we are required to contact, welcome and log in any and all sentient races or multibeings in this quadrant of the Universe, without prejudice, fear or favor. Unofficially, I advise that we erase the records and forget the whole thing."
"I was hoping you would say that."
"It seems harsh, but there is a limit. Do we really want to make contact with meat?"
"I agree one hundred percent. What's there to say? 'Hello, meat. How's it going?' But will this work? How many planets are we dealing with here?"
"Just one. They can travel to other planets in special meat containers, but they can't live on them. And being meat, they can only travel through C space. Which limits them to the speed of light and makes the possibility of their ever making contact pretty slim. Infinitesimal, in fact."
"So we just pretend there's no one home in the Universe."
"That's it."
"Cruel. But you said it yourself, who wants to meet meat? And the ones who have been aboard our vessels, the ones you probed? You're sure they won't remember?"
"They'll be considered crackpots if they do. We went into their heads and smoothed out their meat so that we're just a dream to them."
"A dream to meat! How strangely appropriate, that we should be meat's dream."
"And we marked the entire sector unoccupied."
"Good. Agreed, officially and unofficially. Case closed. Any others? Anyone interesting on that side of the galaxy?"
"Yes, a rather shy but sweet hydrogen core cluster intelligence in a class nine star in G445 zone. Was in contact two galactic rotations ago, wants to be friendly again."
"They always come around."
"And why not? Imagine how unbearably, how unutterably cold the Universe would be if one were all alone ..."
Nah, man. It's 2017, we'll have to bring him to Xi Jinping.
Norci · 3 points · Posted at 13:36:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Movie idea: Aliens come to visit Earth, and the human race has to work together to pretend Trump isn't the president, instead presenting them with a stand-in actor, doing best efforts ensuring aliens and Trump don't meet.
I'm just going to assume in the future somebody already invented a machine that lets humans access any possible timeline/dimension and someone used it for evil to fuck with the human race. Now we have Trump as president, ISIS, and single-ply toilet paper. No reason why this strange elongated object can't be the harbinger of our destruction.
My favorite plot hole about alien movies is that Earth is this planet of abundance. We know understand water isn’t so hard to find I.e. Saturn’s moon Titan, there’s asteroids of solid gold, planets where it rains diamonds, etc. Even the argument of Earth being in the Goldilocks zone is no longer super relevant because we’ve identified a countless amount of planets in this zone. If Aliens want something trust me it’s much easier to get somewhere else
VitQ · 2 points · Posted at 11:02:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We have abundance of dank memes, that's what the aliens must be after!
I mean, it would be mentally scarring, I am only scared of the fact that the zombies might be the runners we see in train to busan or world war z, that would be fucked up, because I would probably die too. As long as they are average speed it should be like duck hunt 2.0, and I can larp Glenn albeit I get my head beat in with a baseball bat by a dude called Negan.
Since I do believe in some kind of afterlife it would be more relieving for them to be murdered by some idiot releasing the virus rather than them doing something stupid with their own free will resulting in damnation. Only if my loved ones aren't accomplices to murder, ignorant to murders, or murderous assholes which I believe all of them are not, I would not be scared for them. I can't say the same for a lot of poor souls in this world to be honest, a lot of people end up losing their credibility of innocence some point in their adult lives by doing something really fucking stupid.
Then I guess your death will affect one of the main Avengers in a certain way, in order to introduce the main conflict of Civil War II. Kinda neat actually.
I think about this all the time reading headlines. When some immune bacteria start spreading in some African country I always think about beginning of a zombie movie.
"Interstellar Visitor Spotted with Telescope" was on a crawl on the TV when I heard about this. "By God, they're here and looking at us!" was my first thought..
Atherum · 2 points · Posted at 09:48:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yeah it's basically the Chekov's gun of Sci-Fi, Greg Bear had a similar thing in Forge of God but instead of an Asteroid, it was the silent and very quick "disappearance" of a planet/moon (Can't remember which).
It's annoying how I've spent my limited work reddit time (ie poop time) on this fascinating thread reading a film script. Amazing, but... actually, I have no regrets.
Exactly. For me, it goes even further than that. I believe that this is how it WILL evantually start. Not necessarily like in the movies, but with a news report, scientists this, scientistst that, and then....extraterrestial life! First contact!
Being displaced onto Sleeper Service would pretty much be best case scenario for me. I wouldn't even mind being a statue for a few millennia if it meant I could join the Culture after our tableau gets decommissioned.
Many years ago, it was a size comparison in a Slashdot comment that introduced me to The Culture. Someone mentioned that the Halos in Halo were far smaller than Larry Niven's Ringworld, and were much closer in size to the orbitals in The Culture by Iain M. Banks.
If you can dig some space opera, you owe it to yourself to check out The Culture series by Iain M. Banks. It's bloody brilliant.
It's actually basic physics that there is a banana in every photo ever taken since 1972 April 3rd. I'm was that day the Great Lord Bananestro was finally defeated by the Jackson Five, before his death he transported his essence into the Cosmic Kodak where his form was warped and perverted until it resembled that of the common house banana. Now Bananestro is our greatest gift and curse for he is with us in all our moments.
I mean it is clearly an Iteron V Let's hope it is carrying something valuable.
pegcity · 1 points · Posted at 13:41:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Ramna.
mo-rek · 1 points · Posted at 14:27:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Itd have to be a star destroyer if it is only 1k long. Im hoping it's one of the dreadnaughts from the Outbound flight project. Maybe the jedi on it can sense us!
A dead sub-lightspeed colony ship from Vega. Something... happened en-route.
You don't want to find out what. Be happy they didn't stop.
[deleted] · 506 points · Posted at 04:30:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Vega was the star that the alien message in Contact came from btw..
[deleted] · 126 points · Posted at 05:16:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Interesting book, can feel pretty slow at times, waited the entire book for one chapter basically but that chapter was incredible.
damontoo · 45 points · Posted at 08:23:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Most people know Contact as a movie. It was originally a screenplay but Sagan couldn't get anyone to make the film so he turned it into a novel. When the novel was a success, he got to make the movie which ended up being an even larger success.
TM3-PO · 1 points · Posted at 13:57:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Alright alright alright
subdep · 7 points · Posted at 07:15:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There is a message in pi.
wut3va · 3 points · Posted at 14:03:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Actually if you read the paper, it came from the direction of Vega now, but Vega wasn't there tens of thousands of years ago. This thing could have been floating through interstellar space for billions of years.
Quithi · 18 points · Posted at 09:48:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
At some point you wonder how anyone could be as extremely incapable as that crew. I like to think that reynolds could have saved everybody if he hadn't taken the creature on alone.
“Hey let’s make it so that in this awesome multi-million dollar lab that should be AS SECURE AS POSSIBLE, the air vents or whatever have to be shut single file in a process taking what seems like infinity if under pressure.
Quithi · 1 points · Posted at 14:55:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Also the systems aren't contained at all apparently. The creature could get all over the place by moving through the tube systems. That doesn't make sense. That means there are no doors in the lines so any leak would lead to a massive drain of all the fluids.
I didn't like it. It was like idiocracy in space, only not funny. So many dumbass decisions by the characters, I couldn't suspend my disbelief and accept that they would be chosen for such a mission in the first place.
They had a fucking quarantine officer whose every second line was I AM HERE TO MAINTAIN QUARANTINE and then they didn't just dorp the ball they took the ball and slammed it into their faces.
Slam their newborn face into something unyielding a few times for good measure.
Brutal? Sure.
Unethical? Certainly.
Going to hell? Yep.
Worth it for the sake of comedy? Absolutely!
Ch8s3 · 10 points · Posted at 07:39:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
🎵LET THE BEAT DORP🎵
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 10:55:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Letthedorphitthe...
FLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRR!
Ch8s3 · 1 points · Posted at 12:09:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Depends on which movie you're talking about. If you mean Covenant, totally agreed. If you're going back to Alien, that's a different thing altogether. Ash was not only malfunctioning but also acting on the company's interests to get a specimen. Ripley was going to maintain quarantine but Ash overrode her and let them in.
Prometheus, Covenant. They're going off to explore planets with organic life and take no steps to protect themselves. Humans died by millions just when crossing an ocean to the New World because of the diseases brought. No one thought rigorous quarantine would be needed?
Instead let me take off my helmet and stick my face into some space mushrooms.
No, the only reason it got out of the lab was because he left a flame thrower floating which caused the fire suppression systems to activate. If they had preserved quarantine, it would have claimed at most one victim. It wouldn't have even done that if the guy studying it had remembered to properly close off the valves from when he was studying it before, kicking off the whole series of events leading to him using a probe that not only antagonized the organism, but gave it a means to escape. Granted, we don't know how they would have progressed with experiments otherwise, but even the very limited information they had about the creature was enough that they should have been excercising far more caution considering its growth rate and potential.
There weren't accidents, there was negligence and poor decision making by almost everyone in the crew at one time or another. Even the escape plan was not very bright as how could you possibly expect to maintain control over an automatic craft while fighting a creature that clearly can kill you easily.
Ehrre · 2 points · Posted at 15:51:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I retract my previous statement.
I think I was distracted by Jake Gyllenhaal and his beautiful eyes for most of the film and forgot the details
So many dumbass decisions by the characters, I couldn't suspend my disbelief and accept that they would be chosen for such a mission in the first place.
So it's a spiritual sequel to Prometheus?
MonaganX · 17 points · Posted at 08:30:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Or Alien Covenant. You should not hear Yakety Sax play in your head when you watch a serious movie.
This movie had it. Until they put that redneck cowboy responsible for a ship with 2000 humans. I mean, how dumb one have to be to get into all that trouble for a dead girlfriend, right?
Biologists do this kinda shit... There was nothing about that situation that would have made them guess what happened would have happened. It wasn't being aggressive, it was small, it didn't appear to have any weapons, and they were in thick protective suits.
Biologist touch new species all the fucking time, just not on camera. It's like saying no archeologist would disturb a new finding... it's naive to think they don't fuck around often.
The biggest mistake those scientists made was not realizing they were in a horror movie...
Prometheus was a little better insomuch as it had other entertaining features that made it watchable, despite the imbeciles. At least the Alien franchise always seems to have a reasonably intelligent protagonist to identify with.
I hate films that depend upon scientists with multiple degrees acting like kids seeing their first butterfly and ignoring all safety and containmemt procedures.
im so glad im not alone on that. i was on a 3rd or 4th date and watching this movie on the couch with a girl, and i couldnt take it. she was convinced that i was scared, i was trying to convince her that it was just too stupidly impossible. no one would keep doing the things they were doing... even like 1/3 of the way into the movie. it was just so bad, and yeah, i was scared. ...it was kind of that odd scary startle suspens-y type movie, but thats why i couldnt watch it. if i am going to be scared and anxious, i want it to be about something that isnt total bullshit, never would actually happen shit.
It was scarier when it didn't try to copy alien directly and was just inspired by it. The movie never lived up to the first 5 minutes though unfortunately. That one shot into, through, and out of the space station makes the movie worth it in my opinion. Plus, Jake Gyllenhaal is always enjoyable to watch. The man isn't capable of a bad performance.
Stay away from Accidental Love if you want to retain that belief.
Mya__ · 4 points · Posted at 08:46:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
But was he good with his part Inside Amy Schuemer?
I also keep confusing him with James Ransone, who I believe is a seriously underrated actor. His performance in Generation Kill (the cynical sarcastic driver) was way too easy to relate to. Really spot on there, but the parts he's been getting lately haven't been as interesting to me. I really wish he'd get a break.
Sorry, not Bully. Though that's a great film too. I meant Ken Park. Just be prepared for a extremely graphic James Ransone auto-erotic asphyxiation scene.
[deleted] · 7 points · Posted at 13:17:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh fuck man we're on the same page.
It just shows how lazy the creatives on these things can get. Writer is all like "Every cell executes every function. It's one big eye looking in every direction, one big muscle that can tear a man apart, one big brain plotting against us. My God."
Then the director and art department sit down and it's like "YEAH BUT ALSO IT'S GOT A MEAN MUG"
IF EVERY CELL IS AN EYE WHY DID YOU GIVE IT EYES YOU MORONS
Really? I thought it went off the rails about 10 minutes in when a team of biologists thought it would be a good idea to try and flame-thrower the only known alien life to death because it broke a dude's finger after he zapped it.
I enjoy their take on the character, I don't appreciate the turn in writing. The show is more dedicated now to the personality of the Doctor, and the plot of each episode simply being a vehicle to show you how cool and great the doctor is again. That gets tiresome.
Same. I was expecting it to be similar to the thing but with better visuals and a new twist.... Just ended up being a mediocre monster movie. By the half way point I wanted it to be over
Except for the fact that every single character was retarded, which is a bit weird considered they are assigned to one of the most important projects of humanity, yes it was good.
[deleted] · 35 points · Posted at 05:47:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yes.
thra1l · 11 points · Posted at 06:12:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Just watched it last week and I thought it was great.
It's an ok movie if you try not to expect the characters to act logically, with that in mind, it's a fun creature feature in space that is like a knockoff of the original Alien
It was okay. I watched it on an international flight and it was pretty perfect for that situation. Not sure if I'd just sit down to watch it at home though.
The ending felt contrived more than clever, as it seemed to be intentionally and deceptively edited to make it appear one thing was going to happen, when another did. This wasn't even some sort of artistic cinematic device, but basically just lying to the viewer. Oh, you fooled me! I liked the first 4/5ths though.
RockLoi · 6 points · Posted at 07:47:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Eh, we were just being shown what the characters believed was happening which I think is fine. It's not nearly as bad as scenes where a character is closing in on someone and it's strongly hinted that they're about to be caught but it's the wrong place - or worse - the events aren't even happening at the same time.
Ehrre · 5 points · Posted at 06:46:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
A little predictable but executed very well.
I felt seriously anxious during some of the scenes and it was well acted. From what I remember the crew didn't make too many dumb mistakes like most Sci Fi.
I thought it was one of the best sci fi movies I had seen a couple years. A lot of people felt like it borrowed too much from Alien, I thought it felt like a modern take on it.
It was a huge letdown. Had great cast, interesting premise, big budget, etc. Trailer got me excited. Aaaand it majestically fell flat on a face in eerily similar fashion to Alien:Covenant. Just like in A:C :
The characters are fucking stupid and make stupid decisions in order to push story forward. That's extra annoying if you assume that they are best and brightest humanity has to offer.
You can see the big twist coming from a MILE.
Kyuubee · 2 points · Posted at 12:18:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
No. The movie wants you to believe the characters are highly qualified, intelligent scientists. And yet they act like typical horror movie characters, constantly making stupid decisions and breaking protocols. It's a dumb movie.
Kirudra · 2 points · Posted at 06:15:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Highly recommend
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 07:10:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's decent. Very run of the mill and has a few cheesy parts, but it's rather refreshing to see a space based film try to remain "physically grounded" and ressemble our current tech this much. It's Alien meets Gravity, though unfortunately shittier than either two.
darkv69 · 1 points · Posted at 09:14:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I love blood and gore in movies, but something about the alien thing was really unsettling. For me personally, it made it unenjoyable to watch. Also the fact that everyone aboard the ship was an idiot was frustrating.
It was watchable, the creature was both beautiful and savage. The other comments here are right, the writing and logic was pretty dumb, but it was entertaining. The ending was not the typical one you'd expect.
People always shit on movies like this for the cast/crew being dumb, making stupid decisions. That's just the horror trope, take it or leave it. I don't care about it so much, so I enjoyed the movie quite a bit. I have also been told that I enjoy shitty horror, so take my opinion with a grain of salt.
[deleted] · 9 points · Posted at 06:37:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It was also kind of shit. SPOILERS
That one character that was in charge of keeping the ship quarantined said several times to everyone around her that they all signed up to making sure that the space station wouldn't contaminate Earth. We assume they are all highly trained professionals.
Then that one guy runs to the sleep pods to get from the monster. The monster can't get him and leaves. Then he leaves the pod, makes a break for the airlock to escape. Only the airlock is locked tight. So he goes about doing the necessary steps (which looked time consuming) to force open the lock and OOOPS! alien was right there the whole time.
Bullshit. The writers wrote themselves into a corner, and the only way out was to force this one guy to abandon his character's goals to force an opening for the movie to continue. Otherwise the station gets jettisoned into space.
I understand that conflicts and twists drive plots, but it was so transparently bad.
[deleted] · 8 points · Posted at 07:02:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The goal of a good movie is to get you to suspend your disbelief and present to the audience believable situations based on what they movie has shown you.
It would be like Captain America murdering Tony Stark because he felt like it. Nothing we have been shown through any of the movies would indicate that would be something he would do. We would rightly cry foul.
Nothing the movie showed would lead us to believe that this crew member would make that choice. A choice which ended up leaving him vulnerable while a murderous alien was about. A choice that could end up contaminating the Earth if he didn't do it right. A risk he would not have taken given what the movie has shown about the character.
Which is why I suggest that the writers probably wrote themselves into a corner, and this was the choice they decided to go with. A character did something he wouldn't have done given the circumstances so that they could advance the plot.
It was the recent movie about astronauts receiving a sample with an alien organism on-board their space station. It gets out, bad things happen from start to finish.
That shit made me truly consider if I’d be willing to murder another human being to survive. The second that shit used the scalpel to cut its way out, I started channeling my inner Ellen Ripley
idwthis · 6 points · Posted at 10:55:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Agreed. Fuck that shit. Ryan Reynolds' character made the dumbest decision ever after Calvin adapted and got out through the glove.
Yeah so why is it that scientists in Alien horror movies always have some kind of emergency flamethrower?
It kind of makes sense in The Thing (clearing snow perhaps), and even in Alien (it's the future, and the Weyland-Yutani was definitely prepared for alien shenanigans), but now I really wonder if NASA astronauts take flamethrowers to space when it just happens to be common protocol in movies.
Esp since that was the ISS,, wasn't it? Is the flamethrower standard procedure? Also it's pretty nuts to think that NASA biologists would decide to roast the only known alien life to death because it broke a dude's finger.
No no no we need to take the space station out of earth orbit and set it on a collision course with the sun. It's the only way we might kill that thing.
Kazzack · 5 points · Posted at 13:04:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yeah that didn't make sense to me either. I mean they were analyzing it from orbit. Other than taking it to a different celestial body I don't know how much safer they could have been in that movie. Generally speaking.
tuutruk · 5 points · Posted at 07:01:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Got it - destroy and conquer. Hail Terra!
isobit · 2 points · Posted at 13:08:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Redditor: Hi, I’d like two tickets to Guardians of the Galaxy
Clerk: Two tickets to life, that’ll be $36.40.
Redditor: O...okay
Clerk: Thank you, enjoy your movie
Redditor: Th..thanks you too!
Edit: I've considered that the average redditor wouldn't actually need two tickets since they're going alone. The second ticket is actually a decoy so the window clerk won't wonder why you're going to a movie by yourself.
zuiquan1 · 304 points · Posted at 06:26:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Clerk: Thank you, enjoy your movie
Redditor: Th..thanks you too!
Fuck too real...
whodat98 · 20 points · Posted at 06:39:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
As a movie theater employee I hear this like 10 Times a shift
As a movie theatre employee as well, I intentionally say it and keep a mental tally of the "you too"s I get in a shift. Personal best was ~30 during Doctor Strange. I hope to top it during the upcoming Star Wars release.
Shyam09 · 1 points · Posted at 06:44:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I thought Avocados weren't expensive until you put them on toast.
I knew someone from Australia once on EverQuest two who said limes were wicked expensive and she hated lemon in here coronas.
Berelus · 1 points · Posted at 07:31:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Smashed avo already implies it's on toast, because sourdough is the best way to have avo. With some poached egg and spinach leaves and chorizo, maybe a grilled tomato.
Actually I bought some avo last night, they're currently $3.50 each at the local.
The thing about movies as a social gathering is that, for the most part, you might as well be going by yourself. You’re staring at a screen the whole time, and conversation is shunned. The only reason I don’t go by myself occasionally is that tickets are $18 at my local (city) theater and I can’t justify paying that unless I’m either out with friends or hoping to get some tail (disclaimer: I’m in a long term relationship but still get more tail after a movie than if we stayed at home. So if I’m gaming somebody, she must not care).
I once got tickets to the right movie, but went to the wrong room. Ended up realizing about pretty fast, but figured it was too late to switch over to my actually movie (which started 10 or so minutes before the one I was in.) So I just sat through the movie (twas a shit commedy), then went and bought ANOTHER ticket for the movie I actually wanted to see.
Dude. Just do the right thing and hop on over to the over movie. Your girl should’ve had enough snacks and drinks in her purse to make it through two movies.
balluka · 2 points · Posted at 06:36:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
But what if I go alone. My snacks are long gone by minute 90.
Exactly. Am I the only one that’s ever done this? If you’re in a big enough theater you can even get more snacks later if you want. Pretty tough to remember a random face out of a few hundred almost two hours later
Yea I couldn’t nowadays. But I used to be a lazy stoner and all I wanted to do was sit and play video games or watch movies. Probably could’ve stayed at the theater for 5 movies lol
kirtur · 2 points · Posted at 06:41:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Not accidentally but my friends and I went to see Reign of Fire at a very popular movie theater in our town at the time (only place within miles that had reclining seats) but when we got there they were sold out but they said "Would you like to see Mr. Deeds instead? It has the same start time." and we all basically just said fk it.
Like I said somewhere. Here the story. > lol. Currently due to work I am living in China. My Mandarin is not the best. I have been passing by a cinema on my way to work everyday. I really enjoyed the first Guardians of the Galaxy, so I was looking forward seeing the second part once it came out. I couldn't make time the week it came out. But, pretty much I new the time when it was playing. So one day after work, I just go to the cinema and ask for the tickets for the late night screening. The movie was 4D, so I was thinking, thats new, and wondering how it would work for the Guardian of the Galaxy. Anyways, at the beginning I thought, maybe thats the monster they will be fighting. Then, I was thinking, wow, they decided to make the movie a bit grim than the first one, then I was like, ok, seems like I am in a wrong movie. It was pretty bad though. Later,I did manage to see Guardians of the Galaxy on the flight, but I was too impressed.
I recently bought tickets (online) to the right movie, but at the wrong theater. The lady gave us a weird look when she scanned the barcode at the entrance (presumably because some kind of error just popped up on her screen), but I think she didn't want to hold up the line so she just let us pass. The really weird part was that the same movie was playing in the theater we went to, in the same numbered theater, but like 15 minutes later.
So we got to our seats and I was like "WTF, why haven't the previews even started yet" because we were about a minute late. Went outside, saw the correct name on the theater but the time seemed wrong. Checked our printed out ticket, theater number is right, but the time is different on the display than it is on the ticket. WTF?
So I go back in, starting to question the details of the ticket, and check our seat numbers. Positionally, we're where I expected to be (right side of row M, it's just how I always buy tickets), but the numbers are different. Now I'm really wondering WTF. And then finally I look at the last part of the ticket that I would ever think to question...yup, it's for an entirely different theater.
The good news is we were seeing Jigsaw like a week after it came out, so the theater was pretty empty. Just to be safe I double checked Fandango on my phone for the theater we were actually in and there were no seats sold anywhere near the ones we were sitting in, so we just watched the movie ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Press the touchscreen on the self-service kiosk and it’s not calibrated, and the program doesn’t make it clear which movie it’s for once selected because of poor design. The tickets are on that tiny, flimsy piece of paper where the movie name is in a small font and abbreviated, and the biggest piece of info is the screen number and time. OP pays no attention because he (or she) keep saying “I am Groot!” to himself (or herself).
I can see getting a ticket to the wrong movie. But even though i didn’t see Life, I’m sure I’d be missing Rocket and Star Lord if I mistakenly went into the wrong showing.
Even if you buy the wrong tickets, you can always just yano walk into the other screen. At least where I live its pretty easy to just see film after film with one ticket if you wanted to.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 15:32:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I saw Murder on the Orient Express a few days ago. I very clearly said the name of the movie. The person at the desk confirmed Murder on the Orient Express. I got my tickets, and walked towards the theater number on the ticket. Then my girlfriend noticed that the name of the movie on the ticket was the new Thor movie in 3D. We got the money back, and got the right tickets.
froo · 18 points · Posted at 04:44:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I sort of did the same in 2011, took me about 15 minutes though as I thought it was an extended preview.
Went to see Conan the Barbarian, ended up seeing Friends with Benefits
When I was in HS I had alcohol for the first time ever and then tried to see the Cat in the Hat with my friend. We went to the wrong room and all the previews were weird AF... it was the middle of the day so nobody else was there to clue us in. Turned out to be Gothika.
I wanted to go to watch Guardians of Galaxy 2. Accidently bought tickets fordownload Life. Only half way through the movie I realised I was in a wrong movie.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 07:07:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
My answer is more simple but your sound true. I hope you still love it! I really enjoyed that movie, it felt like this could be the "Alien" for a new generation. I mean, when I watch it I catch myself think having seeing this around ± 12 yo I would have be a hardcore fan of this like I've been with the first two Aliens movies.
Sorry if my grammar is rubbish (English is not my first language) feel free to correct me :)
Well they did get to escape in the end. They missed out on their entire lives, the whole world changed without them, but... they still get to enjoy baseball and hot dogs.
That movie was more intense than the latest Alien Movie
betamos · 1 points · Posted at 06:53:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Fuck, I read your comment as a quote from a movie, and even thought it was a really dystopian but clever quote. Then I saw the capital L and realized I was just being stupid.
Well we can't probe it. We couldn't probe it when this was initially discovered either which was quite a while ago. Nothing against this comment but why is this just now hitting r/worldnews?
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 07:01:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I vote we do probe it because I saw Star Trek and it ends well for them.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 07:15:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That'd be a good thing rather than scary. There's little point in launching a war across a vast expanse of space, and if you wanted to frag a planet, you'd just chuck a rock at it.
Uh, the Europeans straight-up invaded the Aztec Triple Alliance and the Incan Empire.
The reason why the Europeans didn't immediately go to war with the Native Americans in North America was because the Native Americans lacked actual countries and because of their shitty agricultural technology were nomadic or semi-nomadic people and thus didn't really have the concept of having a permanent town, let alone a city.
Thus the Native Americans didn't really understand what they were up against until the Europeans kept expanding and never left.
It should also be remembered that colonization actually ended well for the Native Americans - there are more Native Americans in North America today than there were before Columbus got here, and they live in vastly better conditions than their ancestors.
"their shitty agricultural technology were nomadic or semi-nomadic people and thus didn't really have the concept of having a permanent town, let alone a city."
Even in North America, the post-Chatokia culture had settlements and agriculture that the Spanish tore down, such as Soto and Mabila. Then you have the Central American and Andean city states. Key word being City, and State. Or the Aztec and Incan empire, which you title droped. Even the North American natives that the English and French contacted in Virginia and New England had extensive culture, their 'semi-nomadism' was to allow fields to revitalize themselves as they did not have - nor could have known - triplicate field use under plow. And that was, again, nearly a hundred years after contact: The Pilgrims contacted people who we now suspect had already been ravaged by plague, Jamestown was on the extreme border of Spanish routes throughout the South-west....
"It should also be remembered that colonization actually ended well for the Native Americans - there are more Native Americans in North America today than there were before Columbus got here, and they live in vastly better conditions than their ancestors."
Estimates range from 30 million to 100 million Natives from the Arctic Circle to Tierra Del Fuego in the late 15th and early 16th century. In the US there are now 5 million, and across the board 63 million more, most in nations where European-stock peoples hold immense power and sway over their lives. The 'better conditions' part is extremely arguable as it was a huge clash of technology and culture that still has left many disenfranchised.
That was the largest pre-Columbian settlement in North America and had, at its peak, a population of maybe 10,000 people, and very possibly less. And it was abandoned long before Columbus got the Americas.
Why? Probably because of environmental degregation making it impossible to support the population there.
Even the North American natives that the English and French contacted in Virginia and New England had extensive culture, their 'semi-nomadism' was to allow fields to revitalize themselves as they did not have - nor could have known - triplicate field use under plow.
Pre-Columbian farming techniques in North America sucked. This is pretty well-established from both archaeological evidence and contemporary records; the Native Americans of, say, New England simply did not have permanently established villages because their agricultural techniques exhausted the local soil, forcing them to move their villages every few years to every few decades. They had some ancestral longhouses that were maintained, but they did not have fixed-location villages.
They moved around because they had to. And remember, these were people who lacked the wheel-and-axle; this made moving stuff around a total pain for them, as the only really good way they had to haul stuff was by boat. They lacked horses and oxen until the Europeans brought them. This limited their material culture; moving around a bunch and not being able to haul around all your stuff is simply not condusive to building up any sort of sophisticated industrial base, and indeed, the North Americans were stone-aged peoples who didn't even have the sort of sophisticated masonry you saw further south.
It made sense that they didn't; their lifestyle and technology simply didn't support such. Why build a castle when you're going to chew up the land around it within a few years and have to move? It makes no sense.
So they didn't.
Estimates range from 30 million to 100 million Natives from the Arctic Circle to Tierra Del Fuego in the late 15th and early 16th century.
Yeah, but the high end "estimates" are "made-up bullshit". Almost all of the population of the Americas lived south of the Rio Grande. The various Mesoamerican states - the Aztecs, the Inca, and the various other groups there - had a reasonably sizable population, as did the Incan Empire and some other groups down there.
But North America?
North America had very few people even before the Europeans came. This isn't surprising if you look at the archaeological evidence; they simply lacked the ability to build up a large population.
Unfortunately, there's a lot of pseudohistory passed off as history by some people. The reality is that there is little archaeological evidence supporting the idea that there was a sizable population in North America (i.e. the modern-day US and Canada) prior to the arrival of Christopher Columbus. And contrary to what many people believe, smallpox was no more fatal to the natives than it was to the Europeans, with similar fatality rates of about 30% across both populations. It is true that mesoamerica was ravaged by disease, but the disease that killed most of the population of modern-day Mexico was cocoliztli, which is believed to be a native hemorrhagic fever, perhaps with the vesper mouse as a carrier (which would explain why it never spread back to Europe). That disease was not known to have spread to North America, and the conditions were not really condusive to such.
Things weren't really very nice here before the Europeans came. The Aztecs sacrificed tens of thousnads of people to their gods and demanded heavy tribute, which is why their neighbors were happy to ally with the Spaniards against them. The fledgling Incan Empire was likewise overthrown with the help of native allies who they had recently subjugated. Genocide and cannibalism were hardly unknown in North America.
Studies of tribal societies suggest that high fractions (>10%, sometimes as much as 50%) of the male population in them dies violent deaths.
The reality is that the Myth of the Noble Savage is just that - a myth. In reality, the Native Americans were busy fighting amongst themselves and enslaving each other long before the Europeans arrived; the Europeans just were a much more powerful tribe and overwhelmed the various disparate peoples, and the two most powerful sedentary civilizations - the Aztec Triple Alliance and the Incan Empire - were toppled very early on, and ended up interbreeding with the colonists.
The less sedentary people were not really able to build up the sort of industrial base necessary to smelt iron or to make guns or do other sorts of sophisticated manufacturing, and as a result, largely traded for such goods with the Europeans. Such is common, but it also means that in the long-term, the ability to generate wealth is limited and leads to being overwhelmed economically and socially. And their treatment as separate nations by the British, French, US, and Canada eventually resulted in their marginalization and displacement, because they weren't part of the country, so (as countries were wont to do back in the day) people expanded.
Roman colonization in Europe resulted in the spread of a lot of culture and technology, and the end of Roman expansion is seen as the start of the Dark Ages. The advancements as a result of colonization were even more stark in the Americas.
Colonization wasn't nice, and in fact, resulted in a lot of dead bodies. But it ultimately ended up giving the Native Americans access to technology and a new method of living that lead to a much better lifestyle today.
Also, 63 million is an underestimate of how many people have Native American blood in the Americas; the majority of the population of Mexico is of mixed European/Native American blood. In the US, we have about 5 million Native Americans, which is likely more than were here before Columbus got here (by some estimates, as much as ten times more).
Don't romanticize how people lived in the past. Things were quite bad by modern standards. Hell, even the Europeans lived in primitive squalor by modern standards. People are way better off today.
Wouldn't it be more terrifying if, relative to the sun, it just stopped. Without apparent acceleration, it just held position suddenly, no orbital velocity, no change in altitude.
Darn I posted the same thing a few minutes earlier but I had no clue that this subreddit disallowed NASA posts. (Apparently feature stories aren't allowed! Now I know :P ) Gratz on getting a link from a news site instead!
Anyways, here is a quick summary of how they determined this is an interstellar object!
1) Aspect ratio. It has a 10:1 ratio that is unseen in any other Kuiper belt or Oort cloud object. At most, objects may have a 3:1 ratio!
2) Hue. It has a red tint to it that is also unseen in any other known local asteroid body (Kuiper Belt only. Oort bodies have documented red hues) Theories suggest this is caused by cosmic irradation after hundreds of millions of years of insterstellar travel
3) Composition and outgassing. It is mostly highly dense rock with a chance of metal, and doesn't contain water or ice. This is known because the asteroid doesn't outgas, meaning it has no visible gas vapor around it that would normally be seen as water is boiled off by solar radiation.
4) Trajectory and velocity. It is currently moving at "85,700 miles per hour (38.3 kilometers per second) relative to the Sun" and rapidly leaving our solar system. It will pass Saturn's Orbit in January 2019. It is currently just past Mars, 124 million miles from Earth
Neat stuff about it:
It potentially originated near the star Vega, but due to its speed while traveling through interstellar space, Vega has since moved far past where the asteroid was 300,000 years ago.
It was also traveling approximately 196,000 mph (~314,400 kph) after slingshotting past the Sun, which is really, really fast for any rocky body.
Sounds strange to me as well. Are we considering only political news to be world news? Some of us consider scientific news much more important than Trump tweets.
Obligatory: thanks for the gold.
[deleted] · 1209 points · Posted at 07:07:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Website traffic = money. Getting a link to your site from Reddit can make you a ton of money. The Washington post even keeps a dedicated person on Reddit. /u/washingtonpost
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 16:09:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
True. While I don't agree with the practice, I can't see Reddit staying afloat in it's current form without people doing this.
NAE_BAD · 1 points · Posted at 10:39:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I feel like I'm the only person on my Facebook feed posting space stuff. The rest is Trump and "WITNESS ME IM HALF DOG HALF BISEXUAL FROM ANTARTICA SO IMPORTANT"...
[deleted] · 11 points · Posted at 12:33:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If they allow Trump tweets then anything should be allowed. And I just realized I wasn't in r/space, thought for a second that the comment section had massively gone down in quality but it was just r/worldnews
[deleted] · 12 points · Posted at 08:10:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Most people are controlled by their emotions, so Trump tweets = tilted = news. There's no room for real news when you have sensationalist muck. Give us dirty laundry.
RR4YNN · 3 points · Posted at 11:21:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well that makes you a dangerous thinker.
lamp4321 · 24 points · Posted at 06:34:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
if i could guild you i would
balladof · 51 points · Posted at 07:09:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
back off, he's already part of my blacksmithing guild
Orisi · 6 points · Posted at 07:23:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Ah, I see now why you are confused. This, world changing discoveries of space? Sure, it's interesting, but you have to think about the competition! Donald Trump just ate a Snickers chocolate bar after claiming to hate the taste if it! Revolutionary! Word-changing!
Might something to do with Clickbait titles. Too often have I seen something along the lines of "NASA to make huge announcement regarding extraterrestrial life!" NASA has announced that they have not found extraterrestrial life
I see your point, I'm not saying all science news should be put here, but my argument is, an obect passing by earth and proved to be from about solar system is "world news". At the very least it's more world news then many things we have here, so to have a full ban on Nasa news sounds unfair.
Oh yeah I understand why this is 'news' absolutely. But it's not an article from a news site. I just think the mods have to draw a line somewhere and this is one of those edge cases.
It's great, interesting news and I totally understand why it you think it should be allowed. Maybe the mods should broaden the rules to allow news sections from non-news sites.
Maybe it's because NASA has their own subreddit? Or maybe because of r/space? Don't know.
rsiii · 36 points · Posted at 07:28:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well so does r/politics but that doesn't stop them Posts, or rather topics, can transverse subreddits. If it affects the world and is news, it should fit right in with worldnews.
The moderation here is all over the place. NASA news in my opinion is world news, as their research and development affects everyone across the world. Yet they have a rule saying "No US Internal News/ Politics"... if you take a look at an unfiltered /top/ posts, it's just trump spam everywhere.
Honestly tho. Im less and less impressed with reddit and censorship as time goes on. I give it 5 years before 'offensive' language is banned across the entire site
gweilo · 6 points · Posted at 09:58:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I wouldn't go to that extreme. That overreaction trend has tended to happen only to companies beholden to advertisements as their main source of revenue. Reddit doesn't have to worry about their Tyson Chicken adds being blocked because of some mouth breathers complaining about the company on Twitter.
test98 · 17 points · Posted at 07:49:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That reddit is trying to attract advertisers is exactly why they're banning subs and sanitising everything.
Yeea the guardian too. Literally girst page has multiple articles demonizing men. Most of their writers are leftist/SJW/hardcore femnazis and that is very evident in the articles they push. Now, you might be one yourself and thats fine, but just because the site posts articles that aligns with YOUR political leaning doesnt make he site unbiased. In fact it means the opposite and thats what im arguing. Edit: their entire business model is getting people riled up with sensationalist and misleading articles that align with leftist views because those people are typically the ones to subscribe to the site itself. Im surprised you dont see this
If it's about Trump and it's negative it's automatically allowed. So many shitposts about what he ate, who doesn't like him, or what his latest unpopular tweet was about.
I’m going to guess it’s because NASA is a constant stream of discoveries and information about space - some very signifcant and others quite minor. Once these discoveries are picked up by the lay press I suppose they have crossed the threshold of being “newsworthy”.
I assume it applies to all US government agencies, as /r/news has been taken over by US news there is an effort to keep /r/worldnews for non-US news. If Americans used something like /r/usanews then we wouldn't need these types of rules.
You mean the sentence that wasn't there when I quoted it?
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 21:40:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If you say so. It would explain the horde of other people who also were wondering. It seemed strange that every single person didn't read the next sentence.
syuvial · 8 points · Posted at 06:36:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well fine then, fuck those guys. If intelligent life doesnt like my favorite movie, then we're better off without it.
EwanEng · 7 points · Posted at 08:40:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If the movie had been broadcast on it's release date 20 years ago, it would still have 5 years left to travel before it reached Vega, so they wouldn't know of it's existence yet!
Okay, so here's my question, if one got knocked loose, doesn't that mean that usually another couple will be passing through that were also knocked loose and pulled into our gravity well also? That is just a rhetorical question. But think about the asteroids that hit Jupiter. I wonder whether we will see another follow-on from this object passing through. This is really exciting stuff thank you for your explanation
The universe is massive. Even if a colossal collision happened in a rouge star near us. If the other asteroids were off by a fraction of a degree they'd miss our solar system by hundreds of millions of mile
If you're thinking of Shoemaker-Levy 9, it was a convey that broke apart and that's why there were multiple impacts. Jupiter is fucking massive though and does tend to suck things up. It's hard to say what the origins of this object are, but if there were other pieces they'd have to be essentially traveling in the exact same trajectory to have made it to us instead of still being interstellar space.
Asrivak · 0 points · Posted at 07:31:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There wouldn't be "pieces" travelling at the same trajectory. They'd be moving away from a point source. Even if two asteroids are ejected side by side, they'd be separated by a huge distance by the time they got here. Also, solar systems eject debris all the time. There probably is other debris being ejected from that source, but its being distributed in all directions
Imagine shooting a shotgun long distance. There might be a lot of pellets generally traveling in the same direction, but after 100 yards/meters they'd be rather separated. Now think about how separated they'd be after a mile, or ten miles, or ten thousand miles...
Now try to hit a tennis ball 10,000 miles away with a shotgun. If the chances of that are small, the chances of two pellets hitting it are exponentially smaller.
wut3va · 1 points · Posted at 14:06:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Approximately 3 per day according to the article, if the optimistic estimates are true.
coffee-9 · 351 points · Posted at 06:42:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That thing can do San Francisco to New York in 47 seconds.
Or Earth to the moon in 73 minutes.
Or Earth to the sun in under 20 days. (92.96 million miles!!!)
Or around OP’s mom in 350 light years.
szdehaan · 160 points · Posted at 08:24:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Sorry for being that guy, but the light year is a unit of distance, not time.
It's random numbers unless NY and SF are 154,000 miles away.
After slingshotting around the sun, that thing was going 1.7% the speed of light (assuming that 196000 number is correct). That's really unbelievably fast.
OP's mom is so big it wouldn't escape her gravity.
wtfduud · 1 points · Posted at 12:16:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
God DAMN
[deleted] · 248 points · Posted at 02:01:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
How can a rocky object reach 196,000 mph?, the fastest man made object travels at 25,000 mph and that was initially propelled? Is it due to the distance travelled?
TLDR: The 67,000 mph statistic is the speed that the earth covers it's orbit, relative to the sun.
Consider a test universe with only two planets in it that start side by side, A and B. Planet B is moving away from planet A at a constant speed.
From people on planet A's perspective, planet B is moving away from them.
But from people on planet B's perspective, it looks like planet A is moving away from them, too.
How can anyone in this universe possibly determine whether A is moving away from B or B is moving away from A? Being a part of the universe (thus lacking God's perspective), they cannot really tell. If you do this same thought experiment with 3, 4 or any number of planets, it still holds true that there's no real objective perspective to take.
Since science is made by people within such a universe, it must take a relative perspective, meaning you can only say how fast something is going relative to another object. For instance, when you say your car is going 65 mph, it's implied that you're going 65mph relative to the ground.
The 67,000 mph statistic is the speed that the earth covers in it's orbit, relative to the sun. This doesn't include whatever speed the whole solar system might be said to be moving relative to the rest of the universe, or the speed of expansion of the universe, etc... but then again there's no true perspective to take. It's all relative.
People talking about velocity need to read this, nicely said.
Zeikos · 1 points · Posted at 07:48:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Isn't the CMB basically the still reference frame that's used?
I may be have learnt it from a faux source, however by looking at how the CMB is red/blue shifted cannot we calculate how fast we are going compared to being "still"?
Your example still holds true, there is no "standard" reference frame unless we choose one.
The CMB is constant and comes from every direction. In which direction would you define your speed relative to the CMB?
Zeikos · 1 points · Posted at 10:02:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Because it's constant in every direction and by checking what part of it is blue-shifted or/and redshifted from my point of view I can determine that I'm moving towards the blueshifted part of it and away the redshifted part of it compared to it.
I know that my reasoning is likely wrong, however, I don't understand why/how.
The cmb can’t be used as a reference either because it’s everywhere. The cmb isn’t a magic dome in one position in space. If you shift to the side, you’re not now 1 unit of side shifting to be left of the cmb, you’re still in the “middle” of it.
What you’re probably thinking is lensing, or measuring the flatness if the universe (in the latter of which the cmb is used as a sort of reference).
Anyway to put it simply, there is no grand universal reference point in space, there is no 0,0,0 point. Any point of reference you pick is mostly arbitrary
And everything will be in a reference frame. Car speed is measured relative to earths, earths speed measured relative to the sun, the sun relative to the galaxys, and the galaxy to various other galaxies and clusters.
It’s all a bit complex, but basically the cmb is not a reference point for speed, it would break some physics if it was.
Zeikos · 2 points · Posted at 09:59:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
My reasoning is the following : If I see the CMB being completely homogeneous in every direction means that I'm still, if I see that on a particular direction it's blueshifted and in the opposite directions it's redshifted it means that I'm moving "towards" the blueshifted part of the universe and "away" from the redshifted part.
What's wrong with this reasoning?
This works exactly because the CMB is homogeneous.
Sure the delta may be too small to be noticeable with current technology but since the CMB photons all have the same energy (up to an incredibly small margin) the fact of some being blue-shifted and others being red-shifted should be noticeable, shouldn't it?
I don't know that you found a satisfying answer to this, but you're not exactly wrong in your thinking. Yes, you can look at the doppler shift to determine your velocity relative to the CMB rest frame. If the CMB is isotropic then you are at rest with respect to it. But do note that even if planet A and planet B in OPs example were both 'at rest' (not with eachother) such that observers on each planet saw the CMB to be isotropic, they would still be moving apart from eachother at least assuming there is no gravitational interaction, since space is of course expanding. There are an infinite number of CMB rest frames by way of a different origin point, and each one is moving apart from every other CMB rest frame. There is no 'absolute' frame, physics and relativity works just the same, though I gather you knew that. But certainly it is still a useful reference frame for cosmologists to work with.
The above poster seemed to think you were talking about finding a grand spatial reference point from which the CMB originates, and measuring the velocity of everything relative to that point. But clearly you realise that its coming from everywhere, and there isn't a universal coordinate system that everyone could agree with.
Zeikos · 1 points · Posted at 12:33:52 on November 23, 2017 · (Permalink)
Thanks, you've understood my points and addressed them to the fullest.
I didn't think through the effect of space's expansion in my reasoning, so now I understand why there is a potentially unlimited amount of CMB's rest frames, thanks a lot!
I read somewhere that the speed of the earth, when all things are combined (relative to the sun, relative to the center of the galaxy, relative to an assumed starting point, etc) is that the earth is traveling 4-5 million mph. So any static point we chose, were 4-5 million miles from it every hour.
Take it with a grain of salt though. It used a lot of assumptions based on our very minor understanding of universe mechanics.
p____p · 7 points · Posted at 07:07:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yep, orbital velocity. It's about 18.5 miles per second.
fuqqqq · 3 points · Posted at 07:36:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This is not the complete explanation, by the way. If we only take into account the acceleration from the sun's gravity, even if the object fell from infinity it would only reach 200k mph at a distance of 20MM miles from the sun.
Oddly enough an object free falling into the sun for a fortnight can reach about 90% of the velocity acheived by an object falling into the sun for a billion years.
Gravitational force diminishes quite rapidly as you get further away from an object. Likewise acceleration due to gravity approaches zero as the distance approaches infinity. There is a maximum velocity acheived by an object in freefall from an extremely large distance with negligible starting velocity. That velocity is equal in magnitude to the escape velocity. The escape velocity of the sun at its surface is 620km/s. The escape velocity of the sun at a distance similar to the orbit of mercury is 68km/s. Looking at this from a different perspective we can see that an object falling towards the sun from an extremely large distance with negligible starting velocity will reach a speed of “only” 68km/s by the time it is as close as Mercury but will impact the sun at a whopping 620km/s. This obviously ignores forces other than gravitational attraction to the sun.
Well one can't really know how it was initially accelerated to that velocity, but its interstellar speed was apparently calculated to be approximately 59,000 mph so it already was going over twice the speed you have there.
Though, the fastest man-made object currently is Juno, which reached approx. 90,000 mph** 165,000 mph using slingshotting.
Using that as a reference, and knowing that Vega has approximately 2.1 times the mass of our own Sun, you would only need to be about 2.3 Astronomical Units* from Vega to escape Vega's gravity, at 90000 mph. I'm unsure of any Gas Giants or other bodies of large mass around Vega or nearby stars, but it is entirely feasible for that asteroid to have slingshotted fast enough to pass our own Sun at 196,000 mph.
Keep in mind that, due to conservation of momentum, the closer to an object you get, the faster you will go around that object. So yeah, 196,000 mph isn't too far fetched.
*(AU is a measure of distance from Earth's center to our Sun's center, used as a basis for stellar measurements)
Please do keep in mind that I am a former astrophysics major who changed out because I'm atrocious at the conceptual math, of which there is a lot of. Please correct me if I am wrong on anything because I love space but hate math. Thanks!
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I don't know where I pulled this number from, but Juno actually reached 165,000 mph. Whoops! But, that makes it even more feasible that an object could have such velocity around our Sun!
monneyy · 8 points · Posted at 08:03:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
whyyyyy do you put corrections into the edit instead of the main text, it's just senseless... a simple note in the edit is sufficient and not even necessairy if it's just numbers. It's like reading a book with crossed out words and having to skip to the end to see what the author actually meant.
Sorry, I agree. I wrote all that up really late at night and wasn't thinking right. It might be because I really wanted to explain it without adding that huge statement right into the original comment, but I mean I could have just put the number there too.
I'll change it and put the number where it belongs. Sorry!
monneyy · 1 points · Posted at 18:30:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Haha, no problem. I never see anger in text because one is usually inclined to misinterpret intentions that way. I didn't think you were being rude. :)
I've instead switched focus to live streaming. It is something I can enjoy while entertaining other people, and perhaps advocate for other young astrophysicists or engineers to explore their dreams and the universe!
Though, maybe one day I'll decide math ain't all that bad and I'll give my degree another shot. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Actually, there are a LOT of us. If you watch gaming videos, Dan of NerdCubed actually dropped out of an Astrophysics degree because of the math required.
The Twitch Streamer Sevadus has a graduate degree in Astrophysics too (I believe his masters, but he might be going for a PhD) So he's one of the successful ones.
KKlear · 2 points · Posted at 11:42:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Though, the fastest man-made object currently is Juno
Slingshotting out of a gravity well, or possible from some sort of explosion. It may have also have had a long, steady outgassing which effectively worked like an engine. We have seen matter in the form of plasma moving at 99.9% the speed of light while exiting a blazar
[deleted] · 8 points · Posted at 06:38:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Remember it came from Vega, so it was fast enough to escape a star's gravitational pull..
Likely a gravity slingshot. As objects get close to strong gravity fields (e.g. stars) they start to move towards the center of those fields: gaining velocity. But if the field cannot capture the object in orbit nor collide, then the object leaves that system with more velocity than it did before.
Speed is relative. If you were moving at 196,000 mph with the same trajectory as this rock, it would appear stationary and the solar system would be fast.
I'm thinking that originating in another solar system would help a lot with that. Everything local is in orbit around the sun, but its parent star may have had very different speed and direction of motion from us.
nothing to really stop it (no air drag, right?). also objects can get gravity slingshotted. happens to a lot of things that encounter Jupiter's gravity well. then they get tossed out and go somewhere else faster.
Hmluker · 5 points · Posted at 07:09:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Nah. You obviously gotta reroute the auxilary power through the EPS manifold to get the main deflector dish online. That way the emergency force fields don't have to keep holding the breach in the secondary hull until the dilithium chrystals are all drained.
The EPS manifold wouldn't be able to handle that amoint of power unless you reverse the ionization in the secondary routers. If you could induce a multiphase flux in the plasma couplings you could achieve the same outcome without overloading the series three distribution nodes.
that would 12.5 inverted phase proton cannon charges or whatever the fuck they talk about
That wouldn't even work, at least not without decoupling the EPS conduit from the main deflector array. Maybe even toss some tachyons into the mix and you got some good technobabble.
xr3llx · 1 points · Posted at 07:29:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Huh? Star Wars and Mass Effect? l don't understand these units. Can you give it to me in EVE Online?
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 06:44:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
200 meters long is about two of the ISS, connected end-to-end. I added the little red turd in question to the "Real World" box on this comparison image for your viewing pleasure: https://i.imgur.com/w1gqZmB.jpg
Any eve players reading this: It's about the size of a destroyer (Cormorant, let's say). Interestingly that's about halfway between a corvette and a cruiser in that game's terms (343m vs 69m), so you got the nail on the head.
Side note: It's basically like 7 or 8 Millenium Falcons side by side, or a bit smaller than 3 Serenitys, end to end.
Yea, not a large enough size to support a crew capable of sufficient genetic diversity to avoid interbreeding problems. Also it's unpowered and has been falling into the sun for dozens of millennia, so unless they're exceptionally long lived...
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 06:33:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
there's a reason most successful life on our planet is the size it is. Much the same reason that, say, microchips can only get so small conventionally. There's a limit on the complexity of small objects.
The energy of an object increases with the square of velocity, E = .5mv2. However, comparing it (once again) to the dinosaur asteroid, its mass (assuming equivalent densities) is 2/100,000,000 of it, which does not make up for the extra energy that the dinosaur asteroid had.
granted, I'm not sure about the velocity of the object relative to earth, but relative to the sun it was 26 km/s. If it struck earth perfectly perpendicularly at this speed, it would only be in the (non-negligible) atmosphere for about 4 seconds. Probably not enough to change its velocity much, but I'm actually not studied up on this.
Ansoni · 4 points · Posted at 06:18:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh, naughty! You've combined metric and imperial!
Incidentally it was 10~15 kilometers wide.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:26:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I mean would humanity truly be fucked if a 6 mile wide asteroid hit the earth? Exactly how much damage would the asteroid cause? Lets say the asteroid impacted the middle of the uninhabitable and lifeless Sahara desert in Africa, far away from any major town or city with a sizable population... would humanity really be fucked in a situation like that? Like sure, the dinosaurs died because the impact essentially sent the planet into a multiple year winter, but could their extinction be tied more to the fact that they couldn't adapt?
Humans have survived an ice age before, long before we had the incredible technology and understanding of science, so would a few years of an asteroid induced winter cause the extinction of humanity? Humans are the most adaptable lifeforms in the history of this planet... we live and have survived virtually every single kind of environment and terrain on earth.
zephyy · 91 points · Posted at 02:52:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The Earth would be fine. Civilization might have a few problems depending where it hits. The meteoroid that caused the Tunguska event (exploded in atmosphere, flattened 2,000 km2 of forest) is estimated at to 60-190 metres.
isobit · 1 points · Posted at 13:21:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There are international measures, like kilos and meters, then there are imperial measures like gallons and cups, then there are American measures like football fields and Texas.
[deleted] · 8 points · Posted at 05:01:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Life on earth would survive easily, there is so much of it distributed across basically every environment, and in every region, and life is tailored to survive in even the most hostile of conditions (see extremophiles for example). Hell it wouldn't even stand much chance of wiping out just human life.
Posts from nasa aren't allowed? So instead all of the space related posts on here are sensationalized since they all come from random news websites? Nice meme lmao. Should've expected that tbh
For anyone curious (as I was) what it's speed is as a fraction of the speed of light:
object speed 196,000 mi/hr (314,000 km/hr)
speed of light , c, is @ 186,000 mi/s (300,000 km/s)
Objects speed as fraction of speed of light: .0170.00029c or 1.7.029% the speed of light.
(edit: In my gooberish, science major and sci-fi fan, but not astrophysicist opinion)That is really reallystill pretty damn fast for damn near anything.
Edit: I am a dummy who thought there were 60 seconds in an hour.
Would this thing be big enough to destroy Earth or any other planet on impact?
Hypothetically, if another planet in our solar system just blew up, would it affect us at all? For example, if something huge ran into Saturn and turned it into rocks, would our climate change or anything?
Holy shit. I knew it was a gaseous planet. Had no idea it's like 94% gas. Okay, the question still stands though. What if we lost a planet in our solar system?
Composition and outgassing. It is mostly highly dense rock with a chance of metal, and doesn't contain water or ice. This is known because the asteroid doesn't outgas, meaning it has no visible gas vapor around it that would normally be seen as water is boiled off by solar radiation.
My first thought when I saw the artist's rendition was "hm, maybe a 9:4:1 ratio..." But then again, there was that other artist's rendition created in 1968 by author Arthur Clarke.
It is sort of an eerie coincidence that in addition to being so unusual in shape, its dimensions are so much like the fictional Monolith. Things will get really weird if we see another one with these dimensions.
There is absolutely no technological ability to catch up with it at this point, it’s going extremely fast relative to the sun, and to us. A mission to intercept it wouldn’t even be out of the planning stage before it was gone for good. It’s not in orbit and it’s not coming back for another pass.
Goodbye random oblong space rock! I will think about you in the decades to come and wish you nothing but the best in your future travels, although my years on this planet are nothing compared to the hundreds of millions of years you’ve spent hurdling through the cold dark. Farewell, friend.
What’s special about the 10:1 aspect ratio? Hey can’t we have those in our solar system and other stars can? Sorry don’t know a lot about this sort of stuff.
Pretty much. As it got closer to the Sun, the pull of the Sun made it go faster and faster. Now that it is heading away, the Sun's gravity is slowing it down. It's going so fast, though, that it has more than enough velocity to escape the Solar system, before the Sun slows it down entirely. Keep in mind that the farther from an object in space you get, the less its gravitational force.
UrynSM · 1 points · Posted at 10:14:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Humanity hasn't accelarated anything THAT fast. Helios 2 was the fastest with 157.000 mph apparently.
ArMcK · 1 points · Posted at 11:49:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Is it too late to catch up to it with a probe? I know it's moving ridiculously fast. . .Seems like if nothing else this is an amazing opportunity to learn up close about something so alien.
I initially would think it is going way too fast to catch up to, as I stated in this comment, but another user shared a link to a scholarly article that claims it's not impossible. I haven't read it yet, because I have to leave here soon, but succinctly what I am saying is there might be a chance. ;)
phant-m · 1 points · Posted at 12:13:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If it slingshotted passing the Sun at 196,000 mph, why did it slow down to 85,700 mph if it's in space?
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 13:05:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
When it was approaching the sun, it was like it was rolling downhill, and was speeding up. The point closest to the sun was the furthest “downhill” that it got, and now it’s travelling uphill and slowing down.
The Sun's radiation changes colors all the time. Reds fade, changing purples to blues and oranges into yellows.
While I don't know the exact chemistry behind it, I imagine it is a similar process where the ionizing of a material over time causes some chemical reaction on the material that tends to affect color. Remember that this asteroid was in interstellar space for hundreds of millions of years.
Also, I got this information from the NASA post, here. It's mentioned in the 7th paragraph down.
A 10:1 axis ratio is unknown among TNOs because we only see large, gravity dominated ones. Once we can find small, material strength dominated ones, we'll find objects this extreme. We know them from the asteroid belt.
Couldn't the red hue simply be from oxidized iron? Just coming from a terrestrial geology background where red=Fe in most cases
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 05:14:52 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
Just realized the fact it came near Earth, Goldilocks zone. How much we can extrapolate the path before and after? Can we say this object came from Vega's Goldilocks zone and going towards next star's Goldilocks zone?
Hundreds of millions of years of travel? I hope we leave it alone then. Other people are saying it's a shame we don't have the technology to intercept it, but I think it would be a shame to interfere with something so old.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 12:44:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Darn I posted the same thing a few minutes earlier but I had no clue that this subreddit disallowed NASA posts. (Apparently feature stories aren't allowed! Now I know :P ) Gratz on getting a link from a news site instead!
Just in case we wanted to catch this near Saturn's orbit. We would need to get there in about 13 months.
We would need to go 3,030,303 km per day. That's 126,262 km/h or 78,455 mph. Even if we get there we would zoom way past it. That means we would actually have to match it's course. We are probably 100 years out from being able to do this unless there is big breakthrough in energy generation.
bishey3 · 230 points · Posted at 06:34:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We need someone to dock to it while spinning. We also need music by Hans Zimmer playing in the cockpit. We got this.
There were papers written last week about various payloads that we can send to rendezvous fly by with the object. It's absolutely possible but it wouldn't be launched for 5 years and the actual rendezvous fly by wouldn't happen until 5-10 after that depending on the payload, launcher, and date of launch.
Are you an academic in a relevant field who can appreciate the content of this paper and the context of this discovery enough to tell me whether there's even a tiny chance that such a project would come to pass?
Not an academic, but sentences like " realistic launch date (next 5-10 years), is a formidable
challenge for current space systems." isn't promising.
An Orion project craft (powered by nuclear explosions) could catch it within a year of launch and do a flyby if launched immediately. Anything else would require a 20 year + mission.
They don't seem to understand that the bombs would have to be armed, and would only be after launch once they'd reached an area outside of the Earths orbit. It's likely the fuel "bomblets" would be launched separately and mated to the craft once it was in orbit, and would be cased in such as way that they'd be difficult to crack (the exterior casing would add as reaction mass to push the craft).
It doesn't make me mad, and I understand that people are scared and it's unlikely, but I feel the need to restate the above whenever people start dismissing the concept as riskier than chemical rockets when it's the most feasible way to build relatively fast spacecraft. I honestly am of the belief that these same people forget that we employ clever people that can solve these problems and reduce the risk.
Nice paper. But how much does it cost to do this? A cool half a trillion $'s? Catching it near Pluto's orbit is not going to be easy. The only easy out is project Orion like propulsion.
I don't have that answer. New Horizon cost 'only' 700 million to fly by Pluto. It's not the same because the project needs to be rushed and has different constraints but it's similar in scope. Definitely a flag ship mission level of funding would be required.
[deleted] · 288 points · Posted at 06:06:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Tesla CEO Elon Musk claimed today that he will be immediately migrating company resources towards 'operation space lasso' scheduled to launch in like two days..."
... However production won't start for another 15 years...
naufalap · 12 points · Posted at 09:27:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"New publication mentioned that the third generation Roadster will be able to break warp factor 0.69, surpassing the record before at 0.68 held by Bugatti LeBron"
RR4YNN · 5 points · Posted at 11:23:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Haha, one of the better and more interesting theories, I just don't know if they'd have had the time from when it was said to have been found to have made a spacecraft to get there.
That said if they knew earlier it does probably get it into the realm of possibility. But then it going up on a f9 probably doesn't give it the power to get there.
Catch is a relative term here, as in only catch up to, because at the size and rate of rotation 'landing' is an unlikely prospect given it's angular momentum and relatively weak gravity.
If someone invented a warp drive, we could get right next to it…and it'd be several kilometers away by the time the ship drops out of warp. Whoops.
How the heck would a warp drive even deal with that? Bending space around a ship is well and good, but that wouldn't change the ship's velocity, which may be completely different from that of your destination!
This is why it's sad people can't just get along. Instead of being able to invest more into space people still have to worry about being stoned to death for having sex. This could be a once in a life/generation/humanexistance-time opportunity and we are not prepared.
wongie · 1 points · Posted at 08:27:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Would Cassini have been of any use had we not crashed it back in April?
No. Not really. It would mean that it actually get's really close to Jupiter. I haven't looked at jupiter's orbit compared to it but it passes near the orbit not near Jupiter.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 08:35:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
wow, if we could steer the Earth towards it, we could actually make it there in time.
gcronin · 1 points · Posted at 11:57:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Unless it changes course..
Kep0a · 1 points · Posted at 14:47:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
But why try reaching this one? According to the article, if I'm reading it correctly, there are estimated to be many more like it going through our solar system, it's just a matter of finding one.
Because there is a possibility that it might be a space ship. Or at the very least we don't have rocks like this in our solar system. And this is the first extra solar object we are tracking.
You should read Saturn Run. A fantastic book where they solve the problem of getting to Saturn in a short amount of time for reasons and they do it believably. (The reasons is aliens)
Hey but don't we have any other satellites or anything around Saturn? I realised Cassini destroyed itself, if only it hadn't we could have observed it with Cassini? Or did the aliens wait until we destroyed our only possible observation satellite
Let's say we do. That satellite needs a LOT of fuel. Then it would need multiple gravity assists around Saturn. We would also need thrusters in about 3 axis. Then it wouldn't have scientific payloads to actually do much with asteroid. The only one I know is Cassini, and we crashed that into Saturn.
Hmm interesting cheers. I guess we have little in the way of satellites that can be flexible with their mission. Is it actually going anywhere near Saturn? Or just passing it's orbit? I've seen some animations where it appears to slingshot the Sun and then zoom out in the plane of the other planets' orbits. But then a different one made it look like it was just slingshotting the Sun and zooming out of the solar system without crossing the orbits...
[deleted] · -8 points · Posted at 06:09:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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Ejeb · -3 points · Posted at 07:23:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well, again, a monetary system prevents all of this from happening. Wanna go to space? Good luck, you won't be able to because of this barrier humanity invented to stop you from doing great things.
[deleted] · 1194 points · Posted at 06:09:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Just wait until the day we read a headline that says "Life found" and how fast our hearts will be collectively beating.
It will change everything, how we look at ourselves, our fellow man, who we are, our identity.
Reminds me of that Twilight Zone episode.
Aliens come, have press conference and share ideas with us to end world hunger and to lengthen our lifespans, create water from nothing, stuff like that.
When asked why they do it and what they want in return they respond simply “to serve man”
Turns out the book they carry is titled “To serve man.” And it’s not a religious text it’s a cookbook.
[deleted] · 72 points · Posted at 10:46:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Read a book that had that concept, but it made no difference to the general public. It didn't affect their everyday life at all. Hundreds of years to wait for an answer.
Question is, did Jesus also die for the many sins of the Vogons? Or had the Vogons their own son of God send down for redemption and then nailed him onto, say, a fridge door?
klezmai · 1 points · Posted at 14:23:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I wonder how many other things Jesus forgot to tell us.
I mean once you've perfected interstellar space travel, what else is there to do except troll other civilizations. Isnt that the end goal for all intelligent life? To make lesser intelligent life feel more stupid. Hell we dress up dogs in costumes, we laugh at otters doing backflips, and we stand up and applaud when a dolphin jumps through a ring. Those animals are just "gerbils in our wheel."
I would imagine the whole point of existence after perfecting space travel would be to go and make lesser species do dumb shit. Earth would be an alien-ran circus. Think Space Jam, but without Michael Jordan to save us.
I'm okay with old fashioned, but when it's gotten to the point where I see members of my community who can hardly afford rent (some just dont) getting pressured to give tithes at church, it's easy to become bitter about the subject.
You don't think finding an entire alien race (or them finding us) would discredit the Bible a little bit? If they were as smart or smarter, why would god make us in his image but not them?
And plus, I'd be real interested to see what they believe/know before we put our ideas and fundamentals upon them.
Religion always finds a way. I assure you that people would find a way to say that the Bible talked about alien life and people just didn't want to accept it, or some bullshit like that.
But yeah, for non-religious people it would certainly discredit religion even more.
Leviticus 17:11, it mentions human life is in the blood, what would have to be sacrifices for these aliens (that may or may not have blood) to be in the holy kingdom?
Most of Leviticus is considered obsolete and only followed in Orthodox Judaism. Only Evangelicals base their theology on Leviticus and that's only to justify homophobia.
It's not exactly representative of Christian beliefs outside of parts of the US.
Correct, I was hoping that my example would bring that answer, I will be using my example to make it known how homophobia is the only one still pulled from leviticus today. Thank you.
This is an extremely broad topic that varies by denomination, context, and topic, and I sadly can't give you a really comprehensive answer. In this case, here are the relevant details:
For some time in the earliest days of the Church, Jews and Christians were barely distinguishable. In this specific instance, the idea that the Old Covenant doesn't apply is a function of rejection of Jesus' divinity by the Jewish mainstream, and the rejection of later supposed Jewish messiahs by Christians, as well as the continued work of the Apostles (defined as Jesus' direct disciples, and those who converted and spread the faith based on their own personal revelation).
Modern Church leaders in many denominations are seen as having direct ideological and spiritual descent from the early Apostles; this is less of an inherited status and more of an appraisal of spirituality and devotion. If you are judged to be devoted enough, the existing bishops will grant you that title. After that point, it's a matter of maintaining self-consistency.
It's also worthwhile to remember that different denominations have different beliefs, and also different levels of credulity. Many questions were settled around the 5th century, though the extreme shake-up of the Protestant Reformation brought previously-settled theological questions back into relevance amongst the newborn Protestant movements (because people had simply gotten fed up with the Catholic Church and sought to oppose it in every possible way). For everyone else, these matters are still settled.
You can't pick and choose what fits your agenda
The Church has a mechanism for doctrinal change, and an expectation of such. As I said before, the specific mechanisms of how that works are different in different contexts, but by no means is change somehow impossible and inherently hypocritical. But it must also be noted that these instances are very specific; we don't bend to every single challenge.
In the past, I've had people simply reject any answer I gave on the basis of my obvious ulterior motives. Hopefully, we're having this discussion in good faith.
TiSoBr · 6 points · Posted at 10:11:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Thank you for putting the effort into attempting to answer. Although your answer seems to only imply that everyone who believes in God all just choose to believe some parts of the bible and reject the others without really giving a clear reason why that should even be allowed. If you believe in God shouldn't you believe in every page of the bible?
I’m a religious studies major, so I’ve still got a lot to learn, but maybe I can shed some light. Believe me: I wish the Bible were that black and white.
Short answer: no.
Long answer: the books of the Bible have been traced back to different sources, each with their own purpose in writing. For example, one source, the Deuteronomist Historians, recorded some books of the Old Testament following the Israelite exilic period. Because of this, many of the writings include reasoning on why the Israelites were forced into exile, theologically. (Ex. God does bad things to bad people, repent).
As you can see here, the writings of the Bible, when analyzed critically, have to be considered with their historical context.
Using my example from earlier, you can choose to believe that the Israelites believed that God was punishing them, without believing that God punishes bad people, despite the book clearly stating the latter. Context matters.
One reason we have so many denominations is that many Christians disagree on the context, genre, and intent of many of the writings.
You don't think finding an entire alien race (or them finding us) would discredit the Bible a little bit? If they were as smart or smarter, why would god make us in his image but not them?
The specific meaning of "Image of God" has been endlessly debated for the whole 2000-year history of Christianity, not to mention by Islam and the much-older Judaism. It's absolutely not that simple. I mean, theological arguments have been made for extreme forms of transhumanism, and that's direct modification of the God-given human form, let alone the existence of other unrelated intelligent life.
Blessed are those who are downvoted for Christ, for your Karma in heaven will be great.
Incidentally, in CS Lewis' space trilogy, the premise is that the entire universe is at peace with God, where sin and death and meanness to each other doesn't even make any sense to their inhabitants. Earth is the extreme anomaly with rebellious creatures under enemy occupation, and the planet has fallen silence in the cosmic chorus since Adam and Eve fell.
[deleted] · 69 points · Posted at 06:53:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Ehh it the depends. For me it’d take the headline “life found us”
I'm sitting here at work, thinking that what if it was indeed a spacecraft of some kind and is obviously on its way to earth. What would happen exactly? What is the protocol? How would different countries react to it? Its just insane.
Yerwun · 11 points · Posted at 10:20:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We would collectively freak the fuck out and probably blow ourselves up before they got here. Or something like a bunch of cats when the hoover turns on.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 08:12:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well, there was an actual report done, I forget it's name, on what should be done with regard to any discovery of advanced xtraterrestrial life, or any evidence of it. The recommended protocol was to suppress the discovery from the public entirely, basically. That's why nothing is said about any of the artificial structures on Mars, along many, many other things
what if it was indeed a spacecraft of some kind and is obviously on its way to earth
Well, if it was indeed a spacecraft, it has found nothing interesting during its flyby of the Solar System that would warrant stopping to check it out, and is now on its way out of here. That is assuming that spacecraft even had enough fuel to slow down in the first place, and wasn't always intended to zoom through the system and radio its findings back home.
Also if it's intelligent life it's more accurate to say that they've found us than we found them. Given our current technology that is.
Ixilary · 43 points · Posted at 07:28:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They may not even accept intelligent life as "life" in the way they think of us. Any creature other than human is obviously just a side-project of God.
Given that Biblical anthropocentrism is one of those hotly-debated Old Testament problems sourced entirely from Genesis, it is more likely that the discovery of intelligent aliens would be used as theological proof for one stance or another, rather than a massive paradigm shift or an actual threat. This would basically be yet another stick to beat Young Earth Creationists and biblical literalists with, and wouldn't sway the mainstream.
Religious zealots would instantly say "well God made the whole universe so he made them too" and continue as if that's what they've been saying the whole time. If you think finding life outside of earth is going to change anything you're sadly mistaken. I mean Christ we have overwhelming scientific evidence that the earth is not 6000 years old, but that doesn't stop a lot of people from believing in that nonsense. You can literally fly around the world, anyone can, or fly high enough to see the curvature of the earth, and still people believe the earth is flat. You're never going to change a stupid persons mind. Never.
They have no problem accepting a newly formed zygote as a form of life.
marr · 2 points · Posted at 12:50:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If aliens land tomorrow and personally communicate the true meaning of life to every individual using language perfectly tuned to their psychology and experience, there'll still be people convinced it's an Illuminati trick using them nanobots and mind control pheromones.
I agree with the sentiment of what you’re saying but a lot of what many would call “religious zealots” also argue that embryos are people (not gonna get into that argument with folk from either side).
ssjmixed · 12 points · Posted at 07:46:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I read this headline and felt my heart rate jump. Its decreased as i read through the comments and come to the conclusion that its just a really big rock...but oh man...the history of where its been and whats its seen...or whos seen it! Its crazy how one headline can make so many ppl jump
LaszloK · 22 points · Posted at 06:56:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Really depresses me that I'll almost certainly die before then
[deleted] · 50 points · Posted at 07:15:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If it makes you feel better, if we continue to spread then you exist very, very, very early in the dawn of man. Your effect on the course of humanity would be massive and if you reproduce, you may have millions, billions of descendants.
You were human before humans were cool.
_AaBbCc_ · 54 points · Posted at 07:35:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Sorlex · 21 points · Posted at 07:44:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
if you reproduce
Why you gotta bring us down?
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 17:10:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This is really cool to think about. The fate of humans could go so many different ways. If we destroy ourselves without colonizing other planets, R.I.P. If we spread in a Doctor Who-esque fashion, there will be people unthinkably far off in the future wondering how life was like on their home planet, what it was like with such primitive technology, just as I do about times like the 900's.
On one hand, I'm rather grateful for being alive with such advanced medicine, the birth of the Internet and from it memes, being able to share them to anyone in the world, fly to anywhere in the world.
At the same time, I'm saddened I'll never get to see commercial spaceships fly to the colonies and cities of Mars or the rigs of Titan, high tech that I can't even conceive of, or even aliens.
It's funny because I actually usually feel like I was born too late. I think most of us are at risk of dying
in the next few decades as a result of global warming-related disasters and/or war. We also have poor access to healthcare in my home country of the US and it looks like our politicians are trying to worsen the problem. Seeing as I'm not wealthy, I see this as a very scary time to be a human, and I don't know if we'll successfully address these issues. It's not like we have a history of successful, coordinated problem solving, especially not on a global scale, which is what we'd need to resolve some of our current problems. I feel like I might have just made the cutoff to live as a human before the species is wiped out. But I would much rather have the future be as you described. It could be as long as we get our act together.
World War II and the Apollo missions are great examples of what the US is (was?) capable of when it pulls together for a common cause.
After Pearl Harbor, almost overnight most of the nation's industry transformed into a well-oiled war machine. And it took less than 10 years to go from rockets exploding on the launch pad to walking on the moon.
Unfortunately, both of these unprecedented acts of coordination and cooperation were fueled by war (hot and cold). Hopefully we can pull it off again somehow for the less militaristic goals of offering basic human dignity to everyone, and averting environmental collapse.
Seiche · 0 points · Posted at 08:58:47 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
I see this as a very scary time to be a human
as opposed to when exactly was there a better non-scary time before?
Well, I think it was significantly less scary to be alive in the 40s to 90s, especially since I'm a white American woman. I wouldn't have been sent to war, and even though the Cold War freaked people out, it never amounted to much. At that time, if I went to college, I would have had a shot at affording it instead of being in massive debt. Of course, a lot of this depends on being fortunate enough to have a supportive family, a husband who loves me and doesn't mistreat me, etc. But I would say that that period in American history went a lot more smoothly for a lot more people than just about any other time. There are some issues now that make me think we're starting to go backwards.
Speak for yourself, as a believer in Panspermia I'll just be going around telling everyone "I told you so" with a smug attitude until the panicked Christians try to kill me.
Is there a book that describes this situation in detail? I'd love read something that takes a realistic look at the human impact of finding definitive evidence that we're not alone. The aliens themselves and their message may be incidental to the story; in the book I'm imagining it's all about what happens in the days, weeks and months after the discovery as the news spreads and people and governments react to what's probably the single most important event in our species' history. Does this book exist?
[deleted] · 8 points · Posted at 07:53:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I second that recommendation. There's a few things I don't like about these books, but overall, it does paint a pretty convincing picture of what first contact would look like.
This is a fun wacky tin foil hat theory I found recently, but basically, there is this guy, Dr. Greer, who’s been arguing that there is a “cosmic false flag event” coming soon. He was saying that there will be an earth-shattering discovery of intelligent life, but it will be used to unite the populace as one against this perceived extraterrestial threat.
The serious tin foil hattery part is this: he thinks we already have shot down/found alien spaceships (particularly in Antartica apparently), reverse engineered a lot of tech from it, and is warming up to the final tech, zero-point energy. He also mentions how Nikola Tesla’s death laser was used to shoot down the ships and whatnot, but thats a bit too much. So, even though ‘we’ knew for a while about aliens, they will be used as a scare tactic to unite the world populace under one govt, hence the false flag.
Another completely unrelated but fascinating story is declassified mission report from CIA, StarGate project, named Journey to Mars.
That's bullshit, everyone knows the coordinate system the Ancient Alteraans came up with to control the Stargate network only supports one address per solar system. You can't have a gate on Mars and another one on Earth and have them both be active at the same time, let alone connect to each other.
Would the discovery of another sentient species lead too? Global unify with common goal (be it peaceful existence, to conquer and enslave, to exterminate). Surely once discovered contact would be made swiftly, and we would be at a very distinct disadvantage if an other species saw our frail our world governments truly are?
If we discovered a species this early on in our existence I could see greed stepping in as well; multinationals start seeking more lucrative business ventures in space. I would like to think if we reach the stars someday humanity will be living in a Utopia, but everyday I wonder...
I really hope I see that day, but a major percentage of me already believes in life elsewhere. There's definitely microbes out there, and as to evolved-life where intelligence occurs, it's few and far between but it has to exist. I'm already living in a world (in my head) where we aren't alone, but I also believe we won't see any sort of intelligent life before we go extinct (or move planets or some shit). It's out there, but the galaxy/universe is so damn big. We'd have to tear the fabric of space-time before we actually got to see any of it. It would be interesting to see interstellar microbes though, but even then we probably won't see that for at least a few hundred years. Just not enough time in a human's life to capture it all.
50% chance that it doesnt. We have no idea. What i can 100% guarantee is that we start funding space exploration properly like we should have done for decades. This passing by us on our doorstep and we're unable to investigate it is a tragedy
[deleted] · 26 points · Posted at 06:43:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I honestly see no reason an intergalactic space fairing race would ever be hostile to us because it's logistically makes no sense. What need would they have for slaves, our resources, or our literally anything else. If they were trying to expand an empire we would be able to see the expansion if it was close enough to us for them to reach Earth.
With the plethora of resources in the universe and how advanced the civilization would have to be to even accomplish interstellar travel there's literally only one reason you would leave your solar system and that's for the sake of exploring and finding what's beyond.
iSuros · 1 points · Posted at 15:34:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I agree with your point that we’ll notice a massive empire outreach. But Earth is located in the perfect green zone, making our resources more scarce and the location harder to stumble upon.
I know it’s a watered down analogy, but look at native colonies in different regions. Pioneers completely wrecked their shit. Now, this could only apply as to “human behavior” so i assume that’s why we have to think of all the possible outcomes.
Star Trek had an interesting take on this. The Vulcans had been aware of Earth for a long time, but refused to make contact because we had not evolved enough as a species to refrain from killing and exploiting each other. Only once we settled down, grew up, and became a truly civilized and space-faring species did they finally say hello.
iSuros · 1 points · Posted at 21:10:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That’s pretty cool. Was it the show or one of the movies?
I would say the only logistical reason would be to explore and see what's beyond. No civilization is going to travel so far out of their way to get energy. They are going to consume as they go and we would be be able to see them consuming if they were closing in on our solar system. If we seem them consuming then yeah we know they are here for resources if there's no sight of that they are here for other motivations be that explorations, religious spreading, etc. The problem is we don't know what another civilization will be like so we can't tell their motivations outside of pure logistics.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 19:28:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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Seiche · 2 points · Posted at 09:10:42 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
so assume this civilisation would be us. you think if we are that advanced the minute we find another intelligent civilisation, the first thing we do is kill them for resources?
And why do people keep comparing this to the colonies? Back then, ressources were scare because of lack of technology/transportation and direct competition.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 19:08:54 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
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Seiche · 1 points · Posted at 20:02:15 on November 24, 2017 · (Permalink)
I have but I disagree with your point of view what a spacefaring civilisation might do. We might well both be wrong.
barcased · -1 points · Posted at 06:42:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I was half joking with my comment.
Being exterminated by a sentient species that visits us is not far fetched. But, that we cannot know for sure is true. (albeit chances are not 50/50) Humans should definitely spend more time and money in space programs, that's something I also vouch.
although probably not in the way sensationalistic movies imagine. I assume it would be more similar to what happened when people from other countries/continents entered closed eco-systems. resulting in a high chance of diseases/pests that our immune system aren't able to deal with.
Either that or being simply disposed as pests because we occupy space the other race requires. In our own history each time a more advanced nation stumbled upon the less advanced one, it didn't end well for the 2nd.
There is a chance they would be friendly so then we have to worry only about diseases they carry (of course, if we are talking about carbon based life forms) and about acquiring technology far advanced to ours and then wiping ourselves out.
Clickbaiters are reading stuff like this. You will get it this week.
J_Xpat · 1 points · Posted at 08:11:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I hope that at this point humanity as a whole will grow to work together and set aside our myriad differences
AcidCH · 1 points · Posted at 08:46:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
These asteroids won't have life on them themselves. There is a large misconception with what an organic compound is. It literally just means a chemical compound that contains Carbon.
What's amazing about this is that these are likely the kinds of asteroids that allowed life to start on our planet in its infancy. Carbon is a vital component in life, it's just you also require the conditions of high heat and chemical vents of the sea floor like we had on earth.
if they are anything like us when we found new countries who had less advances in technology. I'd be a tiny bit worried.
uxl · 1 points · Posted at 11:16:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You’re speaking for the reaction of either the super intelligent or the super dumb. I think most people will just be like “Wow, cool.” And go back to their normal lives.
Seede · 1 points · Posted at 12:24:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
For some people, sure. For a lot of people it changes nothing.
Not really... Well not for everyone. I personally understand that life out there exists, but we just haven't found it. I'll be excited when we do find it, but it won't change much of my beliefs or identity.
As if, most of the world's population won't find out about it. Those that do will have a significant amount saying that they don't believe it. Others might believe it but will attribute it to God. Those left might be moved, but will have to continue with life as usual.
klezmai · 1 points · Posted at 14:21:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Just a friendly reminder that there is no guarantee this day will ever come.
That life will probably be bacterial or very non-complex. It'll change things for the scientific crowd, but most people will dismiss it or denounce it. I would love to see some more complex life though in my lifetime.
Will it though? It'll be exciting for sure, but unless it's intelligent life I don't see it changing much of anything really. I mean most intelligent people already know it's probably out there.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 00:05:03 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
Honestly I don't think that day will actually come. I think humans will go extinct long before we ever come in to contact with any extraterrestrials, sadly.
CMP44BB · 0 points · Posted at 06:36:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Would be dumb as hell. It is absolutely mind bogglingly stupid to me that anyone would be shocked at other life existing outside of Earth, just like thinking that if these life forms do exist and are intelligent then they will give a shit about us specifically and come try and colonize, blow up, or befriend us. But I digress.
[deleted] · 7 points · Posted at 06:42:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Not too sure I follow your Train of thought here...
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 07:28:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I DIGRESS MY THUMB AT YOU, SER
Juus · 0 points · Posted at 10:20:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It will change everything, how we look at ourselves, our fellow man, who we are, our identity.
I honestly don't think it will. I can imagine them finding some boring ass life form on Mars within our life time, and it's gonna be a story for a week or two, and that will be it. I'm thinking the newsworthyness will be between Panama Papers and Trump getting elected President.
Shniper · 328 points · Posted at 06:09:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I normally don't comment on things here -- I mainly just lurk -- but between this and the other recent "gold!" announcement regarding the colliding neutron stars LIGO and Virgo detected, I've gotta step up here. Just for reference, I'm an astrophysics master's student at RIT and we've actually discussed this object in our journal club a few times.
So a few things this article gets right. Yes, it is unlikely that this object came from our solar system; for something to come through in such a hyperbolic orbit and such a high relative velocity, it must have came for far out (beyond the orbit of Neptune at least). Also, it was measured to be somewhat red; it also isn't completely false that some biosignatures do boast a red spectrum.
Despite this, the data on this object are very scarce. As the article (correctly) points out, this thing is extremely dim and extremely fast. Ever moment it gets dimmer and dimmer and with the telescopes looking at it there isn't much we can directly deduce. Sure we can say it's NOT from within the solar system, but we can't extrapolate where it came from very accurately.
The most important thing to know though, is that (as far as I'm aware) only ONE spectrum has been taken of the object, and that spectrum showed a reddish skew in the light reflected off object. If I recall correctly, if wasn't even a full spectrum. To claim that the object IS red and that this indicates some sort of biochemistry is bold at best.
If anyone has any information contrary to this please let me know, but I figured I'd put in my two cents.
TL;DR:
This object is VERY faint and VERY fast, so it's hard to get good data. It certainly doesn't come from our solar system, but we don't know where it came from. It's also only "red" in one, limited spectrum.
As far as I understand, the redness is thought to be characteristic of space weathering, where ices are subliminated leaving behind a coat of organic molecules. Organic molecules are in fact pretty common in molecular clouds and aren't necessarily indicitive of, or produced by, life.
One thing that confuses me is the title stating that the object is 'hot.' As far as I can see, there hasn't been an actual temperature measurement. If the IR spectrum is good enough to calculate a surface temp, I don't know how to do it. Maybe they mean 'hot' as in fast-moving (in the novel Seveneves, they say something similar about a comet they're bringing into Earth orbit) , but that'd be a pretty weird usage. They also say something about the object showing a spectrum that might mean it formed in a warm region close to a star.
Very interesiting, anyway. I certainly hope they can catch it with a probe but I don't feel like waiting 15 years or more :)
As for that spectrum, the error bars are so large that I barely buy into what they're saying. Furthermore, the part of the spectrum they measure to be "red" is towards the end of their detection range (at least looking at the figure); that comes with a whole slew of issues in itself. An interesting read to be sure, though.
Unfortunately, there's no way we can get a probe to this object. It's moving so fast that there's no way we could catch up to it. Even more unfortunate is that it won't come back. It's on hyperbolic orbit which means it isn't bound by the gravitational potential of the sun. Once this thing is gone, it's gone for good.
I've seen a second spectra measurement by a different team of 'Oumuamua on twitter that also confirms the unusually red nature of this asteroid, although their analysis showed the object being much redder than the analysis published in nature yesterday.
some biosignatures do boast a red spectrum...To claim that the object IS red and that this indicates some sort of biochemistry is bold at best.
Well the best counter-argument to the 'biochemistry' idea is that.. well, most worlds in the solar system are red- and it's not because of biochemistry. The vast majority of comets and other small worlds in our solar system exist in the Oort Cloud. In a process that isn't well understood over billions of years their surface ices get irradiated and replaced with a thick layer of organic tholins, which is the same stuff that makes Pluto red. So the red tint on 'Oumuamua is almost certainly tholins, not anything else.
It's moving really fast compared to stuff in the solar system. It's still moving really slow compared to light. Not fast enough for us to get the color wrong.
The red shift also shifts the spectrum, it doesn't just make things red. This means blue starts tending toward green, green towards yellow etc.
As stated in another comment, the object is moving quickly on our scale, but on the scale of the speed of light it's not. The Doppler shift is directly related to the object's speed relative to the speed of light, which is not high enough to cause a shift in the spectrum.
It's pretty improbable. It's moving really quickly compared to really any other motions in this type of orbit (that we know of). Furthermore, it's already unlikely that two things will collide in the asteroid belt, Kuiper belt, or Oort cloud; everything is so far apart on average.
Long story short, it would have to be the PERFECT concoction of multiple collisions of already odd objects.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 12:17:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Also, is it possible it's an alien lifeform with warp speed technology?!
bab5871 · 2 points · Posted at 12:26:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
RIT represent! Is the observatory still over there in the old house on John St? I remember taking a class there, made the mistake of doing it in winter.
You might help me with my question. This thing basically blasted in to our solar system out of nowhere right? What are the odds of another random undetected object blasting in to our solar system and hitting earth? Like literally you wake up and find out that earth will be hit within 24 hours? I mean that incident in Russia was pretty scary considering that no one apparently saw it coming and now this, random big ass objects getting slingshotted in to our solar system.
One recent paper we took a look at here was one that basically used this object to determine an estimate of how many of these types of things come through each year. The estimate was approximately 10-20 per year if I recall, and this is the only one we've observed. Of course this is an extrapolation from a single datum so take it with a grain of salt.
The real damning issue is the fact that space really is very empty. To put this into perspective, take the asteroid belt. NASA has many large objects in the belt measured and their orbits modeled. Despite this, when they send probes to the outer solar system they don't even consider these orbits in their calculations. This is simply because the chance that the probe will actually collide with something are so low; there's so much emptiness.
Finally, anything that is an interstellar visitor will not necessarily be on the ecliptic (the plane that the planets orbit on). In fact, chances are that their inclination from this plane WILL be high (in magnitude); they're not beholden to the orbital dynamics of our solar system. This greatly lowers the chance that our orbits will even cross, let alone cross the same point at the same time.
TL;DR:
Very low. These types of objects are probably unlikely, space is very empty, and then orbits most likely wouldn't line up.
mmf9194 · 1 points · Posted at 13:46:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Sounds like an awesome journal club discussion! Do you think Cassini would have been able to observe it if it was still around? Another comment on here says it is heading towards Saturn, do you know much about the trajectory whether it will fly near Saturn or other planets? I can't believe it was only discovered about a month ago.
edit: another point it has (will?) fly between the Sun and Mercury. I suppose this means it has been in space flying towards our solar system for a very very very long time as it is attracted most to the largest mass in the solar system..(this is assuming it is an asteroid btw)?
Nah, Rama looked the same as this thing looks, specifically it looked like this, in both cases the only clues to possible shapes come from changes in brightness over time. They didn't find out Rama was a perfect cylinder until a probe had intercepted it. Rama then did pretty much what this asteroid has just done - Arthur C Clarke style hard sci-fi rocks.
The size estimation between this and Rama is off by about 100, but estimating size from a dot in a telescope depends on your guess as to how reflective its surface is.
[deleted] · 8 points · Posted at 10:50:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I don't know how much Clarke's involvement was to blame for the happenings and revelations in Gentry Lee's sequels, but I choose to believe those books are nothing more than post-hoc fanfic.
Being the following act after Rendezvous with Rama is going to make any writer look bad, so I don't judge Lee, but have an upvote - we're all thinking it.
You realize that is an illustration, no? Based on our best observations and data. Who would assume from the data that it is a cylinder? iirc from the book, it was only later in observation that it was found to obviously artificial.
I seem to remember that it was assumed to be an elongated asteroid early in the book, and the outside was not perfectly cylindrical. It was given the name Rama because astronomers had apparently run out of good Greco-Roman mythological names and had turned to the massive Hindu pantheon for inspiration. Only when it got closer to Earth and started acting strangely did they realise that it was an artificial construct. It's been a long time since I read it though.
The ice was inside the ship as an equitorial sea of organic juices, the outside walls weren't described well except as cylindrical.
I've only read the first though, it may be different in the sequel.
Edit: The outside walls were a light metal and there was a black streak left from some unknown impact. That difference was how they were able to determine that it was spinning from afar.
Rama was ignored as interstellar junk until some scientist noticed it was spinning. Then after accounting for the spin realized it wal extremely odd and worth inspection. Nothing "obvious" about any of that.
It's been at least 15 years since I've read it. Thanks for pointing that out like so many other people. I wish Morgan Freeman would put down the bong and actually get this shit made so I could refresh my memory.
I feel like he's been holding on to the rights since I've read the god damned book. At this point, I think he's just using the property for tax purposes- writing shit off. Any top notch director, writer, and actor would sign up in a heartbeat. There is no excuse for what he is doing and it's unforgivable.
There just isn't money in a new expansive, slow, and (let's be honest) boring scifi IP right now. I love Rama, but i don't see it doing well in this market.
I disagree. The market is begging for this story with a Hunger Games/Harry Potter budget. It would be somewhere between Gravity and Avatar in receipts.
Doubtful. Rama is a boring story with barely a plot. I love it, but it's slow and relatively uneventful. It would be like trying to release a new 2001. Certainly non action packed. And the suspense is minimal.
I grant you that. It's a visual story though. There wasn't much going on in Avatar. In a script you could really play up the planetary politics and differences between the people as they've evolved in the different planets and really focus on the huge existential questions. I bring it back to the visuals and story of discovery.
That flying bicycle scene would go down in cinematic history. As well as the first gaze at the cylindrical sea and the city scape... The crabs... Get the right writers/director and it would be fucking unbelievable.
Avatar had (and heavily promoted) massive gun fights and the 3D gimmicks.
Rama would make a good movie, but it's risky and most of the plot is introspection. There is no market for that right now. Slow paced scifi/fantasy is simply not popular. And rama doesn't have the following to overcome that. No studio is going to back it. Not for a few years as they recover from the terrible year they are having.
I've had Rendezvous With Rama on the shelf for a few years, waiting for the right time. I have a flight on Wednesday and I think this is a perfect time to read it. The thought that there is actually an object from outside our system flying on through right now... so right
For those who are reading this comment and don't understand why this comment should be the top comment, it's because this is exactly the start to the book Rendevouz with Rama which is one of the most celebrated science fiction books written by one of the most celebrated science fiction authors- down to the shape, discover, and trajectory of the craft rock.
Arthur C. Clarke also invented the satellite. He's a big deal. His books are super realistic. See 2001 A Space Oddesey.
This has been a poor year for all movies of all genres. Had bladerunner 2049 come out a few years ago or from now, it's hard to say how it would have fared.
Arendas · 2 points · Posted at 07:40:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We've had The Martian, The Expanse, Blade Runner and a fair number of other thoughtful sci-fi movies (More Alien, Arrival) along with a number of smaller tv shows - not a renaissance maybe but Its not as under represented as you are acting like.
If you are talking about wanting more sci fi like the 80s....lots of that was super janky.
I find the idea of the asteroid leaving our solar system and floating around interstellar space aimlessness for light-years to come, to be a very dark and depressing thought
Nah, just think of them as travelers. They come from very far away, messengers from the dark, their journey taking them through the true abyss, emptiness and cold, yes, but now they’ve come here, fueling up on energy to continue their long way, giving us a brief glimpse of all else that is out there.
They are untouched by the idea of long times and loneliness. They just silently float onwards. Imagine this thing‘s journey, how long it traveled and now we, the insignificant little brains on this speck of a planet have seen it, drawn conclusions from it and are fascinated by it. I always think that is rather encouraging.
EDIT: and who knows? Maybe one day they will be looked upon by someone else? Or they already have.
I read tons of Sagan in college and it influenced my writing style greatly. Science needs more eloquence to grasp the significance of the subject. :) I knew you had to be a student of his. Haha
Maybe for you and me, but not for an asteroid. Asteroids exist on a timescale we can't even imagine. Entire species have evolved, flourished, and gone extinct in the time this thing has been traveling. Living beings move and change and react in unpredictable ways, but asteroids don't. Asteroids are constant, passive and predestined. They silently observed as the first cells came into being, and they will bear silent witness as the last glimmer of life in the universe blinks out. Their every move is a step in a billion year ballet, every detail of every orbit choreographed by the forces which led to its formation.
At some point, this asteroid's intricate Newtonian dance conspired to catapult it free of the grip of its home system. We will likely never know where it came from or where it will go, but its voyage will take it places where no living thing will ever go. It will hurtle through the void for millions, billions, trillions of years, a silent party to phenomena we can only imagine.
Don't feel bad for it: it isn't lost and it isn't lonely. Unlike most, this rock was destined to explore.
wut3va · 2 points · Posted at 14:10:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
At least it didn't slam into the sun.
[deleted] · 271 points · Posted at 06:02:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
My dad is an amateur astronomer and he’s currently contemplating using his multiple machine setup dedicated to SETI to actually look for signals coming off of interstellar objects like this one. His theory is that if you’re an alien species, setting up shop for observation via one of these objects would be a no brainer. Take a look at the inmates before you invade the asylum.
CPSux · 84 points · Posted at 07:06:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That's a terrifying thought, but it's at the forefront of my mind when I read about this object, albeit irrationally.
Right? Great way to go. Or, we could think positively... If these supposed aliens are so advanced that they can contact another planet with intelligent life, they must either be
a) some sort of interconnected life form that might want to just kill us, or
b) evolved so much as a species that they may want to help us. Think of all the neat technologies they could teach us once we figured out how to communicate.
Of course there are plenty other ways it could go but hey they all seem more interesting than the way this planet is going...
evolved so much as a species that they may want to help us. Think of all the neat technologies they could teach us once we figured out how to communicate.
Yeah just think about all the new technologies the Europeans shared with the natives. Or think about all the things the US has shared with the middle East in their quest to provide them "freedom".
Chances are an alien life form will be every bit as shitty as we are. Or they would study our history ever since we started broadcasting radio and tv signals and figure out pretty quickly that we can't be trusted. The minute we achieved equal force as them we would start fighting in the name of national/global security.
Does it really make sense? Europeans Humans from centuries ago enslaved natives, which means interstellar aliens will do the same? We love to project but come on!
Herbivores are nothing like carnivores in this same planet. Chances are an advanced alien species will be better than us.
Is it though? It's hard to grasp and nothing anyone really wants but technically life on earth as we know it could drastically change forever any moment
And at the same time, it sprung to the minds of many here all at once... fear can be "irrational" but evolutionarily it is very functional and we shouldn't entirely write off our instincts.
If any sentient species can manage to master and succeed at interstellar travel, they would have to be so advanced in that their technology would be literally millions of years ahead of us right now. They would've had to be at least a Type 2 civilization on the Kardashev scale.
We aren't even Type 1. Some speculate we may become Type 1 in the next couple hundred years or so, and yes that is if we do not destroy ourselves using nuclear weapons.
Interesting thought I've always had; when we reach the point of complete peace on our planet, a council of other beings then hand to us the key to interstellar travel (because they wouldn't want a war-like race, such as ourselves having such tech, because face it, we'd blow each other or someone else up) but only after we've reached some higher level of enlightenment and fighting each other all the time.
OR the most successful species that reach space travel are ambitious, avaricious and competitive. Warfare is the default condition for spaced faring races in the galaxy. But they got here a long time ago and have been steadily domesticating us to be "peaceful" pets, slaves, amusements and delicacies...
Iirc we are type 0 and there is no known civilization at type 1,2,or 3. T1 is when you harness the complete power of your planet and balance the ecosystem and have peace. T2 is when you harness the power of the star or stars in your solar system and are interplanetary. T3 would be interstellar/galactic
The idea is that they haven't "mastered" interstellar travel though. They hitched a ride on an interstellar asteroid essentially is the idea he's proposing.
Fair enough, even developing an experiment that could survive a trip on an interstellar asteroid (communication would be impossible at that distance with our current tech) would require immense resources though, they would still have to be on the way out of being Type 1 or Type 2 civ.
I exaggerated quite a bit, sorry. This is all obviously speculation but I would peg it more towards 10,000-100,000 years. Humanity has been civilized for only 6000ish years. We have come a long way but in 6000 we haven't even managed to become Type 1.
Edit: I realize we are the only example of this that we have until we find life or life finds us
We're growing exponentially though, and there are several proposed ways to travel fast enough to reach other stars which are within our grasp, such as light sails, and even simply detonating nukes behind a spacecraft.
I'm confident we won't destroy ourselves, the next frontier awaits us, my ghost would be pissed if we turned everything to shit before we had a chance to create Starfleet.
I mean, we could totally just fling a rock like this at just about any star we wanted with 60's technology. It's just that we don't use resources on that because it's not profitable to fling a rock into space.
dh96 · 2 points · Posted at 07:31:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They heard the tales of MountRest’s conquests and had to send a scouting ship to see for themselves
Sutt02 · 1 points · Posted at 08:33:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yes, they could completely destroy us and there’s not really a thing we could do. I image it would be like trying to throw rocks or shoot arrows at a modern day fighter jet to bring it down. Our only chance would be pleading for peace, otherwise if they decided they wanted to take over earth we might as well just accept it lol.
I like to think that we are under surveillance by possibly many alien species, complete utter speculation of course. If they managed to get here they sure as hell wouldn't have a hard time staying completely undetectable to us. We might just be an alien ant farm.
DyNATO · 1 points · Posted at 08:43:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It does seem like a clever thing to use such object for transportation of some equipment, instead of relying on a rocket.
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[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 06:08:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yeah, but the Queen of England would have to erase her mind every few years to hide the fact that we can only power the space whales by shocking their brains and powering the city we're on across the stars
This sounds like an opportunity for Wales to secede and establish their own monarchy
wut3va · 3 points · Posted at 14:15:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I was in a bar Saturday night, and had a few drinks. I noticed two large women by the bar. They both had strong accents so I asked, Hey, are you two ladies from Ireland?" One of them screamed, "It's Wales you idiot!" So, I immediately apologized and said, "Sorry, are you two whales from Ireland?" That's all I remember.
Ansoni · 3 points · Posted at 06:30:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Plenty of people whale. Norway, Iceland and the Faroe Islands all whale more than Japan. Americans and Canadians recently too, by virtue of Japan being blocked while they're ignored.
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_MUY · -6 points · Posted at 07:00:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What high caliber comedy. This is what you think qualifies as a good reply to this incredible news article? I am ashamed to share this website with you. I am ashamed to count you as a member of our species.
Not to be another "what if aliens" guy, but what if it is absorbing 96% of the light that falls on its surface because it is a ship capable of absorbing it and using it as energy?
[deleted] · 11 points · Posted at 10:30:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Good point, that's actually believable. :O
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 14:14:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We do something similar.
Most things absorb light. How much light do you think is absorbed by human skin?
wut3va · 3 points · Posted at 14:21:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
European or African?
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 14:31:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
was at the bar the other night with my buddy having some beers. We had been there a while when two large girls came up to the bar and ordered some drinks. I noticed when they ordered they both had strong accents so I said ‘Hi, are you two girls from Scotland?’ One of them spoke up, with quite an attitude and said ‘it’s WALES you idiot!!!’
So I immediately said ‘Sorry, are you two Whales from Scotland?’
This bring up an interesting question. What would prevent a potentially enormous object from a different galaxy or solar system from being slung by gravities assists from stars, planets or even potentially black holes and traveling at speeds so quickly that they could careen through interstellar space and pass through our own solar system and strike a planet like earth with zero notice and at speeds that could completley demolish the planet?
Outer planets, gravitational influence, some more stuff, but most of all: the sheer size of void between the planets, stars etc. Highly unlikely that something will get on direct course to us as we ate basically the needle in a freaking big haystack.
If the conditions line up such that an object like you mentioned is on a crash course with earth, then we're fucked. However, it is extremely unlikely, given the vast emptiness of space and how fast everything is moving.
Well, there's also the theory that the Moon is the remnants of Theia, a planet size impactor that collided with us in our early formation, giving rise to the moon, our axial tilt, and a number of Trojans that follow our orbit perfectly, and a higher than standard density of certain metals in our crust. But that's just a theory...
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[deleted] · 106 points · Posted at 05:34:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Rama was a prize worth any risk short of a suicide mission.
And, of course, it might even come to that. Commander Norton had no illusions on this score. For the first time in a hundred years, an element of total uncertainty had entered human affairs, and uncertainty was one thing that neither scientists nor politicians could tolerate. If that was the price of resolving it, Endeavour and her crew would be expendable.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 07:17:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
ssjmixed · 11 points · Posted at 07:57:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh man....I have some exciting news for you. It's a book...hell I think there's three all based on a large cylinder object of intelligent design that enters our system. Lucky (and unlucky) for humanity, due to an asteroid impact that completely destroyed Pairs the world had focused its efforts to prevent future events via spaceships and telescopes on other planetary bodies. One ship near by is able to intercept and enter the ship!
However, if it makes op feel any better, it's been like this forever. The ones we can't detect easily can do some damage, yes, but the ones we can detect and predict are the ones we should worry about. Even then, only in the unlikely situation that they're headed for us.
isobit · 2 points · Posted at 13:31:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They have far more important things to worry about, like making more money and winning elections, your silly ideas of saving the only known planet with complex life on it in visible space will have to wait.
suppox · 5 points · Posted at 08:45:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well we get constantly hit by little ones, and the atmosphere takes care of most of them (slightly bigger ones end up as cool youtube videos).
The last massive extinction-level hit was about 65 million years ago - the one that took out the dinosaurs - so it doesn't happen that often. You have a significantly higher chance of being hit by a car during your life than an asteroid.
If we are unlucky enough to have a major impact during our lives perhaps you can take stoic comfort in knowing you'll briefly see something truly extraordinary that no other humans have seen.
rexo12 · 1 points · Posted at 10:45:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
a brief comfort, depending on size of the asteroid and his relative distance from it...
How awful, slowly starving to death over a hundred years
Harha · 3 points · Posted at 09:40:28 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Wouldn't it be nice to be swallowed whole by a rogue black hole travelling through our solar system so fast that we couldn't even detect it's effects on other bodies in our solar system before we were inside it's event horizon?
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 07:57:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Same way you cope with lightning, or car accidents.
kjanta · 1 points · Posted at 17:04:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
... struggling with that too. House across the street 15 ft away was struck by lightning and exploded into a huge fire ball that burned the house down (everyone was OK, off visiting family somewhere). And I fear a car crash will happen everytime I'm on the road.
If it makes you feel any better, the odds of getting clobbered by an extrasolar asteroid like this one are so unimaginably remote it's not really worth thinking about.
It's the near earth objhects (NEO's) we have to worry about! And there's tens of thousands of them that we know about! And likely tens of thousands more that we don't!
Fortunately, we have a pretty good handle on the planet killers in the general vicinity. Less fortunately, we're not nearly as good at detecting ones capable of flattening a city or devastating a region.
The Chelyabinsk meteor from a few years ago should have been a fantastic wakeup call; the first we knew about it was when it started streaking through the atmosphere over Russia. Luckily, the impact angle was shallow enough that it exploded 20 or so miles up. Even so, the shockwave blew out a bunch of windows and injured a number of people. If the angle had been steeper, the explosion could have leveled much of the town.
The Tunguska Event was caused by another impactor which was not noticed until it was too late, and very easily could go unnoticed even today. Luckily, it hit a largely uninhabited chunk of Siberia, but the explosion flattened around 770 square miles of forest (knocking over around 80 million trees in the process). It easily could have killed millions had it fallen in the wrong place.
So yeah, that's why funding for space exploration is important, among other things.
So there's a tool that came out a while ago that simulates this (needs flash, there used to be a text version but it's gone sadly). I approximated it as a sphere 50m across and going at 72 km/s since the tool is a bit limited.
The upshot is that its not gonna be the end of the world. It breaks apart completely at 5km releasing 1 megaton's worth of energy. Very bad in a populated area but otherwise I doubt its harmful, especially since it won't hit the ground meaning no dust clouds.
Also I should point out I'm not an expert in any way, just a big nerd.
If modeled as a sphere, it would be approx 80m across, from its known dimensions. It's also suspected to be a metallic asteroid (due to no dust or outgassing even at closest approach to the sun)
I fed those numbers into the same calculator and got an impact energy of 842 megatons. Not earth-destroying, but still over 15 times bigger than the biggest nuke ever detonated.
ArgonV · 2 points · Posted at 10:09:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Imagine yourself on top of a very tall building, looking down. There's an ant, walking on the pavement below. You have a grain of sand in your hand. Drop it and try to hit the ant.
The odds of you making that hit are greater than an object like this colliding with the Earth.
Space is ridiculously vast and empty.
marr · 5 points · Posted at 13:03:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Okay, what if you have a million grains of sand?
chassala · 11 points · Posted at 07:32:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Space is big. Very big. Aliens could launch millions of these things in the general direction of our solar system and it would still bet very unlikely. Like multiple lottery wins kind of unlikely.
kjanta · 2 points · Posted at 08:05:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's just one of those things you can't go around worrying about. Life is fragile and in the grand scheme of things we're not that different from a colony bacteria that can get wiped any second.
marr · 1 points · Posted at 13:05:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"The certainty of its extraterrestrial origin comes from an analysis that shows its orbit is almost impossible to achieve from within our solar system."
The author of this Guardian piece doesn't know what extraterrestrial means.
Yeah, noticed that too. That's especially weird, given that the author of the article (Dr Stuart Clark) claims to have PhD in astrophysics, and be a fellow of Royal Astronomical Society, etc. I thought someone with that background would be generally more accurate with terminology.
Toytles · 1 points · Posted at 08:42:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
cherp44 · 282 points · Posted at 06:38:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Can we please not make alien contact while Trump is president. He's going to insult them and get us all killed.
p00bix · 41 points · Posted at 07:14:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
tbh asteroids need to be insulted more. fucking rock assholes don't do shit to help us they just occasionally go boom in the sky and kill trees or cause structural damage.
When space sends us asteroids. They don’t send us their best, they send us murderers, terrorist, destructors... and some... I assume are good asteroids.
[deleted] · 9 points · Posted at 08:01:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
7DMATH7 · 12 points · Posted at 08:54:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"We need to build a barrier around the solar system and make the aliens pay for it, my dad was an alien, very smart alien he was a warp specialist burk burk university very good very smart you know if your alien if i were human, like, okay if i ran as a human they would say that im the smartest in the universe ITS TRUE but when your an alien they try oh, do a number thats always why i hate the sun, went to bork bork was a good student, went there went there, did this, built an alien empire i had to make sure no one notices that im alien but you have to look at the barrier that thing bothers me it would have been so easy and its not important as these lives so, they just, they just killed us "
It’s so disappointing that the orange ass has managed to degrade our position in global affairs. Aliens would probably contact Merkel, Xi or Putin instead of dealing with Trump.
Nope. If I was an alien, I’d definitely go for Trump first. I wouldn’t be looking for the most reasonable leader, I’d be looking for the most influential/commonly talked about.
Why would these aliens declare war against us? It's not like I insulted them, I didn't call them grey-skinned big heads or anything like that. This is why we need to build an enormous wall that goes into space too
This was a fascinating read. I wonder if there's any way a probe could be launched to intercept it and discover what molecules they can find. Such an opportunity to learn about objects from outside our solar system
Unfortunately, no. Oumuamua is moving at around 86,000 mph currently. Juno, the fastest manmade object, topped out at 165,000 mph after a slingshot maneuver with Jupiter, and it took years to reach the planet.
The asteroid will pass Saturn's orbit in about 1 year and 1 month, and is currently just past Mars' orbit. Just so you know, the distance between us and Jupiter is ~4.2 AU, and just the distance between Jupiter and Saturn is around 4.3 AU itself.
We're a bit too late on that probe launch window. :P
Well...then we'd know life exists elsewhere alread...because superman
carclain · 15 points · Posted at 05:21:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This stuff is actually depressing. Shit times my friend.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 06:53:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
More depressing is we probably would never get there anyway, humanity will likely be wiped out in 2000 years in some way or another.
Like playing Rust, we'll just keep respawning from nekkids and as soon as we start getting some serious tech some clown with a bomb kills us or we freeze to death.
Sadly alot of efforts aren't done in one life time. Imagine if Isaac Newton could see where we are today, and how much we've accomplished in just over a century. From the invention of the car, to planes, landing on the moon, landing probes on mars, the ISS, crashing sattelites on Saturn, and sending them beyond our solar system.
Not to mention the developments in quantum physics, the James Webb Telescope, and all the exoplanets being discovered.
While we might not see everything they might discover, very few people do, I think times are quite exciting.
Heyvro · 2 points · Posted at 07:17:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Just the circle of civilization. People 500 years ago would give anything to fly an airplane or have an iphone, and people 500 years in the future will give anything to teleport or whatever the fuck is a thing in 1000 years
That's if we don't destroy ourselves and even exist as a species in 20,000 years, highly unlikely human society in any shape or form that we recognize will be around in 20,000 years.
If someone says to you "I'm going to go on a holiday to Spain next July", do you respond "Well, not if you hit by a bus or marry a billionare between now and then"?
Do you realize how long 20,000 years is? Do you realize how dramatically different our climate will be? It might not even be habitable by humans if climate change keeps up its current trend. Your example is not good. My statement clearly upset you but it doesn't hurt to be realistic, or to think about the future.
I'm didn't say you were wrong, just that what you said was somewhat irrelevant, since I don't believe the point of the conversation was to accurately predict the future of human society.
No, doesn't matter who is president. As soon as we developed and started producing nuclear bombs back in the 40s (Trump wasn't president then ;) ) our chances of destruction went up a shit ton. I'm being realistic, I'm not gonna sugar coat shit so you can feel better about yourself. There's plenty of things to be optimistic about, don't get upset and turn everything into a shit throwing contest.
My god if you think that Donald Trump has the mental capacity to even attempt to think about that far in the future let alone what he is going to tweet tonight. You have really overestimated his intelligence, he is deregulating because the ultra rich are bribing our government because without regulations they can make more money, he's a goddamn puppet. Humanity NEEDS to find a way off of this planet in the next 1,000ish years because we will not be able to sustain ourselves as a species if we keep depleting resources that allow that.
Moving past Saturn's orbit doesn't mean moving past Saturn. You could pass Saturn's orbit while Saturn is on the other side of the solar system.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 07:19:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I mean shit could just follow an elliptical path around Saturn, and end up smacking earth back. Do we actually know the exact path this asteroid is taking, or are we just following it as it goes? How do we know it won't come back and hit us? Like, there was an asteroid that passed extremely close to earth a few years ago, but NASA said there was a zero chance of the asteroid hitting earth, but NASA did say that the asteroid will actually end up coming back around towards earth, and will pass earth again in about two decades or so. On the return pass, NASA said that although it's unlikely the asteroid will hit earth, there is actually still a very real possibility that it could.
We know plenty of shit. We've been able to predict the movement of objects in space for hundreds of years. Your feelings won't change the trajectory of an asteroid.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 18:40:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
True I was just high af when I wrote that but there’s always a chance the trajectory of the object is thrown off course for whatever reason and ends up smacking earth like 1% chance but ay that’s still a chance but I’m sure we’ll be cool.
Also Earth is tiny in our solar system. I know you probably seen concepts of what our solar system looks like from school and the internet however they are usually heavily modified so you can visibly see those individual planets for learning purposes.
In fact it's hard to find a real 1-1 scale of our solar system however I did find a website to show a real idea of the scale of our system.
So hopefully this gives you an idea how rare it really is for an asteroid large enough to hit us, it's a lot less that 1% chance (1in100)
Is there a chance it'll hit an asteroid in the asteroid belt, or vis versa and a piece will break off that we can try to keep track of until we can remotely retrieve it?
thardoc · 1 points · Posted at 08:16:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
space has a ton of space, the odds of it hitting anything significant are puny, if pieces broke off they would probably be too small to track.
But can we watch it while it passes through the belt and if a piece does break off use one of those super fancy calculations to figure out where the piece will go? It just seems like such a rare and new thing that we should try if we can.
Aye, Pak fly ramscoops. The "Puppeteer" citizens would never sell a General Products hull to a xenophobic alien race. Aside from Tunesmith the Pak never worked with any hyperdrives either.
MulderD · 1 points · Posted at 09:00:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Slow ass Pak. No wonder they had so much trouble with the Ringworld.
A very special #4 hull called The Long Shot had the Quantum II Hyperdrive. One light year in 1.25 minutes.
Louis Wu is my absolute favourite character in sci-fi. Actually, all of my favourites are from known space. Sigmund Ausfaller, Beowulf Shaeffer, Nessus. I need to read Ringworld again!
m1msy · 2 points · Posted at 14:05:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I just finished Ringworld for the first time. Working on Protector now. What should I read next?
Oh jeez, it's tricky. I had to google the reading order because a bunch of stuff is told from different perspectives in different novels/short stories and the finale of the Fleet of Worlds is also the Finale of the Ringworld series. So do a little googling and then go to ebay or book depository and buy every single book in the known space universe and read them all, back to back. Because they are awesome.
OP posted "It is thought to be an extremely dark object, absorbing 96% of the light that falls on its surface, and it is red." How does it absorb 96% of all light? Is it simply because of the color or what it is made of? Is this possible a new material we've not encountered before? To me that is the weirdest thing about it and not much is mentioned about it. Sorry if the answer is obvious and I am missing it.
It just needs to be made of really dark material that doesn't reflect much light. There are objects in the solar system that have an albedo of .05%, which means they absorb 99.5% of the light that hits them, so this isn't out of the ordinary.
The more photons you can absorb on the outside that can be used for useful energy the better especially when spending a million years between stars where the light is not very intense that's energy you don't have to make by generating heat inside the ship and giving off a larger IR signature then necessary.
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 06:23:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
How does it absorb 96% of all light? Is it simply because of the color or what it is made of? Is this possible a new material we've not encountered before? To me that is the weirdest thing about it and not much is mentioned about it. Sorry if the answer is obvious and I am missing it.
Absolutely! There are things like elements and materials we have yet to discover. Space is so ginormously unfathomably vast, We have just taken baby steps. This asteroid is just a glimpse of what possibly exists outside the Kuiper Belt. As mankind eventually makes rapid technological leaps and discoveries and begins to trend beyond our protective bubble of a solar system, only then we shall truly discover our origins.. and also add a few more new elements to the periodic table along the way. This is just the beginning.
marr · 1 points · Posted at 13:32:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
New stable elements seem unlikely. Chemical elements are defined by the number of protons and neutrons in their atoms, and we've named and studied every possible combination, even some of the huge ones with microsecond half-lives. Mathematically, there's nowhere for undiscovered elements to exist.
Did they check it for ancient runes? If sci-fi has taught me anything, check for ancient runes before approaching. Also, someone check on the whales...
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 10:26:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Why are whales being mentioned so much. Is it a reference?
How do you decide an object belongs to a particular solar system ?
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 06:32:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'm not sure about how easy it would be to determine which particular system it came from. However, we know it came from outside based upon it's trajectory and velocity, which could show that its highly unlikely that it is from our system.
Adding to the other reply, if you fall into the sun from a long distance away, you will hit the sun at its escape velocity. An object with more than solar escape velocity must have come from outside the solar system.
The "Rama" of the title is an alien starship, initially mistaken for an asteroid categorised as "31/439". It is detected by astronomers in the year 2131 while it is still outside the orbit of Jupiter. Its speed (100,000 km/h) and the angle of its trajectory clearly indicate it is not on a long orbit around the sun, but comes from interstellar space. The astronomers' interest is further piqued when they realise the asteroid has an extremely rapid rotation period of 4 minutes and is exceptionally large. It is named Rama after the Hindu god,[6] and an unmanned space probe dubbed Sita is launched from the Mars moon Phobos to intercept and photograph it. The resulting images reveal that Rama is a perfect cylinder, 20 kilometres (12 mi) in diameter and 54 kilometres (34 mi) long, and almost completely featureless, making this humankind's first encounter with an alien spacecraft.
its present hyperbolic velocity makes it potentially an interstellar probe if some Lyra-like spacecraft (Hein et al. 2017) can chase it and deposit detectors on it
More "maybe" than most news that might make you ask that question. But still nah.
Rakonas · 3 points · Posted at 07:50:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It is definitely not an alien spaceship. It's travelling at 1/3000th the speed of light which is far less than would be useful or achievable for interstellar travel.
maybe it could be something like our voyager probe a hundred thousand years out.
I'd personally like to think it was a colony ship meant for us, and when they started getting signals they said "Oh my, goodness me. It evolved intelligent life while we were on ice. We had better do a stellar slingshot to the plan B system, wouldn't want to cause any trouble for them. Shame we only have fuel for one braking burn."
Well I'd be a hell of a lot more surprised if the interstellar object didn't come from another solar system. Which muppet of an intern wrote that title at the guardian?
Most asteroids which are made out of rock come from way closer to us, way way way closer to us. Remember that the closest star to us ( apart from sol ) is 4.2 light years away.
It's kind of a big deal
If it was travelling at the speed of sound ( which it's not, it's travelling way slower than that ) it would take 821917 earth years to cover 1 light year of distance. The other thing that makes this interesting is that it's red, we haven't came across a really dark red asteroid before( it only reflects back 4% of the light which strikes it. ), most asteroids are a whiteish or light brown color, so we are speculating that it's got a shitton of carbon in it, and what we know about life so far is that it needs carbon to form.
"found it to be rich in organic molecules" and humanity missed its first alien life form, confusing it for a rock due to their inability to imagine it was alive. :D lol
Actually it means between stars, so if it’s interstellar in origin, that means it was formed in between stars (star systems in this context), it’s actually most accurate to say ‘extrasolar’.
Has an asteroid ever been discovered with a similar shape in our own solar system? 400 meter length, but only about 50m wide? I find the shape very interesting.
Do we know anything more about how it rotates? Is it tumbling end-over-end, or spinning axially like a football?
Holy shit. Someone else read this series. The part where they just focused on the one weird planet with the giant biomes(what were they called? Arboriums or something? something to do with trees) seemed a bit out of place considering the rest of the series, but it was an interesting subplot nevertheless.
Seriously tho, never seen another person read this series, or remember it enough to make reference to it.
tzrlk · 2 points · Posted at 00:03:54 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
All hail the Good Man, Ralph Nader!
I wish I could remember the actual quote. Something to do with Sol and consumer protections.
"It is thought to be an extremely dark object, absorbing 96% of the light that falls on its surface, and it is red. This colour is the hallmark of organic (carbon-based) molecules. Organic molecules are the building blocks of the biological molecules that allow life to function."
Red is also the color of iron-oxide. Iron-oxide is why our blood cells are red.
Solar system - The star system we reside in... so it might be from another star system but unless that shit is interdimensional its not from another solar system.
Well it's definitely not interdimensional because it is very much in our dimension. Solar system is a bad word to use because there is only one solar system, ours (named after our sun). But there are many planetary systems. This object came from a different planetary system, making this interstellar travel.
I was saying that its pointless to say that an interstellar object came from another system because it's in the name.
jb2386 · 8 points · Posted at 06:00:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Same! There's only 1 "solar system". It's called the Solar System because our star's name is Sol ffs.
Correct term would be "another planetary system".
marr · 1 points · Posted at 13:39:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's barely a name. Sol is just Spanish for sun, and all stars are 'The Sun' from the perspective of their planets. You wouldn't think of the starlight absorbing crystals on an alien spaceship hull as 'Wolf-359-ar panels'.
[deleted] · -2 points · Posted at 06:08:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So can we like get a sample of it by like hitting it with a big enough missile to divert its course to Earth so we have an awesome zombie apocalypse? Or not possible?
Autocorrected fix missile issue
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 07:22:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Nope, it's going much faster than any spacecraft we've ever launched and it's already on its way out of the solar system.
"I've met with the Vulcans, and they're great people, the best. That "Logic" thing is gonna take a while getting used to, but I've already negotiated trophy hunting rights on their planet. Come on Junior, we're gonna bag us some Sehlats!"
7palms · 7 points · Posted at 04:48:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Anyone watch Knights of Sidonia? They had an interstellar asteroid/ship that housed the last of humanity. Pretty sweet hard sci-fi that devolves into normal teenage anime antics.
Surprisingly, they calculate that another 10,000 could be closer to the Sun than the eighth planet, Neptune, which lies 30 times further from the Sun than the Earth. Yet these are currently undetected.
We're being ambushed
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 10:33:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
But why, if it were aliens we are so weak compared to an alien race that could reach us.
We can’t get along with people who live several thousand miles away and have different skin color and cultural beliefs. How are we going to get along with aliens from several light years away from us? We aren’t ready for contact. We are a primitive, tribal monkey species one step removed from living in the trees. We worship invisible deities based on childish fantasies stemming from our fear of darkness and death. Aliens wouldn’t talk to us even if they could because we aren’t capable of understanding what they have to say in the first place. Mathematics might be the language of science, but our brain chemistry and cultural filters make us turn everything we can get our hands on into weapons and we exploit our natural habitat beyond any reasonable measure of sustainability. Aliens wouldn’t want anything to do with us unless they need our resources. We have nothing to offer them.
It is not from another 'Solar system'! &%$£. It is from another 'STAR system'. Our star system is the Solar system.
God damn news media and their pseudoscience confusing people.don't get me started on people calling natural satellites 'a moon'. Science anal ROARRRRRRRR.
Nondre · 2 points · Posted at 08:24:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's an ancient planetary seeding device, just passing through on it's way to it's intended destination, where a new species will emerge.
Ckb79 · 2 points · Posted at 08:42:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'm no astrophysicist but why cant we land something on it and let it continue its path, then our item that's aboard it will have a free ride into the ether and we wont have to worry about powering the deep space satellite?
First of all we don't detect these things until they are sortof close, this one will have spent 10 years in our solar system before exiting, so best case scenario we have maybe 5 years of warning while it is heading towards us and then away.
Once it is heading away from us then it's game over, we will never catch it.
Secondly with 5 years of warning at the most it's almost impossible for us to mobilise a launch, especially for something that is relatively quite far away, if the closes that it gets to us is as far away as mars it will take our ship about 3 years to meet up with it.
Third the location of earth matters quite a lot at the time that we launch, we will at most get 2 shots per year, ( more likey than not 1. )
Fourth, we really only get one shot at this, to hook something up like this in just a few years from concept to launch will cost a pretty penny, no way we could do it on NASAs current budget, maybe if we increase it 10 fold we might have a chance.
And last but not least, space is massive, this thing is not, neither is any ship we send, it's like having a World Series level baseball pitcher aiming for the home plate from second base, meanwhile you are on on first base and have to try to hit the baseball with a dime, you have a 15 second warning before the ball gets thrown to run closer.
Ckb79 · 1 points · Posted at 12:40:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yeah all good points. I wrote my reply tongue-in-cheek with some sarcasm, but you make good points all the same.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 09:16:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You ask why people aren't informed in this world. The reason is very clear. The top comments in this thread is about alien invasion, instead of questions about the details pertaining to this article.
People just don't care enough to be informed. They care about when Trump is clowning next, or when the next human sexuality shenanigan happens in Hollywood and beyond.
How did the team estimate the number of asteroids leaving or entering our solar system? We have only discovered, what factors did the look for to estimate a number as large as 10,000?
Considering all the vectors this particular piece of rock could've taken, having it whizz past our solar system this close over all that time makes me think that someone out there has pretty good aim.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 10:08:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
A shame it’s not a giant white ball
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 10:10:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This is like almost litteraly one of the storylines in The Expanse, except that one is blue not red.
ermanoz · 2 points · Posted at 10:15:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I was thinking exactly the same thing hahah.. creepy
venom02 · 2 points · Posted at 10:11:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What would the possibility of trying to put some kind of camera on this asteroid (Armageddon style lol) Or some other means of collecting data? This could be a really dumb question but I mean if it's going to be leaving our solar system, would it be possible to use its trajectory/path to see what's outside of our solar system? I mean, it's probably not even possible due to trying to land on a moving object, especially trying to time it just right & it would probably would be impossible to receive any kind of data once it leaves our solar system, but imagine being able to place a stationary object (or even something like a rover) & just use the asteroid as a means of transportation, viewing what's outside of our solar system!
Unfortunately, interstellar asteroid 'Oumuamua is travelling very fast and is leaving the solar system at a wacky angle, so it would be very difficult or impossible to catch up with it with modern technology. If we had seen Oumuamua in advance maybe we'd have had enough warning to build a probe and get a head start, but unfortunately we only saw it after perihelion.
I was kind of thinking that. I read that it was moving at a fast pace & that's why it's able to escape the sun's gravitational pull. Plus the math would have to be just right with distance & how fast it's traveling (which they probably don't know exactly) & then they would have to time it just right (as in launching from earth a couple of year in advance (how far is it away? Like how long would it take to get there if it wasn't moving? 2-3 years? Longer?) I think it's a great theory but execution would probably be impossible, plus that's a huge risk that would take a lot of money.
Thank you for responding btw! Please excuse my ignorance, I know nothing on this subject. Are you well versed in this kind of thing?
If just an asteroid crossing the system gets such hype, even when we can't possibly retrieve it for studying, can you imagine how an actual spaceship would be received by the public?
LOLMD · 2 points · Posted at 11:33:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Using robotic telescopes such as Pan-STARRS [sic] to look for asteroids is a priority for astronomers as they concentrate on discovering potentially hazardous objects that could impact Earth.
What exactly would the grand plan be if we discovered one that could impact Earth on any form of catastrophic scale? Send a drill team up to it and blow it up from the inside out?
Ketsuo · 1 points · Posted at 13:02:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Using robotic telescopes such as Pan-STARRS, the one that detected ’Oumuamua, to look for asteroids is a priority for astronomers as they concentrate on discovering potentially hazardous objects that could impact Earth.
What would be the effect of an interstellar asteroid collision vs a local asteroid collision? The interstellar objects are moving with much greater relative speed than those in orbit around the sun, would it make a difference?
Finally a response from Vega!
I knew Jodie Foster did something right!
ROK247 · 2 points · Posted at 14:21:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
not saying it's aliens, but...
no seriously look at the shape. thats extremely peculiar for objects in space just because something like that is very unlikely to stay intact for a long period of time. we just got buzzed by the armada's scout and we are totally screwed.
nuraHx · 2 points · Posted at 14:34:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's kind of weird to think that for how long this object has been traveling and how far, what if we aren't the first species to study this object. Or if we are the first, we probably won't be the last.
Ciliate · 2 points · Posted at 16:29:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Misleading title. The reason our system is call the solar system is because our stars name is called Sol. If this object is from another system, you simple state it is from a different star system.
trane50 · 2 points · Posted at 21:47:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Imagine yourself on top of a very tall building, looking down. There's an ant, walking on the pavement below. You have a grain of sand in your hand. Drop it and try to hit the ant.
The odds of you making that hit are greater than an object like this colliding with the Earth.
Space is ridiculously vast and empty.
theoretically, couldn't it just be from interstellar space but not from a solar system?
69th · 2 points · Posted at 23:41:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yeah. There's a big difference between the interstellar void, and a solar system.
The better equivalent here would be 'International student confirmed to be from... well, either the ocean, another country, or the moon, we really have no idea.' However, it seems that, in this specific case, they have confirmed that the kid is from another country.
Edit: I think that "star sytem" usually refers to two or more stars, but there's also such a thing as a single star system, so I think it's OK to use the term "star system" regardless of the number of stars. If you want to refer to a star system other than our own, just say "another star system".
2nd Edit: To be clear, I'm not an authority on the subject, this is just my layman's opinion.
Sun is also another name for only our star. We name stars, and call them all generically stars.
The solar system is the planetary system sol resides in. If you went to Proxima Centarui you would be in the Proxima system, and when you were explaining to the aliens where you came from, you would call it the Solar system.
For instance, in this case we don't know which solar system this asteroid came from, we just know it wasn't this one. We can't refer to a specific, proper name for the system, because we don't know which one it is. So you simply say it came from another solar system.
We could also say star system and not be wrong, though.
We can erroneously call all tissue Kleenex, but just because the phrasing is accepted, doesn't make it correct. What you're advocating for is the eventual downfall of humanity, into an abyss of uncorrected errors, slipping evermore into a world of ignorance, without compassion and without progress.
That's not how language works, that's how communication works.
Language has rules. That's what defines a language. In our language, names are called proper nouns. Using a proper noun to refer to a group of similar things is incorrect, though it can be used artistically. Sun, Sol, and Solar system are all 'one of a kind' things. They are names, proper nouns.
All nouns work the exact same way in communication, so if we saw a golden retriever and I said, "check out Lassie there," as long as you understood who Lassie was, you would understand I was talking about the golden retriever.
I made your exact argument once, after writing my first article (ever) about nuclear power, but it didn't hold up well to my editor.
In this instance, we're talking about an object visiting our solar system, so since we are referencing to ours specifically, it's a poor choice to then use it as a catch all for all star systems.
Why bother? Because for some people, the error will be distracting from the thesis of the article.
Interesting that you differentiate language and communication. What is the purpose of language if not to communicate?
In this instance, we're talking about an object visiting our solar system, so since we are referencing to ours specifically, it's a poor choice to then use it as a catch all for all star systems.
I disagree. In this case, the phrase "another solar system" clearly denotes that it came from a solar system. The use of the word "another" clearly denotes that it wasn't the solar system.
The thing that differentiates language and communication is that we can communicate in many different languages. Languages don't require words or text, but when they do incorporate those features they are usually accompanied by a set of rules to distinguish context.
I didn't say it was confusing. I said it was distracting. You have choices with your use of language, and the primary goal is to communicate your idea most effectively. When we take written language to a professional level there are entire suites of rules called 'style.' Style guides are issued by publications so that all the writers are held to a certain standard of terminology and phrasing.
Any style guide is going to recommend you avoid conflating proper nouns within an article.
For example, Kleenex captured another 20% of the kleenex market. We used the same noun in two different ways, and while it does communicate the point effectively, it could be phrased much better and more accurately. For some readers, a distraction like this will sour an article with scepticism.
So if I'm understanding you correctly, your argument isn't that it is incorrect, just that it is a poor stylistic choice? Because in that sense I agree with you.
Jmb7373 · -1 points · Posted at 13:20:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This isn’t a proper noun in the title. It’s a lower case S, leading me to believe it is the second definition of solar in the dictionary he already referred to. The one with the “rules”.
Jmb7373 · -2 points · Posted at 13:17:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yes. Language has rules. Like the rule in the dictionary that he already referred to. You don’t get to cherry pick rules. And the rules aren’t perfect and they are flexible and they change depending on the audience or the speaker.
Jmb7373 · 0 points · Posted at 13:15:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It actually does. Just as calling other stars "suns" would be incorrect. "Solar" refers to the name of our star, Sol. Why would we use the name of our star for other stars?
I really want you to be right, but you simply aren't. We do refer to other stars as other suns. Wanting language to work this way doesn't mean that it does.
"Sun" is the common identifier for our star, Sol. "Solis" is Latin for "Sun". It has a name, just as our moon as a name, just as our system has a name. Solar System is literally the "System of Sol", the name of our star.
You would call Sirius A or Sirius B suns. They're stars. And you wouldn't call it's system a Solar System. It's the Sirius System
Yes, and "Moon" is the name of the large ball of rock orbiting the Earth. It is no more incorrect to refer to Phobos or Titan as moons than it is to refer to Sirius A/B as suns.
People commonly call them moons, but the proper term is natural satellite
[deleted] · 7 points · Posted at 08:04:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Being colloquially correct isn't the same as being technically correct. You are correct that people generally talk like that, but in terms of pure definitions, the other guy is correct.
Jmb7373 · 0 points · Posted at 13:14:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
He’s even technically correct. Words have more than one meaning and jargons can be different from a correct everyday parlance. Flexibility is a huge part of all language
Where are you getting these "pure" definitions if not from common usage?
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 08:34:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'll backtrack slightly because I believe someone else's comment, I can't remember if it was on this thread or not, explains it well with the Frisbee/flying disc analogy. All Frisbees are flying discs, but not all flying discs are Frisbees. All solar systems (as in our star system, and yes there's only one but for consistency's sake I'm wording it like this) are star systems, yet not all star systems are solar systems. It's the difference between a name of an individual thing in a group and the classification that applies to the entire group.
Yes, but if there was a flying disc that was not a Frisbee lying on the ground, and I said: "hand me that Frisbee", you would know exactly what I was talking about. The word Frisbee has, though common usage, become a synonym with "flying disc".
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 10:27:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That doesn't make referring to one as a frisbee technically correct. Sure people will understand you, which is the point of communication, getting a message across, I am obviously splitting hairs, but in this situation getting a message across and being correct in terms of pure definitions simply isn't the same thing.
Again, I'm not entirely sure what you mean by "pure" definitions. could you clarify that for me please?
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 11:37:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Perhaps pure isn't the best word to use. Maybe literal is better? I didn't mean it in some airy-fairy "without corruption" purity bs, which reading it back I can understand you inferring.
I'm still not sure I understand. Are you refering to etymology? or perhaps a dictionary definition?
I guess what I'm getting at is: how do you define the "pure" definition of a word or phrase.
In my opinion, it is whatever the common usage of that word or phrase is. The thing that most people would, in context, understand the words to mean. Is that different to how you would define it?
Farloo · 1 points · Posted at 14:58:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
When speaking scientifically or in technical terms words are used based on their true definition. This is the meaning assigned to the word in the dictionary of the English language. Vernacular language or colloquialisms are not used in scientific writings, unless they are noting as being such. This is where your argument about other star systems being solar systems is incorrect. In everyday conversation people will understand what you mean if you call a star system besides our own a solar system. By definition though, the terms solar system and star system are not equal. Our star system is the only solar system.
When speaking scientifically or in technical terms words are used based on their true definition. This is the meaning assigned to the word in the dictionary of the English language.
The dictionary just catalogues common usage. If you look up the solar system on dictionary.com, you get:
noun
the sun together with all the planets and other bodies that revolve around it.
a similar system with celestial bodies revolving around a star other than the sun.
So there's that to consider.
Vernacular language or colloquialisms are not used in scientific writings, unless they are noting as being such. This is where your argument about other star systems being solar systems is incorrect. In everyday conversation people will understand what you mean if you call a star system besides our own a solar system.
This is a news article and a bunch of reddit comments. This is not a formal scientific paper. Vernacular is fine here. In any case, most scientists that I know tend to use the phrase "solar system" to describe other planetary systems.
Look up the definition for 'solar system'... You'll find it to essentially say the following:
the collection of eight planets and their moons in orbit around the sun, together with smaller bodies in the form of asteroids, meteroids, and comets.
It's pretty specific and pretty cut and dry that the solar system is referring to a single star system and not a generic term to describe a star system.
Depends on how you like to cherry pick. If you ignore every contrary point then yes, it is pretty clear cut that you are right. Good for you. Congratulations on your victory.
Thanks I'm glad I was able to help you to see the error of your ways.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 19:52:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well here's another example: All "Steve"s are human, not all humans are "Steve"s. It's the difference between a name and a category. This is the last time I'm repeating myself. If you don't get it by now I simply can't help you, I'm simply not as willing as I was at 2am last night.
Yes, you're repeating yourself, but you're not actually answering my question. I'll try one last time as well.
How do you know what the true/pure/literal definition of a word is? Why is your definition of a word better than mine?
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:39:22 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
Again, as I feel the blood rush to my head, we're not arguing over the definition of something. We're arguing over the difference between a the name of a group of things and the name of an individual thing in that group. Human = group. Steve = individual. Flying disc = group. Frisbee = individual. Tissue = group. Kleenex = individual. This is so simple dude. I almost feel like you're being difficult just to troll me now. Can you please just say you're doing that because at this point I would honestly feel better believing you're fucking with me than just REALLY dense.
Again, as I feel the blood rush to my head, we're not arguing over the definition of something.
I see the problem. My argument from the very beggining has been a very simple one. The phrase "solar system" can be used to describe planetary systems other than the one we live in. That is my only only argument, and the only thing that I am saying.
My argument is, and always has been, only concerning the definition of the phrase "solar system". If you want to argue about something else, that's fine. However, the only thing that I have been talking about is the definition.
If you go way back to the start of this thread, It started with someone claiming that the phrase "solar system" cannot be used to describe systems other than our own. If you go back to the part where you joined the conversation, you said "in terms of pure definitions, the other guy is correct". That point, and that point alone is what I am arguing against.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 05:29:51 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
Our system is described as solar because our sun is named Sol. So add that to the list. Solar system = individual. Star system = group. It is the singular name of one thing in a group of many things similar to it. Solar system isn't the definition of a thing, it's the name of a thing.
Notice how they're very careful to not use "solar" to describe any other system? They refer to them as planetary systems or star systems. No other system is ever referred to as "solar" because it is a name and not a definition at all.
Sorry for the double edits, more thoughts came to me after hitting enter.
Solar system isn't the definition of a thing, it's the name of a thing.
That's what I mean by definition. The thing that the word refers to: i.e the name.
The thing is, words can refer to more than one thing. Take "Nick" for example. It can be a name, but it can also mean "to steal" or "to cut". Just because in one context the word means one thing, does not mean that it cannot mean something else in another context.
Notice how they're very careful to not use "solar" to describe any other system?
Of course they are. Elsewhere in this thread I already agreed that, in certain circumstances, it can be a poor stylistic choice to use the phrase. This is one of those circumstances. A poor stylistic choice is not the same as being incorrect though.
Edit: Massive run on sentence.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:54:51 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
The problem here is that to call any other system solar is simply incorrect because the star of that system, and therefore it's namesake, would not be called Sol. It's like randomly starting to call Jupiter, "Mars" just because both of them are planets, it simply doesn't work that way.
Not really. The analogy I gave earlier is that it is more like calling Phobos or Titan "moons". Just because the thing orbiting the Earth is called "the Moon", does not mean nothing else could ever have that word applied to it.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 07:07:50 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
But you're comparing apples and oranges, Sol isn't a generic name for all things of a group, it's the name of a single star, no others. "The moon", as most people call it, is actually "a moon". I believe it's given name is Luna? But I could be wrong. Simply not a fair comparison.
But you're comparing apples and oranges, Sol isn't a generic name for all things of a group, it's the name of a single star, no others.
Also not a fair comparison. I'm not saying every star is called Sol. I'm saying that you can refer to systems of planets around a star as solar systems. Solar in this context is being used as a comparison: These systems are like the system in which Sol is a part.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 11:41:07 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
Nope. There is only one solar system, ours. The rest are star systems or planetary systems. That's just how this works. I am done here. Keep being either oblivious or wrong, I don't give a fuck anymore. Take care and good day.
The aliens have finally had enough of our news and have decided to fix the problem themselves. Traveling light years from another solar system because they can't even stand the cheeto goof ruining the planet
As much as I want it to be aliens or a space craft. I think there’s a more reasonable explanation. It’s thought to be highly metallic. What if it came into really close proximity with a star and it started to melt, and at the speeds it’s going it trailed the material and solidified again. Just a thought.
It would seem ridiculously fanciful that it did that. But it had to have gone through SOMETHING like that to get to interstellar speeds. A gravity assist from a close swing by of a star would work.
But it would not be trailing molten material due to speed. Regardless of speed, all of it would be moving at the same speed. There'd be no significant friction from anything to spread stuff out. I'm not even certain if it was turned entirely to gas that the stellar wind would be enough to spread it out like what happens to comets.
But a couple of other factors may work just as well. First tidal effects that close to a star very well may have streched out a molten or near-molten object. Second, if the object was already rotating or spinning with some decent vigor, that alone would probably lead to stretching if it was melted.
There's only one Solar System - because there's only one star called Sol. This thing (which is neat, by the way) comes from another planetary system. Yay, my pedantry has finally gone interstellar!
This is the type of component that appears on a tv news document within the history of the principle man or woman's organising scenes during the start of an alien invasion movie.
Because it is extraordinarily fast, it takes years to put together missions and it's a 400 meter obloid cartwheeling apparently, and a relatively small gravitational field. ... oh, and by now it is effectively already gone.
Imagine if another civilization's idea of reaching out was to use a single natural object in order to make it appear "out of place" and get noticed. It would be like Voyager 1 arrives in another system but they are too preoccupied to notice, heavily medicated in their deepVR and debating which politician is the most corrupt.
Can we send a probe to it? The thought that this object came from another SOLAR SYSTEM is crazy to me! It must have been floating around in space for a looooong ass time lol
Unfortunately it's too late now. We didn't detect it in advance, only after its closest approach to the sun- and it's now travelling at fast speed up and out of the solar system at some wacky angle, and it'd be impossible/extremely difficult to catch up with with present day technology.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 07:03:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
they calculate that another 10,000 could be closer to the Sun than the eighth planet, Neptune, which lies 30 times further from the Sun than the Earth.
You're thinking about asteroid Apophis, which is a small asteroid that will fly somewhat close to the Earth in 2036. Despite the hype/conspiracy theories you might read on the internet, any chance of collision has been totally ruled out, period. It's not dangerous in the slightest.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 07:06:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
According to the research paper the interstellar nature of this asteroid's orbit is confirmed to >100 sigma. This means that the odds of us being wrong is more than 1 in a billion.
So it is virtually guaranteed to have come from another star.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 07:06:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Exloar · 1 points · Posted at 07:10:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Earthlings have retractable and colapsable penises. This ia proof aliens have evolved to have shootable penises. They shoot the penis toward the target in hopes of impregnating them. This is all just one alien bloke's effort to produce offspring. Only his aim is shit...
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 07:12:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What if this is first of thousand or million to come? A result of giant explosion in other solar system? And giant one of these cleave Earth planet and cause destroy? I am worry.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 07:12:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So it’s confirmed. Our solar system is a toilet, because that’s not a asteroid baby, that’s a turd says it in an Austin Powers voice.
GBR87 · 1 points · Posted at 07:12:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Regarding the telescope used to spot this space rock, which is awesomely called the Very Large Telescope by the way:
Imminent upgrades to these survey telescopes and improvements in data processing techniques mean that astronomers will soon be able to detect smaller and fainter objects. They expect a number of these to be interstellar interlopers like ’Oumuamua.
It seems that if there are as many the article says and it takes about a decade to pass through our solar system we should be sending probes to these things.
Realistically, say that we wanted to be able to view every angle around the earth with each of these robotic telescopes getting a certain area to patrol, how many and and how frequently would they need to be set up to encompass the earth?
Giant space bullet coming straight for us. Would leave a nice clean exit wound too.
Pyrizzo · 1 points · Posted at 07:49:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So we finally got a very large telescope at the European Southern Observatory. What should we name it? *I dunno, let’s go with Very Large Telescope (VLT). *
I didn't feel like having Thanksgiving this year anyways
Lotsaa1 · 1 points · Posted at 07:51:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The object contains a super virus that is spread through algae bloom type spores that infect life on planets, it was sent here by the tall blonde nordic alien cunts /s
This article is kind of sensationalized....the last paragraph explains how intersteller asteroids are common and our solar system get 3 new ones every day.
While reading this did anyone else suspect that it might be an onion article? Especially with the “Very Large Telescope (VLT)”. I ended up googling it, and it’s real in Chile. here
This presented a unique opportunity for scientists to launch an intercept probe and study the most elusive of celestial wanderers. In late 2018, the Harbinger Comet Explorer launched and successfully intercepted the comet eight months later. The probe transmitted less than three seconds of video before contact was lost. Though awash in light and indistinct, more than a few observers claimed the images depicted a shape that resembled a giant eye.
Within hours of losing contact with the probe, the comet appeared to change course, intelligently! Its new trajectory would intercept Earth in less than five months. The defense forces of every major nation worked feverishly to move the comet off course with a barrage of nuclear warheads but to no avail. Four hundred thousand miles from Earth, the comet split into five separate fragments that crashed at equidistant corners of the globe. Earthquakes and tsunamis shook the planet, and a sizable portion of Chicago disappeared forever in a massive crater that has since altered the contour of Lake Michigan. The Planet Eaters were here.
Wow. Imagine how many millions of years that thing spent in sheer nothingness, drifting through interstellar space until by some random chance it drifted into our tiny little bit of space and we happened to see it. Now it's gone into interstellar space for an another unimaginably long period of time until its next chance encounter.
Also, I know it's a tiny pedantic nitpick but there is only one star named Sol and thus there is only one Solar system. Other systems are more accurately described as star systems.
It's an incorrect pedantic nitpick. The name of the star we orbit is the sun. Just like the moon's name is "the moon" and not Luna and the Earth is "the Earth" and not Terra.
You, I, and the creator of those websites all know that we use the words Sol, Luna, and Terra in reference to the Latin names for their respective celestial objects. The only arguments I see on those pages are false equivalences with the unnecessary "science fiction story I read" strawman at the start. The only reference to Roman Latin naming systems for these celestial bodies is when the author wrote "True but that doesn't matter, since I'm talking about the English name for the Sun." We clearly aren't... otherwise the author's websites would have no reason to even exist.
I don't care what's correct. I like how "Sol" sounds, and I'm going to use it, as an affectation
Fine. I don't care. Just don't tell anyone else that its name isn't "the Sun".
Nobody is making that argument; it's a another strawman fallacy. The English name is "The Sun", the Latin name is "Sol". This seems to be a simple fact that eludes the author. The reason we call things by their old Roman Latin names goes way back to the Roman conquest of Britain. Every piece of official written business was conducted in Latin: legal matters, measurements, medical terminology, scientific terminology, astronomical terminology, etc. This is a tradition that survived the various subsequent conquests of Britain and continues to this day in English-speaking countries.
I concede that it is common for words or phrases that are borrowed from another language to lose their original meaning, context, or intent. Language evolves and over a period of time, these exact words tend to be used in a less exact way ("common parlance"). I believe that is definitely the case here. The term "Solar System" has been stripped of its exact meaning "1. the sun together with all the planets and other bodies that revolve around it". Over time, people unfamiliar with the exact definition of the term have adapted it to have an additional broader meaning: "2. a similar system with celestial bodies revolving around a star other than the sun", as dictionary.com defines it
However, I do know the more exact definition of the terms Sol and Solar and why those definitions are relevant. I have the choice to use it as a generic term when speaking casually about systems around other stars and I also have the choice to use a more correct term instead: "star systems". In a world where seemingly infinite information is available instantaneously for free, I think it's important to take a few minutes to learn the proper nomenclature (hehe, more Latin) for a subject we wish to discuss in detail. I will understand what you mean when you say "the Solar system" and "a Solar system", but my lip is going to twitch a little.
No one knows exactly how life started on Earth, but one of the fairly likely theories is that the necessary molecules for life arrived on an asteroid, having truly originated elsewhere.
If the Earth was facing doom... It would surely be our responsibility to do something similar. We can't be sure there is life anywhere else, thus a doomed Earth could be the end of all life forever.
Wouldn't we fire off some DNA covered asteroids towards solar systems containing Earth like planets?
Who is to say that's not what this is, from some other planet?
It's not really likely at all, to be honest. Terrestrial abiogenesis requires that at some point in our planet's four-and-a-half billion year history, the necessary molecules formed in some volatile and high-energy environment, full stop. Panspermia requires that to happen on some other world in at most our galactic neighborhood, sometime in the last thirteen-or-so billion years, and then further requires that some of the resultant necessary molecules got jettisoned from their mother system without being destroyed, and then made their way across interstellar space over billions of years without undergoing too much radioactive decay or experiencing some other end-of-the-line catastrophe, and then fell into the gravity well of a main sequence star like our own before it fell into the gravity well of any other system, and then fell into the gravity well of a planet in that star's relatively narrow habitable zone before it fell onto any other type of body, which includes the much more massive gas giants that make up most of the non-stellar mass of our system, as well as the hugely massive Sun itself, and then survived impact on the very thermally-active surface. It has one explanatory advantage over terrestrial abiogenesis, and that's the extra nine billion years the original extraterrestrial abiogenesis might have had to happen. After that, it's innumerable strokes of good luck to get from where it happened to the Earth, and those bring the probability way, way down.
Panspermia is possible of course, at least as far as I know, and if it happened it might even be more likely to be due to some intelligence species' last ditch space program than sheer chance, but it's not close to as likely as life simply developing on its own on Earth.
So at what point do we just have launches on standby, ready to go at hours notice, to intercept these kinds of objects with instruments?
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 08:52:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So... how hard would it be to catch it and transport it to earth orbit?
Edit: or a similar object provided we know of it in advance? Would it be possible to alter its orbit and park it somewhere (or smash it for example into the surface of Mars for further study) or it's not feasible given the speed?
Baktru · 1 points · Posted at 09:28:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
At the speed it's going and with how late we saw it? It's gone. We can't get to it.
"The certainty of its extraterrestrial origin comes from an analysis that shows its orbit is almost impossible to achieve from within our solar system."
I think they mean extrasolar or something. I think they could guess off the bat that it didn't come from Earth.
What if -bear with me- life as we know it exists because foreign objects colluded with Earth and that that's the only reason we're here... Because our solar system lacks the necessary building blocks for organic life, while other systems such as this one's home system are rich in it? That means our entire existence wasn't even supposed to happen and is just a complete accident, while also giving pointers to where to look for life, right? Just calculate its trajectory and where it came from (probably taking into account cosmic movement as well)....
I could be completely wrong of course. But it's fun to speculate.
when i read the name of the „asteroid „
i only saw mao wa mo shindeirue
brain no work here anymore brain move out and have family body stoopid eyes stoopider
Morbo28 · 1 points · Posted at 09:38:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"The certainty of its EXTRATERRESTRIAL origin comes from an analysis that shows its orbit is almost impossible to achieve from within our solar system"
Ahhhh...as long as it's not from EARTH it's extraterrestrial right?
That would be the equivalent of of taking the carpet, furniture, tapestry and biological matter from a crime scene, and giving all the detective haircuts there, then running everything through a blender before trying to figure out how the murder took place=P
That's quite different. The Orion shield would've been designed to withstand a known energy amount from the nuclear explosions. Plus, I seem to recall that the energy amount per explosion was pretty small (slow acceleration, high top speed). This thing is a rock - which are known to be quite fragile. It was hurtling past our solar system. So fast that even the Sun couldn't catch it. This means that amount of energy needed to redirect it would probably blast it to smithereens Even if it was somehow magically possible to nuke it into a Sun orbit, the thing would be utterly contaminated. There's probably not life, or evidence of it, on the surface, but the contamination would go deeper due to breakage. I just don't think it would work.
Would it be theoretically possible to land a probe on to a such asteroid and get a piggyback ride across the galaxy?
If such probe could even make its own fuel and replicate new parts from the asteroid, it could potentially send data for quite a while.
Now I dem ain't naw schman-say fan-say Science guy with dem der-gree, bit I er knows a Sol-ar Sys-tem hat to hav a Sol at der cen-ter to bay con-sid-dered a Sol-Ar sys-tem...
Wat you's got dere boy wud be fro ano-dere Star-Sys-Tem.
GeistMD · 1 points · Posted at 10:54:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It would be just our luck to get a visitor during the age of Trump...
The awesome thing is. If we just don't die out and develop better technologies, we WILL get a probe of that thing or at least take a look at it in the future when we have the technology. Because now we know this asteroid exists.
yoyanai · 1 points · Posted at 11:08:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It is widely thought that the delivery of organic molecules to the early Earth by the collision of comets and asteroids made life here possible. ’Oumuamua shows that the same could be possible in other solar systems.
Why wouldn't it be? And how does 'Oumuamua' show that?
mahade · 1 points · Posted at 11:18:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'm always skeptical when it comes to this sort of stuff. Something makes me want to believe that the entire universe is just full of more of the same. Then again, mankind has not even seen a billionth of the observable universe so what do I know. I just thing this thing might be a block of very familiar things and that's that.
Still, exciting. If we end up finding an entirely new type of mineral or find traces of life (however unlikely that may be) it would rock our scientific world.
mrclay · 1 points · Posted at 11:20:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's an Inanimate Carbon Rod!
RadamA · 1 points · Posted at 11:21:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So basically a roundup of observations of the "comet" discovered last month.
Each of these interstellar interlopers would be just passing through. They are travelling too fast to be captured by the gravity of the Sun. Yet it still takes them about a decade to cross our solar system and disappear back into interstellar space.
Planet X ejecting massive debris. I bet if we calculate omuamuas elliptical orbit we can more pinpoint where Planet X.
Is there anyway we can just make a super light weight probe using off the shelf parts. put it on a Big freaking rocket (Falcon Heavy/Maxed out Atlas) to throw it out there as hard as we can? maybe intercept it in 10-15 years? I mean are we really gonna have a shot like this again anytime soon?
Reminds me of Starship Troopers — the arachnids would hurl asteroids at Earth, causing untold devastation. This one looks like it was shaped and crafted for precisely such a purpose (it wasn't). Makes me wonder whether a cigar-shaped asteroid would do more damage compared to the traditional boulder shape?
I just hope no one in the dark forest has spotted us.
FlatBot · 1 points · Posted at 12:37:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Just another reminder that at any time some random rock from space could enter our solar system and fuck shit up for us. If big enough, it could disrupt orbits or smash into Earth, destroying everything.
"The latest analyses with ground-based telescopes show that ’Oumuamua is quite similar to some comets and asteroids in our own solar system. This is important because it suggests that planetary compositions like ours could be typical across the galaxy."
I'm interested to know how they came to the estimation of 10,000 others in our solar system if this is the first one discovered. Even more curious of the estimation that 3 enter our solar system and 3 leave every day. How have they formed such a drastic estimation off of only one object being sighted?
The obvious answer is because space is so incredibly huge.
You'd have to dig into their math which is, of course, going to be laden with all sorts of relevant assumptions.
But it's the same sort of thing as spotting a cockroach in a corner of a football field and working out how many there are likely to be on the entire field. The simplest approach is just to multiply what you've found by ratio of the area of the field and the area of the corner you've seen.
Well... the ratio of a sphere with radius of two light-years over whatever we've been able to scan is very likely staggeringly enormous.
That makes sense. I would love to see their math on it. Not that I'd be able to understand fraction of it. It would still be interesting to see I think.
"It is thought to be an extremely dark object, absorbing 96% of the light that falls on its surface..-"
So, if this thing is an alirn ship covered up as an asteroid, it runs on solar power? My tinfoil hat may be out, but it seems we're on the right track here on earth boys! 😃
Each of these interstellar interlopers would be just passing through. They are travelling too fast to be captured by the gravity of the sun. Yet it still takes them about a decade to cross our solar system and disappear back into interstellar space.
So could we even catch one to land on it if it's moving that quick and in an odd orbital plane? Seems like that'd take a prohibitive amount of delta-v to pull off.
Kebooms · 1 points · Posted at 13:17:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This is the coolest thing to happen for a long time. Think of how different this thing might be? It might open up a whole new world of biology if there are any organics on it somewhere, it might even tell us whether our idea of the universe applies outside of this solar system.
So basically, a giant rock from another solar system just zipped past our sun, and is possibly dropping off little gift baggies of molecules on each planet it passes by... start of an invasion?!?!
What if it is a planet seeder and it is taking some form of life to an uninhabited habitable world in another star system and its passing us by because it already detected primitive life?
Smoolz · 1 points · Posted at 14:06:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Conscience of the Flood, everyone. Everyone, Conscience of the Flood.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 14:08:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
that is the type of round used by Kardashev scale II civilisations.
How long do we have to observe its path before we can accurately backtrack it and figure out where it came from? Or, has our solar system already messed with it enough that we wouldn't be able to do that?
Unfortunately there's probably no way to conclusively identify which exact star it came from. While we can 'backtrack' its trajectory to a high accuracy and say it came from the direction of the star Vega, it will have taken 300,000 years to travel that distance and 300,000 years ago Vega was not in the same place. All the stars in the stellar neigbourhood are travelling at different speeds, different angles, and are all gravitationally interacting with each other in complicated ways, plus we're discovering new nearby stars all the time- so there really is no way to extrapolate backwards and work out where this asteroid came from. Plus, there's no way to find out how long its been travelling- is this its first interaction with a star system? Or has it been wandering the galaxy for billions of years?
However, given its angle and the x/y/z components of its velocity we can tell that 'Oumuamua's velocity is similar to that of stars in the stellar neighbourhood, meaning it 'probably' came from a nearby star.
bicho08 · 1 points · Posted at 14:36:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Kind of scary to think about. According to the article about 3 enter and 3 leave our solar system per day. What if one of those had a trajectory that lined up straight to earth?
But really the overall tracking. So not just speed, but direction and recorded path. As they take more "snapshots", if you will, of the object's location they can work out it's path. Enough data and they can determine its orbit... if it's actually orbiting the Sun.
When they determine that it's essentially on a "fly-by" path and not an orbit at all, they assess that it's going to leave the Solar System and that it came from outside the Solar System.
The inherent assumption in all of that is that the object has no self-propulsion.
If they were to attack this would be the best time.
1adog1 · 1 points · Posted at 15:49:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It is thought to be an extremely dark object, absorbing 96% of the light that falls on its surface, and it is red. This colour is the hallmark of organic (carbon-based) molecules.
Now this thread has got me asking. It's pretty clear that Oumuamua is not some kind of generation ship, interstellar craft or Von Nuemann probe.
But if one did show up in our solar system headed for earth could we detect it and how long would it take us? assuming the craft didn't try to contact the planet in some way?
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 17:54:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Looks like the Zentraedi made it after all, just a few years late.
Ok so am I the only one who thinks that this is a bit ridiculous? It has a Hawaiian name for the love of god. Last time I checked Hawaii was right here in the US of A. /s
slaidew · 1 points · Posted at 18:49:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What are the chances of an interstellar object not being from another solar system?
Doesn't calling it an interstellar object already imply that it's from another solar system? Isn't this title equivalent to something like"UFO confirmed to be unidentified"?
Looks more like a probe or something all the time. How convenient was a path between Earth and Mars? The 2 you might want to know the most about without being detected. They think it came from outside because they went by the trajectory and backtracked, not because they noticed it come in....yeah, puttin that out there.
If it's a probe and doesn't want to be seen, they'd have better chances of that coming from the sun towards us, where we essentially have a sort of blind eye to such things.
Don't worry about trying to chase down this particular interstellar object before it escapes, there'll be another one along any minute. (More precisely, about one every eight hours according to the linked article.) It shouldn't be that long before we can detect them more easily and prepare to visit one and return a material sample.
(I didn't read the argument for the eight-hour estimate but I imagine it goes something like this: Oumuamua came a lot closer to earth than a typical interstellar visitor to our solar system would, so that suggests that there's a whole lot more of them that we never see because we're only capable of seeing the really close ones so far. As our observational capabilities steadily increase we should manage to see one before it's zooming away too fast.)
ELI5 please. is this object faster than any others in our solar system, that it can "flee" out of the system. how does gravitation of the sun not "keep" it in our solar system?
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 12:07:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
thank you! but does sun's gravity at least change its course a little bit?
tlowe90 · 2 points · Posted at 12:25:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You know the coin funnel things you see in some malls? The charity ones that you put a coin in and it goes around in circles and eventually falls into the hole to be collected? Gravity can kind of be visualized that way. Well if instead of dropping the coin into the slot, you forcefully rammed it to give it more velocity, given the amount added was high enough, the coin would go into the funnel and back out because the momentum the coin had was enough to overcome the curve of the funnel trying to direct the coin inward.
Gerryba · 1 points · Posted at 11:49:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Its a giant turd
Uvtha- · 1 points · Posted at 13:38:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The Anunnaki have come for their gold... WAKE UP SHEEPLE!
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 16:26:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Your mothers dildo has now entered our solar system.
this can't be too surprising given that we are supposedly on a collision course with the andromeda galaxy. it would just follow that outlying bits of it could be making their way through our system on a daily basis
Look up Fermi's paradox, or any one of the other several "great filter" type theories out there.
There are many, many good reasons to NOT contact aliens, and the only good one (strictly from our perspective) is the ability to leech off their advances to better our situation. Except it's highly unlikely any random aliens show up just to share their homework. Not many scenarios end well for us.
Hell, just here "at home" on Earth, if an object verifiably alien shows up heading in system, there's just as much chance of us ending each other in nuclear war as coming together to greet the aliens. After all, your enemies can't benefit from alien tech if they're gone. And if you think your country won't get that tech, you have nothing to lose by attacking your enemies. It may well be your last chance.
I remember reading a post or comment on here about why space travel, finding alien life, and making it outside our solar system are all extremely impossible until we figure out FTL travel. I'd love to give that another read again.... Hoping someone here can help me out...
I get you were making a joke, it wasn’t that complicated. But I was being serious about the reply. There’s a ton of good reading on the subject out there.
I don't know what drives me to this frustration but kicking it's ass satisfies like no other.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 08:00:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This is it man. The feeling of beating something that has been beating you for the past half hour to 3 hours over the course of multiple days is just so amazing.
Using robotic telescopes such as Pan-STARRS, the one that detected ’Oumuamua, to look for asteroids is a priority for astronomers as they concentrate on discovering potentially hazardous objects that could impact Earth.
Isn't the mesosphere supposed to burn up asteroids before impact?
Sure. That just means we get to know roughly when we're gonna die. There's precisely nothing we can do if flying death Texas is on guaranteed crash course with earth.
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 05:56:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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Vipitis · 0 points · Posted at 06:42:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Herr is the issue, it is already gone.
If it had been broken up and a small part got shifted to a solar orbit, we might hear of it again, but the period is huge.
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 06:42:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This sounds like it’s apart of the prologue to a Dead Space game.
The fact is, there is but one Solar system, you didn't get the joke because of your ignorance, which you seem to want to retain. You are likely a product of the American public school system.
Unless it came from an alternate dimension it would have come from another planetary system. Sol is our sun, Solar means "of Sol", which there is only one of. Barring suggestions for multidimensional space time quantum effects that collapse into single observable states of some shit like that.
-deep edited with star system which is a system of orbiting stars. A planetary system is a system of planets that orbit around one or more stars.
How could they possibly confirm it’s from another solar system. We don’t even have the ability to inhabit our closest planet let alone confirm the existence of every object in our own solar system.
cxp3 · 3 points · Posted at 07:47:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Did you read the article?
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 12:51:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They can tell that it's current trajectory is unachievable from within our solar system.
[deleted] · -2 points · Posted at 08:07:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And in other news: a new cure for cancer has made it to the front page of reddit yet again!
That title is both redundant and incorrect. Interstellar, by definition, means from another star system, and there is only one solar system, our sun is named Sol.
Are there picturrs and not artists renditions? If you don't pictures and just a bunch of pixels and numbers than it's called fake. If I say I have a 10" member but can't provide pictures then you can bet it's not 10".
Whenever I hear of things like this (or just when I want a little trip) I "project" myself to the surface of far away celestial bodies. With a head filled with sci-fi and walking through different terrains on earth, it's not hard to be in the dim light and cold ice of europa, to smell the stink of Titan, the pressure and howling winds of jupiter or the near warmth of finally being in a star system after the immense distance of near deep space.
Malteser · -4 points · Posted at 13:39:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Am I the only one that thinks it looks like a rolled joint?
Andazeus · -9 points · Posted at 10:23:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The title makes me cringe. The object cannot, by definition, be from another solar system, because only one solar system exists in the universe. It comes from another STAR system. That's why it is called an interstellar object, not an intersolar one.
In common jargon, it's not odd to refer to the star(s) that the current planet the speaker is referring to orbits as "suns", even when they aren't necessarily "the Sun". It's similar to referring to using any internet Web search as "googling something"- it's a genericized name, because the one star-with-planets-orbiting-it that we most care about is the Sun.
While I understand this happening to some people occasionally, as people not really interested in astronomy may not be aware of the definition might refer to other stars as suns just like your grandma might refer to your collection of gaming consoles as "Nintendos", I would expect an article written by a journalist about a scientific, astronomic finding to use the correct terminology.
Accidental transit into our realm. It's happened billions of times before but maybe not recently. This is not an ('earth shattering') event worth mentioning unless it's a threat.
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 05:07:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It doesn't even exist. It is a scientist fiction attempt to become an author. We know absolutely nothing about made up OMooMoo. Except it has a hilarious name.
This is the first interstellar asteroid that's ever been observed. The distance between solar systems and how gravity works makes it super rare that objects from outside our solar system make their way into it.
ridimar · 2 points · Posted at 07:28:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yes I appreciate that. I was just having a laugh so cheers for the downvote if it was you.
Not that upvotes or downvotes matter, imo, but I didn't downvote you. I don't think I have ever downvoted anyone on this site.
ridimar · 1 points · Posted at 07:56:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Cool :)
smitteh · -6 points · Posted at 11:19:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Mindblowing how people just spoon feed this stuff like it's fact. Exactly what makes you people think that we actually have the slightest idea the origin of a piece of space matter? It's space, infinite. Did our super duper telescopes reveal a made in china/other solar system tag on the rock? No. They see different colors and wavelengths of light. That's all. Nothing that could truly place the origin of this thing from somewhere out in the infinite void. Wake up and be realistic people.
Where something originated can be deduced by measuring its speed and trajectory. It's not even hard, astronomers do it for comets & asteroids all the time.
Think of the place of origin like a gun and the object is the bullet. One can track the trajectory, motion, and speed to determine where the "bullet" was "fired" from.
fro222 · -6 points · Posted at 12:30:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
A rock floating in space, with bacteria on it, what a find. /s I feel like humans are so primitive that we are getting excited by a rock in space. Really reaching here.
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Sabot15 · 5870 points · Posted at 04:23:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Ashame we have no technology available to intercept it and get a sample.
ClarkeOrbital · 1502 points · Posted at 06:43:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We are looking at top level mission design right now to launch within 5 years to
rendezvousfly by in the outer solar system in about 10 or 15 years from now. It can still happen and it will absolutely fascinating if the mission can get funding.Edit: Found the paper I read
https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1711/1711.03155.pdf
killgore-clout · 517 points · Posted at 10:18:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Rendezvous with rama, huh? We're going to need puzzle solvers, lots of puzzle solvers.
Edit: a word
[deleted] · 17 points · Posted at 12:27:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Now thats a game I havnt thought about in many years, yet at the first mention of it I instantly remember the soundtrack.
krakapow · 59 points · Posted at 12:37:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There is a game? The book is amazing.
[deleted] · 15 points · Posted at 12:41:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_-WoHVKhNQ a 90s point and click adventure. I liked it as a kid and I was terrified of some of the death scenes you can get. I can't say much if it holds up or if you can even buy/download it anywhere. Mostly nostalgia for me.
dmarko · 4 points · Posted at 12:40:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What are you talking about?
kare_kano · 38 points · Posted at 12:57:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There were 4 books written by Arthur C. Clarke. The game is based on the first two.
knotquiteawake · 5 points · Posted at 13:25:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There's more books? I read the first book earlier this year. Loved it. Hadn't even thought to see if there were more. It seemed so self contained.
fernandofig · 14 points · Posted at 13:44:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The first book is all A. C. Clarke. The second through the fourth book is actually written by Gentry Lee, with some input and revision from Clarke (even though the covers obviously seem to suggest the contrary).
From what I've seen from reviews, due to lesser involvement from Clarke, these sequels have a different tone and are more character-driven (as opposed to science driven), which seemed like a letdown to me (and the reviews seem to agree they have a lower quality because of it and other reasons), so I never was too excited to read the sequels, but I've seen some praise for them here on reddit, so I might just pick it up and see what's what.
YakMan2 · 5 points · Posted at 13:59:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It is more character driven, and the characters are fantastic. Definitely a shift from the first one, but if you go in with that expectation you’ll enjoy it I think.
If i recall correctly, the books follow the characters as they board and live aboard Rama as it travels across the stars.
Narfubel · 1 points · Posted at 14:40:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I read the first book about 15 years ago and barely remember it but didn't the Endeavor crew make it off Rama before it left the solar system?
Do the sequels ever explain who sent Rama and why?
YakMan2 · 2 points · Posted at 14:48:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The Endeavor crew does, but in Rama II a second one comes through the solar system and that one leaves with a team of astronauts.
Honestly I can't remember if they were trapped or if it was intentional, it has been so long. I also can't remember if there was any explanation.
I'll have to re-read the books at some point, mostly I just remember that I enjoyed them.
Taskforce58 · 2 points · Posted at 20:39:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
All I remember from Rama II was one of the crew built a pair of Shakespear quoting mini robots, one modelled after Prince Hal and the other Sir John Falstaff.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 15:02:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You're very correct!
Alaistair Reynolds did a similar take on Rama with Pushing Ice. A very good read about a team of ice miners who find out that Enceladus (iirc) is actually a spaceship; they catch up to it with a hastily-planned mission and get stuck because of space magic and plot requirements, but it is a really good read throughout.
thewb005 · 2 points · Posted at 16:11:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That was my biggest beef with the sequels. I love reading Clarke for the macro/hard scifi, which Rendezvous with Rama had, but the other books focused on very flat characters and moved away to a much more higher scifi.
knotquiteawake · 1 points · Posted at 16:16:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'll see what the Kindle price is. I'm almost done with my generic Sci fi military drama #5 book so some hard sci-fi would be preferable.
Edit: GOOD NEWS EVERYONE! with my kindle unlimited account the second book is free to borrow.
FinibusBonorum · 2 points · Posted at 19:35:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Do yourself the favor and read one through three, but skip number four. Like The Matrix which would have been best to stand alone without any sequels, Rama 4 is a big letdown.
knotquiteawake · 1 points · Posted at 20:05:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Thanks
antonivs · 1 points · Posted at 02:33:04 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
For me, the Gentry Lee books were S&F - Shopping & Fucking. They were like soap operas.
handy_arson · 2 points · Posted at 13:29:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Four total I think and the last has a great analogy for life in the universe that always stuck with me. I won't ruin it for you but definitely a great series.
kare_kano · 2 points · Posted at 14:11:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh yes, it gets even better. In fact, the ending of the first book strongly hints there's more to come.
grte · 3 points · Posted at 14:19:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I don't know about better. I felt the first book was the strongest.
dmarko · 7 points · Posted at 13:08:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Amazing stuff. Thank you for the information.
the_nin_collector · 6 points · Posted at 14:21:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The sequels are so bad and only co-written iirc. The original is amazing though.
kare_kano · 1 points · Posted at 14:28:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They do tend to go on a tangent, and it's hard to replicate the sense of wonder from the first, but I think I can safely say I'd be sorry if they didn't exist. The original left me with too many questions. :)
DarthOtter · 2 points · Posted at 13:11:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I've been rereading some classic sci fi, I should put that in on my list, after Dune and the Foundation trilogy...
kare_kano · 5 points · Posted at 14:17:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh, please do, even if you only read the first one. Rama is Clarke at his best, a vivid experience that makes you live every paragraph, fills you with a sense of wonder, and leaves you with haunting memories. It's been years since I've last read it but I've formed pictures for every scene and landscape clearly in my mind. There's only a handful of SciFi books that left me with such a strong impression. (Dune is indeed a strong contender.)
Onacle_in_space · 3 points · Posted at 13:26:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Try "Illustrated man" by Ray Bradbury.
DarthOtter · 1 points · Posted at 17:21:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oooh it's been a while since I read that one. I should throw some Bradbury to reread into my ongoing list.
Onacle_in_space · 2 points · Posted at 21:21:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Bradbury is one of my favorites :)
OakenGreen · 2 points · Posted at 16:02:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Definitely do. Its one of my favorite sci do books of all time. Just an amazing sense of atmosphere. The ending left some people a bit underwhelmed, but I felt it was the perfect ending. I’ve yet to read the sequels due to a lot of bad reviews but I think I’m going to pick them up soon.
A5pyr · 1 points · Posted at 13:44:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Sounds phenomenal, adding to the list of books I'll try to read in the next decade.
the_nin_collector · 8 points · Posted at 14:19:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It was a MAJOR book way before it was a minor forgettable game.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 15:30:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I've sadly only read the second book, and I mainly read it due to enjoying the game first.
go_kartmozart · 4 points · Posted at 14:32:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's a bit easier if you keep in mind that the Ramans do everything in threes.
knotquiteawake · 3 points · Posted at 13:27:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I just read that book for the first time earlier this year and that's exactly what popped in my mind. It's even a cylinder shape too.
CzarEggbert · 3 points · Posted at 14:28:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That was the first thing I thought of when I saw it's "unusual" shape.
seventhseventysecond · 2 points · Posted at 14:22:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Jut use a gravitational assist to go THE OTHER WAY
Knut_Sunbeams · 2 points · Posted at 14:27:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
First thing I thought of. Aslong as they go in 3's it'll be all good.
patniemeyer · 2 points · Posted at 14:34:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Are they ever going to make a movie out of that book? I've been waiting for it since I was a kid.
an-can · 2 points · Posted at 15:12:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There was rumors about it some years ago. I had forgotten it until I read this thread.
Edit: Quoting Wikipedia here
Film[edit] In the early 2000s, actor Morgan Freeman expressed his desire to produce a film based on Rendezvous with Rama. The film has been stuck in "development hell" for many years. In 2003, after initial problems procuring funding, it appeared the project would go into production.[12] The film was to be produced by Freeman's production company, Revelations Entertainment. David Fincher, touted on Revelations' Rama web page as far back as 2001,[13] stated in a late 2007 interview that he was still attached to helm.[14]
By late 2008, David Fincher stated the movie was unlikely to be made. "It looks like it's not going to happen. There's no script and as you know, Morgan Freeman's not in the best of health right now. We've been trying to do it but it's probably not going to happen."[15]
In 2010, Freeman stated in an interview that he was still planning to make the project but that it has been difficult to find the right script. He also stated that it should be made in 3D.[16] In January 2011, Fincher stated in an interview with MTV that he was still planning to make the film after he had completed work on his planned remake of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (which was scheduled to begin production in 2012 but has since been scrapped[17]). He also reiterated Freeman's concerns about the difficulty of finding the right script.[18]
In an interview with Neil deGrasse Tyson in February 2012, Freeman indicated an interest in playing the role of Commander Norton for the film, stating that "my fantasy of commanding a starship is commanding Endeavour". Tyson then asked, "So is this a pitch to be ... that person if they ever make that movie?" to which Freeman reaffirmed, "We ARE going to make that movie." In response to a plea to "make that come out sooner rather than later", Freeman reiterated that difficulty in authoring a high quality script is the primary barrier for the film, stating "... the only task you have that's really really hard in making movies, harder than getting money, is getting a script ... a good script".[19]
ahighcoldstar · 1 points · Posted at 12:37:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
AIR BIKES!
zomgieee · 1 points · Posted at 12:41:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And a bike !
sarathompson · 1 points · Posted at 14:22:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'm in! Senior CS, 30 years experience
PathToExile · 1 points · Posted at 15:06:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I love the Rama series! First thing I thought of as well.
LanMarkx · 1 points · Posted at 15:17:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And 2 more to send afterward.
lapsedhuman · 1 points · Posted at 16:01:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Beat me to it.
iWroteAboutMods · 1 points · Posted at 16:03:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And a flying bike...
thefonztm · 1 points · Posted at 16:22:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Not sure if you mistyped 'lotta' or 'iota' you bastard!
killgore-clout · 1 points · Posted at 16:24:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh shoot. Cheers
thefonztm · 1 points · Posted at 16:47:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Heh, ya fixed it. I miss the polar opposite possibilities tho.
arrayofeels · 1 points · Posted at 17:18:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well the good news is if we can't catch this one, we can be prepared for the next two...
Andromeda321 · 13 points · Posted at 12:59:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Astronomer here! I feel saying someone posted this to the ArXiv and therefore we’re lookin into doing this is a bit of a stretch. Anyone can post anything there, it’s not a refereed journal, and no space agency is on board with it so you’re definitely not getting funding in time to develop anything.
CowboyFlipflop · 3 points · Posted at 00:32:13 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yea I don't know what's credible/not in astronomy, but when I look at the author affiliations and there are no universities listed I get suspicious.
ClarkeOrbital · 2 points · Posted at 18:49:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Hi Andromeda,
I'll be honest I didn't know ArXiv was so lax. In the past I've found nothing but reputable articles from it when I'm looking for information on topics. Thanks for letting me know.
As for the lack of agency and funding I completely agree. It's a longshot of a mission but at the top level it's still possible. It's one I would love to work on if the opportunity presented itself over the next few years.
Andromeda321 · 5 points · Posted at 19:26:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yeah, to be clear, I do believe you have to be affiliated with an institution in some way to submit. But peer review? Hells no, it's a preprint service.
LordOfOz · 19 points · Posted at 09:41:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"a close solar flyby (down to 3 solar radii), nicknamed “solar fryby” is envisioned" best of scientific humour.
oldbean · 4 points · Posted at 14:29:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Why funny? Named by an Asian or something?
LordOfOz · 6 points · Posted at 15:02:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Fry as in deep fry i.e. a little bit toasty by getting pretty close to the sun.
st_Paulus · 11 points · Posted at 12:16:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I.e. nothing we currently have can catch up to the speed of that object. And we don't have time to develop something new.
Risley · 6 points · Posted at 12:41:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Good thing we waste so much money building bombs. They really helped us out here with this.
st_Paulus · 5 points · Posted at 12:50:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Bombs actually helped to prevent big war.
Modern computers is a direct result of military programs - ICBMs needed fast ballistic calculators.
Internet is a result of a system designed to survive nuclear war.
I can go on.
indivisible · 9 points · Posted at 13:02:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
To oppose your point a bit, if those innovations were mere side effects of concentrated war efforts, what do you think might have been achieved with the same money and resources applied to more humanitarian goals?
st_Paulus · 3 points · Posted at 13:55:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Survival is a strong motivator.
tightmakesright · 2 points · Posted at 13:20:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
sex robots...?
Dynamaxion · 2 points · Posted at 17:41:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Killing Nazis and stopping the spread of totalitarian socialism is a humanitarian goal.
sagnessagiel · 1 points · Posted at 18:13:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The US gave a lot of humanitarian and economic aid to any country or group that suppressed communism. In Europe, this was successful in rebuilding Europe in the Marshall plan, thus undermining the ability for communist groups to gain ground.
Unfortunately, many others were authoritarian dictatorships or bandit groups, most famously South Vietnam (with "hard" rice), the many resource rich but impoverished kleptocracies of Africa, the drug contras in Nicaragua, and the mujahedeen in Soviet Afghanistan.
So a lot was accomplished with foreign aid and the goal of removing authoritarian Communist regimes. Unfortunately it often went to the fiercest and most repressive groups who rarely were much better, and where drugs and jihad deployed there would prove to be our own undoing eventually.
https://youtu.be/dxhj4Jg3dzU
hungxipinghua · 1 points · Posted at 13:12:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
To be fair, we don't have many data points. Two cities nuked since nukes were invented isn't bad (especially considering they bombing/invasion they would have gotten anyway), but a hand full of more cities nuked with modern larger nukes will change your calculus considerably.
I think we need another 100 years of experience to get a proper verdict on the subject.
st_Paulus · 2 points · Posted at 13:58:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'm not sure I'm getting you right.
I'm trying to say nukes helped to prevent the war between Eastern and Western blocks.
hungxipinghua · 1 points · Posted at 14:24:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
No, you're saying they help create peace in general. ...and I'm saying that the Cold War was only one data point.
st_Paulus · 1 points · Posted at 15:29:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That's not what I'm saying.
brickmack · 0 points · Posted at 14:36:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Except that threat of war existed only because of nukes. America and the Soviets were already on shaky terms, and as soon as WWII ended the USSR was scared shitless of being next on Americas nuclear hitlist, and pushed everything they had into superweapons development to counter it. Get rid of nukes, and the whole conflict ends up being either shortened to a couple months of politicians yelling at each other before dissolving into tense peace and eventually economic entanglement, or at absolute worst a conventional war in which neither party really manages to inflict any noteworthy damage on the other
st_Paulus · 2 points · Posted at 15:40:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That's quite unusual point of view.
US was scared shitless the rest of Europe will fall into hands of USSR (one way, or another).
War was looming with or without the bomb.
I don't even know what to say... Why do you think so?
The situation could end up just like WW2.
Kandierter_Holzapfel · 1 points · Posted at 19:42:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Because we can't use them in space because of treaties, otherwise they would be the most powerfull propulsion system we could build now.
Kandierter_Holzapfel · 1 points · Posted at 19:34:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Nothing we can legally use under current international treaties that forbid nukes in space
st_Paulus · 1 points · Posted at 01:08:05 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
What nuclear weapons has to do with that?
Kandierter_Holzapfel · 1 points · Posted at 01:21:35 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
They make for an excellent propulsion if you want to accelerate a lot of mass very quickly to high velocity
st_Paulus · 1 points · Posted at 02:23:19 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
Nuclear weapons isn't exactly the same thing as nuclear powered propulsion. There are no treaties or laws prohibiting nuclear propulsion exist.
In fact - both US and Russia are currently developing nuclear powered space vehicles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch/?v=DcdfMcjUy_U
ТЭМ - "Транспортно Энергетический Модуль" (article in English is quite short).
Kandierter_Holzapfel · 1 points · Posted at 02:49:15 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
No, that something completly different
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_pulse_propulsion
st_Paulus · 1 points · Posted at 03:14:07 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
I was expecting that (:
Problem isn't the law or treaties anyway. These things work in theory, like chemical space rockets in 19th century, but no one knows exactly how to make them fly as intended.
Kandierter_Holzapfel · 1 points · Posted at 03:45:55 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
And there is not much interest in figuring out because it is banned in the first place
st_Paulus · 1 points · Posted at 03:54:13 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
It isn't banned.
Nuclear pulse device is supposed to use explosions, but it's not a weapon/WMD per se.
tightmakesright · 4 points · Posted at 13:31:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Are we? That proposal seems to be helmed by some nonprofit called i4is, which is apparently an institution that hasn't even earned the right to call themselves an institution yet. That hardly sounds like top level mission design to me.
ClarkeOrbital · 1 points · Posted at 18:18:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Math can be done by anyone believe it or not. At the highest level of any mission design, "is it possible?" should be asked. I'd say answering that question is important for planning any mission.
TheMightyKutKu · 3 points · Posted at 12:41:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Couldn't be more glorious
Saiboogu · 3 points · Posted at 17:02:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Don't confuse possible with plausible - the delta-V budget suggested for a mission in ten years is exceptionally high, calling for a very high velocity launch from a hypothetical future launcher like BFR (Which, as much of a SpaceX cheerleader as I am is still very much a paper rocket that may not be ready in time to design a payload for, let alone in time to actually launch). And many of the more likely mission profiles either end with a very high speed flyby of the asteroid and/or meet it very far out from our system and require pretty hard to obtain and politically toxic thermal nuclear power sources.
It's a great paper, but the odds of flying the missions described are slim given the timelines and velocities required. It's a better study to consider what we might want to predesign and stage to launch after the next interstellar visitor.
ClarkeOrbital · 2 points · Posted at 18:14:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'll be honest, this isn't the initial paper I read which detailed multiple deltaV reqs using multiple different launches. I was tired last night, googled for it and thought I found it without reading.I have no idea where I saw that. I looked through my history and what I found was the official project lyra page. That being said the odds are slim regardless. There is a strict timeline requirement that we need to launch by before the mission length becomes astronomically high.raresaturn · 2 points · Posted at 12:29:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I am amazed they got that paper out so quickly
Andromeda321 · 8 points · Posted at 12:57:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Anyone can post anything on the ArXiv. It’s a preprint service where things don’t have to be refereed yet.
You’ll see people posting theories about big results literally the day after as a result.
pynewbie · 2 points · Posted at 13:51:28 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This needs to happen sounds like this sorta thing doesn't happen very often.
malaysianzombie · 2 points · Posted at 17:32:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Kickstarter that shit.. It will get all the funding it needs
TheDeadlyZebra · 1 points · Posted at 13:02:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Great. But how will we handle the interstellar space parasites?
KazarakOfKar · 1 points · Posted at 20:46:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This really needs to happen
ClarkeOrbital · 1 points · Posted at 21:01:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
In the same vein as the Net Neutrality business, call your reps and tell them you want to see a mission to this object. Congress is more likely to fund any mission if they have the support of constituents when the administration comes asking for funding.
KazarakOfKar · 1 points · Posted at 21:04:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I feel like at this point private industry is going to be how we really explore space. We need to discover something incredibly useful to industry on Earth yet incredibly rare, in quantity either on a near earth object (Asteroid or Comet) or on a planet in our solar system.
If Industry can find a way to make the numbers work, they will innovate and make it happen.
ClarkeOrbital · 1 points · Posted at 21:57:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This is a purely scientific mission and would provide precisely zero economic benefit to a private entity.
While I don't disagree with you on the future of private industry in space. In general, pure research funding will almost always come from the government unless it can result in economic benefits. For example, SpaceX developing launch, land, and relaunch capabilities for Falcon 9 where the goal is launch more rockets cheaper -> make more money. However, no company will benefit economically from sending a scientific payload to an interplanetary object.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 00:13:53 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
Wow.. I've an idea.. peg mission cost to samples retrieved from this asteroid.. so we will have the money spent at the end of mission and then give it (money) to donors.
ClarkeOrbital · 1 points · Posted at 00:27:18 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
A fly by is at the absolute limits of our current tech. A rendezvous, landing, and return is out of the question for this one. It's tough to reach escape velocity...it's much much much harder to reach escape velocity and then come back.
Neglectful_Stranger · 1 points · Posted at 06:49:40 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
where's the dude who landed the probe on the meteor, we need him
ddj116 · 1 points · Posted at 14:29:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's a damn shame, the U.S. goverment just gave the military $80 billion more to spend over the next ten years. Imagine where our space program would be if we poured that kind of money into it. We'll never reach the stars as long as we spend all our money killing each other.
antonivs · -1 points · Posted at 14:14:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If "we" were a little less grandiose with "our" fantasies and more pragmatic about what's actually possible, "we" might get more done.
ClarkeOrbital · 1 points · Posted at 18:13:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's not a fantasy, it is a top level mission design despite its brevity. There's nothing there that says it's not possible. There's a reason I ignored the fusion drive paper from Princeton.
Try being less condescending next time too.
antonivs · 0 points · Posted at 01:46:38 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's a mission design from amateurs with no realism behind it whatsoever.
You're playing a childish game and pretending it's real. Space travel is your version of a god and you're just like any worshiper.
ClarkeOrbital · 1 points · Posted at 01:56:51 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
Ok :thumbsup:
Way to be toxic.
antonivs · 0 points · Posted at 02:21:33 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
You're pushing a lie. I find that reprehensible. Go find a club of people who want to play the same game.
ClarkeOrbital · 1 points · Posted at 04:30:48 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'm not pushing anything. If I had an agenda I would have said more definitive statements and neglected to post my source for people to contradict me. Instead, I left what I said out there, I haven't edited a thing, and even posted my source so people can make up their own minds about the matter. I only mentioned that it's possible.
As for lying I suggest you research characteristic velocity and what it means and reread the paper. Even amateurs can compare the C3's achievable by our current launch vehicles and see what and when this number crosses the C3 of Oumuamua. It merely states that it's possible.
I find your lack of respect for people reprehensible. You don't know anything about who I am or what I do. Go right on ahead with the sweeping generalizations about people. I won't pretend to know why you do it, I only ask that you think and do research before making assumptions.
HeiHuZi · 2537 points · Posted at 05:22:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Just send it a message and it can come to us.
Edit: Feels like a lifetime ago since I've had messages saying "you suckin'?"
nobody99356 · 2864 points · Posted at 05:54:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"U up?"
InOPWeTrust · 1270 points · Posted at 07:18:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
“new solar system who dis”
lanesane · 126 points · Posted at 09:24:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
“Lemme see a pic of you?”
St1ngpatel · 115 points · Posted at 12:24:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Can I send you a pic of my sun?"
MittensRL · 16 points · Posted at 13:35:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Kevin (Space)y
Nomad2k3 · 13 points · Posted at 14:07:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Send nudes of Uranus"
ioihtm · 3 points · Posted at 15:56:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
a/s/l ?
nosebleed22 · 3 points · Posted at 17:01:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Your Sun is thicc AF"
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 16:06:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Open bob
jeffrey09323 · 2 points · Posted at 14:19:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Lemme see bob and vagene pls
vajav · 1 points · Posted at 13:38:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Wassssup?
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 15:03:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"You have not kicked us, therefore you eat babies"
2068857539 · 1 points · Posted at 13:57:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Planetary* system. Only one sol.
warren2650 · 1741 points · Posted at 06:13:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Who dis?"
nobody99356 · 1001 points · Posted at 06:46:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Kik?"
Alexlam24 · 1796 points · Posted at 06:56:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Send bobs and vagene
CalvinsCuriosity · 875 points · Posted at 08:58:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
(. (. )
\ , /
/ v )
Edit: it looked so cool on my phone. =(
AsinoEsel · 503 points · Posted at 09:11:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
i appreciate your efforts.
-kindakrazy- · 90 points · Posted at 11:27:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Eh. I imagine that's what interstellar bobs and vagene would look like anyways.
Elektribe · 8 points · Posted at 12:33:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
pffttt... Black and white space bobs. My many years of SciFi have informed me I am to expect delicious blue, green, and orange space bobs. Sometimes with tentacle heads or three bobs.
A slime is fine too.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 13:24:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
[deleted]
A5pyr · 1 points · Posted at 13:41:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Ribbed for it's pleasure.
toeguns · 1 points · Posted at 14:34:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
To our limited comprehension, sure.
CalvinsCuriosity · 9 points · Posted at 09:18:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Hey, thanks friend. I hope you have a great day! Hugs!
Jonny_RockandFit · 1 points · Posted at 12:54:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You suckin?
CalvinsCuriosity · 1 points · Posted at 20:49:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Depends. You got anything worth sucking?
Daft_zack23 · 14 points · Posted at 10:55:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We have just received images of the alien!
Something about their form is... Familiar... Enticing even...
Elektribe · 3 points · Posted at 12:40:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There's yautja and xenomorph porn, I don't think enticing is really part of the equation at this point.
Fiskelord · 6 points · Posted at 11:30:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Don't worry, it looked cool on my phone as well 🙂
CalvinsCuriosity · 1 points · Posted at 20:36:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That's the spirit!
Parcus42 · 3 points · Posted at 11:39:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Fapfapfap
CalvinsCuriosity · 1 points · Posted at 20:38:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You can do it!
Arkadii · 3 points · Posted at 11:41:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This is why I don't trust teleporters
CalvinsCuriosity · 1 points · Posted at 20:39:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Great point.
Speezy183 · 3 points · Posted at 11:45:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Still looks pretty cool on my phone.
CalvinsCuriosity · 1 points · Posted at 23:46:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You're too kind!
Drummerboy860 · 3 points · Posted at 11:47:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Is it sad that that kinda turns me on?
NovelTAcct · 1 points · Posted at 13:40:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yep!
CalvinsCuriosity · 1 points · Posted at 20:39:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Noooooo. It's sad if you escape into it.
teh__Spleen · 3 points · Posted at 12:14:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Hey hot sexy mamma
CalvinsCuriosity · 1 points · Posted at 20:41:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
An absolute masterpiece! Belissimo!
dlbk03 · 3 points · Posted at 12:28:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
r/therewasanattempt
CalvinsCuriosity · 1 points · Posted at 23:45:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That's what matters right? Right!?
spookster86 · 3 points · Posted at 12:40:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
it's enough, I'll make it work
CalvinsCuriosity · 1 points · Posted at 23:46:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Now that's the spirit!
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 11:33:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You look cool on my phone bb
CalvinsCuriosity · 1 points · Posted at 20:36:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Awe thanks. You're so kind.
shaenorino · 2 points · Posted at 12:13:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Man, can you nsfw tag that please?
CalvinsCuriosity · 1 points · Posted at 20:40:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Many apologies. I'm new.
0catlareneg · 2 points · Posted at 12:35:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I can see it on mobile, so your efforts weren't completely wasted
CalvinsCuriosity · 1 points · Posted at 23:45:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Love you long time.
Zaseishinrui · 2 points · Posted at 12:49:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
looks ok on mine
CalvinsCuriosity · 2 points · Posted at 23:44:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well I'm glad someone got it.
rainpixels · 2 points · Posted at 13:10:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Mark Watney?
CalvinsCuriosity · 1 points · Posted at 20:51:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Science the shit out of this!
Frezox-Heavy · 2 points · Posted at 13:38:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Did this man just make a mistake and get more karma on this one post than I have overall?
CalvinsCuriosity · 2 points · Posted at 20:52:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Hey. I can share friend. Updoot to you. It's only karma. Once you realize it only means shit in terms of ea being worst of all time, then you can let go.
Frezox-Heavy · 2 points · Posted at 21:01:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Cheers man. Never seen a more wholesome person. Much love.
CalvinsCuriosity · 1 points · Posted at 22:19:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I wouldn't go that far. But thanks.
hjwoolwine · 2 points · Posted at 13:45:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
sweet alien vagene
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 16:06:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
[deleted]
CalvinsCuriosity · 1 points · Posted at 20:58:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yay. Do I get a cookie?
Toots_McGovern · 2 points · Posted at 11:44:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Looks like cubism.
CalvinsCuriosity · 2 points · Posted at 23:46:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'm an artist, mom!
Rainbow_Renegade · 1 points · Posted at 12:51:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
( . Y . )
Colinoscopy90 · 1 points · Posted at 14:48:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Why did you make a mech with laser eyes.
CalvinsCuriosity · 1 points · Posted at 20:33:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Cause pew pew!
alextastic · 1 points · Posted at 14:56:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
For me, it kind of looks like that guy from the Money For Nothing video.
j0324ch · 1 points · Posted at 19:25:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Sigh. unzip
delphiman · 24 points · Posted at 07:42:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Asl?
[deleted] · 27 points · Posted at 09:31:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
20/M/Earth
Deivv · 15 points · Posted at 10:55:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
347/?/¿◇~23♤♡
PM_ME_YOUR_BOURBON · 32 points · Posted at 07:29:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
All your bobs are belong to us
caboosetp · 17 points · Posted at 07:49:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
No, no. No bobs here. I clean.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 09:27:28 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
r/milkthethread
ViggoMiles · 9 points · Posted at 08:06:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
this a new STD?
[deleted] · 7 points · Posted at 08:44:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"I'm sorry Bob. The message was very clear about this. The other part of the message is less clear but we are hoping you can fill us in once you reach them. God Speed."
snopro · 5 points · Posted at 10:47:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Do milk
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 09:43:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Send Gronks and Flagellum
failedabortedfetus · 8 points · Posted at 08:53:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Zoop 👉😎👉
Nghtmare-Moon · 3 points · Posted at 10:46:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Single girls near you want to f*ck!
RedRedditor84 · 5 points · Posted at 10:37:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
/r/IndianPeopleSpaceBook
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 11:16:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Hahaha thanks for the laugh.
Carlweathersfeathers · 2 points · Posted at 11:22:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Send boobs and vger
lare290 · 3 points · Posted at 10:38:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Send me bobs and vagene. I'll give dangly bois and a long boi in exchange.
ImTheMehGuy · 3 points · Posted at 11:08:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Hallo bicth lasagna
IsThatOffensive · 1 points · Posted at 11:12:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Hassan?
dippyfreshdawg · 1 points · Posted at 11:52:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Elon Musk: Send readings of Mars
fallout52389 · 1 points · Posted at 12:18:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Brother bilo rattles cage. He senses the Vagene.
firstduenozzlejob · 1 points · Posted at 11:15:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
r/indianpeopleuniverse
Ninganah · 3 points · Posted at 07:20:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
@totallynotadeadlyalieninvasionship
ArcherInPosition · 3 points · Posted at 07:08:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"@hoovaq"
faissaloo · 3 points · Posted at 08:04:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"18F asl?"
Khan_Shot_First · 2 points · Posted at 08:22:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
a/s/l?
Green_Bay_Fappers · 2 points · Posted at 08:41:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Dtf?
ItzAlphaWolf · 1 points · Posted at 11:11:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
A/S/Solar Systen
AverageCivilian · 8 points · Posted at 07:13:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
“who u think😂”
Sorlex · 13 points · Posted at 07:42:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"New solar system who dis?"
Fortune_Cat · 3 points · Posted at 07:29:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Parents not home
InterstellarIsBadass · 2 points · Posted at 07:32:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
“It’s Earth! We only split up trillions of years ago!”
BiteSizeRudy · 2 points · Posted at 07:48:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
A/S/L?
teamguy89 · 2 points · Posted at 09:24:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Got a new phone, who dere’?
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 09:38:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
How crazy would it be if on some other planet life evolved almost exactly like it did here on Earth and there were effectively humans on it as well thinking they were the only ones.
Elektribe · 1 points · Posted at 13:15:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's relatively likely for spacefaring. There are aspects of evolution you'd expect to find similar. Hands with individual digits for intricate toolwork rather than say hooves or claws are almost definite. Having five fingers would be likely as wlll for most useful without too may or too little unless they've formed some adaption to enhance grip or precision in a way similar to how fingerprint grooves do that for us. Without any adaptions they likely will have fingerprints for grabbing in the water as well given how influential bodies of water are for sustaining life.
bipedalism is also highly likely as generally natural selection favors the optimal ease solutions. It's easier to develop standing on hind legs rather that developing a whole mother set of legs if you're already at four and four tends to be optical for non insectoid sized land animals.
SecretSensei · 2 points · Posted at 12:54:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This is Patrick.
_TheDrop · 2 points · Posted at 12:57:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
New phone who dis
reddits_dead_anyway · 1 points · Posted at 11:04:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"new sun..."
CommissarAdam · 1 points · Posted at 11:12:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
New star system, who dis?
Samaker · 1 points · Posted at 11:30:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"New phone"
TheFuturist25 · 1 points · Posted at 12:03:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"new phone"
KingMob9 · 1 points · Posted at 14:31:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
hi
asl?
Elgfisk · 0 points · Posted at 11:22:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"new verse, who dis?"
MisanthropeX · 10 points · Posted at 09:04:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"U sucking?"
Sporxable · 5 points · Posted at 09:20:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You suckin?
nilbogoblin1 · 5 points · Posted at 09:02:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
New asteroid who dis?
CallMe_Dig_Baddy · 3 points · Posted at 09:54:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
“New galaxy, who dis?”
DrizzlyEarth175 · 3 points · Posted at 08:47:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Ye u still need that"
TheKingKunta · 2 points · Posted at 09:16:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I miss us
TheNumberMuncher · 2 points · Posted at 11:17:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
“New solar system who dis?”
LightWave_ · 2 points · Posted at 11:40:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"I have a homeworld."
Redditsgamers · 6 points · Posted at 11:02:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You sucking?
Bioleve · 4 points · Posted at 10:24:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
u suckin?
Pecoste · 1 points · Posted at 10:54:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
you suckin?
Mail540 · 1 points · Posted at 11:30:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You sucking?
brodorfgaggins · 1 points · Posted at 11:32:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You sucking?
humangarbagio · 1 points · Posted at 11:48:28 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You suckin?
Salamandastron · 1 points · Posted at 11:57:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You sucking?
[deleted] · -5 points · Posted at 06:10:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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nobody99356 · 3 points · Posted at 06:44:28 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Scanning complete. No signs of intelligent life.
xSabre · 332 points · Posted at 07:50:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Imagine how terrifying it would be if we beamed a message to it, and as the message reaches the rock, it suddenly stops its current trajectory and begins to fly straight towards Earth.
peese-of-cawffee · 87 points · Posted at 13:01:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Ladies and gentlemen, we've made a huge mistake..."
CzarSalesman · 7 points · Posted at 13:38:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And it's all /u/HeiHuZi fault, they were the brains behind operation send it a message.
Victoresball · 12 points · Posted at 13:41:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We should burn him as a sacrifice to our new god.
B1naryB0t · 53 points · Posted at 13:05:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Which is worse, that scenario, or as soon as it gets the message it flies straight back to where it came from?
zerton · 15 points · Posted at 14:52:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Or it comes here and they just want to hang out with the dolphins and don't even try communicating with us. :[
mysticalzebra · 11 points · Posted at 15:07:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
But like honestly could you blame them
L0111101 · 18 points · Posted at 13:29:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'd much rather the object flies straight to us to say hi. If it is who I think it is, I'm beyond ready to go home...
Nitto1337 · 3 points · Posted at 13:53:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh yeah? Where’s home?
tmonz · 9 points · Posted at 14:19:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Tralfamadore
jsanc623 · 3 points · Posted at 18:59:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That's...rather optimistic
[deleted] · 27 points · Posted at 13:00:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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hungxipinghua · 11 points · Posted at 13:24:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The trajectory is already fast on it's way out. This was obviously a reconnaissance droid.
zerton · 5 points · Posted at 14:54:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
A von Neumann probe.
MattTheKiwi · 1 points · Posted at 03:13:49 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
Unless it's full of protomolecule. Then it'll just decide to ignore the laws of physics completely and fly at us
hungxipinghua · 10 points · Posted at 13:08:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I wonder if NASA would even tell us. They'd probably try to keep it a secret and then it would leak and create an even worse panic.
MoMedic9019 · 6 points · Posted at 13:10:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You mean another NASA conspiracy? That's what you meant.
hungxipinghua · 3 points · Posted at 13:27:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What are the other NASA conspiracies?
MoMedic9019 · 14 points · Posted at 13:28:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Flat earth, the moon landing, aliens... you know.. the basics.
KerPop42 · 10 points · Posted at 13:32:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Don't forget the exotic ones like "it's impossible to reach space"
GmWolfrd · 3 points · Posted at 13:42:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That would be "moon landing"
KerPop42 · 5 points · Posted at 13:45:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I wish, I wish. This is even more so, that there is a physical wall we cannot break at the edge of the atmosphere, and every astronaut has been lying about being in space.
silentcrab · 2 points · Posted at 14:17:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
THE DOME...
Yeah and all of the atmospheric nuclear tests were trying to blow it up... because I mean if there is a dome we'd definitely want to see what happens if we blow it up right?
MoMedic9019 · 1 points · Posted at 14:14:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And the Van Allen Belts. Totally impassable.
zerton · 1 points · Posted at 14:56:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Like the Truman Show? Lol. I've heard the argument that the Van Allen belts will kill people (which is false, but at least somewhat more compelling).
A5pyr · 1 points · Posted at 13:43:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I still haven't gotten the goddam Sweet Business.
NobodyAskedBut · 3 points · Posted at 13:50:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Guys ... I think we fucked up.
-Some NASA Scientist probably
oldcreaker · 7 points · Posted at 13:18:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The artist's representation looks a little like the planet eater from Star Trek TOS.
Dominic_Badguy · 3 points · Posted at 15:00:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Don't worry. If that ever happens we'll just train some blue collar deep-drillers to become astronauts at NASA so they can blow that rock up in the name of freedom.
uh72amech · 6 points · Posted at 13:02:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Send bobs and vajene
Kandierter_Holzapfel · 2 points · Posted at 19:46:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We are good, we still got whales
preetamhegde · 2 points · Posted at 14:29:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
By Hollywood logic, it will first invade USA.¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Jerthy · 1 points · Posted at 14:15:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
But in the last moment it changes direction and hits Venus...
--_-__-- · 1 points · Posted at 15:54:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well, sir, it's... slowing down.
It's what?
It's, uh... it's slowing down, sir.
Get me the secretary of defense.
taseef · 1 points · Posted at 17:27:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh cock
eatmyshit · -1 points · Posted at 14:16:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Imagine if it stops it’s current trajectory and begins to fly straight towards earth...on weed.
PrisonMikeIRL · 216 points · Posted at 07:10:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"You suckin?"
UnhelpfulMoron · 17 points · Posted at 11:01:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I love that this is still around
PurplePeckerEater · 7 points · Posted at 12:07:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What is it from?
SlimySalami4 · 26 points · Posted at 12:19:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Its from an AskReddit thread where the question was "Glory hole risk-takers of Reddit, what was your experience like?". Someone told a story about a dude who would invite him to his house and they had a very casual relationship in which he would send him the text "you suckin?" every now and then if he felt like comin over to get his dick sucked through this man's glory hole.
Edit: I found it lol
PurplePeckerEater · 6 points · Posted at 12:28:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
lmao
GodZefir · 3 points · Posted at 14:01:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Thank you for this, I don't think I've laughed that hard in years.
SlimySalami4 · 3 points · Posted at 19:43:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Haha you're welcome!
wallmic · 387 points · Posted at 06:20:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"send nudes"
supersaiyan3trump · 13 points · Posted at 07:48:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"alright ;) ur turn"
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/10/16/18/4564935A00000578-4985786-image-m-74_1508174482015.jpg
MartinsRedditAccount · 10 points · Posted at 11:31:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Imgur Mirror: https://i.imgur.com/MWFGtOE.png
Omnighost · 3 points · Posted at 12:52:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Thank you.
hungxipinghua · 1 points · Posted at 13:09:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
/r/aliensgw
Solus_Nexus · 4 points · Posted at 11:47:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I have a feeling we're gonna run into aliens, and we're going to be like "where were you guys", and they'll be like "my guy, you humans literally want to fuck or fight every living thing you see. we didn't want any part of that!"
dbcaliman · 7 points · Posted at 11:58:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Fuck you fight me!
Teknowlogist · 4 points · Posted at 13:21:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
...and send nudes.
DrunkenArmadillo · 6 points · Posted at 07:32:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I prefer "wur dem boobies et?" It's more elegant.
Teknowlogist · 1 points · Posted at 13:21:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Plus it more accurately represents our culture at this point in time.
wallmic · 1 points · Posted at 22:14:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Indubitably.
Bones_and_Tomes · 2 points · Posted at 11:48:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
nukes*
GET BRUCE WILLIS IN HERE!
Teknowlogist · 1 points · Posted at 13:22:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
...
Make sure he takes all the Baldwins with him on intercept.
dbcaliman · 1 points · Posted at 11:57:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Sending nukes.
PM_ME_THOWAWAY_ACCT · 1 points · Posted at 12:26:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
(. Y .) /r/CommentsGoneWild
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 07:48:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And then they send nukes.
benjammin9292 · 12 points · Posted at 07:52:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"u want sum fuck"
fox131313 · 17 points · Posted at 06:14:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Come over, my parents arent home"
NightHawkRambo · 5 points · Posted at 07:10:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Eclipse and chill?
alaskafish · 5 points · Posted at 05:51:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yeah couldn’t we do that just to... you know... double check if there are any little green dudes there
[deleted] · -1 points · Posted at 06:10:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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NotJohnDenver · 3 points · Posted at 07:00:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"sup bby"
Arcosim · 3 points · Posted at 07:25:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Just imagine the global chaos, hysteria and mass troop movement there's going to be if it somehow alters it course a little bit.
hihover · 3 points · Posted at 10:51:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Send Bruce Willis and a team of oil drillers
Lemme_smell_yo_dik · 1 points · Posted at 12:49:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Don't forget an epic theme song too.
_prdgi · 2 points · Posted at 08:29:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"New asteroid. Who dis?"
Intricate_Dilemma · 2 points · Posted at 11:04:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"My parents aren't home"
frankenbeam · 2 points · Posted at 11:12:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
“I eat ass”
ChargedMedal · 2 points · Posted at 07:46:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"You sucking?"
I_Play_Zed · 2 points · Posted at 07:57:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You sucking?
Dank_Tales · 2 points · Posted at 08:23:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
“U sucking?”
TokesNotHigh · 1 points · Posted at 07:22:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
A/S/L?
VTL_89 · 1 points · Posted at 07:48:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
“Pee is stored in the balls”
benjammin9292 · 1 points · Posted at 07:52:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"2+2 is 4...."
howlongcanusernamesb · 1 points · Posted at 07:55:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
asl
DeliciousCakeProduct · 1 points · Posted at 08:04:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Asl?
BrokenLegumes · 1 points · Posted at 08:30:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"ASL?"
Jahneboi · 1 points · Posted at 08:34:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Hey wanna rp * nuzzles * X3
LittleRedLamps · 1 points · Posted at 08:53:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Sending a message to Messanger.
FallenAege · 1 points · Posted at 09:01:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Yo."
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 09:21:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"wyd"
GreenRanger90 · 1 points · Posted at 10:08:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Asl?
DrBuckMulligan · 1 points · Posted at 11:14:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
“Wyd?”
ArMcK · 1 points · Posted at 11:50:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Mom and Dad left for a couple hours.
Cajete · 1 points · Posted at 12:58:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
A/S/L?
Panicradar · 1 points · Posted at 13:13:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Are you the "you suckin'" guy?
theredditcomedian · 1 points · Posted at 13:37:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If the object thickkkk enough, Newton's law is to, "Hit it wif dat A/S/L".
His theory not mine.
redditor330 · 1 points · Posted at 13:41:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Sennnnnd me, your LOcation, annd focous on COmmunicating.
Astyanax1 · 1 points · Posted at 14:22:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I was wondering about this, but I'm going to guess that it would have already intercepted radio waves by now?
IMPatrickH · 1 points · Posted at 14:25:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
For the uninformed: https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/6kg3k5/where_are_these_you_sucking_comments_coming_from/
digitalcolour · 1 points · Posted at 06:29:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
wyd
amathie · 1 points · Posted at 08:33:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
“You sucking?”
SenselessViolence · 1 points · Posted at 08:35:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
“U suckin’?”
Nukewing · 1 points · Posted at 09:03:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You sucking?
juicewilson · 1 points · Posted at 11:00:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
U suckin?
Antiochus_Sidetes · 1 points · Posted at 11:11:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You sucking?
zxcpo · 0 points · Posted at 11:55:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You suckin ?
dooberson · 0 points · Posted at 12:01:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You sucking?
iPlowedYourMom · 0 points · Posted at 12:51:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You suckin?
HeiHuZi · 2 points · Posted at 12:57:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You got $20?
iPlowedYourMom · 1 points · Posted at 13:06:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What's $15 get me?
Desembler · 164 points · Posted at 06:50:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's within the limits of our technological capabilities, the main issue is its already on the way out of the solar system and we only just detected it, if we'd seen it coming a year or two out, maybe even just months, we could have gotten something on top of a rocket in time. As it is there's a lot of catching up to do.
Typrix · 8 points · Posted at 07:18:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
A flyby is probably doable but I don't think we are even close to being able to catch up to it.
Zedifo · 11 points · Posted at 12:18:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It would be like seeing a missile flying overhead and then trying to send up a hot air balloon to get a sample of its paint.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 12:33:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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Zedifo · 3 points · Posted at 12:36:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The problem being that by the time you launch the missile is already heading away from you, so good luck catching up in a hot air balloon.
TerminalHighGuard · 1 points · Posted at 18:07:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well if you launch it into the right orbit... though that might take like, 50 years to get back to us. =P
the_gooch_smoocher · 7 points · Posted at 09:19:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's going 90,000 mph...
djbtech · 2 points · Posted at 10:21:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
potato, potato
KingOfShrimp · -1 points · Posted at 18:40:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's also 400m long. Pretty small for an asteroid, but it will still weigh a couple million tonnes. To catch it, we'd have to stop it and it will have a kinetic energy of around 2 quintillion joules. That's 500 megatons of energy (10 Tsar Bomba equivalent). We would only need to get a 250,000,000 ton rocket booster into space. Our biggest payload ever has been 140 tons.
the_gooch_smoocher · 1 points · Posted at 23:37:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I think the idea was if we could catch up with it then we could transmit data back to earth about its composition. The paper I read that discusses some possible plans of action mentioned using high powered lasers to push tiny 10 gram spacecrafts to match its speed or collide with it, not really sure you could transmit anything at that range with little to no power capability.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:19:21 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
You send a bunch of 10 gram spacecraft which assemble a solar shield/communications array. It's powered through the same method as the propulsion. Although 10 grams seems awfully heavy to send via light.
the_gooch_smoocher · 1 points · Posted at 06:25:34 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
The paper says a 28 MW laser could accelerate 10 grams for 3,000s or 50 minutes to the required speed.
Force of photons = Power/Speed of Light, I think
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:58:53 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well, that's a buttload of power.
Not sure about your equation tho...According to Newton's Second, F=dp (momentum)/dt (time). Momentum of a photon can be found by multiplying Planck's constant * frequency / speed of light. So plug that in for p and multiply by the rate of photons to determine force of an object.
scienceworksbitches · 2 points · Posted at 15:00:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If all of humanity were to work towards goals like that we could do it in no time.
BAXterBEDford · 1 points · Posted at 13:06:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
How many years did the Rosetta probe take from conception to it happening? I think the only way we could make it happen is to have one only needing to be fueled up to be launched and then wait for something to come by. Even then it might be a stretch given how fast they move and how late we're likely to spot it.
KingOfShrimp · 1 points · Posted at 21:04:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The smaller the object the less likely we'll be able to spot it in time. This asteroid is on the smaller end of things we could detect, and it's going to weigh more than a million tons. To catch something that big moving 90,000 miles an hour, we would need to put nuclear powered rockets into space. It's kinetic energy is on the order of 1 gigaton of TNT (20 Tsar Bombs). Or we could just nuke the object and hope to collect some of the fragments.
BAXterBEDford · 1 points · Posted at 22:39:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I think the real hope is to find one that we could give a minor nudge or nudges that will keep it in the solar system. Then they could plan to send some probe there.
surgicalapple · 19 points · Posted at 08:03:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Why didn’t we see it sooner?
Gray_FoxSW20 · 123 points · Posted at 09:23:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
its dark af out there
awesomeguyman · 29 points · Posted at 11:33:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"The thing about space is it's black. And the thing about a black hole is it's also black."
PM_me_the_science · 1 points · Posted at 18:15:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well that just sounds like black on black violence to me
Dornogol · 15 points · Posted at 11:12:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The night is dark and full of horrors?
cestlaviestephi · 9 points · Posted at 13:48:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Terrors
Dornogol · 2 points · Posted at 14:05:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Okay, I wasn't sure anymore if it was horrors or terrors :D
cestlaviestephi · 1 points · Posted at 16:10:28 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Easy mistake! GOT is my comfort show so that's the only reason I knew.
Spoonshape · 1 points · Posted at 14:16:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Those too.
Deroni76 · 1 points · Posted at 20:11:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Why didn't we bring a flashlight? smh
___Magnitude__ · 20 points · Posted at 12:58:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
To quote the movie Armageddon:
" Well, our object collison budget's a million dollars, that allows us to track about 3% of the sky, and beg'n your pardon sir, but it's a big-ass sky."
[deleted] · 10 points · Posted at 12:58:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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magicarnival · 1 points · Posted at 16:35:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
While I appreciate what you're doing, the OP did properly hyphenate it to prevent confusion.
Saiboogu · 1 points · Posted at 17:03:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
XKCD#37 has nothing to do with incorrect hyphenations and everything to do with a childish urge to make every about-ass comment about ass-comments. I can relate.
auto-xkcd37 · 5 points · Posted at 17:03:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Bleep-bloop, I'm a bot. This comment was inspired by xkcd#37
Innalibra · 41 points · Posted at 08:52:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Space is pretty damn big, it's pretty dark (absorbing 96% of light) and actually pretty small, not even 1km across.
honestly I think it's a miracle we detected it at all. The real question is: what else is out there that we haven't seen and is hurtling towards us at this very minute?
Account_Guy · 39 points · Posted at 09:24:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Stay woke fam
no1dead · 1 points · Posted at 13:11:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
👌👌👌
PM_ME_UR_AMAZON_GIFT · 11 points · Posted at 11:11:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Jeeze how do 2 solar systems fit in a single kilometer
antonivs · 9 points · Posted at 12:17:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's because of the metric expansion of space. It's a very big kilometer.
wut3va · 7 points · Posted at 13:52:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I prefer imperial expansion, but we're miles away from attempting that.
antonivs · 5 points · Posted at 16:36:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's not difficult to convert from metric to imperial expansion. Just remember that Hubble's constant is 421 million furlongs per fortnight per megaparsec.
big_duo3674 · 3 points · Posted at 11:26:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
According to some of the more interesting websites that would be Planet X
wut3va · 1 points · Posted at 13:55:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Now that Pluto got demoted, shouldn't it be Planet IX? Kinda has a nice ring to it. Planet Icks.
Infinity2quared · 1 points · Posted at 15:52:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The icky planet
Harambe513 · 1 points · Posted at 17:32:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Apparently 9,999 other objects exactly like this one
Dotes_ · 4 points · Posted at 13:33:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The telescope that discovered it recently received a software update that improved its ability to tell the difference between background noise and real objects. Otherwise we probably wouldn't have known about it at all.
ZippyDan · 3 points · Posted at 13:13:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Why didn't you see it sooner?
chudd · 2 points · Posted at 13:44:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"It's a big ass sky" -Armageddon
Spoonshape · 3 points · Posted at 14:17:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Possibly the only thing they got factually correct in that movie.
Jogl1981 · 1 points · Posted at 12:23:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
https://youtu.be/KhbF7C317Yg
midgetplanetpluto · 0 points · Posted at 14:29:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Do you understand how big space is? You're asking why we didn't see grains of sand in the fucking ocean.
lajshhdiend · 6 points · Posted at 11:01:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Right, but we don't have the technological capability for that
Proton_Pack · 3 points · Posted at 10:51:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We'd have had to accelarate that rocket to a pretty high speed though.
hungxipinghua · 5 points · Posted at 13:25:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The article states that 3 of these enter the solar system every day, so there's no reason to go after this one specifically.
danderb · 1 points · Posted at 16:00:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I don’t want those organic thingies anywhere near me. Good way to possibly extinct us.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 19:16:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Still, 38.2 km/s at an angle to the solar system plane...
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 13:07:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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LogicalCuckservative · 0 points · Posted at 14:28:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What about Elon Musk? I’ve never heard of Ellon.
aquarain · 0 points · Posted at 20:15:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Software upgrade.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 12:12:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Seems like our detection technology failed us.
Neologizer · 1 points · Posted at 17:19:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's sorely underfunded
NuckChorris81 · 7 points · Posted at 12:49:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I’ve seen enough movies to know that a sample off of that thing could wipe out the human race.
CaptainBeer_ · 19 points · Posted at 07:36:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
But at least we have fidget spinners amirite
hungxipinghua · 3 points · Posted at 13:26:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We really need to change our culture away from junk consumerism.
tightmakesright · 3 points · Posted at 13:34:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If you want to do that you're going to need to abandon capitalism first, because junk consumerism is the reason most people have jobs that provide them money for food and shelter right now.
hungxipinghua · 1 points · Posted at 13:42:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That's bullshit. There are PLENTY of adults to support our economy if they could be convinced to buy worthwhile things instead of junk.
tightmakesright · 2 points · Posted at 13:47:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
what's considered "worthwhile" is extremely subjective.
hungxipinghua · 1 points · Posted at 13:55:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Lots of things we can agree on are subjective.
king-krool · 3 points · Posted at 10:02:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I think the is a job for a rag tag group of oil drillers
hungxipinghua · 1 points · Posted at 13:28:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'm so smart with my pop-culture references... Tell us another! Transformers? Ghostbusters? My Stepmother Is An Alien?
falcoperegrinus82 · 4 points · Posted at 07:10:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well, we did successfully put a lander on a comet, so I wouldn't say we completely lack the technology. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_(spacecraft)
lateOnTheDraw · 6 points · Posted at 07:44:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Not the same thing, that time the orbit was around the sun, this one will just get shot out of the solar system (Presumably at stupid speeds).
gabrielstands · 3 points · Posted at 07:56:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Would you say.... ludicrous speeds?
falcoperegrinus82 · 1 points · Posted at 08:03:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Didn't say it was the same thing.
lateOnTheDraw · 1 points · Posted at 15:53:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Fair enough :)
Pytheastic · 3 points · Posted at 11:09:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well:
So even if we miss this one there are 10,000 more!
hungxipinghua · 3 points · Posted at 13:29:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Interestingly, it would be easier to intercept an object passing us further from the sun since it would have a lower transit velocity.
Sabot15 · 1 points · Posted at 15:27:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Cool
TitusVI · 3 points · Posted at 11:28:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Can someon explain why asteroids have organic stuff in them but earth probably not at the beginning?
hungxipinghua · 2 points · Posted at 13:31:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"at the beginning" is the key to your question. Over billions of years, every rock develops organics (theory). Only a small portion of rocks in the galaxy are less than a billion years old.
ivanna_blastoff · 3 points · Posted at 13:04:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
While I was somewhat involved with this project, for fun I spent a little time sketching out a mission. This is extremely crude because it is based only on scaling existing missions. It would be a spacecraft with 1500kg of xenon propellant and ion thrusters powered using a ~2000 watt plutonium thermal radioisotopic generator (or better yet NASA's new and more efficient Stirling radioisotope generator).
It would blast off on a direct shot at New Horizons speeds of about 16 km/s but on a 3x bigger vehicle (heavier probe), and it would achieve a +20 km/s delta V using 800 kg of Xe to get to 36 km/s, which will allow it to catch the object, which will be moving at 26 km/s.
Ion vehicles have already achieved a 10 km/s delta v with 400 kg of Xe.
Then it would use the rest of the Xe to get a delta-v of -10 km/s to achieve a rendezvous.
Caveat: this is a napkin sketch and is probably wrong.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 13:57:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
According to the movie Superman, and what we know about the universe today, this thing could still contain unknown elements which could turn humans into zombies or make them immortal.This popular comment is so casual. Hopoefully those who study it wont be blinded by excitement and will employ proper safety measures.
TheNotSoGreatPumpkin · 1 points · Posted at 05:23:12 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
I have studied this post, and thus have secured my own oxygen mask before assisting others.
Pillagerguy · 4 points · Posted at 08:57:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
A shame*
King_Abdul · 4 points · Posted at 10:43:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
*a shame
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 10:59:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There will be an effectively endless stream of them....over time, just be patient ;)
0r10z · 2 points · Posted at 11:59:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Why would nearby solar systems form from different stuff than our solar system? I think the velocity at which it travels should tell us much more information.
hungxipinghua · 2 points · Posted at 13:34:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Different stars produce different ratios of elements. Heavier stars can produce heavier elements when they finally nova/super nova. You can see the metalicity of stars in their spectral lines and thereby assume the metal content of their solar system.
This impacts the chemistry available to the solar system.
EmergencySarcasm · 2 points · Posted at 12:20:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
No need to intercept, it'll swing by if it detects a warp signature.
drag0nw0lf · 2 points · Posted at 12:52:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We don't need technology, we have this guy!
PM_ME_THOWAWAY_ACCT · 1 points · Posted at 12:41:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That's the Dwayne Johnson of asteroids, it lay'ith the Smackdown on the earth.
jhanschoo · 1 points · Posted at 13:02:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Eh, just ring Christopher Nolan up and ask him to do what he did again.
KevinBelo · 1 points · Posted at 13:08:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
No... But we do have an Elon Musk.
mapbc · 1 points · Posted at 13:14:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What's the worst that could happen?
coolpeaches · 1 points · Posted at 13:27:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
WE JUST NEED A PIECE OF THAT ALIEN ROCK.
reddicktookmyname · 1 points · Posted at 13:36:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yea no thanks. It probably has some virus or bacteria that would end life on Earth
Czmp · 1 points · Posted at 13:39:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I mean shit do we even want to be able to do that? What if is shit is death haha
Sabot15 · 1 points · Posted at 15:32:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Or better yet... Just a giant flying space turd.
pegcity · 1 points · Posted at 13:40:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Read Ramna. Bad idea.
xBleedingBluex · 1 points · Posted at 13:41:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's moving so fast that the sun can't even capture it with gravity. We'd have no shot.
terminalmemelocity · 1 points · Posted at 13:56:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
OK hear me out on this one, just stay with me. I'm not sure what the time frame is but could we not fire a few missle's or something heavy that could at least break off a couple chunks that would stay in our system. We could then collect them when we're ready.
LeAtheist_Swagmaster · 1 points · Posted at 13:59:28 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Because Trump and the Republicans set back our space travel technology by 20 years. We could've been on Mars if we elected a president with some kind of common sense.
lossaysswag · 1 points · Posted at 14:02:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This is how we get Xenomorphs.
PimpOfJoytime · 1 points · Posted at 14:04:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That's how you get zombies.
Seinfeldd · 1 points · Posted at 14:24:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
DONT WANNA FALL ASLEEP CAUSE I MISS YUU BABE
RememberPants · 1 points · Posted at 14:58:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
But we have the experience! Reddit has ran through this simulation a thousand times over in /r/KerbalSpaceProgram
hatsnatcher23 · 1 points · Posted at 15:31:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We'll need Ben affleck Bruce Willis and a team of oil drillers!
NorthCatan · 1 points · Posted at 15:35:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Don't worry. It's coming for us.
doyoueventdrift · 1 points · Posted at 15:46:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Send Bruce Willis
vintage_anarchy · 1 points · Posted at 20:13:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Then we get in an interstellar war cause we fucked with a religious artifact.
CowboyFlipflop · 1 points · Posted at 00:28:11 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
Earth is ashame.
00brokenlungs · 1 points · Posted at 08:21:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Why found NASA when we can build walls?
loganjvickery · 1 points · Posted at 08:24:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
But spending money on space research is useless!
Zheiko · 1 points · Posted at 11:08:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Amazing that we have enough weapons to destroy ourselves 100x over. Yet cant send probe to investigate :(
thee_earl · 0 points · Posted at 11:45:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Just tell the US it has oil.
United States- It needs freedom you say? Hold my beer.
[deleted] · 6603 points · Posted at 01:44:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"It is thought to be an extremely dark object, absorbing 96% of the light that falls on its surface, and it is red. This colour is the hallmark of organic (carbon-based) molecules."
"The first group, led by Karen Meech, University of Hawaii, also found that ’Oumuamua was extremely elongated and roughly 400 metres long. Using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope(VLT) they also found that it rotated once every 7.3 hours."
Really interesting, is this common for asteroids....
LeWhisp · 2291 points · Posted at 06:29:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Also from the article:
[deleted] · 2783 points · Posted at 07:51:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh thank god... I don't want visitors. I'd be embarrassed to show them around.
14agers · 2934 points · Posted at 07:56:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"blek block?"
"sorry its a bit messy but i got my pc over-"
"frek?"
"yes this is my collection of frog memes..."
"(whispers).. Bek brek!"
"oh goodbye!"
(HOLY FUCKING SHIT REDDIT GOLD WE WAS KANGZ N SHIT)
E_Kristalin · 887 points · Posted at 08:24:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This is comedy gold(, not reddit gold though, sorry.)
Edit: I lied, apparently
Kreth · 14 points · Posted at 11:56:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'm not sure if he's making fun of France or actual frogs...
cipher__ten · 20 points · Posted at 12:02:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Neither.
SGoogs1780 · 6 points · Posted at 13:34:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You sweet summer child...
Kreth · 4 points · Posted at 16:03:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
what ???? im 31 and is this over my head or something why cant the alien be distraught by frog memes (french) or not ....
SGoogs1780 · 7 points · Posted at 17:16:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Pepe the Frog
Basically it was a goofy meme that was fucking everywhere online with people modifying the original image to make their own "rare Pepes." Later trolls on 4-chan, T_D, and a number of alt-right forums co-opted it and started making alt-right memes, which - the internet being what it is - quickly devolved into all-out racist memes, so much so that the ACLU classified the frog as a hate symbol. This is all much to the chagrin of the original creator who just wanted to make a nice webcomic about a frog. Through all of this plenty of people are still just using pepe memes as harmless goofy memes and still keep a folder where they save "rare pepes" they find on the web.
It's one of the stranger internet phenomenons to gain really widespread use and even national media coverage, and reading about it will drop you down a rabbit hole that will inevitably end with you asking yourself, "why the fuck am I spending so much time reading about a poorly drawn frog meme?"
So yeah, I just thought your comment was funny because it's nice to know that some people haven't heard of this strange, stupid topic. Congrats on being part of today's (un)lucky 10,000. Sorry if I made you feel out-of-the-loop.
deltagear · 1 points · Posted at 22:58:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There is also the rare pepe cryptocurrency which is, as far as I can tell, being used in Venezuela as a back up currency since the economic crisis hit them. http://rarepepedirectory.com/
Kreth · 1 points · Posted at 22:00:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
of course i´ve heard of rarepepe ... why shouldnt i it doesnt fucking matter ... I still dont see why there was a connection to it...
SGoogs1780 · 2 points · Posted at 23:52:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I dunno, you asked if frog memes were French. Seemed like you missed the reference.
Kreth · 1 points · Posted at 01:05:10 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
No you are assuming there's only one frog meme... There are several and also we have the double entendre, of the French memes.
I thought the joke was quite clever and had multiple layers. But i was just asking out loud if he meant specific ones etc..
GrimReaperRex · 8 points · Posted at 12:34:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What exactly is reddit gold?
lootedcorpse · 22 points · Posted at 12:43:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yes
GrimReaperRex · 12 points · Posted at 12:44:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
thank you
cadex · 6 points · Posted at 13:03:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
About half past 2
Lew_bear96 · 2 points · Posted at 13:05:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's a gold star right next to your username on a comment. people give it to you if they really like your comment.
2068857539 · 2 points · Posted at 13:59:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This looks suspiciously like a gold train.
irth____ · 2 points · Posted at 14:57:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
But is it?
jughandle · 1 points · Posted at 16:48:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
My sources say no.
n0tr0ll · 1 points · Posted at 17:10:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
it's like winning a lottery that isn't real
I-seddit · 8 points · Posted at 10:49:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
...with comedians lately, their gold isn't worth as much. :(
lootedcorpse · 7 points · Posted at 12:43:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And Reddit just married Serena Williams, so we’re kinda on the up n up.
Petersaber · 6 points · Posted at 10:49:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Reddit silver it is, then!
bobtheundertaker · 2 points · Posted at 13:49:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Reddit gold is really fucking stupid and useless anyway
14agers · 0 points · Posted at 03:27:46 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
someone is salty
bobtheundertaker · 1 points · Posted at 03:32:57 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
Lol I currently have gold silly
14agers · 0 points · Posted at 08:55:12 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
Sure.
bobtheundertaker · 1 points · Posted at 15:56:52 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
You are really stupid lol
14agers · -1 points · Posted at 20:12:44 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
at least i dont spend my time being gay, gaybo.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 15:24:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They are rare collectibles! They were only antisemitic as a meme. Yes, it's very stupid.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 16:12:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
!redditsilver
pconners · -3 points · Posted at 12:44:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It would have been truly great if someone had given you Reddit gold for that. heh. imagine those funnies
14agers · 0 points · Posted at 03:28:33 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
calm down bud, just because my comment got more upvotes than you doesn't mean you have to cry.
pconners · 1 points · Posted at 02:36:00 on November 25, 2017 · (Permalink)
huh?
INeedAFreeUsername · 37 points · Posted at 09:48:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They were in a quest for the rarest pepes in the universe
wolfamongyou · -1 points · Posted at 10:28:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Pepe takes it from the back, with no kinda strings attached, whatchu think about that fool?"
"Pepe don't need no cheese up front, hit it from behind and grunt, whatchu think about that fool?"
glorioussideboob · 6 points · Posted at 21:38:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
C'mon man it was funny before, keep it that way
Kerg1 · 18 points · Posted at 08:28:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Brilliant
14agers · 29 points · Posted at 08:32:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What the aliens were thinking "holy shit This 'frog memes' is really high quality smut!"
Kerg1 · 30 points · Posted at 08:39:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Backdoor Pepes 9
wolfamongyou · 1 points · Posted at 10:27:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"And that's how they like it!"
[deleted] · 10 points · Posted at 10:12:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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I_think_charitably · 5 points · Posted at 14:10:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Letter e, letter e!
Letter e, yeah letter e!
Whisper words of bek brek,
Letter e.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 14:21:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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14agers · 2 points · Posted at 19:32:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
aliens are a bunch of assholes who drank all of my iced tea and left my house after seeing my goddamn frogs
throwyeeway · 2 points · Posted at 10:09:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Thanks, this made me laugh out loud.
Sphyrwa · 2 points · Posted at 14:09:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Nah, they won't leave. They will embrace our meme culture and become streamers on Twitch
LilithAjit · 1 points · Posted at 12:11:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
!RedditSilver
Danielmav · 1 points · Posted at 14:00:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Bek...Bek my dudes
armeg · 1 points · Posted at 14:10:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
MUGANI? HAK HAK HAK
zerton · 1 points · Posted at 14:58:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Take us to your leader!"
"Hmm.. How about some tea instead. Please sit!"
doom_Oo7 · 1 points · Posted at 18:00:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
E.T.'s dat boi
MumrikDK · 1 points · Posted at 19:56:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
https://youtu.be/rMdC45S79uQ?t=58s
snowcroc · 1 points · Posted at 20:24:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I don't geddit. Someone explain it for me.
SunriseSurprise · 0 points · Posted at 14:01:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Dilly Dilly!"
"You've gotta be fucking kidding me, really? sigh DILLY DILLY!"
teamguy89 · 9 points · Posted at 09:23:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And this is the master bathroom.. Over here is a toilet. This is where we take shits and browse reddit. I’ll explain more about reddit later.
HSPremier · 41 points · Posted at 09:02:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Is.. this Donald Trump your leader and a prime example of your species?"
"Um.. well... actually... kind of hard to explain... what happened there.."
Gsteel11 · 1 points · Posted at 16:22:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's all well and good until Trump starts trying to grab them by their pussies and insulting them on twitter.
daneelr_olivaw · 0 points · Posted at 12:39:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Damn it, I wanted to make a Trump
joke:(We should use Trump as a synonym for the word joke to be honest..
Elektribe · 0 points · Posted at 13:26:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Nah because someone would inevitably say tell a good trump and everyone would look sad and say no such thing.
LeWhisp · 37 points · Posted at 07:59:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'd be pretty embarrassed of us as a civilization to be honest...
"So, you have a large percentage of your people starving but have an even larger percentage massively over weight..."
"You are aware you are causing a mass extinction event but aren't willing to stop it because you like to make rich people richer?"
"Hey, lets check out this building here. A-b-a-t-t-o-i-r... I wonder what humans do in here..."
I could go on...
Blistersonmytoes · 30 points · Posted at 08:05:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yes because all aliens are bound to be immune to the common problems of having a society formed
Garnzlok · 25 points · Posted at 08:22:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I just always assume that if we ever meet aliens they'll be so much more technologically and socially advanced than us they'll have dealt with their problems one way or another.
Blistersonmytoes · 1 points · Posted at 08:29:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I just feel like for a society to be improved like that there will always be rich and greedy people and there's will always be a problem, even if it's a very small one, with some of the population being underfed
Razier · 14 points · Posted at 09:07:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If we haven't either solved world hunger or destroyed ourselves in a 1 000 years I'd be surprised.
LeWhisp · 12 points · Posted at 08:37:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If you had lived 15,000 year ago you would be saying:
Who knows what the future holds. As a rule we are constantly improving and I hope one day we will live in a much more equal society that is sustainable and enlightened.
wolfamongyou · 5 points · Posted at 10:51:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Actually, we've found evidence of permanent settlement at least 26,000 years ago, with fired ceramics and evidence of complex textiles.
Permanent human settlement with fired ceramics and advanced textiles in what is now the Czech Republic dated to 26000 BP
ainosunshine · 3 points · Posted at 12:00:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Think the percentage of starving outweighs the overweight, pun intended.
[deleted] · -9 points · Posted at 12:01:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And how do you suppose we fix that? I frankly care little about the millions of people in Africa and neither do many others. Welfare is a concept that exists solely in humans, no other species does this to the extent we do. Why do you expect everyone to care about these huge groups of people whom they have next to no connection to?
Stupid people cant control what they eat, again propose a solution. You can ration or make mandatory exercise programs, but then youre removing peoples freedom. Its so stupidly easy to stay in shape.
There arent any perfect short term solutions to this. You cant just take what works in some small perfect European country and scale it up to the US or China. This one I agree with you more, I think there needs to be more effort put into it, simply so we can breathe cleaner air.
Meat is still the most efficient and reliable way to get nutrients. No need to understand bullshit like protein complementation or supplementation with vitamins that arent found in veggies., just eat a slab of meat with some rice and veggies and youre good. Thats how my parents lived, thats how my grandparents lived, and so on. Its a tried and true method and id rather not experiment with vegetarianism on myself.
Half_doer · 4 points · Posted at 11:13:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Don't let them see how we live...
Nudelwalker · 4 points · Posted at 09:19:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
and this, uhm, is the president of the united states of america......oh shit
Black_RL · 3 points · Posted at 09:50:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We need to clean up first!
bunghoor · 3 points · Posted at 10:34:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
i mean... they said 3 enter our solar system and 3 leave our solar system every day. Maybe we landed here from a rock.
SelfDefenestrate · 3 points · Posted at 11:04:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We haven't even cleaned or put out snacks!
lelyhn · 4 points · Posted at 10:39:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Aliens would show up during the Trump presidency, as if we didn't have enough to be ashamed about. The stale cheeto in chief would probably start an inter-galactic war with the shit he tries to pull.
validates_points · 8 points · Posted at 11:13:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Take you to our leader...? Umm... How about the previous president? We don't want an intergalactic war
"Why doesn't the alien king say nice things to me? Well I didn't call him short and green! Sad."
adoginspace · 9 points · Posted at 08:21:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"This is the United States - a very large and important country in our world!" "Leader?" "Oh...Um...And this is Canada, ANOTHER large and important country who's leader is Justin Trudeau!"
Track607 · -15 points · Posted at 08:48:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Are you kidding me? You'd introduce them to the most pansy ass leader we've got?? Might as well just have all our resources vacuum sealed and ready to go.
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 09:13:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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wolfamongyou · 6 points · Posted at 10:55:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I love how people are still racist when we are all just bags of pink mist waiting for a shockwave to come along and release our contents.
Track607 · -5 points · Posted at 10:54:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Did you just call me useless?
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 22:11:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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Track607 · 1 points · Posted at 08:48:49 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
Garbage isn't useless. It's actively obtrusive. Now I'm confused.
LimeGreenSea · 2 points · Posted at 10:14:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Followed by "This is important because it suggests that planetary compositions like ours could be typical across the galaxy." Meaning they know its extraterrestrial.
StevieKicks · 2 points · Posted at 14:29:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well they did show up unannounced. We didn't even have a chance to straighten up.
fadadapple · 2 points · Posted at 14:33:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If there was any sentient life then they would have never told us about it.
Redbeard_Lost · 2 points · Posted at 15:13:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yea, give us a while to clean up first. A hundred years maybe ?
noblespaceplatypus · 2 points · Posted at 15:39:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"hi welcome to our planet, please excuse the mess."
ignore_my_bullshit · 2 points · Posted at 18:21:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I love the concept that anyone who achieves space travel must be "enlightened" and / or peaceful.
Proton_Pack · 3 points · Posted at 10:53:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Why, just introduce them to Trump. He has the best words. Lemme tellya.
Judazz · 3 points · Posted at 08:22:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Aliens, please come back in about three years.
-29- · 1 points · Posted at 11:41:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'm sorry the place is such a mess. A lot going,, haven't had a chance to do any cleaning.
01-MACHINE_GOD-10 · 1 points · Posted at 12:14:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The hope is they destroy our species so Earth's evolution machine could produce intelligence.
fkingrone · 1 points · Posted at 12:34:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Please don't tell anyone how I live.
http://i.imgur.com/opOu1sd.png
dontgetaddicted · 1 points · Posted at 12:35:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Right? And it's gonna take years to clean this place up to make it presentable to guests
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 13:42:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Especially with the bumbling, senile grandpa in charge who always says the most embarrassing things in front of guests.
BigDick_Bandito · 1 points · Posted at 13:47:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
“Sorry for the mess, wasn’t expecting visitors to drop by. Would you like some coffee?”
alcimedes · 1 points · Posted at 13:52:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Can you imagine the aliens come down and meet some world leaders, and we have to send Trump?
Cue 'Mars attacks' within ten min of meeting.
greenroom628 · 1 points · Posted at 18:42:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
oh my god... could you imagine trump trying to be the first president to greet alien life?
welcometomybutt · 1 points · Posted at 19:44:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So far I've not seen anything released to rule out that it's artificial. In fact what's released so far is quite to the contrary:
It's still far more likely to be natural and simply unusual. However unless astronomers have something more high resolution and conclusive it's not really useful. So far it's saying it's got a similar blur to other natural objects in the solar system. Basically they said its reddish and some other things in our solar system are reddish.
Jokonaught · 1 points · Posted at 20:44:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh no, don't mind that orange guy. We have a guy coming for him, should get that resolved any day now.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 21:12:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'm all out of coffee.
[deleted] · -6 points · Posted at 10:30:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Let me guess, below your comment is just a bunch of Trump bashing.
TheTurnipKnight · 8 points · Posted at 08:54:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well pretty significant thing is that none of the objects we've seen in our solar system have that kind of shape.
soursh · 6 points · Posted at 09:24:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I had three solid seconds of wonder and imagination.
speakerwild1 · 4 points · Posted at 12:30:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Even if it is a old regular comet or asteroid it's importance still shouldn't be taken lightly. This is something from a completely different solar system: it had to travel EXTREMELY far from home to get here. Whether that was a coincidence or on purpose, who knows, but it's still amazing that it's here. It really sucks that we really can't interact with it at all other than to just look at it through a telescope though. It could hold very valuable information.
Gr_enius · 3 points · Posted at 10:27:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Compositionally yes. Shape no.
TransposingJons · 1 points · Posted at 13:58:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Seems to be a lot of speculation in the article, and a tendency to jump to conclusions. Were the two papers actually peer-reviewed?
They appear a little too certain. We know crazy orbits are cosmologically common, due to impacts.
savagepatchkid · 1593 points · Posted at 07:09:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What a name...
DaveChild · 751 points · Posted at 07:16:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If you like that, you may also like this. Astronomers love their literal telescope names.
Jewsafrewski · 393 points · Posted at 08:33:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I hope British make a large telescope no one else can use and call it the BLT
Kiyuri · 191 points · Posted at 09:34:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Any news from the BLT? What? It's cloudy again?"
c4ck4 · 12 points · Posted at 13:40:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Any news from the BLT? Yes sir, delicious as always sir!"
jaredjeya · 2 points · Posted at 19:54:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I’ve got friends who are massively into astronomy (in the UK) and whether or not they’ll be free to hang out seems to be determined by whether it’s a clear night or not - because clear nights are rare enough that they both rush off to the observatory when they see the weather forecast.
recronin · 101 points · Posted at 09:36:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Telly McTeleface
SpaceGators · 52 points · Posted at 09:43:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That’s Telly McScopeface to you, sir or ma’am.
CzarSalesman · 2 points · Posted at 13:43:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
360 big scope
lootedcorpse · 2 points · Posted at 12:45:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 11:46:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yay tolerance
AlostDinosaur · 2 points · Posted at 13:09:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Reddit saw it first right here if a country ever asks to name a telescope. you win
QueefyMcQueefFace · 1 points · Posted at 12:33:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yes.
DaveChild · 41 points · Posted at 09:44:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If the Aussies built one they could call it the Completely Unbelievably 'Normous Telescope.
duelkingkruger · 13 points · Posted at 11:34:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Strewth mate look et thes sheilahs completely unbelievably normous telescope thet's e real cracka that es
bronzeNYC · 8 points · Posted at 12:28:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Sometimes i wonder if we actually speak the same language
midnightketoker · 13 points · Posted at 08:45:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Big long telescope
Amheirchion · 43 points · Posted at 09:09:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Nah, it should be the Bloody Large Telescope.
bronzeNYC · 2 points · Posted at 12:27:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Good one lol
esmifra · 4 points · Posted at 10:44:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And the French called OLT (ours is larger telescope).
Pocketz7 · 2 points · Posted at 11:30:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Brexit large telescope?
krakapow · 2 points · Posted at 12:39:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Telescopey McTelescopeyface
trollkorv · 1 points · Posted at 10:23:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
NASA could build a dedicated launch command for all these telescopes and call it the TLC.
bellybuttonfluffy · 1 points · Posted at 12:00:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Big long thing
Arteic · 1 points · Posted at 13:41:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
FWIW British telescopes and astonomical endeavours are usually initialised as UK___
eg. UKIRT - UK Infrared Telescope UKIDSS - UK Infrared Deep Sky Survey
PM_ME_YOUR_CAT_LADY · 1 points · Posted at 14:07:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
May taste better with a bit of SALT
Farkeman · 1 points · Posted at 14:10:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
BLT is short for "Bljat" which means slut or something along the lines in russian and AFAIK it's the most common swear word there.
juice_in_my_shoes · 1 points · Posted at 14:35:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
British Large Telescope
Huwbacca · 20 points · Posted at 08:36:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
where do they go from there? What happens when they run out of adjectives, but keep increasing in size? Just click-bait names?
"Wait til you see how big this telescope is!"
himself_v · 54 points · Posted at 08:42:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
https://xkcd.com/1294/
Huwbacca · 17 points · Posted at 08:44:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
there is ALWAYS a relevant xkcd
Procrastinatron · 8 points · Posted at 10:34:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Just wait until we give the telescopes their own sentient AIs and they give themselves names like "Didn't See It Coming," "Agoraphobic," "Not Enough Gravitas," or "Saw It Coming But Didn't Mention It Because It Was Still Very Far Away At The Time. "
eegras · 1 points · Posted at 12:14:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Hopefully they don't go rampant.
Burnaby · 5 points · Posted at 09:01:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Big Big Very Not Small Telescope
teddy5 · 5 points · Posted at 09:07:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
https://www.space.com/32984-extremely-large-telescope-construction-contract-eso.html
They seem to be stuck, now it's just the European version. Although I feel like they could have gone with Massively Large Telescope.
Huwbacca · 7 points · Posted at 09:14:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"And today as we launch the.... Phwoar fuck me Telescope... we look towards the skies as Galileo once did, and wonder what we too shall discover"
GaydolphShitler · 5 points · Posted at 13:27:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Funny you should ask!
experts_never_lie · 3 points · Posted at 09:22:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If you want descriptive names instead of colorful adjectives, you might like the Thirty Meter Telescope.
Huwbacca · 1 points · Posted at 09:24:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I need me more dimensions to fully know what size telescope I'm dealing with here....
experts_never_lie · 5 points · Posted at 09:39:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Bigger than a truck."
alphgeek · 19 points · Posted at 09:11:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They were originally going to build one called the Overwhelmingly Large Telescope (OWL) but had to scale back to the merely Extremely Large Telescope (ELT). Here's a comparison of primary mirror sizes
Painting_Agency · 4 points · Posted at 14:30:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
LOL I saw that too. I say calling it "overwhelming" right out of the gate was a recipe for trouble. The gods generally frown on such hubris.
Dornogol · 2 points · Posted at 11:19:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
haha Hooker
and ke(c)k
TheThingofNouns · 3 points · Posted at 09:13:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
RIP the Overwhelmingly Large Telescope.
tictac_93 · 2 points · Posted at 14:29:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'm pretty sure that the race to build bigger and better telescopes is entirely motivated by one-upping the last one's name.
Extremely Large Telescope? Meet the Super Humungous Telescope.
BadElk · 2 points · Posted at 11:34:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You’d probably like this too https://xkcd.com/1294/
DaveChild · 1 points · Posted at 11:38:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There's always an XKCD.
Morphie12121 · 1 points · Posted at 12:24:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We also have the BFR, F stands for Falcon, I'm sure
TyrantsInSpace · 1 points · Posted at 12:34:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Put one between the Earth and Moon as a collaboration between several countries' space agencies. Cis-Lunar International Telescope.
Kandierter_Holzapfel · 1 points · Posted at 19:58:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Between is bad because there you have three big, bright spots reducing the directions you can look at
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 13:23:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The next Hadron collider we make after the Large Hadron collider is no longer enough may also be called the Very Large Hadron Collider.
GaydolphShitler · 1 points · Posted at 13:25:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I see your Extremely Large Telescope and raise you one Overwhelmingly Large Telescope!
I love astronomer humor.
darez00 · 1 points · Posted at 14:11:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Overwhelmingly Large Telescope... Thirty Meters Telescope...
jswhitten · 1 points · Posted at 19:46:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And this.
Relevant xkcd
PM-ME-UR-BUSH-GIRL · 1 points · Posted at 00:56:54 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
In that case can't wait for BAT. Big Ass Telescope.
filled_with_bees · 0 points · Posted at 13:17:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
relevant xkcd
coffecup1978 · 12 points · Posted at 08:37:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They had two committees and spent $100k, and it was either that or Telescope McTelescopeface...
Maoman1 · 3 points · Posted at 11:52:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Tele McScopeface
SourcreamHologram · 2 points · Posted at 11:37:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That'd be some egg on their faces right about now if they had names it Spacey McSpaceyface instead
otterbitch · 9 points · Posted at 08:48:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The French are like that. Their high-speed rail is called le Train de Grand Vitesse (the very fast train)
deaddonkey · 8 points · Posted at 08:09:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Reminds me of the massive array of radio dishes/telescopes, the Very Large Array
rockham · 11 points · Posted at 09:18:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
relevant xkcd
Idontlooklikeelvis · 6 points · Posted at 10:32:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
From the creators of the BFG .
Self_Referential · 5 points · Posted at 08:52:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Would you prefer Scopey McScopeface?
DoctorAwesomeBallz69 · 2 points · Posted at 09:44:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Makes me think of somethibg else I read fairly recently - I believe elon musks giant Mars-colonizing rocket is called the "BFR" for *Big Fucking Rocket"
ShaggysGTI · 2 points · Posted at 11:56:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The Very Large Array is from my home state.
DeGozaruNyan · 2 points · Posted at 12:24:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
(WAN)
xBleedingBluex · 2 points · Posted at 13:42:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Then you'd love SpaceX's BFR (Big Fucking Rocket)
hyufss · 2 points · Posted at 14:13:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And there's the South African Large Telescope, SALT.
wasmic · 3 points · Posted at 08:02:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
India has built rockets called SLV (Satellite Launch Vehicle), PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle) and ASLV (Advanced Satellite Launch Vehicle).
TalentSharma · 1 points · Posted at 08:33:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You'd be surprised how many telescopes and telescope arrays are named like that
QuasiIntellectualMan · 1 points · Posted at 08:39:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It is what it is.
ozzimark · 1 points · Posted at 12:15:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Relevant SATW
TitaniumDragon · 1 points · Posted at 13:02:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There's also the Extremely Large Telescope, and the cancelled Overwhelmingly Large Telescope.
mobilesurfer · 1 points · Posted at 13:11:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That's nothing, my wife named my telescope IHB.
ClearTheCache · 1 points · Posted at 14:33:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The Larger than Very Large but not as Large as Extremely Large Telescope.
OneTIME_story · 1 points · Posted at 23:28:42 on November 26, 2017 · (Permalink)
O shit didn't even notice it hahaha
crazyguzz1 · 1054 points · Posted at 02:04:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What are you thinking, colony ship?
Can anyone do the math on the inertia produced on the inside walls from that rotation?
[deleted] · 902 points · Posted at 02:09:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Good thinking, could be induced artificial gravity.
belisaurius · 823 points · Posted at 02:26:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That kind of force is calculated with F=mv_theta2 /r . We can turn that into 'felt' acceleration by substituting F=ma; leaving a = v2 /r Unfortunately, the asteroid, even if it's spinning around its short axis, would only reach a maximum velocity at the very tips of something like 0.05 m/s in angular velocity. Given a radius of 200m, you end up with a felt acceleration of .0125 mm/s2.
This is approximately double the gravitational acceleration felt by Voyager 1.
syuvial · 841 points · Posted at 06:34:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
can you dumb that down for someone who totally isnt me?
yingkaixing · 1413 points · Posted at 06:48:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
At that rate of spin, there would be a very slight artificial gravity effect from centripetal force. Probably so light that you'd barely feel it, but if you dropped a handful of M&Ms they'd slowly float to the floor.
syuvial · 396 points · Posted at 06:49:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
neato, thanks.
titterbug · 36 points · Posted at 08:36:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If my napkin math is right, it would take around 7 minutes for the M&Ms to drop.
pointlessvoice · 103 points · Posted at 10:02:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They'd never make it if my fat ass was there.
allsortsashit · 29 points · Posted at 10:13:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
7 minute rule
remuliini · 2 points · Posted at 13:28:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If it's floatin' I'm eatin'-rule
Biomirth · 3 points · Posted at 14:38:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
M+Ms could never have evolved in that microgravity with all the predators they already have. These must by definition be alien M+Ms then.
shotty293 · 1 points · Posted at 14:49:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I don't think fat asses can be astronauts
subermanification · 362 points · Posted at 06:50:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Maybe that's all they'd need.
Blakesta999 · 656 points · Posted at 07:02:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Aliens are M&Ms confirmed.
7th_Spectrum · 278 points · Posted at 07:29:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Imagine the uproar if we cracked open the asteroid and found M&Ms
[deleted] · 670 points · Posted at 08:07:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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SupportstheOP · 6 points · Posted at 08:32:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
M&Ms had to flee their home planet after the Mars bars attacked.
Sidney600 · 1 points · Posted at 08:39:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Mars would sue that asteroid because they're from another solar system.
Pyrokill · 1 points · Posted at 08:40:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Fuck. If I had money for gold i would give it to you.
MatttheBruinsfan · 1 points · Posted at 08:42:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh, well done sir!
smegma_legs · 1 points · Posted at 11:20:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I hate you for three or four reasons
cancutgunswithmind · 1 points · Posted at 12:13:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That’s why it’d be groundbreaking. It’d give a lot of support to the theory that M&Ms were seeded on Mars by asteroids instead of originating there. Exciting stuff!
superfluosinfo · 1 points · Posted at 12:18:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
MARS: an out of this world flavor.
try the new mars bar tm today
2068857539 · 1 points · Posted at 14:02:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There aren't other solar systems, there is only one Sol. There are other planetary systems though.
...and now you know.
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 14:20:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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2068857539 · 1 points · Posted at 05:29:41 on December 1, 2017 · (Permalink)
https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/other-solar-systems
They've since updated the page you cited. I'm told it isn't even linked any longer.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 14:34:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
ComebacKids · 10 points · Posted at 08:55:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What was the M&M commercial? We come in pieces?
The_MayoClinic · 1 points · Posted at 17:24:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That would be Reese's
Nudelwalker · 3 points · Posted at 09:18:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
and then eat them
KaiserWolff · 2 points · Posted at 11:45:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They're actually smarties
meatblossom · 2 points · Posted at 13:53:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Real aliens are going to love us when they find us, we have to be the cutest species around
7th_Spectrum · 1 points · Posted at 13:55:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
True. Finding a species that uses fossil fuels to achieve space travel is like seeing a kid using dirt to make pretend food.
elmmi · 1 points · Posted at 12:51:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That made me laugh way more than it should have!!
synchrosymmetry · 9 points · Posted at 07:25:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Quick, crack this shit open. Thar be M&Ms in them hills.
johnsonman1 · 3 points · Posted at 08:20:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Fact 1: Aliens are M&Ms
Fact 2: Aliens like floating around a bit
wut3va · 2 points · Posted at 13:58:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
WTF? Everybody knows they eat Reece's Pieces. It was in this documentary I saw with that girl from 50 First Dates.
[deleted] · 11 points · Posted at 07:08:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yeah, it'd be weird for them to need exactly our gravity. If they did, it's be spooky AFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 11:41:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Or set another precedent for life-forming conditions..
verytroo · 6 points · Posted at 07:23:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That's what I am thinking. Not all organisms would need 1G to hold them to the floor.
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 09:04:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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El_Vagio · 6 points · Posted at 10:36:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Mars is smaller and potentially habitable... Doom confirmed
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 10:59:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 11:09:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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2068857539 · 1 points · Posted at 14:04:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Don't step on snek."
TBIFridays · 5 points · Posted at 07:24:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
But wouldn’t that mean they evolved in an environment with roughly that amount of gravity?
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 07:06:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Woah...
Buscemi_D_Sanji · 2 points · Posted at 12:52:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Exactly, what if they're crystalline and having less gravity is actually ideal?
engineeredengine · 1 points · Posted at 10:29:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Theoretically, that would either make them a) microorganisms b) creatures with extremely high mass c) creatures living in fluid.
krakapow · 1 points · Posted at 12:41:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yeah, if they evolved on a super tiny celestial object!
notsass · 1 points · Posted at 17:25:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Exactly. Or maybe it's just convenient for stuff to fall, albeit slowly, while still operating in zero-g.
Wiki_pedo · 1 points · Posted at 22:13:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Aliens need M&Ms on the floor, because they eat with their feet.
Cathach2 · 7 points · Posted at 06:59:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So some kind of jelly or amoeba like xeno then. The Imperiam thanks you Citizen.
TheLast_Centurion · 6 points · Posted at 07:04:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So maybe it is just "anti-stuck in the air" kind of gravity.
Not strong, but present enough that things and aliens dont get stuck flying in the midde of the ship.
GoldenAthleticRaider · 3 points · Posted at 07:40:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Kind of like being in water
GeorgeWKush7 · 2 points · Posted at 07:05:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Who knows, it could be from an alien race whose home planet has far less gravity than ours.
kamelizann · 5 points · Posted at 07:50:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'm just imagining a race of highly advanced ant sized people.
GeorgeWKush7 · 1 points · Posted at 17:57:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If insects were the same size as us we would likely never have become the dominant species on this earth
gwupvoteaccount · 2 points · Posted at 07:11:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Can it be Skittles, instead of M&Ms?
vxicepickxv · 1 points · Posted at 07:18:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Technically. The two would behave in the same manner.
zbzozbz · 2 points · Posted at 07:26:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
In English please
Heretical · 2 points · Posted at 07:53:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
In English please
CitizenPremier · 2 points · Posted at 08:04:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So you're saying the aliens don't want to lose their M&Ms...
golfinggoober · 1 points · Posted at 07:13:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yeah something about Reese's peanut butter cups. Could you dumb that down for ..my friend..
KimJongIlSunglasses · 1 points · Posted at 07:30:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Okay I just dropped a handful of M&Ms but they fell to the floor pretty quickly. I don’t think I’m doing this right.
TheMillenniumMan · 1 points · Posted at 07:38:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Like they did in Interstellar with the spinning spacecraft?
slartibartjars · 1 points · Posted at 07:39:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What about skittles?
Avid_Smoker · 1 points · Posted at 07:46:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Instructions unclear. Just ate a handful of aliens.
aesu · 1 points · Posted at 07:46:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So, what im taking from this is that were seeing a vast colony ship filled with millions of m and m sized inhabitants.
01110001010 · 1 points · Posted at 07:48:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What if the aliens are m&m sized or smaller?
Chancewilk · 1 points · Posted at 07:49:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Great job. Thanks
JesusSkywalkered · 1 points · Posted at 07:54:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Reese’s, you meant Reese’s, right?
slimthickpapi · 1 points · Posted at 07:58:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What if you dropped two hands full of skittles? What then?
decplace · 1 points · Posted at 08:10:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So what you’re saying is we’re being invaded by M&M’s?
loganjvickery · 1 points · Posted at 08:20:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What about Skittles?
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 08:22:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What if our new alien overlords are small, dense midgets? How small and heavy would they have to be for that gravitational force to be earth-to-human useful?
CalvinsCuriosity · 1 points · Posted at 08:54:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That's all I need. If I'm going into space with the last of my M&M's you bet your ass imma work up a sweat swimming for every last one!
DoctorAwesomeBallz69 · 1 points · Posted at 09:46:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What about peanut M&Ms?
GRIMMnM · 1 points · Posted at 11:32:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well that's just a waste of good M&M's
bill_b4 · 1 points · Posted at 11:37:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What about Reese's Pieces?
Al_in_the_family · 1 points · Posted at 12:22:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Cannot be correct, I would never drop a handful of M&Ms.
trmn8ted · 1 points · Posted at 12:47:28 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I thought they liked Reese’s Pieces
CommanderPsychonaut · 1 points · Posted at 13:59:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Or Reeses Pieces even....
But seriously, you saved me from going to find the radius and doing the math this morning. Your curiosity satiated mine, so thank you. Edit: realised you didnt do the math, but thank you for the comparison to normal gravity.
CounterfeitDryer · 1 points · Posted at 14:15:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Reese's Pieces*
SamSamBjj · 1 points · Posted at 14:22:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And if the aliens were some type of insect, that plus the their ability to walk on walls would be more than enough to make it livable.
Justine772 · 1 points · Posted at 14:28:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So is it aliens or not
power1080 · 1 points · Posted at 14:29:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
SO it would be perfect gravity for something like a heptapod?
uranus_be_cold · 1 points · Posted at 15:55:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Technically, the M&Ms would continue to drift along, assuming there is a vacuum in there. The spinning container only applies a force to them if they are touching.
If there is atmosphere inside, it might eventually drift to the wall.
CloseQuartersGaming · 1 points · Posted at 22:22:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
this is exactly the kind of explanation we need here. More Candy Explanations Please!!
emeracy · 0 points · Posted at 08:56:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
English please
itshonestwork · 0 points · Posted at 10:20:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What about Skittles as they're heavier?
Gryjane · 0 points · Posted at 10:25:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What about Reeses Pieces? Do you think that, halfway home, E.T. might find a stray bag of Reeses Pieces on his ship and in his haste to open the bag most of them fall from his staggering height (he was only squat and squishy here because of our much stronger gravity), watch them slowly drift to the floor and reminisce about that interesting and kind creature back on Earth, Elliott?
beebler · 0 points · Posted at 10:38:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
yum
Duntchy · 0 points · Posted at 10:57:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Can I have a similar explanation but with skittles?
Channel250 · 0 points · Posted at 13:08:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
From now on all space math shall be described by M&Ms
JTVivian56 · 3 points · Posted at 06:47:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's not a lot. Almost weightless. But enough to not be completely 0
delight1982 · 3 points · Posted at 07:32:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"In English, professor?"
shingtaklam1324 · 1 points · Posted at 07:57:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Earth's gravity is 9810mm/s2 so 0.0125mm/s2 is incredibly small
Kettch_ · 1 points · Posted at 13:04:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Made me laugh!
ClearTheCache · 1 points · Posted at 14:34:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Spinny spin means life within
beefprime · 1 points · Posted at 21:20:28 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It means these interstellar voyagers are from a planet with really low gravity!
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 17:32:59 on December 12, 2017 · (Permalink)
English please?*
Yodiddlyyo · 1 points · Posted at 06:57:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Weird-boners · 0 points · Posted at 08:49:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
In English please??
Petersaber · 0 points · Posted at 10:51:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If you were fat and weighted 120kg on Earth, on that asteroid you'd still be fat, but you'd feel like you were 1,5kg and not really stuck to the ground. Any food you drop would sloooowwwwllllyyyyy float towards the floor and be much easier to catch.
9vapors · 20 points · Posted at 06:31:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&t=12&v=RXJKdh1KZ0w
padrizzle · 5 points · Posted at 06:43:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Your comment is the real gem here.
DSXLC · 3 points · Posted at 06:53:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Why didn't you just say that to begin with?
Two-Tone- · 2 points · Posted at 11:44:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The bit that always gets me is the "logarithmic casing". Always makes me stop and wonder what that would look like.
fool_on_a_hill · 30 points · Posted at 06:13:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
soo the aliens are twice our size?
[deleted] · 44 points · Posted at 06:27:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Or half as strong
Atario · 3 points · Posted at 07:32:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Or spindly, pointy, creepy, huge, willowy, mosquito-like creatures
arkain123 · 0 points · Posted at 11:01:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Or part gas.
ViralMage · 6 points · Posted at 07:10:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Not quite... The gravity is about twice what Voyager 1 feels, which is about 20 million times less than Earth's gravity. So by your calculation, the aliens should be about 40 million times our size.
Equandor · 2 points · Posted at 11:37:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Or use inertia negators
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 07:21:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
In English god damn it!
a_magical_tiger · 3 points · Posted at 07:32:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
In English, please
Zweiter · 3 points · Posted at 07:40:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I think your a = v2/r should be a = v2 / r
fchowd0311 · 2 points · Posted at 11:41:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Ya, that's the formula I remember for the normal acceleration component.
belisaurius · 1 points · Posted at 12:00:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It should be. I was sleepy last night and messed up the syntax.
JimicahP · 7 points · Posted at 06:26:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
r/theydidthemath
[deleted] · 8 points · Posted at 06:33:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
r/theydidthemonstermath
8LocusADay · 4 points · Posted at 07:22:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
r/itwasagraveyardgraph
Orange-V-Apple · 3 points · Posted at 06:42:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
r/nodontpleasestop
FriesWithThat · 2 points · Posted at 06:46:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
ELI5, how much would Elvis weigh on that thing?
demieert · 7 points · Posted at 07:05:28 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
since the acceleration is 0.125mm/s2 and earth's force of gravity accelerates us at 9.81 m/s2 elvis would weigh just under one gram at the height of his carreer. I got his weight from here
edit calculation: m=74.83kg a=0.000125m/s2 F=m*a= 0.00935N If an object would feel this force on earth, we can calculate its weight on earth: m= F/a = 0.95 g
FriesWithThat · 1 points · Posted at 07:13:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Thank you. Thank you very much.
eyedaedst · 2 points · Posted at 07:43:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Dilly, dilly! Marvelous post.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 10:00:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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belisaurius · 1 points · Posted at 14:32:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yes! Everything in the Universe experiences gravitational acceleration from everything else in the Universe. Sometimes those forces cancel; but usually not exactly. Voyager continues to slow down as it crawls its way out of the solar system.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 12:36:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Redditors like you make my day :)
belisaurius · 1 points · Posted at 14:31:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
<3
Kramgunderson · 2 points · Posted at 14:19:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
As I was reading this, I 100% expected it to end with the “Undertaker threw Mankind off Hell in a Cell” meme.
belisaurius · 1 points · Posted at 14:31:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Nah, napkin math is too important for memery.
chuck202 · 1 points · Posted at 06:56:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
r/theydidthemath
Eye_farm_downvotes · 1 points · Posted at 07:12:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What would the mass of a planet which produced that acceleration due to gravity be? Assuming similar composition and density to that of our own, how big would it be?
vxicepickxv · 0 points · Posted at 07:21:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
About 20 million times smaller.
samgoode · 1 points · Posted at 07:35:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
IN ENGLISH, PLEASE
blazbluecore · 1 points · Posted at 07:35:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
In English please.
ContentEnt · 1 points · Posted at 07:40:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Are you hoping for an invasion??
belisaurius · 2 points · Posted at 14:33:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Honestly? I'd be hype for definitive proof of extraterrestrial intelligence, yeah.
yungdung2001 · 1 points · Posted at 07:49:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
your post lacks a summary/conclusion. say no at the end.
fighterace00 · 1 points · Posted at 07:56:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Axial velocity of a spacecraft also helps maintain directional stability. If you need to stay pointed in one direction without constantly readjusting with valuable fuel, you can just add a little spin (though I'm not sure this amount is enough)
xXDirtybutlerXx · 1 points · Posted at 08:11:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
In English, please?
loics2 · 1 points · Posted at 08:43:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And that's probably why they are giant
Nudelwalker · 1 points · Posted at 09:17:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
in englisch please?
TaylorDangerTorres · 1 points · Posted at 09:22:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
In english, doc.
PM-YOUR-MONS-PUBIS · 1 points · Posted at 09:27:28 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
In English Please
ClintBeastwood91 · 1 points · Posted at 10:10:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
In English, please?
MasterofDemo · 1 points · Posted at 10:28:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
In English please!
slim495 · 1 points · Posted at 11:47:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
English please
cheekymangoes · 4 points · Posted at 07:20:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Maybe it's not for gravity, if it's soaking up that much light it could be some kind of organic solar panel coating that works best with a day/night cycle, just like everything organic on earth?
Herman999999999 · 4 points · Posted at 09:00:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Is this a Rendezvous with Rama reference lol
TuckBuckford · 2 points · Posted at 09:25:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
no, bad thinking! bad thinking is all the assumptions attached to that! bad ape!
Blahblahyousay · 2 points · Posted at 12:34:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's artificial something that's for sure
Hambeggar · 5 points · Posted at 07:06:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You guys actually being serious right now? lmao
_299792458ms-1 · 1 points · Posted at 09:34:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You’re really scraping the barrel for this alien thing aren’t you?
iLqcs · 1 points · Posted at 16:12:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's a reference to a science fiction book called Rendezvous with Rama.
fitzroy95 · 249 points · Posted at 03:11:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
too small for a colony ship, its even shorter (and much more narrow) than Star Trek's USS Enterprise (any of them)
TheGillos · 841 points · Posted at 03:32:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Maybe the alien colonists are REEEAAAALLY tiny.
fitzroy95 · 955 points · Posted at 03:34:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
if there is one thing that Star wars, Star trek, Star Gate and all other Sci Fi series and movies have taught me, it is that all intelligent alien life forms are approximately human sized (and most are humanoid shape)
hyunxxi · 350 points · Posted at 05:02:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well, our entertainment industries lack diversity ... I haven't seen a single alien represent their species on television. Shame...
fitzroy95 · 168 points · Posted at 06:19:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
pretty sure there are plenty of lizard creatures in media, in politics etc, just that they prefer to disguise themselves.
mexicanninja23 · 6 points · Posted at 09:33:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
HEY! ITS LIZARD PEOPLE!
pspahn · 3 points · Posted at 07:23:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Milkaholics.
loganjvickery · 3 points · Posted at 08:21:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Some even believe they have infiltrated our government!
krakapow · 3 points · Posted at 12:42:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Some of their disguises are worse than the ones in the original Star Trek.
Rocky87109 · 3 points · Posted at 13:12:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Damn human appropriation.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 15:28:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That's just the high standard of beauty on this planet. I have a dream that we judge people based on their actions, and not the protective scales covering their bodies or the low temperature of their blood.
[deleted] · -5 points · Posted at 06:39:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There isn't, just a lot of delusional people unsatisfied with how beautiful and marvelous reality is, seeking to substitute it with something more interesting that explains why their own life is so dull, and boring, and why they can never accomplish their goals. A boogieman they can blame for their own shortcomings.
he_does_it_4_free · 9 points · Posted at 12:02:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Nice throw off, lizardman.
rsiii · 6 points · Posted at 07:33:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I think he was referencing the lizardman hypothesis.
[deleted] · 7 points · Posted at 09:11:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Is it really a hypothesis so much as deranged ramblings from conspiracy theorists?
rsiii · 1 points · Posted at 15:05:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The hypothesis is real but I don't think it's what you think it is. When you have a poll, a certain percentage of the population will pick the most rediculous answer simply because they can. This leads to added margin of error and a belief that millions of people "believing" that lizard people run the government.
Arkanicus · 2 points · Posted at 18:02:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Miss Universe my ass, the winner is always from the Milky Way Galaxy!
rangeo · 1 points · Posted at 06:25:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oscar so Sapien
Canadian_Infidel · 1 points · Posted at 06:43:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There was Odo and whatever the alien Norm MacDonald voices in The Orville.
Ariadnepyanfar · 1 points · Posted at 06:52:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
C.J. Cherryh’s Foreigner series is about a human colony coexisting on an alien world populated by the Atevi. At one point, an Atevi science fiction television show is mentioned... where the bad guys are Atevi dressed up like humans.
Chaotickane · 1 points · Posted at 07:01:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You missed the time Quark was on Regis and Kathy Lee
blazbluecore · 1 points · Posted at 07:38:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Wouldn't want them sexual assaulting other alien actors and actresses
WuhanWTF · 1 points · Posted at 11:39:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
/r/KenM in Space
MHT8 · 1 points · Posted at 12:48:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Also someone from earth ALWAYS wins miss universe.
Relentless_Vlad · 1 points · Posted at 13:18:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
OscarsSoHuman
I_FUCK_YOUR_FACE · 1 points · Posted at 13:27:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Stop appropriating alien cultures!
nfsnobody · 1 points · Posted at 13:30:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh god, more equality quotas to fill...
taktyx · 90 points · Posted at 06:07:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Check out Arrival, you can stream it free with prime. It has interesting alien design.
BenjamintheFox · 118 points · Posted at 06:41:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I think you mean Arrival. The Arrival is a very different alien movie starring Charlie Sheen.
BalthusChrist · 10 points · Posted at 07:32:28 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Haha, yeah, I was guessing they weren't talking about this guy
BenjamintheFox · 3 points · Posted at 08:13:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Wow that's terrible.
getlaidanddie · 2 points · Posted at 14:03:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Ah, that makes me want to see the ruins.
cavemancolton · 3 points · Posted at 09:48:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Thank you so much. So many people refer to it as "The Arrival" and I always tense up as I resist the urge to be pedantic.
BenjamintheFox · 2 points · Posted at 11:46:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I on the other hand will never resist the urge to be pedantic.
fitzroy95 · 3 points · Posted at 06:36:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
thanks for that, will follow it up.
mglyptostroboides · 16 points · Posted at 07:04:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Nope. The Arrival is a shitty movie from the 90s. They meant Arrival which is a great film from last year directed by Denis Villeneuve. Highly recommended. The Arrival is different.
crazya_2001 · 3 points · Posted at 07:35:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I happen to love that movie :/ the black kid with his backward bending legs will forver stick in my mind
LoneStarG84 · 2 points · Posted at 07:52:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Directed by the same guy that made the Riddick movies.
fitzroy95 · 1 points · Posted at 07:43:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
ah, right. Yeah, seen Arrival, never seen "The Arrival" and was surprised to hear that a good Sci-fi movie had somehow slipped past my radar.
Apparently it hadn't :)-
SjettepetJR · 1 points · Posted at 08:09:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
As others have said, he meant Arrival. But I would really recommend going into it without reading anything about the movie. Just go into it blind.
Khekix · 4 points · Posted at 07:04:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
by "interesting" you mean "squid" right?
Mentalink · 2 points · Posted at 09:31:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Not that interesting, I thought that was the weakest part of the movie. Squids & octopuses inspired some of the first science-fiction aliens and are still popular to this day.
It's always either humanoids, squids or bugs. And then the occasional shapeless lifeform, like a gas or light.
taktyx · 1 points · Posted at 17:58:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
At least they were much larger and size was something the OR mentioned. I liked the ink like communication system.
Duntchy · 1 points · Posted at 11:00:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's also on netflix right now. At least in Canada. Good flick.
Keitaro_Urashima · 1 points · Posted at 14:36:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Also Men in Black
irving47 · 6 points · Posted at 07:27:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And speak contemporary english.
startwearinggreen · 3 points · Posted at 09:50:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And have 2 genders like us. And we can mate with them. And they have a princess and she'll fall in love with the hero at some point.
Basic exobiology.
bagoong1322 · 3 points · Posted at 07:12:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Men in black
westartedafire · 4 points · Posted at 07:51:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Don't forget Men in Black; the most advanced alien race in that series fit in human head sized cockpits and could destroy us multiple times over if they wanted to.
fitzroy95 · 3 points · Posted at 07:53:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
true. MIB had a few interesting alien species
PapaSmurf1502 · 5 points · Posted at 06:46:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well, there are a few physical limitations that would suggest that the size/shape of humans is more or less optimal. The square/cube law places an upper limit on organism size, but even then it's hard to imagine something as big as a whale having the reaction time necessary to perform complex tasks. A large organism would have a difficult time building spacecraft to house it and lifters to carry such large ships into space, unless their home planet has lower gravity, but then it would have a difficult time retaining a proper atmosphere.
Smaller creatures could potentially exist, and they have many advantages over human sizes, but they would have a difficult time competing with larger creatures on their home planet, as opposed to humans who can pretty much hunt everything.
Even the body types of humans are "standard" as in vertical symmetry and just enough limbs to accomplish the needs, and hands that are great tools. You wouldn't see a winged intelligent species because wings can't grip or do very complex tasks, for example.
James Cameron's Avatar is probably a pretty good example of what a lush alien world might actually look like, minus the whole magical tree plot device.
kyran_lane · 3 points · Posted at 07:53:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
My biggest gripe with Avatar was that every organism had three sets of limbs except the Na'vi who are humanoids with two sets of limbs like us. It just makes zero sense from an evolutionary perspective unless they evolved from an entirely separate lineage than every other animal species (that we see).
I guess they couldn't have their quasi-John Rolfe fall in love with a giant 4 armed quasi-Pocahontas.
PapaSmurf1502 · 2 points · Posted at 12:52:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That is one of the glaring issues with the film, sure. Also the fact that most of the creatures breathe through their necks and not their noses. But the general idea is probably fairly realistic.
kyran_lane · 2 points · Posted at 13:00:28 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yeah, I certainly agree- they clearly put a great deal of thought into crafting ecosystems, drawing inspiration from marine life, in particular.
I had completely forgotten about the neck-breathing! Harry Kane eat your heart out!
methofthewild · 1 points · Posted at 09:22:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They did have that tail thing. Can't remember if they could control it or not though.
kyran_lane · 1 points · Posted at 09:28:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
ah yes, the tail/sex organ or whatever- 5 limbs!
In all seriousness (as serious as a discussion on Avatar's evolutionary morphology can be), the other animals had similar appendages. Although come to think of it, not all of them had that sexy anemone thing on their tails while some did- which would also be unlikely from an evo viewpoint.
quicksilvereagle · 3 points · Posted at 07:13:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yeah but the MIB corollary: they could all be microscopic. Or we could.
GorgonBear · 3 points · Posted at 09:15:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Star Trek has had some episodes where intelligent alien life forms are not humanoid. I'm thinking specifically of the episode where the lifeform is light? Although I don't know how they got the light into a bottle. I think there's some episodes where planets themselves are lifeforms.
NameUser54321 · 2 points · Posted at 07:22:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We must have watched a different Stargate. The goa'uld are definitely not human sized or shaped and neither are the Asgard (closer in shape at least but the proportions are still way off).
As for the people you are talking about from Stargate, that's because those aren't "aliens" (depending on your definition, I guess) but rather just humans living on different worlds.
ethon776 · 2 points · Posted at 09:09:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The Asgards were pretty similiar to humans, but tenthousand years of cloning degenerated them. Carter makes a remark about this in one episode where they are finding some old asgard corpses.
makesyougohmmm · 2 points · Posted at 07:23:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That's why you should watch Arrival.
lazyfck · 2 points · Posted at 07:59:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And most of them speak English.
andyroux · 2 points · Posted at 08:00:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They also all seem to breath the same atmosphere.
My theory is that at some point there was mass terraforming... and genocide of non oxygen breathing life forms sometime in the Star Wars universe.
AP246 · 2 points · Posted at 08:03:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
To be fair, it's probably much harder to pack in the complexity required for intelligence in a significantly smaller body.
That is, unless you have some kind of hive mind I guess.
ShinyHappyREM · 2 points · Posted at 08:36:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z45Tpp9DBq4
7DMATH7 · 2 points · Posted at 08:40:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And that we can make sweet love to them without any ill effects.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 12:24:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Not exactly true for Star Wars. There are thousands of Aliens that are non humanoid. But even in the time before the empire they still kept to themselves because of atmosphere and generally having trouble with humanoids.
And in the Empire anything not human is a second class citizen, and if you arent even humanoid you might as well be an insect.
In star wars there are non-humanoid races, the Tholians for one. But they dont get along with humanoids.
Star Trek even canonised why most life in the galaxy is humanoid as well which i thought was a nice touch.
VentralBegich · 2 points · Posted at 12:40:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Humans with fiddly bit tacked on
Chronsky · 2 points · Posted at 13:06:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What about those things in the locker from Men In Black?
peese-of-cawffee · 2 points · Posted at 13:15:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'm sure there would be an observable average size close to ours - we have some of the longest lifespans in the animal kingdom among the more intelligent animals, so we're built pretty damn well. To maximize efficiency of all the various organs and processes that keep us going, body size is surely a variable that's been perfected by evolution.
There are lots of critters smaller than us that can't do shit, and there are lots of critters bigger than us that don't live very long. We're the perfect mix of longevity, capability, and intelligence, and are fairly well-suited for space travel, considering we're smart enough to build a ship and live long enough to go somewhere in it.
I think aliens would probably be close to our size regardless of their chemical composition, because size has a huge influence on the efficiency and sustainability of the chemical reactions that keep us alive.
GeraldBWilsonJr · 2 points · Posted at 14:40:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The more intelligent and therefore omnipotent, the larger and more squidlike
Kingbow13 · 2 points · Posted at 16:08:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The Chase episode of TNG explains this
Patriot_Brother · 2 points · Posted at 18:15:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That’s why I loved the Arrival so much. Such a different approach to the alien genre.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 19:16:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
An eposode of Star Trek: The Next Generation actually covered the reasoning behind this
SwedenStockholm · 1 points · Posted at 10:52:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Star trek has several life forms that are super small. One was even 2d.
ocp-paradox · 1 points · Posted at 06:44:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You are alien life. We are all we have to base what other life will look like. It's absolutely not unreasonable to assume they would be similar to us at all. People imagine shit like floating brains with tentacles and other forms without even thinking about the kind of environments that would need to exist for such life to even evolve and survive, let alone construct interstellar space ships.
mywan · 1 points · Posted at 06:35:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Like an ant colony.
Erikwar · 1 points · Posted at 06:39:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
A group of women in stasis and a sperm bank
FriesWithThat · 1 points · Posted at 06:51:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That's what I was thinking, sort of a Johnny Express thing going on there.
Kharn0 · 1 points · Posted at 07:10:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
/r/HFY was right! We are super deadly giants to most Xenos....the galaxy is our brothers and sisters!
CaptnYossarian · 1 points · Posted at 07:19:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
TonyPajamas29 · 1 points · Posted at 07:21:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Maybe it's a scouting party
Chubs1224 · 1 points · Posted at 07:22:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Wasnt there an Isamov short story that humanity fight the immune system of some giant organism and the scope of the whole creature was so immense we tried negotiating with the immune system?
supersaiyan3trump · 1 points · Posted at 07:44:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Like cute little tardigrades
TheDaveWSC · 1 points · Posted at 08:04:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Great, alien germs. That will end well for us.
scoutnemesis · 1 points · Posted at 08:19:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Reminds me of that female only alien race from animorphd
Alyscupcakes · 1 points · Posted at 09:06:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
PORG colonists confirmed!
MintberryCruuuunch · 1 points · Posted at 09:56:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Arkilians.
Shoeboxer · 1 points · Posted at 10:25:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Like the Vonnegut book with the miniaturized Chinese.
boxjellyblues · 1 points · Posted at 10:32:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLSZ_Sao2KU
russiangerman · 1 points · Posted at 12:53:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Explains the low artificially gravity too
Sherool · 1 points · Posted at 13:00:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
mitchggggggg · 1 points · Posted at 13:19:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
m&m size, perhaps.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 13:22:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The colonists could also be uploaded AIs.
gvsteve · 1 points · Posted at 14:12:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I would think it unlikely that any civilization with the capacity for interstellar space travel would travel here in person first and not send a drone.
gqtrees · 1 points · Posted at 14:13:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
as in they take over our cells?
JoocyJ · 0 points · Posted at 06:26:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
A very small alien would unlikely be intelligent
CaptnYossarian · 1 points · Posted at 07:18:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Why is that?
Orphyis · 2 points · Posted at 07:28:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Cells can only be so small, and brain mass is correlated with intelligence, of course their exceptions, but for the most part it’s legit. Small brains don’t have the capacity for sentience type stuff
JoocyJ · 1 points · Posted at 15:31:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Essentially what the other guy said. Intelligence is an emergent property of lots and lots of individually dumb cells interacting with each other. Unless their brains are packed much more efficiently, which is unlikely for physical reasons, less processing units means less intelligence.
Semblio · 64 points · Posted at 03:41:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's a perfect size for an ROU, though...
fitzroy95 · 88 points · Posted at 03:44:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
possibly for a colony of ROUS
SecularPaladin · 178 points · Posted at 04:23:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Rodents of unusual size?
Saelyre · 107 points · Posted at 05:40:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I don't think they exist.
Sororita · 105 points · Posted at 05:58:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
[gets attacked by a ROUS]
SefEXE · 5 points · Posted at 12:08:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You have been eaten by a ROUS.
SupportstheOP · 2 points · Posted at 08:54:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Certainly not, no-no
2068857539 · 1 points · Posted at 14:06:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
/r/unexpectedprincessbride
throway_nonjw · 38 points · Posted at 04:28:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Rapid Offensive Unit, from The Culture novels (ps: they're really good!)
fitzroy95 · 6 points · Posted at 06:18:28 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
correct for ROU, but ROUS are, as indicated by /u/SecularPaladin, Rodents Of Unusual Size. Evil and cunning bastards...
Dr_smell · 3 points · Posted at 07:29:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Banana Rats?
Phonics_Frog · 1 points · Posted at 15:50:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I don't think they exist
rangeo · 3 points · Posted at 06:26:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Inconceivable
Daixiu · 2 points · Posted at 11:58:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The ROUS is loose.
scarabking117 · 1 points · Posted at 07:23:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Is there something other than borderlands 2 being referenced here?
fitzroy95 · 3 points · Posted at 07:46:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Rodents of Unusual Size - Princess Bride
Cathach2 · 5 points · Posted at 07:01:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What crimes have we committed to warrent that though?
Coal_Morgan · 9 points · Posted at 06:43:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Perfect size for a seed ship. It'll land on earth and release bacteria that will convert all living matter to a nice protein nutrient for it's plants and then the colony ship shows up.
Sadly they were sent so long ago they didn't realize anything more complicated then plants lived here.
Won't they be red faced...or the equivalent.
StaticSins · 4 points · Posted at 06:53:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Colony ship of Mogwai. Please don't feed after midnight!
TheMegaZord · 3 points · Posted at 08:20:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's name Oumuamua translates to scout, funnily enough.
Doobie_Doo · 3 points · Posted at 12:34:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This is so similar to a series i'm reading called Rama
wilberfarce · 2 points · Posted at 06:36:28 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Unless their Stone has a seventh chamber, as in the 1985 novel Eon.
Redmindgame · 2 points · Posted at 07:09:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Not too small for a von neumann machine
Innalibra · 3 points · Posted at 07:22:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I've played enough X:BTF to know where this is going
fitzroy95 · 2 points · Posted at 07:44:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
so we're looking at a grey goo scenario if it suddenly changes direction towards us?
Redmindgame · 2 points · Posted at 07:51:28 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Von Neumann just means self replicating machines, iirc I don't believe they have to have horror movie levels of zero self regulation. Also if it was, who's to say the entire ship is necessary to start the process, could just be a method of transport, only launching a seed module(s) at target objects.
fitzroy95 · 2 points · Posted at 07:55:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
best would be to release a small swarm at an asteroid or similar target in space, and let them expand from there. We wouldn't even know about it until tracked asteroids started disappearing or changing their appearance radically.
and to be self-replicating, they first have to decompose the required elements. it really depends how far that decomposition process goes, whether its just enough to create a single duplicate, or whether it just keeps replicating exponentially and converting all matter in the region.
ContentEnt · 2 points · Posted at 07:41:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's a giant spore with a hivelike entity. One that, may I say, could flood the earth?
fitzroy95 · 1 points · Posted at 07:47:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
hopefully its got a more interesting target in mind.
fuckincaillou · 2 points · Posted at 08:05:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I dunno, 400 meters long can provide plenty of room for humanoids that are lying down in sleep/stasis while the ship's piloting through the universe
rdmthoughtnite7716 · 2 points · Posted at 09:16:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Might be an interstellar freight ship, judging by its length
fitzroy95 · 1 points · Posted at 09:21:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
not convinced that an interstellar freighter would go to the expense of enclosing all its freight within its walls, when it could just hang all its containers all around the outside of the ship and ensure that the shields extend far enough to cover them all.
Won't work if you ever enter atmosphere, but perfectly fine as long as you remain in space.
SBInCB · 2 points · Posted at 11:52:28 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You don't know. Too small for humans, maybe.
kactusotp · 2 points · Posted at 11:55:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It was a missile, well more of a range finder round...
DocRingeling · 2 points · Posted at 12:45:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Maybe they just use timelord technology.
4mygirljs · 2 points · Posted at 13:02:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Hummm, perhaps it’s looking for whales
AHungryGorilla · 2 points · Posted at 13:15:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What if it's a colony ship with a small crew and a whole bunch of embryos that are to be raised on site? Alien physiology could be like anything or like nothing we know of.
CptCreosote · 2 points · Posted at 13:22:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's fine if you're bacteria
Jarhyn · 2 points · Posted at 13:47:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Only if you view other species through the lense of our own technology now. I'd imagine that a space-faring alien species would work smarter, not harder: find rocks moving through their own solar system roughly on a trajectory to move through a different one, spray a very thin layer of water ice on the outside, and coat that with very dark spores. An alien sun hits the spores, spores melt the water, water launches spores into alien solar system at all angles.
If a spore finds a surface it can take root on, it plants a lichen-like fungus that grows an "egg". The "egg" hatches and starts eating other bits of the fungus until it gives live birth to, and subsequently cares for a main stage life form. Main stage life form continues eating fungus as necessary, and is born already encoding some form of language, society, culture, and technology in the delivery package (maybe it has a biological hard drive using a DNA-like molecule).
It'd be a lot cheaper and more effective than sending a giant eggshell of a ship filled with squishy, fragile meatbags, using ridiculous amounts of fuel, to a solar system where there is no guarantee of either return nor of safe harbor.
DangerousDac · 2 points · Posted at 13:54:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Eh, its bigger than the NX-01, TOS Ent, Refit Ent and Voyager and the Defiant.
cajunrevenge · 2 points · Posted at 13:58:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's a colony of ants.
GreenTunicKirk · 2 points · Posted at 14:35:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The 1701 had a crew of 400 souls on board, not including diplomats and federation scientists on accompanying missions. The vessel has 22 decks, with E deck being the largest point in the saucer, housing most of the crew’s quarters and mess stations.
For anyone’s point of reference 🤗
Ranzear · 2 points · Posted at 16:31:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And the real Enterprise aircraft carrier is 341 meters long, so it's hardly bigger than that.
notsass · 2 points · Posted at 17:26:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What if it's like the seed ship from Prometheus, carrying a single member and some crazy bio weapon?
blaghart · 1 points · Posted at 06:31:28 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Wow, I coulda sworn TOS Enterprise was only 100 and change meters long...guess not.
fitzroy95 · 1 points · Posted at 07:39:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) - the original
and they get bigger from there
Coins_For_Titties · 1 points · Posted at 11:15:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"For thousands more years the mighty ships tore across the empty wastes of space and finally dived screaming on to the first planet they came across—which happened to be the Earth—where due to a terrible miscalculation of scale the entire battle fleet was accidentally swallowed by a small dog."
Douglas Adams called it
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 11:41:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Maybe a colony ship for alien ants?
xmu806 · 1 points · Posted at 12:16:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
...The NX-01 is 225 meters long.
modernbenoni · 3 points · Posted at 10:10:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's a nice thought, but the article says they suspect that there are around 10,000 of these between the Sun and Neptune's orbit. It's just a big rock, not a ship. It's still interesting though.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 11:27:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
No, it's a rock.
DietCherrySoda · 1 points · Posted at 12:06:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Why do you suspecf there are "inside walls"?
mama37 · 1 points · Posted at 12:39:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
6
trevize1138 · 1 points · Posted at 13:05:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Protomolecule.
Remember the Cant.
hungxipinghua · 1 points · Posted at 13:18:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's rotating along it's elongated axis, so we don't know the circumference. ...but in any case, with a duration of 7.3 hours, it's not enough to generate artificial gravity.
dbcanuck · 1 points · Posted at 13:25:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We haven't achieved FTL / warp / wormhole technology yet, so....
Dormant reaper. We're still at the midpoint of the cycle.
antonivs · 1 points · Posted at 14:26:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Do you really need to "do the math"?
Imagine you're on a roundabout / merry-go-round that makes a complete revolution once every 7.3 hours. How much outward force do you think you would feel?
iLqcs · 1 points · Posted at 16:11:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Literally the plot of Rendezvous with Rama. I like your thinking.
mr_ji · 1 points · Posted at 07:41:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
One rotation every seven hours by a 400-meter long object doesn't seem like it would produce much inertia at all.
modernbenoni · 1 points · Posted at 10:13:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Article says its scale is 10:1, so ~20 meter radius. Nowhere near enough to produce any fake gravity inside. If that's what you two mean when you say inertia.
AcidCH · 1 points · Posted at 08:49:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That's kind of a massive leap and devalues the real achievement of finding this asteroid. These asteroids are astronomically more likely to be the kind that hit earth and delivered carbon compounds (Organic compounds) to our planet.
It's not aliens lmao
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 07:32:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Pleasure boat
kyranadept · 0 points · Posted at 07:48:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I’m coming up with thirty-two point three three uh, repeating of course, percentage, of survival. Uh…that’s a lot better than we usually do. Uhh, alright, you think we’re ready guys?
elbekko · 0 points · Posted at 08:12:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Nah, that's Red Dwarf.
AsianPotatos · 0 points · Posted at 08:30:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Or maybe the alien version of a voyager.
Jarhyn · 0 points · Posted at 13:31:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Colony ships like the ones you see in sci-fi are cool looking and fun to think about in fiction, but are highly unlikely. More likely are rocks that are essentially just high-tech spores that are sent out towards other systems, and then split off small chunks that are shot towards good candidates in the solar system and then infect them. In nature, there are all kinds of examples of species with hydrophobic spores that they launch explosively with extremely small quantities of water. A rock like this would only need to get hot enough in the sun to produce a small puff of liquid water, and then shoot spores off at supersonic velocities as it passes through... which is easily done if it has a 96% blackbody shell.
This is all because deep space is absurdly dangerous over cosmic time-frames (radiation, "dark" gravity wells, barren solar systems, etc), and a truely space-faring species would need maximum dispersal for minimal investment.
If we get visitors, my guess it would be that they originally came here on what looked for all intents and purposes like a dead rock that seemed to just pass through, much like this one.
Dixnorkel · -1 points · Posted at 08:08:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Good god, what a cruel joke it would be for a race to launch a colony ship that arrived just in time to see us ruin their last hope with pollution and nukes.
go4theknees · 0 points · Posted at 08:22:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Its nowhere near earth, they'll b okay
KrattanN · -2 points · Posted at 06:35:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Judging be the shape, I would call it a Colon ship.
[deleted] · 671 points · Posted at 04:59:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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[deleted] · 206 points · Posted at 06:00:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Slightly askew and 125 millimeters long?
adderallballs · 3 points · Posted at 08:29:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Very close to meirl, just make it slightly... Flabby
ClearTheCache · 1 points · Posted at 14:35:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Gonzo bend and 3" of disappointment
[deleted] · 11 points · Posted at 06:11:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
r/absolutelynotme_irl
MVPVisionZ · 1 points · Posted at 06:40:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
400 metres btw
meatblossom · 1 points · Posted at 13:55:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Aww sadder to read looking at the username
orange775 · 18 points · Posted at 06:53:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Why is red the hallmark of organic molecules?
esmifra · 7 points · Posted at 10:51:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'm not sure, just guessing but it probably is because of carbon's spectrum absorbance.
Each particle absorbs more some wavelengths of the spectrum and others less.
That gives each particle a "color" i assume carbon is reddish.
Might be completely wrong, so take this with a huge grain of salt.
14agers · 16 points · Posted at 07:56:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
blood dum dum
medphysfem · 13 points · Posted at 11:00:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Heads up: I spent 2 years looking at asteroids and did a masters research project on modelling asteroids based on their light curves. So if you have other questions throw them my way :)
It's definitely not really really abnormal - the long 'cigar' shape is not exactly common if true, however there are lots of asteroids with fairly similar shapes and the 'z axis' (axis about which the asteroid rotates) is hard to constrain with current lightcurve based modelling techniques generally (so it might be more rugby ball shaped).
But generally, asteroids tend to rotate about their own axis, whilst they orbit the sun (much like the Earth). Loads of different rotational periods are possible, 7 hours is pretty average tbh (I've looked at ones anywhere from 5 hours to 18 hours). As someone else commented their periods change quite a bit if they start drifting closer to the sun.
Edit: to be clear on how they work all this out - asteroids spin on their own (shortest) axis whilst they orbit the sun (like how the earth spins). Now imagine a rugby ball, spinning about it's shortest axis. Imagine looking at the rugby ball as it spins from the side - as it spins you see a large elliptical area (maximum) then a smaller round area (minimum) then the large one again (And varying amounts of area in between seeing each 'side'). This is like the asteroid spinning. Different areas of surfaces are both illuminated by the sun and visible to us at different times. This means when we observe the object, it appears to get brighter and dimmer. This happen on a regular schedule (as it rotates multiple times we see the same faces over and over). We plot this data (usually pretty much sinusoidal) and call it a light curve. Now depending on how different the maximum and minimum brightnesses are, we can tell roughly how big and small the maximum and minimum faces are relative to each other as area is directly proportional to brightness. How long between seeing the same maximum tells us how fast it's rotating. From the lightcurve we can then work out what shape the object is.
Reddish hue also not abnormal just based on the reflective properties of different surface compounds. Reddish ones tend to be carbon bound into organic compounds (created through chemical reactions).
If you want to peruse some 3D models of asteroids (some of which I may have helped create ;)) check out the DAMIT asteroid database [http://astro.troja.mff.cuni.cz/projects/asteroids3D/web.php?page=project_main_page]
TL;DR Asteroids are pretty much generally potato shaped, and rotate about the shortest axis with similar sorts of periods to this one.
redditproha · 17 points · Posted at 07:27:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Why do we not link the actual source instead of fucking guardian?? Like seriously. Or even Science Daily would be fine for that matter.
FyuuR · 0 points · Posted at 11:59:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Honestly, who gives a shit? It's the same info.
hungxipinghua · 3 points · Posted at 13:35:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Definitely NOT the same info
redditproha · 1 points · Posted at 17:48:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
No it's not.
unomaly · 5 points · Posted at 06:55:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Sounds eerily like an SCP
Khassar_de_Templari · 1 points · Posted at 18:03:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It sounds reaaaaally similar to rendevous with rama by arthur c clarke.
Amazing book if you haven't read it. Hard scifi at it's best. Highly recommend.
mcsoups · 6 points · Posted at 07:10:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What a time we live in.
Also calling a very large telescope "the very large telescope" is really funny.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 07:46:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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little_brown_bat · 1 points · Posted at 13:28:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Santa’s pissed
djuggler · 3 points · Posted at 12:03:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"How could we communicate to other carbon based lifeforms that we are out here?" "Let's send a chunk of carbon toward their planet and see what they do."
dis23 · 3 points · Posted at 12:55:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I first saw this on r/astronomy and they were saying that we have yet to find a local object with a width to length ratio of 1 to 3, whereas this is thought to be 1 to 10, so the length is definitely abnormal compared to what we've seen so far.
uncensoredthoughts · 2 points · Posted at 11:18:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Rendezvous with Rama?
lp_waterhouse · 2 points · Posted at 12:36:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Cause red goez fasta
whiskey-monk · 2 points · Posted at 12:36:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Deoxys confirmed.
Commence Delta episode.
Rocky87109 · 2 points · Posted at 13:04:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It looks like a huge....Johnson, get on British Intelligence and tell them about this.
L3tum · 7 points · Posted at 06:28:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"hey, what do we call this weird turd looking thing?"
"Oumuamua"
"Wow, good idea!"
"Ah, err, no, I just spilled coffee on my lap"
zehamberglar · 3 points · Posted at 07:45:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Based on what I've read about it, no. Both color and shape of this asteroid are basically unprecedented.
Haamaimadrasi · 1 points · Posted at 07:31:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Why in the fuck would they name it OUMUAMUA
iwaspeachykeen · 5 points · Posted at 07:43:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
hawaii
Spyrothedragon9972 · 1 points · Posted at 07:37:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
400 meters long? We could blow that shit to dust. I'm not worried.
RussiaExpert · 1 points · Posted at 07:38:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Also interesting if its elongation is along it's trajectory or is randomly oriented.
medphysfem · 1 points · Posted at 11:40:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's 'elongation' direction will change as the asteroid itself rotates about it's own axis (which is shortest axis). This is why it has a light curve :)
Imagine a rugby ball. Spin it about it's shortest axis. That's what the asteroid is doing as it also orbits the sun.
twisted-diddi · 1 points · Posted at 08:03:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Slightly nit-picky but why not just say “the object is from another ‘system’ as opposed to being from another solar system”? I could be wrong but doesn’t ‘solar’ refer to our star, the sun? There are other planetary systems and I don’t think they go by the term solar.
FC37 · 1 points · Posted at 08:07:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I am so glad that our best scientists are getting the full support of our government and public in building the most advanced telescopes in history on Mauna Kea to further our understanding of space and identify thousands of objects like this. It would really suck if a BS controversy founded on lies and racism were to set the project back millions of dollars and multiple years.
rugger62 · 1 points · Posted at 09:50:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Red is the color of rust
barktholomew8 · 1 points · Posted at 10:09:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Oumuamua was extremely elongated and roughly 400 metres long."
That's one hell of a yo' mama joke.
Tech_Itch · 1 points · Posted at 11:07:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So, it's an inanimate carbon rod?
Rand_alThor_ · 1 points · Posted at 11:25:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's a fucking spaceship boys! (jk)
SourcreamHologram · 1 points · Posted at 11:34:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So it's red, carbon based, from outer space, and really super elongated.
...
Oh good Lord it's the Spear of Longinus!!
(Cues thunderous Hallelujah chorus)
Metalman9999 · 1 points · Posted at 11:42:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I lost it there
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 12:21:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Sort of like this?
03Cobra · 1 points · Posted at 12:53:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I love that VLT stands for "very large telescope". How technical.
pukotoshana_murkals · 1 points · Posted at 13:06:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Red is also a hallmark of iron oxide.
justsomeopinion · 1 points · Posted at 13:09:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So 5th element timeline then...
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 13:13:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
100% this thing carries shapeshifting alien life that will try to eat us all after scientists bring back a sample
terribleatgambling · 1 points · Posted at 13:14:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
i know it was just a movie but this sounds an awful lot like the start of Life with Jake gyllenhall and I liked the ending but Earth sure wont
HeyItsDadHere · 1 points · Posted at 13:20:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The best name they came up with for this crazy interstellar telescope was the “Very Large Telescope?”
Twat_The_Douche · 1 points · Posted at 13:24:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Ooh, i just watched the movie Evolution last night. I know exactly what to do. We need lots of Head and Shoulders shampoo, a fire truck, and some funk.
Baconwich · 1 points · Posted at 13:25:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Isn't this how Star Trek 4 started?
noximo · 1 points · Posted at 13:55:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Wake me up when it starts to slow down.
Monsieur_Roux · 1 points · Posted at 14:17:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's already gone well past us. We didn't detect it until after it had already entered our solar system, swung round the sun and zoomed off.
Ozuf1 · 1 points · Posted at 14:24:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I know its probably not but this description makes me think of the red marker from deadspace. Be glad it missed us or else we'd have a zombie apocalypse! =O ( /s, but also how cool would it be? Minus the zombies of couese)
PlNKERTON · 1 points · Posted at 14:26:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Doesn't even look real.
tip_off · 1 points · Posted at 21:21:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So its a reaper?
W4spoon · 1 points · Posted at 23:49:13 on November 25, 2017 · (Permalink)
The world-eaters are coming.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:37:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Communists!
z10-0 · 1 points · Posted at 09:21:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
their rotation speed increases whenever they're in proximity to a star/heat source due to the YORP Effect
vernes1978 · 1 points · Posted at 13:37:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Panspermia confirmed?
Monsieur_Roux · 2 points · Posted at 14:13:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Not at all. Organic doesn't mean living, just carbon-based. Methane is an organic chemical but it can be produced without life.
vernes1978 · 1 points · Posted at 14:29:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Aww poo!
Proton_Pack · 0 points · Posted at 10:52:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
long, organic... this is the pan-system-sperm we've heard about. A cumshot of sorts.
whattalovelydaytoday · 0 points · Posted at 13:46:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Fucking anglo-saxon butchering our names once again.
ken27238 · 20415 points · Posted at 02:18:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I don't know about you guys but if I were an alien race designing a long term interstellar ship making it look like an asteroid would be a solid choice.
Bankster- · 4996 points · Posted at 03:25:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Actually seems more efficient and safer to shape and hollow out an existing asteroid.
muklan · 1580 points · Posted at 03:38:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Wonder if you could lasso one with a crew to do that, and breed a population/ditch the asteroid when its near something habitable...kind of a budget destiny, from SG:U
De_Vermis_Mysteriis · 1923 points · Posted at 04:22:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And then genetic abnormalities and devolution cause the people to become feral, bestial, and violent. Systems fail and the ship is plunged Into darkness. Though essential systems stay intact and life support functions (albeit in a reduced form) reasoning and intelligence fades. Soon the population splinters into morlock style cannibalism, primitive tribes hunting each other through the stone and metal sarcophagus that spins forever through space trapped in eternal darkness, both within and without, in the freezing gulf between stars.
29979245T · 966 points · Posted at 04:30:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There's a good sci-fi horror movie with a similar premise, Pandorum.
NMW · 435 points · Posted at 05:14:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Heinlein's Orphans of the Sky is pretty much exactly this too.
LeNecrobusier · 193 points · Posted at 05:42:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
See also : David Brin and Gregory Bedford's The Heart of the Comet
DoctorMajor · 37 points · Posted at 07:41:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
See also: Rendevous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke.
SonyExecutive · 21 points · Posted at 10:59:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So what you're saying is this is a totally new, never done before idea? Got it.
Quithi · 4 points · Posted at 09:37:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Also sort an episode on The Orville.
couldwouldashoulda · 5 points · Posted at 10:25:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And The Sparrow, by Mary Dorin Russell.
UniMatrix028 · 3 points · Posted at 14:39:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
See also: STTNG S07E19 : Genesis
DredPRoberts · 1 points · Posted at 17:04:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Also: The Orville S1 E4: If the Stars Should Appear
Too many Dr. Who episodes to count.
DasGanon · 7 points · Posted at 07:22:28 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Heck, this is even the premise for "The Dig"
teepeestudios · 16 points · Posted at 08:50:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Uncannily, we're a small indie studio working on a TV series called Project S.E.E.D. with a similar premise to this too! Hollowed out asteroids to make an interstellar ship... humanity losing a part of itself to an alien race... might as well put ourselves into the mix! We also did a successful Indiegogo campaign to help fund its production.
r/ProjectSEED
Hellknightx · 2 points · Posted at 23:08:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
RIP LucasArts. Adventure games are truly a lost artform at this point.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 08:40:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh man, I should play Dig again. That game is amazing.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 12:51:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
digger?
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 13:48:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Hah, I used to love Digger. Played the hell out of that and Alley Cat.
seriouslees · 4 points · Posted at 10:58:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Eon by Greg Bear
TheySaidAnal · 1 points · Posted at 06:31:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
SIMPSONS DID IT
wrgrant · 2 points · Posted at 11:30:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I thought it was Methuselah's Children? Now I gotta go dig through all my old Heinlein books...
Laruae · 2 points · Posted at 13:43:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Methuselah's Children was the one where the spaceship worked.
wrgrant · 3 points · Posted at 15:25:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Ah ok. Its been a long time since I read either (read decades).
capt_rakum · 1 points · Posted at 06:57:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Thanks!
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 08:47:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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Praesentius · 4 points · Posted at 12:49:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's the one where the crew has forgotten that they're on a generation ship. Mutated people are a thing. Don't remember anything about fungoids.
It's basically the mutated people from the decks near the hull vs the people who call themselves scientists and officers. Although, they don't have any idea what those titles really mean.
smittyjones · 1 points · Posted at 14:14:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The later books in the Hyperion series had some folks that lived like this.
Somebody23 · 1 points · Posted at 06:34:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
!Remindme 1 day
Teddyk123 · 77 points · Posted at 06:52:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I loved that movie. Do not remember many others feeling the same way. Kinda ham handed the Dennis Quaid insanity stuff, but still liked it. And the practical effects and makeup were on point
radicalelation · 14 points · Posted at 07:21:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Ben Foster deserves more though.
metarinka · 7 points · Posted at 09:19:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I feel like the movie is 95% there of being an amazing movie. Really for me all they had to do was play up the ambiguity if he was actually suffering from space madness or not, both dennis quaid and Ben Foster.
Overall a very original plot and well executed though.
This_Is_My_Opinion_ · 3 points · Posted at 13:30:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I've seen that movie around 25 times and I still have no idea what I'm watching near the end. No spoilers though.
Roolerk · 2 points · Posted at 07:25:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yeah I feel they could have taken that further
cipher__ten · 2 points · Posted at 12:13:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I loved it. The <spoiler> at the end was pretty great.
BorisJenkins · 1 points · Posted at 14:36:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Event Horizon?
cadam43 · 76 points · Posted at 06:38:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The whole time I was reading his comment I was thinking “He’s gotta be talking about pandorum”
f1del1us · 5 points · Posted at 06:38:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Or they reach the planet, and we call 'em prawns.
shitoutyourmouth · 5 points · Posted at 07:47:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Sad we'll not see the remainder of the trilogy.
MarvinLazer · 4 points · Posted at 07:14:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I just looked at the Wikipedia article. That movie looks awesome.
Roolerk · 8 points · Posted at 07:25:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It really is.
Roolerk · 3 points · Posted at 07:25:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
THAT PLOT TWIST THO
Daxx22 · 4 points · Posted at 11:26:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
On rewatch, clues everywhere but man I had pretty much the same expression on my face as the main character at the reveal lol.
ca178858 · 2 points · Posted at 14:28:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Pandorum Spoiler
Sherlock S2 Spoiler
The_duke_of_Nuts · 3 points · Posted at 08:38:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
thank you so much I was trying to remember the title of this movie for awhile.
buttyanger · 3 points · Posted at 13:49:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Came to this thread looking for Pandorum.
ai1267 · 2 points · Posted at 09:44:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I've considered watching it, but I kinda have a thing against gore. Is it very visceral?
Daxx22 · 2 points · Posted at 11:25:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Not very. It's a lot more implied ick/cutaway gore.
TerribleTherapist · 1 points · Posted at 15:19:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Very
ai1267 · 2 points · Posted at 16:53:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Darn. Skipping it then. Thanks for telling me :)
BeaumontG · 2 points · Posted at 10:05:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The Expanse has a similar idea in second season. In case you're interested to see that, I won't give any spoilers. It's a really good sci fi show, by the way!
Silidistani · 1 points · Posted at 15:14:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I just finished Season 1 for free on Amazon Prime, and I am very dismayed that Season 2 isn't free... so I'm torn between paying $3.99 per episode for HD (that's over $40 by the end to see Season 2) or waiting. The end of Season 1 is such a cliffhanger!
BeaumontG · 1 points · Posted at 18:25:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Season 2 is on Netflix! Watch it there. $3.99 for an episode is crazy!
Fizzwidgy · 2 points · Posted at 10:13:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
HOLY SHIT! I've been trying to remember this movies title for so long, thank you!
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 10:13:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The first movie I ever saw on Netflix.
jmj_203 · 2 points · Posted at 18:02:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Pandorum is an awesome movie, worth at least one watch. Between that and Event Horizon I'm hard-pressed to pick a winner, but it'd probably go to Pandorum.
Deruji · 4 points · Posted at 07:03:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's a guilty pleasure but dear god some bad choices are made in that film..
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 09:45:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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Deruji · 2 points · Posted at 10:20:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Roaming killer mutants everywhere? Don't get a suit find the closest airlock and take the outside route!
Daxx22 · 1 points · Posted at 11:22:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Did you forget how the movie ends? Going out the "airlock" would have had a really bad result lol.
Deruji · 1 points · Posted at 11:24:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yeah, but he doesn't know that at the time. Enjoyed the film, just no event horizon.
nicegrapes · 1 points · Posted at 11:45:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
How about the ending on the bridge? The whole stupid fight the woman has a knife but hey let's not use it! This flimsy metal tray is better! Also somehow this older dude doesn't have a hard time fighting two people. And after all of that shit to get the reactors working and finally getting a breather now is the time Ben Foster's character goes mad?
And the pièce de résistance: The fight ends with an utterly random chance event when Ben Foster's character shoots a goblin and happens to ricochet a hatch to break the canopy...
caishenlaidao · 1 points · Posted at 11:00:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Going to check this out. I have almost written a sci fi story on this premise before, so this is interesting to me
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 13:26:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's essentially what was implied to happen to the aliens prior their arrival in District 9
RainbowUnicorns · 1 points · Posted at 14:27:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Maybe The Rock and Taylor Swift could be in it.
BlackHamTown · 1 points · Posted at 07:44:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
define good?
29979245T · 13 points · Posted at 08:07:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's underrated. Reviews can be wrong - people thought the The Shining was a serious disappointment when it was released, for example. Of course Pandorum isn't a masterpiece but making allowances for its low budget it's a pretty interesting movie that I really enjoyed watching.
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 09:44:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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Shadowbanned_User · 1 points · Posted at 12:59:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What's another good example in that genre?
coreofmonkos · 0 points · Posted at 07:51:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There's a
goodsci-fi horror movie with a similar premise, Pandorum.FTFY
Arsen_One · -7 points · Posted at 06:24:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Pandorum was great, and I was able to SS Daryl hanging dead and convince a ton of friends he gets killed by Neagan. They were pissed, then even more pissed weeks later that I lied 😂 #Trollolol
nicegrapes · -2 points · Posted at 11:35:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The only thing that made that movie watchable was the fact that it's the only movie on the subject.
TrepanationBy45 · -3 points · Posted at 06:33:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Pretty sure most scifi incorporates this trope.
potatoe_princess · 11 points · Posted at 07:18:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Most sc-fi? Not even most sci-fi horrors? It's a broader genre than "spaceship in distress" scenario, you know.
TrepanationBy45 · -6 points · Posted at 08:30:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I figured my intended point was understood, but sure. Clarify it for me, so I don't make another error of specificity.
Reahreic · 310 points · Posted at 04:43:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Remind me not to get on the same hollowed out asteroid as you.
Upvotes_poo_comments · 179 points · Posted at 07:07:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yeah, I was thinking smores and campfires and this bitch over here eating someones ass for dinner.
Irishlogger · 55 points · Posted at 08:34:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Ya best leave eating ass for desert.
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 12:59:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I hate sand.
shartoberfest · 24 points · Posted at 08:12:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
evanw7 · 9 points · Posted at 09:19:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
To be fair, eating an ass for dinner is more nutritious than s’mores
billyumm01 · 2 points · Posted at 12:08:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So the aliens are Jon Snow?
socs0 · 1 points · Posted at 18:10:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Sorry I'm late. Heard we were talking about eating booty.
porjolovsky · 8 points · Posted at 07:17:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
But what if the asteroid is just a metaphor for Earth and you’re already in it with him?
TeleGram · 6 points · Posted at 08:11:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Then he better take his meteorphor and find his own damn space rock!
muklan · 105 points · Posted at 04:27:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Or like....that doesn't happen and we have cheap efficient colonization of other star systems?:(
Edit; no. Both things happen. In the same asteroid. The people that held up against the abandoned fucked up people now have to fight their way through to the exit. Boom. Next summer's blockbuster.
Edit 2: hey guys should I watch pandorum?
Dagon · 9 points · Posted at 06:40:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Like Snowpiercer, but in space.
transmogrified · 15 points · Posted at 05:51:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There is a movie called pandorum I think you might like.
Drunkcity · 6 points · Posted at 06:24:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Crispr solves that inbreeding issue :)
moglez · 4 points · Posted at 07:31:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Sounds like the recently mentioned Pandorum: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1188729/?ref_=nv_sr_1
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Rising_Swell · 3 points · Posted at 06:35:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Theres a book called The Bridge that is pretty similar.
ohwhoaslomo · 8 points · Posted at 06:08:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I would play that game
cipher__ten · 1 points · Posted at 12:17:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Who is the protagonist? An outsider coming to investigate and having to fight through the monsters to survive? Or a mysterious outlier that managed to retain his rationality and intellect after many generations of inbreeding has turned all others feral, and then in the end we learn the dark truth behind how you survived?
cubey · 6 points · Posted at 04:28:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This sounds like the plot of a Stephen Baxter novel.
jerkstorefranchisee · 1 points · Posted at 07:02:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It is the plot of a Heinlein novel
Dabrush · 1 points · Posted at 09:12:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And of a Clarke novel.
jerkstorefranchisee · 1 points · Posted at 11:08:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That sounds kind of familiar, which is that?
Dabrush · 2 points · Posted at 11:28:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The Rama series. But mostly the last two novels, which are appearantly not as popular.
jerkstorefranchisee · 1 points · Posted at 12:26:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That makes sense. I’m a big fan of rendezvous, but I heard bad things about the others so I never really fucked with them
wilberfarce · 3 points · Posted at 06:29:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'm guessing you're a glass half empty kind of a person?
fuchsgesicht · 3 points · Posted at 06:33:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
is this snowpiercer in space?
xternal7 · 3 points · Posted at 06:50:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yea, Pandorum.
theth1rdchild · 3 points · Posted at 06:33:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Reavers?
Murdrad · 2 points · Posted at 06:48:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Sounds like a [WP] response.
cunninglinguist81 · 2 points · Posted at 07:18:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Don't forget that the habitable planet it was originally on course towards has been completely forgotten and, due to malfunction, this nightmare arcology is spinning toward a destiny of eternal darkness and violence in an endless void, all its culture and morality lost to hunger, cold, and death.
A symphony of lost hope and endless pain echoing through the oblivious universe...until the last of its solar panels eons later is finally, blissfully damaged beyond repair.
elongated_smiley · 2 points · Posted at 08:12:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/4uuvir/wp_after_almost_1000_years_the_population_of_a/
polkemans · 2 points · Posted at 11:16:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Pandorum was a great movie.
FaultandFractur3 · 2 points · Posted at 05:02:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
why isnt this a movie
Cyclonicks · 11 points · Posted at 05:11:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Check out Pandorum, you might be pleasantly surprised
Dagon · 1 points · Posted at 06:41:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Entirely unlike how people are, right now.
lancypancy · 1 points · Posted at 06:59:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You just described earth.
jerkstorefranchisee · 1 points · Posted at 07:01:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That's just Orphans of the Sky
windywelli · 1 points · Posted at 07:03:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I’dunno
friedwormsandwich · 1 points · Posted at 07:14:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I wonder if other aliens get as creative as we do when they think about meeting other aliens
scarabking117 · 1 points · Posted at 07:18:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And people who find the ship blame it on an office fern they've dubbed "the marker"
InadequateUsername · 1 points · Posted at 07:21:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So the Magog from Andromeda?
Snakekitty · 1 points · Posted at 07:24:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Perhaps they could develop a stable, tooth-based economy. Iffin dem grots wud stop all that BANGIN
TheMillenniumMan · 1 points · Posted at 07:36:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Hardy har har alright well picture this. Snowy ash drizzles from the sky, a rabid pack of dogs surrounds you as the flame at the end of your stick dies out. There's only one hope left for you, the door to my shelter. You pound, you beg, 'Dwight please let me in!' but I ignore your cries and do not let you in, you know why? Because you laughed at me! Kevin will be eaten, Pam will be taken slave, Jim will be made a warlord's jester; Meredith will do okay. Be assured this day will come, it's just a matter of time.
udhsfigyuihjwqe · 1 points · Posted at 07:41:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Seveneves by Neal Stephenson has a great take on this.
altiuscitiusfortius · 1 points · Posted at 07:58:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Until the asteroid collapses and releases its tribes onto earths surface, and you basically have starcraft and the zerg. Or kinda close to starship troopers.
crackhead_jimbo · 1 points · Posted at 08:05:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Or a big space orgy
Sasq2222 · 1 points · Posted at 08:17:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Found OP's mum
MatttheBruinsfan · 1 points · Posted at 08:35:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh man, like Rapa Nui but the ocean is interstellar space.
MonkeyWithMachete · 1 points · Posted at 09:05:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You're like a bowzer video.
radiosimian · 1 points · Posted at 09:05:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Brian Aldiss, Non-Stop, 1958.
team_grimmie · 1 points · Posted at 09:06:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
With close reproductive monitoring you only need about 70 people to avoid the founders effect.
Fartbox_Virtuoso · 1 points · Posted at 09:27:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This sounds a lot like my divorce.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 02:19:46 on November 25, 2017 · (Permalink)
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Fartbox_Virtuoso · 1 points · Posted at 02:34:02 on November 25, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's just a device to deliver a joke, I've been married to the same woman for fourteen years. Nice try, though.
SlendyIsBehindYou · 1 points · Posted at 09:32:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There was a writing prompt on here a year or two ago that had the same premise, one of answers was so good he ended up reading a book with it. Quite a good read
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 09:40:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Devolution" is something governments do. It is not a word that has any place in biology. Evolution is not directional.
moonaim · 1 points · Posted at 10:08:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
..until in the end only resouce eating bacteria sized hyprid nanobots are running with hive-intelligence of "let's plan how to eat that thing"..
Sigmatics · 1 points · Posted at 10:31:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That escalated quickly
aliceinpearlgarden · 1 points · Posted at 12:20:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Nice username. One of my favourite bands. Seeing Sleep in a couple months too.
abraksis747 · 1 points · Posted at 12:23:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This happens on what day 9? When the buffet runs out of cocktail shrimp?
ManicLord · 1 points · Posted at 12:36:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Gary?
RebelScrum · 1 points · Posted at 13:27:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Reminds me of Hull Zero Three
kan3abl3 · 1 points · Posted at 14:30:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Pretty much the premise of Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson.
robpro · 1 points · Posted at 15:10:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Could be worse. Will you land on Green, or Blue?
Deadskull619 · 1 points · Posted at 17:54:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Sort of the same with Horizon Zero Dawn
Flight714 · 1 points · Posted at 04:29:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Exactly.
athural · 1 points · Posted at 08:46:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Im sorry but i had to downvote you simply for using the "word" devolution. That's not how this works, that's not how any of this works.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 09:53:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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athural · 1 points · Posted at 09:58:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh yea as long as those parties don't involve people.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 10:00:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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athural · 1 points · Posted at 10:01:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You sure showed him
Dlrlcktd · 3 points · Posted at 06:22:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There was a Star Trek episode similar to that, they were living inside a planet with an omniscient computer
nermid · 8 points · Posted at 06:47:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
For The World Is Hollow And I Have Touched The Sky. The people inside didn't know they were inside a generation ship, and were a short time away from crashing and dying.
Which is absolutely nothing like the Orville episode, If the Stars Should Appear, where there are people who didn't know they were inside a generation ship, and were a short time away from crashing and dying.
Which is absolutely nothing like the plot of the show, Starlost, where there are people who didn't know they were inside a generation ship, and were a short time away from crashing and dying.
There are worse plots to recycle.
Dear_Occupant · 1 points · Posted at 08:07:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The whole plot of Wrath of Khan was that they were in a generation ship and knew they had crashed and died, so they tried to steal another generation ship and crashed Kirk there so he would die. Except minutes seemed like hours, so he got bailed out of that one. There's actually three, come to think of it, depending on how many times you want to count the Botany Bay.
nermid · 1 points · Posted at 00:28:44 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
The Botany Bay wasn't a generation ship. It was a sleeper ship.
Lampmonster1 · 1 points · Posted at 13:11:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
How about one about a young girl that falls in love with a supernatural being!
JungleTreetops · 3 points · Posted at 06:54:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Marathon, made by bungie
EDIT x It’s a game for those who don’t know
Bobby_Marks2 · 1 points · Posted at 08:26:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Thank you, just what I was thinking. Hollow out a small moon in the solar system.
chief_check_a_hoe · 3 points · Posted at 08:23:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
'Good News Everyone!'
maverick1127 · 2 points · Posted at 07:22:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Make sure we recruit Rodeo champions to do the lassoing and teach them how to be astronauts. And. Not. The other way around. -Michael Bay
PragProgLibertarian · 1 points · Posted at 07:25:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Build a computer to create and educate clones when it gets near.
VertigoFall · 1 points · Posted at 08:53:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Knights of Sidonia, good shit.
Numbaz878 · 1 points · Posted at 09:06:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Reminds me of iron sky
themindset · 1 points · Posted at 09:54:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
How do you breed asteroids?
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 10:40:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
With science duh!
Lampmonster1 · 1 points · Posted at 13:12:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
At the end of the Red/Green/Blue Mars series there are indications a group has done exactly this.
QBin2017 · 1 points · Posted at 13:54:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Mission : Hermit Crab is a go.
PM_WHAT_Y0U_G0T · 1 points · Posted at 14:20:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Of course you could.
The pioneers used to ride these babies for miles.
protossOPlql · 1 points · Posted at 16:55:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
if you go for that it would definitely be the smartest du teach astronauts how to drill into it as opposed to training miners how to become astronauts.
[deleted] · 111 points · Posted at 05:04:28 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Just make sure not to store your crew in aging matter buffers with improper power production. Really you probably shouldn't mess with Wraith technology unless you fully understand it.
nermid · 62 points · Posted at 06:50:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The fact that anybody in the Stargate universe is researching anything besides how to create more ZPMs is silly.
Well, apart from the Pegasus Replicators, but apparently they weren't really using them for anything. Lazybots.
[deleted] · 23 points · Posted at 09:04:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They did try to mess with ZPM tech a few times. McKay used an experimental generator that messed with exotic particles and blew up a whole solar system. They also had the episode where they brought Rodney's sister in and the alternate Rodney came in from the universe they were taking energy from to get them to stop. ZPM technology is not a simple thing to figure out. I remember they brought up the politics of who gets to have the old ZPM from Antarctica as well as the chair.
ZPM and the alternate-phase matter or whatever are probably the two most valuable techs in that show.
108241 · 21 points · Posted at 09:43:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Five-sixths of a solar system.
wolfamongyou · 12 points · Posted at 10:21:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Okay, Rodney, whatever you say.
soldier_of_fourchan · 11 points · Posted at 06:04:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Eon by Greg Bear
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 06:43:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Love that book so much. It has a very special place in my heart because I read it in my early teenage years and it deeply resonated with me.
ROBOT_IS_A_VEGIE · 3 points · Posted at 06:59:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Notice how we're communicating like the Eon folk these days? We just need little emoji projectors.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 07:08:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
:D
Yeah, it's pretty cool.
I wish someone would hurry up and invent those near-magical teaching devices.
I wonder if Eon will ever be made into a TV show?
DerFlammenwerfer · 2 points · Posted at 14:35:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There are a handful of fan-made trailers for a as-yet-unrealized Eon movie. Sadly, that's all there is.
Gellert · 1 points · Posted at 07:33:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Islands of Space by John Campbell, Jr.
Gutenberg link
the_snook · 19 points · Posted at 06:05:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You mean like Phobos?
Bankster- · 11 points · Posted at 06:38:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Doesn't our moon have like 100 puzzling anomalies too?
kurtios · 18 points · Posted at 06:56:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You won't believe number 32!
[deleted] · 10 points · Posted at 07:18:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's an alien teapot. Saved you the click.
TiiXel · 6 points · Posted at 07:41:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Thanks, I was wondering
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 19:07:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
No problem :)
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 07:20:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The Bungie video game series Marathon (well, the first game) was based on a interstellar colony ship built into Phobos.
j0324ch · 1 points · Posted at 19:37:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I don't know why but I just never realized Bungie did anything before Halo CE... whoops. Thanks for this. It would be cool if they had Easter egged or tied marathon in to something like Destiny. But idk how that would have affected continuity. Ah well.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 23:43:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I've not played either Destiny, but there were shitloads of Marathon easter eggs in Halo (and a lot of the concepts of AI and rampancy came from there). I'm sure Destiny is the same.
If you like old games like Doom, give Marathon a go (google Aleph One to get started, it's free!). Personally one of my favourite games ever made.
Tecnoguy1 · 3 points · Posted at 07:19:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Where else would the gateway to hell be?
PapaSmurf1502 · 119 points · Posted at 06:34:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Except asteroids aren't dense, compacted lumps of solid rock and are actually more like loosely bound gravel pits floating in space. If you hollowed it out, it would just collapse or break apart.
[deleted] · 68 points · Posted at 06:46:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'd hope that there are at least a small percentage of asteroids that are solid.
And I hope that some of those would be big enough for us to build a huge habitat inside.
daveboy2000 · 37 points · Posted at 07:57:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
A lot of asteroids are quite solid. The loosely bound gravel pit are a certain type of asteroid but not all of them are like that.
Enderkr · 11 points · Posted at 12:59:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
notallasteroids
isobit · 0 points · Posted at 13:07:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
#notallasteroids
themcjizzler · 7 points · Posted at 07:53:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I want at least one to be an enormous diamond
TechnicallyAnIdiot · 8 points · Posted at 08:21:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I bet they're all more like a blob than any specific shape.
/s
sgmctabnxjs · 2 points · Posted at 08:51:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
De Beers would like a word with you.
beerbeforebadgers · 3 points · Posted at 08:00:28 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There's several types of asteroids, most of which are very soft. Some, however, are dense.
foofly · 2 points · Posted at 09:57:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Aren't we all?
MoreGuy · 1 points · Posted at 10:38:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Come again?
chooxy · 2 points · Posted at 13:44:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Some, however, are dense.
timmaeus · 2 points · Posted at 11:59:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Don't let your dreams be dreams
banjaxe · 2 points · Posted at 12:36:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's a pretty common trope in scifi. Books at least. I forget what I read recently that had an asteroid space habitat, but probably 2-3 of the books I've read in the last year had one.
King_flame_A_Lot · 8 points · Posted at 07:01:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
so a lump og gravel killed the dinosaurs?
MyNameCannotBeSpoken · 13 points · Posted at 07:12:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I think he's confusing asteroids with comets
PapaSmurf1502 · -7 points · Posted at 07:57:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They're not much different. Do you really think asteroids are solid pieces of metal or something? How would such a structure originate?
They all formed under the same processes as the planets, namely gravity. The Earth is just a loosely packed pile of gravel that became densely packed under it's own weight. Asteroids never got that big, except planetoids like Ceres.
WaggleDance · 7 points · Posted at 08:56:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Strange that you seem so certain on this.. Do you work for an asteroid porosity lobby or something?
Yes? We have found these, we're not exactly sure how they originate but they do exist.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_Psyche
This is one that we are sending a mission to in 2023. They think it's the core of a planet. It's still an asteroid though and it's very dense.
brastius35 · 4 points · Posted at 08:15:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Are you sure you've checked them all?
PapaSmurf1502 · 0 points · Posted at 12:49:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'm sure you could find almost any anomaly in space if you looked long enough.
MatttheBruinsfan · 2 points · Posted at 08:38:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Do we know how far into planetary formation the asteroid belt got before Jupiter's gravity interfered? Seems like that process might have done a lot of compacting.
MyNameCannotBeSpoken · 1 points · Posted at 13:04:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They can be both solid or a loose collection of rubble.
According to Space.com: "Asteroids that are mostly stone sometimes are more like loose piles of rubble. Asteroids that are mostly iron are more, well, rock-solid." https://www.space.com/14749-asteroids-composition.html
According to CalTech: "Asteroids can differ in the degree of porosity, or the amount of empty space that makes up their structures. At one end of the spectrum is a single solid rock and, at the other end, is a pile of rubble held together by gravity." http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/5895-sig14-018-Solid-as-a-Rock-Porosity-of-Asteroids
PapaSmurf1502 · -4 points · Posted at 13:23:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yeah maybe smaller ones. I imagine the chances of finding a solid asteroid are logarithmically inverse to size until you reach the scale of mostly-spherical planetoids.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 15:41:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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PapaSmurf1502 · 0 points · Posted at 07:54:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Basically. Just cuz it's a loosely packed mass doesn't mean it isn't an extinction event.
MarvinLazer · 10 points · Posted at 07:15:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
How would an asteroid like the one the article talks about hold such a weird shape if it wasn't mostly solid?
ClicksOnLinks · 1 points · Posted at 10:37:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
because it isnt large enough to become a sphere under its own gravity?
MarvinLazer · 1 points · Posted at 17:26:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That sounds like it would have the opposite effect. If anything, being a smaller object without significant gravitational force should make it harder for it to stay intact.
BountyHNZ · 4 points · Posted at 07:18:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That was my thought, but we'll let them figure that out while we stay nice and safe in our designed and built interstellar ship.
HouseOfShah · 4 points · Posted at 07:45:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We got an asteroid expert in hur
Levitlame · 3 points · Posted at 14:25:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
But you can still drill to it’s center, right? How else would you place the bomb?
7LeagueBoots · 2 points · Posted at 08:38:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That's an easy fix. Essentially you fill/weld with foam as you go.
KKlear · 1 points · Posted at 11:06:28 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Team Fortress 3, anyone?
marr · 1 points · Posted at 12:30:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You melt it first, and inject gas to inflate a bubble of metal.
MesaDixon · 1 points · Posted at 13:50:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Not all of them
ezekiellake · 0 points · Posted at 08:04:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
An infinite universe and they’re all like that. Wow. TIL
Kharn0 · 7 points · Posted at 07:06:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
BY THE EMPEROR, ITS A ROK!
SCRAMBLE THE PDF AND CONTACT SEGMENTUM COMMAND!
May the Emperor watch over us all signs the Aquila
humanCharacter · 3 points · Posted at 06:44:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Hmmm. Mount a base into the center of an asteroid.
That’s like me as a kid using an ironing board and put a lego command bridge offset to the center and pretend that it’s an aircraft carrier.
MalHeartsNutmeg · 3 points · Posted at 06:45:28 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
but would you send miners or astronauts to do it? On one hand miners don't know how to astronaut, but on the other astronauts don't know how to drill.
Bankster- · 2 points · Posted at 06:47:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We'll have Elon send up The Boring Company via SpaceX.
nikosteamer · 2 points · Posted at 07:20:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Drilling is hard af on earth , In microgravity it would be a night mare
And why not send both ?
We could make up a new name for the drillers like 'mission specialist'
Luhood · 3 points · Posted at 07:10:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Now ya thinkin wid Waaaghs!
Argyle_Raccoon · 3 points · Posted at 07:10:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Sounds like you should read Eon by Greg Bear, fantastic novel.
Bankster- · 2 points · Posted at 07:27:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'm reading Blindsight by Peter Watss right now. It's super great too and kind of along the same lines at the start.
manofredgables · 3 points · Posted at 08:28:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Seveneves, Neal Stephenson...
Bankster- · 1 points · Posted at 08:35:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'm making a "Books" bookmark tomorrow with all these recs. I love it. Thank you! A redditor turned me onto Blindsight that I'm reading right now which I highly recommend to anyone interested in hard science fiction too. Lets home that that this is the whole
shipasteroid and not a decoy for a massive cloaked ship behind it.manofredgables · 2 points · Posted at 10:38:28 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And thank you. Haven't heard of blindside but I loove myself some hard science fiction. Seveneves is a great book both storywise and tech- and science wise. Best book I've read in a long time.
Bankster- · 2 points · Posted at 10:59:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's kind of a difficult read for a bit, but worth it.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48484.Blindsight
Pulled from one of the reviews. That is the case for me as well. I'm after the story and a lot of these people discuss the writing, which I find to be either incredible or tedious. I've just got to wade through it all like the middle 800 pages of a Stephen King book- eventually it will be over and it will be worth it.
Redmindgame · 2 points · Posted at 06:30:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Would be an excellent buffer for micro asteroid collisions. I remember reading I think an Arthur C Clarke novel where they did similar with an ice cone on the ships nose for protection.
Atherum · 2 points · Posted at 10:08:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Read that as well, in High school. I think they were heading to a planet to colonise it, but there were already people there. So they mix a bit with the locals, before causing a ridiculous amount of social and environmental problems (from what I remember) they then recharge their ice-cone and fly of to their next destination.
ChoppedAlready · 2 points · Posted at 06:41:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Some sort of interstellar slingshot. We dont stand a chance
rW0HgFyxoJhYka · 2 points · Posted at 06:41:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Just pray your alien species either has deep sleep/cryo tech or you're gonna have a dead crew long before they actually get anywhere interesting.
Bankster- · 4 points · Posted at 06:42:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
On Rama there was no crew... And that started out exactly as this is playing out. It was headed towards our sun from outside our system, it was shaped just like this, and we thought it was natural at first.
queBurro · 2 points · Posted at 06:48:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
With a big helium scoop on the front for power. And red, make sure the asteroid is red
Raven_tm · 2 points · Posted at 06:52:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There is an anime, in which the last survivors from Earth have done this exact thing.
Knights of Sidonia / Sidonia no Kishi
Atherum · 1 points · Posted at 10:09:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Knights of Sidonia is awesome. I've loved everything that studio has done, I really like their artstyle. Can't wait for the next season.
Taytocs · 2 points · Posted at 07:01:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
...or moon
nik516 · 2 points · Posted at 07:11:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And its got a wicked cloak system that's 96% efficient .
Alt_Middler · 2 points · Posted at 07:27:28 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This book is set in a generation ship within a hollow asteroid, and is widely considered a sci-fi classic.
NihilisticHobbit · 2 points · Posted at 08:46:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That was the point of Asimov's book 'Nemesis'. Hollow out an asteroid and make it a colony ship. The asteroid is already good at going through space.
Bankster- · 1 points · Posted at 08:52:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I suspect this is the true mission behind The Boring Company.
MrAlpha0mega · 2 points · Posted at 09:45:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
David Ike thinks the Moon is hollow and a spacecraft. Here's the shortest video I could find as I'm not subjecting myself to an entire video of his (again) to find the relevant bit.
Edit: Then there's this rubbish from the so called History Channel.
Bankster- · 2 points · Posted at 09:59:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'd rather people be looking into science and questioning the moon than keeping up with the kardashians or who wants to fuck a millionaire.
MrAlpha0mega · 1 points · Posted at 10:16:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Very true, but nothing about this is scientific.
Bankster- · 1 points · Posted at 10:45:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It brings up awareness and questions that science hasn't solved. I'm particularly thankful that it is bringing back the drive to learn our forgotten history. As a culture we were obsessed with it until WW2 and then we stopped funding expeditions like we did before. The public moved on to consumerism. I do actually think that is important.
It's a start and I'm sure like Star Trek, I'm certain people will lock onto certain aspects or cultures and be inspired to go on to study them in school and professionally after that.
Dannyboi93 · 2 points · Posted at 13:07:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT!!!!
You need to read 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson. A large part of the book is about people who live in hollowed out asteroids! It's fascinating. But they're more akin to vaults in Fallout because each one was built with different parameters. Some had different populations, gravity, laws.
And some were a complete fucking mess.
nascentia · 2 points · Posted at 14:19:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'm gonna take this time to plug 'Eon' by Greg Bear. Such a damn good book. An interstellar object shows up and it turns out it's a hollowed-out asteroid with essentially a city built inside, and then it gets more amazing (and weirder) from there.
NeonDisease · 1 points · Posted at 06:07:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That'd definitely take FAR less raw material than building a ship from scratch...
Optewe · 1 points · Posted at 07:01:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It would also be far less structurally sound
modestokun · 1 points · Posted at 06:10:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Only as a permanent settlement. Rock wouldnt be strong or light enough to handle speed
Redmindgame · 6 points · Posted at 06:27:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Seems like the rock in question is handling it's 26km/sec just fine.
donjulioanejo · 3 points · Posted at 06:49:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's traveling under a more or less constant (or negligible) acceleration, and within its own inertial frame of reference.
Making it into a spaceship would expose it to large inertia and g-forces as it has to turn, accelerate, decelerate, stop, and change direction, slowly (or catastrophically) breaking it apart.
Redmindgame · 2 points · Posted at 07:00:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Who's to say an advanced civilization's form of space travel would be remarkably different than the methods already proposed for interstellar travel? Very slow accelerations, saving fuel(energy) by using minor adjustments to change course and Slingshoting around large masses to pick up speed and change direction. I think a large rock could handle most of those pretty well. Not talking about a magical UFO that can stop on a dime and accelerate to near luminal speeds in an instant.
Phazon2000 · 1 points · Posted at 06:36:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Star Trek did it.
Realniceguy1979 · 1 points · Posted at 06:38:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I say we try that pronto, Bruce Willis probably isn't too busy
Adama0001 · 1 points · Posted at 06:43:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There’s some real engineering challenges https://youtu.be/gU9dCWY7G2M
Kazradel · 1 points · Posted at 06:57:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
ye God's, their orks!
wbotis · 1 points · Posted at 07:01:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It’s actually not. In order to have gravity, you would need to spin up the asteroid. And asteroids aren’t really solid rocks. They’re more like huge clumps of dirt. So even if you could hollow one out, as soon as you tried to make it spin up to get gravity, it would be flung apart.
walkingxbeard · 1 points · Posted at 07:33:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This guy knows, he’s done it before
muelboy · 1 points · Posted at 07:43:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
IIRC, In Mary Doria Russel's "The Sparrow", alien life is heard from a nearby solar system so the Vatican secretly sends a group of explorers (cuz Jesus) using a hollowed-out asteroid slingshotted around the sun at near-light speed. The planet is only like 3 lightyears away so it takes the crew about 5 to get there. Then the UN figures out the Church sent a crew before them and sends another to try and catch up to them so they don't fuck everything up.
spockdad · 1 points · Posted at 07:50:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I was thinking what if this one they found was also observed by an advanced interstellar species. Maybe the hitch a ride on these rocks just long enough to dump some molecules to start life. Or very primitive life that could endure the ride like Tardigrades but with pieces of their dna in hopes they hit a planet that can sustain life. Like little messages in a bottle.
Bankster- · 4 points · Posted at 08:19:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Or that was it's mission on its first pass through our system and the mission on the second path is to observe and report.
PM_ME_BOOBS_AND_BODS · 1 points · Posted at 07:54:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Absorbs 96% of light... as fuel...
-ordinary · 1 points · Posted at 07:55:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Does it really? Would love a thorough explanation on this one
Bankster- · 1 points · Posted at 08:17:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I would think so, but some people are telling me otherwise. I'm using regular people logic and I'm certain there are experts reading. Hopefully they will respond with thorough explanations.
-ordinary · 1 points · Posted at 15:41:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I personally would not think so, using “regular people logic”. A natural meteor would be rife with structural irregularities and it’s not at all apparent that it would be easier to hollow one out than create one.
cole1114 · 1 points · Posted at 08:05:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Dat's da orky way ta tink! Fill up a big rok wit' all da boyz, and you're one big BOOM away from a WAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!
zenithtreader · 1 points · Posted at 08:09:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Not really. Most asteroids are just a collection of gravels and dust (very) loosely bond by gravity. Even ones with a metallic core aren't going to have more structural integrity than a purpose designed star ship. You are going to have to patch them up individually to make them work. Which make them terribly inefficient compares to mass producing the same ship over and over.
Bankster- · 2 points · Posted at 08:16:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Interesting. I didn't know that, but you're the second person to say so. From a business pov it still seems better to find a way to bond, mold, and shape the existing material in order to bring in the least amount of outside material as possible.
It's amazing to me that I have not come across a book about shipbuilding like this yet. Surely there is a masterpiece out there that I've been overlooking. I tend to get seduced by first contact and space politics in my stories though. That may be why. Although I could see a lot of politics in a fleet building operation.
7LeagueBoots · 1 points · Posted at 08:38:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Standard science fiction generation ship fare.
SYLOH · 1 points · Posted at 08:58:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Not really, there's a damn good reason we build skyscrapers instead of expanding caves.
And we make airplanes out of aluminium instead of carving them out of rock.
You're not going to waste precious Delta-V pushing material that is heavy, but not very strong.
That's what rock is.
Bankster- · 2 points · Posted at 09:03:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You think we're not building underground? Like a lot? We are... One of the biggest visionaries on the planet has started a company completely dedicated to boring underground...
SYLOH · 1 points · Posted at 09:08:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Not at anywhere near the rate we are building above ground.
Most of that underground stuff is because all the area above ground had already been built.
Bankster- · 1 points · Posted at 09:12:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I don't think we can actually properly gauge that as civilians. Especially when you consider what the Chinese and Russians are doing.
SYLOH · 1 points · Posted at 09:17:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There's not enough military on the planet to compare with the above ground components of EVERY CITY IN THE WORLD.
It's relatively rare to see basements below 4 stories.
It's quite common to see 15+ story buildings going up.
Let alone all the ones that are 100+ of stories up.
Bankster- · 1 points · Posted at 09:24:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I feel like you need to think about this more. A good way to realize how small that is, first you have to recognize that in the US that only happens in like 10 markets and the number of those building that go up every year aren't very much. It's way less in Canada and virtually non existant in Africa or South America.
Then how would you measure the units to compare? By number of buildings or square feet built above vs square feet below?
We really don't have the data. We're building entire military bases underground and is so is china. Who knows what the hell else we're doing on public land in the middle of nowhere. China is building entire islands to house military bases beneath them...
SYLOH · 1 points · Posted at 09:33:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yeah, and in those places the majority are still above ground, just in 1 or 2 story.
I'd probably go with square footage, but that's rather irrelevant, the number is likely to be both.
I want you to think about this logically.
Do you think that the majority of the population of the entire planet is in the military?
The overwhelming majority is obviously not. So even if every single military person lived and worked underground, if the majority of the civilian population worked above ground, then obviously there was more above ground construction.
So do you honestly think the majority of the Civilian population currently, right now, or in the immediate future, lives and works entirely underground?
A small minority of miners and subway/sewer workers probably does, but nowhere near a majority.
Bankster- · 1 points · Posted at 09:41:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You're either moving goal posts or I misunderstood what you meant. I'm just talking about development. I don't know the answer to this, but I'd be interested to know the ratio of NYC development above ground versus below ground in square feet. I'll bet it's a lot closer to 1:1 than you think.
SYLOH · 1 points · Posted at 10:14:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Ok. So you concede that the current status is overwhelmingly above ground.
We can also continue ignoring the lack of cars, ships, and aircraft that are carved out of boulders and rocks. Which in retrospect is the argument I should have lead with. Because that is so overwhelmingly obvious, and most things that apply to those applies to a spacecraft.
Let's continue to focus on current developments in progress in above ground vs underground developements. Read any article on the subject of urban sprawl. Underground development is notable for its existence. Above ground urban sprawl is notable for its excessive prevalence. Unless you are able to show that a majority of the new population of earth is going underground. I don't see it being anywhere near 1 to 1
Bankster- · 1 points · Posted at 10:49:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'm an environmental consultant working in urban forestry. I read a lot about it actually. It's also why I'm familiar with so much of the underground facilities we use just to support our live above ground. The amount of underground real estate major cities use just for storm water is unimaginable to most people.
SYLOH · 1 points · Posted at 10:55:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And I'll hazard a guess a think your city has neither a flooding problem that you are now immediately constructing to solve. Or the explosive growth of Chinese cities.
Please link me an article that shows recent urban sprawl worldwide is mainly under ground.
Bankster- · 1 points · Posted at 11:22:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I take contracts from all over. I'm likely moving to Houston for some large contracts that are being put together at the moment.
This isn't something I'm a specialist in, which is I why I put out that bit about being interested in the ratio in NYC where I'm sure there is a ton of data that someone running across this will have hard data on.
I work with engineers, but I am not an engineer. I'm interested in city planning and take part in the process, but am not a city planner. I specialize in mitigation of environmental problems like the heat island effect and storm water management. My goal is to keep the water out of the underground systems or at least clean it out before it enters- not to build underground infrastructure to withstand a 1,000 year flood event- which we are failing across the country at an alarming rate.
The underground growth that I'm referring to is commercial, industrial, and military. Most of that information is not readily available for obvious reasons. Some things to look at are salt mines, underground storage, transportation (Minnesota is a great example beyond trains), and military stuff you can usually only find evidence of on the surface like entrances, vents, and radio towers.
Look at the Denver airport. The amount of bedrock removed and piled up outside was outstanding. The underground construction continued for years after it's completion- still might be going on. Military's all over the world are building undergound bases. That one is on the artificial island they built in the South China Sea and is believe to be a submarine base entrance.
Personally, I think underground facilities are our future for several different things, mostly utility, and other reasons as we turn more eco-conscious, but it's obvious to see the commercial, industrial, and military benefits which we know are already being employed. I think in the next 50 years this is where we are going to manage most of our water storage as well- especially out west. What we're doing in places like Southern California, Nevada, and Utah right now is fucking criminal.
This is turning into a water post. Water is going to be the political issue of the next 100 years causing wars and refugees like most people can't even imagine yet. It's already happening in Africa.
Here is a book about the issues of the Great Lakes. I haven't read it yet, but I've been told it's something I should be familiar with professionally and am getting to this winter. Just thought I'd share it if you're interested. A lot of my work is shifting towards water and that was not what I set out to do or really wanted to do, but it's where we're going to be needed.
SYLOH · 1 points · Posted at 12:59:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That's fascinating, I'll definitely look into the book.
However again, sure some militaries are making some stuff, but every two bit developer seems to be able to churn out multiple 40 story apartment buildings complexes. That are much more above than below. And in almost all those cases while I never denied that some underground work was done, it's almost always because something bigger was built on top. And civilian construction outpaces military in times of peace anyway.
However I am willing to concede this point and move on.
Simply put there is no real reason for an asteroid to be turned into a space ship.
It is horrendously inefficient. Rock has pathetic tensile strength and horrendous specific strength, meaning that kilo for kilo, you would literally be better off with wood (kinda the reason why ships were made out of them instead of rocks). Ships need to be as light as possible, and the structural rock is pure dead weight. A ship of similar durability made out of metal will be able to fly faster and reach more difficult orbital changes than one that's made out of rock.
But it's already in space! You don't have to launch it!
Well here's the thing, it would be much more efficient to go to an asteroid, take back the bits that are metal and good for starship making, then just make the starship in space.
Now if you don't intend to move the asteroid, then sure, just bring some life support and what ever. But we were talking about something that was interstellar.
Bankster- · 1 points · Posted at 15:00:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Is that true for the physics of space? I understand it would be harder to get it going, but it would seem that once you start sending it around the planets to pick up speed that it works in your favor, no?
SYLOH · 1 points · Posted at 15:50:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yes, that's very true, even at non-relativistic speeds.
Put simply, F=ma still holds, a = F/m.
Rockets can only run for a finite amount of time so there's a limit to the change in velocity 'a' provides.
This is called delta-v and is basically the fuel budget for space craft.
Orbital mechanics is based around velocity.
If you run out of fuel, instead of escaping the Sun's gravity well or reaching Jupiter or whatever, you instead spend the rest of eternity on a really elliptical orbit around the sun. Just because you don't stop moving, doesn't mean you get anywhere.
So to get the most delta-v, you have to burn the longest, with the most force, and be as light as possible.
Burning longer requires more stuff to be thrown out the back (called reaction mass), which makes the craft heavier.
Force tends to be constrained by chemistry or physics and the number of engines, the latter most reduces burn time.
Leaving mass as the only thing you can try to reduce as much as possible without compromising whatever the craft is supposed to do.
CaptainSprinklefuck · 1 points · Posted at 09:06:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Wouldn't hollowing it out compromise the structure of the asteroid?
Bankster- · 1 points · Posted at 09:07:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Phobos seems to have withstood the test of time.
CaptainSprinklefuck · 1 points · Posted at 09:15:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I didn't even know Phobos was hollow. Neat!
Bankster- · 1 points · Posted at 09:16:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I didn't either. Someone else responded to me about it!. This thread is a goldmine for trivia and book recs!
Aggropop · 1 points · Posted at 10:33:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There is no evidence for Phobos being hollow though. It has an unusually low density, but that could be down to an icy core and high porosity. "Hollow Phobos" was a popular theory in the 50s and 60s but it has since been debunked.
MrZakalwe · 1 points · Posted at 09:09:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'd use a big lump of ice, myself (plenty of those floating around out there).
Serves the same purpose while giving you access to enormous amounts of oxygen and hydrogen.
Bankster- · 2 points · Posted at 09:11:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I think I've read stuff from NASA saying this might be the best way for us to deal with radiation too.
edgardjfc · 1 points · Posted at 09:30:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If you have the means to get tools and materials (Giant fucking drills and that kind of machinery) into outer space it'd be easier to just build a fucking ship instead... I mean, you'd already need one to go there and carve the thing out. That makes no sense, seriously. Besides, you don't know if the damn thing is sealed to the vacuum of space, or if it has massive internal fractures that would destroy the asteroid while carving it.
There's a game called warframe where there's mining colonies in space where the asteroids are hollowed out for resources and re purposed into ships, and while it's a really cool concept it's just science fiction after all.
Bankster- · 1 points · Posted at 09:33:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'm curious if you think Elon Musk really started The Boring Company for it's use on Earth or if he has larger ambitions. Or do you think it's possible that his interest in renewable energy production, space travel, transportation, and boring all fit together into a larger picture.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 09:57:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Which reminds me of Elite: Dangerous.
here
Aggropop · 1 points · Posted at 10:14:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I doubt that's even possible. Asteroids aren't solid rock throughout, they're mostly fine particles being held together by weak gravity. If you tried to drill into one, it would probably just fall apart.
creamyC · 1 points · Posted at 10:18:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And how would you point in the right direction?
Proton_Pack · 1 points · Posted at 10:54:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
But this thing is not fast enough. We'll track it from now on and if it maintains it's speed the Aliens on board will die. Too small for a generation-ship. Deep-Freeze? Or maybe extremely long life-span? Or just an asteroid after all?
twersx · 1 points · Posted at 11:14:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
how on earth would that be safer than using a material specially designed for long term space travel?
Bankster- · 1 points · Posted at 11:28:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's already up there. Mining, processing, and shipping all that material to space is like 85% of the cost and labor. The amount of wealth that would take doesn't exist and those materials are already designed for space travel- that's what they're doing right now.
Use what you can from that and only take up the stuff that it cannot already provide.
Also, I'm talking interstellar travel- not hopping over to Mars or Europa- a real ship. Not a shuttle.
twersx · 1 points · Posted at 11:52:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Sure but we're talking about a hypothetical alien race that has the ability to travel to other solar systems. I don't think it's unreasonable to think that they might have developed more economical ways of sending stuff into orbit, or even developed "drydocks" in space where they construct vehicles in orbit.
And I'm not contesting that it would be cheaper, just that it wouldn't be particularly safe for interstellar travel compared to custom made materials.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 12:01:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Also for efficiency you'd want to train some drill team to be astronauts to go up and hollow it out. Easier than training astronauts to drill.
obvious_santa · 1 points · Posted at 12:32:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Until you get sucked into a planet
ixora7 · 1 points · Posted at 12:45:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What are they Orks
Shorvok · 1 points · Posted at 12:52:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Then next thing you know civil war breaks out on the ship. One faction is constant fighting another. Someone accidentally releases a super virus that turns everyone into big green fungus monsters. Next thing you know tha gits ar paintn' da rock red ta mak it go fasta! Planet der iz full a eumies! Let's make it orky! WAAAAAAAGH!!!
blooper2112 · 1 points · Posted at 13:21:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This guy Heechees.
JTsyo · 1 points · Posted at 13:30:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Not when you have to accelerate it. You want the strongest material with the least weight. You don't want to be accelerating a bunch of rock.
Bankster- · 1 points · Posted at 14:57:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Wouldn't the weight help you out when you start orbits to gain speed?
JTsyo · 1 points · Posted at 15:01:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Are you talking about slingshots? If so no. Lighter objects would gain more speed for the same slingshot maneuver.
GaydolphShitler · 1 points · Posted at 14:05:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The issue with hollowing out an asteroid is actually getting the thing to stick together. We tend to think of them as solid rocks, but many of them are more like loosely connected piles of boulders and gravel. They don't have much gravity to keep them all in one piece, so they're actually pretty flimsy.
pianoplayah · 1 points · Posted at 14:18:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They do this in the book "The Sparrow" and the sequel "Children of God."
beefprime · 1 points · Posted at 21:21:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The video game Marathon took place on the asteroid Deimos which had been converted into a giant colony ship, its a fun idea
RND_Musings · 276 points · Posted at 05:51:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's the Sidonia.
[deleted] · 21 points · Posted at 07:32:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
what you are referencing is a group of highly armed refugees
SourcreamHologram · 7 points · Posted at 11:45:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Some with more arms than others
rliant1864 · 75 points · Posted at 06:56:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
My man.
Pseudonymico · 8 points · Posted at 08:09:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Looking good!
clouc1223 · 5 points · Posted at 10:11:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
snap Yes!
awesome357 · 14 points · Posted at 07:10:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Damn, you just reminded me I never finished that series.
Demigod1023 · 20 points · Posted at 07:24:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You're in for a weird trip my friend.
ragingdeltoid · 6 points · Posted at 07:38:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Only watched the first season, would you recommend the second?
UkonFujiwara · 16 points · Posted at 07:46:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I honestly don't know. I'd say only if you have drugs readily available, but it's not really that sort of weird. If you really liked the first season and want more of the exact same then probably not.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 08:07:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I haven't watched the second season of the show but the magna is good even until much later. It gets "weird" if you are queasy I guess but it's really not bad at all.
UkonFujiwara · 5 points · Posted at 08:12:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I guess I'd say the second season more or less jumps the shark. Very different tone IMO.
Zuto9999 · 3 points · Posted at 17:22:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That's a funny way to say half of season two was awful filler.
IDontEvenOwn_A_Gun · 3 points · Posted at 15:37:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The ending gets stupid.
It goes from engaging story to anime harem trope garbage.
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 08:00:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I would recommend Gargantia on the Verduous Planet instead.
ShinyHappyREM · 5 points · Posted at 08:11:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yes, and this.
klezmai · 2 points · Posted at 14:05:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Everything Nihei does is godamn genius.
ragingdeltoid · 1 points · Posted at 15:31:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Already watched this, loved it
Any more recommendations?
ShinyHappyREM · 1 points · Posted at 17:11:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Sure.
RimuZ · 1 points · Posted at 11:08:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Honestly yes just watch it. It does get weirder for sure and is not nearly as good as the first season. But if you liked the first season then you might as well go finish the second one since the third season is coming out in 2018.
Demigod1023 · 1 points · Posted at 21:48:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yeah as long as youre ready for tentacles and a semi harem of women
EilrahcNotneb · -1 points · Posted at 09:35:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I would say the second was better. Character development was a big part of it though the ending feels a little bit rushed. I wish they'd make more.
Edit: I guess Reddit disagrees.
nicegrapes · 3 points · Posted at 11:49:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I read a summary on what happens in the manga after the events of the second season and regarding character development I'm kind of happy they never made more anime.
IDontEvenOwn_A_Gun · 1 points · Posted at 15:39:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yeeeep. It gets stupid.
AlphaFlags · 1 points · Posted at 15:11:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What series?
awesome357 · 1 points · Posted at 22:17:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Knights of Sidonia, anime series on Netflix. Their home is a mobile converted asteroid thing like everyone here is saying this could be, called the Sidonia.
nateofficial · 10 points · Posted at 09:56:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Do you want Gauna? Because that's how you get Gauna.
Ayoken007 · 7 points · Posted at 07:13:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Thanks for reminding me to go through that manga again. So underrated.
UkonFujiwara · 3 points · Posted at 07:47:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Dammit now the opening is stuck in my head.
Sqwalnoc · 3 points · Posted at 08:43:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Goddamn.. I'd forgotten about this show.. where the hell is season 3 dammit?!
hanschranz · 2 points · Posted at 09:34:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I don't know if there'll be a chance of getting season 3 -- the source material manga ended pretty soon after the culminating events of the 2nd season of the anime.
Sqwalnoc · 4 points · Posted at 11:08:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Sigh... lame
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 15:25:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Season 3 and blame 2 was confirmed
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 15:25:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Its already confirmes
klezmai · 0 points · Posted at 14:07:28 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yeah IIRC the last scene of season two made it pretty clear there wasn't gonna be a third season. A shame really. But hey at least we got a Blame! movie!
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 15:25:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Season 3 and blame 2 was confirmed
klezmai · 1 points · Posted at 15:38:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh damn you are right! Well that's a great thing. I still feel like there wasn't supposed to be a season 3 when they wrapped up season 2. The last scene really had a "that's it folks!" feel (at least if you compare from the last scene of season 1). Anyway i'm glad Nihei is getting more exposure. He is really one hell of an artist.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 10:47:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
yeah lets just hope it doesn't come with Gauna (>_<)
SourcreamHologram · 2 points · Posted at 11:46:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I stopped following when it turned into High School Romance with weird cute girl with powers.
TheHollowJester · 2 points · Posted at 13:09:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
As in Knights of Sidonia?
RND_Musings · 3 points · Posted at 15:01:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yup
TsundereThunderT2 · 2 points · Posted at 16:30:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Knights, knights, knights!
Trash_Count · 1830 points · Posted at 03:25:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I think it looks more like a space deuce.
felixfelix · 1140 points · Posted at 04:44:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
An ass-teroid?
circajusturna · 645 points · Posted at 05:24:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Ass-turd-roid
[deleted] · 1366 points · Posted at 05:34:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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lipstickpizza · 207 points · Posted at 06:32:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Whenever someone asks me in the future why I spend time on reddit, I'll just link to this comment chain as a perfect example of the eloquent conversations I can't get anywhere else.
supersaiyan3trump · 7 points · Posted at 07:29:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The eloquence of reddit comment chains is the forefront of social communications it's history recording itself.
KimJongIlSunglasses · 6 points · Posted at 07:09:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Eat a bowl of dicks.
yourmansconnect · 2 points · Posted at 13:07:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Hello future time travelers
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 13:15:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'll do the same for why I hate coming here.
Neologizer · 1 points · Posted at 17:24:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I always explain Reddit as a quantum conversation simulator. Each parent comment can branch off into so many directions and it demonstrates which branches the community most greatly values. An eloquently set up Uranus joke being the gold standard.
groatt86 · 7 points · Posted at 07:12:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
As greek-american its always funny to me how imo Uranus is one of the most beautiful sounding and unique words in greek language, pronounced Ou-ra(rolling R)-Noss, meaning Sky. It has a very old word sound, unique in greek language, likely pre-greek/indo-european in origin.
Then you have the english version YOUR ANUS.
basiltoe345 · 1 points · Posted at 11:39:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
As another Greek-American I definitely say "malista," regarding the butchering of the planet and Greek God Ouranós.
But don't blame the English pronunciation, it's the fault of Latin and its ancient vernacular!
Both Ancient Greek and Ancient Latin had long vowels (ay, ee, eye, owe, you);
Late Latin (and its daughter languages) and Modern Greek only had/have short vowels (ah, eh, ee, oh, ooh)
Thus "Uranus" was once pronounced in Roman Latin as Oo-Rah-Nous
son_of_feeney · 15 points · Posted at 06:50:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Millions of years of evolution have lead us to, "Ass-turd-roid".
*words
tunamelts2 · 1 points · Posted at 07:31:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
In English, please...
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 06:31:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If you ever get Klingons around Uranus, use baby wipes.
JellyMule · 6 points · Posted at 06:07:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There's a cream for that
RLucas3000 · 5 points · Posted at 06:13:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Insert joke here about circling Uranus looking for Klingons.
tangledwire · 3 points · Posted at 07:03:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Doctor, I have a strawberry stuck in my ass.
Doctor- "I've got cream for that."
upvotes2doge · 2 points · Posted at 06:31:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You bet you're sweet aspercreme.
Eye_farm_downvotes · 1 points · Posted at 07:10:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
No those are hemorrhoids
FrederikTwn · 1 points · Posted at 14:56:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You just made them turn around...
translation complete noise
Alien Computer operator: Sir, he called us an Ass-turd-roid...
Alien commander: we must continue our search for intelligent life elsewhere. And narrow the parameters...
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 06:18:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Jan levingstons daughter?
Nomadic_Sushi · 2 points · Posted at 06:13:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Ass-turd-hemorrhoid.
TheChadmania · 2 points · Posted at 06:23:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Really glad this is what we've come to as a species.
Nomadic_Sushi · 2 points · Posted at 06:25:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Just letting the aliens know what they are dealing with
spongue · 1 points · Posted at 07:27:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Isn't English wonderful that asteroid can become assturdrrhoid though?
SatansSenseOfHumor · 39 points · Posted at 05:48:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
A space-shit
Starfeet00 · 2 points · Posted at 06:23:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
A poop
Atario · 2 points · Posted at 07:31:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UBhUSnZKwo
0v329000 · 1 points · Posted at 06:33:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Interstelar dookie
tylercreatesworlds · 2 points · Posted at 06:23:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
this guy panspermiates
felixfelix · 2 points · Posted at 07:03:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
nice!
lifediverse · 2 points · Posted at 06:31:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You should consult with an ass-tronaut to make sure.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:09:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Why is this not on top?
Edit: fuck this app, it never shows me the correct vote count.
BiNumber3 · 96 points · Posted at 04:26:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Perfect for fitting through tubular worm holes, using nature's designs!
rozyn · 15 points · Posted at 05:42:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well, that would accurately describe what the Whale Probe from Star Trek IV looked like too.
henrygale108 · 3 points · Posted at 06:42:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
My first thought after seeing the news was, "We still have humpbacks around, right? Gracie and George...?"
irving47 · 1 points · Posted at 07:26:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'd be more worried about the Doomsday Machine.
http://media.aintitcool.com/media/legacy/images2007/entrunremasteredlarge.jpg
Alex_801 · 48 points · Posted at 04:31:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That's a space peanut!
VentureBrosCharacter · 7 points · Posted at 06:39:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Dude you were eating off of it!
Heyo__Maggots · 5 points · Posted at 06:16:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'm Joe Dirt, and you're Joe Meteor!
911ChickenMan · 2 points · Posted at 07:15:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"You're gonna stand there, ownin' a fireworks stand, and tell me you don't have no whistlin' bungholes, no spleen splitters, whisker biscuits, honkey lighters, hoosker doos, hoosker don'ts, cherry bombs, nipsy daisers, with or without the scooter stick, or one single whistlin' kitty chaser?"
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 04:57:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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BorinUltimatum · -1 points · Posted at 05:32:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Why are you quoting me I don't remember saying that
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 06:33:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It should be noted that, like almost any space related article, the picture here is an artist depiction. Not an actual picture of the asteroid, which may not really look much like that.
apheliotrophic · 3 points · Posted at 05:53:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well, it has been found to be rich in "organic molecules"
MulderD · 2 points · Posted at 04:52:28 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Even less conspicuous.
finedrive · 2 points · Posted at 06:32:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Let’s hope they don’t lurk on reddit and get offended.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:16:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
See that peanut right thur?
FFODZ · 1 points · Posted at 06:19:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Either way it’s some cool space shit
A_WHALES_VAG · 1 points · Posted at 06:21:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Star Trek: Deep Space Deuce
dahjay · 1 points · Posted at 06:41:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
A kaki rocky.
rand000m · 1 points · Posted at 06:46:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Nice to know we’re not the only place flinging poop around
emperorchiao · 1 points · Posted at 08:00:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What we have here is a Boeing Bomb. A big ol' chunk of poopy. See the peanut? Dead giveaway.
topkatten · 1 points · Posted at 08:07:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
An Astro-turd
moctidder99 · 1 points · Posted at 08:26:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Revved up, another runner in the night?
Trash_Count · 1 points · Posted at 08:28:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
deuce, not douche lol
Wyand1337 · 1 points · Posted at 09:40:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well, there are no actual pictures of it. That thing in the article is a painting.
Basically, somebody found an asteroid with a really weird orbit and bob ross drew a picture of some random rock to go with the news article.
eagleye_z · 1 points · Posted at 11:40:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That's a space peanut...
ohyeathatsright · 0 points · Posted at 04:34:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Space Baby Ruth.
nubepube · 0 points · Posted at 06:50:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Looks like Op's moms dildo
[deleted] · 130 points · Posted at 04:09:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Infact it most likely would look like a giant asteroid, because thats the easiest way to make a good shield against radiation.
TheLast_Centurion · 6 points · Posted at 07:01:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Why
[deleted] · 11 points · Posted at 07:10:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Because you can collect that material in the orbit of your home planet. Its floating around.
Tehold · 3 points · Posted at 08:19:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Might help with micro impacts also.
YourWizardPenPal · 1 points · Posted at 08:00:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
But if it weren't trying to be stealthy wouldn't it look a bit ornamental as the species brag with their material prowess?
Plus an asteroid would provide multiple times the volume of a ship hull. If you are capable of freely arranging matter you might as well do so as you see fit.
faluru · 12 points · Posted at 09:51:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They are vain or even just familiar with the concept of vanity.
They can form matter freely without a need for efficiency.
Where did you get those two premises?
[deleted] · 104 points · Posted at 06:15:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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Jahneboi · 16 points · Posted at 08:26:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
As someone unfamiliar with Warhammer 40k reading this wiki page I have no idea how to react but I'm pretty sure Orks might be my new favorite (is this considered sci-fi, fantasy or a mix of both?) race.
I am both confused and amazed.
Atlatica · 13 points · Posted at 10:46:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
40k Orks are a hilarious and genius design because they are innately psychic, but so incredibly thick that they don't realise it. Their awfully built ships, weapons, and vehicles only work because they really think that they should.
Extra fun when they stop killing each other long enough to group together on a 'WAAGHHH' rampage across the galaxy. In this state their psychic powers work together to effect all sorts of probabilities, so even the most bonkers shit imaginable (such as the Rok) starts to work, and Orks gain the ability to survive horrific wounds and regenerate lost body parts.
Such a fun concept.
StalfoLordMM · 5 points · Posted at 13:45:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
My friend has a homemade 40k vehicle he uses in play. He took a flying saucer toy with some of the typical greys, glued Orcs into it, and had them holding up the aliens. The "driver" has a wheel from a toy pirate ship shoved into the central console of the UFO.
Edit: I forgot what vehicle it represents, but it was a pretty major piece.
FresnoBob90000 · 9 points · Posted at 09:08:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Their technology basically only works cause they imagine it should. They have insane solar system wide wars they call WAAARRGHH! (They also call lots of other things that.) and their gods are just two big imaginary orks called Gork and Mork.
It’s fun lore to get into!
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 09:17:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They're giant green football hooligans who are constantly looking for a fight.
Apocalypseboyz · 8 points · Posted at 08:35:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Warhammer 40k is a dark sci-fi fantasy, and the lore is seriously amazing. And the Orks are Goddamn heroes.
wolfamongyou · 3 points · Posted at 10:24:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
DIE HERETIC! FOR THE EMPEROR! WITH THE CLEANSING FLAME I ABSOLVE YOU OF YOUR SIN!
Petersaber · 3 points · Posted at 10:48:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well, Orkz are basicly descendants of people in Doncaster.
CaptainSprinklefuck · 2 points · Posted at 09:07:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You want a favorite? Go read about the Angry Marines.
ALWAYS ANGRY!!! ALL THE TIME!!!
shitterplug · 1 points · Posted at 09:10:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Link?
CaptainSprinklefuck · 3 points · Posted at 09:15:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Gimme a sec. Here it is.
https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Angry_Marines
Whole thing is great. Just some really dedicated Marines doing abso-fucking-lutely anything to get their mark.
Mishraharad · 25 points · Posted at 08:01:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
IT IZ ORKZ, YA GIT!
xgenoriginal · 7 points · Posted at 08:28:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
DA HUMIES ALWAYD SAY "IN SPACE NO BOY CAN 'EAR YA SCREAM" AN' I'VE SEEN LOTSA BOYZ OUTSIDE DA KROOZA BUT I DON'T HEAR NONE OF IT!!!!! DA MEKBOY OR DA DOK TOLD ME SO I GAVE 'EM A SMAKK ON THE NOGGIN'!!!!! ME EARS WORKIN', AN' I'M DA SMARTEST BOY IN DA MOB ('CEPT FOR DOK BLUDDBAG AN' MEKBOY 'EADGEAR), SO NUTHIN'S WRONG WIV ME!!!!!! I WISH I COULD HEAR DA HUMIES SCREAM WHEN DA KAPTIN BLASTS DERE SHIPS!!!! WAAAAAAAAAAGHHH!!!!!!!
veruliex · 6 points · Posted at 08:13:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
YOU! BECAUSE OF YOU, I've BEEN READING ORK BOIZ LORE FOR AN HOUR IF NOT 2. IT'S GONNA BE A PROPER WAAAAGH!
Narcoleptic_Narwhal · 1 points · Posted at 16:27:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Came here to say this. We're doomed. The Waaaagh has come.
nsfw10101 · -6 points · Posted at 10:23:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Did a seven year old name all the objects talked about in that article? I get that they're supposed to be stupid orcs, but that is some ground level creativity.
Laruae · 1 points · Posted at 13:51:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That's the whole idea. These Orks are so stupid that their 'fighters' used in space are effectively WW2 planes with open cockpits. They can survive because they and the rest of the Orks think they can.
[deleted] · 17 points · Posted at 06:00:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Why not have both?
Bankster- · 1 points · Posted at 11:40:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What is that from?
Darksoldierr · 1 points · Posted at 11:52:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
https://myanimelist.net/anime/19775/Sidonia_no_Kishi
HankSteakfist · 9 points · Posted at 06:30:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Its the fucking Yuuzhann Vong!
FilliusTExplodio · 1 points · Posted at 16:22:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Somebody keep an eye on Peter Mayhew.
marcoporno · 9 points · Posted at 07:00:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Rendezvous With Rama, by Arthur C Clarke.
From what I remember, in the book an object much like this entering the Solar System is thought to be a huge cylindrical asteroid at first, and turns out to be a spaceship.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendezvous_with_Rama
[deleted] · 7 points · Posted at 07:07:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
From the article: " It is a dark red highly-elongated metallic or rocky object, about 400 metres long, and unlike anything normally found in the Solar System."
Does that sound familiar?
Star Trek IV elongated asteroid interstellar space craft.
Arthur C. Clarke elongated asteroid-like interstellar space craft
Aliens. Clearly aliens.
GaseousGiant · 8 points · Posted at 06:27:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
As usual, Arthur C. Clarke was way ahead of you/us. Check out his novel Randevouz With Rama, early 70s I think.
eigenman · 8 points · Posted at 06:55:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well in "The Expanse" the ancient aliens sent a rock we call Phoebe that got caught up in Saturn's gravity instead of heading to Earth to infect it. Phoebe has an irregular orbit that hints it came from outside the solar system.
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 04:05:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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Lizosaurous · 2 points · Posted at 07:46:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If
someonesomething is playing a game of interstellar croquet through our solar system, upon realizing this truth, I can’t even begin to imagine how infinitesimally insignificant my problems would immediately become.Please let it be true.
Shotzo · 19 points · Posted at 04:19:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Agreed.
That really could have used a comma, hyphen, or colon though. Anything really. I'd even settle for a tilde.
SolarFlareJ · 5 points · Posted at 07:29:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I don't know about you but~ somehow this seems~ just a little~ worse?~
emperorchiao · 1 points · Posted at 08:02:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This comment chain has enough colon, I think.
DrSleeper · 5 points · Posted at 06:12:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
But wouldn't it be very likely that if we ever get a whiff of the existence of Aliens it will be in the form of some type of Voyager? Unmanned spaceship that's built to just kind of drift as far as it can into space.
QuietDove · 5 points · Posted at 06:52:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh my god...The Sycorax are coming! Anyone got a satsuma?
ShinyHappyREM · 2 points · Posted at 08:33:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
*Saitama
TIGHazard · 2 points · Posted at 10:53:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Where's Harriet Jones and Torchwood when you need them?
Akranadas · 7 points · Posted at 05:49:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I would imagine over the time it takes to travel at sub light speed that the front of a ship would collect a lot of space dust which eventually would build up to rock.
austex3600 · 5 points · Posted at 06:14:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What would shaping the object like an asteroid intentionally accomplish ? As i see it, every "shape" of a spacecraft or satellite that we see anywhere is just "optimal shape".
They worked for zillions of hours making sure their space shit moves and wiggles and articulates itself just right. Aesthetics are probably very far down the priority list. And when they finally get that far down the list, their probably going to make it appeal to investors / the public rather than shaping it like a Poo
faluru · 1 points · Posted at 10:03:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You’re assuming they are so very similar to us that they have investors and your sense of aesthetics.
In space, there’s no resistance depending on the shape of your object. So you might as well take the route of least cost and hollow out an object that already tumbles through space just fine - and put thrusters on it.
As far as we know, the evolutionary principle is absolute, so the most probable choice for space transportation is the most efficient one, i.e. an asteroid.
austex3600 · 1 points · Posted at 10:28:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Wait are you using an asteroid or building to be shaped like one
faluru · 1 points · Posted at 10:36:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
In my understanding the asteroid shape only makes sense if you used an existing one. If I were to build a space craft for maximum efficiency, it’d be a sphere.
austex3600 · 1 points · Posted at 10:54:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Not really. You don't really need to be efficient with your volume in outer space. The problem is moving stuff at high speed requires an asymmetric shape with one end providing thrust . Whatever you build has to come from some planet . Which means you had to get your craft into space piece by piece with launch craft from the surface.
Helium_3 · 5 points · Posted at 06:51:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
oh no, it's Phoebe station!
gnovos · 24 points · Posted at 04:15:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You are an alien race, by the way.
XDreadedmikeX · 4 points · Posted at 08:38:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
No, Alien Race means life that occurs outside of Earth. And we have no proof that other life exists so I’m not an Alien Race.
AverageAussie · 1 points · Posted at 07:29:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The Wall isn't high enough!
Footypants · 26 points · Posted at 04:05:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Not me, I would send a series of small drones to bang out thier satellites, then my little orbital drones would kill the orbital assets. I would then monitor the airwaves for the next three days listening to what kind of plans they intended, and watch What kind of reaction or response they have. But I would purposely start picking small fights with them. Trying to figure out where their big guns were stored and what kind of guns they were.
I would then, depending on my intentions for the planet, fly huge orbital guns out near geo, and use a weapon that could bombard the planet from orbit. Or, I would move the Moon closer to the Earth and have the oceans just wash the world over for 10 - 20 years.
I have no reason to speak to your superiors, I'm here for the resources. And in an attempt to ensure that for no reason could I come under any kind of Galactic scrutiny, I would wipe out every single trace of existence of humanity. As quickly as I could.
Jimboreebob · 103 points · Posted at 04:51:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So you can travel between star systems and to any planet you please but for some reason you need resources from this world? Why is that?
jezwel · 103 points · Posted at 05:27:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So it can be a movie plot.
drunkenpriest · 5 points · Posted at 06:18:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Let's get Dwayne Johnson involved
UnJayanAndalou · 1 points · Posted at 07:17:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This guy screenwrites.
jezwel · 1 points · Posted at 08:03:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'm pretty sure I've seen it somewhere, was it War of the Worlds? Independence Day?
FQDIS · 9 points · Posted at 05:44:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We have liquid H2O.
Clack082 · 33 points · Posted at 06:03:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's not worth pulling out of a gravity well. It takes orders of magnitude less energy to just pick through the Oort cloud and melt the ice when you want it liquid.
If you needed as much water as Earth holds and you were stuck in the solar system Europa or the rings of Saturn are still way better options.
The only thing Earth has that is worth harvesting is information in the form of DNA and cultural products like art.
Edit: I want to give a shout-out to Isaac Arthur if you find these ideas interesting you will probably love his channel.
https://youtu.be/igZi4iyJiq0
PS: also a shout-out to RNA, you are important too!
Jeebus_Juice813420 · 22 points · Posted at 06:21:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So what you're saying is, the aliens are coming for our memes and spunk. Got it
Clack082 · 4 points · Posted at 06:29:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This guy intergalactic day trades.
Mazzaroppi · 2 points · Posted at 06:24:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
How about slaves?
Clack082 · 5 points · Posted at 06:29:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Unless they can open a portal from our surface directly to the worksite for the slaves it would probably be a lot easier to just record the DNA and grow your slaves on site.
If their biotechnology is shit they could just take a few dozen women and the contents of a sperm clinic.
kismethavok · 2 points · Posted at 06:48:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Robots
willfordbrimly · 1 points · Posted at 07:49:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Clones or geneticly modified stock animal would be a cheaper, locally sourced option for star jumping aliens.
kismethavok · 1 points · Posted at 07:50:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Not in the slightest.
willfordbrimly · 1 points · Posted at 17:46:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Elaborate.
kismethavok · 1 points · Posted at 21:30:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There's not really much to elaborate. Manufactured self-replicating robots are orders of magnitude cheaper and more efficient than biologically evolved self-replicating machines (people/animals).
argv_minus_one · 2 points · Posted at 06:58:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If they have the tech to get here, they have the tech to make way better robots.
Mazzaroppi · 3 points · Posted at 07:36:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
But maybe slaves are simply cheaper. Also, slaves are a trade good, if they can get cheap and sell at a high value, it's a lucrative business.
Also, humans have a very high tolerance of temperatures, from very hot to very cold, this might be a trait that's usefull for them.
Or maybe the aliens enjoy some gladiatorial fights with different species from across the galaxy and tube grown clones aren't as attached to life as creatures born and raised free.
Worst case scenario, aliens might be even more sexually deviant than us, and they like to fuck anything that is alive and has holes. The richer ones would be willing to pay a lot for exotic creatures from distant planets.
wisty · 1 points · Posted at 07:20:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Slaves aren't even worth it with earth-level technology (short of a few regions which are apparently still stuck in the middle ages).
wtfuxlolwut · 2 points · Posted at 06:47:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That dude is awesome.
Dlrlcktd · 1 points · Posted at 06:28:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
No buts it’s special water
StartingVortex · 1 points · Posted at 06:29:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Reality TV. Sprinkle cameras, incite global conflict.
Redmindgame · 1 points · Posted at 06:32:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That and also, possibly to squash us if they see us a possible future competitors.
Clack082 · 2 points · Posted at 06:38:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yeah, they wouldn't need to come here to kill us though. If they have the technology to get here in a useful time frame they have the technology to kill us from their home system or the system next door, harnessing the energy of a star. We already have solid ideas how to do this, we just don't have the space Industry.
Canadian_Infidel · 1 points · Posted at 06:37:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Then they will just harvest all of our brains.
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 06:21:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
To be fair, we have absolutely no idea what Earth has that might be desirable by a super advanced race. We are still discovering new uses for materials we already have. Imagine the materials we have that we don't even know have valuable properties, yet.
Argenteus_CG · 3 points · Posted at 06:40:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
With the exception of products produced by biological processes, pretty much everything found on earth is common throughout the universe, AFAIK.
alflup · 1 points · Posted at 06:45:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
As far as we know yes.
But I mean our Core could have some element that only occurs in the core of rock planets and can be used for infinite fuel source.
We just don't know.
afk Writing movie script... I'll make thousands I tell you.
Argenteus_CG · 1 points · Posted at 06:51:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There are at least two things wrong with this:
Any as-of-yet undiscovered elements on the periodic table are likely to be extremely unstable. Even if the island of stability exists, those elements aren't predicted (AFAIK) to occur naturally, even in minute quantities.
Infinite fuel is absolutely prohibited by the laws of physics. No fuel source can be infinite, no matter how advanced technology gets.
argv_minus_one · 1 points · Posted at 07:03:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Then they would be better served by finding a system with no life, and crack open some rock planets there. No need to do that in an inhabited system and upset the locals.
Clack082 · 1 points · Posted at 06:36:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Sure but the issue is our gravity well. Every type of relatively stable atom you can find on Earth you can find in space, other than information. Everything on the Earth comes from fusion or supernova, which is the same for all the other objects in space.
Maybe there are some mineral compounds that are practically unique to Earth, but once you have scanned it if your level of technology is good enough to get here you can almost certainly make it at home.
There are no conditions on Earth you couldn't replicate elsewhere in the Galaxy with that level of technology, other than maybe billions of years of evolution and other information.
If our imaginary aliens are so dense as to not realize this and try to buy or steal physical resources some human would sell them the idea.
You could just say "well they have a cultural reason to take stuff from us even though it's not practical from an energy perspective." And that allows for basically anything.
avocadro · 1 points · Posted at 07:50:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What if the aliens just need a new place to live, and we're on the closest rock?
fgalv · 1 points · Posted at 08:35:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
that's probably the most likely reason I could see aliens visiting. Not resources but just that we are a habitable planet.
Of course, there's likely lots and lots of other, uninhabited but habitable planets out there they could land on ...so...i dunno. Maybe we're the closest?
Clack082 · 1 points · Posted at 09:01:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If they have that level of technology it is much easier to build space habitats than it is transport the population across the distance between stars. Especially since if they are looking for a similar world they are likely passing many star systems and all the resources available there. There are many other rocks and if you can travel between stars then you are probably primarily limited by power usage. If you are limited by power use then the Earth's gravity well is a major hassle.
If they wanted to build habitats here in our system it is still easier to do it with other sources of material in the solar system without using the Earth's materials. The moons and asteroids of the solar system offer a lot of readily available material.
If they have a cultural reason to want to conquer our world or destroy us up close and personal then all bets are off.
Thurito · 1 points · Posted at 06:58:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
All of the physical atoms that make up Earth would be so much more labor intensive to pull from our gravity than to take from elsewhere in the solar system or galaxy, though. Sure, we don't know what everything here could possibly be used for, but that doesn't make the raw material here special compared to the same stuff somewhere else.
The vastly intricate, ever-developing biosphere, on the other hand - enormous resource, especially with an exponentially progressed capacity for understanding genetics. An overwhelming majority of our innovations have come from observing life, across all domains of technological advancement
hgoel0974 · 13 points · Posted at 06:02:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Water isn't that rare or difficult to obtain if you have the ability to just travel between planets, let alone stars.
poke133 · 2 points · Posted at 07:37:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
maybe they don't want resources, maybe they seek to eliminate competing intelligent lifeforms in their broad vecinity if they perceive them as a threat.
think about it.. aliens detect some apes that went through the industrial revolution, reached information and space faring age in 300 years. that is a technological explosion in a very very small timespan. soon they will have the potential to spread and compete for resources at a technological level that will be very hard to deal with.. unless we act NOW.
erkaes · 1 points · Posted at 06:18:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Aliens dig New York City man
WreckNTexan · 1 points · Posted at 06:31:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
why you gotta stop at my gas station and rob me?
Was outta gas.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:36:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yeah.. You could get those resources from a non-inhabited planet, or just like, asteroids. Space is so fucking big, if you've made it to interstellar travel, theres not really a reason to fight.
Laruae · 1 points · Posted at 13:56:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I believe the word you're looking for is religion.
The_guy93 · 1 points · Posted at 06:44:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If I had a super power, it be calling out peoples BULLSHIT!
Cathach2 · 1 points · Posted at 06:47:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Clearly you've never played stellaris. It's not about need.
Shasve · 1 points · Posted at 06:47:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Ask Colonial Britian
Gellert · 1 points · Posted at 07:36:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The brains of sapient creatures taste good.
karadan100 · 1 points · Posted at 08:45:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There's entire planets out there made of solid chunks of uranium, platinum and diamond. Earth is really just a bunch of iron with trace other stuff. The water argument is also bollocks, considering it's literally everywhere else.
They gave it a good try in Skyline I thought. They came to harvest our brains. It was a more original concept. I also liked the fact the aliens were definitely technologically superior to us. No hacking their computer systems, etc.
If they come, it's either to meet us or meet whales. Or they've come to preserve what non-human life is left before we destroy it all.
John_Keating_ · 1 points · Posted at 14:53:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They need our molten core.
noso2143 · 0 points · Posted at 06:09:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
cause your an installer space race and you need as many materials as you can find
oswaldcopperpot · 2 points · Posted at 06:19:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
As a higher evolved society, take over should be trivial. Even by 50 years. There's no defense.
Laruae · 2 points · Posted at 13:57:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Personally, the book Childhood's End nailed it for me.
WallDogs · 2 points · Posted at 06:46:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You should read The Three Body Problem series. Really great books about basically this.
7LeagueBoots · 2 points · Posted at 08:47:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If you're planning on bombarding a planet from orbit guns are an enormous waste of material.
All you have to do is drop rocks from orbit, that's more than enough. Rods are a bit more efficient, but not necessary.
Footypants · 1 points · Posted at 18:09:05 on November 26, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yes yes yes, rods from god, good old beryllium telephone poles.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic_bombardment
You are right, that there are many other ways to bombard the planet from orbit. And maybe orbital guns would be inefficient, but the good thing about orbital guns that you would not have with something like bringing many asteroids from another orbit is that I would show up to that fight ready to pull the trigger whenever I needed to, I would not have to wait for a supply of large rocks. But, you are right, and I do like your comment. Care to bounce around some orbital destruction ideas? I just got done reading Hyperion and its other four books in the series and to be honest with you I'm pretty enamored with the idea.
wtfuxlolwut · 1 points · Posted at 06:46:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Or you could just lob a big fucking rock at them from outside there solar system.
sifnt · 1 points · Posted at 07:45:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
People like you are probably why aliens haven't visited us.
stuntaneous · 2 points · Posted at 06:11:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Relevant Star Trek episode.
JBlitzen · 2 points · Posted at 06:38:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We've identified the object, sir:
http://orig03.deviantart.net/7b61/f/2011/065/e/0/nupetiet_vergnitzs_class_ship_by_j_m_d-d3b1ibx.jpg
BeefPieSoup · 2 points · Posted at 06:55:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Just hollow out an asteroid an make a ship out of it. Easier than piecing one together from separate pieces of metal.
wile_e_chicken · 2 points · Posted at 07:27:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'd make mine look like a blunt, personally.
hypd09 · 2 points · Posted at 08:28:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Fucking Martians!
white_android · 2 points · Posted at 06:40:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I think astrologist know more than they're telling with a name like that...
Quigonwindrunner · 1 points · Posted at 06:09:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's obviously Zentradi in design.
killking72 · 1 points · Posted at 06:11:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That choice would indeed be rock solid
tombikhipster · 1 points · Posted at 06:18:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I think that's what happened in the original War of the Worlds movie. Or maybe the ship just crashed so hard it dug itself under the earth. Either one of those.
RcrdBrt · 1 points · Posted at 06:24:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Rock solid.
zaturama015 · 1 points · Posted at 06:28:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
fucking knights of sidonia
edge001 · 1 points · Posted at 06:31:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We're fucked
BoneyD · 1 points · Posted at 06:33:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Looks like a Ringmaker to me
Crash665 · 1 points · Posted at 06:41:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Wasn't this the plot of Star Blazers?
Are we sure this isn't Prince Zordar?
awc1985 · 1 points · Posted at 06:44:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'll make it as scary empire looking as possible to make sure no one gets any dumb ideas.
mylittleverrucca · 1 points · Posted at 06:47:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Our rockets made for humans probably look like amateur compared to having a badass asteroid design
antsugi · 1 points · Posted at 06:56:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Goddamn I hope it is. Let's get some movie shit going on in our lifetime. Mix it up a little bit
Szos · 1 points · Posted at 07:09:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Especially if it's a long term interstellar planet invading ship.
ironfist221 · 1 points · Posted at 07:11:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Knights of Sedonia, anyone? Hope they don't bring the flood with them. Wait I'm mixing up lore here...
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 07:17:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Then paint it to absorb as much light as possible
Asterve · 1 points · Posted at 07:20:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yup, listen to the excerpt of this book :D It's a really good book
Ventrace · 1 points · Posted at 07:21:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Would be solid yes
pcstru · 1 points · Posted at 07:24:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's a sighting shot. They only just missed.
H_Junior · 1 points · Posted at 07:25:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Holy shit yes. And it absorbs 96% of light that hits it? Thats efficient
UnsignedRealityCheck · 1 points · Posted at 07:25:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's like the space equivalent of a hollow volcano evil mastermind lair.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 07:27:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I am choosing a book for reading
scubadger · 1 points · Posted at 07:45:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Turns out it's an interstellar prison ship
CollectableRat · 1 points · Posted at 07:48:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well we are probably going to design many of our spacecraft to look like asteroids eventually, so it's logical that other advanced races have already done the same thing.
AvatarIII · 1 points · Posted at 07:48:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Honestly, the article reads like the setup for Rendezvous with Rama.
squiblet · 1 points · Posted at 07:49:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Or just build it into one. Readily available resources and a frame.
crystaloftruth · 1 points · Posted at 07:51:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Important to note we haven't really seem what it is yet, the asteroid title was given to it because it didn't behave like a comet when near the Sun. We can see that it is rotating and long by the way it's colour changes over time but we really don't know what it looks like. 'Artists impressions' of objects like this annoy me way more than photoshopping girls to look skinny
Keyster_ · 1 points · Posted at 07:55:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Rock solid choice
AdamGartner · 1 points · Posted at 08:01:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Katy Perry, this is your time to comeback and shine - ET remix Dark Horse
TomokoNoKokoro · 1 points · Posted at 08:05:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Genius. Expect an offer letter from Elon Musk any minute now.
ronindavid · 1 points · Posted at 08:13:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yeah, I wish. If there's anything I've learned from /r/space is there's too much of it. Unless aliens learn how to fold space, then they're going nowhere fast. Not even light speed is good enough.
So seriously doubt they're traveling around on this thing. We're probably in a universe full of dead alien civilizations. Frankly, I'm amazed humanity has made it this far.
RandyMachoManSavage · 1 points · Posted at 08:27:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
!RemindMe 7 months
Arch_0 · 1 points · Posted at 08:39:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That's how I'd deliver the protomolecule to this system.
FDM_Process · 1 points · Posted at 08:39:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What if it's a satellite from another species that's been floating through the universe for millions of years collecting space debris and now it looks like a rock.
AxeellYoung · 1 points · Posted at 08:42:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Unless Mr President says that this asteroid could crash into earth and we must blow it up...
marsinfurs · 1 points · Posted at 08:54:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Rendezvous with Rama
Three_Headed_Monkey · 30773 points · Posted at 04:30:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This is the sort of thing that appears on a tv news report in the background of the main character's establishing scenes during the start of an alien invasion movie
LonerStonerRoamer · 15264 points · Posted at 06:33:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This was my most upvoted comment before I grew weary of reddit. I have deleted my other comments and edited this one to something more efficacious for the souls of all who read it. You feel that stirring in your soul? Find out why. God love you!
Three_Headed_Monkey · 14282 points · Posted at 06:37:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"This better be good."
Rambling and stuumbling scientificish speech
"In English, professor?"
Triumph807 · 7822 points · Posted at 07:12:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
“Aliens, Colonel. Aliens...”
kingoffish · 5506 points · Posted at 07:21:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
In walks language expert Marissa T. Hernandez, “we intercepted a radio signal just over an hour ago, we think they want something from us”
[deleted] · 6644 points · Posted at 07:53:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"What do they want from us?"
A weapon
"What could they possible want with our weap..."
Not ours, sir. Theirs.
"..."
From what we've gathered, long before our time on this planet, their species visited Earth after a time of war, and hid a weapon of great magnitude beneath our surface... They've come back for it.
"Where is it?"
Cuts to New York City
kingoffish · 7254 points · Posted at 08:11:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The Rock picks up his children from the local school. As he embraces them his phone begins to ring. It’s a phone call he hasn’t received in quite some time ..
cutty2k · 6029 points · Posted at 08:53:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Now here's a phone call I haven't received in quite some time," he says into the phone. "I thought I told you that I was done after Beirut. I'm not coming in."
"We don't want you to come in this time, The Rock, this time they're coming to you."
The Rock looks down at his children as his features harden with resolve.
rockstar_nailbombs · 3896 points · Posted at 09:13:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
He strides into his house, kids nipping at the heels.
"Go upstairs Jessica, take Tommy with you. Me and Mommy gotta talk."
In hushed voices, they argue- "You're doing this now? In front of our kids?"
"They're your kids Dwayne, not mine."
"Look, something came up. Can you wait this out for a few more days? For me? For them?"
The camera pans to the kids, who scurry to their rooms after listening from the top of the stairs.
"Again, Dwayne? Again? You're unbelievable. You can never put your family first, not even in the end, can you?"
Dwayne looks at his soon to be ex-wife with a forlorn and steely-eyed gaze. He swivels, puts on a leather jacket and exits.
He takes out his phone and begins to dial a number...
logo1016 · 3507 points · Posted at 09:33:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Cut to military training facility - location unknown.
Large metal blast doors open up to the outside revealing The Rock, and on the other side, Professor T. Swift Phd.
Dwayne smiles and laughs: “Well well, they didn’t tell me I’d be babysitting you today.”
Swift smiles back: “Funny, that’s exactly what they told me about you!”
The two friends share a muscular embrace before Swift leads Dwayne further into the facility.
Edit: Added a “T” (by popular demand)
pan1c_ · 677 points · Posted at 09:52:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Swift's demeanor turns serious as she turns to The Rock.
"Dwayne, this might be a bit bigger than the two of us, I don't know what to expect when we walk through those doors, but it can't be good."
The Rock cracks a toothy grin, and turns back to Swift.
"I do love me a challenge." He says as he cracks his muscular knuckles.
Cut to the inside of a technology laden War Room, blast doors open revealing The Rock and Swift on the other side. They're greeted by Lt. Jason Statham, Major Arnold Schwarzenegger, and President Tom Selleck.
scottishbuzzard · 556 points · Posted at 10:03:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Oh hell no" says Dwayne as he lays eyes on Statham, almost simultaneously as Statham turns to the Major and starts to complain just as vigorously. "Never again" says Dwayne and he turns to leave. "Not another step" says the Major. "Put Beirut behind you Dwayne. This is bigger than both of you".
dori_lukey · 497 points · Posted at 10:11:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The Rock grunts and walks to a corner of the room, his eyes shooting daggers at Statham. Statham merely grins and sits on a metal chair. The major sighs in relief, before walking over to the projector, already painting the walls with pictures of the unknown objects.
In his thick accent, the Major begins his briefing.
son_of_noah · 455 points · Posted at 10:18:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"At 0237 we recieved a radio signal from our deep space prob. A large cylindrical metalic object was detected traveling at 1/10 the speed of light and heading straight for our solar system." The Major said in a monotone but stern voice, no doubt he's become accustomed to long drawn out mikitary reports and briefings but this is one for the history books.
logo1016 · 508 points · Posted at 10:26:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Suddenly, a large tremor shakes the facility and everyone in it. Our heroes glance around at each other. Each one on edge.
Calmly Prof. Swift addresses the group: “I think you should see what we’ve been working on”
Cut to- Underground rocket chamber
Swift: “What you boys are looking at is the latest in Earth Saving technology. We’re calling it “The Mega Ultra Rocket Defender of Earth Rocket” or “M.U.R.D.E.R.” For short”
Our heroes gaze up in amazement
TheUnforgottten · 398 points · Posted at 10:33:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"That's a nice little toy you boys made." says Statham. "But why do you need us?" "There are seats." the Rock grumbles. Statham: "Wait what?"
Swift: "Well observed, Mr. Rock. We need you to control M.U.R.D.E.R.
..on board."
thatusernameisaspy · 365 points · Posted at 10:46:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"No, it's a death sentence. I ain't gonna be part of your suicide squad," says Statham. Statham begins to walk away. "What, you afraid of E.T. coming to kick your ass?" asked the Rock. Statham stops and turns. "I'm trying to keep me ass from dying, you bloody wanker."
Major Schwarzenegger steps forward. "Gentleman, I know we are asking you for a lot. But you are the only ones that can pull this off."
ee3k · 409 points · Posted at 11:09:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The Rock says "why should I throw my life away, I have kids to take care of".
President Selleck says" they will be here in 20 minutes screen time +/- plot convenience, if you dont commit to M.U.R.D.E.R. now, your children will be caught in new york when they tear it apart for their big shiny toy."
the rock says "well damn, do I at least get a last meal? I could M.U.R.D.E.R. a taco belltm " (the rock turns and winks at screen )
TheUnforgottten · 336 points · Posted at 11:15:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Cut to- outer Space
The International Space Station is floating above the horizon of the planet, for us known as earth. The camera is flying towards the ISS till its going through a window to the inner of the station.
"How about the communication to earth?" asks Bryan Cranston. "Still nothing. I have no idea why we do not get any data. It's like someone's trying to stop us from communicating." says Evangeline Lilly. "Just white noise". "Have You Tried Turning It Off And On Again?" says Chris O’Dowd with a big grin on his face. "Thats not funny, boy" mumbles Bryan. "We have to restore communication." Suddenly a loud bang. The whole station starts to shake furiously. And then there is just silence. Nobody says a word. Bryan looks out of the window.
Closup to his face. His eyes are wide open and filled with fear.
"What the hell"
Cut to- New York City
SicSevens · 241 points · Posted at 11:34:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"...and THAT -" Mark dots an i with vigor on a whiteboard "- is why we can't push this code to production. It's too unstable." A group of young, hip software developers are discussing a flowchart. Various jargon is written along the sides. Mark drops his marker as he catches a Nerf football, and he throws it back to Len (played by Jesse Eisenberg).
"What?" Len says, "you act like we do that and it's gonna be the end of the world or something." As Len throws the football towards Steve at the window, a large crack is heard. Steve's hand narrowly misses the ball as the window behind him shatters.
The floor cracks, and the group flees in a hurry.
We follow the football as it arcs outside towards...
letzterspielmann · 254 points · Posted at 12:13:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We follow the football as it arcs outside towards the busy traffic on 7th Avenue.
While the football falls down to the ground in slow-motion, the skies in the background take the shade of a dark grey, the only source of light apart from Time Square's neon lights now only being multiple bright blue lights on the bottom of the gigantic object hovering over New York.
Cut to- A Taxi on 7th Avenue
The driver of the taxi exits the vehicle as he just crashed into the rear of the Porsche driving aheadof him.
As he makes his way to the Porsche's driver door, holding his head, we see the taxi's back door opening with a close up of the door handle.
Out comes Terry Crews, his eyes focused on the thing that appeared above the city.
He opens his mouth, quietly forming the words "What the f..", as he gets hit in the head by the falling football.
TheUnforgottten · 197 points · Posted at 12:45:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Cut to- the Oval Office
President Sellicks hands are shaking.
The camera operater lifts his head. "We are live in 3, 2 ,1" he says and points the lens directly into president Sellicks frozen face.
"My fellow Americans. Today is the day, we have to stand together. This morning I've got the message, that there is an interstellar spaceship coming towards earth. We have to face with a situation, that we never have witnessed in the whole history of mankind.
We are not alone.."
Suddenly darkness. The electricity has failed.
Cut to- the streets of New York
The streets are covered in dust. They are totally empty. Terry opens his eyes and stands up from the ground. He walks few steps along the streets. Then a hellish noise sounds. Right over the skyline of New York flys a bunch of military helicopters. The camera follows them till they land on a plattform at the coast.
Dwayne and Statham are climbing out of the helicopter. Their bodys are covered in space suits. They hold their helmets in their hands and let their eyes wander over New York.
"It's time to blew up this motherfucking ship".
Matt3989 · 180 points · Posted at 13:00:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Cut to- Living Room of a Quaint Country Home
Dwayne's wife nervously watches the press conference with her mother, the kids are playing in the background.
"....interstellar spaceship coming towards earth. We have to face with a situation, that we never have witnessed in the whole history of mankind.... We are not alone.." The power cuts.
"Mommy, when's Daddy gettting here" ask Jessica.
"Soon, Jessica. Soon" under breath "I hope" says Mila Kunis nervously
logo1016 · 162 points · Posted at 13:17:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Cut back to the military facility
5 hours earlier
Our ragtag team of muscular heroes stand before a wall of television monitors, all watching the president’s broadcast.
Swift: “He can’t do this! The project isn’t finished yet! If we launch now the rocket won’t make it out of the atmosphere! Let alone to the edge of the solar system to fight the threat!”
The Rock: “Well it looks like we don’t have much of a choice now Swift. We’ve gotta launch ASAP with as much firepower as we’ve got.
Swift: “You can’t be seri-“
Gen. Schwarzenegger: “That’s an order professor!”
The Rock pulls Swift in close, towering over him. He speaks in a calm familiar tone.
The Rock: “Do you remember that day in Beirut? We made the world a promise that day... don’t tell me you’ve forgotten already...”
Swift nods reverently and quickly turns to solute the general.
Swift: “We launch in 3 hours.”
TheUnforgottten · 144 points · Posted at 13:36:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Cut to- the streets of New York
Terry: "Hello? Is anyone here?" A very silent voice can be heard "Help".
The voice comes from a pile of rubble that may have been a house. Terry picks up some debris. A man who has previously been trapped comes to the fore.
"God. Thank you. I thought I would die. My name is Mark!"
"Mark?" says Terry "Mark Jackson? Expert in experimental informatics?"
"Yeah, do we know each other?"
"It is a miracle that you are alive. I come in the order of Prof. Jonathan Swift. Follow me. Your country needs you"
Cut back to the military facility
"Finished" says Mark as he lays back in his chair.
"Impossible! We would have needed to program the control unit for at least three weeks." stotters Swift.
Terry: "I thought thats the reason I should bring him here".
Swift: "Right, right."
Gen. Schwarzenegger: "Status?"
Swift: "All systems are configured and ready for departure."
Gen. Schwarzenegger: "Alright. Get the boys. We are ready to go."
logo1016 · 167 points · Posted at 13:47:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Inside the cockpit of the rocket - T-Minus 5 minutes to launch.
We see The Rock, Statham, and Cruz strapped into their seats wearing full spacesuits with the sleeves ripped off, exposing their bulging biceps. The trio flip a series of buttons and switches to prepare for launch.
The Rock notices an extra seat in the cockpit.
The Rock: “Hey Swifty, who’s the extra seat for?”
Enter Schwarzenegger in full spacesuit, holding a space helmet at his side.
Schwarzenegger: “For the only one on this ship who’s been to space before”
He locks the helmet on his head, flexes his arms until his sleeves rip from his suit, and straps himself into the empty seat.
The Rock cracks a sly grin
The Rock: “Glad to have you aboard captain, now lets save this big rock of ours!”
3. 2. 1.
Rockets Engage
Liftoff
141_1337 · 121 points · Posted at 13:48:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
cuts back to Dwayne's house
"Kids I'm gonna go upstairs" Sarah say "stay here and don't move"
"Ok" the older kid says sheepishly while the camera pans from the back as Sarah leaves for the stairs and the younger kid gets near a window.
He cracks just the curtains just a little bit to see the neighbors from accross the street scrambling to load things into their SUV when suddenly you hear three loud knocks in the door.
"Sarah? Sarah? Sarah?" someone yells as the kids are stunned into fearful silence while Sarah rushes downstair she opens the door and Ben Affleck's character is there.
"I came as soon as the power went off, where is Dwayne?" He says looking distressed.
"He got recalled into assignment" She says while rubbing her forehead and sweeping her hair back, Affleck's character just stares at her seriously while in silence.
"This was before the president's announcement" She says defensively "You know how it goes" while avoiding eye contact with her
"Sarah" Affleck's character says "Sally is picking up mom and dad, and Jonathan is picking up supplies at Walmart, we are going to uncle Johnny's winter cabin in Colorado"
"That's four hours away from here" She says while looking distraught
"I hear reports on the radio about an alien ship in New York" Affleck's character says "We should lay low until things have calmed down, OK? Leave him a note telling him where we going, I'll go secure the car in the garage and we'll go meet Sally, Ok, mom and dad miss you, you know?"
Sarah cries softly while leaning in Affleck's chest, he puts his chin over her head while looking concerned and the kids stare at them quietly in fear.
Montysaurus5 · 117 points · Posted at 13:54:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Cuts to slow motion shot of debris slowly falling towards earth.
Cuts back to White House.
MrTagnan · 98 points · Posted at 14:48:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Security guards attempting to stop reporters from entering the briefing room.
A young, 20 something year old man is attempting to shove past the guard.
"I said get outta here." The guard says in a stern tone clearly annoyed
TheUnforgottten · 101 points · Posted at 15:15:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Cut to- The Cockpit of M.U.R.D.E.R.
Gen. Schwarzenegger: This rocket is featured with a nuclear missile which detonates 15 minutes after impact. The missile head is constructed to attach on various strucutures without a direct explosion. So we have 15 Minutes to get away.
Statham: This is insane!
Terry: I'm calling this suicide. Its not possible to get away in time.
Dwayne: But its our only chance.
peeweejd · 99 points · Posted at 15:22:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The cockpit of M.U.R.D.E.R lights up with red light and audible alarms are heard.
Rock: General Schwartzenegger! We have radar contact.
Arnold: it must be the meteor field outside of Jupiter.
Jason: meteors do not put themselves into attack formation! GET TO THE DEFENSE TURRET NOW!
[deleted] · 95 points · Posted at 16:08:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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Mastrius · 83 points · Posted at 16:24:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Cut to - Asteroids
Many asteroids float in unison above the earth. The bottoms glow a bright, white light. The space around them trembles and vibrates. The bottoms of these asteroids becomes brighter and brighter until...
Cut to - M.U.R.D.E.R. Interior
"Hold onto your abs!" Shouts The Rock as giant streams of light shoot past the ship toward the earth, barely missing them. "My god..." says Terry as he sees just what's happening.
The camera pans out to show a ranged view of the earth being struck before cutting to New York City...
thisonehereone · 76 points · Posted at 16:57:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
A blinking light is in the distance, charging toward M.U.R.D.E.R from behind.
Rock - "We got company!"
As the ship nears, an arm protrudes out and interlocks with M.U.R.D.E.R. The smaller ship then rotates and spins, facing forward toward the oncoming assault. A visible energy shield snaps around the new M.U.R.D.E.R configuration. Various barrels begin to emerge from the new ship, tripling the previous firepower.
Captain Will Smith over the radio: "I was in the neighborhood, heard y'all could use a hand."
exes4eyes · 70 points · Posted at 17:04:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Split-screen close-up up of Jason Statham and The Rock.
in unison “You mother..”
cuts to outer space battle
trustworthy_expert · 68 points · Posted at 17:20:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Both ships, still overwhelmed, and locked in tunnel vision at the assaulting alien force, don't notice an approaching object from the other side. An unseen blast from a rail gun destroys several alien ships from behind our heroes. The object collides with the hero ship, and connects haphazardly with mismatched hardware. It's a rocket propelled module from the international space station, with pilot Bryan Cranston.
Cranston:" I hope I didn't startle you too badly. I had to get close, because our radio antenna wasn't broadcasting. I think we figured out the weakness of the alien ship."
Cuts to the rest of the ISS crew frantically writing math equations. Split screen with reaction shots of determined heroes in attached ships.
DefinitelyDustin · 71 points · Posted at 17:37:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The Rock: “Cranston! Are those calculations done yet? Give me some good news.”
Cranston, speaking solemnly: “I’m sorry, it’s not looking good. We’ve collected all the data from the ship, it’s just too advanced for our onboard computers.”
The Rock: “Mr. President, I’m afraid we’re in need of some help down here. I’ll put Cranston on the line, we need some calculations done”
*The president turns to a group of low ranking men, who nod and rush to their computers
Mr. President: “You got it Dwayne, put him on”
The 20 year’s old from earlier bursts into the room, everyone turns in surprise
20 year old: “Wait! It won’t work! Give me 5 minutes on those computers and your calculations will be done”
Mr: President: “And who are you?...”
TIP_YOUR_UBER_DRIVER · 70 points · Posted at 18:02:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Jesse Eisenberg replies, "There's no time for introductions now. Just five minutes, Mr. President."
President Selleck furrows his brow. "Okay, but you'd better not be wasting our time."
Jesse sits down in front of the terminal, typing on two keyboards simultaneously while the images on six screens change blindingly fast.
Cut to M.U.R.D.E.R.
Without warning, all weapons fire at once, concentrated on one spot of the alien mass.
"I've lost control of the weapons!" recently promoted Gen. Schwarzenegger says. "Who's doing this?"
"Dr. Eisenberg, sir," a voice says over the radio. "I've been following the situation, and I've been able to pinpoint the ship's weakness using the ISS's calculations."
"Eisenberg?" the general says. "From the astrophysics lecture at UCLA?"
"Yes, sir," Eisenberg replies. "Still think my theories are ridiculous?"
The weapons stop firing, and nothing but a cloud of dust remains.
The crews of M.U.R.D.E.R., the ISS, and the war room erupt in celebration. "Well, I'm sorry I ever doubted you, doctor," Gen. Schwarzenegger says.
Close-up on Eisenberg's face. "No time for celebration now. This is just the beginning."
nobody2000 · 67 points · Posted at 18:19:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
CUT TO:
Beijing, China. Drs. Jackie Chan and Christopher Tucker are rushing through the forbidden city.
"I almost have it. We need to get to the control room now!" Dr. Chan exclaims, out of breath.
"Man, why did they have to hide this lab in the middle of a big ol' tourist area?"
Drs. Chan and Tucker push through crowds as Chan fumbles with his smartphone. Outside of Mao's final resting place, a door slides open with a computer "beeping" noise, and they enter. The door slides shut and they begin to descend into a well-lit, underground area.
Chan explains to Tucker: "This is it. All of our knowledge. Here. Alien weapon was put into the Earth long ago. One end under United States - other end....China!"
roylennigan · 47 points · Posted at 19:11:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
In the command bunker with the president, all the monitors go out at once and a creepy laughter slowly crescendos into a maniacal fit before stopping suddenly. A voice echoes through the monitors, speaking Korean.
"Get a translation, now!" President Selleck orders.
"Sir, its Kim Jong Un... and he says... he's calling us 'puny humans', sir."
Kim Jong Un continues: "They left me here long ago to defend the weapon. You will never understand the weapon. You must post #theweapon2017 now to prevent your death! Post you pigs!"
Everyone sits dumbfounded for a moment until Eisenberg says, "what do you think he meant about that last bit?"
One of the generals turns to him and says, "Its a trap, they'll overload the twittersphere and use its frequencies to drown out the spy satellites. They've been preparing for this for a while..."
rushmix · 37 points · Posted at 19:55:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"and they're not gonna be able to do a damn thing with it. Not if my man Mark here has a say..." Eisenberg states, slowly spinning on the balls of his feet towards a familiar group; its the young programmers from earlier. The camera pans up from a palm spinning another nerf football, to the face of Mark Zuckerberg - smirking with the confidence that only he could have in this dire situation.
Walking up to the radio console the president is using to contact the teams in space and in China, Mark says "You know how Apple has a service agreement saying that their products can never be used to make weapons of mass destruction?"
Amidst a room of confused expressions, Eisenberg's eyebrow slowly raises and with a drawn out "... Y-yeah?"
"Facebook doesn't have that clause." Mark says with a chuckle. He pulls out his phone, turns it up to 300% volume, and plays four musical notes on a keyboard app directly into the microphone: "F. A. C. E."
roylennigan · 34 points · Posted at 21:20:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
An ear-piercing melody following the four notes set by Mark's leitmotif continues, taking over the monitors and the airwaves, extending through humanity's networks to the farthest reaches of the digitally connected world. Soon, counterpoints join in and invert, revert, and reverse the original motif in mind-bending ways.
Mark's face melts and morphs into a scaly reptilian scowl. As the roomful of shocked expressions from hardened military and officials reach for their weapons and/or bodyguards, the reptilian Mark hisses.
"I come in peace..." The room was motionless. It continued. "We are a species that came to Earth long ago in the hopes of keeping The Weapon hidden. Since our greatest fears have come to pass, we will finally make our presence known--"
"I knew it!" Eisenberg shouts. "I knew the conspiracies had to be right! Who else? I bet its Elon Musk..."
"No, he is only human. We found it easier to hide as the douchebags of the world. You expect the worst of your own species. So we gave you that. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to save the world from twitter."
The comm crackles and a confused voice can be heard: "What the... what is going on down there?" The Rock asks.
rushmix · 25 points · Posted at 23:23:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The opening of Aerosmith's "I don't want to miss a thing" (https://youtu.be/oR68oAtWY-c) start to play quietly as lizard Mark speaks into the mic:
"Listen up, Rock... Swift. Remember that promise we made to eachother in Beirut? You know what you have to do. We have a few minutes before professor Chan finishes his calibration of the ancient weapon to the FACE wavelength, channeling every phone on earth and turning you into the biggest radioactive mega-laser focal point the universe has ever seen. I'm... I'm gonna patch you through to your families so you can say some final words."
CUT TO:
Ben and the Rock's ex-lady in a sea of thousands of people abandoning their cars in a mid city traffic jam - their phones blinding light and FACE noises joining the pandemonium.
Suddenly all the phones go quiet, and the Rock's face appears on phones as far as the eye can see. The havoc stops as everyone looks at their phones. Ben sees that the Rock's lady doesn't have a phone and he gives her his, saying "baby, I think this is for you."
CUE: "I don't want to miss a thing" starts to fade in again as the Rock begins to speak through thousands of glowing phones all at once:
nobody2000 · 11 points · Posted at 13:26:29 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Good morning. In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others from around the world. And you will be launching the largest aerial battle in this history of mankind.
Mankind -- that word should have new meaning for all of us today.
We can't be consumed by our petty differences anymore.
We will be united in our common interests.
Perhaps its fate that today is the 4th of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom, not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution -- but from annihilation.
We're fighting for our right to live, to exist.
And should we win the day, the 4th of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day when the world declared in one voice:
"We will not go quietly into the night!
We will not vanish without a fight!
We're going to live on!
We're going to survive!
TODAY, WE CELEBRATE....INDEPENDENCE DAY!"
XIsACross · 1 points · Posted at 23:27:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
RemindMe! 1 day
FormerlyKnownAsBtg · 1 points · Posted at 23:57:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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thebonnar · 1 points · Posted at 00:10:01 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
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rkodand · 1 points · Posted at 00:37:32 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
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skywardkitten · 1 points · Posted at 02:06:04 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
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tehwyn · 1 points · Posted at 04:02:18 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
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d1rtyd0nut · 1 points · Posted at 21:31:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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gonotee · 1 points · Posted at 22:13:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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Verpous · 1 points · Posted at 22:57:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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dremelofdeath · 1 points · Posted at 22:59:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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ninjaster11 · 1 points · Posted at 23:21:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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TIP_YOUR_UBER_DRIVER · 5 points · Posted at 20:03:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh this is way better than mine.
rushmix · 3 points · Posted at 20:14:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We gotta get yours in there. It's so good. Maybe Seth and Franco can use the FACE signal to hack the Korean facility?
imbtyler · 2 points · Posted at 20:15:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'm having troubles comprehending all of this rn.
TIP_YOUR_UBER_DRIVER · 2 points · Posted at 20:24:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'll let somebody else write it.
SicSevens · 1 points · Posted at 23:09:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Copy your original one, edit it to say upvote the other branch, then paste it again as the next new comment in the other branch... It'll still make sense!
nater255 · 1 points · Posted at 20:55:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
More! More!
TIP_YOUR_UBER_DRIVER · 27 points · Posted at 19:33:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Special Agents James Franco and Seth Rogen hide in the treeline outside the Kim compound, Franco watching through his spotting scope and Rogen through the scope of his rifle.
"Two guards at the west entrance, two more patrolling the perimeter," Franco says softly. "Fire at the guards at the door on my mark."
"Roger that," Rogen confirms. "I hope the intel from our man inside is right."
"It has to be," Franco replies. "Once Kim is out of the way, there's nobody to stop us from taking control of the weapon."
"Do you think we can actually do that?" Rogen asks, incredulously.
"Our people are already in place in Beijing," Franco says.
"No, I mean do you think we can actually get to Kim without getting ourselves killed first?"
"We have to," Franco says. "Don't worry, this is what we've trained for."
The two sentries patrolling the perimeter disappear around the corner. "Now!" Franco says.
Rogen fires two shots from his silenced rifle, less than a second apart. The two soldiers guarding the door drop to the ground.
"GO GO GO!" Both agents spring up and sprint across the field to the entrance.
NextArtemis · 3 points · Posted at 23:19:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Why watch a movie when you can read one?
Sciguystfm · 0 points · Posted at 22:43:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
RemindMe! 1 Day
dremelofdeath · 0 points · Posted at 22:58:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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DatAinFalco · 0 points · Posted at 22:59:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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Gojira0 · -1 points · Posted at 20:09:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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Deagballs · -1 points · Posted at 20:27:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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Neurologic_Disaster · 1 points · Posted at 19:22:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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chrisandstuffs · 1 points · Posted at 19:27:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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KingEdTheMagnificent · 7 points · Posted at 18:43:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Cut to a lighthouse just off the coast of Maine
One of the ailen ships, still burning from passing through the atmosphere plummets into the rocks, narrowly missing the lighthouse. A wave crashes over the ship, extinguishing the fire.
Cut to the interior of the lighthouse
Bill Murray is half asleep in a chair and jumps up, startled. He walks outside to see what the noise was. A short time later, Betty White joins him. "What is it, dear?"
An arm reaches out from the wreckage as an alien slowly emerges.
"Get the harpoon," says Murray.
The alien, clearly hurt, stumbles toward the lighthouse. As the alien walks into the doorway, a harpoon rips through the back of its head.
peeweejd · -4 points · Posted at 18:03:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"My name is Corey Feldman. I'm a programmer with a l33t haxing group. I've designed a super quantum bio-computer with a 3D holographic visual interface. It uses the superconducting material I found in a meteorite chip a LONG time ago while camping with my friends. The computer never really worked before, but the alien presence seems to have energized the chip."
President: "that is fantastic. get to work!"
RuameisterFTW · -1 points · Posted at 17:50:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Albert Einstein.
kinrif · 4 points · Posted at 17:54:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Cranston continues: if our calculations are correct, the gravi-mag barrier radius conti-
Rock and Crews, together: English Man!?
Cranston: If we can draw their fire, the shield will weaken just enough that a railgun attack will open a hole just the right size for M.U.R.D.E.R to connect. But there's just one thing, it will only stay open for -
Lilly: 2 minutes!
Cranston: - two minutes before the shield closes and you're stuck.
Cut to M.U.R.D.E.R. cockpit reaction shots and a beat of silence before
Schwartzenegger: Lets do this.
malaysianzombie · 8 points · Posted at 17:26:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The Rock - "You were there the whole time?!"
Will over the radio - "You ever heard of a contingency, boyo? President's orders. Booyah--"
Cuts to several alien ships blowing up in front of the screen. As the explosions fade, we see the new ship in plain view. The words, E.X.T.E.R.M.I.N.8 clearly showing on its side.
Cuts to the M.U.R.D.E.R's interior
The Rock making a face - "Can you believe this guy?"
Statham yells, "It's not over yet ya wankers.. LOOK OUT!"
Cuts to space
From the distance, we can see asteroids and stars, but something huge seems to be blocking out the view as it moves. It's so dark it looks like as though it's eating away the light as it passes.
tlbane · 4 points · Posted at 17:02:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
New York -
The beam of light hits the center of Central Park with a blinding flash but no explosion. The air grows eerily calm and quiet. Pedestrians near the park pause momentarily as they fee to stop and let their eyes adjust to light. The light stops suddenly. Nothing happens. Everyone is still, collecting themselves. Beginning to calm down, a few smiles crack... then a low rumble. The rumble grows into a shimmy, then a shake. Pedestrian bridges begin to collapse.
Wide shot of Central Park -
As if from a zombie movie, a giant mechanical hand comes plunging out of the ground. Dragging itself out of the ground. Finally free, Megatron breathes a sinister sigh of delight and anticipation.
[deleted] · -4 points · Posted at 16:36:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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cravenj1 · 2 points · Posted at 16:58:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Just save the specific comment
jjohnisme · 8 points · Posted at 16:19:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Cut to a suburban backyard garden, where a white haired grandma is working her raised beds.
"Dag nabbit, my sprouts are dead!"
bloodygripen · 4 points · Posted at 16:52:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
*planet
ForAHamburgerToday · 1 points · Posted at 04:19:45 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
(planet)
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 16:05:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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BastiakaZerox · 3 points · Posted at 16:07:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Don't tell me what to do. Upvoted.
ButternutSqwush · 1 points · Posted at 16:16:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
upvoted BOTH of you. mic dropped
GonZoso · 0 points · Posted at 16:22:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Hmmm
jason2306 · -1 points · Posted at 16:34:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Hmmmm
GonZoso · -1 points · Posted at 16:40:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Hmmmmmmmmm
jason2306 · 0 points · Posted at 16:43:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Still closed hmmm still closed
jjohnisme · 26 points · Posted at 14:21:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The day Reddit wrote a movie, and I was here to see it :)
Ionlydateteachers · 2 points · Posted at 15:35:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I want to be dolly grip
141_1337 · 1 points · Posted at 14:33:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
tbh this is hardly a full movie, more like the first 10-15 minutes.
Karufel · 3 points · Posted at 14:52:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well, if you flash out the conversations, add a few short flashbacks of Beirut, draw out the scenes of the wife and the kids, then we could already be at 2/3 of the movie.
cravenj1 · 2 points · Posted at 15:34:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'd wager closer to 45 minutes in a two and 20 minute film
schiz0yd · 6 points · Posted at 14:21:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Cut to Kyoto
A Japanese couple kneel together at a table enjoying some tea. Life is peaceful. The husband notices his tea is rippling. His reflection hardens. He sets it down and slowly rises, samurai sword wrapped into his kimono at his waist. His wife, understanding, collects his cup. This was the moment the sage had prophesied.
parrot_in_hell · 3 points · Posted at 15:00:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
im just leaving this comment to read the next reply from your comment with the most updoots. i've made it this far, i can't stop now
edit: im back bitches
Newcraft · 1 points · Posted at 16:22:55 on November 28, 2017 · (Permalink)
Sooo... Uh. Next?
cravenj1 · 3 points · Posted at 15:30:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Side note, I read cockpit and rocket together and got rockpit, which seems pretty apt since Dwayne Johnson is in the cockpit.
Welcome to the Rockpit!
mntalkase · 2 points · Posted at 20:36:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Fuck yeah! Gen. Schwarzenegger going to motherfucking space, bitches!
Great scene!
KingMaharg · 4 points · Posted at 14:26:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Cut to- a quiet ship in outer space
Alien Lt: "We've zeroed in on the device captain."
Alien Commander: "Good"
Pan out to see alien commander Alec Baldwin.
Baldwin: "Too long have we witnessed the subjugation of our people. It's time to take our weapon back."
Alien Lt: "But sir, we hid it away for a reason. Remember the last great war. The entire nebula is still a wasteland."
Baldwin laughs.
Baldwin: "That was a warning shot. The council has had enough time to change their ways."
Baldwin screams and slams his fist into the console.
Baldwin: "Now get me that weapon!"
EWVGL · 3 points · Posted at 15:22:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Living Room of a Quaint Country Home
Mila "Mrs. The Rock" Kunis stares forlornly out the window while the children play on the floor behind her with the family pets, Puppers--a paraplegic Golden Retriever puppy strapped into a 2-wheeled mobility harness--and Mr. Floof--an adorable little baby bunny.
Mila turns from the window and watches the children play, a tear wells up in her eye and drips down her cheek. Overcome by love, worry and fear of the impending doom hurtling toward the entire planet but more troublingly toward her brave husband and perfect family, she decides to go upstairs, slowly undress and take a long, hot, steamy shower.
EWVGL · 2 points · Posted at 15:55:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Military Facility, MURDER Rocket Launch Pad
The heroes ready the ship, as only this crew of the world's best special-ops warrior maverick experimental rocket pilots can... by stripping out unnecessary parts and pieces and tossing them away, chopping the rocket to make it more lightweight, powerful, and generally badass. The Rock pops a cassette into the tape player and they all begin to sing along as they work, singing all the words together in manly, slight off-harmony as if they've done this exact routine in perilous circumstances dozens of times before..
All alone at the end of the of the evening
And the bright lights have faded to blue
I was thinking 'bout a woman who might have
Loved me and I never knew...
Cut to Quaint Country Home Steamy Shower
Mila sings the same song, in a worried tone, as soap suds and hot water stream down her perfect, supple, forlorn breasts...
Mila: "You know I've always been a dreamer..."
Cut to MURDER Cockpit
The Rock: "spent my life running 'round..."
Montage: We cut between the Quaint Country Steamy Shower and the MURDER Cockpit as Mila and The Rock sing the alternate lines of the song
Mila: "And it's so hard to change"
The Rock: "Can't seem to settle down"
Mila: "But the dreams I've seen lately"
Mila and The Rock together, split screen: "Keep on turning out and burning out
And turning out the same"
MURDER Cockpit
The Rock, Statham, Arnold together: "So put me on a highway
And show me a sign
And take it to the limit..."
Steamy Shower
Mila, her voice breaking with sadness and worry, tears now mingling with the hot water cascading over her forlorn, quaint, supple breasts, sings the last line alone...
"...one more time."
Downstairs, the kids and pets lean on the back of the quaint country sofa and peer anxiously out the large, quaint, living room window at the ominous grey sky. Puppers puts his arm around Mr Floof's shoulders.
storyjoinerupper · 4 points · Posted at 14:18:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Cut to NASA JPL
Matthew McConaghey stands in a white lab coat in a huge empty white room with some science aparatus in the middle.
"Heh heh hey....thats it li'l buddy. Show me that spark....KAPOOM!" he says enthusiatiscally as a spark and smoke arise out of a clear glass flask containing a blue translucent like substance.
"100 out of 100. Hey...say how long did it take us last time to get to the moon?"...he proclaims as if hes stumbled on a treasure chest.
"That studio is about 10 mins away right?" He laughs sarcastically.
"And that gentlemen, is how you make rocket fuel. Its not rocket science."
He then focuses on the aparatus and whispers....."10mins to a studio...this stuff will take me there in a quarter of a second."
A loud tannoy blares out around the room. "John...theres 4 green guys here to see you. One of them is giving me a weird look. Like i shouldnt have called them green guys. And hes wearing a stack of toy medals on left pocket on his shir..."
"Damnit Mitch." says Matthew McConaghey as he tosses his goggles of to the side...
Gerdione · -1 points · Posted at 13:53:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Cuts to the interior of a foreign ship
The background score transitions from a hardy low rolling beat accompanied by brass to a syncopated bass pad and discordant quiet synth.
The inside of the ship is dark except for the low whirr of what may possibly be a warp drive.
The slowly camera pans over the pitch black ground, the darkness is only broken by the soft pulse of dirty crimson lights.
...Silence fills the room... The sense of unease begins to grow.
Three sequential guttural clicks over a throaty reverberating bass blast through the still atmosphere.
Cuts to Cranston
justadude27 · 5 points · Posted at 13:28:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Cuts to Mexico
The camera pans in for a close-up of Dominic Toretto as he slams his car into first gear, a crooked smile playing on his lips.
The flag drops and Dom's car does a wheelie as he double-clutches off the line.
They round the first turn as a rival slams into the passenger side of Dom's car, wiping the grin off his face.
"Not this time Toretto"
Dom slams the car in second and shoots the gap to take the lead.
They enter the barrio and weave in and out of cramped alleys. The rival pulls a gun and Dom is forced to make a hard left, crashing through a fruit stand.
The camera pans overhead to show the layout of the race and it's clear Dom is not on course, thousands of fans lining the race course the rival is on.
Dom looks out his window and sees a ferry in the river heading for the dock where the race ends. He flips open a cover on the dash reading "go-baby-go" and let's rip the NOS, propelling his car up the back of a tow truck ramp.
Dom is flying out of control off a bridge and falls in slow motion to the ferry. The NOS tank blows, catching the car on fire.
Cut to rival car
The rival rounds the final turn and is speeding down the dock.
Cut to Dom
When Dom hits the ferry, it punctures a second NOS tank, the pressurized gas makes his car become a flaming corkscrew. Dom bounces off the ferry, now heading to he dock.
Cut to rival
"Dios mio!"
Still in slow motion, Dom's flaming car spins upright and momentarily it flashes to appear that Dom isn't in a flaming car, but that Dom is upon a flaming horse.
Dom's car slams into the rival and pushes him into the ocean as Dom's car bounces over the finish line.
The crowd erupts in cheer and rush in to put out the fire.
Dom exits the vehicle, scoops up 2 beautiful women just as his phone rings.
It's The Rock on the other end
ego_sum_chromie · 14 points · Posted at 12:57:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
(I just read half of a movie that doesn't exist and I want to see it. Does The Rock have a Reddit account?)
riddick32 · 7 points · Posted at 13:19:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
u/_DwayneJohnson
141_1337 · 5 points · Posted at 13:50:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This is truly The People's script.
formlessfish · 2 points · Posted at 13:09:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Over head shot of Central Park
The ship has settled just above Central Park hovering only feet from the ground. It’s method of propulsion is not clear but waves of energy emenate from its underside. The ship itself is pitch black metalic oval topped with several sharp spires. It’s dark metalic crown towers over the nearby buildings casting them in shadow.
panning shot of the trees The trees in the park a blowing vicously in the wind and then the wind is suddenly still. And the only sound that can be heard are distant sirens.
varishtg · 14 points · Posted at 11:50:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"that's the twelveth window you've broken this month" shouts Mark. "sorry sir, gotta go it's Friday and I gotta push the code to prod, gotta run, catch you tomorrow" Len says as he dashes out of the meeting room only to hit the major right in the face. As he composes himself the major says "nerds! We need to talk".
JLake4 · 16 points · Posted at 12:15:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The nerds are packed into a van with the major and an older government scientist, Jeff Goldblum.
"I hear you've, uh, been working on some code?" Goldblum asks. He looks to the major. "Are they clear?"
The major nods.
"Just a few hours ago, we caught sight of, uh, an object entering our solar system from... beyond. It appears to be intelligent, and it might even be hostile. We need you to code a... virus, uh, to... infect the ship once we can get our people close enough. Once we do that, we can send it careening into the moon and--" he smacks a closed fist into the side of the van. "We, uh, we win."
"A virus?" Mark asks. "How can we code a virus for systems we've never seen before, on a network we might not even be able to access? All this seems presupposed on the aliens using computers similar enough to ours that a human computer virus could damage them."
Professor Goldblum exchanges a glance with Major Schwarzenegger. Schwarzenegger speaks. "We didn't bring you here to question us. Can you create a program that will allow us to control their ship or not?"
"I can create a program that'll control a ship," Mark replies.
Goldblum nods. "Uh, that's close enough for government work. Let's get to it."
MakesTooMuchSense · 12 points · Posted at 12:37:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Scene cuts to a modern suburban house, the camera is panning through a room full of football trophies and awards. A newspaper is framed on the wall with headline "STAR FOOTBALL PLAYER'S LEGACY LIVES ON AFTER INJURY," with a picture of Matt Damon, number 44, in full gear, posing next to president Tom Sellick. You can hear someone fast asleep and snoring loudly in the other room. Jennifer Aniston yells from the bathroom, "Matt, honey, you're going to be late for work and you need to get the kids ready for school!"
Matt's dog TJ, a large rottweiler, dashes into his room and jumps on the bed and starts licking Matt's face. "Augh!" Matt says with a half grin, "I'm up, I'm up!"
Suddenly Matt's smartphone vibrates loudly on the bedside table. The camera cuts over to the smartphone's caller ID displaying on the screen. It's Matt's brother, Mark.
Blackflame69 · 6 points · Posted at 12:33:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Holyshit can someone adapt this to a movie now pls
NovelTAcct · 9 points · Posted at 13:03:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Ikr?! I just read this movie and I can hear EVERYONE’S voices and for some bizarre reason, the fact that every single plot device, snide remark, action sequence etc. are all 100% predictable and trite just makes me like it more and more!
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 13:09:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Paging /u/GovSchwarzenegger and /u/_DwayneJohnson
ContraMann · 2 points · Posted at 12:52:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Two Brothers first
varishtg · 2 points · Posted at 12:56:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Please do.
TheUnforgottten · 2 points · Posted at 12:16:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
soo..we will ignore the fact that the whole floor is cracked?
varishtg · 3 points · Posted at 13:00:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We'll get to that part when the Rock and Statham explain the aliens how they made virus to get into their ship.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 11:14:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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deweysmith · 1 points · Posted at 13:49:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
ಠ_ಠ
gambitler · 26 points · Posted at 12:15:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Statham: "That's what the fucking aliens are saying! They've been gone for millions of years, why are they here now? To show off their gun and impress their friends? Compensating for their little green dicks? No, they're here because some green ugly shit is saying 'we need this weapon, this is the one thing that can pull off our plan to save us from those other, purple fucks or whatever.' Something else is out there."
The Rock: "So these guys are...
...stuck between The Rock and deep space." <--also that's the movie title
ROK247 · 5 points · Posted at 15:21:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
DAMN THIS GOOD SHIT
SuperGameBoy01 · 40 points · Posted at 10:37:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Awkwardly comes back with more popcorn
kinpsychosis · 20 points · Posted at 11:09:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Hi there.
I am one of the Aliens upon the Asteroid, spent the last hour or so learning your language.
Loving this story! Can you keep it going?
cravenj1 · 2 points · Posted at 15:20:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It took you an hour to get popcorn!?
SuperGameBoy01 · 5 points · Posted at 15:25:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I got a lot of popcorn.
cravenj1 · 2 points · Posted at 15:35:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well I hope you brought enough for everyone
SuperGameBoy01 · 2 points · Posted at 15:53:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Sure, you want some? passes popcorn
cravenj1 · 2 points · Posted at 16:59:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
stuffs face Phank yhou
Scadilla · 8 points · Posted at 10:44:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
/r/writingprompts
[deleted] · 23 points · Posted at 10:34:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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Chispy · 3 points · Posted at 18:51:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The End.
Beanieman · 28 points · Posted at 10:26:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The president clears his throat.
"Gentlemen. We brought you here to..."
He is interrupted by red flashing warning lights and a load alarm.
The Major rushes over to one of the technicians.
"What the hell is going on."
The technician is sweating profusely. He straightened his glasses and then in a hushed voice whispers into the Major's ear.
Arnold takes off his hat and stares at the rest of the group.
"They're speeding up."
Cut to deep space.
logo1016 · 16 points · Posted at 10:41:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
An otherworldly alien spacecraft lingers on the edge of our solar system. It begins to glow and fires a blinding beam through space
We see the glowing green ray streak through the empty dark void
Cut to- The Bridge of the International Space Station
An astronaut peers out the round window into the noiseless vacuum of space as a green light begins to sparkle in the distance and grows brighter
“What the-“
The light grows brighter still
In a panic, the astronaut slams a bright red flashing panel on the wall. The interior lights flash red. He turns to look out the window once more but before he can complete the motion, the ship is suddenly engulfed in the alien death ray.
No traces of the ship remain
shash747 · 10 points · Posted at 10:31:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"The object will pass by Jupiter and come within 0.5 Astronaumical Units of Earth." The Rock narrowed his eyes, waiting for more. "Trouble is - it's been transmitting radio signals in all directions. And somewhere on Earth seems to be responding back".
not-so-useful-idiot · 11 points · Posted at 10:18:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Gentlemen, thank you for coming heeere today," Major Arnold begins.
"We would not have brought you baaack here unless it was important. Earlier today we received a transmission from a species we did not previously knew existed."
"So what's the big deal?" Statham interrupts.
"This species is not from our planet," the Major continues. "And it wants something from us. Something that we cannot give it."
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 10:37:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
President:"The plan is for you boys to use one of the derelict space crafts we had hidden for over 50 years and beam up to the mothership to plant the M.U.R.D.E.R.
Dwayne (The Rock), we have given you the special task of flying the bitch."
Suddenly Dwayne runs out, teary eyed.
The president is concerned: "What's up with this guy?"
Statham :"Don't you do the research on the people you hire you stupid fuck?...he hasn't flown ever since his best friend's neighbour died in...the accident."
rvalueReference · 1 points · Posted at 10:43:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
President: oh wowa hold on there you little cunt. Remember you're talking to most powerful man on mother Earth; and get that white boy back in here.
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 10:52:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Statham stands up aprutly, takes the president by the scruff: "Whispers angrily:" "Powerful man? The "man" part is the understatement..."
Other guy in group:"Hey Statham, relax..."
Statham lets go of the president. Dwayne walks back in, his eyes red.
Statham:" Mate, are you alright?"
Dwayne:"...yeah...so, when do we kills these motherfuckers...?"
matdan12 · 3 points · Posted at 11:27:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They are interrupted by a dishevelled technician who looks like he hasn't slept in three days.
"Sir, we need to launch now or we will miss the launch window," says the technician with an air of urgency helped by the pile of paper he spills everywhere.
"Alright men," says the President staring with a steely gaze at everyone except Dwayne "You know what to do, blow up that mothership and come back in one piece."
The President marches off followed by his entourage of special agents and technicians all trying to get a word in. The doors seal shut behind them making it clear no-one will leave this mission.
Dwayne clears his eyes and thinks back on the accident when the thrusters misfired, he was the only one to eject he could hear their screams as his parachute pulled away from the burning mess. Never even left orbit, he stopped thinking about it and followed the men to the ship.
I_am_fed_up_of_SAP · 4 points · Posted at 10:55:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's the President for Pete's sake, not the Rated-R Superstar
rvalueReference · 3 points · Posted at 11:00:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
With who we have as president now, he may blurt out stuff like this.
[deleted] · 12 points · Posted at 10:06:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I need more
Dars2 · 5 points · Posted at 10:14:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
MOREEE PLEASE
SuperGameBoy01 · 13 points · Posted at 09:57:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Crap I’m out of popcorn! awkwardly leaves to go get popcorn
rvalueReference · 3 points · Posted at 10:45:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Children in Africa watch movies without munching popcorn.
noooo_im_not_at_work · 5 points · Posted at 12:07:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well it's not my fault they can't exercise their economic rationality and make the free market work for them! Maybe they just need more guns and less government.
cutty2k · 2 points · Posted at 12:47:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I think, of all the world's children, the children in Africa already have the most guns and the least government...
noooo_im_not_at_work · 5 points · Posted at 12:55:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well then its obviously a libertarian utopia, so what's the problem?
rvalueReference · 1 points · Posted at 13:20:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Ah I see what you did there.
antonivs · 2 points · Posted at 14:47:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I grew up in Africa. I munched popcorn during movies.
You probably meant to say that children in Africa don't suck down buckets of lard like I assume American kids must, since that's the only way to explain your figures.
mortiphago · 1 points · Posted at 16:25:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
daamn
malaysianzombie · 1 points · Posted at 17:30:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Just pointing out that swift should be a she, T.Swift
pan1c_ · 1 points · Posted at 18:04:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The T was added after I had made my original comment, and the post I was replying to described them having a "muscular embrace" so I was assuming male.
FairlyDinkum · 11 points · Posted at 09:59:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Walking through the corridors, they pass the medical wing of the facility.
"Is... Is that Kevin?"
"You weren't meant to meet him again like this", says Professor Swift PHD. "He's been through a lot since you last saw him, you probably shouldn't see him just yet."
"He was KIA in Beirut though..?"
"We don't have time, Dwayne, this way."
frogsplashcity · 10 points · Posted at 10:10:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
A new scene opens and it is in what looks like a TV newsroom. The big burly presenter sits down and the cameraman counts down.
“Three, two one...”
“Hello folks and welcome to Infowars, I’m your host, Alex Jones with a breaking news announcement.”
Alex exhales deeply as tears begin to well up in his eyes.
[deleted] · 10 points · Posted at 09:53:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
“Unfortunately, there’s no more time for pleasantries,” Swift says.
Dwayne raises his eyebrows in feigned disbelief. “You mean you brought me all this way and you don’t even want to catch up? I’m offended Swift, really.”
Swift punches a code into a keypad. A large metal door - their final destination - opens slowly.
“If we don’t fix this soon, catching up is the least of our worries.”
pointlessvoice · 11 points · Posted at 09:53:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"What's this all about, Swifty?" Dwayne says, just as the elevator doors close.
Cut to elevator door opening, the doctor gestures for his old friend to exit first. As he does so, he looks up to see, to his shock and joy, 6 of his closest friends and former military buddies sitting around a large conference table.
Amongst the flurry of hellos, and figure slowly walks out to greet them.
Analyidiot · 9 points · Posted at 10:53:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
God damn I was hoping professor swift would be Taylor swift
TurtlesAreOurFriends · 13 points · Posted at 09:58:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Colonel walks in and notices something odd about the two men, but brushes it off.
“Break it up, you two. We’ve got a very important matter on our hands. We’ve received intergalactic intel that only you two can handle. We trust you will gladly accept.”
The Rock glances at his partner, then shoots a glare at the Colonel.
“It’s going to cost you.”
The Colonel is unsettled, realizing again something odd about The Rock.
“Name your price...”
The Rock, not having blinked once utters the words:
“It’s gonna be about 3.50”
The Rock then bursts out of his clothes, revealing his true form of a crustaceous being in the protozoic era.
gbrenneriv · 7 points · Posted at 10:26:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Suddenly, a red laser dot trains on the center mass of the crustaceous [sic] being.
It sweeps up-and-down, and side-to-side, as if scanning for a weakness.
As the being's, what appear to be, eyes take form the laser trains between, and BLAM! A a large hole is blasted into the being, before it slumps over.
From above, a venting grate slams open, a rope drops, and quickly zip-lining down is. . .
The real The Rock.
macsare1 · 3 points · Posted at 13:17:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I was expecting Will Smith wearing a black suit and carrying a very small gun.
Atrampoline · 14 points · Posted at 10:18:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The two men enter a room with more TV screens than you can count and the Professor says: "Dwayne, have you ever seen "Armageddon?"
Confused, The Rock replies: "Sure, I love a good Willis flick."
The Professor then asks: "Well have you also seen "War of the Worlds?"
The Rock: "Tom Cruise, great guy, good movie, what's your point?"
The Professor: "What about Independence Day?"
The Rock: "Ok, you didn't really bring me out here to find out my top ten action movie list, did you?"
With a look of grave concern, the Professor says: "If only that were true. What we're looking at here is all of those movies, combined. Think of the most generic action movie mashed up with the most generic Michael Bay alien invasion plot and you've got what we have here, except this is for realsies."
The Rock: "Jesus..."
noooo_im_not_at_work · 6 points · Posted at 12:09:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
puts on sunglasses
"... Jesus is out of his league."
cut to tarmac slow walk as more action heroes walk up from.. the side of the runway or something
ohcomonalready · 4 points · Posted at 10:19:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Reading this thread made me forget where i was
jeno_aran · 4 points · Posted at 13:30:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Professor T. Swift. I beg of you.
RedKitFly · 7 points · Posted at 10:03:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The pair walk through blast doors upon blast doors. Swift flashes identification at every checkpoint, barely breaking his stride.
"So, what's the sitch, Dash?" Dwayne asks, flicking his granite gaze from guard to guard. "Beirut's coming back to bite us in the ass." Dash Swift grumbled.
The good doctor approached a retina scanner.
"Yeah, heard it in the call." "They're coming for you, Johnson." The last doors screech open, revealing a large control room filled with thousands of monitors, and sleep deprived staff to man them.
The largest screen shows an object in low earth orbit.
"What is it?"
"A weapon, and a message. Davis, play it back. "
The two stare at the silhouette in silence, as the message blared across the control room's speakers.
"Your transgressions end here, Earthlings. We will devour your kind, and you have nought but your... 'Rock' to thank."
"About time," Dwayne begins, a cocky smirk curling his craggy lips.
Dr. Swift looks to him, a brow quirked.
The Rock slips on a pair of aviators, before unholstering a .50ae desert eagle from his pants.
"About time they smelled what I was cookin'."
Click clack. He racks the slide.
allbaseball77 · 3 points · Posted at 13:45:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They stride into the military training facility, following them close behind.
"They didn't tell me much on the phone."
"I would guess not." He sighs. "Detail is usually not their style."
Swift frowns and starts walking quickly towards a set of double doors, while The Rock jogs behind.
(Breathlessly) "So Rob - haven't seen you for-"
"You're going to need one of these, Dwayne. I know we didn't use them in Beirut, but you're going to need one now."
He gestures to the wall. Camera pan to the wall, showing bright yellow biohazard suits. The Rock laughs.
"You know I'm not getting in one of those."
"You're going to have to, Dwayne. People will be watching."
"No, I actually can't get in one of those."
backtoreality00 · 3 points · Posted at 14:04:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
SPOILER: The Rock was the weapon all along
ImmortanJoe · 3 points · Posted at 02:08:44 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
Cut to a familiar bar in Philadelphia.
Three unsavoury characters are arguing with each other. A ratty looking man bursts into the door.
Charlie: Oh no, oh no, oh no!
Dennis: What's going on, Charlie? Did you drink paint again?
Charlie: Guys! They're back! They've come back for me!
Mac: Who?
Charlie: The aliens, guys! They've come back to get me, and probe me, and stick their - oh god, they're the real Night Man!
Dee: Charlie, for the last time, you were molested by your creepy hands-crazy uncle. That's what happened.
Mac (checking his phone): Err.. guys? He's right. It's all over the news. There's a freakin' alien ship in the skies!
Dennis (gets up): Well, well, well. We can't be sitting here quietly then, accepting our miserable fate. Mac, you'll be the brainless roided out soldier character who'll be the first one killed.
Mac: Got it!
Dennis: Charlie, you'll be the nutjob who always knew aliens existed because he was abducted and sodomized. What am I saying, you're already that.
Charlie: Unnghhh!
Dee: What about me? Ooh, I'll be the young yet brilliant British scientist who cracks the alien's computer systems. Oi say, 'ello guvnah, oi've 'acked the alien ship, oi 'av!
Dennis: Dee, you're lucky you're not part of the aliens because you already look like one.
Dee: Oh come on!
Dennis: And I, as a man of peace and sexual love, will let myself be kidnapped by the aliens. I will then seduce the female aliens, and then overcome their ranks, AND show them Earth's true Golden God. If only I was that prisoner on that Klingon ship in Star Trek: Discovery...
Mac: Dennis, what about Frank?
Dennis: Well, Frank has a gun, maybe he can-
**The door bursts open. A troll-like man stands at the doorway, holding a laser gun.
Frank: Guys. We're going alien hunting.
The Gang Saves The World
Jezzmoz · 5 points · Posted at 09:56:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"So Prof Swift PHD, how bad is it?
"How much time have you got, The Rock?"
"That bad huh?"
The Rock and Swift enter a large room with a large round table in it, many people stood at the table but only one stood out to The Rock.
It was his old friend Batman..
Whip_The_Llamas_Ass · 2 points · Posted at 10:04:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Please, I need more.
CadoAngelus · 2 points · Posted at 10:35:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
How do we petition this to get made?
PlazaOne · 2 points · Posted at 11:18:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Cut to aerial long shot of isolated mansion house in rugged countryside. Slowly zoom in to reveal somebody doing push-ups at the side of a swimming pool. Emerging from the house is a beautiful woman carrying a bottle of champagne and two glasses. The guy doing push-ups continues briefly, before getting up and casually walking toward the pool’s high level diving board. With his back to the woman he calmly says
“What’s this? I told you I don’t drink in the mornings. I have rules,” before executing a skilful dive into the pool below.
Draymond_Purple · 2 points · Posted at 11:46:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Replying just so I have record of having read this amazing thread
Numero_x · 2 points · Posted at 11:57:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
As the two men goes further exploring, behind the giant glass Dwayne discovers shady alien objects being researched upon by government agents in hazmat suits.
Rock: "This is not what I signed up for".
Swift: "We need you Dwayne".
Rock: "I don't do that sort of work anymore dammit! I got a family."
Swift: (random stuff about alien invading the earth consequences).
Rock: "So where do we start" //loud heroic music starts playing//.
Ozulon85 · 2 points · Posted at 12:55:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This shit is the reason I love Reddit.
CalrissianLanbro · 2 points · Posted at 12:58:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Guys, please refer to him as ‘The Rock’ for the rest of the script. It makes this so much more ridiculous/amazing.
DishwasherTwig · 2 points · Posted at 13:06:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We've got ourselves a script! Send me my cut when you sell it to Michael Bay.
captainbignips · 2 points · Posted at 13:13:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Turns out Dwayne's an alien - Shyamalan
IceCreamTacosPizza · 2 points · Posted at 13:47:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
r/RedditWritesSeinfeld
Arrp00994 · 2 points · Posted at 21:15:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"The mission is simple, Dwayne. We're going to find that weapon before those aliens destroy New York City to get it themselves." Said T Swift in a rush.
"We have found a well with alien markings. We're assembling a team. Me, you, Hernandez the linguist and 5 unnamed soldiers will go down. Are you ready?"
"I'm too old for this shit."
Cut to the entrance of the alien well. The Rock and Swift join up with the rest of the team.
TheGreatHackensac · 3 points · Posted at 09:52:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Fuck yeah glad I read this :)
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 09:52:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Keep going :( I was enjoying that
IndoDovahkiin · 1 points · Posted at 13:09:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Swift is Kevin Hart
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 13:46:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I can't believe I read all of that and it was GOOD!
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 13:54:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I enjoyed this thread. Thanks to all involved.
topaz_b · 1 points · Posted at 10:30:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Guys wait I need more popcorn.
Draymond_Purple · 0 points · Posted at 11:47:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Replying just so I have record of having read this amazing thread
psycho_alpaca · 1319 points · Posted at 09:43:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Cut to a paradisiac beach in the Caribbean. We see a man from behind sipping a cocktail, watching the ocean from a stretcher. His phone rings.
"How the fuck do you still have this number?" the man answers.
REVEAL its Jeff Goldblum. Shirtless a little drunk.
"Jeff, I need your help."
INTERCUT DWAYNE (At home scrolling through a report sent to him just now on his laptop as he talks on the phone) and Jeff.
"And I need another pina colada, Dwayne. We all have problems."
"This is serious Jeff. I just got a report from above. Way above. I'm talking level 7 classified. I need you."
"I'm retired Dwayne. And I thought so were you, after what happened in Beirut."
Dwayne pauses. The memory of Beirut hurts. Then he pulls himself together:
"Jeff, you were always the smart one. And the only one i trusted in that team. Only one who stood by my side. And I need you now."
"God damn it." Jeff gets up and finishes his drink. "This better be good." He hangs up.
Dwayne hangs up too. In silence, focuses on the computer screen. A file reads UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT. TIME BEFORE IMPACT 3 DAYS 7 HOURS 2 MINUTES.
Dwayne sighs, worried. "It isn't. It isn't good."
krakapow · 19 points · Posted at 12:47:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And I need another Pina Colada, Dwayne...
I literally saw and heard him say that in my head. Well done.
vancity- · 11 points · Posted at 16:00:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Professor Swift steps in, noticing the countdown timer. Heading to a computer console he mutters to himself angrily.
"What's the matter doc?"
"That's the matter" Swift says, pointing to the countdown, continuing to tap away at the computer.
"What do you mean? Is there a UFO coming in three days or not?"
Swift looks up from the console. "Not one UFO. A lot of UFO's. A lot a lot."
"You're telling me it's an army of aliens."
Swift nods, "And that's just the main force, their scouts will arrive..." A distant boom and the room shakes, "...right now."
ChesterPsyenceCat · 8 points · Posted at 10:48:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
queue cresendo of overbearing white noise and distorted bass. Theater is rumbling at its resonance Zooming in as Dwayne hangs up. Everything he needs to say, he says with his eyes. Cut to black. Volume fades to silence. Strange noises, sharp notes accompany the black screen
Camera is in an unidentifiable location. Its dark. Alien architecture makes up the barely visible contours of the walls.
We're going down a hall way. Slowly, in almost pitch black. The camera pans around a corner. There is more light of some sort coming from an opening at the far end. The level camera is steadily making its way to the vague image.
darez00 · 5 points · Posted at 14:14:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh God, this was already too good to be true, and now Jeff Goldblum is in it too... My day literally can't get any better than this
blackacevoid · 6 points · Posted at 10:55:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Cut to a scene in space. We see the earth through the window of the ISS. the camera pans as we see the crew of the ISS run towards the emergency escape pods. Outside a shadow loom over the ISS. Its an alien scout ship. It fires a bright green projectile at the ISS ripping it apart in half.
Cue huge explosion that would give Michael Bay an orgasm just before the chain reaction rips it apart one escape pod is able to escape just in time and is headed for a fiery re-entry inthe earths atmosphere.....
ladedededa · 2 points · Posted at 14:37:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I would watch the shit out of this movie
InsistantLover · 2 points · Posted at 16:00:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We're gonna need to change that to Microsoft Surface Tablet.
NuclearFist · 2 points · Posted at 16:03:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Cue Archer
Metabro · 1 points · Posted at 17:09:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"We all have uh uh uhh -problems."
thisiscotty · 1 points · Posted at 18:50:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"coming winter 2018, 3D and Imax"
FourFurryCats · 1 points · Posted at 19:22:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Meaningless stripper with a heart of gold interlude that does nothing to advance the plot.
kurosen · 1 points · Posted at 02:37:05 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
Anyone else find themselves getting hungry for popcorn?
fish_at_heart · 0 points · Posted at 19:59:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Cut to a front shot of a black car driving through the city We hear a phone ringing Cut to the inside we see will smith answering the phone He has black glasses in the radio is a midwestern guitar J: yo Rock my man how you doin!? K: will shut the damn phone! We are on a time limit Cut to the rock smiling when he hears the 2 agents that were once on his team bicker We hear agent J The Rock: we got a problem J: nah ah this is my problem Rock, YOU stay out of this. Wait HOW on hell do you even know about this? I thought you were done after wha The Rock: after Beirut I know, right now I don't need another man telling me this I need my team Cut to the car Agent K: If you lady's stop bickering we got a weapon to find.
[deleted] · 2183 points · Posted at 09:27:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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Quithi · 13 points · Posted at 09:46:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'm pretty sure this is just the basic script they made a long time ago and have been throwing random words at since and making the Rock movies.
Skyscraper
Rampage
San Andreas
seneschall- · 5 points · Posted at 09:49:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Throw a dart at a dialog wall, there's your next line.
Ergok · 6 points · Posted at 09:59:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Can we already go full Hollywood and plan a shitty sequel for this?
ThaneOfTas · 7 points · Posted at 11:48:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Mate we can turn this into a Cinematic Universe
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 10:51:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Whatever happened to that story hat was picked up by movie executives that wanted to send a battalion on Marines back into the Roman times.
war_story_guy · 2 points · Posted at 14:08:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Rome sweet Rome and I have no clue.
jacxy · 2 points · Posted at 14:36:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Right?
ShrimpSandwich1 · 2 points · Posted at 15:15:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I love that they didn’t bother to change The Rocks name. It really adds to the realism! Why bother give him some shitty stage name when he’s already got one?!
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 09:58:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I mean, The Rock is in it, so equal to all the other movies he's in.
iKill_eu · 2 points · Posted at 10:43:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
...Moana?
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 10:53:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If you didn't like Moana, you clearly haven't seen the other shit Disney has put out lately. cough Frozen cough cough
iKill_eu · 1 points · Posted at 11:01:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh, sorry, I misunderstood. I thought you meant all his movies were the same.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 11:28:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The man played a gay mobster. Hell no it ain't the same. All entertaining though.
Harold-Bishop · 1 points · Posted at 13:27:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I’m thoroughly enjoying this!!!
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 13:53:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I thought this was from the article?
kayleepop · 1 points · Posted at 16:27:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Is there a subreddit for this?
Like writing prompts but tag team?
MrKoontar · 1 points · Posted at 17:07:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
its basically transformers so far with the rock
hobbers · 1 points · Posted at 20:40:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The best?
You mean the same?
This is a carbon copy of the layout used in nearly every sci fi Earth / Space movie of the last couple decades.
Lump182 · 1064 points · Posted at 09:30:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Michael Bay is itching to ruin this script.
pizza_engineer · 1 points · Posted at 12:10:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
FTFY.
ContraMann · 1 points · Posted at 12:46:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You would think but I know Roland Emmerich had this movie pitch waiting somewhere for the right time.
jtweezy · 1 points · Posted at 15:23:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yeah, I didn't see anyone mention gratuitous explosions anywhere. You know he's already cramming those in somewhere. Maybe the house explodes after the Rock puts on his leather jacket and walks out.
Alan_Smithee_ · 1 points · Posted at 16:22:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Hey, I'm available, too.
TimeZarg · 306 points · Posted at 10:55:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Nicolas Cage answers the phone
Pastelitomaracucho · 5 points · Posted at 11:52:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I can only be so erect already
malacath10 · 3 points · Posted at 12:26:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
God it pains me to think about the next generations who will grow up without nick cage movies
Rollover_Hazard · 3 points · Posted at 22:22:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Dwayne turns to Nicholas Cage. “I don’t know how we’re going to fix this one” he says, worry creasing his brow.
“I do” says Nicholas says simply. “We’re gonna steal it. We’re going to steal the alien mothership”.
toohigh4anal · 2 points · Posted at 02:43:44 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
Satailleure · 1 points · Posted at 12:45:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
THE END
LookDaddyImASurfer · 1 points · Posted at 13:08:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
WELL, HOW DOES IT END??
TimeZarg · 3 points · Posted at 19:17:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You'll have to pay 5 bucks for a lootbox that gives you several ending options of varying quality.
Harold-Bishop · 1 points · Posted at 13:30:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh god, no. This is the real disaster in the movie.
SIacktivist · 397 points · Posted at 09:34:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
“Pedro? It’s me. Bring the gear.”
Cut to product placement shot of expensive muscle cars - one red, one blue. The Rock and Pedro, a small but wily Mexican are drinking beers and leaning on the hoods - a calm before the storm.
“I thought you said you were done after Beirut, The Rock.”
“I know. I thought I was too. But it’s serious this time.”
Nomad2k3 · 3 points · Posted at 09:51:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Cut away to an inky black shot of deep space, slowly the camera pans down to a dim looking world with a thin whisp of atmosphere and what looks like an ancient surface.
Pluto
The camera zooms and shifts now, it swoops in fast and low and were suddenly racing at great speed just several feet above the surface
a faint angular shadow comes into view, slowly catching and then overtaking our viewpoint, it looms over the seemingly barren world.
Vibrations grow, rock and earth shimmer,.....at first sand and shale bounce around......then slowly levitating into the thin atmosphere creating a dusty haze, chunks of it bounce off our virtual viewpoint as it tries in vain to keep up with the innocuous shadow
The surface suddenly cracks and upturns to reveal a shaft of brilliantly white pulsating light, what causes it or the looming shadow cannot yet be seen before suddenly a huge hunk of the ancient crust upturns and our viewpoint crashes into it suddenly fading to black.
DanteDeLaMort · 2 points · Posted at 12:50:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Nerdy scientist man meets with the assembled suicide squad he begins to stutter out the plan to meet the aliens nervously and with gobbledygook science mumbo jumbo, then Goldbloom swiftly takes over, getting only one judgemental “dirty Jew” stare from the hardened general across the table while the rest of the group looks on with patient respect. “As you can see the Alien craft is over 3 Miles in diameter and is heavily shielded, but we can detect patterns in it’s orbit that show a drop in altitude every 24 hours. Additionally it’s slowing down like your mother after the third orgasm.” Abruptly the hardened general interiors this dumbed down exposition dum. “ What is this circus freak doing here? We need serious military scientists on this not somebody who was growing a third nipple with uranium from a smoke detector in the tool shed behind his trailer.” Goldbloom (his character’s actual name completely forgotten) slickly interrupts saying, “Actually I’m in my fourth nipple now, and it’s an RV not a trailer.”
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 21:09:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Sorry man, your addition to the story wasn't funny.
FourFurryCats · 2 points · Posted at 19:22:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Meaningless stripper with a heart of gold interlude that does nothing to advance the plot.
Jhuxx54 · 1 points · Posted at 13:19:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This has been fantastic to read hahah
Qarthos · 1 points · Posted at 16:26:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Small but wily Mexican? Just do Danny Trejo in his actual height next to the rock.
Dirkinator · 119 points · Posted at 09:41:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I am invested
BK2Jers2BK · 1 points · Posted at 14:36:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I really wanted this to keep going at such a high level of quality
PMme_why_yer_lonely · 1 points · Posted at 18:42:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
this is the best god damn I've read all day. it isn't even noon yet. all down hill from here.
MrJimmyJazz · 1233 points · Posted at 09:39:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Cut to White House
Donald Trump Googles "Can you build a space wall?"
uptown47 · 14 points · Posted at 10:05:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Just burst out laughing. Not a bad thing normally but I'm having a shit and there's someone in the next stall. They're probably a bit confused to say the least. Gotta decide now whether to nip it off and try and wash my hands and go before they finish or stick it out until they go and then slink out (hopefully) undetected....
Stupid_question_bot · 5 points · Posted at 12:48:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This doesn’t have enough upvotes
prudoge · 6 points · Posted at 12:52:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This is not nearly high enough +1
hyperblaster · 5 points · Posted at 13:29:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Aka planetary shield generator.
Sir, that’s not a real thing.
Fine, I’ll give you six months to build it. Steal the tech from the aliens.
But sir.. Shut up and do it or you’re fired!!
Redren · 3 points · Posted at 23:21:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This is my favorite line of the whole movie. And actually makes me think of one good reason he is our president. Now all our action movies have built in comic relief.
theroyalham · 2 points · Posted at 16:34:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"I know people that built the space station, in outer space. They build greatly. Very great materials and very good...things. Believe me. We will have this wall built by 2021, and that i can tell you."
yaygerb · 2 points · Posted at 17:36:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
https://i.imgur.com/sy9lVl4.jpg
i died laughing thank you
justmerriwether · 1 points · Posted at 17:54:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I think Donald Glover should play the president. Let’s just have it be set July before elections :D
Cheese0nion · 127 points · Posted at 09:41:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"The number you are trying to reach is not available." Frustrated, he dials the number once more: "The number you are trying to reach is not available."
"God Damn it!" He yells as he stops walking to look at his screen.
"God? God has nothing to do with this..." An unfamiliar voice behind him, a friend? an enemy?
FourFurryCats · 3 points · Posted at 19:22:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Meaningless stripper with a heart of gold interlude that does nothing to advance the plot.
tryngagear · 94 points · Posted at 09:30:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Cut to the back of a chair in a fancy villa. Man picks up the phone "Dwayne, we haven't talked in ages" chair turns around and it's Chris Evans in a nice suit.
Deejae81 · 1 points · Posted at 09:48:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Which Chris Evans? Captain America or Ginger?
[deleted] · 140 points · Posted at 09:22:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'm crying already
Renzolol · 11 points · Posted at 09:27:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Dude shush I can't hear the movie.
Fritzkreig · 95 points · Posted at 10:55:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Y'all forgot a scene where there is a buncha people in RV's gathered in the desert to welcome the aliens. Also, the eccentric old prepper doomsday guy in his bunker, who saw this all coming!
LouQuacious · 3 points · Posted at 15:05:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
A spontaneous Burning Man of sorts breaks out in the New Mexico desert to welcome the Aliens.
Fritzkreig · 1 points · Posted at 20:24:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yup, that is is the one!
ShrimpSandwich1 · 3 points · Posted at 15:19:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If this movie doesn’t end with a resurrected Randy Quaid saying “I’m back” then there is no god.
Bozo_the_Podiatrist · 2 points · Posted at 16:20:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You ever notice how the Randy Quaid character was still considered a loon even after the Alien Invasion. I mean the primary reason he was ostracized was his insistence on having been abducted by aliens. Now, aliens. Guy should've earned a smidgen of respect.
Fritzkreig · 1 points · Posted at 20:25:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
He was an alcoholic, so maybe that is why people ostrasized him, but I hear ya!
Alan_Smithee_ · 2 points · Posted at 16:24:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Canada obliges:
https://www.google.ca/amp/nationalpost.com/news/canada/inside-ark-two-canadas-largest-diy-nuclear-shelter/amp
CAPT_BOOZE · 72 points · Posted at 09:39:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
A distressed woman answers... "Hello?" "I know it's a bad time right now..." says The Rock who is quickly interrupted. "Why? After all this time? Now you finally call. Right when things were starting to go well. Why do you always do this to me The Rock?" (The Rock furrows his brow) "Oh man, this is weird. I called the wrong number, uhhh... but for the record you should definitely avoid going outside and calling me back. Best of luck! Goodbye. (He quickly closes his flip phone.) "We'll that could have gone better" says The Rock with a hearty chuckle. The Rock then opens his flip phone to his contacts list...
FourFurryCats · 0 points · Posted at 19:22:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Meaningless stripper with a heart of gold interlude that does nothing to advance the plot.
SCVannevar · 58 points · Posted at 09:27:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I love you all.
GuessImStuckWithThis · 57 points · Posted at 10:36:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I would watch the shit out of this film
Alan_Smithee_ · 1 points · Posted at 16:23:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'd stream it on Kodi.
PMme_why_yer_lonely · 1 points · Posted at 18:43:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
this shit is watchable. like softball sized shit. you can't look away.
blamowhammo · 52 points · Posted at 09:43:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
High above the New York skyline A Black Hawk Helicopter fly's noisily. The Rock and his cadre of high ranking military officials discuss just how bleak the situation really is.
dangerousbob · 3 points · Posted at 16:04:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Cut to a TedTalk stage. Elon Musk, as played by Leonardo Dicaprio, is giving a speech on how we are all living in an AI simulation. He is at the end of his speech, "... and in conclusion, our only option is finding a way to break out of this simulation before the simulations version of Norton Antivirus finds us." There is a chuckle among the crowd.
A man off stage waves for Musk. He walks off. "What is it Cooper?" The man hands Musk a phone. "You are gonna want to hear this sir"
Elons smile drops, as a voice comes over the phone. Cooper asks, "How bad is it?"
Elon Musk looks at Cooper and says, "I'm going to New York."
raresaturn · 42 points · Posted at 12:32:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This writes itself!
Metabro · 4 points · Posted at 17:06:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Love that his name is Dwayne here.
I'd like it if his name changed from Dwayne to The Rock depending on whether or not his family was in the scene.
NocturnalMorning2 · 8 points · Posted at 11:33:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Crap, now I want to see this movie..
helloedboys · 6 points · Posted at 13:45:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
She's calls her burn out brother to baby sit while she runs errands.
In walks Seth Rogan.
Movie periodically shows the hilarious and chaotic happenings while the uncle tries his best to handle the secretly unruly children to offset the action and serious scenes of The Rock punching cars.
mattchew1993 · 3 points · Posted at 14:02:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Can we make this into a real movie? I would watch the fuck out of it.
Spineless_John · 3 points · Posted at 16:47:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
He has the same name in the movie? Is he playing himself?
ridger5 · 3 points · Posted at 17:08:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This is a pretty good crowdsourced script so far...
Unbendium · 3 points · Posted at 20:10:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
scene: The military finally reveal to the professor the alien artefacts they've kept hidden for decades. Which would finally give validatation to the professors controversial theories...
In astonisment, He clumsily pulls off his glasses with both hands.
[deleted] · 167 points · Posted at 09:36:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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NickLandis · 5 points · Posted at 12:49:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
“I’ve always been one to believe in shecond chancesh Da-Wayne” rebutted Sean Connery “Beshides this is a matter of life and death. You may be a bashtard but you’re the best we’ve got.”
“Well I guess I’ll take that as a compliment” replies Dwayne “What do you need me to to do?”
Sean Connery grins “Tell me Da-Wayne are you a fan of schcuba diving?”
chrisakagatas · 1 points · Posted at 13:58:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
r/bestof
Spartcus3 · 1 points · Posted at 13:59:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Dear Reddit, Thank you❤️
141_1337 · 2 points · Posted at 14:21:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You skit jumps around between Dwayne character getting into the house and he starting to argue with his wife with nothing connecting those 2 events.
bubblemama3022 · 2 points · Posted at 16:55:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Give them some time, they're still working on character development! Rome wasn't built in a day.
TheThingofNouns · 554 points · Posted at 09:05:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
/r/redditwritesindependenceday3
Notorious4CHAN · 94 points · Posted at 09:57:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Honestly, it's a already better than 2. I'd watch it.
GuessImStuckWithThis · 1 points · Posted at 16:38:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
But 2 had Angelababy?!?
ulyssesred · 6 points · Posted at 12:29:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Aw, man. I thought it was real. Damned if that wasn't getting good. I wasn't even thinking"ID3", just a cool science fiction movie in the spirit of "The Expendables".
enad58 · 65 points · Posted at 09:46:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The Secretary of Defense waits in the West Wing for his meeting with the President, staring at a picture of his kids he keeps in his father's pocket watch.
"How long is this going to take?" Demands the Secretary to the President's elderly aide.
"I guess we'll find out together, now won't we?" She replies with dry sarcasm.
Her phone rings.
"He'll see you now." The secretary announces. Her demeanor suddenly shifts as she begins escorting the Secretary into the Oval Office.
The Secretary walks in to meet President Gary Busey.
MIERDAPORQUE · 13 points · Posted at 11:35:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Ooh I know this one! Easy! The pres is an ALIEN the whole time!
Spoonshape · 2 points · Posted at 22:21:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Explains the speech patterns better than any other theory I have heard...
Alan_Smithee_ · 0 points · Posted at 16:25:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Those kids must be tiny.
zbeptz · 35 points · Posted at 10:03:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Daddy, who was that?" says his son.
"Nobody, Mathew" the Rock replies, hiding the nervousness in his voice. He rushes his kids into their SUV and he drives home wondering how he's going to break the news to his wife. They were done. Out for good. Or so he thought.
As he approaches his driveway there are already three black unmarked cars waiting for him. His wife must already know.
FourFurryCats · 2 points · Posted at 19:23:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Meaningless stripper with a heart of gold interlude that does nothing to advance the plot.
humble_father · 22 points · Posted at 09:22:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh boy, you fuckers have me grinning like a madman in public. Perfect execution.
Zcasfqer · 60 points · Posted at 09:16:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Alright, but this time we are doing it my way," The Rock declares, as our attention shifts down to one of his children playing with action figures. One toy baring a striking resemblance to our protagonist with a flame thrower strapped to his back as we cross dissolve to a new location.
Old_and_Moist · 14 points · Posted at 09:25:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Someone please carry this on, you've caught my interest. I need to know how it ends
KanchiHaruhara · 16 points · Posted at 09:32:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
God damn it my sides.
macsare1 · 1 points · Posted at 13:05:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
How can The Rock's features harden any more than they already are?
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 19:29:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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macsare1 · 1 points · Posted at 22:42:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Never heard that term. Are you saying the people are hard for The Rock's features?
[deleted] · 16 points · Posted at 09:10:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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cutty2k · 11 points · Posted at 12:08:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Wow, that's eerie, I originally had the Rock's character named John, but switched it back to "The Rock" after the line about his features hardening, because yay puns.
fireinthemountains · 2 points · Posted at 09:34:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I recognize this reference but I don't remember why or what it is.
angryzor · 1 points · Posted at 09:48:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's a line from an old troll DOOM fanfiction: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/doom-repercussions-of-evil
MisterWoodster · 6 points · Posted at 09:17:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"I'll do it."
Adruna · 4 points · Posted at 09:16:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Retired military specialist
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 10:51:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That phone call joke just screams Arrested Development.
CastinEndac · 3 points · Posted at 14:54:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I want everyone to refer to him only as "The Rock" for the entire movie hahaha
ItsPushDay · 2 points · Posted at 14:51:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Somebody please send this thread to The Rock
Lupan88 · 2 points · Posted at 00:32:42 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
I love how his character is called 'The Rock'. Adds some great satire to this story
Figuredoutanopinion · 1 points · Posted at 20:21:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
T.Hanks can be the Democrat The Rock can Republican.
2020 election set up decided.
Use your voice
To vote in
Either or.
GazTheLegend · 45 points · Posted at 08:57:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
“Hello, this is Crichton Decker. Who’s speaking?” The Rock answers.
“Is that how you talk to an old friend?” a brief silence
“What the hell are you doing calling this number. I told you I was done.”
“You and I both know that once you’re never ‘done’ being a military astronaut, Decker. And I don’t mean the school visits, reality tv and getting to drive that Hum Vee of yours to Walmart for chips and dip”
“Yeah well, I’m about ‘done’ with this conversation, you threw me to the wolves and - why am I even talking to you, this shi-“
“You were right about that signal. I thought you should know. You were right, Decker, and if you want to come smell what’s burning you’ll get to Washington. Now.”
stranger hangs up, dramatic music, close up on the rocks “extremely concerned face”
eypandabear · 68 points · Posted at 08:55:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This thread is amazing.
Morgennes · 10 points · Posted at 09:00:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Totally agree!!
We should do that more often
syncopatedsouls · 31 points · Posted at 08:50:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Sargeant Crawford.... we need you again. Things are about to go to shit and we need the best of the best to try and help us survive...
captainbignips · 31 points · Posted at 08:56:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Crawford - No chance General, I'm out of the game and you know it. Why not call Hopper? He was my number one student and I taught him everything I know
[deleted] · 36 points · Posted at 09:02:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
General - Why dont you hear it from him, then
Channing Tatum staring as Hopper - Remember that thing we found in the desert, Duke?
tx_biker · 1 points · Posted at 09:15:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Yeah."
I.. I put it on. Oh, god, Duke. It's fused with my spine. I can hear them. They're coming for me, Duke. They're coming to take me away. Ha ha.
balbright87 · 1 points · Posted at 09:17:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I put on my robe and wizard hat.
humble_father · 20 points · Posted at 09:25:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Cuts to Hopper in a South East Asian bar with loud heavy music playing taking part in a dangerous hobby of some sort.
ROK247 · 1 points · Posted at 15:38:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"BECAUSE HOPPER AND HIS MEN WERE SKINNED ALIVE!"
kingocad · 15 points · Posted at 08:57:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
“Colonel, like I told you last time, I’m out of the business, I’m a family man now”
Sargent Crawford hears a loud noise from behind him, he looks up and sees...
Doktorwh10 · 12 points · Posted at 08:58:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Crawford sighs heavily. "I'm not about that life anymore... You know that. I got a family now, and I'm not leaving them again. Especially not after what happened to my brother."
anotherusercolin · 12 points · Posted at 09:00:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"It's happened," the raspy voice says in his ear. Dwayne Johnson's eyes widen with fear.
Cut to a guy working a hot dog stand downtown with thr radio chatting in the background. He tosses a scrap of old food down to his dog hiding behind the stand ...
Runs_With_Bears · 18 points · Posted at 08:51:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Dwayne, it's your mother, why don't you ever call anymore?"
StarbaseOmega · 6 points · Posted at 18:36:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Cut to Dwayne’s mother who is actually Adam Sandler dressed as an old woman
FourFurryCats · 1 points · Posted at 19:25:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Meaningless stripper with a heart of gold interlude that does nothing to advance the plot.
ArenVaal · 2 points · Posted at 02:55:21 on November 23, 2017 · (Permalink)
Scene does not contain lapdance. ding
nsantander · 9 points · Posted at 08:53:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"I'm done with that life. You know that." "We need you. Do this one last job for your country...and for your children."
AllowItMan · 7 points · Posted at 08:53:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
He muted the phone and chucks it in the glove compartment. And says to the kids who wants ice cream. But the look in his eye shoes one of worry
ChoosyBeggars · 7 points · Posted at 09:00:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"I told you I'm done," he says. The Rock glances over at the front seat of his beat up Corolla. The sun casts an angelic glow on the face of his young son. "That's not my life anymore." He hangs up, but an uneasiness hangs about him as he walks into his small suburban home.
"The bank called,"echoes a female voice from another room as he crosses the threshold. A phone call from the office could distract him for only so long.
rustyginger377 · 6 points · Posted at 09:09:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
When does Nicolas Cage make his entrance?
hydraloo · 54 points · Posted at 08:49:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Its his brother on the other line... He's back, and he means business. Two brothers, together again, and they are ready, this summer, in theaters.
kingclutch111 · 16 points · Posted at 08:51:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
His brother Dwayne Johnson!
FlameSpartan · 7 points · Posted at 08:53:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY
FlazeHOTS · 2 points · Posted at 08:56:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Reddit truly is a beautiful beast *cue crying*
TheCrimsonSquanch · 3 points · Posted at 09:01:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I just fucking died.
curryhalls · 22 points · Posted at 08:55:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
But wait, there's more.
A giant taco spaceship appears over the Hoover Dam, and out walks a Mexican army with tomato guns, and you bet your top dollar that these two brothers know all about it, because they have a strong bond.
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 09:00:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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curryhalls · 1 points · Posted at 12:00:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That's the original. This is the reboot starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. PLOT TWIST: THE ROCK IS ACTUALLY THE SPACE ROCK
CrookCook · 3 points · Posted at 09:15:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And..i don't want to spoil it for ya..but the moon..it crashes.
And what are two brothers supposed to do.
NobleShitLord · 0 points · Posted at 09:24:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Eric Cartman enters as one of the hardened military officials who gained his rank through defending the US border. He's defeated every Mexican gang and army with a weapon he developed himself, the taco cannon.
-Paraprax- · 4 points · Posted at 08:59:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Look, I told you last time.... I'm out. Get Hendrix on the line, he's probably so bored he's taken up knittin' dresses by now, and- ....[pause, intense look].... Who the hell told your department about Project Sierra?"
skhepner · 4 points · Posted at 10:20:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Jesus I love Reddit
babaganate · 2 points · Posted at 13:08:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The aliens can smell what he's cooking from dozens of lightyears away
YeaIFistedJonica · 1 points · Posted at 10:40:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
See I was really hoping that at this point, instead of The Rock being the main character battling the aliens he himself is the alien weaponDUH DUH DUH
sirius4778 · 1 points · Posted at 12:51:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This is the best comment in this thread. Of course it's the fucking Rock.
mastersword130 · 1 points · Posted at 13:43:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I've think I've seen this movie before.
Jeramiah · 1 points · Posted at 13:51:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
5/7 would watch on Netflix
ExcerptMusic · 1 points · Posted at 14:54:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
LOL of course it would be The Rock.
McSquiggly · 1 points · Posted at 01:52:06 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
First he has to save an orphan from a fire, and pay the dog he nursed back to health after 911 on the head. Otherwise we clearly can't relate to him.
Wooshception · 4 points · Posted at 14:07:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Cue Jump Around by House of Pain
Smiletaint · 9 points · Posted at 08:55:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Secret Service Agent: "PRESIDENT TRUMP YOU HAVE TO COME WITH US NOW. YOUR SHIP.......HAS ARRIVED".
Morgennes · 5 points · Posted at 08:58:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Cuts to the Trump Tower entrance ...
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 11:33:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So that's how Asylum gets their movie scripts.
ghooda · 2 points · Posted at 14:31:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Notice it’s always under a big city. Couldn’t aliens just hide it in the middle of the ocean or in a mountain somewhere??
Sovereign1 · 2 points · Posted at 23:28:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And that weapons name is Riddick, who has been hiding on our backwards little mud ball. Blending in as a human actor that goes by the name Vin Diesel.
Liquid_Senjutsu · 2 points · Posted at 09:39:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I would watch the fuck out of whatever you're talking about.
I_am_fed_up_of_SAP · 2 points · Posted at 10:48:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Inside OP's mom?
Tudpool · 1 points · Posted at 10:49:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Cue opening music
F4LL3NxEXILE · 1 points · Posted at 12:51:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
klezmai · 1 points · Posted at 13:55:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Next scene is Denise Richard giving an astrophysics lecture at Cornell and the movie is ruined.
richloz93 · 1 points · Posted at 16:07:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Straight up, this is Perfect Dark. It came out on the N64 in 1999.
Nerve33 · 1 points · Posted at 09:03:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
[cue "Walking On Sunshine" by Katrina & The Waves]
Wolf6120 · 37 points · Posted at 09:31:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Ah yes, Marissa T. Hernandez, who has 7 different degrees in modern languages and humanities, and yet is somehow still a sexy 22 year-old.
Alan_Smithee_ · 7 points · Posted at 16:27:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
With two adorable high-school age kids.
Deadliftbench5 · 10 points · Posted at 10:40:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You lot have too much free time
JackGetsIt · 12 points · Posted at 08:28:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's her first day on the job and she spilled coffee down her shirt on the way into the office.
Newcraft · 3 points · Posted at 13:07:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Sigh. Pops popcorn
tibetan_xolo · 2 points · Posted at 10:21:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I like how she's a Hernandez lol
Zen-ArtOfShitposting · 4 points · Posted at 10:52:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Quotas
tibetan_xolo · 3 points · Posted at 10:53:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well, in a black and white society it's always nice to throw in another shade / identity
Yearlaren · 1 points · Posted at 17:48:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Why are you assuming she's neither white nor black?
tibetan_xolo · 0 points · Posted at 18:12:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Plane flew over your head my friend 😊👋🏽
Yearlaren · 1 points · Posted at 18:14:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Explain it then.
tibetan_xolo · 0 points · Posted at 18:17:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I don't have to explain shit. Sorry if you're self-entitlement to things didn't work.
Yearlaren · 1 points · Posted at 18:28:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Are you always this hostile to people on the internet?
tibetan_xolo · 0 points · Posted at 18:29:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Solo a Los nacos que saben leer. Como yo.
sisepuede4477 · 1 points · Posted at 10:28:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
In English PhD. Martinez.
IAMSNORTFACED · 1 points · Posted at 14:07:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Real wtf moment right there, I love it
drrutherford · 5 points · Posted at 13:49:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Giorgio A. Tsoukalos starring as Dr. Craft Lager: "Colonel, I don't want to say it's aliens, but it's aliens!"
[deleted] · 10 points · Posted at 10:07:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It started off well but this movie got really shit, really fast.
cipher__ten · 5 points · Posted at 12:04:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well we're making an alien movie here, so that's about right.
JazzySpinalFusion · 3 points · Posted at 14:10:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Next time you decide to get me out of my golf outing, make sure you have more than your 5th grade science project to show me."
giant window opens up behind scientist, stopping colonel in his tracks
"Is that what I think it is?"
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 10:29:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We're a good amount towards making the next Roland Emmerich film.
skieth86 · 2 points · Posted at 11:51:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Then, the Mexican Armada....with...old ladies.... Because....two brothers!
Swirls109 · 2 points · Posted at 13:43:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh I was thinking more along the lines of "Butt probes sir, butt probes."
crawlerz2468 · 2 points · Posted at 14:10:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We better land on the White House lawn because that's the center of Earth!
gqtrees · 1 points · Posted at 14:14:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
you guys should direct this movie
BeachCop · 1 points · Posted at 14:23:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So... Spanish then?
PM_ME_UR_BEST_DOGE · 1 points · Posted at 21:28:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This part was for sure in a modern German accent
zaphodp3 · 3029 points · Posted at 06:58:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The “In English please” line always pisses me off! “No you tit, it’s a complex problem and you are going to understand its complexity. Otherwise, fuck off and send someone who can process more than basic sentences.” Then again maybe it’s just me.
zero_iq · 428 points · Posted at 07:25:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Look, professor, I don't know about your fancy university 'quarantine principles' or 'first contact protocols'. I just need to know two things: where I can shit, and what can I shoot!"
Turns to squad members who jeer and high five
Friedrhino · 28 points · Posted at 10:26:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That was an awesome line!
TryMeOnBirdLaw · 7 points · Posted at 12:39:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Hey professor! You're a professor! You tell 'em!
Alan_Smithee_ · 3 points · Posted at 16:29:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Lt. Ellen Ripley steps forward: "Sanchez, I hope you're right, I really do..."
ArcherInPosition · 1619 points · Posted at 07:03:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You’d like this
valgranaire · 633 points · Posted at 07:28:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Or this one
GhostWriter52025 · 41 points · Posted at 08:48:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Love this guy
Jackie_McMackie · 49 points · Posted at 09:05:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I liked both of these.
Tasgall · 85 points · Posted at 09:54:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
WELL I DON'T LIKE IT!
SUPERSMILEYMAN · 13 points · Posted at 10:39:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
But I do like this thing.
jascination · 58 points · Posted at 08:56:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This is much better than the other one
ScenicSlut · 36 points · Posted at 11:03:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
brevity is the soul of wit
Gengar0 · 27 points · Posted at 11:15:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
In English, please?
hamburger_protocol · 36 points · Posted at 11:24:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Short make funny
MoozeMemeMaster · 5 points · Posted at 11:51:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
In french!
kemushi_warui · 8 points · Posted at 12:03:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
une petite émission de gaz de l'anus
Burnaby · 1 points · Posted at 17:31:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Bref fais drôle
Kiffe_Y · 1 points · Posted at 12:14:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
French please?
8LocusADay · 317 points · Posted at 07:11:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Holy shit this is gold
midnightketoker · 190 points · Posted at 07:21:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'M THE BANG BANG BOY
ketzo · 107 points · Posted at 07:35:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
PPJ boom boom balloon?
phaiz55 · 7 points · Posted at 08:32:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's so funny it pisses you off
captainbignips · 2 points · Posted at 13:11:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Please watch all their vids, they are awesome
TheGameSlave2 · 1 points · Posted at 08:45:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Then where's OP's gold?
9999monkeys · 1 points · Posted at 09:39:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
found their twitter
https://mobile.twitter.com/chris_and_jack
TheChildOfEye · 1 points · Posted at 09:43:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yesh
snacky_bitch · 0 points · Posted at 11:49:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Can someone gild this please
whoneedsbitches · 162 points · Posted at 07:18:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
In English, please?
StrandedInAFactory · 91 points · Posted at 07:35:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Hahaha...
They're saying you'd enjoy it.
suddenjazzhands · 98 points · Posted at 07:36:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Right yeah okay... English please?
P2XTPool · 11 points · Posted at 07:38:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Uuuh. Okay.. So.. You look at the thing. Right? And it will make you smile
suddenjazzhands · 7 points · Posted at 07:39:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Eeeenglish?
P2XTPool · 3 points · Posted at 07:52:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
okay listen here you little shit!
StrandedInAFactory · 23 points · Posted at 07:37:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Uhm.. so, they're... sharing something funny.
suddenjazzhands · 24 points · Posted at 07:38:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
English?
StrandedInAFactory · 4 points · Posted at 07:43:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
.... Makey you laughy?
suddenjazzhands · 2 points · Posted at 07:45:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yeah so you go into the once on an inside the before and we go do it? English pls
Tasgall · 1 points · Posted at 09:53:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
JOLLY GOOD SHOW, CHAPS!
zupo137 · 1 points · Posted at 08:21:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Jazz Hands
speedfreek16 · 1 points · Posted at 10:59:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You happy from moving image
Self_Referential · 1 points · Posted at 08:48:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Video make you happy. Boom boom!
em_te · 6 points · Posted at 07:55:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
WORLD GO BOOM BOOM
PM_ME_YOUR_CURLS · 4 points · Posted at 07:42:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Now listen here you little shit -
_cubfan_ · 19 points · Posted at 07:22:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Always upvote Chris and Jack. Best duo on Youtube right now.
AnOnlineHandle · 18 points · Posted at 07:37:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
For those that don't know, Jack is Sokka from Avatar The Last Airbender.
Sma144 · 3 points · Posted at 10:42:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
More importantly, he's also RANDY QUENCH: VOLUNTEER FIREMAN
MvmgUQBd · 2 points · Posted at 12:21:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
No way, really? I'm gonna have to check out their YouTube
karanut · 3 points · Posted at 09:03:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Everything they make is absolute top quality. More people need to know about them.
Three_Headed_Monkey · 11 points · Posted at 07:18:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That's brilliant
[deleted] · 17 points · Posted at 07:15:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Haha this is great :D
doorbellguy · 12 points · Posted at 07:28:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
yes, NERD!
I fucking lost it holy chirst
Yrkidding · 6 points · Posted at 07:24:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Those guys are great, love some of their other videos.
marshsmellow · 6 points · Posted at 07:52:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I did like that.
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 07:28:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well that was delightful
Phantomass · 3 points · Posted at 07:32:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I love these guys
blazbluecore · 5 points · Posted at 07:34:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Only on reddit do you complain about an unfetish and receive an answer.
Voltan_Ignatio · 4 points · Posted at 07:34:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So good dude, so good. thanks for this!
LordShanti · 4 points · Posted at 07:34:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That's beautiful
ArcticLonewolf · 5 points · Posted at 07:46:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh god, that's glorious!
Birddawg65 · 4 points · Posted at 07:48:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Haha, that was very funny! Quite enjoyable!
_vogonpoetry_ · 4 points · Posted at 07:52:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That was amazing
StillWaitingForFFVII · 2 points · Posted at 08:13:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That was awesome
Gecko_breath · 2 points · Posted at 08:24:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This makes us happy
isitasexyfox · 2 points · Posted at 08:25:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Ah that's brilliant, just what I needed before heading to work.
gilly9209 · 2 points · Posted at 08:59:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Or this one!
Buizie · 2 points · Posted at 11:20:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I sat through that entire video just to get kicked in the balls for being a nerd
skinny_gator · 2 points · Posted at 11:35:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Amazing.
mynoduesp · 2 points · Posted at 12:30:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh, this is my life, this is amusing and sad.
JamaicanLeo · 3 points · Posted at 07:39:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That was golden.... gold please
wild noises occur..... English please?
theganglyone · 1 points · Posted at 07:53:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
How does me get video please?
shellyroxanne · 1 points · Posted at 08:15:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
All I heard was Sokka
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 08:29:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The good old trusty thinkpad
LittleRedLamps · 1 points · Posted at 08:33:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
For a moment that was surprisingly wholesome.
KCDC3D · 1 points · Posted at 08:40:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Reminds me of this
https://youtu.be/gF_qQYrCcns
Same guys maybe?
ZOOMIFY
reddituser08016 · 1 points · Posted at 09:46:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
https://youtu.be/-ahtp0sjA5U
MaxMouseOCX · 1 points · Posted at 10:51:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
... But that just made me angry.
SteampunkBorg · 292 points · Posted at 07:21:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I wonder how the Military, who often help fund or otherwise Support Action movies, can agree to being shown as so stupid.
My favourite example is the beginning of the AvsP movie, when in a conference a giant sonar Image of a supposedly Underground Mayan style pyramid is shown and the Military Boss man says "My experts tell me this is a pyramid".
LynkDead · 144 points · Posted at 08:28:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I was in the Air Force. Pretty much any time we had to brief anyone about what it was we actually did it consisted of dumbing things down. I remember having to explain satellite communications as "basically just a big ethernet cable that goes through the sky". Yes, it is/can be a lot more complicated, but specifically for what we were doing that was about as simple as I could make it.
[deleted] · 54 points · Posted at 09:15:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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faluru · 15 points · Posted at 09:41:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So you’re sure you don’t want to join in on the stupid-military-circle jerk?
sourbeer51 · 8 points · Posted at 12:40:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Wait, marines don't in fact like to eat crayons?
yui_tsukino · 7 points · Posted at 15:03:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They don't like it, but they just can't help themselves. Just to perpetuate it a little longer.
thefancycrow · 3 points · Posted at 12:19:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
He's just saying that sometimes you have to break it down Barney style.
Silidistani · 3 points · Posted at 15:22:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You need to brief the right people to not have to dumb it down. PEOs and detachments are often run by former engineers, and their staff are current engineers. If you dumb it down with the wrong crowd, you're just going to have to do it again with the actual data and a less-happy crowd at having to be there for the same brief again because you didn't get it done right the first time.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 15:55:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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Silidistani · 2 points · Posted at 16:40:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That is the one that matters!
mukansamonkey · 2 points · Posted at 19:00:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I have a relative who's quite good at two things. Understanding code, and explaining how the code works to C-suite guys who don't understand code. He makes a crapton of money compared to anyone with only one of those skills.
GladysTheBaker · 3 points · Posted at 12:38:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
How's that one saying go? If you can't explain it so a 5 year old can understand, you don't know it well enough? Something like that.
account_not_valid · 13 points · Posted at 09:50:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Etherwhat? In English, please!"
ashinynewthrowaway · 12 points · Posted at 10:14:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Problem with that is that then you dig yourself into a hole where you have to explain "no, we can't just 'cut' their space cable, because it's not literally a cable, I was just... I WAS JUST TRYING TO HELP YOU"
SteampunkBorg · 7 points · Posted at 10:25:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Metaphorically, you could, but it takes some effort.
Orngog · 9 points · Posted at 11:07:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You can do anything metaphorically
cipher__ten · 12 points · Posted at 12:09:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Programmer here - same deal.
What you have to remember is that in a movie script, this kind of dialogue is written by a layman themselves. The "science rambling" answer is intended to show you that the problem is over your head, while making it seem like the character knows what they're talking about, while preventing a viewer who actually knows what they're talking about from realizing that the writer doesn't know what they're talking about.
288_555-0153 · 4 points · Posted at 12:31:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Cat5 or a Cat6, Sir?
_Aj_ · 3 points · Posted at 12:08:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There's a certain beauty in being able to convey complex subjects in a simple form that gets the message across. It requires considerable creativity and the ability to think quickly and be good with analogies.
I work with electronics and mechanicals, some people I speak with know more than me, some don't know a red wire is normally positive. Making stuff make sense to them so they can do their job when I send them away is probably more important than the bit I do.
It's like efficient data compression algorithms, nothing is lost, it just makes it a smaller package to deal with.
omgtehvampire · 11 points · Posted at 08:14:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They helped with stargate on tv
Theon_Severasse · 18 points · Posted at 08:21:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yeah, but that portrayed the Air Force in a good light. They made Richard Dean Anderson an honorary Air Force brigadier general
throwaway_for_keeps · 15 points · Posted at 08:43:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If I watched SG-1 and Atlantis when I was in high school, I'm convinced I would have ended up studying physics, archaeology, or geology.
I mean, they saved the day with science.
wolfamongyou · 4 points · Posted at 10:13:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
every. goddamn. time. I disagree on who would have been running their cruisers, the Navy already knows how to do that.
DukeDijkstra · 9 points · Posted at 08:40:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What?! That's awesome!!! Lifelong SG fan here :).
Does Air Force does it often, any other cases like this?
rivalarrival · 3 points · Posted at 10:38:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Also in SG1, (then) Air Force Chief of Staff, General Mike Ryan, made a cameo appearance.
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 08:38:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Strategically, one could argue that it's helpful for the military to be seen as incompetent, so that enemies of the state will underestimate them and fail to probe their operations properly, assuming they are too incompetent to do things in an intelligent manner.
rozenbro · 5 points · Posted at 08:34:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Sometimes they are shown as being stupid, but I think even more often they are shown as being competent and highly organized.
tyler212 · 4 points · Posted at 10:44:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The truth lies in the middle. The Military is really stupid, but highly organized. Like it can get 200 people & tents for everyone fairly well. But once the tents are up, you kinda just stare at your phone as they decide on why 200 people were now sitting in a field for a week.
Fartbox_Virtuoso · 5 points · Posted at 09:22:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That's the best part...they can't tell.
Bardlar · 4 points · Posted at 09:16:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What does the military lose by people taking it less seriously? Just means tehy can get away with more without people thinking they might be up to something.
nangke · 8 points · Posted at 08:16:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Nobody who signs up for the military because of a movie does it because of the incompetent or warmongering ones onscreen. They go in thinking they'll turn out more like the hero.
waitingtodiesoon · 3 points · Posted at 11:59:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
different branches support different films. I forgot one movie, but one branch turned it down only for a different one to take it because they didn't like how they would be portrayed. While I could be wrong, but they also made a joke about the first asked branch which helped the other branch agree.
The marines declined for Godzilla, but the navy agreed. That one wasn't a rivalry one though.
[deleted] · 8 points · Posted at 08:04:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Agree to? They don't really get a say in what unaffiliated media says about them.
I'm also unfamiliar with how they fund those projects.
Madrawn · 27 points · Posted at 08:11:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The us military often lends equipment and expertise for movies, if they show them in a way which is basically a free recruitment ad.
munk_e_man · 23 points · Posted at 08:30:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Top Gun for example lead to a surge in people applying for the air force. The film is basically a two hour commercial for either the USAF or anal lubricant.
AstralComet · 15 points · Posted at 08:36:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Are you really trying to say here that it isn't definitely both?
d80hunter · 12 points · Posted at 08:39:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And you get to boot camp and the drill sergeant says, "you turds are imbeciles, enlisted guys don't fly."
rivalarrival · 5 points · Posted at 10:43:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Navy. Naval aviators. Who are kinda like Air Force pilots, if pilots were into butt stuff.
FeatherShard · 5 points · Posted at 09:21:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I... is that... you pulling my chain, son?
munk_e_man · 4 points · Posted at 09:41:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Shit. Youre right. My first instinct wqs navy but i thought "nah, that cant be right".
rivalarrival · 4 points · Posted at 10:44:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If the whole flying off an aircraft carrier in the middle of the ocean didn't make you think "Navy", the homoeroticism should have.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 09:34:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
These movies generally aren't geared toward recruiting command personnel tho.
Bard_B0t · 2 points · Posted at 10:52:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
In real life I imagine it functions as a chain of command. At every level commands get translated into what that command level needs to do with them.
Up at the top the guys understand the big picture. Then they tell a few dudes below them in charge of other stuff, who go and tell stuff to people below them, etc.
The soldier on the field knows who to shoot, what to shoot, what not to shoot, where to be, etc.
And the chain of command is what translates the executive officers orders as vague as “I do declare we are going to war against x” to what the millions of soldiers are doing at any point.
Vince1820 · 2 points · Posted at 11:50:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's probably more of a trope than anything at this point. I have to talk with pathologists and physicians frequently, about engineering. I dumb it down like I'm talking to a ten year old. They aren't stupid, but they won't follow me either otherwise.
ShireCantHandleMe · 2 points · Posted at 12:27:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
In English please?
CumbrianCyclist · 1 points · Posted at 08:46:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Damn. They really are experts.
AnOnlineHandle · 14 points · Posted at 07:42:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I only just realized that they ironically inverted that in Avengers when Tony Stark is talking about how Bruce Banner is finally somebody who speaks English. I'm a bit slow sometimes.
Wiinounete · 11 points · Posted at 07:38:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I always take it personnally "The spectator is too dumb: we have to explain like he is 2 years old"
[deleted] · 9 points · Posted at 08:09:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's "In English...for the audience."
mortex09 · 8 points · Posted at 08:17:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
A professor once told me, IIRC, "if you really know the ins and outs of your shit, you're able explain it to the dumbest motherfucker in the room in a way he understands"
W__O__P__R · 7 points · Posted at 08:35:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The "In English please" trope is more about audiences than the actual science. I'm sure a 4 star general (or military bigwig) could understand what the scientist is on about, but they need to dumb it down so that audiences can understand. A 'non-thinking military man' character to achieve that and also gets to be the idiot/bad guy for always being wrong about the best solution to the problem.
Lord_Giggles · 2 points · Posted at 11:46:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This. I'm sure in the actual situations where the military officer is talking to the scientist they've picked someone relatively intelligent who probably has some experience in the field somehow so that they're able to comprehend the huge crisis going on at the time without needing a super dumbed down version, but like you said, it's for the audience.
In the case of an alien invasion, I'm absolutely sure they'd have a packed room of extremely high level officials discussing the issue, not a mid-rank military guy and a single scientist, but a week of conferencing doesn't exactly make for thrilling watching.
macsare1 · 1 points · Posted at 14:00:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Here's a new movie trope to start: just explain it to the President. He can only understand the dumbed down version, in words no longer than two syllables each. And he will likely cuss you out or threaten to fire you if you don't explain it to him that way.
matholio · 28 points · Posted at 07:20:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I disagree, an expert should be able to understand something complex and tease out the most contextually useful bits and share them with non experts in plain English.
CrivCL · 18 points · Posted at 07:41:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That's not always possible - quite a lot of complex issues and techniques are meaningless without their context. That's why the whole idea of 'lies to children' exists in education.
LittleRedLamps · 6 points · Posted at 08:38:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The lies to children thing is where they give a less correct explanation of something that is just correct enough to explain observations right? Sort of like how your first taught electron shells go 2,8,8,8 ad infinatum before we're taught about subshells?
CrivCL · 6 points · Posted at 09:17:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Pretty much - something you can use to build a structure that lets you slot the right knowledge in later.
LittleRedLamps · 5 points · Posted at 09:33:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yeah I can see why that's done, trying to explain something like probability clouds without any sort of foundation to build off of would be a nightmare.
macsare1 · 2 points · Posted at 13:56:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I told my cousin the straight up complex explanation for anything she asked about when she was a child. This past May she graduated as valedictorian of her high school class and said that was the reason she became valedictorian. Stop lying to children, expand their brains.
CrivCL · 1 points · Posted at 15:03:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This is what people are talking about when they say "lies to children".
It's not actually lying to children - and I guarantee that some of what you think of as the straight up complex explanation were "lies to children" that you aren't aware of because it's not your expert area.
Case in point Newton's laws are "lies to children" as are Kirchoff's laws and Ohm's law. They're really useful but they're fundamentally simplifications of the real physics.
Part of teaching is learning how to impart simpler foundations that give you the tools to take apart and understand more complicated versions of what you've learned.
macsare1 · 1 points · Posted at 15:10:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Are you saying you lied to me with the term "lies to children"?
CrivCL · 1 points · Posted at 15:15:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I think you'll find a whole passel of educated people, but mostly Terry Pratchett, lied to you through my use of the phrase. ;)
macsare1 · 1 points · Posted at 15:31:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I think some people lie too much to children, though. For instance, I was on a missions team in high school and we took some orphans on a field trip to a natural history museum. They had figures of cavemen and early animals. One girl asked of the figures, "are they real?" I was criticized by my teammates for responding truthfully, indicating that they were essentially statues dressed up to look real. It was a "lie" only in the sense that I wasn't going into the detail of what the figures were made of (I don't even know that), but it answered their question. So I get the concept. But people like my teammates were asked the same question and responded that, yes, they were real. And they criticized me for breaking the illusion. That's the sort of lying to children I have a problem with.
Santa Claus would be another example. It's an unnecessary false explanation for Christmas gifts when you can just tell kids these gifts are from you. I have no problem with stories like that, but only if they are taught as fiction. I think many people would classify Santa Claus in the same "lying to children" category, and I would say you are actually telling falsehoods to your kids.
CrivCL · 1 points · Posted at 15:57:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I think that's a different thing, and a really complicated one.
I can see why you'd find it objectionable, but I can also see why someone would want to maintain a sense of magic for kids (at least for Santa Claus - not so much the museum example which just seems like misleading kids for no real reason).
macsare1 · 1 points · Posted at 17:41:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
shrug tell your kids you're playing make believe that there's a Santa Claus, they're good at that. That's how I grew up and I'm still creative and enjoy fiction, including magical realism. No need to tell them lies for your own enjoyment.
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 08:11:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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matholio · 3 points · Posted at 08:22:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I still disagree, effective explaining is a spectrum, one can always improve.
CrivCL · 3 points · Posted at 09:34:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Certainly but that's not the same thing as magically being able to explain all contextually useful bits in plain English.
The job of an expert is to figure out what they can usefully explain and give a useful guide or prechewed answer where they can't.
matholio · 1 points · Posted at 13:37:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Fair enough.
nocturn-e · 1 points · Posted at 10:34:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
A large part of knowing a subject well is being able to explain it using simple words.
CrivCL · 2 points · Posted at 10:53:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Sure but how long do you have? Minutes/hours/days?
monsto · 4 points · Posted at 10:34:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
But look. . . it's a movie establishment scene.
The perfessor has to look smart so he says a bunch of shit that goes over the viewers head. Not only is he "smart" but he's "nerdy" . . . he doesn't get society and doesn't know how to talk in public.
So the military guy, usually stuffed to the gills with common sense and witty country parables, is the representative of the "every man". So when he says "in english please?" he's not only getting the audience on his side for saying what they're thinking, he's also opening up the story for them as well by forcing Mr Poindexter to say what the average person can understand.
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LaymansTerms
I despise these lame ass methods. I mean there's INFINTE ways to tell the audience without the same old tired characters and boring AF dialog.
Anime is usually pretty good at explaining these things without telling you "it's time to hear the explanation now".
flyonthwall · 3 points · Posted at 07:27:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If you cant explain something simply you dont understand it. - richard feynman, maybe
Charlie-Bell · 4 points · Posted at 07:58:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"In exposition please."
mystriddlery · 7 points · Posted at 07:50:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Eh, usually in these movies the situation calls for a scientist, and a military type, and they have to work together. Its not like the military guy planned on being thrust into a situation he knows nothing about. Similarly I wouldnt be mad if the scientist said 'in english please' after the general lets off some military jargon. Plus to be honest, imo you shouldnt criticize someone asking for explanation, would you rather he went into the situation blind so he wouldnt embarrass himself by asking? Plus a big indicator that you're good at your job, is how well you can communicate it to people who dont know anything about it, if you cant describe it in laymens terms, usually you dont have as much experience.
mimomusic · 3 points · Posted at 07:19:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Future Man" has a great, short jab at it, although you'll have to see for yourself because that'd be a major spoiler.
ledivin · 3 points · Posted at 08:01:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That sounds so, soooo bad... thought it does have reasonably high scores on RT.
mimomusic · 1 points · Posted at 07:09:19 on November 23, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's cussy, a particular episode is... unseemly, but it's so incredibly fun, I can't recommend it enough. It only gets better if you think it starts out slow, there's tons I love about it. May seem like mild pandering at first, but it became the best take on time-traveling (with the right amount of self-awareness) I could have wanted from it.
weikel · 3 points · Posted at 07:45:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yes! This drives me crazy. It is not that hard to infer some kind of basic meaning. I hate when we (the audience) are treated like children.
mandiblepeat · 2 points · Posted at 07:55:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Not your trigger phrase, but if you like the link from Archer in position you might like this
https://youtu.be/BKorP55Aqvg
nubb3r · 2 points · Posted at 07:58:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Nah, hollywood is more interested in the "if it bleeds we can kill it" type of guys.
armypotent · 2 points · Posted at 08:20:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well, the "jargon" in any movie where this line is uttered in earnest is never so complicated that someone with a bit of education couldn't understand it.
macsare1 · 2 points · Posted at 14:01:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
75% of the time it's ACTUAL nonsense.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 08:21:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
TV detective vs tech guy
fidosayan · 2 points · Posted at 08:26:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
To a certain point you are right- however, there's abig difference between basic sentences and purely scientific reasoning.
Doing math, and they always tell us something along the lines "you need to be able to explain to someone less experienced in math than you"
I think the same holds true to other fiekds as well. You need to break it down for other people, or you probably are a useless scientist.
thats-so-crazy · 2 points · Posted at 08:30:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Techno jargon
bluelightsdick · 2 points · Posted at 08:33:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
....annnnnd that's why you aren't in Trump's administration.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 08:42:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
In Star Trek they would at least have the decency to give you a simple real world analogy in the end. „So it’s basically like water draining from a bathtub?“ „Exactly captain“
parrotpeople · 1 points · Posted at 10:41:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
...English please?
Pull plug make dirt water go way
Petersaber · 2 points · Posted at 10:43:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Just this once I want to see someone chew out a gritty military CO for the "English please" line.
DuskDudeMan · 2 points · Posted at 07:25:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You must watch Rick and Morty to have achieved that high of an IQ.
-zimms- · 1 points · Posted at 07:49:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Just tell me where to point my gun.
PlatonicBro · 1 points · Posted at 07:59:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's for the viewer my man
koreanwizard · 1 points · Posted at 08:15:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That parts for the audience, so your brain understands what's going on.
littlefilms · 1 points · Posted at 08:17:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
But then sometimes the person "explaining", deliberately makes the explanation unnecessarily long and obscure, when in reality all they'd really need to say was something like "yes those are aliens"
Isoyama · 1 points · Posted at 08:36:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
Bashed_to_a_pulp · 1 points · Posted at 08:57:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
ACK! ACK!
Morgennes · 1 points · Posted at 09:00:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Thanks!!
wacker9999 · 1 points · Posted at 09:18:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Shut up science bitch.
9999monkeys · 1 points · Posted at 09:30:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
i think you might be english
CrazyDave746 · 1 points · Posted at 09:33:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That's the joke.
reddituser08016 · 1 points · Posted at 09:47:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
https://youtu.be/-ahtp0sjA5U
LA_all_day · 1 points · Posted at 09:51:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Knowing your audience is a thing. Field specific jargon might work with individuals with the same training but others with an equal level of expertise in something else wouldn’t comprehend. Any intelligent person could figure it out from context and prior knowledge but why assume when you can just ask the explainer to clarify?
xixi2 · 1 points · Posted at 10:40:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I just always wonder what they say when the movie is translated to another language.
Applesauce92 · 1 points · Posted at 10:51:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I mean, it's mostly for the audience anyway.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 10:56:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 14:48:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's not because they don't/can't understand, it's because they don't care about minutia. It's distracting.
triazin · 1 points · Posted at 11:11:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Spot on I feel the same.
_throawayplop_ · 1 points · Posted at 11:39:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
One of my university professor told me once : "what is well understood is easily explained"
TransmogriFi · 1 points · Posted at 11:50:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They aren't dumbing it down for the general. They are dumbing it down for the audience.
Atheistsomalipirate · 1 points · Posted at 21:08:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Why ?
watson895 · 1 points · Posted at 11:52:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
From my experience with senior officers, that exchange is more for the audience. It's hard to get that high up and be dumb.
augustm · 1 points · Posted at 12:16:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Armed? What do you mean armed? Armed with what?"
"Err, bad breath, colorful language, feather duster... what do you think they're gonna be armed with? Guns, you tit!"
therealndb · 1 points · Posted at 12:31:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
ELI5?
SapTheSapient · 1 points · Posted at 13:03:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And it is never anything especially complex or time consuming. Is it really do irritating for the tough guy to listen to four, middle school level sentences?
"The alien ship functions like a living entity, transferring information through a system of..." "In English, Doctor!" "Shoot it there."
babaganate · 1 points · Posted at 13:14:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
To be fair, you have to have a pretty high IQ to understand THE BEST SCI FI LOW CONCEPT ACTION THRILLER OF THE SUMMER
wettam · 1 points · Posted at 13:14:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I mean you can expect a person who is trained to be the boss of a bunch of people of different specialties to understand technobabble that you have spent years studying.
CeaRhan · 1 points · Posted at 13:35:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The most stupid thing about it is that 90% of the time the scientist says something TOTALLY understandable to anyone older than 13
JTswift · 1 points · Posted at 13:59:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
A few episodes ago on Arrow, they used this line, or a variation of it, no less than five times...in one episode!
MaxDG1013 · 1 points · Posted at 01:11:59 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
On the other hand, I'd rather not have scientists using hundreds of words I don't know to explain something that can easily be explained in a more understandable way without changing the meaning.
Plus, "in English please" is actually ultra-realistic because usually the scientist just spouted a bunch of technobabble that makes zero sense in the real world. So, really, the most realistic and reasonable response is "in English please."
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 08:43:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I think "In English please" expresses it perfectly.
It's a defining characteristic of the Anglosphere cultures to dumb everything down to the lowest common denominator, usually way past the point where the grossly oversimplified "English" version has nothing in common with the real thing anymore. Life is all about ease of consumption and maximal short-term gratification for those people. Giving them complex problems only results in blank stares and spontaneous noisiness.
halborn · 1 points · Posted at 14:17:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oooh-hohoho, no. Don't get the rest of us mixed up in america's problems.
The___Accountant · -2 points · Posted at 07:57:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If you can't explain something to a 5 year old then you don't really understand it yourself.
_OP_is_A_ · 10 points · Posted at 08:32:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I disagree. you dont have to be able to explain it to a 5 year old, you need to be able to explain it to the average adult.
A 5 year old doesn't understand jack shit. A 5 year old is still learning how to put one leg in front of the other to move faster. In this example you'd have to explain gravity, our existence, our cosmic reach and the basics of life - including life span, basic physical needs, and psychological needs of that level of travel. These things are not something a 5 y/o can really grasp.
Sure, they can grasp when their guppie dies... but can they grasp the concept of having 7 billion other human creatures and trillions of others? no. Having billions of creatures die a day? nay. Try explaining to a 5 year old that we landed on the moon and that its 239,000 miles away. Explain 239,000 to a regular person and they will likely not have any concept of the extent of how far we went to land there. -- Proof in point: Most people have no idea that you can put EVERY single planet between us and the moon, including Pluto, and still have room. That's not a level of distance that most people can even comprehend... i know I can't. I have a hard time with a couple hundred miles for scale.
In these movies you need to explain to a person who has the basics of humanity understood and the basics of travel, distance, and time. -- High level military knows this because they worked on our space shite. It'd be like a PHD talking to a BA in the same field. There's some level of understanding there.
That being said... if you cant explain it to an average, educated, adult then you don't really understand it.
You cannot ELI5 life to a real 5 year old. Ask any parent. They'll tell you they give them the basics, enough to stop the questioning, and they stop explaining.
Edit: Complete sentences and grammar.
Edit 2: Furthermore, we cant even explain most things to the average American when it comes to massive sizes. (Im American, and i dont mean that as an insult) We need things like X number of Empire State Buildings, or Area/length of the American Football field. We need relative understanding. A 5 year old doesnt even understand how long a damn Hour is in time let alone the rest.
So explaining complex things are pretty much out the window. you can dumb it down... that's why many of us enjoyed Cosmos with Carl Sagan. Because he put things into ways WE NORMAL people can understand. He even did it with 4th and 5th dimensions. The average, massively average, and massive majority, of 5 year olds cant even tell you what the 3 dimensions are.
Lord_Giggles · 1 points · Posted at 11:50:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I think even explaining it to a normal adult is misleading. There's a lot of concepts that rely on a significant amount of previous knowledge to understand, and can't really be easily dumbed down.
If you couldn't teach it to someone given enough time I agree you don't understand it, but good luck teaching extremely high level maths to an average adult no matter who you are, they simply don't have the pre-requisite knowledge.
Music is another great example. How are you meant to explain some of the more esoteric music theory out there to someone who barely even knows what a note is, let alone a scale?
prettyehtbh · 4 points · Posted at 08:54:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This is one of those fortune cookie wisdoms that's just completely wrong
Oh yeah, my last boss who was this successful process engineer with 20 years in the business obviously "don't really understand" his job because he wouldn't be able to explain it to his 10 year old daughter? Yeah that sounds about right.
The___Accountant · 1 points · Posted at 09:17:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
When you really think about it, there is a lot of things we can explain much more simpler.
Does your boss have to explain every little detail and math equation? Nope.
[deleted] · 247 points · Posted at 06:46:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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HyakuJuu · 160 points · Posted at 07:33:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Idk about the cigar but "scar on face" is a must.
apolloxer · 7 points · Posted at 10:00:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It should switch place at least three times during the movie.
karnyboy · 3 points · Posted at 09:59:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I like to keep it because it reminds me of the real danger out there.
murunbuchstansangur · 4 points · Posted at 08:39:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Unobtanium.
Vidla · 2 points · Posted at 11:31:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That was some mean bush
SkinSuitUnSub · 1 points · Posted at 11:56:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
don't forget the dude with the bad eye and a bible
CloseQuartersGaming · 1 points · Posted at 22:30:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
cigar shaped scar on face? Cigscar-on-face?
PlatypuSofDooM42 · 9 points · Posted at 07:17:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And he has to put his hand on your shoulders a lot and pat you on the back before you are allowed to leave.
[deleted] · 12 points · Posted at 07:31:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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PFunk1985 · 5 points · Posted at 07:51:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We had a crusty old Lieutenant with a flattop haircut who would sit in his beat up truck every morning in the parking lot and smoke a cigar before he walked in to the building.
vulture_cabaret · 6 points · Posted at 07:37:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That character from Dr. Strangelove was based on Air Force general Curtis LeMay in the Kennedy administration. Dude was an out right cunt.
[deleted] · -5 points · Posted at 07:45:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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vulture_cabaret · 9 points · Posted at 07:48:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Read up on how he treated K like a child fool and wanted to march the US straight into the maw of global nuclear war with the USSR. He was the cunt of cunts.
MrBenDerisgreat_ · 4 points · Posted at 07:50:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yeah, nah. Fuck the cunt
Wolf6120 · 4 points · Posted at 09:32:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And the massive aviators, of course, that don't even come off in the poorly-lit underground laboratory they're about to enter.
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 10:31:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Dillon! You son of a bitch....."
slap
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 13:23:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What's the matter? CIA got you pushing too many pencils?
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 14:09:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Okay, okay, okay!
Damn good to see you Dutch....
SpeakerOfThings · 3 points · Posted at 08:36:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That's Gene Hackman.
"Son of a Bitch. Private?"
"Yes Sir."
"... get me the President".
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 09:22:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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SpeakerOfThings · 6 points · Posted at 09:29:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"...Son. Of. A. Bitch. PRIVATE!?!"
"..Sir yes Sir!!"
"Get me the Yellow Pages."
apex_editor · 2 points · Posted at 10:34:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Dont forget about the turn-around reveal
Camera is on his back, cigar smoke clouds around him while he spews some badass we-should-do-this-by-the-bookism.
Someone asks him a question...he slowly turns and as we view Ed Harris' face -complete with a scar running from above his eyebrow, past his dead white eye and just a over his cheek , he says "We're throwing the book away on this one"
no-mad · 1 points · Posted at 12:11:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Not in today's military son.
arctic_radar · 17 points · Posted at 08:20:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Let’s just write the whole screenplay.
Military Guy with Cigar: “Get me the pentagon!”
Cut to scene Swanky DC party interrupted by the simultaneous ringing of multiple cell phones.
Cut to scene The threat is explained to the Joint Chiefs in briefing room with the president on video conference. This scene ends with one general asking another
General #2 “Johnson who’s your best (insert threat) expert?”
Jump cut to soon to be main character struggling with some comically mundane task, unaware that 3 men in suits are about to arrive via helicopter and whisk him away without telling him why.
Three_Headed_Monkey · 2 points · Posted at 08:55:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Ha! Perfect
7th_Spectrum · 15 points · Posted at 07:24:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"You're not gonna like it, sir"
SerPlumtree · 14 points · Posted at 07:45:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I already hate this film.
Meowww13 · 9 points · Posted at 07:10:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"We're fucked."
kingvolcano · 8 points · Posted at 08:00:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Isn't there a 'god help us all's in before that?
Ishana92 · 9 points · Posted at 11:20:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Scientist picks up a piece of paper and a pen and proceeds to explain wormholes with it by folding the paper and punching a hole through it.
Three_Headed_Monkey · 2 points · Posted at 11:27:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's literally the only way Hollywood knows how explain wormholes.
[deleted] · 7 points · Posted at 07:44:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The professor takes offense to this.
"Duuuh, big rock in sky come from far away! Duuuuh." The scientist says with his tongue out.
Colonel Jamison furrows his brow. "You have something to say to me, Professor?"
"Indubitably, but very little of which you could comprehend, apparently."
EP_Sped · 6 points · Posted at 07:56:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
reddit should write a movie.
Gialandon · 5 points · Posted at 11:37:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We will need to inform the president......
Later that day.
News headline "anarchy as president trump announced alien invasion via Twitter"
A_Wizzerd · 4 points · Posted at 07:09:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Rambling and stumbling scientificish speech repeated in posh accent
ArriveRaiseHellLeave · 4 points · Posted at 08:04:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"ELI5, professor?" -FTFY
WittsandGrit · 5 points · Posted at 08:15:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
enter attractive female
"Hello Peter"
Scientist: "Megan?"
Megan: "You'll have to excuse the colonel, they didn't study quantum mechanics at the academy"
Kratovil_lavelle · 3 points · Posted at 10:39:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
“Sir... you better come see this..”
thenewyorkgod · 3 points · Posted at 10:55:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
“ let’s say your mother gives you $10 for a lemonade stand”
dpahoe · 2 points · Posted at 08:37:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Ever seen those alien movies major? One of them is about to become real!"
MoffKalast · 2 points · Posted at 09:01:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
In French goddammit!
Sand_diamond · 2 points · Posted at 09:22:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Prawns!facking PRAWNS"!
blockpro156 · 2 points · Posted at 09:43:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That cliche always pisses me off, because generally, it has already been translated into regular English, with not much language that would only be understood by experts.
Like when a hacker says that they have to be physically plugged in to the main network to be able to do something, there shouldn't be any need to simplify it any further than that!
sisepuede4477 · 2 points · Posted at 10:27:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
A scientific speech that isn't that hard to understand.
wr0ng1 · 2 points · Posted at 10:29:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Spit it out Poindexter"
pretendRN · 2 points · Posted at 11:58:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
ELI5 professor.
godofleet · 2 points · Posted at 16:02:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
IN FRENCH!
didjidabuu · 1 points · Posted at 08:31:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I have a bad feeling about this...
weirwood-raven · 1 points · Posted at 10:33:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well well well, MR SCIENTIST!
Fartikus · 1 points · Posted at 11:45:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Akira.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 12:48:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And then they kiss.
RollinIndo · 1 points · Posted at 12:51:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Reddit scripts a movie, one line at a time.
Gregie · 1 points · Posted at 13:20:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Why is it always the full bird that shows up to these things
Three_Headed_Monkey · 1 points · Posted at 13:40:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The full bird?
TearsOfARapper84 · 1 points · Posted at 14:35:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Someone send this to Michael Bay, we've got an explosive movie on our hands.
flyingseel · 1 points · Posted at 18:20:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
“These dinosaurs could become....
takes off glasses
Timeosaurs.”
ErahgonAkalabeth · 8 points · Posted at 08:41:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
/r/writingprompts
YoungHeartsAmerica · 7 points · Posted at 08:10:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
All the navy seals or army rangers on the helicopter have a good head of hair. One of them is obviously Mark Wahlbeg
Bwignite24 · 6 points · Posted at 08:40:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Ah yes, Arrival was good movie.
TheGreyGuardian · 10 points · Posted at 07:08:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And then Harry Truman busts out of a wooden crate and demands a sit-rep.
jaddaprog · 8 points · Posted at 07:25:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Are you propositioning me?
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 07:31:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
In space, yeah thats pretty damn remote
kingwafflez · 3 points · Posted at 07:58:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Helicopters start flying with Sympathy for the Devil playing in the background.
shredbot9000 · 4 points · Posted at 07:18:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Out walks Jeff Goldblum, ready to use his Mac to hack.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 08:21:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I really want to see this film
Bwignite24 · 8 points · Posted at 08:39:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Arrival, they did it right
GeneralDegenerate · 2 points · Posted at 09:01:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There seems to be a response echo 1, engaging the welcome wagon now
waitingtodiesoon · 2 points · Posted at 11:54:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
i am stealing this and selling this script to Hollywood. I am going to be rich !
borz34 · 1 points · Posted at 08:54:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
“Cut to the footage” -hoonigans
CerealFiend · 1 points · Posted at 09:07:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
In my mind the scientist isn't meek and nerdy. I usually go with the Denise 'Christmas comes more than once a Year' Richards version. That way the no nonsense military guy has someone to bang when the last alien falls.
BreezyFX · 1 points · Posted at 09:22:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Stranger things 3 came early.
coconutbeverage · 1 points · Posted at 09:46:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Then they fuk. Just like my pornos.
rebelx · 1 points · Posted at 10:38:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I would like to subscribe to the whole movie. Should be done by the time I wake up in about 8-9 hours, right?
slicespeaches · 1 points · Posted at 11:36:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
R/writingprompts
Sub_Corrector_Bot · 2 points · Posted at 11:36:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You may have meant r/writingprompts instead of R/writingprompts.
Remember, OP may have ninja-edited. I correct subreddit and user links with a capital R or U, which are usually unusable.
-Srikar
slicespeaches · 3 points · Posted at 11:37:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
:(
jl100ct · 1 points · Posted at 11:45:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Make it a WP?
vopickle507 · 1 points · Posted at 11:55:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Charlie Kelly?
Dr_Anch · 1 points · Posted at 12:40:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
One day when I have the money, I want to fund a film made by reddit... y'know, just to see what happens
Doodle4036 · 1 points · Posted at 12:52:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
... and is dating a hooker with a heart of gold... whoops, sorry, that's the next big action cop movie.
hewen · 1 points · Posted at 13:40:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Show me what you got.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 13:47:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This is where redditors from around the world combine forces to achieve a common goal - to contribute to an exciting story.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 13:59:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Still a better love story than Twilight.
(did I do that right?)
RJFerret · 1 points · Posted at 14:02:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Either female with hair pulled back, glasses, clipboard/laptop, and an over-sized coat hiding a Playboy figure*; or male with thinning hair, glasses, clipboard/laptop, and a lab coat hiding a comedic foil.
PS: * at which you scream, "Why is she in such high heels!?"
RandomRedditor44 · 1 points · Posted at 14:42:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
/u/RamsesThePigeon
MumrikDK · 1 points · Posted at 19:49:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Which one of them is a decade younger hot female?
SowingSalt · 1 points · Posted at 21:03:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Welcome to base Strike 1. I'm central officer Bradford, this is Dr. Valen. We'll be briefing you on the situation.
Kidvette2004 · 1 points · Posted at 22:23:57 on December 18, 2017 · (Permalink)
Omfg this thread is a gem
[deleted] · 831 points · Posted at 06:16:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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Three_Headed_Monkey · 297 points · Posted at 06:29:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Haha yeah no one with speaking lines ever pay attention to them. And of course they never happen to speak over the crucial info too...
I have to say, I love how Shawn of the Dead handled this trope
WantDiscussion · 224 points · Posted at 07:30:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
A small part of me wants an entire movie to be like this, just a whole movie with an unrelated plot, that has a zombie apocalypse happening in the background but the main characters are too self absorbed to notice it.
Purpose2 · 75 points · Posted at 08:24:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Not exactly it, but the guy that did black mirror did a series where contestants of big brother are some of the only people alive during a zombie outbreak. It's not bad. Called Dead Set.
Atherum · 28 points · Posted at 09:53:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
In the World War Z novel, one of the stories talks about an island in New York set up as a Celebrity reality show. They had people filming the zombie hordes I the city and then the reactions of the Celebrities from the comfort of their fortified homes would comment and deride the survivors. Eventually the fortress island was overrun by survivors looking for safety and food.
Old_and_Moist · 7 points · Posted at 09:31:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Wow, I totally forgot about this. It was a lot better than what I expected it to be.
SirSoliloquy · 2 points · Posted at 11:46:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That description reminds me of the 2008 Youtube series I am not infected, which I thought was hilarious back in the day.
MaizeBeast01 · 1 points · Posted at 10:10:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I wish that show had ended differently. It had such potential to be amazing.
Holliday88 · 20 points · Posted at 08:19:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That’s how Seinfeld should’ve ended.
CaptainSprinklefuck · 11 points · Posted at 09:05:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The Gang goes to Raccoon City.
[deleted] · 9 points · Posted at 09:40:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You should watch Seeking a Friend for The End of The World. It's about a comet coming to destory the Earth and everyone is freaking out but Steve Carell doesn't care and still goes to work and goes grocery shopping etc. It's pretty funny.
Wanderwow · 10 points · Posted at 08:36:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I really like this idea. I feel like some stories have come close to this effect, like the background plot in the game Dishonored where there's some sort of supernatural whaling industry shenanigans going on but it's always in the background.
ACCount82 · 4 points · Posted at 09:29:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They are burning the whales...
CountPie · 3 points · Posted at 10:43:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There is a great novel by Finnish author Article Paasilinna, about a small newly established farming community growing and prospering, while at the same time WW3 is happening. And no-one really cares, until some marroccan (?) Pilots with an atomic bomb land there, having lost their way.
3thoughts · 3 points · Posted at 12:39:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There's a Community episode where Abed delivers a baby in the background of the parking lot scenes and no one else notices.
CUNT_SHITTER · 5 points · Posted at 09:39:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Wasn't that called Cloverfield?
-Agathia- · 2 points · Posted at 12:59:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
10th Cloverfield is close to that!
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 13:38:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There's a movie with David Cross where they are having like a dinner party or something as the world ends. Kind of similar to what you described
d3loots · 22 points · Posted at 07:00:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Sean shown shaun
Scherazade · 9 points · Posted at 07:22:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Shôn o yr farw.
“Cornetto, os gwelwch yn dda.”
(I fucked that up, Farw is dead as in ‘he is dead’ not as in ‘these are the dead of this incident’. I forget what the word is for corpses in Welsh)
tribble0001 · 1 points · Posted at 17:40:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Diolch.
timharveyau · 7 points · Posted at 07:06:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
God guys, Shaun of the Ded!
Classified0 · 2 points · Posted at 02:26:18 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
I didn't remember the scene, so I looked it up here
Three_Headed_Monkey · 1 points · Posted at 02:40:40 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yeah, that's it exactly. Great scene. I forgot how the lines of the tv presenters of the different shows lined up.
A) it's funny and
B) it's a good way to give exposition to the audience without giving it to the characters
Pidgeonator · 1 points · Posted at 13:20:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Does anyone know what this trope would be known as on TV Tropes?
Three_Headed_Monkey · 2 points · Posted at 13:49:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I think it's just forshadowing. I couldn't find something more specific. There's also Meaningful Background Event which might apply.
ForgettableUsername · 5 points · Posted at 07:13:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I was ignoring it while my Rube Goldbergian breakfast machine burned my eggs and poured coffee all over the floor.
Three_Headed_Monkey · 4 points · Posted at 07:16:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Marty! There's something odd about that asteroid!
What asteroid, Doc?
ForgettableUsername · 3 points · Posted at 07:37:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That’s no asteroid. It’s a space station.
uhhvenger · 1 points · Posted at 09:03:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Shit.
Snowcrest · 1 points · Posted at 14:30:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Looks like no one in this thread is a protagonist..
defaultfresh · 1 points · Posted at 07:10:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Or you might be a raaadnaaack
dolphin_menace · 1758 points · Posted at 05:26:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Very specific but oddly... accurate
Twillz01 · 878 points · Posted at 05:35:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
While they're getting ready to go to their soul-sucking job while arguing with their girlfriend in the morning.
Three_Headed_Monkey · 734 points · Posted at 05:54:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Or they are late picking up their kid from their ex-wife
IMPatrickH · 769 points · Posted at 06:25:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
...but guess who’s there?
The new stepdad to-be who also just happens to have a great job at a well funded, well regarded Tech Start-up that recently successfully landed a rocket on an asteroid.
Good for him. Jackass.
Three_Headed_Monkey · 456 points · Posted at 06:31:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Perfect. And of course later in the movie they have to work together because the protagonist realises that the step-dad's work is the key to saving the world. And they develop a grudging respect for each other.
xanatos451 · 387 points · Posted at 06:37:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Only to realize that one of them must make the ultimate sacrifice for the fate of humanity, so that the other can continue the mission.
Three_Headed_Monkey · 516 points · Posted at 06:41:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"She never stopped loving you. Just promise me you'll take care of her!"
Some_Annoying_Prick · 77 points · Posted at 06:55:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Keep going, we'll have a movie script made entirely from this thread.
MatttheBruinsfan · 10 points · Posted at 08:32:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We'd already have to cut some dialog if Michael Bay directs.
wtfduud · 9 points · Posted at 11:18:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The aliens genetically modify a dog to give it super intelligence, which allows it to speak. He will be the comic relief of the movie.
xanatos451 · 1 points · Posted at 12:25:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
https://youtu.be/ugaW8nd2BrY
ingridelena · 1 points · Posted at 22:37:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And then james franco will make it into a real movie
FifaFrancesco · 207 points · Posted at 06:43:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'd watch this movie tbh
[deleted] · 594 points · Posted at 06:49:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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1Darkest_Knight1 · 32 points · Posted at 06:54:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Coming this Summer, from director Michael Bay...
... The Action movie you've already seen 50 times, just with different actors...
... Space Rock adventure: The Reckoning!
xanatos451 · 11 points · Posted at 07:12:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's about two brothers. In a van. And then a space rock hit. And they ran as fast as they could, from giant cat-monsters. And then a giant tornado came. And that's when things got kicked into twelfth gear...
frogma · 5 points · Posted at 08:39:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Angry grandmas got released from the old-folks' home, and they're looking to kill... with guns. And they, they have like... zombies driving tanks. Grandma zombies in tanks. And then there's a hurricane. And then 3 vigilantes called the 3 Mars Bars jump into the mix, with more guns.
It's called... well, it's called "Two Brothers."
[deleted] · 9 points · Posted at 06:55:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Is this Armageddon?
Silverc25 · 9 points · Posted at 07:07:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
No.... It's Space Rock adventure: The Reckoning!
IMPatrickH · 8 points · Posted at 07:13:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
...THE summer COMEDY of 2018.
See what I did there?
NovelTAcct · 4 points · Posted at 13:13:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The Rockening.
NintendoGuy128 · 6 points · Posted at 07:24:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's pretty much exactly 2012 too.
Thor_PR_Rep · 116 points · Posted at 06:52:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It’s almost 2012
Michaelbama · 11 points · Posted at 07:05:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
2012 hits every single fucking note on here lmao, def a guilty pleasure movie
RicardoMayo_ · 3 points · Posted at 07:43:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The movie I’ll make my kids watch to make them see all the shit we had to go through.
sands_55 · 8 points · Posted at 07:13:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Nooooo it’s almost 2018
IMPatrickH · 5 points · Posted at 07:23:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Great... The Inca Calendar said the world was gonna in 2018.
(quick spin articles on Inca Calendars in time for our movie release)
Tubular_Blimp · 4 points · Posted at 08:25:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's exactly 2012 lmao
aneasymistake · 3 points · Posted at 08:07:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Shit! My bus comes at quarter past.
cjgerik · 46 points · Posted at 07:01:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Lucky for you then, "Armageddon" is calling your name!
FifaFrancesco · 3 points · Posted at 07:02:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
No aliens tho, 4.5/7
ssuurr33 · 1 points · Posted at 07:55:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Dude, Armageddon must be the best movie ever made. It's the only one that never fails to make me cry.
AyyItsNicMag · 21 points · Posted at 06:49:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Same. Except now it's all spoiled. RIP
Reagansmash1994 · 5 points · Posted at 07:37:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You probably already have.
Whatsthemattermark · 8 points · Posted at 07:06:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I’d watch you watching this movie tbh
FifaFrancesco · 2 points · Posted at 07:19:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
8pm, my place?
PFunk1985 · 5 points · Posted at 08:05:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Tbh, this movie should just be called TBH, tbh. The sequel, of course, TBH2: Electric Bugaloo.
Artillect · 10 points · Posted at 06:54:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
/r/ScenesFromAHat
IMPatrickH · 3 points · Posted at 07:01:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Subscribed.
Bill_I_AM_007 · 27 points · Posted at 06:56:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I love every single person in this thread for resonating so much with them.
IMPatrickH · 36 points · Posted at 06:59:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Congrats, /u/Bill_I_AM_007 you just won the role of the protagonists agreeable best friend.
thrasher204 · 6 points · Posted at 07:06:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Too bad they have him die 3/4 of the way through the movie.
IMPatrickH · 5 points · Posted at 07:19:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Sorry, /u/BILL_I_AM_007 you just got Mercutio'd
Bill_I_AM_007 · 3 points · Posted at 09:32:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
At least some day 10th grade english classes will be forced to read about me..
xanatos451 · 2 points · Posted at 12:28:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Better than being Yorick'd I suppose.
ShinyHappyREM · 2 points · Posted at 07:55:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
TOMODA!
yourbraindead · 8 points · Posted at 07:04:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
not sure if you guys are just describing a movie I didnt see or if you are making this up
Taytocs · 6 points · Posted at 06:59:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Final scene being the dead guys funeral, dad eulogizing with sunset in background
toughfluff · 12 points · Posted at 07:47:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Meanwhile, she barely has a speaking part. All she does is frenetically try to move herself and her child from an urban environment to a remote shelter. Somehow she has the access and security clearance to a government facility like that because her ex and current boyfriend are tenuously working for the government.
She might get angry and frustrated. You know because she’d start crying in the bathroom. Until the only other female in the shelter, the President’s wife, comforts her.
mijamala1 · 4 points · Posted at 11:20:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
barely audible over hurricane force winds
unknownunknowns11 · 5 points · Posted at 12:28:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Hope somebody submitted this to r/bestof
IMPatrickH · 4 points · Posted at 06:50:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Nailed it.
Or you know, it could be a comedy. Lovable fuck up saves the world. If this came out 15 years ago Jim Carey could have slayed this role. Jonah Hill would have been perfect 10 years ago before he got super serious. Now? Idk...
floppylobster · 2 points · Posted at 07:27:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I think you mean, "Damn bugs whacked him, Johnny."
krakapow · 2 points · Posted at 12:57:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I never knew I could cringe and laugh so hard at the same time!
_bieber_hole_69 · 118 points · Posted at 06:46:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Don't forget he's ex-military
1Darkest_Knight1 · 145 points · Posted at 06:56:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Ex Special Forces or Marines.
Its never regular Army, Navy or Airforce. It always has to be an elite unit or Marines. Hollywood has a hard on for marines.
[deleted] · 21 points · Posted at 07:07:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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Loktavius · 2 points · Posted at 07:42:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"who are you?!"
unfair_bastard · 7 points · Posted at 07:24:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Dedicated fan base for movie
almostFunctionalLead · 8 points · Posted at 08:51:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You know what marines got a hard on for? Your freedom
xueloz · 3 points · Posted at 09:42:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh, so THAT'S what they've been looking for in Iraq! Golly, hope they find it.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 09:22:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They're gonna freedom the shit outta you
NomadicRobot · 2 points · Posted at 09:47:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Should’ve said they had a hard on for OP’s mom.
1Darkest_Knight1 · 2 points · Posted at 09:55:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I served mate, so I know what marines have a hard on for.
Friedrhino · 1 points · Posted at 10:30:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Because we kill everything we see!
aussie-vault-girl · -4 points · Posted at 07:40:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I have a lady boner for marines. I married one!
newbstarr · 0 points · Posted at 07:53:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So you levee the porch light on?
aussie-vault-girl · 0 points · Posted at 07:57:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
?
newbstarr · 1 points · Posted at 22:10:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Joke about while the partner is away, the omo is in the window. Alluding to servicing while someone is on deployment.
aussie-vault-girl · 1 points · Posted at 22:47:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Ooooooh got you. I’ll ask him when he gets home from work today ha
aussie-vault-girl · 1 points · Posted at 02:39:07 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
No Jodys here.
YabbaDaabaDoo · 14 points · Posted at 06:50:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And the wife took half, leaving him broke and homeless.
Zorzarix · 8 points · Posted at 07:13:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Which is why our protagonist is now stuck in some dead end labouring job and a borderline alcoholic
Thiswasacouch · 4 points · Posted at 07:38:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And that's when his high-ranking government buddy has to go track him down in the secluded cabin he now lives in to get him on board for the mission. Things like "I told you Lawrence, I don't do that anymore! I gave that life up a long time ago..." are said
mijamala1 · 4 points · Posted at 11:20:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
But he's still in really good shape and has nice clothes.
grumpy_hedgehog · 75 points · Posted at 06:42:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And of course, it's [our hero] who selflessly volunteers. But lo! A [sudden event] causes an [object] to [mortally wound] the step-dad.
jd4realz · 15 points · Posted at 07:12:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And yet, as our hero is reunited with ex wife, she really doesn’t seem too upset about sudden demise of step dad, and he is never mentioned again.
RockitDanger · 17 points · Posted at 06:55:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I feel that your use of brackets was [unneeded].
chapert · 76 points · Posted at 06:41:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And when the step dad steps up, that's when the real dad (and audience) realizes the person he despised for being with his wife, was actually a good guy the whole time.
yourlocalheathen · -2 points · Posted at 09:22:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And his wife is just a gold digging whore
Millendra · 4 points · Posted at 07:38:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
President Morgan Freeman will make a deeply meaningful speech about the imminent crisis.
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 07:46:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Hello, boys!.......I'M BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!"
Friedrhino · 3 points · Posted at 10:29:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yes YES!
DrunkenArmadillo · 2 points · Posted at 07:10:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
One of them has to kill the wife/ex wife so they can live happily ever after together?
Jihad-me-at-hello · 30 points · Posted at 06:39:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It just writes itself!
Three_Headed_Monkey · 21 points · Posted at 06:42:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It seems like most Hollywood movies tend to write themselves...
alfiejs · 12 points · Posted at 07:42:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
100 monkeys with typewriters sexually harassing each other.
samuel_leumas · 2 points · Posted at 12:50:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Underrated statement.
AlphaNumericGhost · 3 points · Posted at 07:38:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
By write you mean rewrite a movie they've seen
mcdonaldsjunky · 6 points · Posted at 06:57:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Then the step-dad dies, leaving the protagonist to get back with his ex-wife
oneinchterror · 1 points · Posted at 14:30:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I liked where it was going until your comment. Don't quit your day job.
[deleted] · 7 points · Posted at 06:51:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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IMPatrickH · 8 points · Posted at 06:54:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
As the Jackass step-dad to be... but with a secret.
kILLahILL · 9 points · Posted at 07:01:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"I'm gaaaaay!"
KimJongIlSunglasses · 7 points · Posted at 07:12:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Some friends become enemies, some enemies become friends? Hmm?
Three_Headed_Monkey · 4 points · Posted at 07:14:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The protagonist over comes some obstacles and learns about himself? Hmmm?
tyszkor · 3 points · Posted at 12:13:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
But of course the protagonist is The Rock or Will Smith and the new Step dad is like Ed Helms so we wonder for half the movie why, even with his money, she decided to take this guy over our protagonist. Until he sacrifices himself and we all realize how great of a guy he was deep down.
alfiejs · 1 points · Posted at 07:41:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Are you OK?
IMPatrickH · 2 points · Posted at 07:46:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
386 karma (as of an hour after posting) better than I was. Thanks for asking.
ours · 27 points · Posted at 06:18:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
How Roland Emmerichlian.
ohyouresilly · 3 points · Posted at 07:01:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Some very Emmerich-esque imagery there. /u/three_headed_monkey please make a good independence day sequel.
Three_Headed_Monkey · 5 points · Posted at 07:15:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This sort of movie is so paint by numbers I could probably do it with no prior experience.
Wegeman · 5 points · Posted at 06:22:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And everything is color graded blue.
ENDragoon · 1 points · Posted at 08:41:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Calm down there Roland Emmerich
[deleted] · -8 points · Posted at 06:09:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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stuntaneous · 2 points · Posted at 06:19:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'm not sure what you're trying to achieve.
jrhoffa · 1 points · Posted at 06:36:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
To be annoying, I presume.
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 06:13:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If my job was arguing with my girlfriend, I'm pretty sure I'd find it soul-sucking as well.
kellypg · 5 points · Posted at 06:40:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I ain't gonna work for no soul-sucking jerk. I'm gonna take it all back and I ain't sayin Jack.
IMPatrickH · 2 points · Posted at 07:28:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Played byDanny Glover who is also, "too old for this shit."
OHDFoxy · 5 points · Posted at 06:19:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Wow you just described my life
NoseyCo-WorkersSuck · 5 points · Posted at 06:42:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
As much as I love alien invasion type movies... This is painfully accurate. I would love for someone to throw a wrench in this cliche introduction method.
I understand the whole "gotta show life as normal before shit hits the fan" angle but still... Do something different. Or start the movie in total chaos already.
IMPatrickH · 5 points · Posted at 07:04:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's a pretty tried and true method: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero%27s_journey
Step 1: Establish normalcy for our main character... Step 2: The rest of the steps Step 3: Profit.
sneijder · 4 points · Posted at 07:17:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Would that soul sucking job be flying an old battered propellor airplane spraying crops.... flying skills that could perhaps later be used for piloting a soon to be declassified military starship on roughly one months time ?
a8bmiles · 2 points · Posted at 06:51:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Somebody watches Asylum movies!
SushiMage · 3 points · Posted at 06:20:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's really common enough that I don't think saying it's specific is fair anymore. Maybe if like the workout routines and the cereal they eat are the exact same then yeah.
cittatva · 2 points · Posted at 06:14:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This is the sort of thing that I’d look back on after the fact and be increasingly convinced that cause and effect moves in two directions in time but we’re only able to perceive it in one dimension. I see many of these lately. It started when i dated that girl with schizophrenia about 10 years ago...
God in the most unexpected places...
go-figure · 2 points · Posted at 07:48:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Would you like to know more?
Chicomoztoc · 1 points · Posted at 06:59:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That's called a cliche.
connercreative · 1 points · Posted at 07:37:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If something is accurate it is not odd for it to also be specific.
kekito3 · 1 points · Posted at 13:18:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
How is that specific? Jesus christ, it's the biggest cliche in sci-fi movies.
kaigem · 401 points · Posted at 06:25:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Relevant xkcd
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Clumsy Foreshadowing
Three_Headed_Monkey · 94 points · Posted at 06:32:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There always is one, isn't there?
[deleted] · 23 points · Posted at 06:45:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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Three_Headed_Monkey · 20 points · Posted at 07:21:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
OP here. I'm sure I have read that strip before. Although I didn't specifically recall it when I made the comment, it probably made me more aware of the trope. It really is so god damned common.
Wanderwow · 2 points · Posted at 08:41:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Honestly I had this thought at a gas station recently. It was a cold, dark night and the gas pump television had the news talking about the confederate statues being torn down, and I got a really weird vibe from it. The whole "main character in a modern civil war" movie type thing. Luckily that all blew over.
benjaminikuta · 3 points · Posted at 08:13:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
No, you just don't notice when there isn't.
Fortune_Cat · 3 points · Posted at 07:23:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I don't get it
bbob_robb · 5 points · Posted at 07:57:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Are you a robot?
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 10:37:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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Sataris · 6 points · Posted at 12:51:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The joke is that an increase in shark populations is not ominous, but it would seem like it was if you heard about it in the way the comic describes
Fortune_Cat · 1 points · Posted at 23:34:43 on November 26, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh I get it now
What about the bit around hosts of the view getting replaced?
[deleted] · 44 points · Posted at 16:43:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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[deleted] · 31 points · Posted at 16:43:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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Darkeus56 · 11 points · Posted at 18:03:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
All op needs is a sex accusation and he is Hollywood material.
[deleted] · 162 points · Posted at 06:26:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Considering we live in the weirdest timeline where we have Donald Trump as the president, I’ll believe you.
EDIT: A mysterious bright rip has been spotted in the sky over at Baton Rouge, LA. It’s already happening?
EL_CHUNKACABRA · 17 points · Posted at 07:39:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho
PreExRedditor · 64 points · Posted at 07:02:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
oh god, when the aliens get here and say "take me to your leader", we'll have to bring them to trump....
crazya_2001 · 41 points · Posted at 07:22:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Longcon survival plan.
"Obviously no intelligent life here"
aliens leave
GrumpyWendigo · 80 points · Posted at 07:48:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"They're made out of meat."
"Meat?"
"Meat. They're made out of meat."
"Meat?"
"There's no doubt about it. We picked up several from different parts of the planet, took them aboard our recon vessels, and probed them all the way through. They're completely meat."
"That's impossible. What about the radio signals? The messages to the stars?"
"They use the radio waves to talk, but the signals don't come from them. The signals come from machines."
"So who made the machines? That's who we want to contact."
"They made the machines. That's what I'm trying to tell you. Meat made the machines."
"That's ridiculous. How can meat make a machine? You're asking me to believe in sentient meat."
"I'm not asking you, I'm telling you. These creatures are the only sentient race in that sector and they're made out of meat."
"Maybe they're like the orfolei. You know, a carbon-based intelligence that goes through a meat stage."
"Nope. They're born meat and they die meat. We studied them for several of their life spans, which didn't take long. Do you have any idea what's the life span of meat?"
"Spare me. Okay, maybe they're only part meat. You know, like the weddilei. A meat head with an electron plasma brain inside."
"Nope. We thought of that, since they do have meat heads, like the weddilei. But I told you, we probed them. They're meat all the way through."
"No brain?"
"Oh, there's a brain all right. It's just that the brain is made out of meat! That's what I've been trying to tell you."
"So ... what does the thinking?"
"You're not understanding, are you? You're refusing to deal with what I'm telling you. The brain does the thinking. The meat."
"Thinking meat! You're asking me to believe in thinking meat!"
"Yes, thinking meat! Conscious meat! Loving meat. Dreaming meat. The meat is the whole deal! Are you beginning to get the picture or do I have to start all over?"
"Omigod. You're serious then. They're made out of meat."
"Thank you. Finally. Yes. They are indeed made out of meat. And they've been trying to get in touch with us for almost a hundred of their years."
"Omigod. So what does this meat have in mind?"
"First it wants to talk to us. Then I imagine it wants to explore the Universe, contact other sentiences, swap ideas and information. The usual."
"We're supposed to talk to meat."
"That's the idea. That's the message they're sending out by radio. 'Hello. Anyone out there. Anybody home.' That sort of thing."
"They actually do talk, then. They use words, ideas, concepts?" "Oh, yes. Except they do it with meat."
"I thought you just told me they used radio."
"They do, but what do you think is on the radio? Meat sounds. You know how when you slap or flap meat, it makes a noise? They talk by flapping their meat at each other. They can even sing by squirting air through their meat."
"Omigod. Singing meat. This is altogether too much. So what do you advise?"
"Officially or unofficially?"
"Both."
"Officially, we are required to contact, welcome and log in any and all sentient races or multibeings in this quadrant of the Universe, without prejudice, fear or favor. Unofficially, I advise that we erase the records and forget the whole thing."
"I was hoping you would say that."
"It seems harsh, but there is a limit. Do we really want to make contact with meat?"
"I agree one hundred percent. What's there to say? 'Hello, meat. How's it going?' But will this work? How many planets are we dealing with here?"
"Just one. They can travel to other planets in special meat containers, but they can't live on them. And being meat, they can only travel through C space. Which limits them to the speed of light and makes the possibility of their ever making contact pretty slim. Infinitesimal, in fact."
"So we just pretend there's no one home in the Universe."
"That's it."
"Cruel. But you said it yourself, who wants to meet meat? And the ones who have been aboard our vessels, the ones you probed? You're sure they won't remember?"
"They'll be considered crackpots if they do. We went into their heads and smoothed out their meat so that we're just a dream to them."
"A dream to meat! How strangely appropriate, that we should be meat's dream."
"And we marked the entire sector unoccupied."
"Good. Agreed, officially and unofficially. Case closed. Any others? Anyone interesting on that side of the galaxy?"
"Yes, a rather shy but sweet hydrogen core cluster intelligence in a class nine star in G445 zone. Was in contact two galactic rotations ago, wants to be friendly again."
"They always come around."
"And why not? Imagine how unbearably, how unutterably cold the Universe would be if one were all alone ..."
http://www.terrybisson.com/page6/page6.html
hannahbanana317 · 14 points · Posted at 07:55:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Jeez that was glorious.
SkaveRat · 9 points · Posted at 09:40:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
now I feel awkward being out of meat
nutseed · 7 points · Posted at 08:10:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
thank you and thank you for source. source for meat.
GrumpyWendigo · 10 points · Posted at 08:11:28 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
(flaps meat in response)
toilet_brush · 1 points · Posted at 14:31:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There's a short film of it too.
-Tasogare- · 5 points · Posted at 08:44:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
For an advanced alien race they sure have a shitty understanding of physics lol
GrumpyWendigo · 14 points · Posted at 08:48:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
but they have contemporary american casual conversation down to a science
Dookie_boy · 2 points · Posted at 21:37:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What would be the meat equivalent of the Alien's repulsion of having to contact meat ?
skekze · 2 points · Posted at 17:55:04 on December 12, 2017 · (Permalink)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvKEwszUwWo
IMPatrickH · 9 points · Posted at 07:29:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We will send them Tom Hanks and it'll all work out.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 09:25:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Wiiiiilllllllllssssooooooonnnnnnn
RetroGradeReturn · 8 points · Posted at 07:38:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Wouldn't it technically be Putin?
blueberrythyme · 4 points · Posted at 09:17:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
António Guterres would make the most sense to me since he's the head of the UN
rancid-testicles · 5 points · Posted at 07:26:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Only if they land in the US
ToggilSaram · 3 points · Posted at 08:41:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Nah, man. It's 2017, we'll have to bring him to Xi Jinping.
Norci · 3 points · Posted at 13:36:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Movie idea: Aliens come to visit Earth, and the human race has to work together to pretend Trump isn't the president, instead presenting them with a stand-in actor, doing best efforts ensuring aliens and Trump don't meet.
PreExRedditor · 1 points · Posted at 06:53:02 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
can we cast seth rogan and have a scene where he smokes out the aliens inside their mothership?
Camelbacky · 8 points · Posted at 07:24:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Just pretend Merkel is the President. They won’t know
gohomebrentyourdrunk · 2 points · Posted at 11:29:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Just bring them to Canada and introduce them to Trudeau, he's still useless but at least he's pretty and will say nice things.
DheeradjS · 2 points · Posted at 07:25:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You should do the smart thing and just bring them to Guterres
Starrion · 1 points · Posted at 15:57:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
No. Putin.
Explodicle · 1 points · Posted at 21:08:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They said leader, not ruler. I'd take them to Neil deGrasse Tyson or Stephen Hawking.
0v329000 · 1 points · Posted at 21:34:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Assuming they land in the USA whatbif they land in North Korea?
martinaee · 10 points · Posted at 07:06:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'm just going to assume in the future somebody already invented a machine that lets humans access any possible timeline/dimension and someone used it for evil to fuck with the human race. Now we have Trump as president, ISIS, and single-ply toilet paper. No reason why this strange elongated object can't be the harbinger of our destruction.
bambamtx · 1 points · Posted at 21:33:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
But we could have had Hillary. Overall we dodged a nuke and got an arrow to the knee.
Murlman17 · 3 points · Posted at 07:36:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Trump should give a speech like the president in Independence Day and then fly a jet.
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 07:40:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Nah man. He lizard people. He would most likely jump into whatever swamp he came out off.
PM_ME_FIT_REDHEADS · 3 points · Posted at 07:58:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This is their chance. President Trump is clearly a robot controlled by aliens or lizard people. That gif of him glitching is a big giveaway!
phatsakis · 3 points · Posted at 09:39:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There was a UFO of sorts over the west coast a few weeks ago.
John_Keating_ · 1 points · Posted at 14:51:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That's clearly the Eye of Sauron.
cyberpunk1Q84 · 8 points · Posted at 06:28:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I, for one, welcome our alien overlords.
[deleted] · 9 points · Posted at 06:51:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Time for a superhero team-up. Avengers or Justice League?
-ImJustSaiyan- · 4 points · Posted at 08:17:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Justice League. The big blue boyscout himself (Superman) is all we would ever need tbh. Everyone else would just be a bonus.
TheCraut · 8 points · Posted at 10:58:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Take me to your leader"
"Oh buddy, trust me. Neither of us wanna involve him."
"We come in peace"
"Oh, he'll make you wanna question that"
Three_Headed_Monkey · 3 points · Posted at 11:11:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Not to worry. We went through our rough patches too."
Wavesignal · 23 points · Posted at 05:27:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Damn, this was the first thing I thought too.
noblazinjusthazin · 5 points · Posted at 07:56:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
My favorite plot hole about alien movies is that Earth is this planet of abundance. We know understand water isn’t so hard to find I.e. Saturn’s moon Titan, there’s asteroids of solid gold, planets where it rains diamonds, etc. Even the argument of Earth being in the Goldilocks zone is no longer super relevant because we’ve identified a countless amount of planets in this zone. If Aliens want something trust me it’s much easier to get somewhere else
VitQ · 2 points · Posted at 11:02:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We have abundance of dank memes, that's what the aliens must be after!
odracirr · 1 points · Posted at 18:22:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Unless they want a new delicacy...human flesh.
smitcal · 6 points · Posted at 11:50:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Waiting for all electricity to start going nuts, and message to come through every tv in the world
Three_Headed_Monkey · 4 points · Posted at 11:56:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You
Are not
Alone
pewpew69weed · 6 points · Posted at 14:41:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Throwing down this comment so I tell my future kids that I was here.
vossejongk · 5 points · Posted at 14:44:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Suggesting there will be an internet in the future after they are done with us ?
xroarxx · 1 points · Posted at 16:46:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
same
chestwoundssuck · 1 points · Posted at 23:44:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
ditto
paranach9 · 4 points · Posted at 06:50:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There’s a movie camera behind me right now, isn’t there, filming me reading this thread
rapgoddragslayer1996 · 4 points · Posted at 07:37:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I swear I chose the zombie apocalypse scenario but I guess this game must have glitched out and launched an alien invasion.
-ImJustSaiyan- · 4 points · Posted at 08:23:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Meh, I'd rather not see everyone I know and love turn into mindless monsters anyway.
rapgoddragslayer1996 · 0 points · Posted at 12:58:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
eventually they all return to the dirt and you will never see them again, so what is the difference?
-ImJustSaiyan- · 3 points · Posted at 13:08:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The difference is that they would be mindless monsters, unable to feel emotion, unable to even recognize me, trying to eat me!
Don't you think it would be mentally scarring to have a zombified loved one trying to eat you, and having to kill them in self defense?
rapgoddragslayer1996 · 2 points · Posted at 13:15:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I mean, it would be mentally scarring, I am only scared of the fact that the zombies might be the runners we see in train to busan or world war z, that would be fucked up, because I would probably die too. As long as they are average speed it should be like duck hunt 2.0, and I can larp Glenn albeit I get my head beat in with a baseball bat by a dude called Negan.
Since I do believe in some kind of afterlife it would be more relieving for them to be murdered by some idiot releasing the virus rather than them doing something stupid with their own free will resulting in damnation. Only if my loved ones aren't accomplices to murder, ignorant to murders, or murderous assholes which I believe all of them are not, I would not be scared for them. I can't say the same for a lot of poor souls in this world to be honest, a lot of people end up losing their credibility of innocence some point in their adult lives by doing something really fucking stupid.
amilliontomatoes · 3 points · Posted at 07:40:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yup! I for one look forward to hearing what deputy undersecretary Chrisjen Avasarala has to say about this!
Rahdahdah · 6 points · Posted at 07:35:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Stay the fuck out of Washington D.C. and New York, guys.
-ImJustSaiyan- · 2 points · Posted at 08:20:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
But what if I want to see the Avengers?
Rahdahdah · 4 points · Posted at 09:01:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Then I guess your death will affect one of the main Avengers in a certain way, in order to introduce the main conflict of Civil War II. Kinda neat actually.
-ImJustSaiyan- · 4 points · Posted at 09:02:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Sounds good to me, sign me up!
grabitoe · 3 points · Posted at 07:39:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
/r/writingprompts
b-roc · 3 points · Posted at 07:40:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It doesn't help that we've even named it "scout"! It's like we're asking for an invasion...
shitterplug · 3 points · Posted at 09:10:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's always some little TV in a kitchen or some shit.
experts_never_lie · 3 points · Posted at 09:24:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
When I heard that it's about 400m x 40m x 40m, my first thought was that Morgan Freeman might finally be able to make "Rendezvous with Rama".
IndigoFenix · 3 points · Posted at 11:02:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
For those who didn't read the article, let's not forget that the thing is composed of a red, possibly organic substance...
NerdMachine · 3 points · Posted at 11:59:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's definitely the protomolecule.
legacy_of_fail · 3 points · Posted at 13:07:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Somewhere, the alien snaps its fingers and grumbles: "fuck, I missed".
As soon as they get better with their aim, we better start thinking about which world war 2 battleship we're going to dig up and retrofit.
TheFaceBehindItAll · 3 points · Posted at 13:46:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"What do you mean it changed directions towards Earth?"
Chipleo · 3 points · Posted at 16:59:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If Reddit wanted to make an awesome PR stunt they'd let you make that movie.
BuffaloKiller937 · 2 points · Posted at 06:25:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Lol you are so right
Mikey2104 · 2 points · Posted at 06:28:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
...Shit.
ekfslam · 2 points · Posted at 06:43:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That means we're not the protagonist I guess. I didn't think this is how I would find out.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 06:48:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If it offers a sweet release from a meaningless life, why not?
mylittleverrucca · 2 points · Posted at 06:48:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's about time!
plankicorn · 2 points · Posted at 06:50:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This was my exact thought. Only a matter of time now I suppose.
AverageCivilian · 2 points · Posted at 06:52:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So would Tom Delonge be the lead or more of an important side character that dies near the end?
HankSpank · 2 points · Posted at 07:09:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Commenting so I can say I was there when you correctly predicted aliens.
Cpapa97 · 2 points · Posted at 07:13:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If I at least get some screentime in the background of this real life horror movie waiting to happen, count me in.
ksajksale · 2 points · Posted at 07:17:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So, we are all just a background for a movie?
plasmarob · 2 points · Posted at 07:18:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Add to this the fact what they're calling it sounds like "oh-mama" said in slow motion.
7th_Spectrum · 2 points · Posted at 07:25:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Ok, I'll go make breakfast while the news channel is on.
fuchsgesicht · 2 points · Posted at 07:38:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If that shit happens and they want to see trump i quit, like on life.
ffyrtp · 1 points · Posted at 16:32:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
yea can't wait to see him tellin' em how he won biggly with a big crowd and about all those emails and fake news
WrinklyTidbits · 2 points · Posted at 07:47:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh man, if only those movies showed the reddit post that actually had this comment thread in it. 2meta5me
MrZakius · 2 points · Posted at 08:01:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I think about this all the time reading headlines. When some immune bacteria start spreading in some African country I always think about beginning of a zombie movie.
n7-Jutsu · 2 points · Posted at 08:29:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Fuck my body is ready.
TaylorDangerTorres · 2 points · Posted at 09:19:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Or an easter egg refrencing or setting up a future villain/storyline in a superhero/and or well established franchise.
mafulazula · 2 points · Posted at 09:37:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Interstellar Visitor Spotted with Telescope" was on a crawl on the TV when I heard about this. "By God, they're here and looking at us!" was my first thought..
FetchingTheSwagni · 2 points · Posted at 09:41:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I wonder who the main character is of life.
Atherum · 2 points · Posted at 09:48:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yeah it's basically the Chekov's gun of Sci-Fi, Greg Bear had a similar thing in Forge of God but instead of an Asteroid, it was the silent and very quick "disappearance" of a planet/moon (Can't remember which).
WooDadooDooRakeYohn · 2 points · Posted at 10:03:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Most true thing I have EVER seen on the internet
Miko00 · 2 points · Posted at 10:07:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I can't wait to be the normal guy that saves the world
sn0wlegion · 2 points · Posted at 10:08:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
When top comments accidently becomes a writing prompt.
Tar-eruntalion · 2 points · Posted at 10:09:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
can we make this whole thread into a movie pretty please ?
vextortion · 2 points · Posted at 10:29:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I un-upvoted this just so i could upvote it twice.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 10:54:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I mean look at the impression of the shape of it. It's even vaguely spaceship shaped.
Sherlockhomey · 2 points · Posted at 11:21:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This reminds me of This Is The End
TalShar · 2 points · Posted at 11:40:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yup, then it smashes into Phoebe and we're all about to have a real bad time.
ReallProto · 2 points · Posted at 12:49:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Uh life...uh life, finds a way
BodyDoubles · 2 points · Posted at 12:57:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
In before this actually turns into a movie one day. I'm just commenting so I have proof I was here for the origin. :)
codemonkey985 · 1 points · Posted at 15:32:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Hell yes. I would watch the shit out of this thing! Reddit should pass the proberbial tin around to get it started ala redditstarter(tm) style.
I'll pledge 3.50 and my collection of pogs
lupedid · 2 points · Posted at 13:02:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Main character has marital problems.
nakrophile · 2 points · Posted at 13:05:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's annoying how I've spent my limited work reddit time (ie poop time) on this fascinating thread reading a film script. Amazing, but... actually, I have no regrets.
Three_Headed_Monkey · 2 points · Posted at 13:42:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Hey don't worry, I spent more time writing it!
sldfghtrike · 2 points · Posted at 13:12:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This is probably how it's going to go down
unbeliever87 · 2 points · Posted at 13:14:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Guana...
jWalkerFTW · 2 points · Posted at 14:23:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Encounter with Rama
FlyingPiranha · 2 points · Posted at 14:32:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That's the only reason I opened this. Just to be sure I wasn't in that movie.
Kadem2 · 2 points · Posted at 17:26:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Literally Cloverfield.
lubekubes · 2 points · Posted at 01:52:19 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
Hey, this stuff is exactly what r/passtheparagraph is about
-Terumi- · 2 points · Posted at 07:15:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We are already in the darkest timeline what's one alien invasion now?
pegcity · 2 points · Posted at 13:37:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
HOOORN Ramna HOOORN
legitniga · 2 points · Posted at 08:32:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Hahaha so accurate, so much win, ftw you won all of the internets today lol XD
Three_Headed_Monkey · 2 points · Posted at 08:54:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Holy crap I really did...
cosmicandshit · 1 points · Posted at 07:23:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Chicken or the egg?
supersaiyan3trump · 1 points · Posted at 07:30:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
(insert arrival, insert Mars attacks, insert interstellar, insert thor, insert my dick)
SageBus · 1 points · Posted at 07:36:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Why is it always Hawaiian names with astronomers from the United States...
vandalayindustris · 1 points · Posted at 07:40:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They're here now with us
carlsaischa · 1 points · Posted at 08:01:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Arkanoid live action movie!
WillSmoth · 1 points · Posted at 08:39:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The fourth wall didn't stand a chance.
universaljoint · 1 points · Posted at 09:03:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's finally happening.
SecondDead · 1 points · Posted at 09:23:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Please god don't let first contact happen under Trump
headedtojail · 1 points · Posted at 09:28:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Exactly. For me, it goes even further than that. I believe that this is how it WILL evantually start. Not necessarily like in the movies, but with a news report, scientists this, scientistst that, and then....extraterrestial life! First contact!
NocturnalMorning2 · 1 points · Posted at 11:32:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There's interesting science and engineering to be done!
hectorduenas86 · 1 points · Posted at 11:41:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Jeff Goldblum?
maikelg · 1 points · Posted at 12:16:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Didn't Cloverfield have something like that, where you can see a tiny spaceship in the sky in the beginning of the movie if you pay attention?
Three_Headed_Monkey · 1 points · Posted at 12:19:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yeah it's a satellite crashing into the ocean.
IROverRated · 1 points · Posted at 16:18:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That was at the end wasn't it?
maikelg · 1 points · Posted at 16:23:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yeah, you're right. It's been a while since I saw the movie.
IROverRated · 1 points · Posted at 17:05:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yea same I was second guessing myself there lol
gn01145600 · 1 points · Posted at 12:18:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Aight... Now I want to watch it at the cinema... Or watch it at live!
EmergencySarcasm · 1 points · Posted at 12:21:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So... A background news behind all the politics and stuff going on now?
ArgonGryphon · 1 points · Posted at 12:44:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I mean it almost is the story of the Protomolecule exactly, except they figured this part out AFTER it had turned a bunch of people into goo.
InQuietDesperation · 1 points · Posted at 12:46:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's either an alien dildo or the second coming
Tiag · 1 points · Posted at 12:58:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We're in Hollywood, babe
MovePeasants · 1 points · Posted at 13:13:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I mean this whole wrticle is the literal background to "Below The Ice Limit"
Lvl69DragonSlayer · 2956 points · Posted at 03:10:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Judging by the thumbnail I can tell you all with 100% certainty that this is a Super Stardestroyer.
Edit: I've learned about so many different ships and I was way off.
HostilesAhead_BF-05 · 357 points · Posted at 05:07:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It looks like Home One to me
Orange-V-Apple · 141 points · Posted at 06:41:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well then it sounds like IT'S A TRAP
SufficentGravitas · 7 points · Posted at 07:42:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
no no no, it's just here to blow up Mimus
wolfamongyou · 3 points · Posted at 11:03:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Nah, Culture GSV checking us out.
"Send contact operatives?"
"No, nothing interesting down there we can't get from a flyby."
ThaneOfTas · 2 points · Posted at 12:09:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Not even close to big enough to be a GSV, maybe a Limited Contact Unit.
wolfamongyou · 1 points · Posted at 12:25:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You're probably right :)
GrabbinPills · 1 points · Posted at 12:45:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Meatfucker might be looking for some new and interesting specimens for its torture museum.
wolfamongyou · 1 points · Posted at 12:47:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"I VOLUNTEER AS TRIBUTE!"
GrabbinPills · 1 points · Posted at 13:07:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Being displaced onto Sleeper Service would pretty much be best case scenario for me. I wouldn't even mind being a statue for a few millennia if it meant I could join the Culture after our tableau gets decommissioned.
wolfamongyou · 1 points · Posted at 13:40:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
A human time capsule. I wouldn't mind either. I'd love to be part of the culture just to see it, if only.
GoldenGonzo · 1 points · Posted at 10:13:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Home One isn't nearly as long in comparison to it's own height. If you cut off the front half, then maybe.
wut3va · 3 points · Posted at 14:02:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Fair enough, but can we at least agree that it's some model of Mon Calamari Star Cruiser?
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 02:07:04 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
It looks more like the Eye of Palpatine to me
[deleted] · -2 points · Posted at 06:13:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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[deleted] · 107 points · Posted at 05:39:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You should start a political party that makes policy based on thumbnails. Vow to never open a link.
Niavart · 9 points · Posted at 08:02:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
so... reddit ?
DoctorAwesomeBallz69 · 2 points · Posted at 09:50:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Opening links is for weiners. I ain't no weiner.
hjwoolwine · 2 points · Posted at 13:46:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The book can and should be judged by it's cover - u/Lvl69DragonSlayer
[deleted] · -5 points · Posted at 06:13:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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throway_nonjw · 17 points · Posted at 04:34:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Nope, a Rapid Offensive Unit (The Culture novels).
AbsenceVSThinAir · 5 points · Posted at 07:08:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Many years ago, it was a size comparison in a Slashdot comment that introduced me to The Culture. Someone mentioned that the Halos in Halo were far smaller than Larry Niven's Ringworld, and were much closer in size to the orbitals in The Culture by Iain M. Banks.
If you can dig some space opera, you owe it to yourself to check out The Culture series by Iain M. Banks. It's bloody brilliant.
Elias_Fakanami · 4 points · Posted at 06:24:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There we go. Finally a size comparison from someone speaking my language.
...but now you've made me sad.
Peppyperoni · 51 points · Posted at 03:33:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Naw, definitely the Poopship destroyer
JohnnyRyall76 · 6 points · Posted at 06:16:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Got a 30 min Poopship live once. Crazy shit mang.
311texan33 · 3 points · Posted at 07:24:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Please tell me the entree is a pork roll, egg and cheese (on a Kaiser bun), and some gravy fries.
fluxtable · 2 points · Posted at 06:17:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Let's cruise the chocolate stew!
evilxerox · 2 points · Posted at 06:21:28 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Love this song and band
GrandMaesterGandalf · 5 points · Posted at 06:21:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Looks more like a Mon Calimari Cruiser. It's a trap!
bmwhd · 7 points · Posted at 11:01:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's clearly the Doomsday Machine from Star Trek TOS S2:E6.
mathazar · 4 points · Posted at 18:45:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Or the giants space log from Star Trek 4 that wants to talk to whales.
bmwhd · 2 points · Posted at 22:18:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Another good one!
Sjgolf891 · 2 points · Posted at 15:31:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Definitely
angry_bumblebee · 21 points · Posted at 05:57:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
zentradi flagship
i'll need you to turn-in your geek card
MonaganX · 4 points · Posted at 08:33:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
More like "weeb card".
G8kpr · 2 points · Posted at 07:51:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
My friend posted something similar on facebook..
time to start growing me some protoculture in my back yard.
GrigoriTheDragon · 1 points · Posted at 06:55:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
My first thought aswell, kinda scary that we only have that "mockup" picture.
GrigoriTheDragon · 4 points · Posted at 06:55:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Zentraedi Flagship...
dood98998 · 7 points · Posted at 05:45:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The Eclipse Confirmed!
Poppin__Fresh · 5 points · Posted at 06:26:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"All Hail The Zann Consortium"
ZacatecanJack · 3 points · Posted at 07:24:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Collector ship from ME2
Gamilon · 2 points · Posted at 07:40:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I was thinking something from Macross
AdmiralAkbar1 · 2 points · Posted at 07:51:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Concentrate all fire on it!
blahblahblicker · 2 points · Posted at 13:15:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Without a banana for reference, can you really be 100% certain?
Lvl69DragonSlayer · 2 points · Posted at 13:22:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's actually basic physics that there is a banana in every photo ever taken since 1972 April 3rd. I'm was that day the Great Lord Bananestro was finally defeated by the Jackson Five, before his death he transported his essence into the Cosmic Kodak where his form was warped and perverted until it resembled that of the common house banana. Now Bananestro is our greatest gift and curse for he is with us in all our moments.
blahblahblicker · 1 points · Posted at 15:25:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well damn, TIL!
Where can one find more information on the Great Lord Bananestro? Google, sadly, is failing me this day.
NSFWIssue · 2 points · Posted at 13:49:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Greetings, how did you know what our ships look like?"
compelx · 1 points · Posted at 23:54:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
YOU MAY DISPENSE with the pleasantries, aliens. I am here to put you back on schedule.
Petersaber · 1 points · Posted at 10:59:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You fool, thats an MC30c Torpedo Frigate!
AliceTrippDaGain · 1 points · Posted at 12:04:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I mean it is clearly an Iteron V Let's hope it is carrying something valuable.
pegcity · 1 points · Posted at 13:41:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Ramna.
mo-rek · 1 points · Posted at 14:27:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Itd have to be a star destroyer if it is only 1k long. Im hoping it's one of the dreadnaughts from the Outbound flight project. Maybe the jedi on it can sense us!
JohnBlind · 1 points · Posted at 18:04:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Codename "The Weinstein"
midnightdsob · 1 points · Posted at 22:44:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'm pretty sure it's emitting whale sounds....
AsymmetricalStoicism · 1362 points · Posted at 02:00:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
A dead sub-lightspeed colony ship from Vega. Something... happened en-route. You don't want to find out what. Be happy they didn't stop.
[deleted] · 506 points · Posted at 04:30:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Vega was the star that the alien message in Contact came from btw..
[deleted] · 126 points · Posted at 05:16:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Interesting book, can feel pretty slow at times, waited the entire book for one chapter basically but that chapter was incredible.
damontoo · 45 points · Posted at 08:23:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Most people know Contact as a movie. It was originally a screenplay but Sagan couldn't get anyone to make the film so he turned it into a novel. When the novel was a success, he got to make the movie which ended up being an even larger success.
TM3-PO · 1 points · Posted at 13:57:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Alright alright alright
subdep · 7 points · Posted at 07:15:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There is a message in pi.
wut3va · 3 points · Posted at 14:03:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There are many messages in pi.
MarsNirgal · 2 points · Posted at 01:52:15 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
There are ALL the messages in pi.
wut3va · 1 points · Posted at 14:12:53 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
Prove it.
TopographicOceans · 4 points · Posted at 13:06:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And also Vincent's last name in "Pulp Fiction"
wut3va · 2 points · Posted at 14:04:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Also that bastard from Street Fighter II that climbs the fence.
Nghtmare-Moon · 2 points · Posted at 10:49:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They were vegans
wut3va · 2 points · Posted at 14:04:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh no.
clonn · 8 points · Posted at 10:17:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There are already Vegans living among us.
ShoutOutTo_Caboose · 8 points · Posted at 02:36:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That game gives me shudders.
CrazedZombie · 6 points · Posted at 03:18:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What game?
TheGillos · 10 points · Posted at 03:32:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
System Shock?
TheawesomeQ · 1 points · Posted at 19:14:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Is it?
ShoutOutTo_Caboose · 1 points · Posted at 04:02:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Vega Conflict ofcourse.
FreeInformation4u · 24 points · Posted at 06:20:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well don't say "of course", it's totally fair that they may not have heard of it.
xternal7 · 7 points · Posted at 06:55:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Plot twist: they forgot to set their alarm clocks.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 11:29:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
sub-sub-sub-sub-lightspeed. If this is a colony ship, it's one damn slow Amish carriage with one crippled mule and square wheels of a space ship
MisterRatburn · 3 points · Posted at 11:58:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Space Luxury Cruise
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 12:06:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Captain Zap Brannigan reporting for sexy duty!
Kaeyne · 2 points · Posted at 08:03:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Facehuggers, man. Better let that thing drive by and maybe we'll live another year.
njott · 2 points · Posted at 12:31:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Thargoids.....
Jasontheperson · 2 points · Posted at 12:37:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Actually if you read the paper, it came from the direction of Vega now, but Vega wasn't there tens of thousands of years ago. This thing could have been floating through interstellar space for billions of years.
jb_in_jpn · 1 points · Posted at 08:29:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
/r/WritingPrompts
Pecek · 1 points · Posted at 08:36:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I believe that's what happened to aftermarket Vega as well.
Leminems · 1 points · Posted at 06:30:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
by M. Night Shyamalan
DoctorAwesomeBallz69 · 4 points · Posted at 10:07:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What a twist!
ShoutOutTo_Caboose · 5324 points · Posted at 02:36:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I vote we don’t probe it because I saw Life and it didn’t end well for anyone.
tagged2high · 1703 points · Posted at 02:48:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Fuck, that movie was kind of brutal.
drewforeman · 772 points · Posted at 05:02:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Kind of?!
Heyohmydoohd · 111 points · Posted at 05:34:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
^
Jim_Eleven · 25 points · Posted at 08:52:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
such a low effort comment that has a somewhat decent amount of upvotes
karanut · 18 points · Posted at 09:08:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's one of those comments that cannot sit on 1 point, whichever way it goes.
Quithi · 10 points · Posted at 09:47:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Reddit is a fickle bitch.
Heyohmydoohd · 8 points · Posted at 11:44:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I’ve seen people get gilded five times by typing a period then leaving the thread because that’s how gold is.
seriousgi · 11 points · Posted at 12:23:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
.
MURDER_ROCKET · 4 points · Posted at 13:27:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
!
NovelTAcct · 0 points · Posted at 13:22:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
gold plz
MouthPoop · 17 points · Posted at 08:22:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Brutal to sit through it's entirety.
Quithi · 18 points · Posted at 09:48:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
At some point you wonder how anyone could be as extremely incapable as that crew. I like to think that reynolds could have saved everybody if he hadn't taken the creature on alone.
Heyohmydoohd · 9 points · Posted at 11:46:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And the designers of the space station.
“Hey let’s make it so that in this awesome multi-million dollar lab that should be AS SECURE AS POSSIBLE, the air vents or whatever have to be shut single file in a process taking what seems like infinity if under pressure.
Quithi · 1 points · Posted at 14:55:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Also the systems aren't contained at all apparently. The creature could get all over the place by moving through the tube systems. That doesn't make sense. That means there are no doors in the lines so any leak would lead to a massive drain of all the fluids.
therandomizer · 3 points · Posted at 14:36:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That alien was such a rascal!
TantalizingVenom · 251 points · Posted at 05:39:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Was it good?
OS_SilverDax · 402 points · Posted at 05:51:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It was all right. But brutal, yeah.
Coal_Morgan · 298 points · Posted at 06:39:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I really want to redo that movie as a horror intro to Venom.
Have the last scene be Spidey looking into the hatch.
camzabob · 123 points · Posted at 07:23:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh man that would've blown minds.
69SRDP69 · 26 points · Posted at 07:30:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It would be like the end of split, but better
QuoteHulk · 4 points · Posted at 14:07:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Is split worth watching? I saw it was on HBO
LethalJizzle · 2 points · Posted at 19:06:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If you're a fan of early Shyamalan, then I would say it is definitely worth watching.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 18:40:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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QuoteHulk · 1 points · Posted at 18:53:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh man... so probably not worth it then? I don't have the kind of stamina
69SRDP69 · 1 points · Posted at 20:05:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It had some really good moments mixed with some silly stuff, but I would recommend it overall
Jack_Bartowski · 5 points · Posted at 08:52:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh? I should watch that. Ive got it
futurefucker · 2 points · Posted at 09:57:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
God that last scene was totally horrific. Is there any plans for sequel?
Aussie-Nerd · 1 points · Posted at 15:14:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
For Life? .... Not sure how a sequel would work.
Darth_Balthazar · 2 points · Posted at 17:45:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That would mean that venom killed deadpool
The_Watcher__ · 2 points · Posted at 02:44:48 on November 24, 2017 · (Permalink)
Dude....
doorbellguy · 3 points · Posted at 07:30:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5442430/ this one?
_trailerbot_tester_ · 3 points · Posted at 07:30:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Hello, I'm a bot! The movie you linked is called Life, here are some Trailers
hungxipinghua · 1 points · Posted at 13:37:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yes
ZutroyZuuts · 713 points · Posted at 06:18:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I didn't like it. It was like idiocracy in space, only not funny. So many dumbass decisions by the characters, I couldn't suspend my disbelief and accept that they would be chosen for such a mission in the first place.
I slightly liked the ending though.
xanatos451 · 556 points · Posted at 06:32:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's like they all kept forgetting what the fuck a quarantine is.
thebonesinger · 373 points · Posted at 06:46:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They had a fucking quarantine officer whose every second line was I AM HERE TO MAINTAIN QUARANTINE and then they didn't just dorp the ball they took the ball and slammed it into their faces.
S1NN1ST3R · 196 points · Posted at 07:05:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I might just name my first child Dorp.
eon0 · 18 points · Posted at 07:38:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
My son is also named Dorp.
rhellik · 11 points · Posted at 08:57:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We need more "Dorp" license plates, I repeat...
animatedintro · -2 points · Posted at 12:53:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
👉😗👉 zoop
A_Wizzerd · 13 points · Posted at 07:12:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Slam their newborn face into something unyielding a few times for good measure.
Brutal? Sure.
Unethical? Certainly.
Going to hell? Yep.
Worth it for the sake of comedy? Absolutely!
Ch8s3 · 10 points · Posted at 07:39:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
🎵LET THE BEAT DORP🎵
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 10:55:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Let the dorp hit the...
FLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRR!
Ch8s3 · 1 points · Posted at 12:09:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Let the bodies hit the Dorrrrp
michael60634 · 5 points · Posted at 07:47:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
🎵 LET'S BEAT DORP🎵
ruskifreak · 4 points · Posted at 10:24:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They're always out of Dorp novelty license plates.
stevesy17 · 3 points · Posted at 12:41:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They'll be sure to name you when the prison psychologist asks why they did it
TryMeOnBirdLaw · 3 points · Posted at 12:51:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Come along Bort!"
"Were you talking to me?"
"No, my son's name is also Bort!..."
BlueWizard_ · 2 points · Posted at 09:40:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's better if you don't dorp your child as a baby.
Shoeboxer · 2 points · Posted at 10:27:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Ill give you $5 if you do.
Kitaon · 2 points · Posted at 12:52:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Dorp means village in Dutch. Now your first child's name has a meaning.
VitQ · 1 points · Posted at 09:09:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
How about Snargle or Gorf?
minddropstudios · 1 points · Posted at 09:32:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Chunder.
thebonesinger · 1 points · Posted at 17:10:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's the perfect word for when you really need to drive home how badly they dorped the ball
Dookie_boy · 1 points · Posted at 21:42:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Dorp Lundgren
KimJongIlSunglasses · 11 points · Posted at 07:13:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I love this typo.
xanatos451 · 1 points · Posted at 07:17:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Don't be a dorp.
KimJongIlSunglasses · 5 points · Posted at 07:32:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It’s a verb here though. Don’t go dorp the ball.
KKlear · 6 points · Posted at 11:08:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
👉😎👉 Dorp!
thebonesinger · 1 points · Posted at 17:10:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You only THINK it's a typo
I'd never dorp the ball that hard
Nomicakes · 4 points · Posted at 07:51:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I like how you made a typo that only served to emphasize just how stupid it is.
Chronic_BOOM · 3 points · Posted at 07:39:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
thedaddysaur · 3 points · Posted at 10:36:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You know, I'm lying here with my 19 month old son ting to get him to go back to sleep and making me shake with laughter is NOT HELPING.
Bill_I_AM_007 · 10 points · Posted at 06:57:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So basically Ridley Scott?
xanatos451 · 18 points · Posted at 07:05:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Depends on which movie you're talking about. If you mean Covenant, totally agreed. If you're going back to Alien, that's a different thing altogether. Ash was not only malfunctioning but also acting on the company's interests to get a specimen. Ripley was going to maintain quarantine but Ash overrode her and let them in.
TheGoldenHand · 18 points · Posted at 07:59:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Prometheus, Covenant. They're going off to explore planets with organic life and take no steps to protect themselves. Humans died by millions just when crossing an ocean to the New World because of the diseases brought. No one thought rigorous quarantine would be needed?
Instead let me take off my helmet and stick my face into some space mushrooms.
NightHawkRambo · 7 points · Posted at 07:02:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I guess they sent a rag tag team of drillers instead of NASA scientists.
AnswerMePls · 2 points · Posted at 08:20:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
But NASA SCIENTISTS can’t dig!
rosstherocket · 3 points · Posted at 06:44:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
hahaha too true
StaticSins · 8 points · Posted at 06:41:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well I mean look at the shape of our current government, I doubt they'd be able to vote that a quarantine is necessary.
Suomis_ · 7 points · Posted at 10:33:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Half the people would vote for quarantine and the other half would vote against just so the first half wouldn't win.
AndiFoxxx · 2 points · Posted at 07:34:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yeah, like, the entire movie.
redditwithNemo · 2 points · Posted at 12:54:28 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Including the quarantine officer. So frustrating - I couldn't stop thinking, "you had one job, but instead you domed humanity."
Ehrre · 1 points · Posted at 06:50:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I mean.. initially an accident and then after that even if Deadpool didn't go inside they showed it escape through like a pinhole.
They were fucked as soon as it determined the crew was hostile.
Edit- DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING I SAY
xanatos451 · 21 points · Posted at 07:00:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
No, the only reason it got out of the lab was because he left a flame thrower floating which caused the fire suppression systems to activate. If they had preserved quarantine, it would have claimed at most one victim. It wouldn't have even done that if the guy studying it had remembered to properly close off the valves from when he was studying it before, kicking off the whole series of events leading to him using a probe that not only antagonized the organism, but gave it a means to escape. Granted, we don't know how they would have progressed with experiments otherwise, but even the very limited information they had about the creature was enough that they should have been excercising far more caution considering its growth rate and potential.
There weren't accidents, there was negligence and poor decision making by almost everyone in the crew at one time or another. Even the escape plan was not very bright as how could you possibly expect to maintain control over an automatic craft while fighting a creature that clearly can kill you easily.
Ehrre · 2 points · Posted at 15:51:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I retract my previous statement.
I think I was distracted by Jake Gyllenhaal and his beautiful eyes for most of the film and forgot the details
Thavralex · 194 points · Posted at 06:49:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So it's a spiritual sequel to Prometheus?
MonaganX · 17 points · Posted at 08:30:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Or Alien Covenant. You should not hear Yakety Sax play in your head when you watch a serious movie.
fuck_your_diploma · 8 points · Posted at 12:48:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This movie had it. Until they put that redneck cowboy responsible for a ship with 2000 humans. I mean, how dumb one have to be to get into all that trouble for a dead girlfriend, right?
jarockinights · 2 points · Posted at 14:36:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Wife... Dead wife. People do crazy things for family.
ClintBartonn · 14 points · Posted at 08:18:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Ahhhh the amount of screen yelling that went on during that movie. My boyfriend was like "do you want me to turn it off?"
No. I want them to stop being fucking dumbasses.
PragProgLibertarian · 14 points · Posted at 07:51:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Besides assembling a crew that hasn't met but, the only guy who gets lost is the guy in charge of mapping the place.
neverhooder · 24 points · Posted at 09:34:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Or when the biologist decides to PET THE FUCKING UNIDENTIFIED ANIMAL.
That movie's fake science was so bad it made my grades look good. Killed my suspension of disbelief.
odieone · 8 points · Posted at 11:04:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Wasnt this the movie where 2 different people slipped on the same pool of blood when trying to fight the alien?
Man that movie was dumb as fuck.
sheboygan_sexpo · 1 points · Posted at 14:21:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That'd be Alien Covenant. Not that much better than Prometheus :/
Cue Yackety Sax
odieone · 1 points · Posted at 15:50:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
oh yeah you're right, i watched both of these movies the same week so i mixed it up a bit.
Truth be told both had poorly written characters but Life was marginally better as a movie.
wolfamongyou · 6 points · Posted at 11:01:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Boys and girls, This is how you roast a movie.
jarockinights · -1 points · Posted at 14:40:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Biologists do this kinda shit... There was nothing about that situation that would have made them guess what happened would have happened. It wasn't being aggressive, it was small, it didn't appear to have any weapons, and they were in thick protective suits.
Biologist touch new species all the fucking time, just not on camera. It's like saying no archeologist would disturb a new finding... it's naive to think they don't fuck around often.
The biggest mistake those scientists made was not realizing they were in a horror movie...
ZutroyZuuts · 22 points · Posted at 07:14:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Prometheus was a little better insomuch as it had other entertaining features that made it watchable, despite the imbeciles. At least the Alien franchise always seems to have a reasonably intelligent protagonist to identify with.
Dragon_yum · 4 points · Posted at 08:26:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Nah it’s better.
ThereAreDozensOfUs · 1 points · Posted at 12:40:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We already had a sequel to Prometheus that was the same exact movie
sqd · 18 points · Posted at 07:37:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They can't close ALL fire suppression vents at the same time, you have to close them ONE BY ONE, and of COURSE it gets in on the LAST ONE!
I mean, really?
Highw4ySt4r · 14 points · Posted at 10:52:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I hate films that depend upon scientists with multiple degrees acting like kids seeing their first butterfly and ignoring all safety and containmemt procedures.
Sam_arsvard · 8 points · Posted at 08:31:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Also what fucking spaceship has vents that close one at a time?
ColKrismiss · 14 points · Posted at 08:38:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Also, what kind of spaceship can a creature on the outside get inside of it without the while thing depressurizing?
Iforgetus · 7 points · Posted at 07:03:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
A lot of sci-fi falls into that. All these scientists and soldiers making the dumbest decisions about everything.
[deleted] · 7 points · Posted at 07:35:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I thought the ending was extremely predictable, but otherwise not too bad.
zegg · 11 points · Posted at 07:08:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I blame Prometheus. Make a movie with a bunch of idiots in space and make millions.
T8teTheGreat · 5 points · Posted at 07:28:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I agree, the ending was the best part of the movie
1Raizen · 6 points · Posted at 07:40:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Exactly. So frustrating. Can’t remember of another movie that made my blood boil as much, except for Wicker Man.
KroganBalls · 3 points · Posted at 13:34:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I mean have you met the human race.
We're 50% inventive genius and 50% fool hardy bravado and unnecessary risk taking
Kharn0 · 2 points · Posted at 07:07:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Indeed, the only smart person died first.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 08:01:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The end should have been longer!
mthans99 · 2 points · Posted at 13:16:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
About halfway through the movie I really didn't feel bad for them anymore since they had made so many stupid mistakes.
Neglectful_Stranger · 2 points · Posted at 06:55:46 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
The ending was so amazingly obvious as it happened.
kezdog92 · 2 points · Posted at 01:18:02 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
So Prometheus.
otakuman · 1 points · Posted at 03:04:14 on January 20, 2018 · (Permalink)
Something tells me you won't like The Europa Report...
idiggplants · 0 points · Posted at 12:54:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
im so glad im not alone on that. i was on a 3rd or 4th date and watching this movie on the couch with a girl, and i couldnt take it. she was convinced that i was scared, i was trying to convince her that it was just too stupidly impossible. no one would keep doing the things they were doing... even like 1/3 of the way into the movie. it was just so bad, and yeah, i was scared. ...it was kind of that odd scary startle suspens-y type movie, but thats why i couldnt watch it. if i am going to be scared and anxious, i want it to be about something that isnt total bullshit, never would actually happen shit.
desepticon · 121 points · Posted at 06:14:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
First 2/3 are pretty good, then it kind of goes of the rails when they decided an amorphous creature that can grow from a single cell needed a face.
pinkfloyd873 · 15 points · Posted at 09:35:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Seriously. IT WAS SO MUCH SCARIER AND MORE INTERESTING WHEN IT WAS AMORPHOUS. Then they went and turned it into Alien Lite™. So disappointing.
Beyondintodarkness · 27 points · Posted at 07:15:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It was scarier when it didn't try to copy alien directly and was just inspired by it. The movie never lived up to the first 5 minutes though unfortunately. That one shot into, through, and out of the space station makes the movie worth it in my opinion. Plus, Jake Gyllenhaal is always enjoyable to watch. The man isn't capable of a bad performance.
MatttheBruinsfan · 7 points · Posted at 08:41:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Stay away from Accidental Love if you want to retain that belief.
Mya__ · 4 points · Posted at 08:46:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
But was he good with his part Inside Amy Schuemer?
I also keep confusing him with James Ransone, who I believe is a seriously underrated actor. His performance in Generation Kill (the cynical sarcastic driver) was way too easy to relate to. Really spot on there, but the parts he's been getting lately haven't been as interesting to me. I really wish he'd get a break.
desepticon · 2 points · Posted at 08:59:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
James Ransone is really great. I first remember seeing him in Bully. And I really saw a lot of him.
Mya__ · 3 points · Posted at 09:23:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
oooh I haven't seen that yet. I'm about to watch Mr. Right but I'm gonna grab that one next. Thanks for the heads up.
Gorakka · 3 points · Posted at 10:24:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Love Mr. Right.
desepticon · 2 points · Posted at 09:24:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Sorry, not Bully. Though that's a great film too. I meant Ken Park. Just be prepared for a extremely graphic James Ransone auto-erotic asphyxiation scene.
[deleted] · 7 points · Posted at 13:17:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh fuck man we're on the same page.
It just shows how lazy the creatives on these things can get. Writer is all like "Every cell executes every function. It's one big eye looking in every direction, one big muscle that can tear a man apart, one big brain plotting against us. My God."
Then the director and art department sit down and it's like "YEAH BUT ALSO IT'S GOT A MEAN MUG"
IF EVERY CELL IS AN EYE WHY DID YOU GIVE IT EYES YOU MORONS
Ayzkalyn · 3 points · Posted at 14:12:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Really? I thought it went off the rails about 10 minutes in when a team of biologists thought it would be a good idea to try and flame-thrower the only known alien life to death because it broke a dude's finger after he zapped it.
my-secret-identity · 7 points · Posted at 07:58:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
In the words of YourMovieSucks, the characters took turns holding the stupid stick for 90 minutes.
Media_Offline · 40 points · Posted at 06:11:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I was so excited about it but it was pretty disappointing, honestly.
hungry4pie · 8 points · Posted at 06:26:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The preview looked an awful lot like the Doctor Who Christmas special, "The Waters Of Mars"
kafkakoolaid · 2 points · Posted at 06:40:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Damn that's a good special. Back when dr who was good
hoax1337 · 1 points · Posted at 08:21:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I really enjoyed both Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi as Doctor.
kafkakoolaid · 3 points · Posted at 08:33:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I enjoy their take on the character, I don't appreciate the turn in writing. The show is more dedicated now to the personality of the Doctor, and the plot of each episode simply being a vehicle to show you how cool and great the doctor is again. That gets tiresome.
RonaldJamison · 1 points · Posted at 06:59:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Same. I was expecting it to be similar to the thing but with better visuals and a new twist.... Just ended up being a mediocre monster movie. By the half way point I wanted it to be over
outofband · 5 points · Posted at 08:29:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Except for the fact that every single character was retarded, which is a bit weird considered they are assigned to one of the most important projects of humanity, yes it was good.
[deleted] · 35 points · Posted at 05:47:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yes.
thra1l · 11 points · Posted at 06:12:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Just watched it last week and I thought it was great.
aeschenkarnos · 5 points · Posted at 07:18:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If you've seen Alien, and you've seen Gravity, then you've seen Life.
lazyparrot · 8 points · Posted at 06:20:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's an ok movie if you try not to expect the characters to act logically, with that in mind, it's a fun creature feature in space that is like a knockoff of the original Alien
ocp-paradox · 4 points · Posted at 06:40:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Surprisingly so. Go into it without reading any more about it.
limdaepl · 30 points · Posted at 05:46:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
No.
pablodiner · -3 points · Posted at 06:28:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
No it wasn't. Goodnight, life.
Hoser117 · 3 points · Posted at 06:29:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It was okay. I watched it on an international flight and it was pretty perfect for that situation. Not sure if I'd just sit down to watch it at home though.
NoMoreMrSpiceGuy · 6 points · Posted at 06:11:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yes it was very good actually. Also brutal.
FriesWithThat · 6 points · Posted at 06:35:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The ending felt contrived more than clever, as it seemed to be intentionally and deceptively edited to make it appear one thing was going to happen, when another did. This wasn't even some sort of artistic cinematic device, but basically just lying to the viewer. Oh, you fooled me! I liked the first 4/5ths though.
RockLoi · 6 points · Posted at 07:47:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Eh, we were just being shown what the characters believed was happening which I think is fine. It's not nearly as bad as scenes where a character is closing in on someone and it's strongly hinted that they're about to be caught but it's the wrong place - or worse - the events aren't even happening at the same time.
Ehrre · 5 points · Posted at 06:46:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
A little predictable but executed very well.
I felt seriously anxious during some of the scenes and it was well acted. From what I remember the crew didn't make too many dumb mistakes like most Sci Fi.
NanoSpore · 2 points · Posted at 07:10:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If you don't think about it, the movies fine. Incredibly easy to pick apart though.
FUTT_BUCKER_ · 2 points · Posted at 08:10:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I thought it was one of the best sci fi movies I had seen a couple years. A lot of people felt like it borrowed too much from Alien, I thought it felt like a modern take on it.
DarthSnoopyFish · 2 points · Posted at 12:29:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I think we can both agree that Calvin would fuck up an Alien if they ever crossed paths.
DukeDijkstra · 2 points · Posted at 08:49:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It was a huge letdown. Had great cast, interesting premise, big budget, etc. Trailer got me excited. Aaaand it majestically fell flat on a face in eerily similar fashion to Alien:Covenant. Just like in A:C :
The characters are fucking stupid and make stupid decisions in order to push story forward. That's extra annoying if you assume that they are best and brightest humanity has to offer.
You can see the big twist coming from a MILE.
Kyuubee · 2 points · Posted at 12:18:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
No. The movie wants you to believe the characters are highly qualified, intelligent scientists. And yet they act like typical horror movie characters, constantly making stupid decisions and breaking protocols. It's a dumb movie.
Kirudra · 2 points · Posted at 06:15:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Highly recommend
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 07:10:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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DarthSnoopyFish · 1 points · Posted at 12:27:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If you don’t agree Calvin is one of the most horrifying space monsters that ever existed then you ARE NOT a sci-fi fanatic.
alendeus · 1 points · Posted at 08:13:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's decent. Very run of the mill and has a few cheesy parts, but it's rather refreshing to see a space based film try to remain "physically grounded" and ressemble our current tech this much. It's Alien meets Gravity, though unfortunately shittier than either two.
kinzer13 · 1 points · Posted at 08:38:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
No. It was very derivative of Alien, and 25% as good. Pretty good cast, but they don't have much to work with. Hard pass.
Alernatives: Alien, Aliens, Starship Troopers, Event Horizon, Gravity.
azza-birjan · 1 points · Posted at 08:40:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
its basically ALIEN
TheTurnipKnight · 1 points · Posted at 08:52:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It was garbage.
darkv69 · 1 points · Posted at 09:14:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I love blood and gore in movies, but something about the alien thing was really unsettling. For me personally, it made it unenjoyable to watch. Also the fact that everyone aboard the ship was an idiot was frustrating.
drag0nw0lf · 1 points · Posted at 12:47:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It was watchable, the creature was both beautiful and savage. The other comments here are right, the writing and logic was pretty dumb, but it was entertaining. The ending was not the typical one you'd expect.
Smaggies · 1 points · Posted at 12:52:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Absolute shite. Start to finish.
bigben56 · 1 points · Posted at 13:26:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It was awful and extremely predictable. 4/10
PMyoBEAVERandHOOTERS · 1 points · Posted at 13:27:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If you like the genre, yes.
People always shit on movies like this for the cast/crew being dumb, making stupid decisions. That's just the horror trope, take it or leave it. I don't care about it so much, so I enjoyed the movie quite a bit. I have also been told that I enjoy shitty horror, so take my opinion with a grain of salt.
limdaepl · 1 points · Posted at 16:57:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I think it is a lot more frightening if the crew makes all the right decisions and still loses.
poisonedslo · 1 points · Posted at 13:55:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It’s bearable
ArokLazarus · 1 points · Posted at 14:35:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
No.
Seiche · 1 points · Posted at 15:56:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
no it really wasn't.
lessadessa · 1 points · Posted at 16:35:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It was fucked up and terrifying. Like, very few movies have messed with my head like that one did. Made me feel very insecure and vulnerable.
MagicalTrevor09 · 1 points · Posted at 06:42:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It was okay. For me it was one of those that just left a “meh” impression. It was fine I guess.
amcaaa · 1 points · Posted at 06:53:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
take these comments with a grain of salt, only you can determine whether a movie is to your liking or not
oldboy_alex · 0 points · Posted at 07:53:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The ending made the movie better. But overall I think it's just ok.
fool_on_a_hill · -1 points · Posted at 06:11:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
no
ScribebyTrade · -2 points · Posted at 06:31:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Ha movie
[deleted] · 9 points · Posted at 06:37:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It was also kind of shit. SPOILERS
That one character that was in charge of keeping the ship quarantined said several times to everyone around her that they all signed up to making sure that the space station wouldn't contaminate Earth. We assume they are all highly trained professionals.
Then that one guy runs to the sleep pods to get from the monster. The monster can't get him and leaves. Then he leaves the pod, makes a break for the airlock to escape. Only the airlock is locked tight. So he goes about doing the necessary steps (which looked time consuming) to force open the lock and OOOPS! alien was right there the whole time.
Bullshit. The writers wrote themselves into a corner, and the only way out was to force this one guy to abandon his character's goals to force an opening for the movie to continue. Otherwise the station gets jettisoned into space.
I understand that conflicts and twists drive plots, but it was so transparently bad.
Teethpasta · 4 points · Posted at 06:57:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Don’t see how any of that is bad
[deleted] · 8 points · Posted at 07:02:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The goal of a good movie is to get you to suspend your disbelief and present to the audience believable situations based on what they movie has shown you.
It would be like Captain America murdering Tony Stark because he felt like it. Nothing we have been shown through any of the movies would indicate that would be something he would do. We would rightly cry foul.
Nothing the movie showed would lead us to believe that this crew member would make that choice. A choice which ended up leaving him vulnerable while a murderous alien was about. A choice that could end up contaminating the Earth if he didn't do it right. A risk he would not have taken given what the movie has shown about the character.
Which is why I suggest that the writers probably wrote themselves into a corner, and this was the choice they decided to go with. A character did something he wouldn't have done given the circumstances so that they could advance the plot.
Evilldeadd · 2 points · Posted at 10:02:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If that is your definition of kind of, please don't recommend any movies to me
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 14:19:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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jarockinights · 2 points · Posted at 14:43:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
He was expensive
KernicPanel · 1 points · Posted at 14:38:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What is that movie you speak of?
tagged2high · 1 points · Posted at 17:24:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It was the recent movie about astronauts receiving a sample with an alien organism on-board their space station. It gets out, bad things happen from start to finish.
limdaepl · 0 points · Posted at 05:46:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Fuck, that movie was kind of shitty.
TristanIsAwesome · 5 points · Posted at 06:39:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Kind of?
limdaepl · 2 points · Posted at 08:56:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I've been paraphrasing the comment I responded too. Actually the movie was really shitty.
[deleted] · -5 points · Posted at 06:16:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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standish_ · 2 points · Posted at 06:22:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Hey, next time you chat with your creator please cunt punch them really hard.
cowhill · 153 points · Posted at 03:01:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It'll be fine as long as you play with it through some latex gloves.
cthulusayswhat · 7 points · Posted at 08:55:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That shit made me truly consider if I’d be willing to murder another human being to survive. The second that shit used the scalpel to cut its way out, I started channeling my inner Ellen Ripley
idwthis · 6 points · Posted at 10:55:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Agreed. Fuck that shit. Ryan Reynolds' character made the dumbest decision ever after Calvin adapted and got out through the glove.
SpermWhale · 4 points · Posted at 06:46:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
first, i need a latex that fits mine.
DropC · 145 points · Posted at 05:38:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Or we can just follow protocol and use common sense when dealing with alien forms we know nothing about.
Reaugh · 216 points · Posted at 06:29:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So flamethrower it is then.
Medricel · 13 points · Posted at 07:11:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Heat just makes it grow faster!
SPYDER0416 · 6 points · Posted at 11:39:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yeah so why is it that scientists in Alien horror movies always have some kind of emergency flamethrower?
It kind of makes sense in The Thing (clearing snow perhaps), and even in Alien (it's the future, and the Weyland-Yutani was definitely prepared for alien shenanigans), but now I really wonder if NASA astronauts take flamethrowers to space when it just happens to be common protocol in movies.
Ayzkalyn · 1 points · Posted at 14:14:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Esp since that was the ISS,, wasn't it? Is the flamethrower standard procedure? Also it's pretty nuts to think that NASA biologists would decide to roast the only known alien life to death because it broke a dude's finger.
fallout52389 · 4 points · Posted at 12:08:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
No no no we need to take the space station out of earth orbit and set it on a collision course with the sun. It's the only way we might kill that thing.
Kazzack · 5 points · Posted at 13:04:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Ever watch the movie Evolution?
george_sg · 2 points · Posted at 07:31:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Fight fire with fire
ponyboy414 · 1 points · Posted at 13:57:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh because burning them alive won't make them angry at all.
CloseQuartersGaming · 1 points · Posted at 22:34:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
did you not see Evolution?!
SpitFire92 · 7 points · Posted at 07:16:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Common sense" + "dealing with alien forms" in one phrase.
JZApples · 3 points · Posted at 08:51:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yeah that didn't make sense to me either. I mean they were analyzing it from orbit. Other than taking it to a different celestial body I don't know how much safer they could have been in that movie. Generally speaking.
tuutruk · 5 points · Posted at 07:01:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Got it - destroy and conquer. Hail Terra!
isobit · 2 points · Posted at 13:08:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
But they are so cute and cuddly!
SuDDeNHangOver · 1 points · Posted at 07:59:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And then not even have a movie...
[deleted] · 225 points · Posted at 03:58:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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seahorse137 · 415 points · Posted at 03:59:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
How do you accidentally buy tickets to the wrong movie?
WhereIsYourMind · 655 points · Posted at 06:13:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Edit: I've considered that the average redditor wouldn't actually need two tickets since they're going alone. The second ticket is actually a decoy so the window clerk won't wonder why you're going to a movie by yourself.
zuiquan1 · 304 points · Posted at 06:26:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Fuck too real...
whodat98 · 20 points · Posted at 06:39:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
As a movie theater employee I hear this like 10 Times a shift
Jurk0wski · 8 points · Posted at 09:10:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
As a movie theatre employee as well, I intentionally say it and keep a mental tally of the "you too"s I get in a shift. Personal best was ~30 during Doctor Strange. I hope to top it during the upcoming Star Wars release.
Shyam09 · 1 points · Posted at 06:44:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Th..thanks you too!
911ChickenMan · 10 points · Posted at 07:22:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
👉😎👉 Zoop!
fallout52389 · 1 points · Posted at 12:07:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
He had to commit. He was too deep to go back.
CaptainMoonman · 33 points · Posted at 06:30:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The fuck kind of tickets are $18.20? That's an expensive-ass movie theatre.
auto-xkcd37 · 53 points · Posted at 06:30:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Bleep-bloop, I'm a bot. This comment was inspired by xkcd#37
CaptainMoonman · 2 points · Posted at 06:31:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Why pay? There's tons online for free.
Or so I'm told.
deekaydubya · 8 points · Posted at 06:36:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I feel like I'm no longer young enough to enjoy cam copies
CaptainMoonman · 3 points · Posted at 06:48:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Not the ass-movies I was referring to.
WhereIsYourMind · 1 points · Posted at 07:16:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Most ass-movies I've seen were straight to
dvdxvideos.PointsOutTheUsername · 1 points · Posted at 06:40:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You could wait until a better quality one is up.
VoidTorcher · 1 points · Posted at 18:24:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Those take months though, and the discussion before that is half of the enjoyment of a movie.
Berelus · 10 points · Posted at 06:41:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Australia. Adult movie ticket is $24. He must have gone on tight-arse Tuesday when they're discounted a bit.
CaptainMoonman · 3 points · Posted at 06:49:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You poor bastards. In Canada, a standard Cineplex ticket for an adult is $12.
ThellraAK · 4 points · Posted at 07:06:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What's your minimum wage in Canada? Theirs is ~$17/hr
Berelus · 5 points · Posted at 07:11:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Our power bills are going up 15% on the 1st January after they already went up 15 and 20 % the past two years.
In terms of most expensive items around here ranked, it goes like this:
ThellraAK · 0 points · Posted at 07:17:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I thought Avocados weren't expensive until you put them on toast.
I knew someone from Australia once on EverQuest two who said limes were wicked expensive and she hated lemon in here coronas.
Berelus · 1 points · Posted at 07:31:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Smashed avo already implies it's on toast, because sourdough is the best way to have avo. With some poached egg and spinach leaves and chorizo, maybe a grilled tomato.
Actually I bought some avo last night, they're currently $3.50 each at the local.
Limes aren't too bad at the moment.
ThellraAK · 1 points · Posted at 07:34:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
3.50/ea is a decent sale from where I'm at in Alaska.
Berelus · 1 points · Posted at 07:57:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yeah it's coming into summer here so I think prices for them are dropping.
Masane · 2 points · Posted at 08:02:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I was going to say that it costs only 7.50€ in our country, but then I remembered that our minimum wage is 2.50€/hr. I guess that really does suck.
CaptainMoonman · 1 points · Posted at 14:20:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It varies by province. Lowest is $10.75/hr, highest is $13.60/hr.
xr3llx · 1 points · Posted at 07:19:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
My local theater is still $1 on weekdays and $2 on weekends. Only has a single screen but that's alright :p
surgicalapple · 1 points · Posted at 07:54:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Midwesterner?
xr3llx · 1 points · Posted at 10:22:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Rural Tennessee
SmokinDroRogan · 1 points · Posted at 07:01:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
$10-15 here in CT. $5 Tuesdays.
CaptnYossarian · 1 points · Posted at 07:13:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Who pays full price? Everyone gets one of those optus or telstra or NRMA or entertainment or bank discount tickets don't they?
NuAmUnNume · 2 points · Posted at 06:42:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
An imax ticket in any major city
SharksCantSwim · 1 points · Posted at 07:16:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
*With the exception of Melbourne/Sydney where it's around $30AUD
NuAmUnNume · 1 points · Posted at 12:17:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I was referring to the US. But damn that sounds expensive
Thavralex · 1 points · Posted at 06:50:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The ones to the wrong movie, apparently.
mrducky78 · 1 points · Posted at 07:39:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Australia :C
Spocmo · 1 points · Posted at 08:06:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Maybe it's in Canada
acidflash · 5 points · Posted at 06:28:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This hurt.
slothking69 · 6 points · Posted at 08:12:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Nothing wrong with going to a movie by yourself
WhereIsYourMind · 4 points · Posted at 08:34:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The thing about movies as a social gathering is that, for the most part, you might as well be going by yourself. You’re staring at a screen the whole time, and conversation is shunned. The only reason I don’t go by myself occasionally is that tickets are $18 at my local (city) theater and I can’t justify paying that unless I’m either out with friends or hoping to get some tail (disclaimer: I’m in a long term relationship but still get more tail after a movie than if we stayed at home. So if I’m gaming somebody, she must not care).
FriesWithThat · 3 points · Posted at 06:39:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Rex2x4 · 1 points · Posted at 07:53:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Where in the fuck are two tickets 36.40. I only pay 7.50 for 1
VoidTorcher · 1 points · Posted at 18:26:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What? That is stupid, why would I do that? It's expensive. I've watched every movie after childhood by myself.
supersaiyan3trump · 0 points · Posted at 07:32:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Speak 4 urselff
WalkerBRiley · 287 points · Posted at 04:27:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Spocmo · 5 points · Posted at 08:05:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yeah I don't see how the hell something like that coulda happened apart from a misclick on a self serve machine.
spacex93 · 45 points · Posted at 04:03:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Don't even get me started about the last time this happened to me... let's just say it can happen!
bengal7 · 24 points · Posted at 05:35:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What... What happened last time?
kimbodarkniv · 69 points · Posted at 05:43:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You got him started now...
xanatos451 · 1 points · Posted at 06:33:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well, might as well let him finish.
AugustusTheWolf · 2 points · Posted at 06:30:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
good old kevin
Daimonin_123 · 33 points · Posted at 05:43:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I once got tickets to the right movie, but went to the wrong room. Ended up realizing about pretty fast, but figured it was too late to switch over to my actually movie (which started 10 or so minutes before the one I was in.) So I just sat through the movie (twas a shit commedy), then went and bought ANOTHER ticket for the movie I actually wanted to see.
Chazasaurus2387 · 18 points · Posted at 06:13:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Dude. Just do the right thing and hop on over to the over movie. Your girl should’ve had enough snacks and drinks in her purse to make it through two movies.
balluka · 2 points · Posted at 06:36:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
But what if I go alone. My snacks are long gone by minute 90.
trmbnplyr1993 · 3 points · Posted at 07:02:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
When I go alone, a large popcorn and large drink (no ice) last me til the 3rd preview. (Note, I may have a problem with self control)
SharksCantSwim · 1 points · Posted at 07:18:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I go to cinemas where they sell wine. Between me and my partner the bottle is gone about half way through the movie :(
8LocusADay · 1 points · Posted at 07:17:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You also may be a little thick
xr3llx · 1 points · Posted at 07:20:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
8LocusADay · 1 points · Posted at 00:34:13 on November 23, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'm trying to be nice!
wtfduud · 0 points · Posted at 12:10:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
He would have missed the start of the movie anyways. Better to wait for the next run.
idiggplants · 2 points · Posted at 13:02:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
he was saying, after the first movie... the 2nd movie, the one he caught a later screening of... just skip buying the ticket for the 2nd movie.
Chazasaurus2387 · 1 points · Posted at 13:20:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Exactly. Am I the only one that’s ever done this? If you’re in a big enough theater you can even get more snacks later if you want. Pretty tough to remember a random face out of a few hundred almost two hours later
idiggplants · 1 points · Posted at 13:32:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
personally, id never be able to hang out in a movie theatre long enough to watch 2 movies.
Chazasaurus2387 · 1 points · Posted at 14:18:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yea I couldn’t nowadays. But I used to be a lazy stoner and all I wanted to do was sit and play video games or watch movies. Probably could’ve stayed at the theater for 5 movies lol
kirtur · 2 points · Posted at 06:41:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Not accidentally but my friends and I went to see Reign of Fire at a very popular movie theater in our town at the time (only place within miles that had reclining seats) but when we got there they were sold out but they said "Would you like to see Mr. Deeds instead? It has the same start time." and we all basically just said fk it.
AverageCivilian · 1 points · Posted at 06:56:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There are self serve ticket booths. I could imagine somebody accidentally tapping the wrong movie.
Tea_master_666 · 1 points · Posted at 07:12:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Like I said somewhere. Here the story. > lol. Currently due to work I am living in China. My Mandarin is not the best. I have been passing by a cinema on my way to work everyday. I really enjoyed the first Guardians of the Galaxy, so I was looking forward seeing the second part once it came out. I couldn't make time the week it came out. But, pretty much I new the time when it was playing. So one day after work, I just go to the cinema and ask for the tickets for the late night screening. The movie was 4D, so I was thinking, thats new, and wondering how it would work for the Guardian of the Galaxy. Anyways, at the beginning I thought, maybe thats the monster they will be fighting. Then, I was thinking, wow, they decided to make the movie a bit grim than the first one, then I was like, ok, seems like I am in a wrong movie. It was pretty bad though. Later,I did manage to see Guardians of the Galaxy on the flight, but I was too impressed.
robertbieber · 1 points · Posted at 07:42:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I recently bought tickets (online) to the right movie, but at the wrong theater. The lady gave us a weird look when she scanned the barcode at the entrance (presumably because some kind of error just popped up on her screen), but I think she didn't want to hold up the line so she just let us pass. The really weird part was that the same movie was playing in the theater we went to, in the same numbered theater, but like 15 minutes later.
So we got to our seats and I was like "WTF, why haven't the previews even started yet" because we were about a minute late. Went outside, saw the correct name on the theater but the time seemed wrong. Checked our printed out ticket, theater number is right, but the time is different on the display than it is on the ticket. WTF?
So I go back in, starting to question the details of the ticket, and check our seat numbers. Positionally, we're where I expected to be (right side of row M, it's just how I always buy tickets), but the numbers are different. Now I'm really wondering WTF. And then finally I look at the last part of the ticket that I would ever think to question...yup, it's for an entirely different theater.
The good news is we were seeing Jigsaw like a week after it came out, so the theater was pretty empty. Just to be safe I double checked Fandango on my phone for the theater we were actually in and there were no seats sold anywhere near the ones we were sitting in, so we just watched the movie ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
SuDDeNHangOver · 1 points · Posted at 08:02:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Reddit has so much fucking social anxiety its pathetic that it prob happens and they just go with the flow.
GotMoFans · 1 points · Posted at 11:43:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Press the touchscreen on the self-service kiosk and it’s not calibrated, and the program doesn’t make it clear which movie it’s for once selected because of poor design. The tickets are on that tiny, flimsy piece of paper where the movie name is in a small font and abbreviated, and the biggest piece of info is the screen number and time. OP pays no attention because he (or she) keep saying “I am Groot!” to himself (or herself).
I can see getting a ticket to the wrong movie. But even though i didn’t see Life, I’m sure I’d be missing Rocket and Star Lord if I mistakenly went into the wrong showing.
callumanthony93 · 1 points · Posted at 14:03:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Even if you buy the wrong tickets, you can always just yano walk into the other screen. At least where I live its pretty easy to just see film after film with one ticket if you wanted to.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 15:32:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I saw Murder on the Orient Express a few days ago. I very clearly said the name of the movie. The person at the desk confirmed Murder on the Orient Express. I got my tickets, and walked towards the theater number on the ticket. Then my girlfriend noticed that the name of the movie on the ticket was the new Thor movie in 3D. We got the money back, and got the right tickets.
froo · 18 points · Posted at 04:44:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I sort of did the same in 2011, took me about 15 minutes though as I thought it was an extended preview.
Went to see Conan the Barbarian, ended up seeing Friends with Benefits
xanatos451 · 5 points · Posted at 06:34:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You were doomed either way.
Cynistera · 69 points · Posted at 04:03:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
r/thathappened
jiokll · 26 points · Posted at 05:01:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
/r/nothingeverhappens
TheUnchosenWon · 28 points · Posted at 05:06:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
r/condescendingsubreddits
kalasoittaja · 3 points · Posted at 09:35:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This could be a valid multisub. Probably exists already.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:48:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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xr3llx · 1 points · Posted at 07:21:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Did you really though?
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 07:33:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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Ollikay · 3 points · Posted at 09:28:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
/r/thatHappened
KKlear · 1 points · Posted at 11:21:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
/r/nothingeverhappens
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 05:23:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
r/youactuallybelievethatshithappeneditssoobviousitsajokestopdefendingit
AnonymousBlueberry · 6 points · Posted at 06:25:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
r/hayoudidntgethighlighted
ltra1n · 3 points · Posted at 06:10:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What the fuck did you think when your saw opening credits and the title "life"? Followup question how high were you?
Tea_master_666 · 2 points · Posted at 07:11:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I was a bit late for the credits. I don't know. I was just tired. Happens. Like the French say C'est la vie. That's life.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 15:07:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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Tea_master_666 · 1 points · Posted at 18:37:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Ok, thank you for whatever it suppose to mean.
lheritier1789 · 1 points · Posted at 06:11:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
When I was in HS I had alcohol for the first time ever and then tried to see the Cat in the Hat with my friend. We went to the wrong room and all the previews were weird AF... it was the middle of the day so nobody else was there to clue us in. Turned out to be Gothika.
Sickwidit93 · 1 points · Posted at 06:33:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That's the thing about the guardians of the galaxy. They strike when you least expect it.
N3koChan · 1 points · Posted at 06:34:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I wanted to go to watch Guardians of Galaxy 2. Accidently
bought tickets fordownload Life. Only half way through the movie I realised I was in a wrong movie.[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 07:07:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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N3koChan · 1 points · Posted at 07:51:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
My answer is more simple but your sound true. I hope you still love it! I really enjoyed that movie, it felt like this could be the "Alien" for a new generation. I mean, when I watch it I catch myself think having seeing this around ± 12 yo I would have be a hardcore fan of this like I've been with the first two Aliens movies.
Sorry if my grammar is rubbish (English is not my first language) feel free to correct me :)
Tea_master_666 · 1 points · Posted at 18:39:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Those were much simpler times. Nowadays, kids are more "sophisticated" with their gadgets and justin biebers. I loved 90s.
ILikeMasterChief · 1 points · Posted at 07:12:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What's Life about?
Tea_master_666 · 2 points · Posted at 07:17:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
About some weird alien creature that kills the whole crew on the ship. Suppose to be the prequel to Alien and Prometheus.
Edit: I just got it. I am bit slow. lol
brastius35 · 1 points · Posted at 08:20:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We are judging you harshly if it really took that long to figure out.
greenknight · 1 points · Posted at 06:28:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Buying a movie for life is pretty crazy. You must be pretty invested in the franchise.
Tea_master_666 · 1 points · Posted at 07:08:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Lol, was not good, gotta tell you that. Is it suppose to be related to the Alien franchise? I was not aware of the movie until half way.
underwatr_cheestrain · 3 points · Posted at 06:46:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Martin Lawrence fucking murdered everyone!!
whatdabloodclot · 3 points · Posted at 07:13:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Assuming we're not talking about you gonna eat that corn bread?
LeadFarmerMothaFucka · 3 points · Posted at 07:18:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
With Eddie Murphy?!
malaysianzombie · 2 points · Posted at 06:25:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I saw The Expanse and agree.
Pyrokill · 2 points · Posted at 08:45:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The Expanse > Life
remember the Cant
vtelgeuse · 2 points · Posted at 06:51:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well they did get to escape in the end. They missed out on their entire lives, the whole world changed without them, but... they still get to enjoy baseball and hot dogs.
SpartanLB50 · 2 points · Posted at 05:19:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Jangle Leg?
uwhuskytskeet · 1 points · Posted at 07:43:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I da pappy.
piepi314 · 1 points · Posted at 06:11:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It ended well for Life
Zamodiar · 1 points · Posted at 06:14:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I vote we go pick it up because I read Earth and that ended well for everyone.
stuntaneous · 1 points · Posted at 06:16:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Audience included.
LinksMilkBottle · 1 points · Posted at 06:20:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Press junkets for it were awesome though.
the_mantis_shrimp · 1 points · Posted at 06:37:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That poor woman :(
Cutrush · 1 points · Posted at 06:44:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I bet the ending is how Marvel wants to start Carnage.
mrhanover · 1 points · Posted at 06:49:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That movie was more intense than the latest Alien Movie
betamos · 1 points · Posted at 06:53:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Fuck, I read your comment as a quote from a movie, and even thought it was a really dystopian but clever quote. Then I saw the capital L and realized I was just being stupid.
critical_thought21 · 1 points · Posted at 06:59:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well we can't probe it. We couldn't probe it when this was initially discovered either which was quite a while ago. Nothing against this comment but why is this just now hitting r/worldnews?
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 07:01:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I vote we do probe it because I saw Star Trek and it ends well for them.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 07:15:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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the_gooch_smoocher · 1 points · Posted at 09:14:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They can't. The only reason they know its from outside our solar system is because of how ass fast it's hauling.
Bamith · 1 points · Posted at 07:44:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I vote its kind of worth it either way at this rate.
Lowefforthumor · 1 points · Posted at 08:57:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That movie sucked I say we probe it!
Monolithus · 1 points · Posted at 10:03:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'm watching it now, and I second that vote.
[deleted] · 1136 points · Posted at 02:01:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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Teves3D · 221 points · Posted at 05:25:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
KORG IS REAL????
Ms_Ellie_Jelly · 120 points · Posted at 06:19:28 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yea, min
Whospitonmypancakes · 50 points · Posted at 07:24:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Got us a space ship, wanna come?
Teves3D · 17 points · Posted at 08:17:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yea, min
TaylorDangerTorres · 8 points · Posted at 09:23:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Piss off, ghost!!
ShinyHappyREM · 4 points · Posted at 08:41:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
http://www.korg.com
erremermberderrnit · 26 points · Posted at 07:04:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh my god you're right, somebody is already digging through the bible looking for ways to declare this a sign of the end times.
CloseQuartersGaming · 1 points · Posted at 22:35:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
please, they don't actually read those. They just make it up and call it their "interpretation"
Arcosim · 7 points · Posted at 07:24:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
if there are a zillion videos about the Black Knight in orbit, just imagine how many are there going to be about this one.
Jakisuaki · 3 points · Posted at 08:37:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I can't wait. It's gonna be great. The creativity of some of these people always manage to impress me.
Nararthok · 3 points · Posted at 08:44:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
A message from Nibiru, clearly.
JackGetsIt · 2 points · Posted at 08:31:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Don't forget cults that drink poison every anniversary of the event.
SmoothOctopus · 2 points · Posted at 12:28:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So one time next year then.
SonicSingularity · 1 points · Posted at 10:18:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Paging SecureTeam10
PG-Noob · 1 points · Posted at 10:32:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Is the spacecraft called Rocky McRockface?
hammn · 333 points · Posted at 07:20:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
How terrifying would it be if the headlines read "Interstellar object comes to an abrupt stop" tomorrow?
[deleted] · 75 points · Posted at 07:36:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I think it already passed earth a while ago. If it was gunna stop it would have.
UkonFujiwara · 119 points · Posted at 08:03:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Wait shit that planet's inhabited, fuck, didn't realize. Silly primitives with radio communications. I guess I'll drop by."
CameForThis · 8 points · Posted at 13:46:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They just wanted to get better interstellar reception of the galactic reality show “Earth”.
Zoomwat · 4 points · Posted at 14:14:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT
backattack88 · 3 points · Posted at 14:34:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They're checking to see if they should cancel us or not!
CameForThis · 2 points · Posted at 14:50:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The wrecking ball has already been spotted behind the moon.
Communal · 1 points · Posted at 19:41:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Thank goodness we got trump I guess.
ShadoowtheSecond · 3 points · Posted at 15:44:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"They already found is, we really should have just used the passive study..."
Norci · 1 points · Posted at 14:15:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"beep beep beep.."
SourcreamHologram · 17 points · Posted at 12:01:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Maybe it's waiting for a better intersection to do that U-turn
esmifra · 12 points · Posted at 11:12:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Interstellar object slows down abruptly and lands on Titan" then :)
klezmai · 4 points · Posted at 14:19:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Maybe they don't give a shit about our ugly planet and they wanted to go chill in Jupiter's clouds.
rexo12 · 3 points · Posted at 10:32:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
nah it's out by Mars rn AFAIK
imwaiter · 2 points · Posted at 14:07:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What if they're more interested in another planet in our solar system...
Deroni76 · 2 points · Posted at 20:18:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Interstellar object reverses back to Earth"
I_Nice_Human · 1 points · Posted at 12:40:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
124 Million miles from Earth, and out past Mars right now as the article stated.
GaydolphShitler · 1 points · Posted at 14:13:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That's assuming it's here for us...
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 22:40:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
As far as we know earth and humans are the only really interesting thing in our solar system.
I guess it could just be a star mapping probe though.
TitaniumDragon · 3 points · Posted at 13:26:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That'd be a good thing rather than scary. There's little point in launching a war across a vast expanse of space, and if you wanted to frag a planet, you'd just chuck a rock at it.
Mozz_Sticks96 · 3 points · Posted at 14:30:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The Europeans had no intentions of launching war with native Americans when they first arrived but that still didn't turn out well
TitaniumDragon · 3 points · Posted at 15:21:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Uh, the Europeans straight-up invaded the Aztec Triple Alliance and the Incan Empire.
The reason why the Europeans didn't immediately go to war with the Native Americans in North America was because the Native Americans lacked actual countries and because of their shitty agricultural technology were nomadic or semi-nomadic people and thus didn't really have the concept of having a permanent town, let alone a city.
Thus the Native Americans didn't really understand what they were up against until the Europeans kept expanding and never left.
It should also be remembered that colonization actually ended well for the Native Americans - there are more Native Americans in North America today than there were before Columbus got here, and they live in vastly better conditions than their ancestors.
Rosenthalferdinand · 2 points · Posted at 16:35:19 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
What the hell were you taught?
"their shitty agricultural technology were nomadic or semi-nomadic people and thus didn't really have the concept of having a permanent town, let alone a city."
Even in North America, the post-Chatokia culture had settlements and agriculture that the Spanish tore down, such as Soto and Mabila. Then you have the Central American and Andean city states. Key word being City, and State. Or the Aztec and Incan empire, which you title droped. Even the North American natives that the English and French contacted in Virginia and New England had extensive culture, their 'semi-nomadism' was to allow fields to revitalize themselves as they did not have - nor could have known - triplicate field use under plow. And that was, again, nearly a hundred years after contact: The Pilgrims contacted people who we now suspect had already been ravaged by plague, Jamestown was on the extreme border of Spanish routes throughout the South-west....
"It should also be remembered that colonization actually ended well for the Native Americans - there are more Native Americans in North America today than there were before Columbus got here, and they live in vastly better conditions than their ancestors."
Estimates range from 30 million to 100 million Natives from the Arctic Circle to Tierra Del Fuego in the late 15th and early 16th century. In the US there are now 5 million, and across the board 63 million more, most in nations where European-stock peoples hold immense power and sway over their lives. The 'better conditions' part is extremely arguable as it was a huge clash of technology and culture that still has left many disenfranchised.
TitaniumDragon · 2 points · Posted at 19:10:51 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yes. Maybe you should read my post before you get all snide.
Note how I specified North American?
There's a reason for that.
North America was very sparsely populated.
Do you mean https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cahokia ?
That was the largest pre-Columbian settlement in North America and had, at its peak, a population of maybe 10,000 people, and very possibly less. And it was abandoned long before Columbus got the Americas.
Why? Probably because of environmental degregation making it impossible to support the population there.
Pre-Columbian farming techniques in North America sucked. This is pretty well-established from both archaeological evidence and contemporary records; the Native Americans of, say, New England simply did not have permanently established villages because their agricultural techniques exhausted the local soil, forcing them to move their villages every few years to every few decades. They had some ancestral longhouses that were maintained, but they did not have fixed-location villages.
They moved around because they had to. And remember, these were people who lacked the wheel-and-axle; this made moving stuff around a total pain for them, as the only really good way they had to haul stuff was by boat. They lacked horses and oxen until the Europeans brought them. This limited their material culture; moving around a bunch and not being able to haul around all your stuff is simply not condusive to building up any sort of sophisticated industrial base, and indeed, the North Americans were stone-aged peoples who didn't even have the sort of sophisticated masonry you saw further south.
It made sense that they didn't; their lifestyle and technology simply didn't support such. Why build a castle when you're going to chew up the land around it within a few years and have to move? It makes no sense.
So they didn't.
Yeah, but the high end "estimates" are "made-up bullshit". Almost all of the population of the Americas lived south of the Rio Grande. The various Mesoamerican states - the Aztecs, the Inca, and the various other groups there - had a reasonably sizable population, as did the Incan Empire and some other groups down there.
But North America?
North America had very few people even before the Europeans came. This isn't surprising if you look at the archaeological evidence; they simply lacked the ability to build up a large population.
Unfortunately, there's a lot of pseudohistory passed off as history by some people. The reality is that there is little archaeological evidence supporting the idea that there was a sizable population in North America (i.e. the modern-day US and Canada) prior to the arrival of Christopher Columbus. And contrary to what many people believe, smallpox was no more fatal to the natives than it was to the Europeans, with similar fatality rates of about 30% across both populations. It is true that mesoamerica was ravaged by disease, but the disease that killed most of the population of modern-day Mexico was cocoliztli, which is believed to be a native hemorrhagic fever, perhaps with the vesper mouse as a carrier (which would explain why it never spread back to Europe). That disease was not known to have spread to North America, and the conditions were not really condusive to such.
Things weren't really very nice here before the Europeans came. The Aztecs sacrificed tens of thousnads of people to their gods and demanded heavy tribute, which is why their neighbors were happy to ally with the Spaniards against them. The fledgling Incan Empire was likewise overthrown with the help of native allies who they had recently subjugated. Genocide and cannibalism were hardly unknown in North America.
Studies of tribal societies suggest that high fractions (>10%, sometimes as much as 50%) of the male population in them dies violent deaths.
The reality is that the Myth of the Noble Savage is just that - a myth. In reality, the Native Americans were busy fighting amongst themselves and enslaving each other long before the Europeans arrived; the Europeans just were a much more powerful tribe and overwhelmed the various disparate peoples, and the two most powerful sedentary civilizations - the Aztec Triple Alliance and the Incan Empire - were toppled very early on, and ended up interbreeding with the colonists.
The less sedentary people were not really able to build up the sort of industrial base necessary to smelt iron or to make guns or do other sorts of sophisticated manufacturing, and as a result, largely traded for such goods with the Europeans. Such is common, but it also means that in the long-term, the ability to generate wealth is limited and leads to being overwhelmed economically and socially. And their treatment as separate nations by the British, French, US, and Canada eventually resulted in their marginalization and displacement, because they weren't part of the country, so (as countries were wont to do back in the day) people expanded.
Roman colonization in Europe resulted in the spread of a lot of culture and technology, and the end of Roman expansion is seen as the start of the Dark Ages. The advancements as a result of colonization were even more stark in the Americas.
Colonization wasn't nice, and in fact, resulted in a lot of dead bodies. But it ultimately ended up giving the Native Americans access to technology and a new method of living that lead to a much better lifestyle today.
Also, 63 million is an underestimate of how many people have Native American blood in the Americas; the majority of the population of Mexico is of mixed European/Native American blood. In the US, we have about 5 million Native Americans, which is likely more than were here before Columbus got here (by some estimates, as much as ten times more).
Don't romanticize how people lived in the past. Things were quite bad by modern standards. Hell, even the Europeans lived in primitive squalor by modern standards. People are way better off today.
Rolliender · 1 points · Posted at 20:27:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Which of course means that interstellar aliens will also have ideologies and conquest practices from sixteenth century Europe.
wonkey_monkey · 2 points · Posted at 13:04:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That might have been the plan, but then they took a look at what's going on down here.
L0111101 · 5 points · Posted at 13:39:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We're a flyover planet.
soliperic · 2 points · Posted at 13:05:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Or slight change of path.
Exce · 2 points · Posted at 13:58:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The numeric transmission five triple zero was received repeatedly
without interruption for eight full days
It stopped suddenly on the ninth
And that's when the destruction began
darez00 · 1 points · Posted at 14:37:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Say bye bye to any technological advances for three next 300 years
PM_ME_UR_STEAM_CASH · 1 points · Posted at 14:39:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh god, if this turns out to be like the Three Body Problem, it will not be a fun next few centuries.
wut3va · 1 points · Posted at 14:08:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There's no such thing as stop in space. Only change in course.
BraveOthello · 1 points · Posted at 14:33:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Wouldn't it be more terrifying if, relative to the sun, it just stopped. Without apparent acceleration, it just held position suddenly, no orbital velocity, no change in altitude.
RicksterCraft · 4662 points · Posted at 01:50:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Darn I posted the same thing a few minutes earlier but I had no clue that this subreddit disallowed NASA posts. (Apparently feature stories aren't allowed! Now I know :P ) Gratz on getting a link from a news site instead!
Anyways, here is a quick summary of how they determined this is an interstellar object!
1) Aspect ratio. It has a 10:1 ratio that is unseen in any other Kuiper belt or Oort cloud object. At most, objects may have a 3:1 ratio!
2) Hue. It has a red tint to it that is also unseen in any other known local asteroid body (Kuiper Belt only. Oort bodies have documented red hues) Theories suggest this is caused by cosmic irradation after hundreds of millions of years of insterstellar travel
3) Composition and outgassing. It is mostly highly dense rock with a chance of metal, and doesn't contain water or ice. This is known because the asteroid doesn't outgas, meaning it has no visible gas vapor around it that would normally be seen as water is boiled off by solar radiation.
4) Trajectory and velocity. It is currently moving at "85,700 miles per hour (38.3 kilometers per second) relative to the Sun" and rapidly leaving our solar system. It will pass Saturn's Orbit in January 2019. It is currently just past Mars, 124 million miles from Earth
Neat stuff about it: It potentially originated near the star Vega, but due to its speed while traveling through interstellar space, Vega has since moved far past where the asteroid was 300,000 years ago.
It was also traveling approximately 196,000 mph (~314,400 kph) after slingshotting past the Sun, which is really, really fast for any rocky body.
ThePenultimateOne · 2195 points · Posted at 05:39:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Why on earth would they do that?
Java_Beans · 4756 points · Posted at 06:24:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Sounds strange to me as well. Are we considering only political news to be world news? Some of us consider scientific news much more important than Trump tweets.
Obligatory: thanks for the gold.
[deleted] · 1209 points · Posted at 07:07:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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knottylazygrunt · 45 points · Posted at 07:40:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Johnston you’re a genius!
Kitty573 · 18 points · Posted at 07:47:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
ayeeeeeee
LordElrondd · 11 points · Posted at 08:36:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Get out.
EpicWott · 1 points · Posted at 20:35:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That’s a pretty good show
-Jesus-Of-Nazareth- · 10 points · Posted at 08:36:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Implying Trump's tweets aren't
[deleted] · 10 points · Posted at 08:47:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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Whitewolf7_ · 1 points · Posted at 11:36:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
lol
blanketswithsmallpox · 1 points · Posted at 13:24:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
... take your upvote and go.
PM_WHAT_Y0U_G0T · 1 points · Posted at 14:25:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Solid argument. You've convinced me.
Alucard_draculA · 1 points · Posted at 15:26:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We need a SolarSystemNews.....and then a UniverseNews.
EzeDoes_It · 1 points · Posted at 16:01:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
r/spacenews
IronSidesEvenKeel · 79 points · Posted at 07:42:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
My God, I think there are at least a handful of us that agree.
PM_ME_KNEE_SLAPPERS · 3 points · Posted at 13:31:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I think there are a lot of us. It's just that Reddit is easily gamed and there is a lot of money in gaming it.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 13:50:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Honest question, how do you make money from gaming Reddit?
PM_ME_KNEE_SLAPPERS · 1 points · Posted at 15:32:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Website traffic = money. Getting a link to your site from Reddit can make you a ton of money. The Washington post even keeps a dedicated person on Reddit. /u/washingtonpost
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 16:09:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
True. While I don't agree with the practice, I can't see Reddit staying afloat in it's current form without people doing this.
NAE_BAD · 1 points · Posted at 10:39:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I feel like I'm the only person on my Facebook feed posting space stuff. The rest is Trump and "WITNESS ME IM HALF DOG HALF BISEXUAL FROM ANTARTICA SO IMPORTANT"...
drag0nw0lf · 4 points · Posted at 12:48:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Pretty much why I'm not on FB.
NAE_BAD · 3 points · Posted at 16:23:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Why am I downvoted but you agree? Lol.
drag0nw0lf · 1 points · Posted at 18:31:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Reddit is fickle.
[deleted] · 11 points · Posted at 12:33:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If they allow Trump tweets then anything should be allowed. And I just realized I wasn't in r/space, thought for a second that the comment section had massively gone down in quality but it was just r/worldnews
flamespear · 94 points · Posted at 07:16:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
God so much this.
[deleted] · 12 points · Posted at 08:10:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Most people are controlled by their emotions, so Trump tweets = tilted = news. There's no room for real news when you have sensationalist muck. Give us dirty laundry.
RR4YNN · 3 points · Posted at 11:21:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well that makes you a dangerous thinker.
lamp4321 · 24 points · Posted at 06:34:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
if i could guild you i would
balladof · 51 points · Posted at 07:09:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
back off, he's already part of my blacksmithing guild
Orisi · 6 points · Posted at 07:23:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Back off, the baristas clearly called dibs.
OfficeBrowser · 2 points · Posted at 08:34:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Hawkgirl?
Orisi · 2 points · Posted at 08:48:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Nah, how are they gonna work without him though?
ErixTheRed · 3 points · Posted at 13:24:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Donate to a charity instead
throttlekitty · 7 points · Posted at 07:01:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I guess if we wanted to be technical, this would go in /r/spacenews and not /r/worldnews
MeatVehicle · 61 points · Posted at 07:19:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
But that’s exactly his point. It is world news. Its literally news that affects the entire world.
Rolled1YouDeadNow · 13 points · Posted at 08:26:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Ah, I see now why you are confused. This, world changing discoveries of space? Sure, it's interesting, but you have to think about the competition! Donald Trump just ate a Snickers chocolate bar after claiming to hate the taste if it! Revolutionary! Word-changing!
lillgreen · 1 points · Posted at 13:21:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
But it's worldnews - that asteroid isn't in this world! It's outta this world! Therefore not worldnews! /s
GoldenGonzo · 5 points · Posted at 10:14:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well for one, /r/spacenews is private.
Whiteowl116 · 2 points · Posted at 11:45:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
/r/earthnews
RanaktheGreen · 2 points · Posted at 08:52:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Its because NASA is a US source.
TobiasCB · 17 points · Posted at 09:26:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Trump's Twitter is as well
Gareth274 · 2 points · Posted at 10:49:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Might something to do with Clickbait titles. Too often have I seen something along the lines of "NASA to make huge announcement regarding extraterrestrial life!" NASA has announced that they have not found extraterrestrial life
Galaghan · 0 points · Posted at 09:06:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's because this subreddit is for news agancy articles. It's exactly what it's for.
Articles from other sites can be posted elsewhere: science, mildlyinteresting, space, ... Plenty of choice really.
Java_Beans · 8 points · Posted at 09:43:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I see your point, I'm not saying all science news should be put here, but my argument is, an obect passing by earth and proved to be from about solar system is "world news". At the very least it's more world news then many things we have here, so to have a full ban on Nasa news sounds unfair.
Galaghan · 1 points · Posted at 10:17:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh yeah I understand why this is 'news' absolutely. But it's not an article from a news site. I just think the mods have to draw a line somewhere and this is one of those edge cases.
It's great, interesting news and I totally understand why it you think it should be allowed. Maybe the mods should broaden the rules to allow news sections from non-news sites.
anna_marie_earth-616 · -2 points · Posted at 07:08:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Maybe it's because NASA has their own subreddit? Or maybe because of r/space? Don't know.
rsiii · 36 points · Posted at 07:28:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well so does r/politics but that doesn't stop them Posts, or rather topics, can transverse subreddits. If it affects the world and is news, it should fit right in with worldnews.
Open-Collar · 0 points · Posted at 06:53:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
COP23 for example.
throughaway235 · -7 points · Posted at 12:05:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Seeing that someone bought you gold for that makes me want to throw up a little bit.
Oblivion9122 · 3 points · Posted at 12:36:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Why?
throughaway235 · -1 points · Posted at 13:47:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Because I can feel how proud that person is - who bought them gold - and it's really bothersome to imagine.
Oblivion9122 · 4 points · Posted at 13:50:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Why is it bothersome? This sub is turning into a political hellhole instead of news, and someone agreed with him enough to buy gold. Get over yourself
throughaway235 · -1 points · Posted at 14:01:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Their perceived smugness is bothersome.
flappers87 · 183 points · Posted at 07:10:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The moderation here is all over the place. NASA news in my opinion is world news, as their research and development affects everyone across the world. Yet they have a rule saying "No US Internal News/ Politics"... if you take a look at an unfiltered /top/ posts, it's just trump spam everywhere.
potatomaster420 · 1 points · Posted at 11:43:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
No US internal news/politics would be because it belongs on /r/news, I suppose
[deleted] · 16 points · Posted at 11:48:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
His point is that they don't enforce it
potatomaster420 · -1 points · Posted at 11:51:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
mb, but maybe they only bother if the post gains sufficient traction since there'd probably be too many posts to remove like that
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 11:54:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I also think a lot of the stuff that involves international relations, such as Russia stuff, China stuff etc. Is kept because it's kinda world news
ldonthaveaname · 3 points · Posted at 18:12:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The anti Trump circle jerk on reddit would eat the entire front page with breaking news: Trump accidently stepped on a dogs tail 15 years ago!
drag0nw0lf · 2 points · Posted at 12:49:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Maybe they feel US news affects the world but NASA news does not?
IMPatrickH · 474 points · Posted at 06:20:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Careful dude... asking these types of questions is going to get us all banned.
0saladin0 · 14 points · Posted at 06:38:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Don't rock the boat, friend....
IMPatrickH · 9 points · Posted at 06:47:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We've said too much. See you on: https://www.reddit.com/r/removalbot/
l33tbanana · 36 points · Posted at 07:01:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Honestly tho. Im less and less impressed with reddit and censorship as time goes on. I give it 5 years before 'offensive' language is banned across the entire site
gweilo · 6 points · Posted at 09:58:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Fuck that shit with a cunt dip stick
NichySteves · 6 points · Posted at 07:09:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I wouldn't go to that extreme. That overreaction trend has tended to happen only to companies beholden to advertisements as their main source of revenue. Reddit doesn't have to worry about their Tyson Chicken adds being blocked because of some mouth breathers complaining about the company on Twitter.
test98 · 17 points · Posted at 07:49:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That reddit is trying to attract advertisers is exactly why they're banning subs and sanitising everything.
NichySteves · 1 points · Posted at 14:04:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Banning those filthy places does not equate to "they won't let me say fuck and shit or post boobies."
test98 · 2 points · Posted at 14:15:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
No, not now.
It was the op that said 'give it five years', and I tend to agree with that prediction.
Sol0_Artist · -21 points · Posted at 07:13:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Jesus Christ, shut up.
am0nam00se · 9 points · Posted at 07:16:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Naw bud. You shut up.
Sol0_Artist · -2 points · Posted at 14:11:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Nah.
l33tbanana · 0 points · Posted at 07:15:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
!remind me 5 years
IMPatrickH · 8 points · Posted at 07:44:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
uhh... If censorship is increased significantly in 5 years, this comment is definently getting deleted.
but I'll play along to see what happens Remindme! 5 years
CaptainSmak · 2 points · Posted at 11:50:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And this is supposed to be a place for news? Disgusting.
ThisisNOTAbugslife · 1 points · Posted at 08:37:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Bring it on
unfair_bastard · -2 points · Posted at 07:31:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Nope, this sub isn't run by hypersensitive babies like the mods who run /r/news
ioquatix · 211 points · Posted at 06:31:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Because it’s not from earth.
Beerfarts69 · 174 points · Posted at 06:38:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That’s it then. Someone start r/UniverseNews !
Edit. Turns out it’s a thing already oddly enough.
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 07:20:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Or r/InterstellarNews or r/IntergalacticNews haha
Natdaprat · 2 points · Posted at 07:28:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You know I think this topic has come up before.
cartel3341 · 1 points · Posted at 07:57:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You could call the team behind that sub Universal Studios!
wait...
EvisceratedInFiction · 9 points · Posted at 08:29:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Because news out of NASA is informed with fact. We wouldn't want something like that in the news would we?
originalSpacePirate · 101 points · Posted at 06:29:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I would like to know this too. It allows posts to trashy sites like TheGuardian and The Independent thats biased but not NASA?
SCP106 · 15 points · Posted at 07:43:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And the daily mail :(
LordElrondd · 37 points · Posted at 08:35:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Lol Guardian is literally one of the few independent journalistic outlets.
Paradigm240 · 96 points · Posted at 07:13:28 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Trashy sites like The Guardian? Come on.
originalSpacePirate · 1 points · Posted at 21:14:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yeea the guardian too. Literally girst page has multiple articles demonizing men. Most of their writers are leftist/SJW/hardcore femnazis and that is very evident in the articles they push. Now, you might be one yourself and thats fine, but just because the site posts articles that aligns with YOUR political leaning doesnt make he site unbiased. In fact it means the opposite and thats what im arguing. Edit: their entire business model is getting people riled up with sensationalist and misleading articles that align with leftist views because those people are typically the ones to subscribe to the site itself. Im surprised you dont see this
whatdabloodclot · 14 points · Posted at 07:18:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
NASA articles don't tend to stick to a certain preset narrative if you catch my drift.
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 07:11:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Some subs only allow third party sources, which theoretically avoids excessive bias. It could be something like that.
vibrate · -1 points · Posted at 14:14:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
lol, The Guardian is one of the few genuine, respectable news outlets out there.
4KMemes · -48 points · Posted at 07:20:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Because NASA is not biased. Moon landing much? Also that mars rover that just ended up being a marketing ploy.
12gjs · 28 points · Posted at 07:29:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Wait what are you implying about the moon landings?
Dennis_Smoore · 20 points · Posted at 07:33:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Ahaha you know exactly what that dude is implying
12gjs · 17 points · Posted at 07:35:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I always hope that they aren't implying what I think they are. Unfortunately, I'm usually disappointed.
l3linkTree_Horep · 10 points · Posted at 08:53:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Are you seriously suggesting the moon landing was faked? Prove it.
Oh wait, you can't and won't respond because of that.
Doile · 3 points · Posted at 08:00:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
CAREFUL /u/ThePenultimateOne CAREFUL NOW!
Ricardo1701 · 3 points · Posted at 09:14:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The type of rule created by someone just because he can, to feel important
pieman7414 · 9 points · Posted at 06:32:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
it doesn't make complete sense, but there's some logic there
PointsOutTheUsername · 48 points · Posted at 06:45:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Nah. That's bull.
It's a US agency reporting about something relevant to the entire world.
Trump is the US president but I'm sure his posts are allowed when they relate to the world.
IronSidesEvenKeel · 8 points · Posted at 07:46:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If it's about Trump and it's negative it's automatically allowed. So many shitposts about what he ate, who doesn't like him, or what his latest unpopular tweet was about.
memphoyles · 4 points · Posted at 09:50:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
leader/personality/random person from another country says something about Trump
/r/worldnews: well this is international!
ThePenultimateOne · 6 points · Posted at 07:05:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's a very bad logic though. That only works if you think they just blanket banned *.gov
memphoyles · 2 points · Posted at 09:51:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
that makes the most sense
KhorneSlaughter · 1 points · Posted at 10:30:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
interestingly the US gov is the only government using .gov as far as I know. all the other countries just use their own local endings.
memphoyles · 5 points · Posted at 10:43:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
yes its like .gov (or .govt) + the suffix (.nz, .br or .jp)
KhorneSlaughter · 2 points · Posted at 11:04:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Here in germany we just have .de for out government pages. no gov/govt with it.
ChicksDigTheWangbone · 1 points · Posted at 12:05:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Deustchland?
KhorneSlaughter · 1 points · Posted at 13:06:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Deutschland, but close.
UnlimitedOsprey · 15 points · Posted at 06:52:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Idk about you, but I rather get the info from the scientists and not a shitty journalist from the Guardian.
isobit · 2 points · Posted at 13:14:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Uh, the Guardian may be one of the last few media outlets with any journalistic integrity left.
UnlimitedOsprey · 1 points · Posted at 13:39:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
But they aren't fucking NASA. So I don't really care.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 09:30:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I see what you did there..
bjorneden · 1 points · Posted at 11:03:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I’m going to guess it’s because NASA is a constant stream of discoveries and information about space - some very signifcant and others quite minor. Once these discoveries are picked up by the lay press I suppose they have crossed the threshold of being “newsworthy”.
shanemitchell · 1 points · Posted at 11:51:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I assume it applies to all US government agencies, as /r/news has been taken over by US news there is an effort to keep /r/worldnews for non-US news. If Americans used something like /r/usanews then we wouldn't need these types of rules.
GlassGhost · 1 points · Posted at 18:23:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Down Syndrome.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 21:30:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
He explains it in the sentence after the one you quoted.
ThePenultimateOne · 1 points · Posted at 21:36:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You mean the sentence that wasn't there when I quoted it?
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 21:40:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If you say so. It would explain the horde of other people who also were wondering. It seemed strange that every single person didn't read the next sentence.
DaenerysStormPorn · 1 points · Posted at 00:15:40 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
omg is he actually serious? they do that?
[deleted] · -1 points · Posted at 13:06:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
My guess is that most NASA news is US news, and this sub wants to try to stay global.
lannisterstark · 1 points · Posted at 19:21:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"NASA explains how this asteroid will Kill all humans, 100% chance."
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 21:18:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yeah I mean that is the mod’s reasoning for removing some items. I don’t really agree with it.
lannisterstark · 1 points · Posted at 22:27:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That's fair.
Space_Ranger · 722 points · Posted at 05:55:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The signal in "Contact" was from Vega. Maybe they hated the movie and tried to fling an asteroid at us.
[deleted] · 423 points · Posted at 06:10:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well they missed. Haha, stupid aliens suck at sports!
kemushi_warui · 252 points · Posted at 06:32:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Watch it slingshot around Saturn and come back.
AverageCivilian · 186 points · Posted at 06:59:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Aliens: “uhhhh... yeah we meant to do it like that...”
brittommy · 21 points · Posted at 07:59:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Calculated!
Calculated!
Calculated!
LilFunyunz · 7 points · Posted at 09:23:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Calculated
Calculated
Calculated
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AverageCivilian · 3 points · Posted at 09:27:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Gucci Gang Gucci Gang Gucci Gang *chat disabled*
akkadian6012 · 3 points · Posted at 08:29:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Prince of the planet potters..
marr · 2 points · Posted at 12:43:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Vct7tX-Axw&t=8m49s
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 08:15:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
M.V.P.
Kronus_One · 1 points · Posted at 19:44:22 on December 13, 2017 · (Permalink)
Hold my cosmic beer for a min!
StormTrooperQ · 6 points · Posted at 07:04:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Trickshot!
mablo · 1 points · Posted at 11:25:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They're just hustling us. Pros playing dumb.
UnJayanAndalou · 3 points · Posted at 07:22:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Don't worry. We'll send Bruce Willis to deal with it.
DarkSideofOZ · 1 points · Posted at 13:51:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It would have to use multiple planets to make that turn considering it's current trajectory and speed.
Baron-Harkonnen · 3 points · Posted at 07:41:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You're lucky this URL will be long invalid by the time their syn packet got here.
drag0nw0lf · 1 points · Posted at 12:50:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's adorable that you think it's not here yet.
0saladin0 · 1 points · Posted at 06:39:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Ha! That means I got a leg up for when they visit! Take that, bullies!
peterfun · 1 points · Posted at 10:34:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They should have hired the Night King then. Thank God they didn't.
Don_Julio_Acolyte · 1 points · Posted at 12:22:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It was obviously hurled from planet Klendathu.
Damn bugs got us Johnny.
If you see a bug hole, nuuukkke it.
marchbook · 17 points · Posted at 06:23:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I like this theory.
syuvial · 8 points · Posted at 06:36:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well fine then, fuck those guys. If intelligent life doesnt like my favorite movie, then we're better off without it.
EwanEng · 7 points · Posted at 08:40:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If the movie had been broadcast on it's release date 20 years ago, it would still have 5 years left to travel before it reached Vega, so they wouldn't know of it's existence yet!
chuckDontSurf · 4 points · Posted at 11:21:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They got an early release copy on amazon prime.
wilberfarce · 3 points · Posted at 06:40:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
A bit like throwing a crushed beer can at the TV cos it sucks.
Recxi06 · 2 points · Posted at 12:06:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Why buy one asteroid when you can have two, twice the price
Horizon_17 · 1 points · Posted at 06:46:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They got the idea from a Human movie
irondrummer · 1 points · Posted at 07:06:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What if they're a bunch of chimpanzees all flinging agglomerated poo at us. Someone said there's organic stuff on the asteroid
MacThule · 1 points · Posted at 08:14:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Confirmed: Contact was filmed 300,000 years ago!
packpeach · 1 points · Posted at 08:28:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This could be a test before they send the signal.
hackenberry · 1 points · Posted at 11:46:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We look nothing like her father
foxh8er · 1 points · Posted at 19:34:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Fuck them then, that movie was awesome
Footypants · 65 points · Posted at 04:08:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Okay, so here's my question, if one got knocked loose, doesn't that mean that usually another couple will be passing through that were also knocked loose and pulled into our gravity well also? That is just a rhetorical question. But think about the asteroids that hit Jupiter. I wonder whether we will see another follow-on from this object passing through. This is really exciting stuff thank you for your explanation
BlazersMania · 39 points · Posted at 07:34:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The universe is massive. Even if a colossal collision happened in a rouge star near us. If the other asteroids were off by a fraction of a degree they'd miss our solar system by hundreds of millions of mile
SenorPuff · 47 points · Posted at 08:06:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The preferred name is red giant, I believe
=P
dbcaliman · 5 points · Posted at 12:41:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Did you just assume that celestial bodys pronoun?!
redpandaeater · 13 points · Posted at 06:25:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If you're thinking of Shoemaker-Levy 9, it was a convey that broke apart and that's why there were multiple impacts. Jupiter is fucking massive though and does tend to suck things up. It's hard to say what the origins of this object are, but if there were other pieces they'd have to be essentially traveling in the exact same trajectory to have made it to us instead of still being interstellar space.
Asrivak · 0 points · Posted at 07:31:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There wouldn't be "pieces" travelling at the same trajectory. They'd be moving away from a point source. Even if two asteroids are ejected side by side, they'd be separated by a huge distance by the time they got here. Also, solar systems eject debris all the time. There probably is other debris being ejected from that source, but its being distributed in all directions
amidoingitright15 · 0 points · Posted at 12:15:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Why did you quote pieces? And nothing you said refutes that more than just this one object could be on the same trajectory.
Asrivak · 1 points · Posted at 13:26:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You realize that as two lines move away from a point, they diverge, right? You downvoted me for that?
RebelScrum · 1 points · Posted at 13:32:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If they're massive enough they could orbit each other
Asrivak · 0 points · Posted at 13:40:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This one isn't. And they'd have to be orbiting each other prior to being ejected.
Also, that wasn't the question.
amidoingitright15 · 1 points · Posted at 14:19:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You realize something like an impact that could cause an ejection could have multiple point sources, right?
I didn’t downvote you but I might now.
MissingFucks · 15 points · Posted at 06:22:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Possibly but not necessarily.
Dirty_Socks · 8 points · Posted at 07:57:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Imagine shooting a shotgun long distance. There might be a lot of pellets generally traveling in the same direction, but after 100 yards/meters they'd be rather separated. Now think about how separated they'd be after a mile, or ten miles, or ten thousand miles...
Now try to hit a tennis ball 10,000 miles away with a shotgun. If the chances of that are small, the chances of two pellets hitting it are exponentially smaller.
wut3va · 1 points · Posted at 14:06:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Approximately 3 per day according to the article, if the optimistic estimates are true.
coffee-9 · 351 points · Posted at 06:42:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That thing can do San Francisco to New York in 47 seconds.
Or Earth to the moon in 73 minutes.
Or Earth to the sun in under 20 days. (92.96 million miles!!!)
Or around OP’s mom in 350 light years.
szdehaan · 160 points · Posted at 08:24:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Sorry for being that guy, but the light year is a unit of distance, not time.
stevenrose2272 · 57 points · Posted at 09:02:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
yeah, well, OP's mum made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs.
p4rad0X_ · 5 points · Posted at 09:09:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It was 7 ok?
punstersquared · 1 points · Posted at 19:31:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I thought she was one of the black holes.
Nighthunter007 · 4 points · Posted at 12:03:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
He clearly meant to type "lite year", which is like a year, except there's less fat and sugar.
3thoughts · 3 points · Posted at 12:49:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Fine. 12 parsecs then.
Scojo91 · 2 points · Posted at 15:35:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Han Solo disagrees
Death_Wisher · 2 points · Posted at 11:08:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Point still stands. In fact, I'd say it makes more sense in that context that he used, which was possibly what was intended.
fallout52389 · 2 points · Posted at 12:13:28 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Don't be sorry you're educating the masses.
rvalueReference · 1 points · Posted at 10:53:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well I still smiled.
shaenorino · 1 points · Posted at 12:10:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
No need to be sorry for that, if you ask me.
SKR47CH · 34 points · Posted at 08:21:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Distance dude.
cayneloop · 11 points · Posted at 08:21:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
i would upvote but i can't tell if you posted a bunch of random numbers just to make a yo mama joke
h3d0n1z3r · 3 points · Posted at 13:35:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's random numbers unless NY and SF are 154,000 miles away.
After slingshotting around the sun, that thing was going 1.7% the speed of light (assuming that 196000 number is correct). That's really unbelievably fast.
coffee-9 · 1 points · Posted at 14:52:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Holy crap. That IS fast!
DukeHellblade · 6 points · Posted at 08:29:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Light year is a measurement of distance sorrytoruinyourjoke...
I_LOVE_THE_WORD_CUNT · 7 points · Posted at 08:21:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So a little over 1.2 million years!
pocketverse · 1 points · Posted at 10:58:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Can OP's mom be really stretched THAT wide?
jebarnard · 1 points · Posted at 12:07:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
OP's mom is so big it wouldn't escape her gravity.
wtfduud · 1 points · Posted at 12:16:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
God DAMN
[deleted] · 248 points · Posted at 02:01:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
How can a rocky object reach 196,000 mph?, the fastest man made object travels at 25,000 mph and that was initially propelled? Is it due to the distance travelled?
YouAintGotToLieCraig · 331 points · Posted at 06:12:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Psst. You're standing on a rocky object going 67,000 mph.
Dr_edd_itwhat · 9 points · Posted at 08:08:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeee!
modernbenoni · 3 points · Posted at 10:08:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Dewey?
Larstheelephant · 18 points · Posted at 06:54:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Can anyone eli5 this for me? I am not very smart and the idea of clocking our planet relative to God knows what is making my brain hurt.
Edit. Wait! Is that our orbital velocity????
That_Fat_Black_Guy · 140 points · Posted at 07:09:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
TLDR: The 67,000 mph statistic is the speed that the earth covers it's orbit, relative to the sun.
Consider a test universe with only two planets in it that start side by side, A and B. Planet B is moving away from planet A at a constant speed.
From people on planet A's perspective, planet B is moving away from them. But from people on planet B's perspective, it looks like planet A is moving away from them, too.
How can anyone in this universe possibly determine whether A is moving away from B or B is moving away from A? Being a part of the universe (thus lacking God's perspective), they cannot really tell. If you do this same thought experiment with 3, 4 or any number of planets, it still holds true that there's no real objective perspective to take.
Since science is made by people within such a universe, it must take a relative perspective, meaning you can only say how fast something is going relative to another object. For instance, when you say your car is going 65 mph, it's implied that you're going 65mph relative to the ground.
The 67,000 mph statistic is the speed that the earth covers in it's orbit, relative to the sun. This doesn't include whatever speed the whole solar system might be said to be moving relative to the rest of the universe, or the speed of expansion of the universe, etc... but then again there's no true perspective to take. It's all relative.
ichibanstunna · 34 points · Posted at 07:30:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Dude, nicely explained
That_Fat_Black_Guy · 12 points · Posted at 07:59:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Hey thanks
isobit · 2 points · Posted at 13:17:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Except the speed of light, that is absolute. For some reason.
fractalbum · 2 points · Posted at 13:39:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
People talking about velocity need to read this, nicely said.
Zeikos · 1 points · Posted at 07:48:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Isn't the CMB basically the still reference frame that's used?
I may be have learnt it from a faux source, however by looking at how the CMB is red/blue shifted cannot we calculate how fast we are going compared to being "still"?
Your example still holds true, there is no "standard" reference frame unless we choose one.
Abell370 · 4 points · Posted at 08:24:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The CMB is constant and comes from every direction. In which direction would you define your speed relative to the CMB?
Zeikos · 1 points · Posted at 10:02:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Because it's constant in every direction and by checking what part of it is blue-shifted or/and redshifted from my point of view I can determine that I'm moving towards the blueshifted part of it and away the redshifted part of it compared to it.
I know that my reasoning is likely wrong, however, I don't understand why/how.
BlackholeDecay · 0 points · Posted at 10:36:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's actually not constant, there are slight temperature variations in the CMB, see here: https://imgur.com/a/PEXpw
Zeikos · 0 points · Posted at 10:45:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I am aware, however, if you check the difference in energy between a "hot spot" and a "cold spot" they are extremely small.
The fact that it has slight statistical anomalies doesn't make my reasoning wrong, you can still check for blue/red shifting in it.
Abell370 · 0 points · Posted at 13:03:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Those differences are of the order 10-4 K, so they're pretty negligible in the context we're talking here.
DragonTamerMCT · 3 points · Posted at 09:22:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The cmb can’t be used as a reference either because it’s everywhere. The cmb isn’t a magic dome in one position in space. If you shift to the side, you’re not now 1 unit of side shifting to be left of the cmb, you’re still in the “middle” of it.
What you’re probably thinking is lensing, or measuring the flatness if the universe (in the latter of which the cmb is used as a sort of reference).
Anyway to put it simply, there is no grand universal reference point in space, there is no 0,0,0 point. Any point of reference you pick is mostly arbitrary
And everything will be in a reference frame. Car speed is measured relative to earths, earths speed measured relative to the sun, the sun relative to the galaxys, and the galaxy to various other galaxies and clusters.
It’s all a bit complex, but basically the cmb is not a reference point for speed, it would break some physics if it was.
Edit: http://www.earlyuniverse.org/does-the-universe-look-the-same-in-all-directions/ semi relevant article.
Zeikos · 2 points · Posted at 09:59:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
My reasoning is the following : If I see the CMB being completely homogeneous in every direction means that I'm still, if I see that on a particular direction it's blueshifted and in the opposite directions it's redshifted it means that I'm moving "towards" the blueshifted part of the universe and "away" from the redshifted part.
What's wrong with this reasoning?
This works exactly because the CMB is homogeneous.
Sure the delta may be too small to be noticeable with current technology but since the CMB photons all have the same energy (up to an incredibly small margin) the fact of some being blue-shifted and others being red-shifted should be noticeable, shouldn't it?
PuffinPuncher · 1 points · Posted at 17:56:01 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
I don't know that you found a satisfying answer to this, but you're not exactly wrong in your thinking. Yes, you can look at the doppler shift to determine your velocity relative to the CMB rest frame. If the CMB is isotropic then you are at rest with respect to it. But do note that even if planet A and planet B in OPs example were both 'at rest' (not with eachother) such that observers on each planet saw the CMB to be isotropic, they would still be moving apart from eachother at least assuming there is no gravitational interaction, since space is of course expanding. There are an infinite number of CMB rest frames by way of a different origin point, and each one is moving apart from every other CMB rest frame. There is no 'absolute' frame, physics and relativity works just the same, though I gather you knew that. But certainly it is still a useful reference frame for cosmologists to work with.
The above poster seemed to think you were talking about finding a grand spatial reference point from which the CMB originates, and measuring the velocity of everything relative to that point. But clearly you realise that its coming from everywhere, and there isn't a universal coordinate system that everyone could agree with.
More clarification in this thread I found.
Zeikos · 1 points · Posted at 12:33:52 on November 23, 2017 · (Permalink)
Thanks, you've understood my points and addressed them to the fullest.
I didn't think through the effect of space's expansion in my reasoning, so now I understand why there is a potentially unlimited amount of CMB's rest frames, thanks a lot!
WeaponsHot · 0 points · Posted at 16:10:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I read somewhere that the speed of the earth, when all things are combined (relative to the sun, relative to the center of the galaxy, relative to an assumed starting point, etc) is that the earth is traveling 4-5 million mph. So any static point we chose, were 4-5 million miles from it every hour.
Take it with a grain of salt though. It used a lot of assumptions based on our very minor understanding of universe mechanics.
p____p · 7 points · Posted at 07:07:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yep, orbital velocity. It's about 18.5 miles per second.
LilFunyunz · 2 points · Posted at 09:27:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Among the other things that he talks about vsauce explains what the top reply did pretty well with some visualization.
https://youtu.be/IJhgZBn-LHg
shanemitchell · 1 points · Posted at 11:53:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Now that would be impressive!
KimJongIlSunglasses · 2 points · Posted at 07:24:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Pshh. W.r.t. the sun? What about the galaxy?
KKlear · 0 points · Posted at 11:35:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Not relevant. The interstellar object we are talking about is moving the same as us compared to the galaxy.
0v329000 · 581 points · Posted at 02:18:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It has been falling into the sun's gravity well for thousands of years.
NapalmForBreakfast · 249 points · Posted at 04:10:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Like, dozens of thousands of years
alaskafish · 131 points · Posted at 05:47:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Literally 7
TriskyFriscuit · 154 points · Posted at 06:07:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
7 dozen thousand years!??!
therein · 37 points · Posted at 06:12:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
84,000 years?!?!
Anonymous_P_A_H · 13 points · Posted at 06:27:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
196,000 years per hour?!?!
Advorange · 16 points · Posted at 06:48:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Psycho Mantis?
resplendence4 · 4 points · Posted at 11:07:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Plug my controller into port 2?
IolausTelcontar · 1 points · Posted at 13:35:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
1.21 gigiwatts?!?!
squats4months · 3 points · Posted at 06:40:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I dunno 7 dozen thousand years has a better ring to it imo
mexicanninja23 · 2 points · Posted at 09:31:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Math!?!?
fallout52389 · 1 points · Posted at 12:14:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
7 droids, 13 levels down all high on meth.
desireewhitehall · 6 points · Posted at 06:20:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
7s of thousands of years.
fuqqqq · 3 points · Posted at 07:36:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This is not the complete explanation, by the way. If we only take into account the acceleration from the sun's gravity, even if the object fell from infinity it would only reach 200k mph at a distance of 20MM miles from the sun.
WorkSucks135 · 3 points · Posted at 09:05:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That seems like a very reasonable interstellar distance, no?
KKlear · 3 points · Posted at 11:29:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Infinity?
fuqqqq · 1 points · Posted at 17:22:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well 20 million miles is within the orbit of mercury, so it's quite small.
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 06:40:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Very likely tens or hundreds of millions of years. Space is big and empty.
bjorneden · 1 points · Posted at 12:52:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oddly enough an object free falling into the sun for a fortnight can reach about 90% of the velocity acheived by an object falling into the sun for a billion years.
0v329000 · 1 points · Posted at 21:25:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Care to explain?
bjorneden · 2 points · Posted at 22:45:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Gravitational force diminishes quite rapidly as you get further away from an object. Likewise acceleration due to gravity approaches zero as the distance approaches infinity. There is a maximum velocity acheived by an object in freefall from an extremely large distance with negligible starting velocity. That velocity is equal in magnitude to the escape velocity. The escape velocity of the sun at its surface is 620km/s. The escape velocity of the sun at a distance similar to the orbit of mercury is 68km/s. Looking at this from a different perspective we can see that an object falling towards the sun from an extremely large distance with negligible starting velocity will reach a speed of “only” 68km/s by the time it is as close as Mercury but will impact the sun at a whopping 620km/s. This obviously ignores forces other than gravitational attraction to the sun.
RicksterCraft · 131 points · Posted at 02:20:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well one can't really know how it was initially accelerated to that velocity, but its interstellar speed was apparently calculated to be approximately 59,000 mph so it already was going over twice the speed you have there.
Though, the fastest man-made object currently is Juno, which reached approx.
90,000 mph** 165,000 mph using slingshotting.Using that as a reference, and knowing that Vega has approximately 2.1 times the mass of our own Sun, you would only need to be about 2.3 Astronomical Units* from Vega to escape Vega's gravity, at 90000 mph. I'm unsure of any Gas Giants or other bodies of large mass around Vega or nearby stars, but it is entirely feasible for that asteroid to have slingshotted fast enough to pass our own Sun at 196,000 mph.
Keep in mind that, due to conservation of momentum, the closer to an object you get, the faster you will go around that object. So yeah, 196,000 mph isn't too far fetched.
*(AU is a measure of distance from Earth's center to our Sun's center, used as a basis for stellar measurements)
Please do keep in mind that I am a former astrophysics major who changed out because I'm atrocious at the conceptual math, of which there is a lot of. Please correct me if I am wrong on anything because I love space but hate math. Thanks!
Edit
** I don't know where I pulled this number from, but Juno actually reached 165,000 mph. Whoops! But, that makes it even more feasible that an object could have such velocity around our Sun!
achtung94 · 7 points · Posted at 03:42:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Gravity assists might be a huge factor too.
monneyy · 8 points · Posted at 08:03:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
whyyyyy do you put corrections into the edit instead of the main text, it's just senseless... a simple note in the edit is sufficient and not even necessairy if it's just numbers. It's like reading a book with crossed out words and having to skip to the end to see what the author actually meant.
RicksterCraft · 2 points · Posted at 11:59:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Sorry, I agree. I wrote all that up really late at night and wasn't thinking right. It might be because I really wanted to explain it without adding that huge statement right into the original comment, but I mean I could have just put the number there too.
I'll change it and put the number where it belongs. Sorry!
monneyy · 1 points · Posted at 18:30:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Thank you, I didn't mean to be rude.
RicksterCraft · 1 points · Posted at 22:50:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Haha, no problem. I never see anger in text because one is usually inclined to misinterpret intentions that way. I didn't think you were being rude. :)
SkiptomyLoomis · 5 points · Posted at 06:03:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
As a fellow space loving math hater, what are you doing with your life now?
[deleted] · 18 points · Posted at 06:34:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Counter intel for the aliens in that rock ship, obviously.
Sixwingswide · 3 points · Posted at 07:44:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
favorite thing I read before going to bed.
Thank you. Cheers.
RicksterCraft · 1 points · Posted at 11:52:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Counter intel for ali-
oh no, sorry. Can't say that.
I've instead switched focus to live streaming. It is something I can enjoy while entertaining other people, and perhaps advocate for other young astrophysicists or engineers to explore their dreams and the universe!
Though, maybe one day I'll decide math ain't all that bad and I'll give my degree another shot. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
daredwolf · 2 points · Posted at 11:01:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I too have a deep love for space and everything about it, but also hate/suck at math. Feelsbadman
RicksterCraft · 3 points · Posted at 12:04:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There are dozens of us.
Actually, there are a LOT of us. If you watch gaming videos, Dan of NerdCubed actually dropped out of an Astrophysics degree because of the math required.
The Twitch Streamer Sevadus has a graduate degree in Astrophysics too (I believe his masters, but he might be going for a PhD) So he's one of the successful ones.
KKlear · 2 points · Posted at 11:42:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Or maybe this manhole cover:
https://losthunderlads.com/2013/03/07/the-worlds-fastest-manhole-cover/
SlothOfDoom · 38 points · Posted at 02:23:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Slingshotting out of a gravity well, or possible from some sort of explosion. It may have also have had a long, steady outgassing which effectively worked like an engine. We have seen matter in the form of plasma moving at 99.9% the speed of light while exiting a blazar
[deleted] · 8 points · Posted at 06:38:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Remember it came from Vega, so it was fast enough to escape a star's gravitational pull..
pan0ramic · 4 points · Posted at 07:01:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Likely a gravity slingshot. As objects get close to strong gravity fields (e.g. stars) they start to move towards the center of those fields: gaining velocity. But if the field cannot capture the object in orbit nor collide, then the object leaves that system with more velocity than it did before.
breadmaker8 · 3 points · Posted at 07:21:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What's the speed limit in space?
dumpster_dinner · 7 points · Posted at 08:34:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
c
maelstrom51 · 4 points · Posted at 06:33:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Speed is relative. If you were moving at 196,000 mph with the same trajectory as this rock, it would appear stationary and the solar system would be fast.
MatttheBruinsfan · 2 points · Posted at 08:47:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'm thinking that originating in another solar system would help a lot with that. Everything local is in orbit around the sun, but its parent star may have had very different speed and direction of motion from us.
nofaceD3 · 1 points · Posted at 09:06:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The Object is absorbing 96% of sun energy. I bet it is powered by solar energy.
Uranus_Hz · 1 points · Posted at 18:46:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's all relative. That rocky object is standing still but the rest of the universe is traveling 196,000 mph past it.
iamtomorrowman · 1 points · Posted at 02:20:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
nothing to really stop it (no air drag, right?). also objects can get gravity slingshotted. happens to a lot of things that encounter Jupiter's gravity well. then they get tossed out and go somewhere else faster.
OnePunchFan8 · 35 points · Posted at 03:27:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So that aspect ratio means that it's really oblong?
anyburger · 25 points · Posted at 06:19:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yes. In this case, 10 times longer than it is wide.
Erares · 11 points · Posted at 04:34:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Think your tv or monitor or smartphone. They have aspect ratios too.
Width to height ratio
anthroinfinitum · 39 points · Posted at 01:59:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Could Earth survive an impact by an interstellar object like that?
DenebVegaAltair · 140 points · Posted at 02:27:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Easily. It's very elongated, 30 meters wide and 400 meters long. For comparison, the dinosaur asteroid was about 6 to 10 miles wide.
fitzroy95 · 174 points · Posted at 02:59:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
sounds like a nice size for a small interstellar cruiser
[deleted] · 71 points · Posted at 05:15:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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Elias_Fakanami · 11 points · Posted at 06:22:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Huh?Star Wars and Mass Effect?
I don't understand these units. Can you give it to me in Star Trek?
[deleted] · 23 points · Posted at 06:24:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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0saladin0 · 18 points · Posted at 06:43:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
screams broken Klingon
VitQ · 2 points · Posted at 09:15:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So just Klingon then?
isobit · 1 points · Posted at 13:18:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That's speciesist.
BenjiTheWalrus · 12 points · Posted at 06:40:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
How about I handle this one, sport. It's about 30 meters longer than the USS defiant which was 170 meters.
Elias_Fakanami · 1 points · Posted at 07:23:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
...meters?
SenorPuff · 6 points · Posted at 08:03:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
they're like yards, but a bit longer
Hmluker · 5 points · Posted at 07:09:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Nah. You obviously gotta reroute the auxilary power through the EPS manifold to get the main deflector dish online. That way the emergency force fields don't have to keep holding the breach in the secondary hull until the dilithium chrystals are all drained.
prosthetic4head · 4 points · Posted at 07:43:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The EPS manifold wouldn't be able to handle that amoint of power unless you reverse the ionization in the secondary routers. If you could induce a multiphase flux in the plasma couplings you could achieve the same outcome without overloading the series three distribution nodes.
AbsenceVSThinAir · 6 points · Posted at 06:55:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That wouldn't even work, at least not without decoupling the EPS conduit from the main deflector array. Maybe even toss some tachyons into the mix and you got some good technobabble.
AverageCivilian · 1 points · Posted at 07:00:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
4.20 nerdprotons
overtoke · 1 points · Posted at 10:59:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
a Rosetta https://orig00.deviantart.net/494a/f/2014/171/0/1/size_comparison___science_fiction_spaceships_by_dirkloechel-d6lfgdf.jpg
xr3llx · 1 points · Posted at 07:29:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 06:44:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
200 meters long is about two of the ISS, connected end-to-end. I added the little red turd in question to the "Real World" box on this comparison image for your viewing pleasure: https://i.imgur.com/w1gqZmB.jpg
conman577 · 2 points · Posted at 09:22:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
needs more .jpg
morejpeg_auto · 2 points · Posted at 09:22:28 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There you go!
I am a bot
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:46:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
what's the thing barely fitting inside the top right corner? it must be ridiculously huge
Howzitgoin · 4 points · Posted at 08:26:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Here ya go
gloomyMoron · 1 points · Posted at 07:04:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Probably one of the Star Wars Dreadnoughts. Maybe not even them. It's certainly not the Eclipse or the Executor-class, they'd be much bigger.
zehamberglar · 2 points · Posted at 07:54:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Any eve players reading this: It's about the size of a destroyer (Cormorant, let's say). Interestingly that's about halfway between a corvette and a cruiser in that game's terms (343m vs 69m), so you got the nail on the head.
Side note: It's basically like 7 or 8 Millenium Falcons side by side, or a bit smaller than 3 Serenitys, end to end.
daredwolf · 1 points · Posted at 10:57:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'm commander Shepherd, and this is my favorite asteroid in the milky way.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 11:06:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The artist's depiction really does resemble the collector ship, actually
blaghart · 1 points · Posted at 06:33:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yea, not a large enough size to support a crew capable of sufficient genetic diversity to avoid interbreeding problems. Also it's unpowered and has been falling into the sun for dozens of millennia, so unless they're exceptionally long lived...
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 06:33:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
have you considered they might be small?
StaticSins · 1 points · Posted at 06:48:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Space Goblins? Ooh worse! Space Mogwai!
tRussianPlayer · 1 points · Posted at 08:56:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Quintians
blaghart · 1 points · Posted at 15:12:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
there's a reason most successful life on our planet is the size it is. Much the same reason that, say, microchips can only get so small conventionally. There's a limit on the complexity of small objects.
blahlicus · 1 points · Posted at 06:48:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Cryo pods man, probably a life boat from after an alien Event Horizon scenario played out on their larger ship.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:35:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Eve as well.
Thatguyonthenet · 16 points · Posted at 02:36:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yes, but what effect does the speed have on the impact?
DenebVegaAltair · 39 points · Posted at 02:42:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The energy of an object increases with the square of velocity, E = .5mv2. However, comparing it (once again) to the dinosaur asteroid, its mass (assuming equivalent densities) is 2/100,000,000 of it, which does not make up for the extra energy that the dinosaur asteroid had.
ZombieRapist · 3 points · Posted at 06:06:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Wouldn't the extra speed make its collision with the upper atmosphere even more violent and likely to burn up or explode?
DenebVegaAltair · 4 points · Posted at 06:47:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
granted, I'm not sure about the velocity of the object relative to earth, but relative to the sun it was 26 km/s. If it struck earth perfectly perpendicularly at this speed, it would only be in the (non-negligible) atmosphere for about 4 seconds. Probably not enough to change its velocity much, but I'm actually not studied up on this.
Ansoni · 4 points · Posted at 06:18:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh, naughty! You've combined metric and imperial!
Incidentally it was 10~15 kilometers wide.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:26:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I mean would humanity truly be fucked if a 6 mile wide asteroid hit the earth? Exactly how much damage would the asteroid cause? Lets say the asteroid impacted the middle of the uninhabitable and lifeless Sahara desert in Africa, far away from any major town or city with a sizable population... would humanity really be fucked in a situation like that? Like sure, the dinosaurs died because the impact essentially sent the planet into a multiple year winter, but could their extinction be tied more to the fact that they couldn't adapt?
Humans have survived an ice age before, long before we had the incredible technology and understanding of science, so would a few years of an asteroid induced winter cause the extinction of humanity? Humans are the most adaptable lifeforms in the history of this planet... we live and have survived virtually every single kind of environment and terrain on earth.
DenebVegaAltair · 3 points · Posted at 06:45:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Would humanity die out? Probably not. But we'd have massive famine due to crop shortages and probably a good couple billion people would die.
The ice age wasn't as sudden an event as an asteroid impact. It's 20,000 years of slowly changing climate.
Canadian_Infidel · 1 points · Posted at 06:41:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What about velocity comparison?
zephyy · 91 points · Posted at 02:52:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The Earth would be fine. Civilization might have a few problems depending where it hits. The meteoroid that caused the Tunguska event (exploded in atmosphere, flattened 2,000 km2 of forest) is estimated at to 60-190 metres.
CitizenPremier · 5 points · Posted at 08:12:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The speed is much more important than the size; would you rather be shot by a gun or have a watermelon tossed at you?
The Tunguska meteorite hit the atmosphere at only 33,500 miles per hour.
Jilebinator · 5 points · Posted at 09:59:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Force = mass*acceleration. Technically neither is more important then the other :)
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 12:42:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
But kinetic energy is mv2, so doubling the velocity is the same as quadrupling the mass.
isobit · 2 points · Posted at 13:19:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So this thing hitting us, at that speed... How bad would it be in comparison to Tunguska?
Zikki11 · -2 points · Posted at 07:23:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
How many feet is that? Like american measurement wise? Football fields?
titterbug · 3 points · Posted at 08:25:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
meter ~= yard
ipslne · 1 points · Posted at 07:46:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
bruh just
dividemultiply meters by 3 and you have an estimate in feet.DeadBloxxEpic · 11 points · Posted at 07:49:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yeah, I don’t understand how my fellow Americans refuse to learn global measurements.
Draiko · 3 points · Posted at 08:23:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Divide? I think you mean multiply.
1 meter = 3 feet 3.37 inches.
ipslne · 2 points · Posted at 18:48:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
BRUH yes that. How did I even.
Draiko · 1 points · Posted at 18:55:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's cool.
NASA makes those mistakes too
isobit · 1 points · Posted at 13:21:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There are international measures, like kilos and meters, then there are imperial measures like gallons and cups, then there are American measures like football fields and Texas.
[deleted] · 8 points · Posted at 05:01:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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meatpuppet79 · 1 points · Posted at 15:20:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Life on earth would survive easily, there is so much of it distributed across basically every environment, and in every region, and life is tailored to survive in even the most hostile of conditions (see extremophiles for example). Hell it wouldn't even stand much chance of wiping out just human life.
HatFullOfGasoline · 6 points · Posted at 06:24:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
\m/
l33tbanana · 6 points · Posted at 06:59:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Posts from nasa aren't allowed? So instead all of the space related posts on here are sensationalized since they all come from random news websites? Nice meme lmao. Should've expected that tbh
Redmindgame · 4 points · Posted at 07:21:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
For anyone curious (as I was) what it's speed is as a fraction of the speed of light:
object speed 196,000 mi/hr (314,000 km/hr)
speed of light , c, is @ 186,000 mi/s (300,000 km/s)
Objects speed as fraction of speed of light:
.0170.00029c or1.7.029% the speed of light.(edit: In my gooberish, science major and sci-fi fan, but not astrophysicist opinion)That is
really reallystill pretty damn fastfor damn near anything.Edit: I am a dummy who thought there were 60 seconds in an hour.
random_testaccount · 3 points · Posted at 08:17:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There are 3600 seconds in an hour, not 60. It’s closer to about 0.03%
Redmindgame · 3 points · Posted at 08:39:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Dang, I thought it seemed abnormally high, but I was like whelp I guess its gotta be alienz. Thanks for being polite :).
random_testaccount · 1 points · Posted at 19:01:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's all relative anyway. You can probably find an object relative to which it is going 90% of light speed.
ProssiblyNot · 4 points · Posted at 07:22:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Cosmic scales always mess with my brain. Traveling for hundreds of millions of years? Incomprehensible.
mitchmatch1 · 1 points · Posted at 12:01:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Hundreds of millions of years at nearly 200,000 mph or 315,000 km/h, that’s almost 90 km/s. Blows my mind.
CornDoggyStyle · 3 points · Posted at 07:08:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Would this thing be big enough to destroy Earth or any other planet on impact?
Hypothetically, if another planet in our solar system just blew up, would it affect us at all? For example, if something huge ran into Saturn and turned it into rocks, would our climate change or anything?
ThrowawayusGenerica · 1 points · Posted at 13:09:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Considering Saturn is made of gas, I'd be extremely worried if it was suddenly turned into rocks.
CornDoggyStyle · 2 points · Posted at 20:20:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Holy shit. I knew it was a gaseous planet. Had no idea it's like 94% gas. Okay, the question still stands though. What if we lost a planet in our solar system?
quicksilvereagle · 3 points · Posted at 07:09:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Starship confirmed
random_testaccount · 3 points · Posted at 07:52:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So it’s basically the size, shape, material and density of a stereotypical Sci-fi space ship?
:)
kaihatsusha · 3 points · Posted at 10:06:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
My first thought when I saw the artist's rendition was "hm, maybe a 9:4:1 ratio..." But then again, there was that other artist's rendition created in 1968 by author Arthur Clarke.
TheNotSoGreatPumpkin · 1 points · Posted at 18:39:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It is sort of an eerie coincidence that in addition to being so unusual in shape, its dimensions are so much like the fictional Monolith. Things will get really weird if we see another one with these dimensions.
Breadwardo · 2 points · Posted at 07:58:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Would it be possible to triangulate where the object originated from?
arctic_radar · 2 points · Posted at 08:23:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Considering everything is zooming around in space, what reference frame do we use when we talk about an asteroid’s speed?
Self_Referential · 2 points · Posted at 08:58:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
the different conversions are killing me here. (it's ~87.6km/s though, fun numbers. That is ridiculously fast.
mitchmatch1 · 1 points · Posted at 12:10:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It’s clearly got somewhere important to be if it’s going that fast.
Self_Referential · 1 points · Posted at 12:54:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well if it slowed down after the slingshot manoeuvre, it's clearly preparing to arrive!
.... wonder where it's headed. Ought send someone after it to ask.
LackingTact19 · 1 points · Posted at 06:30:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Uh oh, the Vega system. The Red Lantern Corps is finally looking to get it's revenge.
snoop_dolphin · 1 points · Posted at 06:50:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I see why Musk wants to travel to space so bad. Once he gets a hold of one of these, a trip from LA to NYC will take less than a second!
Larstheelephant · 1 points · Posted at 06:51:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Lets go get it!
RegicidalReginald · 1 points · Posted at 07:00:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This is so exciting I'm so happy
mickeyxz · 1 points · Posted at 07:05:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Hail to Vega!
GurenMarkV · 1 points · Posted at 07:27:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Can any space agency send anything to it in the time frame that is available?
ktoragodzina · 1 points · Posted at 07:43:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
With that speed, we *really * don't want it anywhere near our orbit I guess...
Lovegiraffe · 1 points · Posted at 07:51:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
When will it pass earth, and how far away will it be?
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 07:54:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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random_testaccount · 3 points · Posted at 08:24:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There is absolutely no technological ability to catch up with it at this point, it’s going extremely fast relative to the sun, and to us. A mission to intercept it wouldn’t even be out of the planning stage before it was gone for good. It’s not in orbit and it’s not coming back for another pass.
mitchmatch1 · 1 points · Posted at 12:08:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Goodbye random oblong space rock! I will think about you in the decades to come and wish you nothing but the best in your future travels, although my years on this planet are nothing compared to the hundreds of millions of years you’ve spent hurdling through the cold dark. Farewell, friend.
BLOOD_WIZARD · 1 points · Posted at 08:11:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Hey I'm really sorry you missed out on the post karma, but congrats on the comment karma
Arctousi · 1 points · Posted at 08:12:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Sounds like it's really hustling. How does that sort of speed compare to the limits of our current space travel technology?
TheAngriestDog · 1 points · Posted at 08:33:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What’s special about the 10:1 aspect ratio? Hey can’t we have those in our solar system and other stars can? Sorry don’t know a lot about this sort of stuff.
PrimateOnAPlanet · 1 points · Posted at 08:43:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Wait...Vega is where the aliens are from in Contact...
RanaktheGreen · 1 points · Posted at 08:53:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Just so people know: NASA is not allowed because its a US source, so is considered "internal".
DoctorAwesomeBallz69 · 1 points · Posted at 10:01:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What caused it to slow down after its slingshot around the sun? Gravitational pull from other large celestial bodies?
RicksterCraft · 2 points · Posted at 11:45:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Pretty much. As it got closer to the Sun, the pull of the Sun made it go faster and faster. Now that it is heading away, the Sun's gravity is slowing it down. It's going so fast, though, that it has more than enough velocity to escape the Solar system, before the Sun slows it down entirely. Keep in mind that the farther from an object in space you get, the less its gravitational force.
UrynSM · 1 points · Posted at 10:14:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Larfleeze is here boi
Proton_Pack · 1 points · Posted at 10:57:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Humanity hasn't accelarated anything THAT fast. Helios 2 was the fastest with 157.000 mph apparently.
ArMcK · 1 points · Posted at 11:49:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Is it too late to catch up to it with a probe? I know it's moving ridiculously fast. . .Seems like if nothing else this is an amazing opportunity to learn up close about something so alien.
RicksterCraft · 2 points · Posted at 11:55:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I initially would think it is going way too fast to catch up to, as I stated in this comment, but another user shared a link to a scholarly article that claims it's not impossible. I haven't read it yet, because I have to leave here soon, but succinctly what I am saying is there might be a chance. ;)
phant-m · 1 points · Posted at 12:13:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
How did it get moving that fast?
d3volicious · 1 points · Posted at 12:30:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If it slingshotted passing the Sun at 196,000 mph, why did it slow down to 85,700 mph if it's in space?
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 13:05:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
When it was approaching the sun, it was like it was rolling downhill, and was speeding up. The point closest to the sun was the furthest “downhill” that it got, and now it’s travelling uphill and slowing down.
d3volicious · 1 points · Posted at 13:21:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh right! I forgot that gravity would be pulling back on the asteroid as well. Thanks.
ThrowawayusGenerica · 1 points · Posted at 13:10:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So it's going to be extremely hot and overpriced?
Harnellas · 1 points · Posted at 13:25:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Why would interstellar radiation have such a measurable effect on the object's color?
The guardian article here just says it's red because it contains carbon-based compounds.
RicksterCraft · 1 points · Posted at 22:47:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The Sun's radiation changes colors all the time. Reds fade, changing purples to blues and oranges into yellows.
While I don't know the exact chemistry behind it, I imagine it is a similar process where the ionizing of a material over time causes some chemical reaction on the material that tends to affect color. Remember that this asteroid was in interstellar space for hundreds of millions of years.
Also, I got this information from the NASA post, here. It's mentioned in the 7th paragraph down.
King_Barrion · 1 points · Posted at 13:41:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
AMD, is that you
typu · 1 points · Posted at 13:46:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Isn't the red tint theory kinda reaching? It could just contain iron
justfarmingdownvotes · 1 points · Posted at 14:09:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Vega?
This a sign from Raja?
AMD
xana452 · 1 points · Posted at 14:32:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They forgot to log out and were stuck in super cruise.
WilyDoppelganger · 1 points · Posted at 15:03:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
A 10:1 axis ratio is unknown among TNOs because we only see large, gravity dominated ones. Once we can find small, material strength dominated ones, we'll find objects this extreme. We know them from the asteroid belt.
Iamloghead · 1 points · Posted at 19:38:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Realistically, what would have happened had the rock collided with earth as it slingshot past the sun?
spearthrower · 1 points · Posted at 20:12:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Couldn't the red hue simply be from oxidized iron? Just coming from a terrestrial geology background where red=Fe in most cases
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 05:14:52 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
Just realized the fact it came near Earth, Goldilocks zone. How much we can extrapolate the path before and after? Can we say this object came from Vega's Goldilocks zone and going towards next star's Goldilocks zone?
roflocalypselol · 1 points · Posted at 06:37:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
0.017C, yeah that is pretty fucking fast.
I'm not being sarcastic. That is really fast for just some rock with no propulsion.
WillOnlyGoUp · 1 points · Posted at 09:36:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Hundreds of millions of years of travel? I hope we leave it alone then. Other people are saying it's a shame we don't have the technology to intercept it, but I think it would be a shame to interfere with something so old.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 12:44:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Pretty much everything in space is old
rawschwartzpwr · 0 points · Posted at 07:18:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Lol the salt is real.
Tramagust · 0 points · Posted at 07:23:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If this would have been an intentional slingshot maneuver would it have looked any different from what we're seeing this object do now?
funny_lyfe · 737 points · Posted at 04:33:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Just in case we wanted to catch this near Saturn's orbit. We would need to get there in about 13 months.
We would need to go 3,030,303 km per day. That's 126,262 km/h or 78,455 mph. Even if we get there we would zoom way past it. That means we would actually have to match it's course. We are probably 100 years out from being able to do this unless there is big breakthrough in energy generation.
bishey3 · 230 points · Posted at 06:34:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We need someone to dock to it while spinning. We also need music by Hans Zimmer playing in the cockpit. We got this.
Don_Julio_Acolyte · 4 points · Posted at 12:26:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We've got a few excellent pilots as well. Tom Hanks is my vote. Make sure he brings a volleyball for recreation along the way.
Noughmad · 6 points · Posted at 14:11:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Tom Hanks + any form of transportation = bad idea.
VisualBasic · 1 points · Posted at 15:47:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I would watch that as long as Jack Black is his copilot.
TheFaceBehindItAll · 4 points · Posted at 13:51:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"That's impossible"
"No, it's necessary"
triplers120 · 3 points · Posted at 11:31:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Just recruit anyone that played Captain Skyhawk
classicalySarcastic · 3 points · Posted at 13:32:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"CASE, if I black out you take the stick."
"TARS, get ready to engage the docking mechanism."
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 12:35:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'd like to imagine that the astronauts play Zimmer while they dock to the ISS.
Raptorguy3 · 1 points · Posted at 14:37:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"VASILY!"
"da?"
"PLAY THE SONG!"
"VAT SONG?"
"THE SONG!"
"OH DA!"
-Tasogare- · 1 points · Posted at 13:09:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'll try spinning that's a good trick!
Tincansailorman · 1 points · Posted at 15:59:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
C'mon, TARS...C'MON TARS!
ClarkeOrbital · 195 points · Posted at 06:44:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There were papers written last week about various payloads that we can send to
rendezvousfly by with the object. It's absolutely possible but it wouldn't be launched for 5 years and the actualrendezvousfly by wouldn't happen until 5-10 after that depending on the payload, launcher, and date of launch.Edit: Found it
https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1711/1711.03155.pdf
MeatThatTalks · 12 points · Posted at 09:09:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Are you an academic in a relevant field who can appreciate the content of this paper and the context of this discovery enough to tell me whether there's even a tiny chance that such a project would come to pass?
wolfamongyou · 11 points · Posted at 11:21:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Not an academic, but sentences like " realistic launch date (next 5-10 years), is a formidable challenge for current space systems." isn't promising.
An Orion project craft (powered by nuclear explosions) could catch it within a year of launch and do a flyby if launched immediately. Anything else would require a 20 year + mission.
Neglectful_Stranger · 1 points · Posted at 06:58:03 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
You're never gonna see an Orion craft. Too much fear, people will immediately bring up shuttle explosions and say "WHAT IF THIS WAS NUKE"
wolfamongyou · 2 points · Posted at 07:35:37 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
They don't seem to understand that the bombs would have to be armed, and would only be after launch once they'd reached an area outside of the Earths orbit. It's likely the fuel "bomblets" would be launched separately and mated to the craft once it was in orbit, and would be cased in such as way that they'd be difficult to crack (the exterior casing would add as reaction mass to push the craft).
It doesn't make me mad, and I understand that people are scared and it's unlikely, but I feel the need to restate the above whenever people start dismissing the concept as riskier than chemical rockets when it's the most feasible way to build relatively fast spacecraft. I honestly am of the belief that these same people forget that we employ clever people that can solve these problems and reduce the risk.
ClarkeOrbital · 1 points · Posted at 18:50:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Relevant field? Yes. Academic? Maybe? I'm a first year grad student.
There is a tiny chance. Funding, like always, is the largest hurdle to overcome.
antonivs · 1 points · Posted at 02:30:55 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
For this asteroid, there's no realistic chance.
funny_lyfe · 2 points · Posted at 15:44:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Nice paper. But how much does it cost to do this? A cool half a trillion $'s? Catching it near Pluto's orbit is not going to be easy. The only easy out is project Orion like propulsion.
ClarkeOrbital · 1 points · Posted at 18:16:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I don't have that answer. New Horizon cost 'only' 700 million to fly by Pluto. It's not the same because the project needs to be rushed and has different constraints but it's similar in scope. Definitely a flag ship mission level of funding would be required.
[deleted] · 288 points · Posted at 06:06:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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natethewatt · 218 points · Posted at 07:31:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Tesla CEO Elon Musk claimed today that he will be immediately migrating company resources towards 'operation space lasso' scheduled to launch in like two days..."
nicocappa · 42 points · Posted at 07:38:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
... However production won't start for another 15 years...
naufalap · 12 points · Posted at 09:27:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"New publication mentioned that the third generation Roadster will be able to break warp factor 0.69, surpassing the record before at 0.68 held by Bugatti LeBron"
RR4YNN · 5 points · Posted at 11:23:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
'0-60 light years in 1.9 seconds'
GaydolphShitler · 3 points · Posted at 14:11:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"We are planning starting the design process this afternoon, so we should be able to ramp up to 300 production units per day by Wednesday evening."
shaenorino · 1 points · Posted at 12:16:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
More like in minus 50 years.
CloseQuartersGaming · 1 points · Posted at 22:40:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
more like "Tesla CEO Elon Musk quoted saying "finally leaving these simpletons and returning home" when asked about the interstellar object"
01110001010 · 4 points · Posted at 08:01:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It wouldn't surprise me if Musk was an alien and this asteroid was actually a ship meant to bring him home.
xerberos · 3 points · Posted at 07:37:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Zuma was a secret intercept mission! That would explain the November deadline.
bardghost_Isu · 2 points · Posted at 07:55:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Haha, one of the better and more interesting theories, I just don't know if they'd have had the time from when it was said to have been found to have made a spacecraft to get there.
That said if they knew earlier it does probably get it into the realm of possibility. But then it going up on a f9 probably doesn't give it the power to get there.
wolfamongyou · 2 points · Posted at 11:24:28 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If SpaceX could build and launch an Orion project craft, I'm sure they would.
Hopefully it'd get a good name like Belligerent Pacifist
(yes, a Culture reference)
[deleted] · -10 points · Posted at 07:05:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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brianvaughn · 4 points · Posted at 07:33:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Um...have you SEEN the new Roadster? 😉 Don't be a fool.
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 15:34:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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brianvaughn · 1 points · Posted at 18:16:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Calm down. 🙂 My post was clearly meant in jest.
Tesla's safety ratings are good. Not the best, but good. Certainly not "abysmal".
I have no interest in debating your personal opinion of Musk, but your claims are hyperbolic.
[deleted] · 26 points · Posted at 06:23:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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SaintNickPR · 3 points · Posted at 06:55:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
U mean mechjeb?
AdmiralAkbar1 · 2 points · Posted at 07:52:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
adds struts
CarmenFandango · 6 points · Posted at 06:24:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Catch is a relative term here, as in only catch up to, because at the size and rate of rotation 'landing' is an unlikely prospect given it's angular momentum and relatively weak gravity.
linkertrain · 2 points · Posted at 07:00:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Unless you land in the center 0.o
CarmenFandango · 1 points · Posted at 07:25:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Landing is a complex process in micro gravity.
Complicated, by the fact, don't forget, of its tumbling, as from this distance we can't anticipate the orientation, or orientations, of its tumble.
MoffKalast · 2 points · Posted at 11:47:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Just enable SAS.
CarmenFandango · 1 points · Posted at 23:16:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
In Kerbal space perhaps.
desepticon · 7 points · Posted at 06:39:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We have the technology, but not the sheer strength of will! Project Orion
kotkatawe · 3 points · Posted at 06:28:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Damn that's kinda sad
cockOfGibraltar · 1 points · Posted at 07:10:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
When it slows down to orbit close to the sun for a bit we can rendezvous
chickendiner · 1 points · Posted at 07:25:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The big breakthrough is to add more struts and more rockets. Let us at /r/kerbalspaceprogram handle this
argv_minus_one · 1 points · Posted at 07:29:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If someone invented a warp drive, we could get right next to it…and it'd be several kilometers away by the time the ship drops out of warp. Whoops.
How the heck would a warp drive even deal with that? Bending space around a ship is well and good, but that wouldn't change the ship's velocity, which may be completely different from that of your destination!
funny_lyfe · 1 points · Posted at 15:48:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Drop out of warp. Then launch a probe that intercepts with it.
DownToFarm · 1 points · Posted at 07:43:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This is why it's sad people can't just get along. Instead of being able to invest more into space people still have to worry about being stoned to death for having sex. This could be a once in a life/generation/humanexistance-time opportunity and we are not prepared.
wongie · 1 points · Posted at 08:27:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Would Cassini have been of any use had we not crashed it back in April?
funny_lyfe · 1 points · Posted at 15:51:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
No. Not really. It would mean that it actually get's really close to Jupiter. I haven't looked at jupiter's orbit compared to it but it passes near the orbit not near Jupiter.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 08:35:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
wow, if we could steer the Earth towards it, we could actually make it there in time.
gcronin · 1 points · Posted at 11:57:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Unless it changes course..
Kep0a · 1 points · Posted at 14:47:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
But why try reaching this one? According to the article, if I'm reading it correctly, there are estimated to be many more like it going through our solar system, it's just a matter of finding one.
funny_lyfe · 1 points · Posted at 15:52:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Because there is a possibility that it might be a space ship. Or at the very least we don't have rocks like this in our solar system. And this is the first extra solar object we are tracking.
Seanlcky13 · 1 points · Posted at 15:39:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You should read Saturn Run. A fantastic book where they solve the problem of getting to Saturn in a short amount of time for reasons and they do it believably. (The reasons is aliens)
chrispy7 · 1 points · Posted at 23:41:07 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
Hey but don't we have any other satellites or anything around Saturn? I realised Cassini destroyed itself, if only it hadn't we could have observed it with Cassini? Or did the aliens wait until we destroyed our only possible observation satellite
funny_lyfe · 1 points · Posted at 01:56:01 on November 23, 2017 · (Permalink)
Let's say we do. That satellite needs a LOT of fuel. Then it would need multiple gravity assists around Saturn. We would also need thrusters in about 3 axis. Then it wouldn't have scientific payloads to actually do much with asteroid. The only one I know is Cassini, and we crashed that into Saturn.
chrispy7 · 1 points · Posted at 19:28:10 on November 23, 2017 · (Permalink)
Hmm interesting cheers. I guess we have little in the way of satellites that can be flexible with their mission. Is it actually going anywhere near Saturn? Or just passing it's orbit? I've seen some animations where it appears to slingshot the Sun and then zoom out in the plane of the other planets' orbits. But then a different one made it look like it was just slingshotting the Sun and zooming out of the solar system without crossing the orbits...
[deleted] · -8 points · Posted at 06:09:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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Ejeb · -3 points · Posted at 07:23:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well, again, a monetary system prevents all of this from happening. Wanna go to space? Good luck, you won't be able to because of this barrier humanity invented to stop you from doing great things.
ryrinder · 1 points · Posted at 10:42:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Sorry, do you have a better solution?
Ejeb · 1 points · Posted at 19:47:17 on November 24, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yes.
Patches67 · 225 points · Posted at 06:28:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Long and narrow? Rendezvous With Rama anyone?
emilfalck · 15 points · Posted at 12:39:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This was the only reason I looked through the comments.. .
The_GASK · 8 points · Posted at 12:18:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Exactly
Kureeru · 14 points · Posted at 10:07:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Haha, came here to say this.
deepankarb · 11 points · Posted at 11:53:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Me too.
karanut · 3 points · Posted at 13:58:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I think we should invest in building one of those just because it would be trippy.
MarshallStrad · 3 points · Posted at 14:51:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Three. Always in threes!
Khassar_de_Templari · 2 points · Posted at 18:13:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What a way to end the book, by the way. The only time I've actually enjoyed a cliffhanger!
PathToExile · 1 points · Posted at 15:08:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The prophet calls to us from the grave! Clarke must have been a friggin' alien lol
ImpoverishedYorick · 710 points · Posted at 05:33:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oumuamua, I've come to bargain.
clee-saan · 12 points · Posted at 13:25:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Nani!?
Some_type_of_way · 57 points · Posted at 07:20:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oumuamua, I've come to bargain.
Therandomfox · 32 points · Posted at 09:56:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oumuamua, I've come to bargain.
Lexx4 · 33 points · Posted at 10:02:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oumuamua, I've come to bargain.
alixsyd · 21 points · Posted at 10:49:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oumuamua, I've come to bargain.
[deleted] · 48 points · Posted at 11:01:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
omae wa mou shindeiru
alixsyd · 14 points · Posted at 11:11:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Goddammit Eminem this is not the time
WarCabinet · 13 points · Posted at 11:21:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oumuamua's spaghetti
foxsable · 4 points · Posted at 13:42:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
’Oumuamua, I've come to bargain.
classicalySarcastic · 3 points · Posted at 13:35:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yeah, you know, you really should've stolen the whole book, because the warnings...the warnings come *after* the spells.
[deleted] · 28 points · Posted at 06:15:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Y'know, this is exactly the joke I made to my wife when we were talking about it earlier.
Dougdahead · 9 points · Posted at 12:39:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Great, now every time I see Oumuamua in this thread that's the first thing to pop in my head. Thanks alot fucknut.
CameForThis · 2 points · Posted at 13:44:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What’s so wrong about that? At least you’ll remember it better now.
Dougdahead · 1 points · Posted at 14:07:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Except now when I watch Dr. Strange I'll pronounce it wrong.
NSA-SURVEILLANCE · 26 points · Posted at 07:27:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Dormammu, I've come to bargain.
Flexappeal · 1 points · Posted at 14:40:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yep that’s the joke
pier4r · 1 points · Posted at 18:54:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You have rocks and we need a wall. I guess it will work.
[deleted] · -12 points · Posted at 06:21:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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MotharChoddar · 29 points · Posted at 06:28:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You don't think so, but I immediately "ctrl-f"ed for it.
Bartdog · 0 points · Posted at 08:42:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I should have done that before posting
MrEuphonium · 8 points · Posted at 06:49:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Has to be close enough for this many people to think of it
Arclight_Ashe · 3 points · Posted at 07:32:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Considering I don't know how to pronounce it, I like it.
magikarpcatcher · 0 points · Posted at 12:25:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If I wasn't broke, I'd give you gold for this.
imaginary_num6er · 51 points · Posted at 03:53:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Wasn't there an SCP for this?
Horizon_17 · 23 points · Posted at 06:54:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If only Marvin was here...
MyronBlayze · 9 points · Posted at 07:52:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I think so! The number is eluding me though. Actually there are a couple about large extra solar objects
ChangeAndAdapt · 5 points · Posted at 09:27:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
would love a link if you ever find it :)
TheRealVerviedi · 2 points · Posted at 12:16:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
/r/SCP Could be the one I’m thinking of, but you’d have to look it up there.
TheRealVerviedi · 5 points · Posted at 12:15:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Try asking around on /r/scp . I remember reading a few like this, and writing one (2027).
9Volt_Official · 2 points · Posted at 14:07:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This is a very new discovery, and I don't think anything has been written about it yet. SCPs that have a similar concept probably exist, though.
Harmalite_ · 2 points · Posted at 19:29:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Man how awesome would it be if this were SCP-2722
[deleted] · 1194 points · Posted at 06:09:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Just wait until the day we read a headline that says "Life found" and how fast our hearts will be collectively beating. It will change everything, how we look at ourselves, our fellow man, who we are, our identity.
ThewItAway2o17 · 243 points · Posted at 07:28:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Reminds me of that Twilight Zone episode. Aliens come, have press conference and share ideas with us to end world hunger and to lengthen our lifespans, create water from nothing, stuff like that. When asked why they do it and what they want in return they respond simply “to serve man” Turns out the book they carry is titled “To serve man.” And it’s not a religious text it’s a cookbook.
[deleted] · 72 points · Posted at 10:46:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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ToPimpAButterface · 18 points · Posted at 11:36:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
WAIT...THERE IS MORE SPACE DUST
noblespaceplatypus · 1 points · Posted at 15:45:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"wait a second, let me get this straight you thought..." "they thought we were going to eat them!"
destroy-demonocracy · 55 points · Posted at 09:58:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
“The Joy of Cooking Milhouse”
caesar15 · 6 points · Posted at 09:09:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Makes so much more sense now
Nghtmare-Moon · 7 points · Posted at 10:52:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Watch an anime called “kado: the right answer” it’s a pretty cool take on alien contact
marr · 2 points · Posted at 12:58:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Anime/KadoTheRightAnswer
Nicholas-Rage · 3 points · Posted at 11:21:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Luckily it was not the Anarchists Cookbook
demark39 · 1 points · Posted at 18:07:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Read a book that had that concept, but it made no difference to the general public. It didn't affect their everyday life at all. Hundreds of years to wait for an answer.
MrEuphonium · 924 points · Posted at 06:51:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"We should try and bring the word of jesus to them!"
Insaniaksin · 628 points · Posted at 07:07:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Especially if they have oil
benjammin9292 · 78 points · Posted at 07:54:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"We come in peace.. By force"
CalebImSoMetal · 7 points · Posted at 08:40:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Ive never laughed so hard in my life at this comment
fallout52389 · 2 points · Posted at 12:20:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Or if they have spiral shaped religious art work/stone work.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 07:34:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Lofl
chuckDontSurf · 2 points · Posted at 11:25:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Laughing on the floor laughing?
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 18:31:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I meant laugh out fucking loud but I like your version
Nghtmare-Moon · 1 points · Posted at 10:51:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I believe titan is scheduled to be evangelized any time soon
rvalueReference · 1 points · Posted at 10:55:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well Soudis didn't get bombed tho they had oil.
Nyetbyte · 1 points · Posted at 11:13:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh goddammit.
SRThoren · 1 points · Posted at 12:16:28 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oil? Who said something about oil bitch, you cookin?
WhoisTylerDurden · 25 points · Posted at 07:17:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This is how the end of mankind begins.
igncom1 · 4 points · Posted at 09:11:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And the start of our glorious imperium!
Jwalla83 · 29 points · Posted at 07:56:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Hey aliens, Jesus made you guys 3000 years ago!"
MonkeyWrench3000 · 9 points · Posted at 11:42:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Actually, exotheology is, in fact, a thing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exotheology
Question is, did Jesus also die for the many sins of the Vogons? Or had the Vogons their own son of God send down for redemption and then nailed him onto, say, a fridge door?
klezmai · 1 points · Posted at 14:23:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I wonder how many other things Jesus forgot to tell us.
biffybyro · 16 points · Posted at 07:25:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Yo you guys ever hear bout democracy?"
SerPlumtree · 29 points · Posted at 08:00:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yes we were wondering why you don’t have it.
TomatoButtt · 1 points · Posted at 07:46:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
“No”
fubar_boy · 8 points · Posted at 11:55:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Imagine if the aliens just turned out to be the interstellar equivalent of Mormons
Don_Julio_Acolyte · 6 points · Posted at 12:49:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I mean once you've perfected interstellar space travel, what else is there to do except troll other civilizations. Isnt that the end goal for all intelligent life? To make lesser intelligent life feel more stupid. Hell we dress up dogs in costumes, we laugh at otters doing backflips, and we stand up and applaud when a dolphin jumps through a ring. Those animals are just "gerbils in our wheel."
I would imagine the whole point of existence after perfecting space travel would be to go and make lesser species do dumb shit. Earth would be an alien-ran circus. Think Space Jam, but without Michael Jordan to save us.
TheBaconBoots · 2 points · Posted at 13:19:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh, god. You're actually right...
Unsocialopposite · 9 points · Posted at 07:11:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If someone did that there would be genocide on our race
[deleted] · 17 points · Posted at 07:20:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
not if the aliens dig jesus
p4y · 3 points · Posted at 07:36:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
relevant
Unsocialopposite · 3 points · Posted at 07:26:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Let's hope there not here to learn and someone talks about slavery in the bible
Callawaybros · 2 points · Posted at 07:26:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yeah!! And see if they have any gold or something of value that we can have
_Administrator · 2 points · Posted at 08:59:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They certainly lack democracy and we should bring them that also.
pm_me_your_lat_long · 1 points · Posted at 08:11:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Or let's first shoot and then eat them!
beats_time · 1 points · Posted at 08:45:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I think if you watch a series like Game of Thrones, taking place on another world or a different time, religion is really diverse, and old fashioned.
MrEuphonium · 1 points · Posted at 08:54:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'm okay with old fashioned, but when it's gotten to the point where I see members of my community who can hardly afford rent (some just dont) getting pressured to give tithes at church, it's easy to become bitter about the subject.
beats_time · 1 points · Posted at 11:23:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I think most people are allready bitter about religion, be it not theirs....
mijamala1 · 1 points · Posted at 11:29:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Do they follow Shariah Law?"
buffaloeffect · 1 points · Posted at 12:00:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Strong
orezinlv · 1 points · Posted at 14:38:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That would turn out really badly, for us.
[deleted] · -7 points · Posted at 07:24:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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MrEuphonium · 13 points · Posted at 07:49:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You don't think finding an entire alien race (or them finding us) would discredit the Bible a little bit? If they were as smart or smarter, why would god make us in his image but not them?
And plus, I'd be real interested to see what they believe/know before we put our ideas and fundamentals upon them.
all_is_vain_vanity · 5 points · Posted at 12:21:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Religion always finds a way. I assure you that people would find a way to say that the Bible talked about alien life and people just didn't want to accept it, or some bullshit like that.
But yeah, for non-religious people it would certainly discredit religion even more.
Atheistsomalipirate · 1 points · Posted at 22:00:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Lol. So true
TiSoBr · 7 points · Posted at 07:53:28 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Why should it? Even as believing christian I've always had this feeling in my stomach the bible just focusses on our story.
MrEuphonium · 1 points · Posted at 08:04:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So would these creatures go to heaven?
Leviticus 17:11, it mentions human life is in the blood, what would have to be sacrifices for these aliens (that may or may not have blood) to be in the holy kingdom?
TwoSquareClocks · 6 points · Posted at 08:19:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Most of Leviticus is considered obsolete and only followed in Orthodox Judaism. Only Evangelicals base their theology on Leviticus and that's only to justify homophobia.
It's not exactly representative of Christian beliefs outside of parts of the US.
MrEuphonium · 4 points · Posted at 08:29:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Correct, I was hoping that my example would bring that answer, I will be using my example to make it known how homophobia is the only one still pulled from leviticus today. Thank you.
Silverton13 · 3 points · Posted at 08:58:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
How can you guys choose whats obsolete and whats not? You can't pick and choose what fits your agenda
TwoSquareClocks · 6 points · Posted at 09:52:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This is an extremely broad topic that varies by denomination, context, and topic, and I sadly can't give you a really comprehensive answer. In this case, here are the relevant details:
For some time in the earliest days of the Church, Jews and Christians were barely distinguishable. In this specific instance, the idea that the Old Covenant doesn't apply is a function of rejection of Jesus' divinity by the Jewish mainstream, and the rejection of later supposed Jewish messiahs by Christians, as well as the continued work of the Apostles (defined as Jesus' direct disciples, and those who converted and spread the faith based on their own personal revelation).
Modern Church leaders in many denominations are seen as having direct ideological and spiritual descent from the early Apostles; this is less of an inherited status and more of an appraisal of spirituality and devotion. If you are judged to be devoted enough, the existing bishops will grant you that title. After that point, it's a matter of maintaining self-consistency.
It's also worthwhile to remember that different denominations have different beliefs, and also different levels of credulity. Many questions were settled around the 5th century, though the extreme shake-up of the Protestant Reformation brought previously-settled theological questions back into relevance amongst the newborn Protestant movements (because people had simply gotten fed up with the Catholic Church and sought to oppose it in every possible way). For everyone else, these matters are still settled.
The Church has a mechanism for doctrinal change, and an expectation of such. As I said before, the specific mechanisms of how that works are different in different contexts, but by no means is change somehow impossible and inherently hypocritical. But it must also be noted that these instances are very specific; we don't bend to every single challenge.
In the past, I've had people simply reject any answer I gave on the basis of my obvious ulterior motives. Hopefully, we're having this discussion in good faith.
TiSoBr · 6 points · Posted at 10:11:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Thanks for this!
Silverton13 · 2 points · Posted at 10:18:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Thank you for putting the effort into attempting to answer. Although your answer seems to only imply that everyone who believes in God all just choose to believe some parts of the bible and reject the others without really giving a clear reason why that should even be allowed. If you believe in God shouldn't you believe in every page of the bible?
nearlydedicated · 2 points · Posted at 15:20:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I’m a religious studies major, so I’ve still got a lot to learn, but maybe I can shed some light. Believe me: I wish the Bible were that black and white.
Short answer: no. Long answer: the books of the Bible have been traced back to different sources, each with their own purpose in writing. For example, one source, the Deuteronomist Historians, recorded some books of the Old Testament following the Israelite exilic period. Because of this, many of the writings include reasoning on why the Israelites were forced into exile, theologically. (Ex. God does bad things to bad people, repent).
As you can see here, the writings of the Bible, when analyzed critically, have to be considered with their historical context.
Using my example from earlier, you can choose to believe that the Israelites believed that God was punishing them, without believing that God punishes bad people, despite the book clearly stating the latter. Context matters.
One reason we have so many denominations is that many Christians disagree on the context, genre, and intent of many of the writings.
_SnNNeKerz · 3 points · Posted at 08:17:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Maybe Jesus went to them too
Ikinoki · 1 points · Posted at 08:17:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It would be fun if they come and say "Yeah, gods, we kill them, they are vermin who feed on our 4 dimensional misery"
826479135 · 0 points · Posted at 08:37:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It would be even more fun if they came down in giant cathedral-ships and forcibly converted all the infidels
TwoSquareClocks · 2 points · Posted at 08:31:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The specific meaning of "Image of God" has been endlessly debated for the whole 2000-year history of Christianity, not to mention by Islam and the much-older Judaism. It's absolutely not that simple. I mean, theological arguments have been made for extreme forms of transhumanism, and that's direct modification of the God-given human form, let alone the existence of other unrelated intelligent life.
SourcreamHologram · 2 points · Posted at 11:57:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Blessed are those who are downvoted for Christ, for your Karma in heaven will be great.
Incidentally, in CS Lewis' space trilogy, the premise is that the entire universe is at peace with God, where sin and death and meanness to each other doesn't even make any sense to their inhabitants. Earth is the extreme anomaly with rebellious creatures under enemy occupation, and the planet has fallen silence in the cosmic chorus since Adam and Eve fell.
[deleted] · 69 points · Posted at 06:53:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Ehh it the depends. For me it’d take the headline “life found us”
NvaderGir · 10 points · Posted at 07:49:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That would give me chills, and it'd be accurate!
ImmortanJoe · 17 points · Posted at 07:14:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'm sitting here at work, thinking that what if it was indeed a spacecraft of some kind and is obviously on its way to earth. What would happen exactly? What is the protocol? How would different countries react to it? Its just insane.
Yerwun · 11 points · Posted at 10:20:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We would collectively freak the fuck out and probably blow ourselves up before they got here. Or something like a bunch of cats when the hoover turns on.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 08:12:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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LLCoolNinja · 1 points · Posted at 08:23:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Real global power? You mean like Kami?
DoctorAwesomeBallz69 · 4 points · Posted at 10:20:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well, there was an actual report done, I forget it's name, on what should be done with regard to any discovery of advanced xtraterrestrial life, or any evidence of it. The recommended protocol was to suppress the discovery from the public entirely, basically. That's why nothing is said about any of the artificial structures on Mars, along many, many other things
RandyMachoManSavage · 1 points · Posted at 10:32:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well, that explains all the cover-ups.
Seiche · 1 points · Posted at 08:50:49 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
can you give an example of the "many, many other things"?
clee-saan · 1 points · Posted at 13:21:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well, if it was indeed a spacecraft, it has found nothing interesting during its flyby of the Solar System that would warrant stopping to check it out, and is now on its way out of here. That is assuming that spacecraft even had enough fuel to slow down in the first place, and wasn't always intended to zoom through the system and radio its findings back home.
RawdogginYourMom · 100 points · Posted at 07:03:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I think would have to be “intelligent life found” for it to be universally accepted. I can see religious zealots not accepting microbial life as life.
PNBest · 17 points · Posted at 08:48:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
“The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it."
NarshaBestWaifu · 13 points · Posted at 08:06:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Also if it's intelligent life it's more accurate to say that they've found us than we found them. Given our current technology that is.
Ixilary · 43 points · Posted at 07:28:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They may not even accept intelligent life as "life" in the way they think of us. Any creature other than human is obviously just a side-project of God.
TwoSquareClocks · 4 points · Posted at 08:56:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Given that Biblical anthropocentrism is one of those hotly-debated Old Testament problems sourced entirely from Genesis, it is more likely that the discovery of intelligent aliens would be used as theological proof for one stance or another, rather than a massive paradigm shift or an actual threat. This would basically be yet another stick to beat Young Earth Creationists and biblical literalists with, and wouldn't sway the mainstream.
ThiefOfDens · 29 points · Posted at 08:14:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
funny, they seem to have no problem considering a couple of cells to be a whole human
marvingmarving · 4 points · Posted at 11:15:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Religious zealots would instantly say "well God made the whole universe so he made them too" and continue as if that's what they've been saying the whole time. If you think finding life outside of earth is going to change anything you're sadly mistaken. I mean Christ we have overwhelming scientific evidence that the earth is not 6000 years old, but that doesn't stop a lot of people from believing in that nonsense. You can literally fly around the world, anyone can, or fly high enough to see the curvature of the earth, and still people believe the earth is flat. You're never going to change a stupid persons mind. Never.
Jmonster77 · 4 points · Posted at 12:02:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They have no problem accepting a newly formed zygote as a form of life.
marr · 2 points · Posted at 12:50:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If aliens land tomorrow and personally communicate the true meaning of life to every individual using language perfectly tuned to their psychology and experience, there'll still be people convinced it's an Illuminati trick using them nanobots and mind control pheromones.
milesgmsu · 2 points · Posted at 17:37:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The fucking irony.
Trogador95 · 1 points · Posted at 00:50:58 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
I agree with the sentiment of what you’re saying but a lot of what many would call “religious zealots” also argue that embryos are people (not gonna get into that argument with folk from either side).
ssjmixed · 12 points · Posted at 07:46:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I read this headline and felt my heart rate jump. Its decreased as i read through the comments and come to the conclusion that its just a really big rock...but oh man...the history of where its been and whats its seen...or whos seen it! Its crazy how one headline can make so many ppl jump
LaszloK · 22 points · Posted at 06:56:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Really depresses me that I'll almost certainly die before then
[deleted] · 50 points · Posted at 07:15:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If it makes you feel better, if we continue to spread then you exist very, very, very early in the dawn of man. Your effect on the course of humanity would be massive and if you reproduce, you may have millions, billions of descendants.
You were human before humans were cool.
_AaBbCc_ · 54 points · Posted at 07:35:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There's always a catch
Stealthy_Bird · 7 points · Posted at 08:40:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That's a big "if"
minddropstudios · 5 points · Posted at 10:08:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So you're saying there's a chance?
Sorlex · 21 points · Posted at 07:44:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Why you gotta bring us down?
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 17:10:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This is really cool to think about. The fate of humans could go so many different ways. If we destroy ourselves without colonizing other planets, R.I.P. If we spread in a Doctor Who-esque fashion, there will be people unthinkably far off in the future wondering how life was like on their home planet, what it was like with such primitive technology, just as I do about times like the 900's.
doyouevenIift · 13 points · Posted at 07:07:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If it makes you feel better, it may never happen.
Stealthy_Bird · 6 points · Posted at 09:05:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
On one hand, I'm rather grateful for being alive with such advanced medicine, the birth of the Internet and from it memes, being able to share them to anyone in the world, fly to anywhere in the world.
At the same time, I'm saddened I'll never get to see commercial spaceships fly to the colonies and cities of Mars or the rigs of Titan, high tech that I can't even conceive of, or even aliens.
shhsandwich · 5 points · Posted at 09:55:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's funny because I actually usually feel like I was born too late. I think most of us are at risk of dying in the next few decades as a result of global warming-related disasters and/or war. We also have poor access to healthcare in my home country of the US and it looks like our politicians are trying to worsen the problem. Seeing as I'm not wealthy, I see this as a very scary time to be a human, and I don't know if we'll successfully address these issues. It's not like we have a history of successful, coordinated problem solving, especially not on a global scale, which is what we'd need to resolve some of our current problems. I feel like I might have just made the cutoff to live as a human before the species is wiped out. But I would much rather have the future be as you described. It could be as long as we get our act together.
TheNotSoGreatPumpkin · 2 points · Posted at 20:22:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
World War II and the Apollo missions are great examples of what the US is (was?) capable of when it pulls together for a common cause.
After Pearl Harbor, almost overnight most of the nation's industry transformed into a well-oiled war machine. And it took less than 10 years to go from rockets exploding on the launch pad to walking on the moon.
Unfortunately, both of these unprecedented acts of coordination and cooperation were fueled by war (hot and cold). Hopefully we can pull it off again somehow for the less militaristic goals of offering basic human dignity to everyone, and averting environmental collapse.
Seiche · 0 points · Posted at 08:58:47 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
as opposed to when exactly was there a better non-scary time before?
shhsandwich · 1 points · Posted at 11:04:38 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well, I think it was significantly less scary to be alive in the 40s to 90s, especially since I'm a white American woman. I wouldn't have been sent to war, and even though the Cold War freaked people out, it never amounted to much. At that time, if I went to college, I would have had a shot at affording it instead of being in massive debt. Of course, a lot of this depends on being fortunate enough to have a supportive family, a husband who loves me and doesn't mistreat me, etc. But I would say that that period in American history went a lot more smoothly for a lot more people than just about any other time. There are some issues now that make me think we're starting to go backwards.
AverageCivilian · 11 points · Posted at 07:16:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I can’t wait to be dead and not experience it
turroflux · 5 points · Posted at 07:27:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Speak for yourself, as a believer in Panspermia I'll just be going around telling everyone "I told you so" with a smug attitude until the panicked Christians try to kill me.
unfair_bastard · 6 points · Posted at 07:36:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Life found, tastes like chicken"
mushinnoshit · 6 points · Posted at 07:35:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Is there a book that describes this situation in detail? I'd love read something that takes a realistic look at the human impact of finding definitive evidence that we're not alone. The aliens themselves and their message may be incidental to the story; in the book I'm imagining it's all about what happens in the days, weeks and months after the discovery as the news spreads and people and governments react to what's probably the single most important event in our species' history. Does this book exist?
[deleted] · 8 points · Posted at 07:53:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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mushinnoshit · 3 points · Posted at 07:56:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Thank you! Recommended?
clee-saan · 2 points · Posted at 13:22:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I second that recommendation. There's a few things I don't like about these books, but overall, it does paint a pretty convincing picture of what first contact would look like.
lunatickid · 4 points · Posted at 08:23:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This is a fun wacky tin foil hat theory I found recently, but basically, there is this guy, Dr. Greer, who’s been arguing that there is a “cosmic false flag event” coming soon. He was saying that there will be an earth-shattering discovery of intelligent life, but it will be used to unite the populace as one against this perceived extraterrestial threat.
The serious tin foil hattery part is this: he thinks we already have shot down/found alien spaceships (particularly in Antartica apparently), reverse engineered a lot of tech from it, and is warming up to the final tech, zero-point energy. He also mentions how Nikola Tesla’s death laser was used to shoot down the ships and whatnot, but thats a bit too much. So, even though ‘we’ knew for a while about aliens, they will be used as a scare tactic to unite the world populace under one govt, hence the false flag.
Another completely unrelated but fascinating story is declassified mission report from CIA, StarGate project, named Journey to Mars.
clee-saan · 1 points · Posted at 13:24:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That's bullshit, everyone knows the coordinate system the Ancient Alteraans came up with to control the Stargate network only supports one address per solar system. You can't have a gate on Mars and another one on Earth and have them both be active at the same time, let alone connect to each other.
magus678 · 7 points · Posted at 07:04:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Not gonna lie, the small part of my brain considering a possible first contact situation also inwardly groaned that Trump would be at the helm for it.
So in some ways I'm glad for it to just be rock.
psychotronofdeth · 8 points · Posted at 07:13:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
But this means he has a chance to get zapped by a Mars attack zapper.
JackGetsIt · 2 points · Posted at 08:33:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Unfortunately a large group of humans would chose to remain completely ignorant of the discovery. The same way they do about other discoveries.
tymandude1 · 2 points · Posted at 08:51:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yeah man! Now I'll have more people screaming at me about how bad I am at video games!
Dreviore · 2 points · Posted at 11:46:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's a beautiful thought really.
A very curious one.
Would the discovery of another sentient species lead too? Global unify with common goal (be it peaceful existence, to conquer and enslave, to exterminate). Surely once discovered contact would be made swiftly, and we would be at a very distinct disadvantage if an other species saw our frail our world governments truly are?
If we discovered a species this early on in our existence I could see greed stepping in as well; multinationals start seeking more lucrative business ventures in space. I would like to think if we reach the stars someday humanity will be living in a Utopia, but everyday I wonder...
Don_Julio_Acolyte · 2 points · Posted at 12:32:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I really hope I see that day, but a major percentage of me already believes in life elsewhere. There's definitely microbes out there, and as to evolved-life where intelligence occurs, it's few and far between but it has to exist. I'm already living in a world (in my head) where we aren't alone, but I also believe we won't see any sort of intelligent life before we go extinct (or move planets or some shit). It's out there, but the galaxy/universe is so damn big. We'd have to tear the fabric of space-time before we actually got to see any of it. It would be interesting to see interstellar microbes though, but even then we probably won't see that for at least a few hundred years. Just not enough time in a human's life to capture it all.
barcased · 4 points · Posted at 06:16:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It will bring us closer to extermination. FTFY
originalSpacePirate · 21 points · Posted at 06:33:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
50% chance that it doesnt. We have no idea. What i can 100% guarantee is that we start funding space exploration properly like we should have done for decades. This passing by us on our doorstep and we're unable to investigate it is a tragedy
[deleted] · 26 points · Posted at 06:43:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
quick maths
benjammin9292 · 4 points · Posted at 07:55:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Everyday man's on the block
YourOwnMiracle · 8 points · Posted at 06:45:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It either does or either does not, 50% chance!
tymandude1 · 4 points · Posted at 08:58:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I honestly see no reason an intergalactic space fairing race would ever be hostile to us because it's logistically makes no sense. What need would they have for slaves, our resources, or our literally anything else. If they were trying to expand an empire we would be able to see the expansion if it was close enough to us for them to reach Earth.
With the plethora of resources in the universe and how advanced the civilization would have to be to even accomplish interstellar travel there's literally only one reason you would leave your solar system and that's for the sake of exploring and finding what's beyond.
iSuros · 1 points · Posted at 15:34:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I agree with your point that we’ll notice a massive empire outreach. But Earth is located in the perfect green zone, making our resources more scarce and the location harder to stumble upon.
I know it’s a watered down analogy, but look at native colonies in different regions. Pioneers completely wrecked their shit. Now, this could only apply as to “human behavior” so i assume that’s why we have to think of all the possible outcomes.
TheNotSoGreatPumpkin · 1 points · Posted at 20:47:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Star Trek had an interesting take on this. The Vulcans had been aware of Earth for a long time, but refused to make contact because we had not evolved enough as a species to refrain from killing and exploiting each other. Only once we settled down, grew up, and became a truly civilized and space-faring species did they finally say hello.
iSuros · 1 points · Posted at 21:10:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That’s pretty cool. Was it the show or one of the movies?
TheNotSoGreatPumpkin · 1 points · Posted at 21:13:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Pretty sure it's a general part of the lore and gets mentioned in both.
Seiche · 0 points · Posted at 09:06:07 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
There is the movie "star trek: first contact" that addresses this very topic
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 07:59:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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tymandude1 · 2 points · Posted at 09:03:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I would say the only logistical reason would be to explore and see what's beyond. No civilization is going to travel so far out of their way to get energy. They are going to consume as they go and we would be be able to see them consuming if they were closing in on our solar system. If we seem them consuming then yeah we know they are here for resources if there's no sight of that they are here for other motivations be that explorations, religious spreading, etc. The problem is we don't know what another civilization will be like so we can't tell their motivations outside of pure logistics.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 19:28:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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Seiche · 2 points · Posted at 09:10:42 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
so assume this civilisation would be us. you think if we are that advanced the minute we find another intelligent civilisation, the first thing we do is kill them for resources?
And why do people keep comparing this to the colonies? Back then, ressources were scare because of lack of technology/transportation and direct competition.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 19:08:54 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
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Seiche · 1 points · Posted at 20:02:15 on November 24, 2017 · (Permalink)
I have but I disagree with your point of view what a spacefaring civilisation might do. We might well both be wrong.
barcased · -1 points · Posted at 06:42:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I was half joking with my comment.
Being exterminated by a sentient species that visits us is not far fetched. But, that we cannot know for sure is true. (albeit chances are not 50/50) Humans should definitely spend more time and money in space programs, that's something I also vouch.
coopiecoop · 3 points · Posted at 07:18:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
although probably not in the way sensationalistic movies imagine. I assume it would be more similar to what happened when people from other countries/continents entered closed eco-systems. resulting in a high chance of diseases/pests that our immune system aren't able to deal with.
barcased · 5 points · Posted at 07:23:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Either that or being simply disposed as pests because we occupy space the other race requires. In our own history each time a more advanced nation stumbled upon the less advanced one, it didn't end well for the 2nd.
There is a chance they would be friendly so then we have to worry only about diseases they carry (of course, if we are talking about carbon based life forms) and about acquiring technology far advanced to ours and then wiping ourselves out.
Vocalyze · 6 points · Posted at 07:32:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There's also the way the wide majority of humans wouldn't have a second thought about stepping on an ant.
"Oh I stepped on an ant. Oh well."
barcased · 2 points · Posted at 07:36:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Indeed, as to (most of) us a life of an ant is insignificant.
Stealthy_Bird · 2 points · Posted at 08:51:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What if their disease/bacteria/virus is so advanced or different from our biological structure that it wouldn't even affect us?
coopiecoop · 1 points · Posted at 10:38:40 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
that would be good news!?
benjammin9292 · 1 points · Posted at 07:55:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"would they be like 'damn earth go hard?'"
koobidehwrap101 · 1 points · Posted at 07:42:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This comment have me chills
SneakingBanana · 1 points · Posted at 07:57:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I would seriously pass out if I ever saw a headline like that. I'm a huge nerd in astronomy. Nothing would get me more hype.
FartyMcConstipate · 1 points · Posted at 08:00:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Hopefully it brings people together
envysmoke · 1 points · Posted at 08:04:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Clickbaiters are reading stuff like this. You will get it this week.
J_Xpat · 1 points · Posted at 08:11:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I hope that at this point humanity as a whole will grow to work together and set aside our myriad differences
AcidCH · 1 points · Posted at 08:46:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
These asteroids won't have life on them themselves. There is a large misconception with what an organic compound is. It literally just means a chemical compound that contains Carbon.
What's amazing about this is that these are likely the kinds of asteroids that allowed life to start on our planet in its infancy. Carbon is a vital component in life, it's just you also require the conditions of high heat and chemical vents of the sea floor like we had on earth.
MrBubles01 · 1 points · Posted at 08:47:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Nah, I'll be just like "I told you so" or "I knew" it and move on.
hotbrokemess · 1 points · Posted at 09:11:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Joke's on you, my heart is already beating fast.
soalone34 · 1 points · Posted at 09:38:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You're gonna be really disappointed when barely anyone cares and nothing changes
apple_kicks · 1 points · Posted at 10:08:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
if they are anything like us when we found new countries who had less advances in technology. I'd be a tiny bit worried.
uxl · 1 points · Posted at 11:16:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You’re speaking for the reaction of either the super intelligent or the super dumb. I think most people will just be like “Wow, cool.” And go back to their normal lives.
Seede · 1 points · Posted at 12:24:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
For some people, sure. For a lot of people it changes nothing.
SuprisreDyslxeia · 1 points · Posted at 13:51:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Not really... Well not for everyone. I personally understand that life out there exists, but we just haven't found it. I'll be excited when we do find it, but it won't change much of my beliefs or identity.
Jewniversity · 1 points · Posted at 13:58:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
As if, most of the world's population won't find out about it. Those that do will have a significant amount saying that they don't believe it. Others might believe it but will attribute it to God. Those left might be moved, but will have to continue with life as usual.
klezmai · 1 points · Posted at 14:21:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Just a friendly reminder that there is no guarantee this day will ever come.
High_Seas_Pirate · 1 points · Posted at 15:49:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That life will probably be bacterial or very non-complex. It'll change things for the scientific crowd, but most people will dismiss it or denounce it. I would love to see some more complex life though in my lifetime.
stanley_twobrick · 1 points · Posted at 17:55:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Will it though? It'll be exciting for sure, but unless it's intelligent life I don't see it changing much of anything really. I mean most intelligent people already know it's probably out there.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 00:05:03 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
Honestly I don't think that day will actually come. I think humans will go extinct long before we ever come in to contact with any extraterrestrials, sadly.
CMP44BB · 0 points · Posted at 06:36:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Would be dumb as hell. It is absolutely mind bogglingly stupid to me that anyone would be shocked at other life existing outside of Earth, just like thinking that if these life forms do exist and are intelligent then they will give a shit about us specifically and come try and colonize, blow up, or befriend us. But I digress.
[deleted] · 7 points · Posted at 06:42:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Not too sure I follow your Train of thought here...
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 07:28:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I DIGRESS MY THUMB AT YOU, SER
Juus · 0 points · Posted at 10:20:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I honestly don't think it will. I can imagine them finding some boring ass life form on Mars within our life time, and it's gonna be a story for a week or two, and that will be it. I'm thinking the newsworthyness will be between Panama Papers and Trump getting elected President.
Shniper · 328 points · Posted at 06:09:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So the bugs missed buenos Airies this time.
Good
frossenkjerte · 176 points · Posted at 06:29:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'm from Beunos Aires, and I say: kill 'em all!
StaticSins · 41 points · Posted at 07:09:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Would you like to know more?
tovarish22 · 13 points · Posted at 08:23:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'm doing my part!
TheKevinShow · 13 points · Posted at 08:25:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Service guarantees citizenship!
CalvinsCuriosity · 8 points · Posted at 09:09:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The only good bug is a dead bug!
tovarish22 · 5 points · Posted at 08:25:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
My mother says violence doens't solve anything...
TheKevinShow · 4 points · Posted at 08:29:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Really? I wonder what the city fathers of Hiroshima would say about that...
tovarish22 · 4 points · Posted at 08:30:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They wouldn't say anything. Hiroshima was destroyed.
CameForThis · 0 points · Posted at 13:47:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Hiroshima 2.0 exists.
tovarish22 · 2 points · Posted at 14:05:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
(Pssst, we're all quoting a movie!)
CameForThis · 1 points · Posted at 14:10:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I would like to know more.
BiteSizeRudy · 3 points · Posted at 07:50:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'd like to unsubscribe from Bug Facts.
rvalueReference · 1 points · Posted at 10:57:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yes.
[deleted] · 11 points · Posted at 08:02:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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Neglectful_Stranger · 1 points · Posted at 07:00:32 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
I find the idea of a bug that thinks offensive!
BoostJunkie42 · 7 points · Posted at 07:23:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Would you like to know more?
GuyverVII · 5 points · Posted at 10:24:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The only good bug, is a dead bug!
TangerineMoney · 7 points · Posted at 06:47:28 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
ah. the comment I was looking for.
Yazzz · 2 points · Posted at 11:47:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Would you like to know more?
RoomIn8 · 2 points · Posted at 16:01:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Obviously they are slingshotting off the sun to hit another enemy.
conurbano_ · 2 points · Posted at 08:17:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I dont get it
ferociousfuntube · 5 points · Posted at 10:14:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Starship Troopers reference. There is an alien bug race that tosses asteroids at earth to destroy it.
Mr_Hypercube · 579 points · Posted at 06:44:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I normally don't comment on things here -- I mainly just lurk -- but between this and the other recent "gold!" announcement regarding the colliding neutron stars LIGO and Virgo detected, I've gotta step up here. Just for reference, I'm an astrophysics master's student at RIT and we've actually discussed this object in our journal club a few times.
So a few things this article gets right. Yes, it is unlikely that this object came from our solar system; for something to come through in such a hyperbolic orbit and such a high relative velocity, it must have came for far out (beyond the orbit of Neptune at least). Also, it was measured to be somewhat red; it also isn't completely false that some biosignatures do boast a red spectrum.
Despite this, the data on this object are very scarce. As the article (correctly) points out, this thing is extremely dim and extremely fast. Ever moment it gets dimmer and dimmer and with the telescopes looking at it there isn't much we can directly deduce. Sure we can say it's NOT from within the solar system, but we can't extrapolate where it came from very accurately.
The most important thing to know though, is that (as far as I'm aware) only ONE spectrum has been taken of the object, and that spectrum showed a reddish skew in the light reflected off object. If I recall correctly, if wasn't even a full spectrum. To claim that the object IS red and that this indicates some sort of biochemistry is bold at best.
If anyone has any information contrary to this please let me know, but I figured I'd put in my two cents.
TL;DR: This object is VERY faint and VERY fast, so it's hard to get good data. It certainly doesn't come from our solar system, but we don't know where it came from. It's also only "red" in one, limited spectrum.
Anarchaeologist · 50 points · Posted at 07:30:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Here's a preprint paper where they talk about the spectrum: https://arxiv.org/abs/1711.02320
As far as I understand, the redness is thought to be characteristic of space weathering, where ices are subliminated leaving behind a coat of organic molecules. Organic molecules are in fact pretty common in molecular clouds and aren't necessarily indicitive of, or produced by, life.
One thing that confuses me is the title stating that the object is 'hot.' As far as I can see, there hasn't been an actual temperature measurement. If the IR spectrum is good enough to calculate a surface temp, I don't know how to do it. Maybe they mean 'hot' as in fast-moving (in the novel Seveneves, they say something similar about a comet they're bringing into Earth orbit) , but that'd be a pretty weird usage. They also say something about the object showing a spectrum that might mean it formed in a warm region close to a star.
Very interesiting, anyway. I certainly hope they can catch it with a probe but I don't feel like waiting 15 years or more :)
griff2621 · 5 points · Posted at 14:46:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Could we, as a planet, not just NASA, build and send anything to the object on short notice like this? I would totally be down to wait 15+ years. 🙂
Mr_Hypercube · 5 points · Posted at 15:14:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Interesting info; thanks for that!
As for that spectrum, the error bars are so large that I barely buy into what they're saying. Furthermore, the part of the spectrum they measure to be "red" is towards the end of their detection range (at least looking at the figure); that comes with a whole slew of issues in itself. An interesting read to be sure, though.
Unfortunately, there's no way we can get a probe to this object. It's moving so fast that there's no way we could catch up to it. Even more unfortunate is that it won't come back. It's on hyperbolic orbit which means it isn't bound by the gravitational potential of the sun. Once this thing is gone, it's gone for good.
Pluto_and_Charon · 12 points · Posted at 07:39:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I've seen a second spectra measurement by a different team of 'Oumuamua on twitter that also confirms the unusually red nature of this asteroid, although their analysis showed the object being much redder than the analysis published in nature yesterday.
Well the best counter-argument to the 'biochemistry' idea is that.. well, most worlds in the solar system are red- and it's not because of biochemistry. The vast majority of comets and other small worlds in our solar system exist in the Oort Cloud. In a process that isn't well understood over billions of years their surface ices get irradiated and replaced with a thick layer of organic tholins, which is the same stuff that makes Pluto red. So the red tint on 'Oumuamua is almost certainly tholins, not anything else.
Mr_Hypercube · 3 points · Posted at 14:50:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Very interesting.
I 100% agree with you on the point of the organic molecules.
pspahn · 6 points · Posted at 07:37:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Is it possible that's it's only been measured as red because it's now moving away from us?
caboosetp · 10 points · Posted at 07:59:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's moving really fast compared to stuff in the solar system. It's still moving really slow compared to light. Not fast enough for us to get the color wrong.
The red shift also shifts the spectrum, it doesn't just make things red. This means blue starts tending toward green, green towards yellow etc.
Mr_Hypercube · 2 points · Posted at 14:47:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
As stated in another comment, the object is moving quickly on our scale, but on the scale of the speed of light it's not. The Doppler shift is directly related to the object's speed relative to the speed of light, which is not high enough to cause a shift in the spectrum.
Bubo_scandiacus · 11 points · Posted at 07:15:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Thank you for the additional context! Much appreciated.
Mr_Hypercube · 3 points · Posted at 14:44:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Of course! That's why I'm studying all of this; to provide others with the knowledge of such a cool field!
fluttika · 2 points · Posted at 09:32:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Is it possible it's speed and orbit are the effects of a crash and the rock is from our solar system after all?
Mr_Hypercube · 2 points · Posted at 14:42:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's pretty improbable. It's moving really quickly compared to really any other motions in this type of orbit (that we know of). Furthermore, it's already unlikely that two things will collide in the asteroid belt, Kuiper belt, or Oort cloud; everything is so far apart on average.
Long story short, it would have to be the PERFECT concoction of multiple collisions of already odd objects.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 12:17:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Also, is it possible it's an alien lifeform with warp speed technology?!
bab5871 · 2 points · Posted at 12:26:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
RIT represent! Is the observatory still over there in the old house on John St? I remember taking a class there, made the mistake of doing it in winter.
Mr_Hypercube · 1 points · Posted at 14:43:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yes! It's still there, and it's still freezing =)
redditplsss · 2 points · Posted at 13:53:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You might help me with my question. This thing basically blasted in to our solar system out of nowhere right? What are the odds of another random undetected object blasting in to our solar system and hitting earth? Like literally you wake up and find out that earth will be hit within 24 hours? I mean that incident in Russia was pretty scary considering that no one apparently saw it coming and now this, random big ass objects getting slingshotted in to our solar system.
Mr_Hypercube · 6 points · Posted at 15:06:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Very low. Not impossible, but extremely low.
One recent paper we took a look at here was one that basically used this object to determine an estimate of how many of these types of things come through each year. The estimate was approximately 10-20 per year if I recall, and this is the only one we've observed. Of course this is an extrapolation from a single datum so take it with a grain of salt.
The real damning issue is the fact that space really is very empty. To put this into perspective, take the asteroid belt. NASA has many large objects in the belt measured and their orbits modeled. Despite this, when they send probes to the outer solar system they don't even consider these orbits in their calculations. This is simply because the chance that the probe will actually collide with something are so low; there's so much emptiness.
Finally, anything that is an interstellar visitor will not necessarily be on the ecliptic (the plane that the planets orbit on). In fact, chances are that their inclination from this plane WILL be high (in magnitude); they're not beholden to the orbital dynamics of our solar system. This greatly lowers the chance that our orbits will even cross, let alone cross the same point at the same time.
TL;DR: Very low. These types of objects are probably unlikely, space is very empty, and then orbits most likely wouldn't line up.
mmf9194 · 1 points · Posted at 13:46:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
RIT! Go Tigers! :D
Neglectful_Stranger · 1 points · Posted at 07:02:00 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
Any chance any probes we launched towards the ends of the solar system will be near it?
chrispy7 · 1 points · Posted at 00:06:42 on November 23, 2017 · (Permalink)
Sounds like an awesome journal club discussion! Do you think Cassini would have been able to observe it if it was still around? Another comment on here says it is heading towards Saturn, do you know much about the trajectory whether it will fly near Saturn or other planets? I can't believe it was only discovered about a month ago.
edit: another point it has (will?) fly between the Sun and Mercury. I suppose this means it has been in space flying towards our solar system for a very very very long time as it is attracted most to the largest mass in the solar system..(this is assuming it is an asteroid btw)?
CliveBixby22 · 1 points · Posted at 08:06:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Vote this higher!
Mr_Hypercube · 2 points · Posted at 14:50:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well shucks =)
[deleted] · 340 points · Posted at 02:08:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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Bankster- · 91 points · Posted at 03:26:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Rama was obviously man-made though wasn't it like a perfect cylinder? Still, this was my first thought too.
TheCookieMonster · 46 points · Posted at 07:05:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Nah, Rama looked the same as this thing looks, specifically it looked like this, in both cases the only clues to possible shapes come from changes in brightness over time. They didn't find out Rama was a perfect cylinder until a probe had intercepted it. Rama then did pretty much what this asteroid has just done - Arthur C Clarke style hard sci-fi rocks.
The size estimation between this and Rama is off by about 100, but estimating size from a dot in a telescope depends on your guess as to how reflective its surface is.
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TheCookieMonster · 5 points · Posted at 12:50:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I don't know how much Clarke's involvement was to blame for the happenings and revelations in Gentry Lee's sequels, but I choose to believe those books are nothing more than post-hoc fanfic.
Being the following act after Rendezvous with Rama is going to make any writer look bad, so I don't judge Lee, but have an upvote - we're all thinking it.
shleppenwolf · 2 points · Posted at 23:33:28 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And the Ramans do everything in threes!
chasonreddit · 36 points · Posted at 05:49:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You realize that is an illustration, no? Based on our best observations and data. Who would assume from the data that it is a cylinder? iirc from the book, it was only later in observation that it was found to obviously artificial.
michaelrohansmith · 3 points · Posted at 08:18:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yeah they had a probe they could divert and it got a few seconds at closest approach.
MacThule · 1 points · Posted at 08:17:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So it wasn't actually obvious, just artificial?
TheLastSamurai101 · 6 points · Posted at 07:24:28 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I seem to remember that it was assumed to be an elongated asteroid early in the book, and the outside was not perfectly cylindrical. It was given the name Rama because astronomers had apparently run out of good Greco-Roman mythological names and had turned to the massive Hindu pantheon for inspiration. Only when it got closer to Earth and started acting strangely did they realise that it was an artificial construct. It's been a long time since I read it though.
cockOfGibraltar · 5 points · Posted at 07:08:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Only when it got closer. We wouldn't assume it was a perfect cylinder from a fuzzy picture.
Ithrazel · 13 points · Posted at 04:46:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
“Man-made” would imply by humans. Not necessarily man-made then.
HotDiarrheaSmell · 3 points · Posted at 06:57:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I feel like this is what Rama would look like if a Rama movie were directed by Michael Bay.
zwei2stein · 4 points · Posted at 06:46:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
IIRC It was covered by ice and only later revealed to be metalic cylinder.
ClassySavage · 5 points · Posted at 08:03:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The ice was inside the ship as an equitorial sea of organic juices, the outside walls weren't described well except as cylindrical.
I've only read the first though, it may be different in the sequel.
Edit: The outside walls were a light metal and there was a black streak left from some unknown impact. That difference was how they were able to determine that it was spinning from afar.
2krazy4me · 2 points · Posted at 09:19:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
ALIEN-built. Somewhere in it's voyage it got damaged. It was from light reflecting from the damage that man discovered it's rotation.
And Ramans do things in three's...
NamityName · 2 points · Posted at 11:31:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Rama was ignored as interstellar junk until some scientist noticed it was spinning. Then after accounting for the spin realized it wal extremely odd and worth inspection. Nothing "obvious" about any of that.
Bankster- · 1 points · Posted at 11:37:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's been at least 15 years since I've read it. Thanks for pointing that out like so many other people. I wish Morgan Freeman would put down the bong and actually get this shit made so I could refresh my memory.
I feel like he's been holding on to the rights since I've read the god damned book. At this point, I think he's just using the property for tax purposes- writing shit off. Any top notch director, writer, and actor would sign up in a heartbeat. There is no excuse for what he is doing and it's unforgivable.
NamityName · 1 points · Posted at 11:43:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There just isn't money in a new expansive, slow, and (let's be honest) boring scifi IP right now. I love Rama, but i don't see it doing well in this market.
Bankster- · 1 points · Posted at 15:06:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I disagree. The market is begging for this story with a Hunger Games/Harry Potter budget. It would be somewhere between Gravity and Avatar in receipts.
NamityName · 3 points · Posted at 15:45:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Doubtful. Rama is a boring story with barely a plot. I love it, but it's slow and relatively uneventful. It would be like trying to release a new 2001. Certainly non action packed. And the suspense is minimal.
Bankster- · 1 points · Posted at 19:00:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I grant you that. It's a visual story though. There wasn't much going on in Avatar. In a script you could really play up the planetary politics and differences between the people as they've evolved in the different planets and really focus on the huge existential questions. I bring it back to the visuals and story of discovery.
That flying bicycle scene would go down in cinematic history. As well as the first gaze at the cylindrical sea and the city scape... The crabs... Get the right writers/director and it would be fucking unbelievable.
NamityName · 1 points · Posted at 19:13:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Avatar had (and heavily promoted) massive gun fights and the 3D gimmicks.
Rama would make a good movie, but it's risky and most of the plot is introspection. There is no market for that right now. Slow paced scifi/fantasy is simply not popular. And rama doesn't have the following to overcome that. No studio is going to back it. Not for a few years as they recover from the terrible year they are having.
I_M_PEACH_ALREADY · 2 points · Posted at 15:01:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
more like alien made :D
Yung_Boris · 8 points · Posted at 06:04:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We need to look for a couple more then.
dreamweavur · 5 points · Posted at 10:04:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Of course. They do it in threes.
Nuunen · 16 points · Posted at 02:32:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I was just going to say this.
OhHiThisIsMyName · 2 points · Posted at 12:43:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What is that a reference to?
xvoy · 3 points · Posted at 14:33:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Rendezvous with Rama, a Arthur C. Clarke novel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendezvous_with_Rama
ctennessen · 4 points · Posted at 09:16:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I've had Rendezvous With Rama on the shelf for a few years, waiting for the right time. I have a flight on Wednesday and I think this is a perfect time to read it. The thought that there is actually an object from outside our system flying on through right now... so right
RedBearded_Gentleman · 15 points · Posted at 05:38:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
how is this comment not higher?
Bankster- · 46 points · Posted at 06:01:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
For those who are reading this comment and don't understand why this comment should be the top comment, it's because this is exactly the start to the book Rendevouz with Rama which is one of the most celebrated science fiction books written by one of the most celebrated science fiction authors- down to the shape, discover, and trajectory of the
craftrock.Arthur C. Clarke also invented the satellite. He's a big deal. His books are super realistic. See 2001 A Space Oddesey.
Here is a video book review.
Here is the wikipage.
TheLastSamurai101 · 8 points · Posted at 07:21:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
*Was the first to theorise and propose geostationary satellites.
Quite a big difference, but very impressive nonetheless.
headsiwin-tailsulose · 6 points · Posted at 07:43:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yup, that happened right after Jules Verne invented rockets and Ray Bradbury invented the TV.
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NamityName · 1 points · Posted at 11:35:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This has been a poor year for all movies of all genres. Had bladerunner 2049 come out a few years ago or from now, it's hard to say how it would have fared.
Arendas · 2 points · Posted at 07:40:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We've had The Martian, The Expanse, Blade Runner and a fair number of other thoughtful sci-fi movies (More Alien, Arrival) along with a number of smaller tv shows - not a renaissance maybe but Its not as under represented as you are acting like.
If you are talking about wanting more sci fi like the 80s....lots of that was super janky.
RedBearded_Gentleman · 1 points · Posted at 17:51:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Nice shout out to the Expanse one of my current favorite series (book and shows)
Shadyaidie · 15 points · Posted at 05:48:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
People don't read.
Bankster- · 15 points · Posted at 05:57:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
and Morgan Freeman is a lazy son-of-a-bitch who won't make the movie or sell the rights.
jonr · 4 points · Posted at 10:27:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yeah, wtf Morgan? Get your shit together.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 11:16:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Wait, how's Morgan Freeman involved with Rendezvous with Rama? 🤔
jonr · 2 points · Posted at 14:49:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendezvous_with_Rama#Film
lilrabbitfoofoo · 2 points · Posted at 07:10:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
All this way and we missed the Rendezvous with Rama.
Stupid aliens.
esmifra · 1 points · Posted at 11:10:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Rama had 50 000 meters though, this one is 200 meters for comparison.
ThePsycopathYouKnow · 72 points · Posted at 06:35:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I find the idea of the asteroid leaving our solar system and floating around interstellar space aimlessness for light-years to come, to be a very dark and depressing thought
servicePotato · 86 points · Posted at 07:57:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Nah, just think of them as travelers. They come from very far away, messengers from the dark, their journey taking them through the true abyss, emptiness and cold, yes, but now they’ve come here, fueling up on energy to continue their long way, giving us a brief glimpse of all else that is out there. They are untouched by the idea of long times and loneliness. They just silently float onwards. Imagine this thing‘s journey, how long it traveled and now we, the insignificant little brains on this speck of a planet have seen it, drawn conclusions from it and are fascinated by it. I always think that is rather encouraging.
EDIT: and who knows? Maybe one day they will be looked upon by someone else? Or they already have.
SeeminglyUseless · 11 points · Posted at 10:54:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That rock has likely also been travelling for longer than our species has existed. That kind of says something.
fookidookidoo · 3 points · Posted at 14:53:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Hello Sagan, is that you?
servicePotato · 2 points · Posted at 15:22:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Hahaha no, thanks for the flattery, though ;) Im just an avid astrophysics student. Read a lot of Sagan, of course.
fookidookidoo · 1 points · Posted at 15:29:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I read tons of Sagan in college and it influenced my writing style greatly. Science needs more eloquence to grasp the significance of the subject. :) I knew you had to be a student of his. Haha
Amorganskate · 4 points · Posted at 13:28:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We all float down here.
Raptorguy3 · 2 points · Posted at 14:38:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
YOU'LL FLOAT TOO!
William_UK · 2 points · Posted at 14:37:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This is really powerful
GaydolphShitler · 3 points · Posted at 17:15:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Maybe for you and me, but not for an asteroid. Asteroids exist on a timescale we can't even imagine. Entire species have evolved, flourished, and gone extinct in the time this thing has been traveling. Living beings move and change and react in unpredictable ways, but asteroids don't. Asteroids are constant, passive and predestined. They silently observed as the first cells came into being, and they will bear silent witness as the last glimmer of life in the universe blinks out. Their every move is a step in a billion year ballet, every detail of every orbit choreographed by the forces which led to its formation.
At some point, this asteroid's intricate Newtonian dance conspired to catapult it free of the grip of its home system. We will likely never know where it came from or where it will go, but its voyage will take it places where no living thing will ever go. It will hurtle through the void for millions, billions, trillions of years, a silent party to phenomena we can only imagine.
Don't feel bad for it: it isn't lost and it isn't lonely. Unlike most, this rock was destined to explore.
wut3va · 2 points · Posted at 14:10:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
At least it didn't slam into the sun.
[deleted] · 271 points · Posted at 06:02:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
My dad is an amateur astronomer and he’s currently contemplating using his multiple machine setup dedicated to SETI to actually look for signals coming off of interstellar objects like this one. His theory is that if you’re an alien species, setting up shop for observation via one of these objects would be a no brainer. Take a look at the inmates before you invade the asylum.
CPSux · 84 points · Posted at 07:06:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That's a terrifying thought, but it's at the forefront of my mind when I read about this object, albeit irrationally.
srry_didnt_hear_you · 9 points · Posted at 08:25:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I think it's a pretty awesome thought, actually. I was a bit let down that it's shape and movement are similar to an astroid.
caesar15 · 6 points · Posted at 09:27:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Idk man I think it’s great
Vinterlig · 12 points · Posted at 09:41:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I don't know but getting vaporized by aliens seems like a pretty cool way to go. Certainly better than heart disease or cancer.
srry_didnt_hear_you · 8 points · Posted at 10:50:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Right? Great way to go. Or, we could think positively... If these supposed aliens are so advanced that they can contact another planet with intelligent life, they must either be
a) some sort of interconnected life form that might want to just kill us, or
b) evolved so much as a species that they may want to help us. Think of all the neat technologies they could teach us once we figured out how to communicate.
Of course there are plenty other ways it could go but hey they all seem more interesting than the way this planet is going...
johnsom3 · 5 points · Posted at 15:11:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yeah just think about all the new technologies the Europeans shared with the natives. Or think about all the things the US has shared with the middle East in their quest to provide them "freedom".
Chances are an alien life form will be every bit as shitty as we are. Or they would study our history ever since we started broadcasting radio and tv signals and figure out pretty quickly that we can't be trusted. The minute we achieved equal force as them we would start fighting in the name of national/global security.
Rolliender · 2 points · Posted at 16:22:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Does it really make sense?
EuropeansHumans from centuries ago enslaved natives, which means interstellar aliens will do the same? We love to project but come on!Herbivores are nothing like carnivores in this same planet. Chances are an advanced alien species will be better than us.
johnsom3 · 2 points · Posted at 16:34:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The thing is it wasn't just Europeans, go back through history and the story repeats itself in Africa, Asia and the Americas.
Rolliender · 1 points · Posted at 18:07:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
True. But there's a constant: humans.
johnsom3 · 1 points · Posted at 19:55:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Which is my point. Why would aliens give humans a chance to be technologically equal?
William_UK · 2 points · Posted at 11:43:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Is it though? It's hard to grasp and nothing anyone really wants but technically life on earth as we know it could drastically change forever any moment
MacThule · 1 points · Posted at 08:22:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And at the same time, it sprung to the minds of many here all at once... fear can be "irrational" but evolutionarily it is very functional and we shouldn't entirely write off our instincts.
IncelSwellTells · 37 points · Posted at 07:33:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
can i get your dad's weed man number
CohnJunningham · 4 points · Posted at 08:20:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
😭😂😂
Harmalite_ · 1 points · Posted at 19:35:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
He's trying to find it too. The aliens who rolled a 400km long interstellar doobie
MountRest · 26 points · Posted at 07:20:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If any sentient species can manage to master and succeed at interstellar travel, they would have to be so advanced in that their technology would be literally millions of years ahead of us right now. They would've had to be at least a Type 2 civilization on the Kardashev scale.
TheDarkWave · 14 points · Posted at 07:35:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What type is ours? Considering our dumbasses are just barely out of the stoneage and we bomb each other for the pettiest crap.
MountRest · 26 points · Posted at 07:38:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We aren't even Type 1. Some speculate we may become Type 1 in the next couple hundred years or so, and yes that is if we do not destroy ourselves using nuclear weapons.
TheDarkWave · 14 points · Posted at 07:51:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Guess I'll write that off as "never", then. Thanks!
CliveBixby22 · 3 points · Posted at 08:08:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yeah, sad existence for our species, probably not even making it past the "kill each other" stage of pre-Type-1 Civilization.
TheDarkWave · 2 points · Posted at 08:13:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Interesting thought I've always had; when we reach the point of complete peace on our planet, a council of other beings then hand to us the key to interstellar travel (because they wouldn't want a war-like race, such as ourselves having such tech, because face it, we'd blow each other or someone else up) but only after we've reached some higher level of enlightenment and fighting each other all the time.
MacThule · 4 points · Posted at 08:26:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
OR the most successful species that reach space travel are ambitious, avaricious and competitive. Warfare is the default condition for spaced faring races in the galaxy. But they got here a long time ago and have been steadily domesticating us to be "peaceful" pets, slaves, amusements and delicacies...
TheDarkWave · 11 points · Posted at 08:31:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
HARVEST THAT MAN'S LOWER HORN!
Paddington_the_Bear · 1 points · Posted at 09:44:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Literally the plot to Star Trek...
isobit · 1 points · Posted at 13:27:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Finals coming up for humanity.
Apostic11 · 11 points · Posted at 07:40:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Iirc we are type 0 and there is no known civilization at type 1,2,or 3. T1 is when you harness the complete power of your planet and balance the ecosystem and have peace. T2 is when you harness the power of the star or stars in your solar system and are interplanetary. T3 would be interstellar/galactic
Snak_The_Ripper · 3 points · Posted at 07:38:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Type 0.
drfatpanda · 5 points · Posted at 07:48:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The idea is that they haven't "mastered" interstellar travel though. They hitched a ride on an interstellar asteroid essentially is the idea he's proposing.
MountRest · 3 points · Posted at 08:12:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Fair enough, even developing an experiment that could survive a trip on an interstellar asteroid (communication would be impossible at that distance with our current tech) would require immense resources though, they would still have to be on the way out of being Type 1 or Type 2 civ.
MagicalShoes · 5 points · Posted at 08:11:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Millions? This kind of tech is centuries away at most.
MountRest · 2 points · Posted at 08:21:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I exaggerated quite a bit, sorry. This is all obviously speculation but I would peg it more towards 10,000-100,000 years. Humanity has been civilized for only 6000ish years. We have come a long way but in 6000 we haven't even managed to become Type 1.
Edit: I realize we are the only example of this that we have until we find life or life finds us
MagicalShoes · 5 points · Posted at 08:26:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We're growing exponentially though, and there are several proposed ways to travel fast enough to reach other stars which are within our grasp, such as light sails, and even simply detonating nukes behind a spacecraft.
MountRest · 2 points · Posted at 08:50:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'm confident we won't destroy ourselves, the next frontier awaits us, my ghost would be pissed if we turned everything to shit before we had a chance to create Starfleet.
UkonFujiwara · 3 points · Posted at 07:57:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I mean, we could totally just fling a rock like this at just about any star we wanted with 60's technology. It's just that we don't use resources on that because it's not profitable to fling a rock into space.
dh96 · 2 points · Posted at 07:31:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They heard the tales of MountRest’s conquests and had to send a scouting ship to see for themselves
Sutt02 · 1 points · Posted at 08:33:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yes, they could completely destroy us and there’s not really a thing we could do. I image it would be like trying to throw rocks or shoot arrows at a modern day fighter jet to bring it down. Our only chance would be pleading for peace, otherwise if they decided they wanted to take over earth we might as well just accept it lol.
MountRest · 3 points · Posted at 08:52:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I like to think that we are under surveillance by possibly many alien species, complete utter speculation of course. If they managed to get here they sure as hell wouldn't have a hard time staying completely undetectable to us. We might just be an alien ant farm.
DyNATO · 1 points · Posted at 08:43:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It does seem like a clever thing to use such object for transportation of some equipment, instead of relying on a rocket.
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[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 06:08:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What the fuck?
DonnyGetTheLudes · 1 points · Posted at 06:27:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Every goddamn comment
[deleted] · -6 points · Posted at 13:05:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Lol your dad is a looney toon
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Edzell_Blue · 268 points · Posted at 02:23:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oumuamua is definitely a turd of a giant space whale.
Hint-Of-Feces · 126 points · Posted at 03:12:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Wouldnt it be amazing if a herd of space whales just decided to visit our solar system?
By the end of the decade we'd be riding them through the stars
Demderdemden · 130 points · Posted at 03:14:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yeah, but the Queen of England would have to erase her mind every few years to hide the fact that we can only power the space whales by shocking their brains and powering the city we're on across the stars
Trash_Count · 29 points · Posted at 03:25:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And don't forget the whale scream diffusers.
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Anonymous_Reptar · 7 points · Posted at 06:23:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Who are you?
The doctor!
Doctor who??
Precisely!
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TheDarkWave · 2 points · Posted at 07:41:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Doctor.
Doctor.
Fun.
Dabrush · 1 points · Posted at 09:31:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Doctor What?
Demderdemden · 3 points · Posted at 05:43:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Indeed ;)
Thor_PR_Rep · 3 points · Posted at 07:00:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Doctor Who reference.
K_oSTheKunt · 3 points · Posted at 08:57:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yep! S5E2 iirc
Hint-Of-Feces · 13 points · Posted at 03:48:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This sounds like an opportunity for Wales to secede and establish their own monarchy
wut3va · 3 points · Posted at 14:15:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I was in a bar Saturday night, and had a few drinks. I noticed two large women by the bar. They both had strong accents so I asked, Hey, are you two ladies from Ireland?" One of them screamed, "It's Wales you idiot!" So, I immediately apologized and said, "Sorry, are you two whales from Ireland?" That's all I remember.
NotAPimecone · 8 points · Posted at 03:56:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I dunno, if Star Trek IV is any indication, they'll be pissed at us for hunting Earth's whales.
Hint-Of-Feces · 3 points · Posted at 05:31:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Ftfy
At least everyone else stopped
Ansoni · 3 points · Posted at 06:30:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Plenty of people whale. Norway, Iceland and the Faroe Islands all whale more than Japan. Americans and Canadians recently too, by virtue of Japan being blocked while they're ignored.
Hint-Of-Feces · 1 points · Posted at 18:48:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Norway, iceland, and japan are responsible for a large majority of hunted whales
Ansoni · 1 points · Posted at 23:18:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You should check out whaling in the Faroe Islands.
littledizzle19 · 2 points · Posted at 05:18:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And in their Star Trek IV a bunch of whales go back in time to save some humans
aeipownu · 1 points · Posted at 06:22:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
and find out what we are doing to the whales here?
mit-mit · 1 points · Posted at 08:30:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It would be amazing! Here's to the dreamers.
cittatva · 3 points · Posted at 06:14:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh mama.
ChocolatCakeMix · 2 points · Posted at 06:48:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Gojira was right all along
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EnkiiMuto · 1 points · Posted at 10:03:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
My gf called it a space dildo.
_MUY · -6 points · Posted at 07:00:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What high caliber comedy. This is what you think qualifies as a good reply to this incredible news article? I am ashamed to share this website with you. I am ashamed to count you as a member of our species.
UkonFujiwara · 0 points · Posted at 07:59:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Holy shit dude, do you watch Rick and Morty? I hear you need a really high IQ to understand it.
_MUY · -2 points · Posted at 10:49:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Just fucking grow up.
Santeria37 · 44 points · Posted at 09:51:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Not to be another "what if aliens" guy, but what if it is absorbing 96% of the light that falls on its surface because it is a ship capable of absorbing it and using it as energy?
[deleted] · 11 points · Posted at 10:30:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Good point, that's actually believable. :O
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 14:14:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We do something similar.
Most things absorb light. How much light do you think is absorbed by human skin?
wut3va · 3 points · Posted at 14:21:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
European or African?
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 14:31:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Both. Unless you're made of mirrors.
Asphalt absorbs about 96% too.
TsundereThunderT2 · 1 points · Posted at 17:12:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Interesting. I was also thinking that as a new type of solar panel.
misoandricegamer · 157 points · Posted at 03:34:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Star Trek IV. It’s come for the wales.
noblespaceplatypus · 83 points · Posted at 05:34:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Protect the Welsh!
southsideson · 5 points · Posted at 11:49:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
was at the bar the other night with my buddy having some beers. We had been there a while when two large girls came up to the bar and ordered some drinks. I noticed when they ordered they both had strong accents so I said ‘Hi, are you two girls from Scotland?’ One of them spoke up, with quite an attitude and said ‘it’s WALES you idiot!!!’
So I immediately said ‘Sorry, are you two Whales from Scotland?’
apple_kicks · 3 points · Posted at 10:10:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
they're after our welsh cakes and leek soup recipes!
ShinyHappyREM · 1 points · Posted at 08:45:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
*sheep
Bacontroph · 61 points · Posted at 04:46:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Nah m8, it's definitely come for the chicken vindaloo.
NefariousCat · 33 points · Posted at 05:30:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Smeghead
the_other_pink_meat · 3 points · Posted at 06:49:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Hose it down with a lager!
AverageCivilian · 1 points · Posted at 07:14:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
No, no. They just want some fideo.
danielle-in-rags · 7 points · Posted at 05:34:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What did the Welsh ever do to aliens
ThatguyfromMichigan · 14 points · Posted at 06:04:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Stole their language and claimed it for themselves, those culturally insensitive bastards.
charonn0 · 2 points · Posted at 06:37:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There was the incident with the combine harvester.
Coal_Morgan · 2 points · Posted at 06:45:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Turns out sheep are a sentient alien life form.
You Kiwis are next!
penelopiecruise · 4 points · Posted at 05:13:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It’s the same long dimensioned, cigar shape.
isummonyouhere · 3 points · Posted at 07:13:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
THAT'S THE TICKET, LADDY
rangeo · 1 points · Posted at 06:28:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's Shaped like a space whale?
That_Canadian_Eh · 1 points · Posted at 07:01:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
NOW I CAN SEE THE WHAAAALES
LOOMING OUT OF THE DAAAARK
Tommy2255 · 37 points · Posted at 07:24:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Is this title really bad or am I missing something?
budgybudge · 3 points · Posted at 14:19:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Now that you mention it...
YenEuroDollarSign · 2 points · Posted at 17:13:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I mean it ain't wrong...
lejefferson · 17 points · Posted at 07:23:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This bring up an interesting question. What would prevent a potentially enormous object from a different galaxy or solar system from being slung by gravities assists from stars, planets or even potentially black holes and traveling at speeds so quickly that they could careen through interstellar space and pass through our own solar system and strike a planet like earth with zero notice and at speeds that could completley demolish the planet?
GoingToSimbabwe · 10 points · Posted at 07:26:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Outer planets, gravitational influence, some more stuff, but most of all: the sheer size of void between the planets, stars etc. Highly unlikely that something will get on direct course to us as we ate basically the needle in a freaking big haystack.
lejefferson · 3 points · Posted at 10:07:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I mean if we could eat a needle in an enormous haystack what's to stop an Andromedan asteroid from hitting us. ;)
GoingToSimbabwe · 2 points · Posted at 10:30:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I am not perfectly sure what you are expressing here?
You mean like a really big asteroid? Probably still to small to have a significant chance at hitting us.
Here's some neato website showing the solar system to scale: http://joshworth.com/dev/pixelspace/pixelspace_solarsystem.html
And while writing this I noticed I wrote "ate" instead of "are". welp, I am leaving that in :D
wut3va · 1 points · Posted at 14:25:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If it traveled close to the speed of light? 2.5 - 3 million years. Realistically much, much longer.
terry_shogun · 1 points · Posted at 02:19:38 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yeah but there are also like a trillion needles.
Thanatosst · 2 points · Posted at 07:45:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If the conditions line up such that an object like you mentioned is on a crash course with earth, then we're fucked. However, it is extremely unlikely, given the vast emptiness of space and how fast everything is moving.
General_GTFO · 105 points · Posted at 04:24:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"The certainty of its extraterrestrial origin..."
Uhh, I think they mean extrasolar. The moon is extraterrestrial. Extraterrestrial means "off earth."
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VCole14 · 25 points · Posted at 08:19:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So it's an extra bit of earth? So it's extraterrestrial? (Joke disclaimer)
ReverendRyu · 3 points · Posted at 08:51:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well, there's also the theory that the Moon is the remnants of Theia, a planet size impactor that collided with us in our early formation, giving rise to the moon, our axial tilt, and a number of Trojans that follow our orbit perfectly, and a higher than standard density of certain metals in our crust. But that's just a theory...
Jakisuaki · 2 points · Posted at 09:01:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Technically we're all solar
TurquoiseLuck · 1 points · Posted at 10:09:28 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Source? Heard of it as a theory, didn't know it was proven.
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TurquoiseLuck · 1 points · Posted at 13:10:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Thanks!
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danhern · 1 points · Posted at 06:44:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
ooh boy, i love a new spambot
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danhern · 3 points · Posted at 06:51:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
it's just spamming everything it possibly can in this thread, I think.
Senpai_Has_Noticed_U · 3 points · Posted at 08:52:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
yea, I loled.
The certainty of its extraterrestrial origin.... is the fact that it's a fucking asteroid hurtling through space (and we didn't put it there)....
Typrix · 4 points · Posted at 07:23:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well technically extrasolar stuff are also extraterrestrial.
iwaspeachykeen · 3 points · Posted at 07:56:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
ya, square>rectangle>parallelogram>polygon. people get bothered by some weird shit
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 06:51:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I couldn't get past that. Hell, I'd have been amazed if it was terrestrial!
SRThoren · 1 points · Posted at 12:20:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So it is extraterrestrial
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Heyohmydoohd · 172 points · Posted at 05:36:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Interstellar object comes into contact with unknown inhabited planet
First thing it records is believed to be a form of communication called a “meme” in their language.
Such meme says their recording device looks like a quote on quote “turd” and got 654321 upvotes on Reddit
lifesmaash · 28 points · Posted at 06:17:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Quote unquote*
Nice comment me too, thanks
ryantheyovo · 6 points · Posted at 07:01:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
But why would you start the quote if you're just going to end the quote before you say anything
lifesmaash · 6 points · Posted at 07:01:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Idk
ryantheyovo · 2 points · Posted at 07:02:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Damn that was fast
Anarchaeologist · 2 points · Posted at 07:21:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I prefer to think it's this William Gibson tweet-poll:
1) Ancient Alien Dreadnought
2) Mayan "dragon-turd-star"
3) Dildoid extinction omen
SRThoren · 1 points · Posted at 12:20:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Seems these people worship a Frog, Ser.
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[deleted] · 106 points · Posted at 05:34:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Rama was a prize worth any risk short of a suicide mission. And, of course, it might even come to that. Commander Norton had no illusions on this score. For the first time in a hundred years, an element of total uncertainty had entered human affairs, and uncertainty was one thing that neither scientists nor politicians could tolerate. If that was the price of resolving it, Endeavour and her crew would be expendable.
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michaelrohansmith · 4 points · Posted at 08:19:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The chimps were fine in the story (they died on a different ship, different incident).
titulum · 2 points · Posted at 07:51:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I forgot about the chimps. Poor fellas
isobit · 1 points · Posted at 13:29:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Don't pity those damn dirty apes! They had it coming.
chassala · 3 points · Posted at 07:25:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Writing prompt, please!!!
ssjmixed · 11 points · Posted at 07:57:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh man....I have some exciting news for you. It's a book...hell I think there's three all based on a large cylinder object of intelligent design that enters our system. Lucky (and unlucky) for humanity, due to an asteroid impact that completely destroyed Pairs the world had focused its efforts to prevent future events via spaceships and telescopes on other planetary bodies. One ship near by is able to intercept and enter the ship!
The first book is called Rendezvous with Rama
Herman999999999 · 7 points · Posted at 09:03:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And don't read the second or third ever please.
FresnoBob90000 · 4 points · Posted at 09:32:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Genuinely terrible books.
Herr_Stoll · 6 points · Posted at 10:24:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
God, I'm still furious about that crap that followed the original book.
FresnoBob90000 · 1 points · Posted at 03:04:06 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
It’s like if 2010 turned into a Spanish soap opera
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 16:47:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
i liked them, but i read them when i was like 13.
isobit · 3 points · Posted at 13:30:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's one of my favorite pieces of Sci Fi literature, highly recommend!
chassala · 1 points · Posted at 06:44:12 on November 23, 2017 · (Permalink)
Thank you so much! I look forward to reading it. Will order it tonight!
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kjanta · 68 points · Posted at 06:19:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
WOAH, woah! These fuckers are just flying randomly UNDETECTED?! What if we get fucking hit??!
nukelacity · 118 points · Posted at 06:45:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Then we get hit. Not much we can do about it.
kjanta · 31 points · Posted at 07:05:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That makes me uncomfortable. I don't know how to cope with that
EarlMcFisticuffs · 60 points · Posted at 07:24:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Write to your representatives about getting more funding for detection and study.
nukelacity · 17 points · Posted at 07:32:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yes, this is what we need!
However, if it makes op feel any better, it's been like this forever. The ones we can't detect easily can do some damage, yes, but the ones we can detect and predict are the ones we should worry about. Even then, only in the unlikely situation that they're headed for us.
isobit · 2 points · Posted at 13:31:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I just nervously looked out my window.
quantum_entanglement · 5 points · Posted at 10:07:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They have far more important things to worry about, like making more money and winning elections, your silly ideas of saving the only known planet with complex life on it in visible space will have to wait.
MoffKalast · 3 points · Posted at 11:52:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Or more space stations.
suppox · 5 points · Posted at 08:45:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well we get constantly hit by little ones, and the atmosphere takes care of most of them (slightly bigger ones end up as cool youtube videos).
The last massive extinction-level hit was about 65 million years ago - the one that took out the dinosaurs - so it doesn't happen that often. You have a significantly higher chance of being hit by a car during your life than an asteroid.
If we are unlucky enough to have a major impact during our lives perhaps you can take stoic comfort in knowing you'll briefly see something truly extraordinary that no other humans have seen.
rexo12 · 1 points · Posted at 10:45:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
a brief comfort, depending on size of the asteroid and his relative distance from it...
darkknight0812 · 3 points · Posted at 08:40:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Don't worry it'll only take couple of seconds for the Earth to get completely wiped out
Stealthy_Bird · 10 points · Posted at 08:59:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Unless you're on the other side of the planet and endure a century of a blackened sun, famine, disease, death and chaos hahahaha oh boy
MisterRatburn · 1 points · Posted at 12:07:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
How awful, slowly starving to death over a hundred years
Harha · 3 points · Posted at 09:40:28 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Wouldn't it be nice to be swallowed whole by a rogue black hole travelling through our solar system so fast that we couldn't even detect it's effects on other bodies in our solar system before we were inside it's event horizon?
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 07:57:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The great news is you won't have to! =D
mijamala1 · 1 points · Posted at 11:34:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's an unfortunate reality of life. Look at animals in nature, at any moment something could come along and kill you just for food.
THEGREENHELIUM · 1 points · Posted at 14:17:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Pack a bowl and smoke that shit while you can.
CosmicPenguin · 1 points · Posted at 16:38:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Same way you cope with lightning, or car accidents.
kjanta · 1 points · Posted at 17:04:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
... struggling with that too. House across the street 15 ft away was struck by lightning and exploded into a huge fire ball that burned the house down (everyone was OK, off visiting family somewhere). And I fear a car crash will happen everytime I'm on the road.
GaydolphShitler · 1 points · Posted at 17:50:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If it makes you feel any better, the odds of getting clobbered by an extrasolar asteroid like this one are so unimaginably remote it's not really worth thinking about.
It's the near earth objhects (NEO's) we have to worry about! And there's tens of thousands of them that we know about! And likely tens of thousands more that we don't!
Fortunately, we have a pretty good handle on the planet killers in the general vicinity. Less fortunately, we're not nearly as good at detecting ones capable of flattening a city or devastating a region.
The Chelyabinsk meteor from a few years ago should have been a fantastic wakeup call; the first we knew about it was when it started streaking through the atmosphere over Russia. Luckily, the impact angle was shallow enough that it exploded 20 or so miles up. Even so, the shockwave blew out a bunch of windows and injured a number of people. If the angle had been steeper, the explosion could have leveled much of the town.
The Tunguska Event was caused by another impactor which was not noticed until it was too late, and very easily could go unnoticed even today. Luckily, it hit a largely uninhabited chunk of Siberia, but the explosion flattened around 770 square miles of forest (knocking over around 80 million trees in the process). It easily could have killed millions had it fallen in the wrong place.
So yeah, that's why funding for space exploration is important, among other things.
1tMakesNoSence · 3 points · Posted at 10:46:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Any idea how bad that hit would have been?
angrysauce · 3 points · Posted at 12:19:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So there's a tool that came out a while ago that simulates this (needs flash, there used to be a text version but it's gone sadly). I approximated it as a sphere 50m across and going at 72 km/s since the tool is a bit limited.
The upshot is that its not gonna be the end of the world. It breaks apart completely at 5km releasing 1 megaton's worth of energy. Very bad in a populated area but otherwise I doubt its harmful, especially since it won't hit the ground meaning no dust clouds.
Also I should point out I'm not an expert in any way, just a big nerd.
TheOrqwithVagrant · 1 points · Posted at 16:34:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If modeled as a sphere, it would be approx 80m across, from its known dimensions. It's also suspected to be a metallic asteroid (due to no dust or outgassing even at closest approach to the sun)
I fed those numbers into the same calculator and got an impact energy of 842 megatons. Not earth-destroying, but still over 15 times bigger than the biggest nuke ever detonated.
ArgonV · 2 points · Posted at 10:09:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Call Bruce Willis?
Throwaya4839292 · 2 points · Posted at 11:09:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This is exactly why we need to build a space wall around Earth
Silfurstar · 20 points · Posted at 08:50:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Imagine yourself on top of a very tall building, looking down. There's an ant, walking on the pavement below. You have a grain of sand in your hand. Drop it and try to hit the ant.
The odds of you making that hit are greater than an object like this colliding with the Earth.
Space is ridiculously vast and empty.
marr · 5 points · Posted at 13:03:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Okay, what if you have a million grains of sand?
chassala · 11 points · Posted at 07:32:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Space is big. Very big. Aliens could launch millions of these things in the general direction of our solar system and it would still bet very unlikely. Like multiple lottery wins kind of unlikely.
kjanta · 2 points · Posted at 08:05:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What were the odds of this happening?
Vinterlig · 2 points · Posted at 09:45:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's just one of those things you can't go around worrying about. Life is fragile and in the grand scheme of things we're not that different from a colony bacteria that can get wiped any second.
marr · 1 points · Posted at 13:05:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There's quite a lot of rock out there. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONUSP23cmAE&t=2m01s
superm8n · 1 points · Posted at 16:19:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We have been. It just does not happen very often with those that can cause a lot of damage.
diogenesintheUS · 84 points · Posted at 06:29:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"The certainty of its extraterrestrial origin comes from an analysis that shows its orbit is almost impossible to achieve from within our solar system." The author of this Guardian piece doesn't know what extraterrestrial means.
NeedNameGenerator · 24 points · Posted at 07:21:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well, he's technically correct...
LysergicOracle · 13 points · Posted at 07:35:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
In truth, the certainty of its extraterrestrial origin comes from analysis of the fact that it's in space.
sprint_ska · 3 points · Posted at 07:39:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
My thought too.
The certainty of its extraterrestrial origin comes from an analysis that shows its orbit is definitely in space.
PlanckInMyOwnEye · 2 points · Posted at 10:35:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yeah, noticed that too. That's especially weird, given that the author of the article (Dr Stuart Clark) claims to have PhD in astrophysics, and be a fellow of Royal Astronomical Society, etc. I thought someone with that background would be generally more accurate with terminology.
Toytles · 1 points · Posted at 08:42:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I don't know what extraterrestrial means
discofrisko · 1 points · Posted at 08:44:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Not from planet Earth
marr · 1 points · Posted at 13:02:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Or he wrote extrasolar and a copy editor 'corrected' it.
wut3va · 1 points · Posted at 14:28:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Extrasolar? Extrasystem? Interstellar? What's the correct term?
Syrinx221 · 15 points · Posted at 06:29:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I feel this is how all alien invasion movies begin
mijamala1 · 3 points · Posted at 11:36:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If it's anything like Arrival, I'm okay with it.
Leminems · 11 points · Posted at 06:37:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Is this going to turn into anything other than a weird fact that will creep out kids in 100 years?
BeefPieSoup · 11 points · Posted at 06:57:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Thread title seems a little off. Interstellar already means "from another solar system"
Sorta_Kinda · 4 points · Posted at 07:33:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That's the first thing I thought of as well.
cherp44 · 282 points · Posted at 06:38:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Can we please not make alien contact while Trump is president. He's going to insult them and get us all killed.
p00bix · 41 points · Posted at 07:14:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
tbh asteroids need to be insulted more. fucking rock assholes don't do shit to help us they just occasionally go boom in the sky and kill trees or cause structural damage.
Nghtmare-Moon · 12 points · Posted at 10:57:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
When space sends us asteroids. They don’t send us their best, they send us murderers, terrorist, destructors... and some... I assume are good asteroids.
[deleted] · 9 points · Posted at 08:01:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
boycott asteroids
B-Knight · 2 points · Posted at 08:04:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Wat.
MacThule · 1 points · Posted at 08:29:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Shhh... you'll make them angry...
7DMATH7 · 12 points · Posted at 08:54:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"We need to build a barrier around the solar system and make the aliens pay for it, my dad was an alien, very smart alien he was a warp specialist burk burk university very good very smart you know if your alien if i were human, like, okay if i ran as a human they would say that im the smartest in the universe ITS TRUE but when your an alien they try oh, do a number thats always why i hate the sun, went to bork bork was a good student, went there went there, did this, built an alien empire i had to make sure no one notices that im alien but you have to look at the barrier that thing bothers me it would have been so easy and its not important as these lives so, they just, they just killed us "
ForgottenName8 · 7 points · Posted at 07:52:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Ummm who else would build the space wall?
go4theknees · 3 points · Posted at 08:25:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
He makes the aliens pay for it, duh
Rakonas · 22 points · Posted at 07:45:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Why would aliens contact the US?
This is a great time with Xi as world leader.
ProgramTheWorld · 8 points · Posted at 08:12:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You mean Kim our Glorious leader?
Rakonas · -2 points · Posted at 08:19:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
??? Does not follow
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 17:08:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Asia = North Korea now, didn't you hear?
georgecastillo9 · 7 points · Posted at 09:41:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It’s so disappointing that the orange ass has managed to degrade our position in global affairs. Aliens would probably contact Merkel, Xi or Putin instead of dealing with Trump.
SourcreamHologram · 10 points · Posted at 12:05:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Or, y'know, they might decide our leaders are the ones whose faces appear most frequently on tv. :/
adamshell · 0 points · Posted at 16:14:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh so Kim Kardashian, wonderful.
COIVIEDY · 2 points · Posted at 12:15:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Nope. If I was an alien, I’d definitely go for Trump first. I wouldn’t be looking for the most reasonable leader, I’d be looking for the most influential/commonly talked about.
The_Pundertaker · 2 points · Posted at 13:58:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
He's making a pretty convincing case for the lack of intelligent life on Earth, so I doubt aliens will try and make contact while he's president.
IGeneralOfDeath · 1 points · Posted at 09:44:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
But we already have.
apple_kicks · 1 points · Posted at 10:10:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
especially if they are trying to escape their version of space trump
Roxanne1000 · 1 points · Posted at 10:40:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Why would these aliens declare war against us? It's not like I insulted them, I didn't call them grey-skinned big heads or anything like that. This is why we need to build an enormous wall that goes into space too
TheCrimsonCloak · 1 points · Posted at 12:14:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
speak for yourself a death by aliens would suffice my depression
CameForThis · 1 points · Posted at 13:51:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Alien contact isn’t scheduled to happen until 2049.
profile_this · 1 points · Posted at 14:14:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'm going to build a great space wall.
Floof_Poof · 1 points · Posted at 14:33:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yeah! It was her turn!!!!
CalvinsCuriosity · 0 points · Posted at 09:09:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We're fucked
fkdsla · 20 points · Posted at 02:50:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Take me with you...
[deleted] · 70 points · Posted at 05:01:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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silverhasagi · 15 points · Posted at 06:52:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Clearly you aren't acquainted with the ultradank avant-garde memes of Uranus
Onihige · 2 points · Posted at 07:49:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'm sorry, /u/silverhasagi, but astronomers renamed Uranus in 2620 to end that stupid joke once and for all...
EveningD00 · 7 points · Posted at 06:12:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The memes are shit compared to the martians stuff.
PressEveryButton · 11 points · Posted at 06:11:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh shit. They're here.
the13bangbang · 10 points · Posted at 06:44:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And we all thought the Colllectors were a myth.
MrBabadaba · 2 points · Posted at 12:57:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL
ItsEasyAsDMT · 19 points · Posted at 06:12:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Rama
korneplod_turneps · 17 points · Posted at 06:24:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
From another solar system... Highly-elongated object... Is this Rama?
WWBKD · 9 points · Posted at 07:50:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oumuamua so fat, her home solar system's gravitational pull couldn't hold her.
fallen3365 · 1 points · Posted at 17:17:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Fucking gold
Sbf347 · 17 points · Posted at 06:12:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This is very similar to the book Rendezvous with Rama.
MilfMan2000 · 8 points · Posted at 06:48:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
the borg is scouting us
magusg · 9 points · Posted at 09:31:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'll bet it's carrying the Andromeda Strain
So_LISA_needs_BRACES · 8 points · Posted at 10:27:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I for one welcome our ant overlords
TequillaShotz · 25 points · Posted at 04:14:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Rendezvous with Rama?
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:10:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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reverendrambo · 33 points · Posted at 01:48:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This was a fascinating read. I wonder if there's any way a probe could be launched to intercept it and discover what molecules they can find. Such an opportunity to learn about objects from outside our solar system
RicksterCraft · 54 points · Posted at 02:56:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Unfortunately, no. Oumuamua is moving at around 86,000 mph currently. Juno, the fastest manmade object, topped out at 165,000 mph after a slingshot maneuver with Jupiter, and it took years to reach the planet.
The asteroid will pass Saturn's orbit in about 1 year and 1 month, and is currently just past Mars' orbit. Just so you know, the distance between us and Jupiter is ~4.2 AU, and just the distance between Jupiter and Saturn is around 4.3 AU itself.
We're a bit too late on that probe launch window. :P
DrMonkey7 · 70 points · Posted at 04:07:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Shorter version - We still suck ass as a species. maybe in 20,000 years we can do cool stuff.
[deleted] · 15 points · Posted at 06:16:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Only if Superman was real, We would have sent him to fetch it for us, for scientific purposes of course.
_bieber_hole_69 · 19 points · Posted at 06:58:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well...then we'd know life exists elsewhere alread...because superman
carclain · 15 points · Posted at 05:21:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This stuff is actually depressing. Shit times my friend.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 06:53:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
More depressing is we probably would never get there anyway, humanity will likely be wiped out in 2000 years in some way or another.
Like playing Rust, we'll just keep respawning from nekkids and as soon as we start getting some serious tech some clown with a bomb kills us or we freeze to death.
EhPlease · 5 points · Posted at 07:07:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Sadly alot of efforts aren't done in one life time. Imagine if Isaac Newton could see where we are today, and how much we've accomplished in just over a century. From the invention of the car, to planes, landing on the moon, landing probes on mars, the ISS, crashing sattelites on Saturn, and sending them beyond our solar system.
Not to mention the developments in quantum physics, the James Webb Telescope, and all the exoplanets being discovered.
While we might not see everything they might discover, very few people do, I think times are quite exciting.
Heyvro · 2 points · Posted at 07:17:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Just the circle of civilization. People 500 years ago would give anything to fly an airplane or have an iphone, and people 500 years in the future will give anything to teleport or whatever the fuck is a thing in 1000 years
Canadian_Infidel · 3 points · Posted at 06:44:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It won't take us that long to get better. Not by a long shot. A couple hundred years. Hopefully just one or two.
SuperShake66652 · 1 points · Posted at 07:39:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We just need to get to Mars and dig up the Mass Relay.
Sil369 · 1 points · Posted at 07:54:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Remindme! 20,000 years
MountRest · 0 points · Posted at 07:17:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That's if we don't destroy ourselves and even exist as a species in 20,000 years, highly unlikely human society in any shape or form that we recognize will be around in 20,000 years.
TotalFire · 0 points · Posted at 11:38:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If someone says to you "I'm going to go on a holiday to Spain next July", do you respond "Well, not if you hit by a bus or marry a billionare between now and then"?
MountRest · 1 points · Posted at 16:27:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Do you realize how long 20,000 years is? Do you realize how dramatically different our climate will be? It might not even be habitable by humans if climate change keeps up its current trend. Your example is not good. My statement clearly upset you but it doesn't hurt to be realistic, or to think about the future.
TotalFire · 1 points · Posted at 21:45:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'm didn't say you were wrong, just that what you said was somewhat irrelevant, since I don't believe the point of the conversation was to accurately predict the future of human society.
MountRest · 1 points · Posted at 16:39:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
https://www.sciencealert.com/humanity-only-has-around-1-000-years-left-on-earth-stephen-hawking-predicts
DrMonkey7 · -1 points · Posted at 13:39:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This is why Trump is like fuck it, lets trash our planet. Deregulate everything. It won't be here forever anyways. Great attitude.
MountRest · 1 points · Posted at 16:24:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
No, doesn't matter who is president. As soon as we developed and started producing nuclear bombs back in the 40s (Trump wasn't president then ;) ) our chances of destruction went up a shit ton. I'm being realistic, I'm not gonna sugar coat shit so you can feel better about yourself. There's plenty of things to be optimistic about, don't get upset and turn everything into a shit throwing contest.
My god if you think that Donald Trump has the mental capacity to even attempt to think about that far in the future let alone what he is going to tweet tonight. You have really overestimated his intelligence, he is deregulating because the ultra rich are bribing our government because without regulations they can make more money, he's a goddamn puppet. Humanity NEEDS to find a way off of this planet in the next 1,000ish years because we will not be able to sustain ourselves as a species if we keep depleting resources that allow that.
ClarkeOrbital · 3 points · Posted at 06:47:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's possible.
https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1711/1711.03155.pdf
RicksterCraft · 1 points · Posted at 11:39:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh neat, I'll definitely give that a read later today. Thanks for sharing!
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:28:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What are the odds of this shit slingshotting around Saturns orbit and coming straight back towards earth?
sivadneb · 2 points · Posted at 06:36:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Moving past Saturn's orbit doesn't mean moving past Saturn. You could pass Saturn's orbit while Saturn is on the other side of the solar system.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 07:19:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I mean shit could just follow an elliptical path around Saturn, and end up smacking earth back. Do we actually know the exact path this asteroid is taking, or are we just following it as it goes? How do we know it won't come back and hit us? Like, there was an asteroid that passed extremely close to earth a few years ago, but NASA said there was a zero chance of the asteroid hitting earth, but NASA did say that the asteroid will actually end up coming back around towards earth, and will pass earth again in about two decades or so. On the return pass, NASA said that although it's unlikely the asteroid will hit earth, there is actually still a very real possibility that it could.
Will this red shit come back and strike us?
ScottieWabbit · 1 points · Posted at 10:02:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yes we know the exact path the asteroid is taking, https://astrobob.areavoices.com/files/2017/11/Interstellar-comet-Oumuamua.jpg
Not only will it not hit earth, we will never see it again
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 10:30:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I don't know I feel like it might still turn around somehow. We don't know shit.
sivadneb · 1 points · Posted at 15:20:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We know plenty of shit. We've been able to predict the movement of objects in space for hundreds of years. Your feelings won't change the trajectory of an asteroid.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 18:40:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
True I was just high af when I wrote that but there’s always a chance the trajectory of the object is thrown off course for whatever reason and ends up smacking earth like 1% chance but ay that’s still a chance but I’m sure we’ll be cool.
ScottieWabbit · 1 points · Posted at 16:06:25 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
Also Earth is tiny in our solar system. I know you probably seen concepts of what our solar system looks like from school and the internet however they are usually heavily modified so you can visibly see those individual planets for learning purposes.
In fact it's hard to find a real 1-1 scale of our solar system however I did find a website to show a real idea of the scale of our system.
So hopefully this gives you an idea how rare it really is for an asteroid large enough to hit us, it's a lot less that 1% chance (1in100)
If The Moon Were Only 1 Pixel
AnotherSmallFeat · 1 points · Posted at 06:59:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Is there a chance it'll hit an asteroid in the asteroid belt, or vis versa and a piece will break off that we can try to keep track of until we can remotely retrieve it?
thardoc · 1 points · Posted at 08:16:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
space has a ton of space, the odds of it hitting anything significant are puny, if pieces broke off they would probably be too small to track.
AnotherSmallFeat · 1 points · Posted at 16:59:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
But can we watch it while it passes through the belt and if a piece does break off use one of those super fancy calculations to figure out where the piece will go? It just seems like such a rare and new thing that we should try if we can.
JamesK89 · 1 points · Posted at 07:39:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Non-sense! We just need to slap more rockets on that probe
Source: Kerbal Space Program
thardoc · 1 points · Posted at 08:14:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Maybe we can get a probe close to its path to take some photos as it screams past?
SuIIy · 1 points · Posted at 13:15:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Unless it changes course. That'll be a whole other ball game!
itsaride · 2 points · Posted at 08:51:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Or hitchhike back to where it came.
SuperBeardMan · 6 points · Posted at 09:10:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Protomolecule! I'd steer clear.
Baktru · 2 points · Posted at 09:26:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
But it's too soon! We don't even have a big base on Eros yet...
SuperBeardMan · 1 points · Posted at 09:55:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Better get to it then. You know how to drive a space ship?
Baktru · 2 points · Posted at 10:11:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Sure. No problem!
avantesma · 2 points · Posted at 13:02:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Stah awah, Beltalowda!
ModsHereAreCowards · 18 points · Posted at 04:27:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This is how it starts in every movie about confirmed interstellar objects from other solar systems.
[deleted] · -1 points · Posted at 06:09:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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ohnoTHATguy123 · 17 points · Posted at 07:18:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I have nothing of substantial value that I can add to the discussion, but I am compelled to commet out of pure facsination.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 10:22:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I wish that was accidental.
ohnoTHATguy123 · 2 points · Posted at 18:58:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well it is accidental. If you mean that i almost mispelled comment into comet
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 20:58:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
:D
MulderD · 13 points · Posted at 04:54:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It’s the Pak.
m1msy · 4 points · Posted at 06:11:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
and the classic General Products hull. 4, was it?
MulderD · 5 points · Posted at 06:14:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I believe it was, but in a Ramscoop. Pre Hyperdrive.
kompster · 2 points · Posted at 08:47:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Aye, Pak fly ramscoops. The "Puppeteer" citizens would never sell a General Products hull to a xenophobic alien race. Aside from Tunesmith the Pak never worked with any hyperdrives either.
MulderD · 1 points · Posted at 09:00:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Slow ass Pak. No wonder they had so much trouble with the Ringworld.
hands_on_tools · 2 points · Posted at 13:58:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
A very special #4 hull called The Long Shot had the Quantum II Hyperdrive. One light year in 1.25 minutes.
Louis Wu is my absolute favourite character in sci-fi. Actually, all of my favourites are from known space. Sigmund Ausfaller, Beowulf Shaeffer, Nessus. I need to read Ringworld again!
m1msy · 2 points · Posted at 14:05:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I just finished Ringworld for the first time. Working on Protector now. What should I read next?
hands_on_tools · 2 points · Posted at 14:20:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh jeez, it's tricky. I had to google the reading order because a bunch of stuff is told from different perspectives in different novels/short stories and the finale of the Fleet of Worlds is also the Finale of the Ringworld series. So do a little googling and then go to ebay or book depository and buy every single book in the known space universe and read them all, back to back. Because they are awesome.
https://i.imgur.com/BDLEyy0.jpg
kompster · 2 points · Posted at 06:32:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There ain't no justice.
michaelrohansmith · 1 points · Posted at 08:21:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'd think we would know by now. The pilot would be Protecting us for his own good.
[deleted] · -1 points · Posted at 06:08:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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Sumner67 · 10 points · Posted at 06:06:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
and we missed Rama
ClassySavage · 7 points · Posted at 08:12:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We can try again when Rama II comes through.
So_Famous · 7 points · Posted at 06:51:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The thargoid invasion has begun.
markybrown · 6 points · Posted at 07:30:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
MURRRRPH!
-uzo- · 6 points · Posted at 07:34:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The bugs sent another meteor our way ... but this time, we're ready! Planetary defences are better than ever.
Would you like to know more?
RandomAnnan · 1 points · Posted at 08:28:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yes show me that bathroom scene again
rancidangel · 7 points · Posted at 08:37:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Aliens sending us a giant blunt for all humanity to share
tilapiah6 · 5 points · Posted at 11:16:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Monolith confirmed.
dakotaanderson5 · 18 points · Posted at 04:08:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
makes me wonder what kind of stories this could tell if i️ had eyes and the ability to speak
[deleted] · 48 points · Posted at 05:04:28 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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marr · 2 points · Posted at 13:34:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Or, more succinctly, "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"
gondlyr · 1 points · Posted at 10:18:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
humbleElitist_ · 2 points · Posted at 06:57:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You don't have eyes?
Wyzegy · 2 points · Posted at 07:11:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Probably something like this.
Fair warning, it's a really long story.
Not_a_Leaf · 1 points · Posted at 06:25:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
For a while it was really bright. Then it got dark for a long time.
Then I found you guys.
Rainsford1104 · 31 points · Posted at 05:17:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
OP posted "It is thought to be an extremely dark object, absorbing 96% of the light that falls on its surface, and it is red." How does it absorb 96% of all light? Is it simply because of the color or what it is made of? Is this possible a new material we've not encountered before? To me that is the weirdest thing about it and not much is mentioned about it. Sorry if the answer is obvious and I am missing it.
WarthogOsl · 29 points · Posted at 05:58:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It just needs to be made of really dark material that doesn't reflect much light. There are objects in the solar system that have an albedo of .05%, which means they absorb 99.5% of the light that hits them, so this isn't out of the ordinary.
svenlandicx · 24 points · Posted at 05:55:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Vantablack?
cockOfGibraltar · 19 points · Posted at 07:14:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I fully expect this to become the preferred clothing color of night cyclists as soon as it is available.
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desepticon · 8 points · Posted at 06:33:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Absorbing 96% of light" is just a more sciency way of saying it's really dark. This is true for any dark object.
taktyx · 8 points · Posted at 06:10:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Think like it's mostly charcoal on the outside. Very faintly red charcoal.
ZanderDogz · 5 points · Posted at 07:11:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Vantablack absorbs 99.965% of visible light, and we have it on Earth.
Squeekazu · 3 points · Posted at 06:26:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I wonder if it's anything like how red is the most difficult colour to see underwater?
MarkingBad · 3 points · Posted at 07:22:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The more photons you can absorb on the outside that can be used for useful energy the better especially when spending a million years between stars where the light is not very intense that's energy you don't have to make by generating heat inside the ship and giving off a larger IR signature then necessary.
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 06:23:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Absolutely! There are things like elements and materials we have yet to discover. Space is so ginormously unfathomably vast, We have just taken baby steps. This asteroid is just a glimpse of what possibly exists outside the Kuiper Belt. As mankind eventually makes rapid technological leaps and discoveries and begins to trend beyond our protective bubble of a solar system, only then we shall truly discover our origins.. and also add a few more new elements to the periodic table along the way. This is just the beginning.
marr · 1 points · Posted at 13:32:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
New stable elements seem unlikely. Chemical elements are defined by the number of protons and neutrons in their atoms, and we've named and studied every possible combination, even some of the huge ones with microsecond half-lives. Mathematically, there's nowhere for undiscovered elements to exist.
lifelessonunlearned · 1 points · Posted at 20:20:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's equivalent to say "isn't more than 4% shiny at colors we've looked at it with", which isn't so crazy
JohnFrum · 3 points · Posted at 06:07:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Did they check it for ancient runes? If sci-fi has taught me anything, check for ancient runes before approaching. Also, someone check on the whales...
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 10:26:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Why are whales being mentioned so much. Is it a reference?
AccomplishedPointer · 3 points · Posted at 11:02:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Star Trek
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 20:59:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Do whales go missing or Something
Jaymageck · 4 points · Posted at 06:07:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That's no asteroid...
Well ok, it is, but a man can dream.
RandyMachoManSavage · 3 points · Posted at 06:15:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
itshappening.gif
Kingnsfw6969 · 5 points · Posted at 06:17:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
How do you decide an object belongs to a particular solar system ?
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 06:32:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'm not sure about how easy it would be to determine which particular system it came from. However, we know it came from outside based upon it's trajectory and velocity, which could show that its highly unlikely that it is from our system.
michaelrohansmith · 1 points · Posted at 08:46:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Adding to the other reply, if you fall into the sun from a long distance away, you will hit the sun at its escape velocity. An object with more than solar escape velocity must have come from outside the solar system.
Wizchine · 4 points · Posted at 06:37:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Does this one have a naked space vampire lady in it too?
TheBigLahey · 4 points · Posted at 06:43:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
God damn. It's fucking Rama. Tispy me just squealed like a schoolgirl on a Bieber tour bus.
aabbccbb · 3 points · Posted at 07:16:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Redundant title is redundant.
shijinn · 4 points · Posted at 08:04:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
so we might actually be in the middle of an interstellar highway after all... somebody check if the dolphins are still around.
Redkirth · 1 points · Posted at 08:07:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
With the shape of that thing, I was going to go with Whales.
SilentUnicorn · 4 points · Posted at 08:54:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Call me when it slows down.
tonnynerd · 4 points · Posted at 11:19:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Maybe it's Rama?
schacks · 5 points · Posted at 11:30:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Am I the only one thinking RAMA?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendezvous_with_Rama
edit: Obviously not... :-)
deaconblues99 · 3 points · Posted at 11:43:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendezvous_with_Rama
character-name · 5 points · Posted at 12:24:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Anyone hope it will "suddenly change course for Earth" and actually be an alien ship?
Goodkat203 · 4 points · Posted at 14:42:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Being in the middle the The Expanse season 2, I recommend we do not touch it.
Blenderhead36 · 5 points · Posted at 16:49:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I mean, if aliens are here and want to take over the planet, I say we give them a shot. Couldn't be much worse than the people we've put in charge.
__RogueLeader__ · 11 points · Posted at 06:29:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Rendevous with Rama.
BrownMofo · 13 points · Posted at 06:39:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
ya mom's dildo has shipped
DatAEK971 · 5 points · Posted at 07:08:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's.... The Reapers.
killeme · 7 points · Posted at 07:22:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Oumuamua"
That name sounds like me calling for my momma after I'm like 8 shots in
smallaubergine · 1 points · Posted at 17:22:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You speak Hawaiian when you're drunk?
Fred_Evil · 3 points · Posted at 06:00:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh, the writing prompts from this...
limesqueezeme13 · 3 points · Posted at 06:25:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Where is the company logo.
robotleader · 3 points · Posted at 06:27:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What time is it going to destroy our planet? I have to walk the dogs first.
f1del1us · 3 points · Posted at 06:41:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I sure hope the first message we get isn't: They're coming.
japasthebass · 3 points · Posted at 06:49:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
For the layman, does this mean aliens or nah?
Jupiter-x · 3 points · Posted at 07:21:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
More "maybe" than most news that might make you ask that question. But still nah.
Rakonas · 3 points · Posted at 07:50:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It is definitely not an alien spaceship. It's travelling at 1/3000th the speed of light which is far less than would be useful or achievable for interstellar travel.
maybe it could be something like our voyager probe a hundred thousand years out.
Pluto_and_Charon · 2 points · Posted at 07:27:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Read the article.
Probably nah. Whilst there are several things that are surprising or unusual about 'Oumuamua, it's likely just an asteroid from another star.
servicePotato · 2 points · Posted at 08:03:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Nah. Just means, as always, aliens are not off the table. Very generally
UkonFujiwara · 2 points · Posted at 08:05:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Rule number one of existence: Nothing ever happens.
Darthteezus · 3 points · Posted at 06:50:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Alright Klendathu you’re asking for it!
MaximumCameage · 3 points · Posted at 07:02:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Filled with germs that'll wipe us out.
lakreda · 3 points · Posted at 07:09:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The yuuzhan vong have arrived.
123lose · 3 points · Posted at 07:14:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Goddammit Matthew McConaughey you had one job
NorCalMisfit · 3 points · Posted at 07:15:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Could you imagine if that was a "colony ship" and they thought us so insignificant they didn't even bother to slow down for us?
UkonFujiwara · 1 points · Posted at 08:09:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'd personally like to think it was a colony ship meant for us, and when they started getting signals they said "Oh my, goodness me. It evolved intelligent life while we were on ice. We had better do a stellar slingshot to the plan B system, wouldn't want to cause any trouble for them. Shame we only have fuel for one braking burn."
joshuatxg · 3 points · Posted at 07:27:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We have robotic AI that back flips now. I say we defend ourselves with that.
Readres · 3 points · Posted at 07:31:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Thing from space confirmed to be from..space"
Kurashita · 3 points · Posted at 07:53:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That picture makes it look a bit like the ship in Knights of Sidonia.
TaurineLine719 · 3 points · Posted at 08:29:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The Leviathan
douche-baggins · 3 points · Posted at 08:30:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Okay. Please tell me we still have breeding pairs of Humpback whales in existence. And, we all remember Voyager 6, right?
WuhanWTF · 3 points · Posted at 08:36:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Did y'all see that pic? That shit looks like a Mon Calamari star cruiser!
TheSilentTitan · 3 points · Posted at 08:49:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
it would be funny if this is the extraterrestrial version of passing notes in class.
Schnoofles · 3 points · Posted at 08:56:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well I'd be a hell of a lot more surprised if the interstellar object didn't come from another solar system. Which muppet of an intern wrote that title at the guardian?
possessed_flea · 1 points · Posted at 09:26:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Most asteroids which are made out of rock come from way closer to us, way way way closer to us. Remember that the closest star to us ( apart from sol ) is 4.2 light years away.
It's kind of a big deal
If it was travelling at the speed of sound ( which it's not, it's travelling way slower than that ) it would take 821917 earth years to cover 1 light year of distance. The other thing that makes this interesting is that it's red, we haven't came across a really dark red asteroid before( it only reflects back 4% of the light which strikes it. ), most asteroids are a whiteish or light brown color, so we are speculating that it's got a shitton of carbon in it, and what we know about life so far is that it needs carbon to form.
nuggynugs · 3 points · Posted at 09:03:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Clearly the protomolecule delivery method. Best steer very clear of this one.
Gzhindra · 3 points · Posted at 11:00:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Giant alien dildo?
MyOversoul · 3 points · Posted at 11:52:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"found it to be rich in organic molecules" and humanity missed its first alien life form, confusing it for a rock due to their inability to imagine it was alive. :D lol
evilscary · 3 points · Posted at 11:56:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh good, here come the collectors
Dawlin42 · 3 points · Posted at 11:59:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If it gets near Phoebe, watch out!
HogarthJackson · 3 points · Posted at 12:04:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oumuamua shinderu.
NANI?!
Upoopinmybutt · 3 points · Posted at 12:11:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Pretty sad we have to write sensationalized headlines for a chance to receive science funding.
TheSirusKing · 3 points · Posted at 12:13:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh fuck, its pheobe all over again...
rafasantos555 · 3 points · Posted at 12:24:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Correct me if i'm wrong, but isn't just our system that is called "Solar"? Because of a star named Sun/Sol is just this one we have?..
rockypowercord · 3 points · Posted at 12:50:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Interstellar means from another solar system.
GeeBee72 · 3 points · Posted at 13:00:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Actually it means between stars, so if it’s interstellar in origin, that means it was formed in between stars (star systems in this context), it’s actually most accurate to say ‘extrasolar’.
likealeakyfaucet · 3 points · Posted at 13:13:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Aren't a lot of solar objects from different solar systems? Or are they all debris from our solar system forming that's just hung around?
tron_funkin_blow · 3 points · Posted at 13:39:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Isn't an Interstellar object always from another solar system, simply by definition?
CaptainAlcoholism · 3 points · Posted at 13:56:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Has an asteroid ever been discovered with a similar shape in our own solar system? 400 meter length, but only about 50m wide? I find the shape very interesting.
Do we know anything more about how it rotates? Is it tumbling end-over-end, or spinning axially like a football?
TomJCharles · 3 points · Posted at 14:04:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If it turns out to be a vessel millions of years old, I won't really be surprised. Right shape. Right size. No water ice, possibly composed of metal.
nascentia · 3 points · Posted at 14:21:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Now that The Stone is here, it's time for you all to get ready to travel down The Way.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eon_(novel)
FatchRacall · 3 points · Posted at 14:33:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Holy shit. Someone else read this series. The part where they just focused on the one weird planet with the giant biomes(what were they called? Arboriums or something? something to do with trees) seemed a bit out of place considering the rest of the series, but it was an interesting subplot nevertheless.
Seriously tho, never seen another person read this series, or remember it enough to make reference to it.
tzrlk · 2 points · Posted at 00:03:54 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
All hail the Good Man, Ralph Nader!
I wish I could remember the actual quote. Something to do with Sol and consumer protections.
superm8n · 3 points · Posted at 16:18:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Red is also the color of iron-oxide. Iron-oxide is why our blood cells are red.
king9510 · 7 points · Posted at 07:21:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Shit. When you are really drunk and read this it feels like the world is changing before you also you really appreciate spell check.
vagabond_nerd · 5 points · Posted at 06:19:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This is how Macross starts.
Valianttheywere · 3 points · Posted at 06:20:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It came from the Southern Cross...
AzraelDirge · 5 points · Posted at 06:37:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So, when are we getting Epstein drives so we can go find the protomolecule on this thing?
ThatDamnPyro · 2 points · Posted at 09:24:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
ctrl+f protomolecule
wasn't disappointed
fullm8 · 2 points · Posted at 09:30:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Right there in the ctrl-f club with you friend.
Agent641 · 5 points · Posted at 08:00:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Who let Johnny Bravo name the interstellar object?
wr0ng1 · 6 points · Posted at 10:28:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Ctrl+F "I for one welcome".
EDIT: No hits. Huh.
skyderper13 · 1 points · Posted at 10:40:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
lol the comment below yours says just that, wow such a coincidence
wr0ng1 · 1 points · Posted at 12:16:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I tend to sort comments by best, so I'll take your word for it :)
FrankiePoops · 26 points · Posted at 04:54:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This title makes me angry.
Interstellar - as in travels between stars.
Solar system - The star system we reside in... so it might be from another star system but unless that shit is interdimensional its not from another solar system.
YoungsterJoey017 · 15 points · Posted at 06:09:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well it's definitely not interdimensional because it is very much in our dimension. Solar system is a bad word to use because there is only one solar system, ours (named after our sun). But there are many planetary systems. This object came from a different planetary system, making this interstellar travel.
FrankiePoops · 1 points · Posted at 13:53:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I was saying that its pointless to say that an interstellar object came from another system because it's in the name.
jb2386 · 8 points · Posted at 06:00:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Same! There's only 1 "solar system". It's called the Solar System because our star's name is Sol ffs.
Correct term would be "another planetary system".
marr · 1 points · Posted at 13:39:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's barely a name. Sol is just Spanish for sun, and all stars are 'The Sun' from the perspective of their planets. You wouldn't think of the starlight absorbing crystals on an alien spaceship hull as 'Wolf-359-ar panels'.
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Sheetmaan · 5 points · Posted at 06:12:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Also, they managed to confirm that the object was extraterrestrial... Well, no shit.
greentea5732 · -17 points · Posted at 05:19:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Upvoted and high-fived. I posted a similar comment myself, got downvoted for some reason.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 12:04:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
r/DownvotedToOblivion
[deleted] · -6 points · Posted at 06:08:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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LordVader1313 · 12 points · Posted at 07:24:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Humans: "Gucci gang Gucci gang Gucci gang"
Some form of intelligent life on the space object
Alien: "FUCK, GO BACK"
UkonFujiwara · 4 points · Posted at 08:10:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Aliens: "Oh cool a planet with water. Let's throw some microbes in it."
slams "upgrade" button
Aliens multiple billion years later: "FUCK GO BACK"
Tabnam · -11 points · Posted at 09:32:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
OMG ur sooo funni
/s
My_Ex_Got_Fat · 4 points · Posted at 07:20:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So can we like get a sample of it by like hitting it with a big enough missile to divert its course to Earth so we have an awesome zombie apocalypse? Or not possible?
Autocorrected fix missile issue
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 07:22:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Nope, it's going much faster than any spacecraft we've ever launched and it's already on its way out of the solar system.
michaelrohansmith · 1 points · Posted at 08:28:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I would strongly recommend against doing that.
OVRvisor · 3 points · Posted at 08:30:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Another Star System, not Solar System. Our star system is called the Solar System, the Star being named Sol.
thetruthist · 3 points · Posted at 20:36:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh fuck, please don't let First Contact be when Donald Trump is President.
CaptainAlcoholism · 2 points · Posted at 20:09:53 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
"I've met with the Vulcans, and they're great people, the best. That "Logic" thing is gonna take a while getting used to, but I've already negotiated trophy hunting rights on their planet. Come on Junior, we're gonna bag us some Sehlats!"
7palms · 7 points · Posted at 04:48:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Looks like it came from Uranus. Shitty design IMO
Doofutchie · 2 points · Posted at 06:44:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We'll need to probe the source to be sure--carefully, until we know it has the structural integrity to drill.
JamMasterJTAG · 5 points · Posted at 08:03:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I’m gonna be so mad if Trump is president when Aliens make first contact
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 10:24:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Na, you will be deconstructed into your individual atoms by some scrap collection alien before you even notice :)
evolutionaryflow · 2 points · Posted at 02:40:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
infinite bookshelves?
ChronoSapien · 2 points · Posted at 05:44:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Anyone watch Knights of Sidonia? They had an interstellar asteroid/ship that housed the last of humanity. Pretty sweet hard sci-fi that devolves into normal teenage anime antics.
rliant1864 · 3 points · Posted at 06:57:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
First time seeing KOS out in the wild.
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wstsdr · 2 points · Posted at 05:58:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
“Not now guys, bad time”
iRngrhawk · 2 points · Posted at 06:21:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If one of these comes anywhere near us, we’re gonna need Bruce Willis.
jony_cho · 2 points · Posted at 06:23:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
How the heck do we know that is from another solar system?
Unable_Request · 7 points · Posted at 06:26:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
By looking at its trajectory and speed
Evan8r · 5 points · Posted at 06:26:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The path of its orbit is almost impossible to achieve from this solar system.
GammelGrinebiter · 2 points · Posted at 06:31:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I thought it was Eros.
cwearly1 · 2 points · Posted at 06:37:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I’m just gonna comment that I tiredly read the title as “interstellar object confirmed to BE a solar system.”
Cue very intrigued me
Cue my disappointment.
Night!
_yen · 2 points · Posted at 06:41:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh shit, have we checked on the Humpback Whales recently?
i_says_things · 2 points · Posted at 06:43:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Evacuate Buenos Aires!!
patdude · 2 points · Posted at 06:45:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
interstellar confirmed to be from another solar system - its a tautology of sorts right?
Trance_Motion · 2 points · Posted at 06:57:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The only good bug is a dead bug!!!
peterfonda2 · 2 points · Posted at 06:58:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Looks like the whale probe from ST IV: The Voyage Home.
piercet_3dPrint · 2 points · Posted at 07:04:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I think RAMA is off course.
xsschauhan · 2 points · Posted at 07:09:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We're being ambushed
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 10:33:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
But why, if it were aliens we are so weak compared to an alien race that could reach us.
Michaelbama · 2 points · Posted at 07:13:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I wish we would land some sort of permanent probe on it's surface before it leaves our system.
That would certainly be interesting. Maybe not worth much, but... In the style of Voyager, we could do it.
normalus112 · 2 points · Posted at 07:13:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Take me to your leader
NextChamp · 2 points · Posted at 07:36:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Man, I was expecting this to be so much more.
Don't get me wrong. This is an incredibly cool moment in astronomy right now and hopefully we will get more info.
But one day it's gonna be something more than just an asteroid or cosmic phenomena...Hopefully.
coniunctio · 1 points · Posted at 11:46:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We can’t get along with people who live several thousand miles away and have different skin color and cultural beliefs. How are we going to get along with aliens from several light years away from us? We aren’t ready for contact. We are a primitive, tribal monkey species one step removed from living in the trees. We worship invisible deities based on childish fantasies stemming from our fear of darkness and death. Aliens wouldn’t talk to us even if they could because we aren’t capable of understanding what they have to say in the first place. Mathematics might be the language of science, but our brain chemistry and cultural filters make us turn everything we can get our hands on into weapons and we exploit our natural habitat beyond any reasonable measure of sustainability. Aliens wouldn’t want anything to do with us unless they need our resources. We have nothing to offer them.
Bokbreath · 2 points · Posted at 07:37:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Debris from Alderaan ...
MrJonaKing · 2 points · Posted at 07:42:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Lets hope its the start of a super hero era.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 07:50:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Could a super dense, missile-shaped asteroid the length of 4 football fields destroy Earth on impact? It’s traveling 85,000 mph.
Could also be an interstellar colony ship.
imaginhate · 1 points · Posted at 11:38:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It would mess some shit up locally but you'd have to hit the earth with another planet basically to crack it open.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 07:53:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Has anyone else read Rendezvous with Rama?
mandisplacesuxbrah · 2 points · Posted at 07:55:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
well fuck, the Reapers are here. GG, it was fun.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 10:34:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Reapers?
obiwanjacobi · 1 points · Posted at 14:21:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
/r/masseffect
deception_lies · 2 points · Posted at 07:56:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"dark object, absorbing 96% of the light that falls on its surface, and it is red"
"was extremely elongated and roughly 400 metres long"
... the Red Dwarf made it back? Season 13 maybe?
Lord_Tachanka · 2 points · Posted at 07:57:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Dark red, highly metallic. Fuck. It's the Marker.
pureboy · 2 points · Posted at 07:58:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We are getting closer and closer from SciFi to Science. This object might be sent by aliens!
Retb14 · 1 points · Posted at 07:59:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Probably an alien spaceship sent to take over our planet.
pureboy · 2 points · Posted at 07:54:51 on November 23, 2017 · (Permalink)
May be to observe our planet.
Retb14 · 1 points · Posted at 07:57:01 on November 23, 2017 · (Permalink)
Possibly the worst time. They are going to come and be like this species is all retarded...
pureboy · 1 points · Posted at 11:15:06 on November 25, 2017 · (Permalink)
Project Lyra is going to catch this asteroid it seems.
Cruddy42 · 2 points · Posted at 08:00:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It looks like the probe from Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Chulchulpec · 2 points · Posted at 08:03:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Most. Redundant. Title. Ever.
Techiastronamo · 1 points · Posted at 08:04:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That archetypical redundant title is the epitome of redundancy.
Hornblower1776 · 2 points · Posted at 08:03:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Of course it passed us by. It was here for the whales.
Redkirth · 1 points · Posted at 08:07:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Gah. Beat me to it
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 08:05:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I need a goddd damn jannnn Michael vincentttttt...
sdflius · 2 points · Posted at 08:16:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I think this may be the ship that's taking Elon Musk home.
deviltrombone · 2 points · Posted at 08:17:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Maw that could swallow a dozen starships. Thank god it didn't discover us. I know, let's try to activate it to see what it does!
tovarish22 · 2 points · Posted at 08:23:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's uh..it's not headed for Buenos Aires, it is?
LuminaTitan · 2 points · Posted at 08:23:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Someone get a couple of humpback whales on hold.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 10:35:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Why? I don't get the whale theme on here
Silicium_Avatara · 2 points · Posted at 08:24:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It is not from another 'Solar system'! &%$£. It is from another 'STAR system'. Our star system is the Solar system.
God damn news media and their pseudoscience confusing people.don't get me started on people calling natural satellites 'a moon'. Science anal ROARRRRRRRR.
Nondre · 2 points · Posted at 08:24:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Eh, you don’t want to meet our leader...
IzZzy_ZA · 2 points · Posted at 08:25:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Arthur C. Clarke was right!!!
GameMusic · 2 points · Posted at 08:26:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
rich in organic molecules
a giant poop?
dk_priori · 2 points · Posted at 08:29:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
.... What a headline 🤦♂️
AscendedAncient · 2 points · Posted at 08:29:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's an ancient planetary seeding device, just passing through on it's way to it's intended destination, where a new species will emerge.
Ckb79 · 2 points · Posted at 08:42:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'm no astrophysicist but why cant we land something on it and let it continue its path, then our item that's aboard it will have a free ride into the ether and we wont have to worry about powering the deep space satellite?
possessed_flea · 2 points · Posted at 09:08:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
First of all we don't detect these things until they are sortof close, this one will have spent 10 years in our solar system before exiting, so best case scenario we have maybe 5 years of warning while it is heading towards us and then away.
Once it is heading away from us then it's game over, we will never catch it.
Secondly with 5 years of warning at the most it's almost impossible for us to mobilise a launch, especially for something that is relatively quite far away, if the closes that it gets to us is as far away as mars it will take our ship about 3 years to meet up with it.
Third the location of earth matters quite a lot at the time that we launch, we will at most get 2 shots per year, ( more likey than not 1. )
Fourth, we really only get one shot at this, to hook something up like this in just a few years from concept to launch will cost a pretty penny, no way we could do it on NASAs current budget, maybe if we increase it 10 fold we might have a chance.
And last but not least, space is massive, this thing is not, neither is any ship we send, it's like having a World Series level baseball pitcher aiming for the home plate from second base, meanwhile you are on on first base and have to try to hit the baseball with a dime, you have a 15 second warning before the ball gets thrown to run closer.
Ckb79 · 1 points · Posted at 12:40:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yeah all good points. I wrote my reply tongue-in-cheek with some sarcasm, but you make good points all the same.
ReverendRyu · 2 points · Posted at 08:47:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This is when we find out we're in the Starship Troopers/Stroggos timeline, and this was just a warning shot...
theloosestofcannons · 2 points · Posted at 08:48:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If i was going to try to keep my spaceship a secret; i would make it look like a rock on the outside.
ursus_australis · 2 points · Posted at 08:51:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Anyone else immediately think of the novel ‘Rendezvous with Rama’? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendezvous_with_Rama
underthingy · 2 points · Posted at 08:51:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Of course the interstellar object is from another solar system. What do you think interstellar means?
Kubrick_Fan · 2 points · Posted at 08:58:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Rendevous With Rama?
Demonhunter115 · 1 points · Posted at 09:03:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That's what I was thinking, too.
Landerah · 2 points · Posted at 09:02:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Plus... it’s in space
Kazagaroth · 1 points · Posted at 09:09:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
facepalm
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 09:12:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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seethroughplate · 2 points · Posted at 09:28:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'm from Buenos Aires, and I say kill 'em all!
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 09:16:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You ask why people aren't informed in this world. The reason is very clear. The top comments in this thread is about alien invasion, instead of questions about the details pertaining to this article.
People just don't care enough to be informed. They care about when Trump is clowning next, or when the next human sexuality shenanigan happens in Hollywood and beyond.
SemperVenari · 2 points · Posted at 09:19:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Fucking Tyranids.
Calling it now.
Baktru · 1 points · Posted at 09:23:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Genestealer Cults appearing soon...
SemperVenari · 2 points · Posted at 09:28:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
All that satanic cult stuff in the seventies and eighties was probably them.
Fucking hell, Manson could have been a cult leader front for the Patriarch
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 09:20:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This is obviously a Collector ship. Prepare yourselves for The Arrival.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 09:28:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
that's a Collector's ship
neihuffda · 1 points · Posted at 10:18:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Assuming direct control...
Lebowskii · 2 points · Posted at 09:30:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Between the title and opening picture, ive never been so baited in my entire life.
Still pretty cool though
PollenHigh · 2 points · Posted at 09:37:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
How did the team estimate the number of asteroids leaving or entering our solar system? We have only discovered, what factors did the look for to estimate a number as large as 10,000?
reddituser08016 · 2 points · Posted at 09:40:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This fucking guy in front of me won't stop shushing.
coloredchord · 2 points · Posted at 09:46:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's an interstellar object by definition from another solar system?
JungleBumpkin2 · 2 points · Posted at 09:48:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Is this a big deal? I never know with this space news.
sailorjasm · 2 points · Posted at 09:52:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I wish they could go get it. How fast is it moving ? Can we send a probe to it ?
trudel69 · 2 points · Posted at 09:56:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Isn't the title a bit redundant?
DiogenesHoKunikos · 2 points · Posted at 10:03:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
156153156153 · 2 points · Posted at 10:03:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Eli5: how big of a discovery is this?
LeakySkylight · 2 points · Posted at 10:05:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Not really big. Pretty cool, yes.
Tamoor622498 · 2 points · Posted at 10:03:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Reminds on the book "Rendezvous with Rama". Started exactly like this. Exactly.
TheFunkster · 2 points · Posted at 10:04:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Could you imagine if it came back around in like a week or so?
I think humanity would collectively shit a brick.
oshirisplitter · 2 points · Posted at 10:07:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Considering all the vectors this particular piece of rock could've taken, having it whizz past our solar system this close over all that time makes me think that someone out there has pretty good aim.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 10:08:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
A shame it’s not a giant white ball
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 10:10:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This is like almost litteraly one of the storylines in The Expanse, except that one is blue not red.
ermanoz · 2 points · Posted at 10:15:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I was thinking exactly the same thing hahah.. creepy
venom02 · 2 points · Posted at 10:11:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Is this Rama?
Nanderlizer · 2 points · Posted at 10:18:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I actually did work on trajectory simulations for this asteroid for part of my 1st year coursework, i did find the orbit quite strange haha.
MaYlormoon · 2 points · Posted at 10:22:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Have the bugs launched an asteroid again? Buenos Aires, be prepared!
sevenmoon · 2 points · Posted at 10:38:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Ahaaaa I see what you did there !
MaYlormoon · 1 points · Posted at 13:59:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Back to the front!
johnny_mclovin · 2 points · Posted at 10:24:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What would the possibility of trying to put some kind of camera on this asteroid (Armageddon style lol) Or some other means of collecting data? This could be a really dumb question but I mean if it's going to be leaving our solar system, would it be possible to use its trajectory/path to see what's outside of our solar system? I mean, it's probably not even possible due to trying to land on a moving object, especially trying to time it just right & it would probably would be impossible to receive any kind of data once it leaves our solar system, but imagine being able to place a stationary object (or even something like a rover) & just use the asteroid as a means of transportation, viewing what's outside of our solar system!
Pluto_and_Charon · 1 points · Posted at 10:30:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Unfortunately, interstellar asteroid 'Oumuamua is travelling very fast and is leaving the solar system at a wacky angle, so it would be very difficult or impossible to catch up with it with modern technology. If we had seen Oumuamua in advance maybe we'd have had enough warning to build a probe and get a head start, but unfortunately we only saw it after perihelion.
johnny_mclovin · 1 points · Posted at 10:38:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I was kind of thinking that. I read that it was moving at a fast pace & that's why it's able to escape the sun's gravitational pull. Plus the math would have to be just right with distance & how fast it's traveling (which they probably don't know exactly) & then they would have to time it just right (as in launching from earth a couple of year in advance (how far is it away? Like how long would it take to get there if it wasn't moving? 2-3 years? Longer?) I think it's a great theory but execution would probably be impossible, plus that's a huge risk that would take a lot of money.
Thank you for responding btw! Please excuse my ignorance, I know nothing on this subject. Are you well versed in this kind of thing?
blackroseblade_ · 2 points · Posted at 10:29:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Looks like a giant leviathan turd if you ask me... Is /r/masseffect leaking IRL?
Hurkk · 2 points · Posted at 10:37:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Clearly Star Trek IV was correct in it's prediction.
Ardinius · 2 points · Posted at 10:52:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
dumb title. Like saying 'international object confirmed to be from another nation'.
arkain123 · 2 points · Posted at 10:58:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
In other news, president Trump's hair has recently seen beeping and changing colors.
maltcz · 2 points · Posted at 11:12:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Silver surfer confirmed
LachedUpGames · 2 points · Posted at 11:13:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Had a fucking panic attack about aliens for a solid three seconds lol
Aladayle · 2 points · Posted at 11:16:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Go read Rendevous with Rama :D (But none of the sequels, the author had very little to do with them.)
Helmwolf · 1 points · Posted at 11:15:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Embrace our new Gods! :P
Pikesmakker · 2 points · Posted at 11:15:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Isn’t that what interstellar means?
iDivideBy0 · 0 points · Posted at 11:18:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Inter, between. Stellar, of or relating to stars. So a more accurate term would be intergalactic.
nemanja900 · 2 points · Posted at 11:18:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh boy, here they come. They will probably land in America and ignore rest of the world, because they are racist.
Maskguy · 3 points · Posted at 11:23:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If Doctor Who taught me anything it's that aliens always attack London
BeaumontG · 2 points · Posted at 11:22:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If just an asteroid crossing the system gets such hype, even when we can't possibly retrieve it for studying, can you imagine how an actual spaceship would be received by the public?
LOLMD · 2 points · Posted at 11:33:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Am I alone in recalling "Rendezvous with Rama "?
TbanksIV · 2 points · Posted at 11:34:28 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This is the worst fucking headline ever, even by worldnews standards.
Interstellar object confirmed interstellar.
Bell_Yett · 2 points · Posted at 11:40:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That is amazing.
therealbahn · 2 points · Posted at 11:45:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Isn't that the definition of an interstellar object?
Europiumhydroxide · 2 points · Posted at 11:59:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Interstellar object confirmed to be interstellar.
x confirmed to be x
x = x
x
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 12:03:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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Europiumhydroxide · 2 points · Posted at 12:27:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
In fact, there is only one solar system. What OP (and you) meant to say was planetary system.
But yeah, lots of interstellar space is actually not part of planetary systems
Myphoneaccount9 · 2 points · Posted at 12:02:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh shit....we need to keep the whales safe for when it arrives
saidthetomato · 2 points · Posted at 12:03:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
that's what "interstellar" means! This is like saying "transcontinental railroad crosses the continent".
Unreal_Banana · 2 points · Posted at 12:04:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I want this to happen.
GeekFreak96 · 2 points · Posted at 12:06:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Muuuuuuuuuurph!
Kristian_Ndoka · 2 points · Posted at 12:07:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
“Interstellar object confirmed to be from another solar system” Never heard of an interstellar object from our solar system.
CombustingClouds · 2 points · Posted at 12:09:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Redundant title is Redundant.
mrhil · 2 points · Posted at 12:11:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Quick, we need some humpback whales!
Skizzer · 2 points · Posted at 12:18:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We ded
NitrousIsAGas · 2 points · Posted at 12:19:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Did anyone else have dreams of Rendezvous with Rama after initially reading about this?
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 12:27:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Looks like a Raman ship
GeneralToaster · 2 points · Posted at 12:20:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Is this not how Rama started?
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 12:26:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They always do things in threes...
jones_ok · 2 points · Posted at 12:20:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
WE MUST BLOW UP THE MOON!
CarlLumbly · 2 points · Posted at 12:24:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Who knows, maybe this 'story' was on to something:
http://www.bofads.com/stories/nasasecrets.htm
On second thought, probably not.
Wellsy · 2 points · Posted at 12:28:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Looks Zentradi.
Iamnotelephant · 2 points · Posted at 12:35:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Upvote for reminding me of my childhood.
Markantilism · 2 points · Posted at 12:28:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh fuck, I can't find my towel
isarealboy13 · 2 points · Posted at 12:37:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
but what about gay swans?
GaySwansMakeMeCry · 1 points · Posted at 12:51:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
༼☯﹏☯༽
isarealboy13 · 2 points · Posted at 12:51:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
you really are a reddit national treasure
ehfuzzball · 2 points · Posted at 12:37:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Is it cylindrical shaped? Come on ramanas!
flavianpatrao · 2 points · Posted at 12:38:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Alright alright alright
_IX_ · 2 points · Posted at 12:38:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We just dodged the protomolecule
Hypohamish · 2 points · Posted at 12:41:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What exactly would the grand plan be if we discovered one that could impact Earth on any form of catastrophic scale? Send a drill team up to it and blow it up from the inside out?
Ketsuo · 1 points · Posted at 13:02:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I think we'd just be fucked.
Wh1skyjak · 2 points · Posted at 12:44:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oumuamua, I've come to bargain.
MeatTenderizer · 2 points · Posted at 12:49:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
/r/RedundantHeadlines
TimeMachineToaster · 2 points · Posted at 12:50:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Alien: Stop sending radio signals at us! Screw it, I'm throwing a rock at them!
valvasoa · 2 points · Posted at 12:56:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Interstellar object confirmed to be your mom's dildo
T34L · 2 points · Posted at 12:56:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Interstellar object confirmed to be interstellar"
bogmonsterinengland · 2 points · Posted at 13:00:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oumuamua so fat, she can be tracked from a different solar system
UJRONG · 2 points · Posted at 13:02:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That’s MCRN Stealth technology for sure.
RememberTheCant
macsare1 · 2 points · Posted at 13:02:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Redundant headline confirmed to repeat itself.
Eben_MSY · 2 points · Posted at 13:03:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
dat title
likingisaproblem · 2 points · Posted at 13:07:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I for one welcome our alien overlords.
doinkrr · 2 points · Posted at 13:07:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
(Puts on tinfoil hat)
ggrayy · 2 points · Posted at 13:09:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Rendezvous with Oumuamua"
PMPG · 2 points · Posted at 13:17:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
anyone who can give tips of a modern mystery alien film that is good?
like signs, the arrival?
dericpeace · 2 points · Posted at 13:25:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
From another Solar System, here. Can confirm.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 13:28:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
X Files Theme starts playing
BenMorgh · 2 points · Posted at 13:38:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Obviously: http://www.macross2.net/m3/sdfmacross/nupetiet-vergnitzs/nupetiet-vergnitzs-dorsal.gif
Dharmie- · 2 points · Posted at 13:40:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Rendezvous with Rama anyone? When Rama 3 comes I'd like to get on board. Ok? Thanks.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 13:41:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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Brady-Bryan-Atkins · 1 points · Posted at 13:44:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That is just the best theory ever
TheGuywithTehHat · 2 points · Posted at 13:47:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
???
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 13:51:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Maybe...time to get schwifty...
gmason0702 · 1 points · Posted at 14:38:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Get schwifty was a jam!
hamzavers · 2 points · Posted at 13:52:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's Oryx! He's coming for us! But where's the Traveler? We haven't even killed Crota
hudsondr · 2 points · Posted at 14:02:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's the Dreadnaught!
EllieVader · 2 points · Posted at 14:04:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What would be the effect of an interstellar asteroid collision vs a local asteroid collision? The interstellar objects are moving with much greater relative speed than those in orbit around the sun, would it make a difference?
Triumerate · 2 points · Posted at 14:20:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Finally a response from Vega!
I knew Jodie Foster did something right!
ROK247 · 2 points · Posted at 14:21:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
not saying it's aliens, but...
no seriously look at the shape. thats extremely peculiar for objects in space just because something like that is very unlikely to stay intact for a long period of time. we just got buzzed by the armada's scout and we are totally screwed.
knightmese · 2 points · Posted at 14:28:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Looks like a big ole frozen chunk of poopie.
nuraHx · 2 points · Posted at 14:34:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's kind of weird to think that for how long this object has been traveling and how far, what if we aren't the first species to study this object. Or if we are the first, we probably won't be the last.
quazzerain · 2 points · Posted at 15:33:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There is no other solar system. Solar system refers specifically to the star Sol which is the sun.
Yuli-Ban · 2 points · Posted at 15:37:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I mean.... isn't that a given if it's called an interstellar object?
-rh- · 2 points · Posted at 15:48:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That's a Zentraedi Battleship and you can't tell me otherwise.
Arshille · 2 points · Posted at 16:02:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Don't worry. I get my Valkyrie back from the shop soon.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 15:51:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Confirmed to be a fat blunt
warmowed · 2 points · Posted at 15:55:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That title makes me want to punch op. It's like saying "a deep sea fish was found in the ocean today" like yes...
An interstellar object is by definition something from a different solar system
Dingowman · 2 points · Posted at 16:01:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Hans Zimmermann's church organ starts to play
RawBirdToe · 2 points · Posted at 16:15:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Rama.
Ciliate · 2 points · Posted at 16:29:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Misleading title. The reason our system is call the solar system is because our stars name is called Sol. If this object is from another system, you simple state it is from a different star system.
antifolkhero · 2 points · Posted at 17:01:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If only it was Robin Williams coming back to us as Mork.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 17:09:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Cool, we found a rock with alien jizz on it
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 18:18:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Pronounced “yomama”
kankris_left_eyelid · 2 points · Posted at 20:34:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
well shit here come the homestucks
DivinePrince2 · 2 points · Posted at 21:08:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Isn't Andromeda supposed to be colliding with our galaxy soon? I suppose it's from there. It's pretty much just a rogue asteroid.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 22:21:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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DivinePrince2 · 2 points · Posted at 17:02:29 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well, in space terms - that very likely is soon
trane50 · 2 points · Posted at 21:47:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Imagine yourself on top of a very tall building, looking down. There's an ant, walking on the pavement below. You have a grain of sand in your hand. Drop it and try to hit the ant. The odds of you making that hit are greater than an object like this colliding with the Earth. Space is ridiculously vast and empty.
UmegaDarkstar · 2 points · Posted at 22:06:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Mass Effect Relay confirmed!
biggie_eagle · 2 points · Posted at 22:59:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
International student confirmed to be from another country.
toxicpsychotic · 1 points · Posted at 23:06:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
theoretically, couldn't it just be from interstellar space but not from a solar system?
69th · 2 points · Posted at 23:41:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yeah. There's a big difference between the interstellar void, and a solar system.
The better equivalent here would be 'International student confirmed to be from... well, either the ocean, another country, or the moon, we really have no idea.' However, it seems that, in this specific case, they have confirmed that the kid is from another country.
omnistupidgod · 2 points · Posted at 23:16:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Wat if it alien
tzrlk · 2 points · Posted at 23:59:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Fuck. We still have Humpbacks around, right?
LuxReflexio · 2 points · Posted at 02:50:49 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
Liberate tuteme ex inferis!
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 22:28:19 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
FUCK THIS SHIP
dudewasalreadytaken · 2 points · Posted at 03:14:12 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's Matthew McConaughey. Send him back. We aleady have enough of them
SentinelZero · 3 points · Posted at 06:38:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"The object looks like a giant pen"
No, it looks like a giant turd.
greentea5732 · 12 points · Posted at 02:47:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There's only one solar system, the one that contains the star Sol.
ll_Kharybdis_ll · 8 points · Posted at 07:03:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Don't know why you're getting down voted. You are correct in saying our system is the only Solar System. Other systems are referred to as star systems, planetary systems, exo-planetary systems, or extrasolar systems
MysticalDigital · 4 points · Posted at 03:41:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Alright, what do we call all other systems then? Exo-planetary Systems? Exo-Solar Systems? Just Planetary Systems (or which Solar System is one?)
greentea5732 · 10 points · Posted at 03:51:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Star systems.
Edit: I think that "star sytem" usually refers to two or more stars, but there's also such a thing as a single star system, so I think it's OK to use the term "star system" regardless of the number of stars. If you want to refer to a star system other than our own, just say "another star system".
2nd Edit: To be clear, I'm not an authority on the subject, this is just my layman's opinion.
The_Indricotherist · 2 points · Posted at 04:25:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Wow, the first interstellar asteroid. Another thing that could kill us all then.
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 06:09:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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Knobjockeyjoe · 1 points · Posted at 06:40:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Not really its leaving the solar system...we probably couldnt catch it if we tried.
CptKirkForPresident · 4 points · Posted at 06:23:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This is it boys and girls, this is war. Prepare my ship.
wenoc · 2 points · Posted at 06:49:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We knew this a month ago. What’s new here?
Pluto_and_Charon · 6 points · Posted at 07:29:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Its colour has been determined as reddish
Its interstellar nature has been confirmed
Its rotational period has been measured
And its shape has been detected- it's 10 times longer than it is wide, making it the most elongated asteroid (or comet) ever discovered.
-richthealchemist- · 3 points · Posted at 06:24:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well if it’s an interstellar object then by definition it must be from a different solar system 😛.
troflwaffle · 3 points · Posted at 04:12:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Doesn't the term 'interstellar', i.e. Between stars,' imply that the object is from another star system?
Feels like a 'Scientists confirm H2O-covered object was recently in contact with water' type of headline to me.
zcv · 5 points · Posted at 05:36:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
An "Interstellar object" is, by definition, from another solar system.
monkeyhog · 6 points · Posted at 05:53:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There is only one "Solar System" and that is the system of the star Sol. There are however billions and billions of "stellar, or star systems"
zcv · 1 points · Posted at 00:08:53 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
Right.
So how can the object be from another solar system?
monkeyhog · 1 points · Posted at 00:58:45 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
It can't, unless it passed through some sort of interdimensional portal. It can however, be from another star system.
politelypedantic · 3 points · Posted at 05:59:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There's only one solar system, friend. Sol = our star.
wilwarland · 10 points · Posted at 06:10:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That's like saying there's only one moon, because Earths moon is the only one called "the Moon".
Sol is just the Latin word for sun.
politelypedantic · 12 points · Posted at 06:37:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Sun is also another name for only our star. We name stars, and call them all generically stars.
The solar system is the planetary system sol resides in. If you went to Proxima Centarui you would be in the Proxima system, and when you were explaining to the aliens where you came from, you would call it the Solar system.
wilwarland · -1 points · Posted at 06:47:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yes, but that doesn't make it incorrect to refer to other "star systems" as "solar systems".
politelypedantic · 5 points · Posted at 07:01:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
In what context would it not be more accurate to just use the proper name of the system you're referring to?
wilwarland · 0 points · Posted at 07:14:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
For instance, in this case we don't know which solar system this asteroid came from, we just know it wasn't this one. We can't refer to a specific, proper name for the system, because we don't know which one it is. So you simply say it came from another solar system.
politelypedantic · 1 points · Posted at 07:25:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We could also say star system and not be wrong, though.
We can erroneously call all tissue Kleenex, but just because the phrasing is accepted, doesn't make it correct. What you're advocating for is the eventual downfall of humanity, into an abyss of uncorrected errors, slipping evermore into a world of ignorance, without compassion and without progress.
Also, check my username. It's a schtick.
wilwarland · 2 points · Posted at 07:28:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That's exactly what it means. That's how language works.
I did notice your username. Thought it might be fun to out-pedant someone claiming to be a pedant.
politelypedantic · 1 points · Posted at 07:49:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That's not how language works, that's how communication works.
Language has rules. That's what defines a language. In our language, names are called proper nouns. Using a proper noun to refer to a group of similar things is incorrect, though it can be used artistically. Sun, Sol, and Solar system are all 'one of a kind' things. They are names, proper nouns.
All nouns work the exact same way in communication, so if we saw a golden retriever and I said, "check out Lassie there," as long as you understood who Lassie was, you would understand I was talking about the golden retriever.
I made your exact argument once, after writing my first article (ever) about nuclear power, but it didn't hold up well to my editor.
In this instance, we're talking about an object visiting our solar system, so since we are referencing to ours specifically, it's a poor choice to then use it as a catch all for all star systems.
Why bother? Because for some people, the error will be distracting from the thesis of the article.
wilwarland · 1 points · Posted at 07:55:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Interesting that you differentiate language and communication. What is the purpose of language if not to communicate?
I disagree. In this case, the phrase "another solar system" clearly denotes that it came from a solar system. The use of the word "another" clearly denotes that it wasn't the solar system.
politelypedantic · 3 points · Posted at 08:28:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The thing that differentiates language and communication is that we can communicate in many different languages. Languages don't require words or text, but when they do incorporate those features they are usually accompanied by a set of rules to distinguish context.
I didn't say it was confusing. I said it was distracting. You have choices with your use of language, and the primary goal is to communicate your idea most effectively. When we take written language to a professional level there are entire suites of rules called 'style.' Style guides are issued by publications so that all the writers are held to a certain standard of terminology and phrasing.
Any style guide is going to recommend you avoid conflating proper nouns within an article.
For example, Kleenex captured another 20% of the kleenex market. We used the same noun in two different ways, and while it does communicate the point effectively, it could be phrased much better and more accurately. For some readers, a distraction like this will sour an article with scepticism.
wilwarland · 1 points · Posted at 08:33:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So if I'm understanding you correctly, your argument isn't that it is incorrect, just that it is a poor stylistic choice? Because in that sense I agree with you.
Jmb7373 · -1 points · Posted at 13:20:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This isn’t a proper noun in the title. It’s a lower case S, leading me to believe it is the second definition of solar in the dictionary he already referred to. The one with the “rules”.
Jmb7373 · -2 points · Posted at 13:17:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yes. Language has rules. Like the rule in the dictionary that he already referred to. You don’t get to cherry pick rules. And the rules aren’t perfect and they are flexible and they change depending on the audience or the speaker.
Jmb7373 · 0 points · Posted at 13:15:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Makes sense to me.
ll_Kharybdis_ll · 5 points · Posted at 06:52:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It actually does. Just as calling other stars "suns" would be incorrect. "Solar" refers to the name of our star, Sol. Why would we use the name of our star for other stars?
wilwarland · -3 points · Posted at 07:04:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I really want you to be right, but you simply aren't. We do refer to other stars as other suns. Wanting language to work this way doesn't mean that it does.
ll_Kharybdis_ll · 4 points · Posted at 07:33:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Sun" is the common identifier for our star, Sol. "Solis" is Latin for "Sun". It has a name, just as our moon as a name, just as our system has a name. Solar System is literally the "System of Sol", the name of our star.
You would call Sirius A or Sirius B suns. They're stars. And you wouldn't call it's system a Solar System. It's the Sirius System
wilwarland · -1 points · Posted at 07:39:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yes I would. So would most people.
TheNotoriousNuts · 6 points · Posted at 08:04:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Then you're referring to them incorrectly as suns. Sun is only the name of the star that Earth is orbiting.
wilwarland · -2 points · Posted at 08:16:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yes, and "Moon" is the name of the large ball of rock orbiting the Earth. It is no more incorrect to refer to Phobos or Titan as moons than it is to refer to Sirius A/B as suns.
ll_Kharybdis_ll · 3 points · Posted at 11:31:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
People commonly call them moons, but the proper term is natural satellite
[deleted] · 7 points · Posted at 08:04:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Being colloquially correct isn't the same as being technically correct. You are correct that people generally talk like that, but in terms of pure definitions, the other guy is correct.
Jmb7373 · 0 points · Posted at 13:14:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
He’s even technically correct. Words have more than one meaning and jargons can be different from a correct everyday parlance. Flexibility is a huge part of all language
wilwarland · -1 points · Posted at 08:05:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Where are you getting these "pure" definitions if not from common usage?
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 08:34:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'll backtrack slightly because I believe someone else's comment, I can't remember if it was on this thread or not, explains it well with the Frisbee/flying disc analogy. All Frisbees are flying discs, but not all flying discs are Frisbees. All solar systems (as in our star system, and yes there's only one but for consistency's sake I'm wording it like this) are star systems, yet not all star systems are solar systems. It's the difference between a name of an individual thing in a group and the classification that applies to the entire group.
wilwarland · 1 points · Posted at 08:44:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yes, but if there was a flying disc that was not a Frisbee lying on the ground, and I said: "hand me that Frisbee", you would know exactly what I was talking about. The word Frisbee has, though common usage, become a synonym with "flying disc".
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 10:27:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That doesn't make referring to one as a frisbee technically correct. Sure people will understand you, which is the point of communication, getting a message across, I am obviously splitting hairs, but in this situation getting a message across and being correct in terms of pure definitions simply isn't the same thing.
wilwarland · 1 points · Posted at 10:43:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Again, I'm not entirely sure what you mean by "pure" definitions. could you clarify that for me please?
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 11:37:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Perhaps pure isn't the best word to use. Maybe literal is better? I didn't mean it in some airy-fairy "without corruption" purity bs, which reading it back I can understand you inferring.
wilwarland · 1 points · Posted at 11:59:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'm still not sure I understand. Are you refering to etymology? or perhaps a dictionary definition?
I guess what I'm getting at is: how do you define the "pure" definition of a word or phrase.
In my opinion, it is whatever the common usage of that word or phrase is. The thing that most people would, in context, understand the words to mean. Is that different to how you would define it?
Farloo · 1 points · Posted at 14:58:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
When speaking scientifically or in technical terms words are used based on their true definition. This is the meaning assigned to the word in the dictionary of the English language. Vernacular language or colloquialisms are not used in scientific writings, unless they are noting as being such. This is where your argument about other star systems being solar systems is incorrect. In everyday conversation people will understand what you mean if you call a star system besides our own a solar system. By definition though, the terms solar system and star system are not equal. Our star system is the only solar system.
wilwarland · 1 points · Posted at 16:16:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The dictionary just catalogues common usage. If you look up the solar system on dictionary.com, you get:
So there's that to consider.
This is a news article and a bunch of reddit comments. This is not a formal scientific paper. Vernacular is fine here. In any case, most scientists that I know tend to use the phrase "solar system" to describe other planetary systems.
I_am_a_Dan · 1 points · Posted at 15:05:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Look up the definition for 'solar system'... You'll find it to essentially say the following:
It's pretty specific and pretty cut and dry that the solar system is referring to a single star system and not a generic term to describe a star system.
wilwarland · 1 points · Posted at 16:08:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well if you're going by a dictionary definition, it depends on which dictionary you use.
I_am_a_Dan · 1 points · Posted at 17:25:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'd say that the following basically confirms what I was already saying.
Solar System
wilwarland · 1 points · Posted at 17:40:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Depends on how you like to cherry pick. If you ignore every contrary point then yes, it is pretty clear cut that you are right. Good for you. Congratulations on your victory.
I_am_a_Dan · 1 points · Posted at 18:10:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Thanks I'm glad I was able to help you to see the error of your ways.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 19:52:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well here's another example: All "Steve"s are human, not all humans are "Steve"s. It's the difference between a name and a category. This is the last time I'm repeating myself. If you don't get it by now I simply can't help you, I'm simply not as willing as I was at 2am last night.
wilwarland · 1 points · Posted at 02:08:12 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yes, you're repeating yourself, but you're not actually answering my question. I'll try one last time as well.
How do you know what the true/pure/literal definition of a word is? Why is your definition of a word better than mine?
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:39:22 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
Again, as I feel the blood rush to my head, we're not arguing over the definition of something. We're arguing over the difference between a the name of a group of things and the name of an individual thing in that group. Human = group. Steve = individual. Flying disc = group. Frisbee = individual. Tissue = group. Kleenex = individual. This is so simple dude. I almost feel like you're being difficult just to troll me now. Can you please just say you're doing that because at this point I would honestly feel better believing you're fucking with me than just REALLY dense.
wilwarland · 1 points · Posted at 05:08:58 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
I see the problem. My argument from the very beggining has been a very simple one. The phrase "solar system" can be used to describe planetary systems other than the one we live in. That is my only only argument, and the only thing that I am saying.
My argument is, and always has been, only concerning the definition of the phrase "solar system". If you want to argue about something else, that's fine. However, the only thing that I have been talking about is the definition.
If you go way back to the start of this thread, It started with someone claiming that the phrase "solar system" cannot be used to describe systems other than our own. If you go back to the part where you joined the conversation, you said "in terms of pure definitions, the other guy is correct". That point, and that point alone is what I am arguing against.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 05:29:51 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
Our system is described as solar because our sun is named Sol. So add that to the list. Solar system = individual. Star system = group. It is the singular name of one thing in a group of many things similar to it. Solar system isn't the definition of a thing, it's the name of a thing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_System
Notice how they're very careful to not use "solar" to describe any other system? They refer to them as planetary systems or star systems. No other system is ever referred to as "solar" because it is a name and not a definition at all.
Sorry for the double edits, more thoughts came to me after hitting enter.
wilwarland · 1 points · Posted at 06:11:16 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
That's what I mean by definition. The thing that the word refers to: i.e the name.
The thing is, words can refer to more than one thing. Take "Nick" for example. It can be a name, but it can also mean "to steal" or "to cut". Just because in one context the word means one thing, does not mean that it cannot mean something else in another context.
Of course they are. Elsewhere in this thread I already agreed that, in certain circumstances, it can be a poor stylistic choice to use the phrase. This is one of those circumstances. A poor stylistic choice is not the same as being incorrect though.
Edit: Massive run on sentence.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:54:51 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
The problem here is that to call any other system solar is simply incorrect because the star of that system, and therefore it's namesake, would not be called Sol. It's like randomly starting to call Jupiter, "Mars" just because both of them are planets, it simply doesn't work that way.
wilwarland · 1 points · Posted at 07:03:29 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
Not really. The analogy I gave earlier is that it is more like calling Phobos or Titan "moons". Just because the thing orbiting the Earth is called "the Moon", does not mean nothing else could ever have that word applied to it.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 07:07:50 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
But you're comparing apples and oranges, Sol isn't a generic name for all things of a group, it's the name of a single star, no others. "The moon", as most people call it, is actually "a moon". I believe it's given name is Luna? But I could be wrong. Simply not a fair comparison.
wilwarland · 1 points · Posted at 10:52:21 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
Also not a fair comparison. I'm not saying every star is called Sol. I'm saying that you can refer to systems of planets around a star as solar systems. Solar in this context is being used as a comparison: These systems are like the system in which Sol is a part.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 11:41:07 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
Nope. There is only one solar system, ours. The rest are star systems or planetary systems. That's just how this works. I am done here. Keep being either oblivious or wrong, I don't give a fuck anymore. Take care and good day.
wilwarland · 1 points · Posted at 13:25:57 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
Okay, continue to assume that you are right about everything and ignore all evidence to the contrary. Enjoy your life. ;)
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 10:16:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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wilwarland · 2 points · Posted at 10:54:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'm really not.
zcv · 1 points · Posted at 00:08:50 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
Right.
So how can the object be from another solar system?
9Pong · 2 points · Posted at 03:17:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Just wondering if they can calculate the star from where this object came from based on its current orbit.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 06:22:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They actually did and it came from the direction of Vega.
Str8OttaCompton · 2 points · Posted at 06:26:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
In other news, interracial baby found to have parents with different ethnic backgrounds.
chinchumpan · 2 points · Posted at 06:48:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I mean, the fact that it is interstellar should have been a dead giveaway that it came from another solar system...
kneadingakidney · 2 points · Posted at 07:01:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The aliens have finally had enough of our news and have decided to fix the problem themselves. Traveling light years from another solar system because they can't even stand the cheeto goof ruining the planet
McBeaster · 2 points · Posted at 11:39:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Astronomers have ascertained that the phallic asteroid is composed of pure dildonium"
Thadigan · 2 points · Posted at 13:04:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You realize “interstellar object confirmed to be from another solar system” is akin to saying “red object confirmed to be red”?
JimmyPepperoni · 2 points · Posted at 13:26:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
As much as I want it to be aliens or a space craft. I think there’s a more reasonable explanation. It’s thought to be highly metallic. What if it came into really close proximity with a star and it started to melt, and at the speeds it’s going it trailed the material and solidified again. Just a thought.
ChromaticDragon · 2 points · Posted at 18:14:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What an incredibly interesting idea.
It would seem ridiculously fanciful that it did that. But it had to have gone through SOMETHING like that to get to interstellar speeds. A gravity assist from a close swing by of a star would work.
But it would not be trailing molten material due to speed. Regardless of speed, all of it would be moving at the same speed. There'd be no significant friction from anything to spread stuff out. I'm not even certain if it was turned entirely to gas that the stellar wind would be enough to spread it out like what happens to comets.
But a couple of other factors may work just as well. First tidal effects that close to a star very well may have streched out a molten or near-molten object. Second, if the object was already rotating or spinning with some decent vigor, that alone would probably lead to stretching if it was melted.
hacktoyou · 2 points · Posted at 14:32:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There's only one Solar System - because there's only one star called Sol. This thing (which is neat, by the way) comes from another planetary system. Yay, my pedantry has finally gone interstellar!
explorer2103 · 2 points · Posted at 14:59:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Ugh... it came from another star system. There is only one solar system. Am I the only one that gets annoyed by that?
TehSr0c · 1 points · Posted at 15:32:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Since most dictionaries agree that "solar system" can be used to describe our solar system as well as any similar systems, probably.
explorer2103 · 2 points · Posted at 15:34:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Ya ik, it’s just that, the reason the phrase solar system exists is because our star’s name is Sol.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 04:40:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Wierd asteroid, any idea how can this be formed?
ncos · 1 points · Posted at 06:36:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Total layman here, but I assume it would have to be a fragment from a much larger collision.
Alex_Sondip · 3 points · Posted at 06:57:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This is the type of component that appears on a tv news document within the history of the principle man or woman's organising scenes during the start of an alien invasion movie.
chironomidae · 3 points · Posted at 07:20:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Just a friendly reminder that "organic molecules" does not mean microbes 'n shit :P
SquirrelHumper · 1 points · Posted at 04:55:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
BUGS!!!!!!
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 06:07:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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mini_van_hipster · 1 points · Posted at 05:15:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Why is nobody landing on this chunk of rock?
CarmenFandango · 5 points · Posted at 06:18:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Because it is extraordinarily fast, it takes years to put together missions and it's a 400 meter obloid cartwheeling apparently, and a relatively small gravitational field. ... oh, and by now it is effectively already gone.
mini_van_hipster · 1 points · Posted at 05:53:56 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
Catch the next one.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 07:35:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Too expensive.
EveningD00 · 1 points · Posted at 06:12:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We're too busy killing each other and being greedy.
[deleted] · -2 points · Posted at 06:07:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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KrlosParra · 1 points · Posted at 05:19:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I’m pretty sure it’s just a collection of feces and other shit compacted and sent far far away from it’s location of origin.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:07:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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Victor4X · 1 points · Posted at 06:30:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Ehmm.. what?
JonArc · 1 points · Posted at 05:53:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So then, shall we capture it?
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 06:05:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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CarmenFandango · 0 points · Posted at 06:11:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Better get a good mitt. This fast ball is trucking along at 85k mph, ... and it's 400m long, and tumbling.
Oops, too late. It's gone.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:28:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
wh...what
Ichirosato · 1 points · Posted at 06:31:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So... no radio signals?
evanlpark · 1 points · Posted at 06:31:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Freddy Mercury
SatansQue · 1 points · Posted at 06:37:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
oof
adeodatusIII · 1 points · Posted at 06:38:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's aliens ofc.
CherryCherry5 · 1 points · Posted at 06:38:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
How is it pronounced??
Oumuamua "oo-mooah-mooah"?
ceremonial_ass · 1 points · Posted at 06:42:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Assemble Bruce Willis and crew
Ehrre · 1 points · Posted at 06:45:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Coooool
whyhellotherejim · 1 points · Posted at 06:45:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
r/interstellarnews
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:48:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Looks like a good desktop wallpaper, doesn't anyone have a HD version?
struds · 1 points · Posted at 06:52:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Rich in organic molocules..
Proto-molucle confirmed
Diss1dent · 1 points · Posted at 06:53:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Imagine if another civilization's idea of reaching out was to use a single natural object in order to make it appear "out of place" and get noticed. It would be like Voyager 1 arrives in another system but they are too preoccupied to notice, heavily medicated in their deepVR and debating which politician is the most corrupt.
greenpuddle · 1 points · Posted at 06:53:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Some aliens rolled the fattest joint in the universe.
baerton · 1 points · Posted at 06:54:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What a very foreboding name for something alien coming closer and closer to us.
Pluto_and_Charon · 1 points · Posted at 07:25:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well it's actually going further and further away from us now. It's leaving the solar system.
mrhamster · 1 points · Posted at 06:55:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
alien overlords for christmas
Nightmare_Pasta · 1 points · Posted at 06:55:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
an alien probe :D
TotallyNotObsi · 1 points · Posted at 06:56:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Murph!
IEatPandasEveryday · 1 points · Posted at 06:57:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Can we send a probe to it? The thought that this object came from another SOLAR SYSTEM is crazy to me! It must have been floating around in space for a looooong ass time lol
Pluto_and_Charon · 1 points · Posted at 07:24:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Unfortunately it's too late now. We didn't detect it in advance, only after its closest approach to the sun- and it's now travelling at fast speed up and out of the solar system at some wacky angle, and it'd be impossible/extremely difficult to catch up with with present day technology.
Gunslinger_11 · 1 points · Posted at 07:00:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
BigBoyyee · 1 points · Posted at 07:00:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Is it possible for them to place a tracking device on it?
dfavefenix · 1 points · Posted at 07:01:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Maybe it comes to kill all of us, just because we look like a virus that could to kill and invade the alien races outside there in the future.
ziggyzona · 1 points · Posted at 07:01:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Astroid spaceship? It's Orks.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 07:03:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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Sub_Corrector_Bot · 1 points · Posted at 07:03:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You may have meant r/astronomy instead of R/astronomy.
Remember, OP may have ninja-edited. I correct subreddit and user links with a capital R or U, which are usually unusable.
-Srikar
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 07:03:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Dang. shit's big out there.
Lord-Andromeda · 1 points · Posted at 07:04:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We should probably probe it. Just saying.
Channer81 · 1 points · Posted at 07:04:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Should we call said solar system and tell em we've found their object?
sailukumar · 1 points · Posted at 07:05:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
How accurate is the picture? But, it is looking so real.
cunt_cuntula · 1 points · Posted at 07:05:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Isnt there a asteroid that suppose to be here by 2036 or something and wipe us out confirmed by nasa?
Pluto_and_Charon · 2 points · Posted at 07:15:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You're thinking about asteroid Apophis, which is a small asteroid that will fly somewhat close to the Earth in 2036. Despite the hype/conspiracy theories you might read on the internet, any chance of collision has been totally ruled out, period. It's not dangerous in the slightest.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 07:06:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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Pluto_and_Charon · 1 points · Posted at 07:13:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
According to the research paper the interstellar nature of this asteroid's orbit is confirmed to >100 sigma. This means that the odds of us being wrong is more than 1 in a billion.
So it is virtually guaranteed to have come from another star.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 07:06:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Woooohooo
Aerochromatic · 1 points · Posted at 07:06:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Shame it would take so much delta-v to reach.
jacobs0n · 1 points · Posted at 07:06:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's hellstar remina
SgtDreadnought · 1 points · Posted at 07:07:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Lister and the crew have finally found earth again.
oodsigma · 1 points · Posted at 07:08:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
But iron oxide is red, non-organic, very easy to make, and super abundant. Why would organic red molecules be more likely than rusty?
nataku411 · 1 points · Posted at 07:09:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Is it me or did they contradict themselves in the article?
timharveyau · 1 points · Posted at 07:10:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Is that the official name?
GoingToSimbabwe · 2 points · Posted at 07:30:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yes
Exloar · 1 points · Posted at 07:10:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Earthlings have retractable and colapsable penises. This ia proof aliens have evolved to have shootable penises. They shoot the penis toward the target in hopes of impregnating them. This is all just one alien bloke's effort to produce offspring. Only his aim is shit...
41136172b · 1 points · Posted at 07:12:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
https://youtu.be/lYSOmYyNHpU
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 07:12:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What if this is first of thousand or million to come? A result of giant explosion in other solar system? And giant one of these cleave Earth planet and cause destroy? I am worry.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 07:12:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So it’s confirmed. Our solar system is a toilet, because that’s not a asteroid baby, that’s a turd says it in an Austin Powers voice.
GBR87 · 1 points · Posted at 07:12:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Tautological title confirmed to be a tautology.
itsjeffreybaby · 1 points · Posted at 07:13:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Regarding the telescope used to spot this space rock, which is awesomely called the Very Large Telescope by the way:
Protonoia · 1 points · Posted at 07:14:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If another one shows up expect a third. They seem to do everything in threes.
yoshi570 · 1 points · Posted at 07:17:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I can see how that analysis went: "Guys, there's an objet in space. Did we send it? No, ok then, analysis done."
DanginaDeluxe · 1 points · Posted at 07:22:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Rama?
Rkzmtz · 1 points · Posted at 07:22:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Rama, Is that you?
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 07:22:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well... Obviously if it's interstellar it's from another star system...? Stupid title guardian
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 07:23:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Do we need to defrost Bruce Willis?
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 07:23:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Rama!
bullshitninja · 1 points · Posted at 07:24:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Duh.
irving47 · 1 points · Posted at 07:25:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
ohhh fuck. http://media.aintitcool.com/media/legacy/images2007/entrunremasteredlarge.jpg
kuddlykitten · 1 points · Posted at 07:25:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I like to think Tom Delonge is freaking out
Wormz · 1 points · Posted at 07:27:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Starship troopers?
Markusf1111 · 1 points · Posted at 07:28:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Holy crayola theres only one solar system headline writers. The term you seek is star system
HellaBrainCells · 1 points · Posted at 07:28:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I wasn’t that worried about Trump until now
PawnMySoulForADollar · 1 points · Posted at 07:30:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
A big rock, fascinating.
IncelSwellTells · 1 points · Posted at 07:30:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
ha heavens gate got the date wrong
MrKillerCookie · 1 points · Posted at 07:32:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Srsly people, how can you not see this? It's a mon calamari cruiser
whiskeyballs · 1 points · Posted at 07:32:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Alien invasion is verified. At least we know Trump will approve building a dividing barrier around the planet to keep them out! Ba dum, tsss!
fnordstar · 1 points · Posted at 07:32:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So this is how it ends.
nvbombsquad · 1 points · Posted at 07:32:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What the fuck kinda name is "Ouma" whatever. Literally no public will take it seriously unless you make it smth like deathstarmegatron or smth
murdernotmukduk · 1 points · Posted at 07:32:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's like a farragut and a cutter had a stone baby
LamiaMiia · 2 points · Posted at 07:39:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It looks more like an Orca tried to have its way with a metallic ring.
Livin_in_a_van · 1 points · Posted at 07:33:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Rendezvous with Rama.
hagridsuncle · 1 points · Posted at 07:33:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It seems that if there are as many the article says and it takes about a decade to pass through our solar system we should be sending probes to these things.
We are missing an opportunity of our lifetime.
Spyrothedragon9972 · 1 points · Posted at 07:34:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
IT'S HAPPENING!!!
Ramablue · 1 points · Posted at 07:35:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Please take us
lukec_sa · 1 points · Posted at 07:35:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Cue "leaving on a jetplane"
begaterpillar · 1 points · Posted at 07:36:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Technically everything from this solar systen is from another solar system except for what ever stuff we have alchemyed here on earth
Addictedtotvshows · 1 points · Posted at 07:36:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So this is how it starts.
Fagballs3 · 1 points · Posted at 07:36:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well of course. By definition, doesn’t it HAVE to be from another solar system? Haha.
SirMurder · 1 points · Posted at 07:37:28 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Life, uh, finds a way...
Knut_Sunbeams · 1 points · Posted at 07:38:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Its Rama!
openingband · 1 points · Posted at 07:39:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Please be an Alien. Please be an Alien. Please be an Alien.
ForgottenSilver · 1 points · Posted at 07:39:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Knights of Sidonia
dirtymoney · 1 points · Posted at 07:40:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
derelict alien plague ship.
mrdiyguy · 1 points · Posted at 07:42:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Would be interesting if we could send up some instruments to hitch a ride.
Get the package fast enough and then it a sits on the surface, cruises through the stars and transmits back the emptiness of space....
Howzer_663 · 1 points · Posted at 07:43:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Why does that look like a giant turd ?
HMS_Drake · 1 points · Posted at 07:44:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The way they talk about it as bringing organic particles to seed new life on planets is giving me some dead space vibes...
MMizzle9 · 1 points · Posted at 07:44:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Isn't the definition of an interstellar object that it's from another solar system?
Bassdrumdealer · 1 points · Posted at 07:45:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Realistically, say that we wanted to be able to view every angle around the earth with each of these robotic telescopes getting a certain area to patrol, how many and and how frequently would they need to be set up to encompass the earth?
tripoliman · 1 points · Posted at 07:47:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh shit what does this mean?
sharkweek247 · 1 points · Posted at 07:47:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The hubris of reddit to immediately speculate aliens.
Chronjohns · 1 points · Posted at 07:48:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Aliens have been here forever. It's a mind fuck. They want us to post this so they can gather data, JUST LIKE WE ARE TRYING TO DO. GET SCHWIFTY
sanguine_sea · 1 points · Posted at 07:48:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Giant space bullet coming straight for us. Would leave a nice clean exit wound too.
Pyrizzo · 1 points · Posted at 07:49:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So we finally got a very large telescope at the European Southern Observatory. What should we name it? *I dunno, let’s go with Very Large Telescope (VLT). *
TATOOWEENY · 1 points · Posted at 07:49:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The first thing that came to mind when I saw this was, "Thank God we still still have Humpback whales!"
jedi-son · 1 points · Posted at 07:50:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I didn't feel like having Thanksgiving this year anyways
Lotsaa1 · 1 points · Posted at 07:51:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The object contains a super virus that is spread through algae bloom type spores that infect life on planets, it was sent here by the tall blonde nordic alien cunts /s
ShadowT762 · 1 points · Posted at 07:51:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Is the Guardian a good source of reliable and unbiased news? I'm interested to hear what you guys think.
nsjobuk · 1 points · Posted at 07:52:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This an amazing stroke of luck
themcjizzler · 1 points · Posted at 07:53:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This article is kind of sensationalized....the last paragraph explains how intersteller asteroids are common and our solar system get 3 new ones every day.
SneakingBanana · 1 points · Posted at 07:53:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Holy shit, AHHHH! What the fuck man, this is fucking crazy!!! I'm a huge nerd in space, this day has been amazing!
MattHoppe1 · 1 points · Posted at 07:54:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The galaxy is located on Orion's Belt...
RiikG · 1 points · Posted at 07:54:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Not an alien ship guys, just a comet/asteroid of composition not yet known.
Demojen · 1 points · Posted at 07:54:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Interstellar means it's from another solar system.....Of course interstellar object is confirmed to be from another solar system.
MrFatCactus · 1 points · Posted at 07:55:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Been Belkin re loop pop
gouse_ · 1 points · Posted at 07:55:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Aliens finally visit and we name them "Your mama"
ctennessen · 1 points · Posted at 07:56:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Rama has arrived
ironspidy · 1 points · Posted at 07:57:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And there will be a intelligent E.T in that ship asking other fellow to make friends with earthlings
ShiteMSPaintDrawing · 1 points · Posted at 07:58:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Interstellar Cowboy - The Truth Is Out There
leostam724 · 1 points · Posted at 07:59:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
While reading this did anyone else suspect that it might be an onion article? Especially with the “Very Large Telescope (VLT)”. I ended up googling it, and it’s real in Chile. here
RexUmbra · 1 points · Posted at 07:59:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Oumuamua" is the name of it. I think we just entered a Shinji Ito novel...
Fontaine42 · 1 points · Posted at 08:00:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oumuamua, shindeiru
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 08:02:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
eh find rocks that look like things all the time, this is just on an intergalactic scale.
CountrifiedMarley · 1 points · Posted at 08:02:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Cool
AsteroidMiner · 1 points · Posted at 08:02:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This presented a unique opportunity for scientists to launch an intercept probe and study the most elusive of celestial wanderers. In late 2018, the Harbinger Comet Explorer launched and successfully intercepted the comet eight months later. The probe transmitted less than three seconds of video before contact was lost. Though awash in light and indistinct, more than a few observers claimed the images depicted a shape that resembled a giant eye.
Within hours of losing contact with the probe, the comet appeared to change course, intelligently! Its new trajectory would intercept Earth in less than five months. The defense forces of every major nation worked feverishly to move the comet off course with a barrage of nuclear warheads but to no avail. Four hundred thousand miles from Earth, the comet split into five separate fragments that crashed at equidistant corners of the globe. Earthquakes and tsunamis shook the planet, and a sizable portion of Chicago disappeared forever in a massive crater that has since altered the contour of Lake Michigan. The Planet Eaters were here.
HotBrass · 1 points · Posted at 08:03:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They should point a SETI dish at it and see what happens.
Nevermind04 · 1 points · Posted at 08:06:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Wow. Imagine how many millions of years that thing spent in sheer nothingness, drifting through interstellar space until by some random chance it drifted into our tiny little bit of space and we happened to see it. Now it's gone into interstellar space for an another unimaginably long period of time until its next chance encounter.
Also, I know it's a tiny pedantic nitpick but there is only one star named Sol and thus there is only one Solar system. Other systems are more accurately described as star systems.
Hornblower1776 · 1 points · Posted at 08:20:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's an incorrect pedantic nitpick. The name of the star we orbit is the sun. Just like the moon's name is "the moon" and not Luna and the Earth is "the Earth" and not Terra.
Nevermind04 · 1 points · Posted at 09:30:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You, I, and the creator of those websites all know that we use the words Sol, Luna, and Terra in reference to the Latin names for their respective celestial objects. The only arguments I see on those pages are false equivalences with the unnecessary "science fiction story I read" strawman at the start. The only reference to Roman Latin naming systems for these celestial bodies is when the author wrote "True but that doesn't matter, since I'm talking about the English name for the Sun." We clearly aren't... otherwise the author's websites would have no reason to even exist.
Nobody is making that argument; it's a another strawman fallacy. The English name is "The Sun", the Latin name is "Sol". This seems to be a simple fact that eludes the author. The reason we call things by their old Roman Latin names goes way back to the Roman conquest of Britain. Every piece of official written business was conducted in Latin: legal matters, measurements, medical terminology, scientific terminology, astronomical terminology, etc. This is a tradition that survived the various subsequent conquests of Britain and continues to this day in English-speaking countries.
I concede that it is common for words or phrases that are borrowed from another language to lose their original meaning, context, or intent. Language evolves and over a period of time, these exact words tend to be used in a less exact way ("common parlance"). I believe that is definitely the case here. The term "Solar System" has been stripped of its exact meaning "1. the sun together with all the planets and other bodies that revolve around it". Over time, people unfamiliar with the exact definition of the term have adapted it to have an additional broader meaning: "2. a similar system with celestial bodies revolving around a star other than the sun", as dictionary.com defines it
However, I do know the more exact definition of the terms Sol and Solar and why those definitions are relevant. I have the choice to use it as a generic term when speaking casually about systems around other stars and I also have the choice to use a more correct term instead: "star systems". In a world where seemingly infinite information is available instantaneously for free, I think it's important to take a few minutes to learn the proper nomenclature (hehe, more Latin) for a subject we wish to discuss in detail. I will understand what you mean when you say "the Solar system" and "a Solar system", but my lip is going to twitch a little.
vikaslohia · 1 points · Posted at 08:07:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
How can they certainly say it was interstellar object? Do chemical compositions differ from star to star systems?
throwbackwaylan · 1 points · Posted at 08:12:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
President Whitmore!
BorKon · 1 points · Posted at 08:12:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It requires the rock to beat the rock. Call dwayne to drill the shit out of it
TagUrItplz · 1 points · Posted at 08:12:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's the space dinosaurs coming back to visit us
Ultermarto · 1 points · Posted at 08:16:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Is it widely thought? I thought that was just a theory that didn't have nearly enough traction to be "widely thought" at all.
kashelgladio · 1 points · Posted at 08:16:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Is it just me or is there something really ominous about the phrase "interstellar object from another solar system?"
Rocker26a · 1 points · Posted at 08:17:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Necrozma?
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 08:17:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Disc golf confirmed — interstellar popularity.
VCole14 · 1 points · Posted at 08:17:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Isn't an interstellar object by definition from a different solar system? They could have just looked in a dictionary...
mxlty · 1 points · Posted at 08:19:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Everyone in the comments is omitting the okina. ☹️
inzane86 · 1 points · Posted at 08:20:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well yeah, interstellar objects do tend to be from other solar systems.
badmother · 1 points · Posted at 08:20:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's an interstellar seed pod!
cordingalmond12 · 1 points · Posted at 08:20:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Xenomorphs or Necromorphs? Which would be worse to deal with?
Baktru · 1 points · Posted at 09:38:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Tyranids ;)
Cavie_lemon · 1 points · Posted at 08:21:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Are you sure this belongs on world news?
Wilburgur · 1 points · Posted at 08:21:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
it's a fucking rock guys, jeez
BassBeerNBabes · 1 points · Posted at 08:21:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That's what interstellar means.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 08:22:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The thing is named "ʻOumuamua".
Anyone here have a bunker to spare one more person?
adamm255 · 1 points · Posted at 08:22:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Just need to make sure we have Seann William Scott handy when one comes by.
froggy2k · 1 points · Posted at 08:23:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Shit just got real
whoknowseh · 1 points · Posted at 08:23:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What is pulling it back out of the solar system??
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 08:26:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The article mentions it's too fast to be caught up in the Sun's orbit so passes straight through
whoknowseh · 1 points · Posted at 08:27:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Interesting!
SlothMaestro69 · 1 points · Posted at 08:24:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Surely being interstellar where "inter" = between + "stellar" = star, it must be by definition from another solar system.
McRage27 · 1 points · Posted at 08:24:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Cigar shape anomalies in space are common observations in conspiracy sites.
heimdal77 · 1 points · Posted at 08:24:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I think this is basically the plot to a certain Arthur C Clarke book series..
CanserberoGoatFact · 1 points · Posted at 08:25:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Vallah Aliens
loud_rambling · 1 points · Posted at 08:27:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So how do we get into this thing's path?
muteen · 1 points · Posted at 08:29:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This reminds me of a book I'm currently reading called Rendezvous with Rama.
PommeDeTearYourPants · 1 points · Posted at 08:30:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Something about it looks so sinister. Are there any higher resolution of this picture?
MarukoRedfox · 1 points · Posted at 08:31:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oum...omumuo...omumau... ARGH! SOLAR SYSTEM 2.0!
Dg_dude · 1 points · Posted at 08:32:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I was genuinely exsided when I read this. Good post.
gorebello · 1 points · Posted at 08:33:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Did it had to be called Oumuamua? disappointed
JackGetsIt · 1 points · Posted at 08:34:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Can you imagine the spectacle if it started to mysteriously depart from it's course of travel?
syncop8ion · 1 points · Posted at 08:35:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This would be a shitty time in our history to introduce to alien life forms.
Bartdog · 1 points · Posted at 08:36:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oumuamua I've come to bargain
2-718 · 1 points · Posted at 08:36:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That title is dumb. An analogy would be:
Stealthy_Bird · 1 points · Posted at 08:36:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This is the most interesting this I've read all week
electrophile91 · 1 points · Posted at 08:42:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
No one knows exactly how life started on Earth, but one of the fairly likely theories is that the necessary molecules for life arrived on an asteroid, having truly originated elsewhere.
If the Earth was facing doom... It would surely be our responsibility to do something similar. We can't be sure there is life anywhere else, thus a doomed Earth could be the end of all life forever.
Wouldn't we fire off some DNA covered asteroids towards solar systems containing Earth like planets?
Who is to say that's not what this is, from some other planet?
QuixoticTendencies · 1 points · Posted at 10:33:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's not really likely at all, to be honest. Terrestrial abiogenesis requires that at some point in our planet's four-and-a-half billion year history, the necessary molecules formed in some volatile and high-energy environment, full stop. Panspermia requires that to happen on some other world in at most our galactic neighborhood, sometime in the last thirteen-or-so billion years, and then further requires that some of the resultant necessary molecules got jettisoned from their mother system without being destroyed, and then made their way across interstellar space over billions of years without undergoing too much radioactive decay or experiencing some other end-of-the-line catastrophe, and then fell into the gravity well of a main sequence star like our own before it fell into the gravity well of any other system, and then fell into the gravity well of a planet in that star's relatively narrow habitable zone before it fell onto any other type of body, which includes the much more massive gas giants that make up most of the non-stellar mass of our system, as well as the hugely massive Sun itself, and then survived impact on the very thermally-active surface. It has one explanatory advantage over terrestrial abiogenesis, and that's the extra nine billion years the original extraterrestrial abiogenesis might have had to happen. After that, it's innumerable strokes of good luck to get from where it happened to the Earth, and those bring the probability way, way down.
Panspermia is possible of course, at least as far as I know, and if it happened it might even be more likely to be due to some intelligence species' last ditch space program than sheer chance, but it's not close to as likely as life simply developing on its own on Earth.
tonioroffo · 1 points · Posted at 08:43:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What a title. Interstellar implies that it is from another star system. Sheesh.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 08:44:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yeah, that's the meaning of "interstellar"...
PancakeZombie · 1 points · Posted at 08:44:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Isn't that like saying "ship confirmed to be from ocean"? Shouldn't it be "Asteroid confirmed to have interstellar source" or something?
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 08:44:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So where are we at with asteroids hitting the earth?
Do we have a plan? Is the plan Bruce Willis? Or like a big ass missile?
blender_x07 · 2 points · Posted at 08:52:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I work on oil rig. Sign me up.
Bonus: I carry 6” spanner too.
ISpignaz · 1 points · Posted at 08:47:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Arthur C Clarke - Rama anyone????
TheAwakened · 1 points · Posted at 08:47:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What’s The
RockPebble doing in the Impact Zone?![deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 08:47:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Why is it missile shaped? There's no aerodynamics in space.
djdubyah · 1 points · Posted at 08:49:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Wish we had technology to snag one and research it
RanaktheGreen · 1 points · Posted at 08:50:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So at what point do we just have launches on standby, ready to go at hours notice, to intercept these kinds of objects with instruments?
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 08:52:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So... how hard would it be to catch it and transport it to earth orbit?
Edit: or a similar object provided we know of it in advance? Would it be possible to alter its orbit and park it somewhere (or smash it for example into the surface of Mars for further study) or it's not feasible given the speed?
Baktru · 1 points · Posted at 09:28:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
At the speed it's going and with how late we saw it? It's gone. We can't get to it.
FireOccator · 1 points · Posted at 08:52:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Can it save us?
Noxium51 · 1 points · Posted at 08:55:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Okay so why is this not aliens?
gruxer_91 · 1 points · Posted at 08:56:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
let me guess... is it a huge pile of frozen, cosmic astronaut shit?
cuzreasons · 1 points · Posted at 08:57:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's obviously a Zentradi ship.
Fraulein_Buzzkill · 1 points · Posted at 08:59:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I want a piece of it.
10inchesofsnow · 1 points · Posted at 09:00:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I bet there are zombies on it
10inchesofsnow · 1 points · Posted at 09:01:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
https://youtu.be/D6HyXxoTG0o
Reptilesblade · 1 points · Posted at 09:01:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The old legends were true! The Anunnaki are on their way back to once again enslave mankind as they did in ages long past.
lordgigady · 1 points · Posted at 09:03:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Looks like poop :)
NortheastManic · 1 points · Posted at 09:03:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Good timing, please get me outta here.
TheCyanKnight · 1 points · Posted at 09:04:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Interstellar object confirmed to be interstellar?
aokimasaru · 1 points · Posted at 09:06:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Looks like the Ashtanga warship from Gurren Lagann.
b-napp · 1 points · Posted at 09:08:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Someone get Amy Adams on the horn!!!
ctennessen · 1 points · Posted at 09:11:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
One of my favorite lines from Independence Day is when the radar guy tells them that the object is slowing down.
qpaxter · 1 points · Posted at 09:11:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Gigantic interstellar dildo on the loose...
ArseTrumpet · 1 points · Posted at 09:12:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"The certainty of its extraterrestrial origin comes from an analysis that shows its orbit is almost impossible to achieve from within our solar system."
I think they mean extrasolar or something. I think they could guess off the bat that it didn't come from Earth.
Fingerblaster007 · 1 points · Posted at 09:12:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I just want to be alive long enough to see some kind of first contact. Provided they are friendly of course
garlicroastedpotato · 1 points · Posted at 09:12:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Who knew that first contact would be so boring.... non-intelligent single cell organisms...
rigorousintuition · 1 points · Posted at 09:12:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
As always, hard hitting journalism from the guardian.
In other words:
Thing in space, confirmed to be from space.
H0b5t3r · 1 points · Posted at 09:12:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Who cares? We see stuff from other solar systems every day they just appear to be further away because they are smaller
oxygenvoyage · 1 points · Posted at 09:12:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
How do you pronounce that name?
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 09:12:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What happens if a cylindrical object runs into Earth?
Would it punch through the mantle?
Most popular representations show spherical ish asteroids
Wilhelm_Dream · 1 points · Posted at 09:16:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oumuamua so fat, Ben kenobi said “that’s no moon, that’s an asteroid”.
nuggied_one · 1 points · Posted at 09:18:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
SPACE DOODIE!
Borg-Man · 1 points · Posted at 09:20:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What if -bear with me- life as we know it exists because foreign objects colluded with Earth and that that's the only reason we're here... Because our solar system lacks the necessary building blocks for organic life, while other systems such as this one's home system are rich in it? That means our entire existence wasn't even supposed to happen and is just a complete accident, while also giving pointers to where to look for life, right? Just calculate its trajectory and where it came from (probably taking into account cosmic movement as well)....
I could be completely wrong of course. But it's fun to speculate.
the_best_jabroni · 1 points · Posted at 09:22:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Mine it!
_Parziva1 · 1 points · Posted at 09:22:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
One word: Reapers
fersknen · 1 points · Posted at 09:22:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Wouldn't be very interstellar if it wasn't from another solar system...
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 09:22:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's definitely aliens
sekiseki · 1 points · Posted at 09:24:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Probably just some giant alien turd
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 09:29:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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fameistheproduct · 1 points · Posted at 10:17:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
very unlikely. It's shape strange though it is, can still be caused by the kind of environment it came through.
ShuckleFukle · 1 points · Posted at 09:30:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The ongoing alien invasion movie script in the top comments section needs to be made into a movie, I'm in stitches lol.
Deltango · 1 points · Posted at 09:31:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
How big is it?
AlexSomethingOrOther · 1 points · Posted at 09:31:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
My heart jumped.
lemonparty112233 · 1 points · Posted at 09:31:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
when i read the name of the „asteroid „ i only saw mao wa mo shindeirue brain no work here anymore brain move out and have family body stoopid eyes stoopider
poilrouge · 1 points · Posted at 09:32:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Meh.
Probably space whale poop…
pwnedkiller · 1 points · Posted at 09:32:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What if an alien ship is disguised as an asteroid?
off-and-on · 1 points · Posted at 09:32:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This is where we find that physics-defying element that allows for FTL travel and doesn't exist in our solar system.
murderedinthecity · 1 points · Posted at 09:34:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It begins...
dzija · 1 points · Posted at 09:34:28 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
and i thought it would be visiters from outer space... ive gotta cut back on the movies
b1rdnest · 1 points · Posted at 09:34:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Get me the president...
Morbo28 · 1 points · Posted at 09:38:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"The certainty of its EXTRATERRESTRIAL origin comes from an analysis that shows its orbit is almost impossible to achieve from within our solar system"
Ahhhh...as long as it's not from EARTH it's extraterrestrial right?
miracole007 · 1 points · Posted at 09:38:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
世界属于三体，人类必将灭亡😂
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 09:40:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You got a big enough joint there, rick?
soalone34 · 1 points · Posted at 09:41:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So could this be related to how the first organic materials landed on earth? I wonder where it came from and if there really are more like it.
almightySapling · 1 points · Posted at 09:41:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
By definition, shouldn't every interstellar object be from another solar system?
EnkiiMuto · 1 points · Posted at 09:42:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It is really a shame we couldn't send probes ASAP to it.
NationalDiarrhea · 1 points · Posted at 09:43:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So that's where her dildo went, damn. Now the world's talking about it
nusama · 1 points · Posted at 09:51:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Rendezvous with Rama?
Cromakoth · 1 points · Posted at 09:56:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
First thing I saw was a pump shotgun floating in space
tocepsijufaz · 1 points · Posted at 09:57:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Could someone does the math to determine how many megatons of nuke will make it stay in a stable orbit around the sun? So we can sample it later on.
neihuffda · 1 points · Posted at 10:16:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That would be the equivalent of of taking the carpet, furniture, tapestry and biological matter from a crime scene, and giving all the detective haircuts there, then running everything through a blender before trying to figure out how the murder took place=P
tocepsijufaz · 1 points · Posted at 10:21:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Heard of Orion program? The people behind those shields wouldn't be fried according to calculation. So we can just dig couple meter down.
neihuffda · 2 points · Posted at 10:36:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That's quite different. The Orion shield would've been designed to withstand a known energy amount from the nuclear explosions. Plus, I seem to recall that the energy amount per explosion was pretty small (slow acceleration, high top speed). This thing is a rock - which are known to be quite fragile. It was hurtling past our solar system. So fast that even the Sun couldn't catch it. This means that amount of energy needed to redirect it would probably blast it to smithereens Even if it was somehow magically possible to nuke it into a Sun orbit, the thing would be utterly contaminated. There's probably not life, or evidence of it, on the surface, but the contamination would go deeper due to breakage. I just don't think it would work.
Cheese0nion · 1 points · Posted at 09:58:28 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
haha, isn't the extraterrestrial origin of this object IN SPACE very much implied!?
pjf72 · 1 points · Posted at 10:00:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So, it's just an asteroid then? Ok, as you were...
lizongyang · 1 points · Posted at 10:04:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
it's scary to think many of those asteroids that passed earth might just be..
LeakySkylight · 1 points · Posted at 10:04:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Hence the "Interstellar"
tsingtao12 · 1 points · Posted at 10:07:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Hello World"
hayden_thestrange · 1 points · Posted at 10:07:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
man these articles make me just want to meet an alien already. we need more space exploration!!
unless the aliens are the ones from independence day then i'm cool with just floating rocks from other solar systems.
distineo · 1 points · Posted at 10:08:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Ctrl+F 'Niburu' and I got nothing.
WE ALL GONNA DIE
User348844 · 1 points · Posted at 10:12:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Would it be theoretically possible to land a probe on to a such asteroid and get a piggyback ride across the galaxy? If such probe could even make its own fuel and replicate new parts from the asteroid, it could potentially send data for quite a while.
natas_rulez · 1 points · Posted at 10:13:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Cool looks like we need alot of light years to go to a new solar system
I-IOLWE · 1 points · Posted at 10:18:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
OH FUCK you ain't fooling me that is a doomsday machine and we ain't got no Commodore Jelico or CPT Kurk to save us! We're fuuuuuuuudged DDDD:
kuzzi09 · 1 points · Posted at 10:18:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Please keep Michael Fassbender away from this thing.
g9icy · 1 points · Posted at 10:19:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Sweet its Rama.
Rimmychimchimshaw · 1 points · Posted at 10:21:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Who's gonna smoke this with me?
singularineet · 1 points · Posted at 10:21:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
TAKE ME TO YOUR LEAD... (What's that we monitored? Really?) YOUR LEADING SCIENTISTS!
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 10:24:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
IT'S A SIIIGN!!!11
BoreasAquila · 1 points · Posted at 10:31:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Hopefully it´s not a Marker. On the other hand, Altman be praised!
godblow · 1 points · Posted at 10:34:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
JENOVA?!
Teapot_Jizzle · 1 points · Posted at 10:39:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
/u/Victorious-Click
Radekzalenka · 1 points · Posted at 10:43:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
New elements?
killahghost · 1 points · Posted at 10:47:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Is this a real life Rama?
Novve · 1 points · Posted at 10:48:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Reminds me of Rendezvous with Rama, the Arthur C.Clark book. Now If we could only send a team there.
ILAW3085 · 1 points · Posted at 10:53:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Now I dem ain't naw schman-say fan-say Science guy with dem der-gree, bit I er knows a Sol-ar Sys-tem hat to hav a Sol at der cen-ter to bay con-sid-dered a Sol-Ar sys-tem...
Wat you's got dere boy wud be fro ano-dere Star-Sys-Tem.
GeistMD · 1 points · Posted at 10:54:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It would be just our luck to get a visitor during the age of Trump...
kidsaredead · 1 points · Posted at 10:55:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
plant proof on it that we are here!
Shytog · 1 points · Posted at 10:58:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'm fine with it as long it doesn't change his path suddenly
Nequam92 · 1 points · Posted at 10:58:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Is it Rama!? Let’s Rendezvous with Rama!
Proton_Pack · 1 points · Posted at 10:59:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The awesome thing is. If we just don't die out and develop better technologies, we WILL get a probe of that thing or at least take a look at it in the future when we have the technology. Because now we know this asteroid exists.
Decimator933 · 1 points · Posted at 11:02:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Won’t lie. Saw the image and though Space Engineers had put out an early update and got excited.
supamonkey77 · 1 points · Posted at 11:02:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Rama is here and its early.
emergency_blanket · 1 points · Posted at 11:03:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Looks like a poo
EmilioMolesteves · 1 points · Posted at 11:08:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So a martian is throwing rocks at our sun eh?
yoyanai · 1 points · Posted at 11:08:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Why wouldn't it be? And how does 'Oumuamua' show that?
GandalfSwagOff · 1 points · Posted at 11:45:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Just hope it doesn't happen again on Earth.
the_far_yard · 1 points · Posted at 11:12:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
When was the last time something from another solar system came into ours? Is this a common occurance?
efields83 · 1 points · Posted at 11:13:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Let me be not the first to say it... Aliens.
papawolff · 1 points · Posted at 11:16:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They come for peace!
mahade · 1 points · Posted at 11:18:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'm always skeptical when it comes to this sort of stuff. Something makes me want to believe that the entire universe is just full of more of the same. Then again, mankind has not even seen a billionth of the observable universe so what do I know. I just thing this thing might be a block of very familiar things and that's that.
Still, exciting. If we end up finding an entirely new type of mineral or find traces of life (however unlikely that may be) it would rock our scientific world.
mrclay · 1 points · Posted at 11:20:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's an Inanimate Carbon Rod!
RadamA · 1 points · Posted at 11:21:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So basically a roundup of observations of the "comet" discovered last month.
Iammasterofuniverse · 1 points · Posted at 11:23:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Planet X ejecting massive debris. I bet if we calculate omuamuas elliptical orbit we can more pinpoint where Planet X.
rockman99 · 1 points · Posted at 11:24:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It’s the whale probe!
jonasnee · 1 points · Posted at 11:24:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'm pretty sure its called star system since the solar system is named after sol which is our parent star.
jianbv · 1 points · Posted at 11:29:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Ugh, finally. Alright, I have to go pack.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 11:31:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
High probability of Necromongers.
Neoprime · 1 points · Posted at 11:34:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The Invasion is at hand.
uberlord1234 · 1 points · Posted at 11:36:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Extraordinary
tr3sl3wis · 1 points · Posted at 11:36:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
asl
01101000-01100001 · 1 points · Posted at 11:37:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What on Earth is this?!
TrippingWildrose · 1 points · Posted at 11:38:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Is there anyway we can just make a super light weight probe using off the shelf parts. put it on a Big freaking rocket (Falcon Heavy/Maxed out Atlas) to throw it out there as hard as we can? maybe intercept it in 10-15 years? I mean are we really gonna have a shot like this again anytime soon?
yellatstars · 1 points · Posted at 11:43:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
...well duh.
Comrade_Jacob · 1 points · Posted at 11:44:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Reminds me of Starship Troopers — the arachnids would hurl asteroids at Earth, causing untold devastation. This one looks like it was shaped and crafted for precisely such a purpose (it wasn't). Makes me wonder whether a cigar-shaped asteroid would do more damage compared to the traditional boulder shape?
RoosterCheese · 1 points · Posted at 11:45:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Can someone put this in context for me? Is this something we haven't seen before?
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 11:59:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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RoosterCheese · 1 points · Posted at 22:33:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Thank you
e5390 · 1 points · Posted at 11:50:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It’s probably an alien spaceship.
cachuli87 · 1 points · Posted at 11:50:28 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
the lmaos finally are here
Escudo777 · 1 points · Posted at 11:56:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Transport for Kaiju? I think I am reading too many monster from space stories 🤔
devildocjames · 1 points · Posted at 12:01:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Space coal! We finally have a reason that'll get us back to space! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Killybug · 1 points · Posted at 12:02:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Damn foreign objects stealing our orbits.
Draaow · 1 points · Posted at 12:02:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
One thing that no screenwriter could have imagined, aliens being welcomed by Donald Trump
Iamnotelephant · 2 points · Posted at 12:37:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They are coming to take him home.
Pharcydeify · 1 points · Posted at 12:02:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
ISSA DICK!!
Dr_NoLife · 1 points · Posted at 12:09:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oumuamua shindeiru.
m1k3tv · 1 points · Posted at 12:10:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Isn't that what interstellar means?
RockRadioTy · 1 points · Posted at 12:11:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I bet there’s a burned out Jeep at the bottom of a ravine with the paperwork showing it’s trajectory and impending impact with Manhattan.
maxandron · 1 points · Posted at 12:12:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I think this is the monolith and it is time for the next chapter in humanity's history
Maybe it arrived just in time for our first colonies on Mars
monodontosaurus · 1 points · Posted at 12:16:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Looks a bit like a Mon Calamari star cruiser from Star Wars.
DynamiteName · 1 points · Posted at 12:18:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Looks suspiciously like a Covenant ship, infested with The Flood, to me...
Throwawaaaaaaah · 1 points · Posted at 12:22:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Amazing
Guesty_ · 1 points · Posted at 12:25:22 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
DOCKING REQUEST DENIED
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 12:26:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
disappointed by no references to Arthur C Clarke's Rama...
rafazamp · 1 points · Posted at 12:30:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Interstellar joint.
jeronimoe · 1 points · Posted at 12:36:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I just hope no one in the dark forest has spotted us.
FlatBot · 1 points · Posted at 12:37:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Just another reminder that at any time some random rock from space could enter our solar system and fuck shit up for us. If big enough, it could disrupt orbits or smash into Earth, destroying everything.
DieFanboyDie · 1 points · Posted at 12:38:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Bring on the sexy space vampires.
martinkunev · 1 points · Posted at 12:43:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Why is it difficult to determine where it's coming from?
ArgonGryphon · 1 points · Posted at 12:46:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Inb4 protomolecule.
Whitesheep34 · 1 points · Posted at 12:53:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Matthew Mcconaughey’s turd
Toby_Kief · 1 points · Posted at 12:53:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And I'm just here eating shredded wheat
roboblobo · 1 points · Posted at 12:54:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I don't believe in rocks.
ChinExpander420 · 1 points · Posted at 12:54:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
UHHHHH. Extraterrestrial Colonization Machine 🅱️ROKE
honkle_pren · 1 points · Posted at 12:56:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The only good bug is a dead bug.
Followingsuccessss · 1 points · Posted at 12:57:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Tell me a few more jokes
acidpaan · 1 points · Posted at 12:58:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Wormwood!?
Wei0 · 1 points · Posted at 13:06:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
A/S/L
Sethmeisterg · 1 points · Posted at 13:07:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well, at least there are humpback whales still alive to answer this thing when it gets here!
iwillripyou · 1 points · Posted at 13:07:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Do not go gentle into that good night
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 13:08:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Looks like a giant...
striped81 · 1 points · Posted at 13:10:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"The latest analyses with ground-based telescopes show that ’Oumuamua is quite similar to some comets and asteroids in our own solar system. This is important because it suggests that planetary compositions like ours could be typical across the galaxy."
sleestakslayer · 1 points · Posted at 13:10:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
SUR-FIN BIIIRRRDDD.. OUMUAMUA OUMUAMUA
iam_a_waterjug · 1 points · Posted at 13:11:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
more like r/universenews
X_THE_OVERLORD_X · 1 points · Posted at 13:12:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Looks like a smaller version of oryx's dreadnaught.
Morgrid · 1 points · Posted at 13:13:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Reapers!
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 13:13:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well, there was a Doctor Who episode like this...and the aliens aboard made everyone with type A+ blood try and jump off buildings....
Pizzacrusher · 1 points · Posted at 13:13:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"foreigner confirmed to be from another country"
onlyaftereverything · 1 points · Posted at 13:14:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Aliens finally said fuck it, this Donald guy is really ducking up the planet, we might need to actually intervene.
[deleted] · -3 points · Posted at 13:19:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 13:49:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Go home, Dimitri.
neverfux92 · 1 points · Posted at 13:15:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'm interested to know how they came to the estimation of 10,000 others in our solar system if this is the first one discovered. Even more curious of the estimation that 3 enter our solar system and 3 leave every day. How have they formed such a drastic estimation off of only one object being sighted?
ChromaticDragon · 2 points · Posted at 18:20:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The obvious answer is because space is so incredibly huge.
You'd have to dig into their math which is, of course, going to be laden with all sorts of relevant assumptions.
But it's the same sort of thing as spotting a cockroach in a corner of a football field and working out how many there are likely to be on the entire field. The simplest approach is just to multiply what you've found by ratio of the area of the field and the area of the corner you've seen.
Well... the ratio of a sphere with radius of two light-years over whatever we've been able to scan is very likely staggeringly enormous.
neverfux92 · 1 points · Posted at 13:25:03 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
That makes sense. I would love to see their math on it. Not that I'd be able to understand fraction of it. It would still be interesting to see I think.
MrDivi95 · 1 points · Posted at 13:15:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"It is thought to be an extremely dark object, absorbing 96% of the light that falls on its surface..-"
So, if this thing is an alirn ship covered up as an asteroid, it runs on solar power? My tinfoil hat may be out, but it seems we're on the right track here on earth boys! 😃
InformationHorder · 1 points · Posted at 13:16:19 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So could we even catch one to land on it if it's moving that quick and in an odd orbital plane? Seems like that'd take a prohibitive amount of delta-v to pull off.
Kebooms · 1 points · Posted at 13:17:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
and Llama
logcomet · 1 points · Posted at 13:17:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Rama?
dirkydawg · 1 points · Posted at 13:18:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
A whole nother team of scientists is debating and detailing the pronunciation of oumuamua.
Yo-ma-ma.
Flibblestix · 1 points · Posted at 13:18:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's the Gommarian! If something shoots out towards the sun, be worried.
LettersFromTheSky · 1 points · Posted at 13:20:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
How did they get the speed to travel that fast?
Rab_Legend · 1 points · Posted at 13:24:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This is the coolest thing to happen for a long time. Think of how different this thing might be? It might open up a whole new world of biology if there are any organics on it somewhere, it might even tell us whether our idea of the universe applies outside of this solar system.
scipion41 · 1 points · Posted at 13:24:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
HL3 confirmed...
lunex · 1 points · Posted at 13:25:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Tin man?
Lastshadow94 · 1 points · Posted at 13:28:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Is it just me or does this thing sound a lot like the probe from Star Trek IV?
NakedCarp · 2 points · Posted at 13:34:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Heh heh. You said probe.
Jewniversity · 1 points · Posted at 13:28:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Looks like a big missile that's headed towards us.
taramisus · 1 points · Posted at 13:35:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Space turd.
Steve3sc · 1 points · Posted at 13:38:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Let's learn from the mistakes of the past and NOT send Matt Damon to this object.....
Percy_Fawcett · 1 points · Posted at 13:38:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Protomolucule confirmed.
blockbelt · 1 points · Posted at 13:38:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I don't know what it is therefore aliens
nkanyiso · 1 points · Posted at 13:40:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Cue stargate theme music
FunkyHermit · 1 points · Posted at 13:43:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Can we please call it Rama?
KorvisKhan · 1 points · Posted at 13:48:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So they're just guessing what color it is based on how much light it absorbs, but they can't actually see the color.
Pluto_and_Charon · 1 points · Posted at 14:49:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yes in order to get results for the asteroid's colour and size they are guessing it has an albedo of 0.04
However, it's not a bad assumption to make, given that the majority of worlds in the solar system have an albedo around 0.04.
A5pyr · 1 points · Posted at 13:49:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Sometimes I wish these guys would just ignore the prime directive.
generalozzman · 1 points · Posted at 13:49:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Really guys? Ok I'll say it,.... it looks like a giant space turd.
esoterictaurine · 1 points · Posted at 13:50:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Aliens start Earth 2.0 as we Earth 1.0 fails.
vereonix · 1 points · Posted at 13:51:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Can we call it Rama and have a rendezvous with it?
TheCrabRabbit · 1 points · Posted at 13:51:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Nothing remotely forboding about this.
yeetingyute · 1 points · Posted at 13:52:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Immediately reminded of that classic Austin Powers scene. JOHNSON!
cmott613 · 1 points · Posted at 13:59:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So basically, a giant rock from another solar system just zipped past our sun, and is possibly dropping off little gift baggies of molecules on each planet it passes by... start of an invasion?!?!
CheesyMcNoodle · 1 points · Posted at 13:59:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Next one is gonna want to know what happened to all our whales...
Bookandshit · 1 points · Posted at 14:02:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Did anyone else notice how close to earth it came on the way out? Now I have to start worrying about meteors hitting us in the head as well T_T
666bilbobaggins · 1 points · Posted at 14:02:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Is that the black monolith from 2001 A Space Odyssey
IwasMoises · 1 points · Posted at 14:03:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Its an armada...they'll be here in 10 years
jeffreynya · 1 points · Posted at 14:04:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Do we have any probes out there that can be redirected or is everything just to far away and not enough fuel?
TenFortyMonday · 1 points · Posted at 14:05:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You're all celebrating now, but what if its a warship?
I, for one, welcome our new alien overlords.
espngenius · 2 points · Posted at 14:07:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Wait until they find out that humans put pineapple on pizza.
SomeWhatSceptical · 2 points · Posted at 14:30:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Its not humans that put pineapple on the pizza it the aliens..
Chartard · 1 points · Posted at 14:18:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Underappreciated comment.
Dougdahead · 1 points · Posted at 14:05:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What if it is a planet seeder and it is taking some form of life to an uninhabited habitable world in another star system and its passing us by because it already detected primitive life?
Smoolz · 1 points · Posted at 14:06:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Conscience of the Flood, everyone. Everyone, Conscience of the Flood.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 14:08:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
that is the type of round used by Kardashev scale II civilisations.
BlackFoxx · 1 points · Posted at 14:08:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
When you have obnoxious pop up ads on your mobile site, it makes me want to spend zero amount of time there
Madwolf28 · 1 points · Posted at 14:09:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Of course I read this whilst listening to War of The Worlds.
phis6 · 1 points · Posted at 14:11:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Zentradi, I'm calling it now.
murwo · 1 points · Posted at 14:12:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
when u drop ur pencil lead in class and it ends up in space fml
W1LL1AM04 · 1 points · Posted at 14:12:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Someone get Bruce Willis!
blackrack · 1 points · Posted at 14:15:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
How do we know it's not a space ship using our sun for a gravity assist?
Pluto_and_Charon · 2 points · Posted at 14:46:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We don't!
Although, it would be weird for a spaceship to rotate once every 7 hours (not fast enough for artificial gravity).
fishrockcarving · 0 points · Posted at 18:13:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Not fast enough for artificial earth gravity, you mean. They come from a low gravity system.
Coffee_Transfusion · 1 points · Posted at 14:15:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
all hail our new god
ispellkat · 1 points · Posted at 14:20:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Just an ad for the upcoming Venom movie.
ploftus00 · 1 points · Posted at 14:21:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
it’s for sure not just a rock
kijaluna · 1 points · Posted at 14:22:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Show me what you got"
weed_and_vinyl · 1 points · Posted at 14:23:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I for one welcome our extremely dark red overlords.
albertienstien · 1 points · Posted at 14:24:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You think someone on some planet out there is reading the same article about voyager one ?
TheMightyPrince · 1 points · Posted at 14:24:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Wouldn't it be funny if it was aliens and Trump had to go meet them! What would they think?
Epwydadlan1 · 1 points · Posted at 14:26:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Guys... Gals..... let's all hope and pray that the president that first has to deal with extra terrestrial life, is not Donald Trump, I enjoy living.
MasterofFalafels · 1 points · Posted at 14:26:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So what are the odds one of these rogue objects coming from outside the solar system are on a collision course with earth?
randomsubguy · 1 points · Posted at 14:28:28 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
How long do we have to observe its path before we can accurately backtrack it and figure out where it came from? Or, has our solar system already messed with it enough that we wouldn't be able to do that?
Pluto_and_Charon · 3 points · Posted at 14:44:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Unfortunately there's probably no way to conclusively identify which exact star it came from. While we can 'backtrack' its trajectory to a high accuracy and say it came from the direction of the star Vega, it will have taken 300,000 years to travel that distance and 300,000 years ago Vega was not in the same place. All the stars in the stellar neigbourhood are travelling at different speeds, different angles, and are all gravitationally interacting with each other in complicated ways, plus we're discovering new nearby stars all the time- so there really is no way to extrapolate backwards and work out where this asteroid came from. Plus, there's no way to find out how long its been travelling- is this its first interaction with a star system? Or has it been wandering the galaxy for billions of years?
However, given its angle and the x/y/z components of its velocity we can tell that 'Oumuamua's velocity is similar to that of stars in the stellar neighbourhood, meaning it 'probably' came from a nearby star.
fyberoptyk · 2 points · Posted at 14:48:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Last system before us was Vega.
chumppi · 1 points · Posted at 14:34:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Highly unlikely."
danielnicee · 1 points · Posted at 14:34:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There’s only one Solar system, which is ours. Solar comes from Sol which is Sun in Latin (and Spanish).
I think you meant “another star system”.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 14:35:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Why am I weirded the fuck out so much right now?
All this bullshit is foreign as fuck but I feel unsettled.
EFF THAT! I DONT LIKE PEOPLE PLAYING IN MY SOLAR SYSTEM!
Calvinball88 · 1 points · Posted at 14:36:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Beginning of the Fifth Element.
bicho08 · 1 points · Posted at 14:36:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Kind of scary to think about. According to the article about 3 enter and 3 leave our solar system per day. What if one of those had a trajectory that lined up straight to earth?
ajenkinskc · 1 points · Posted at 14:38:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Has anyone called Bruce Willis yet?
DRUMSKIDOO · 1 points · Posted at 14:47:38 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Surely there some comedy in imagining the sight of that blonde fuck-wit trying to deal with an interplanetary invasion...
Hopefully it'd be like Mars attacks....
Eseris · 1 points · Posted at 14:48:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Dark elongated object that carries the building blocks of life... It's a space dick!
RedFyl · 1 points · Posted at 14:54:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Now there is a big giant space turd.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 15:05:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's just an old crapper tanker.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 15:18:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
How do they determine it's from another solar system?
ChromaticDragon · 1 points · Posted at 17:56:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Primarily the speed of the object.
But really the overall tracking. So not just speed, but direction and recorded path. As they take more "snapshots", if you will, of the object's location they can work out it's path. Enough data and they can determine its orbit... if it's actually orbiting the Sun.
When they determine that it's essentially on a "fly-by" path and not an orbit at all, they assess that it's going to leave the Solar System and that it came from outside the Solar System.
The inherent assumption in all of that is that the object has no self-propulsion.
Invicturion · 1 points · Posted at 15:19:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Ive got such a raging science boner right now....
kwirky88 · 1 points · Posted at 15:21:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Aliens could be passing through our solar system and we'd never know it.
appserius · 1 points · Posted at 15:24:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Looks like what came from that turtle head peekin from me arse last night
AngrySeaWeed · 1 points · Posted at 15:24:21 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
wahey
monchota · 1 points · Posted at 15:32:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If they were to attack this would be the best time.
1adog1 · 1 points · Posted at 15:49:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'm amazed that didn't make it to the headline
Mongostein · 1 points · Posted at 15:53:04 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We should get that guy with the shirt to catch one!
ididntpostit · 1 points · Posted at 15:59:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Isn't that what interstellar means?
JeffBoner · 1 points · Posted at 16:28:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They are coming.
What better way to travel than to hitch a ride on an incredibly fast traveling hunk of thick metal? Have a tow hook of sorts in the path and latch on.
RonTheBomb · 1 points · Posted at 16:34:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Shocker...
justlose · 1 points · Posted at 16:56:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Discovered in October 2017. If another one of those estimated 10,000 of its friends decides to pay us a visit, we're pretty f**ked, aren't we?
StonedSquare · 1 points · Posted at 17:05:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Having just read Death’s End, I see this for what it is. We’re all fucked! Kiss our solar system goodbye. Nice knowing (some of) you!
MichianaMan · 1 points · Posted at 17:21:00 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Klendathu?
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 17:46:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
lol i doubt it
Midnite111 · 1 points · Posted at 17:48:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Now this thread has got me asking. It's pretty clear that Oumuamua is not some kind of generation ship, interstellar craft or Von Nuemann probe.
But if one did show up in our solar system headed for earth could we detect it and how long would it take us? assuming the craft didn't try to contact the planet in some way?
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 17:54:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Looks like the Zentraedi made it after all, just a few years late.
ProBluntRoller · 1 points · Posted at 18:06:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I can’t wait for our golden age. Nova bomb here I come
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 18:21:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Amazing
Mralfredmullaney · 1 points · Posted at 18:25:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Please tell me that's the millennium falcon
razmalriders · 1 points · Posted at 18:39:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Ok so am I the only one who thinks that this is a bit ridiculous? It has a Hawaiian name for the love of god. Last time I checked Hawaii was right here in the US of A. /s
slaidew · 1 points · Posted at 18:49:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
What are the chances of an interstellar object not being from another solar system?
saucydancer15 · 1 points · Posted at 18:57:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Doesn't calling it an interstellar object already imply that it's from another solar system? Isn't this title equivalent to something like"UFO confirmed to be unidentified"?
Pomeranianwithrabies · 1 points · Posted at 19:11:33 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I want to touch it. Marvel has taught me this is my best shot at getting superpowers.
Kuramo · 1 points · Posted at 19:29:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The Independence Day has begun
mailtrain13 · 1 points · Posted at 19:33:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
But but but that looks like a dildo
SquidgyTheWhale · 1 points · Posted at 19:34:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Possibly dumb question: can't they analyze the spectrum of light reflecting off of it to tell what it's made of?
saltinthedesert · 1 points · Posted at 19:50:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I can respect the man or woman who named it “the Very Large Telescope”.
ommanipimmeom · 1 points · Posted at 19:52:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
BLINDSIGHT u/PeterWatts
snugwithnugs · 1 points · Posted at 21:03:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Looks more like a probe or something all the time. How convenient was a path between Earth and Mars? The 2 you might want to know the most about without being detected. They think it came from outside because they went by the trajectory and backtracked, not because they noticed it come in....yeah, puttin that out there.
BumDiddy · 1 points · Posted at 23:01:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If it's a probe and doesn't want to be seen, they'd have better chances of that coming from the sun towards us, where we essentially have a sort of blind eye to such things.
trucido614 · 1 points · Posted at 22:24:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
HOP ON GUYS!
NugetGuy · 1 points · Posted at 22:29:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
...it begins
ColdDesert77 · 1 points · Posted at 23:41:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The biggest question I have is, how to you say that name?
kezdog92 · 1 points · Posted at 01:16:26 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
Is actually Tyranids.
Zombies_Rock_Boobs · 1 points · Posted at 02:38:47 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
Omg it's happening! THE END ID NIGH!!
cnycc · 1 points · Posted at 04:08:48 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
Why is this news again? We knew about this just over 3 weeks ago.
seeasea · 1 points · Posted at 04:11:28 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
There's a tautological headline if I ever saw one
Crispyjdawg · 1 points · Posted at 04:30:45 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
Great shit.
throwtheamiibosaway · 1 points · Posted at 09:18:48 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
Aren't we all from random places outside of this specific solar system. I mean we all come from a big bang zillions of miles away.
eigensheaf · 1 points · Posted at 12:28:53 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
Don't worry about trying to chase down this particular interstellar object before it escapes, there'll be another one along any minute. (More precisely, about one every eight hours according to the linked article.) It shouldn't be that long before we can detect them more easily and prepare to visit one and return a material sample.
(I didn't read the argument for the eight-hour estimate but I imagine it goes something like this: Oumuamua came a lot closer to earth than a typical interstellar visitor to our solar system would, so that suggests that there's a whole lot more of them that we never see because we're only capable of seeing the really close ones so far. As our observational capabilities steadily increase we should manage to see one before it's zooming away too fast.)
overpwoerredyourmom · 2 points · Posted at 22:50:45 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
First tidal effects that close to a star very well may have missed a few more days?
johnoliver_zazu · 1 points · Posted at 04:40:36 on November 23, 2017 · (Permalink)
I really doubt there is only one Solar system.
leadusoutofthedarkne · 1 points · Posted at 16:00:44 on November 25, 2017 · (Permalink)
This is the only one thinking RAMA?
takeawaytherighttore · 1 points · Posted at 14:20:42 on November 26, 2017 · (Permalink)
It is widely thought that the object IS red and that this subreddit disallowed NASA posts Why on earth
frugaldutchman · 1 points · Posted at 04:37:11 on November 28, 2017 · (Permalink)
Great. Now the aliens think we've sent this thing from our sun.
dickdirkler · 2 points · Posted at 01:52:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Nibiru confirmed!
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 07:24:07 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There is only one solar system, that is our system, others are just called systems.
GoingToSimbabwe · 1 points · Posted at 07:24:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Or star system at that.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 07:26:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Either way, it shits me when people refer to other systems as the solar system.
ThePenultimateOne · 1 points · Posted at 05:36:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If it's interstellar, then it's almost by definition not from here.
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EvolvedUndead · 1 points · Posted at 11:44:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Ummmm...
Interstellar means ‘from another solar system’.
garlichead1 · 1 points · Posted at 11:49:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
ELI5 please. is this object faster than any others in our solar system, that it can "flee" out of the system. how does gravitation of the sun not "keep" it in our solar system?
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 12:07:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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garlichead1 · 1 points · Posted at 13:00:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
thank you! but does sun's gravity at least change its course a little bit?
tlowe90 · 2 points · Posted at 12:25:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You know the coin funnel things you see in some malls? The charity ones that you put a coin in and it goes around in circles and eventually falls into the hole to be collected? Gravity can kind of be visualized that way. Well if instead of dropping the coin into the slot, you forcefully rammed it to give it more velocity, given the amount added was high enough, the coin would go into the funnel and back out because the momentum the coin had was enough to overcome the curve of the funnel trying to direct the coin inward.
Gerryba · 1 points · Posted at 11:49:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Its a giant turd
Uvtha- · 1 points · Posted at 13:38:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The Anunnaki have come for their gold... WAKE UP SHEEPLE!
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 16:26:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Your mothers dildo has now entered our solar system.
Deroni76 · 1 points · Posted at 20:07:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
North pole confirmed to be located in the north.
sitesurfer253 · -7 points · Posted at 04:51:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So... A parallel dimension then? There's only one solar system, dummies. You meant star system.
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The_Indricotherist · -7 points · Posted at 06:15:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
No scientists call every star with anything orbiting it a solar system
sitesurfer253 · 3 points · Posted at 06:26:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Which scientists?
Beforeorbehind · 6 points · Posted at 07:23:55 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's in the comment!
Noligeko · 0 points · Posted at 06:23:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Its name comes from a Hawaiian term for messenger or scout.
xeroes7 · 0 points · Posted at 07:05:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Hope the space dildo doesnt ejac hostile space sperm.
GreenGoddess33 · 0 points · Posted at 07:34:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If it had mineral resources maybe the Illuminati can lasso it and use the profits to advance their plans to financially enslave the human race.
Ryukenden123 · -1 points · Posted at 03:59:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
TIL space object are from space
LodgePoleMurphy · -2 points · Posted at 06:25:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It looks like the Star Ship Enturdprise.
Hollowplayer2 · -3 points · Posted at 06:24:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That’s one big and long cock. Space cock coming to fuck mother earth.
Wow_youre_tall · 0 points · Posted at 04:33:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
One of the greatest memories of all time!
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:08:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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TheSacredHerb420 · 0 points · Posted at 08:50:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Aliens passing an interstellar blunt
Charnt · 0 points · Posted at 10:19:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Almost every shooting star is from another galaxy.
Hanginon · 1 points · Posted at 11:39:39 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
No.
MT_Flesch · 0 points · Posted at 13:54:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
this can't be too surprising given that we are supposedly on a collision course with the andromeda galaxy. it would just follow that outlying bits of it could be making their way through our system on a daily basis
janglang · 0 points · Posted at 14:04:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Can we please get Neil Degrasse Tyson in here to correct all of these petty arguments?
moreawkwardthenyou · -5 points · Posted at 01:54:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If it was aliens this is what I can gather, it saw earth and kept trucking... I'm stunned
fyberoptyk · 10 points · Posted at 03:07:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Look up Fermi's paradox, or any one of the other several "great filter" type theories out there.
There are many, many good reasons to NOT contact aliens, and the only good one (strictly from our perspective) is the ability to leech off their advances to better our situation. Except it's highly unlikely any random aliens show up just to share their homework. Not many scenarios end well for us.
Hell, just here "at home" on Earth, if an object verifiably alien shows up heading in system, there's just as much chance of us ending each other in nuclear war as coming together to greet the aliens. After all, your enemies can't benefit from alien tech if they're gone. And if you think your country won't get that tech, you have nothing to lose by attacking your enemies. It may well be your last chance.
daredwolf · 1 points · Posted at 11:06:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I remember reading a post or comment on here about why space travel, finding alien life, and making it outside our solar system are all extremely impossible until we figure out FTL travel. I'd love to give that another read again.... Hoping someone here can help me out...
.... anyone...?
moreawkwardthenyou · -7 points · Posted at 03:10:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Look up whoosh :/
fyberoptyk · 8 points · Posted at 03:35:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I get you were making a joke, it wasn’t that complicated. But I was being serious about the reply. There’s a ton of good reading on the subject out there.
moreawkwardthenyou · 6 points · Posted at 03:43:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Oh, ok. Maybe I will.
Sorry about being so rude. I'm playing Dark souls and I'm eating shit :/
fyberoptyk · 2 points · Posted at 03:53:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I thought that was the point of that series? So difficult it kills people just walking by?
moreawkwardthenyou · 1 points · Posted at 04:56:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I don't know what drives me to this frustration but kicking it's ass satisfies like no other.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 08:00:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This is it man. The feeling of beating something that has been beating you for the past half hour to 3 hours over the course of multiple days is just so amazing.
RetardwithSalt · 1 points · Posted at 09:02:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Got any good starting points? :)
[deleted] · -1 points · Posted at 05:44:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The comments on this are much scarier than the actual story.
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 06:05:43 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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ScalpedAlive · -1 points · Posted at 07:26:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
“Ooooooooooooohmama!” - Astronomer
THVAQLJZawkw8iCKEZAE · 0 points · Posted at 02:20:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Isn't the mesosphere supposed to burn up asteroids before impact?
tagged2high · 2 points · Posted at 02:49:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If they're big enough, enough survives to do serious damage.
fyberoptyk · 2 points · Posted at 03:03:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Depends on size and composition.
Snowball the size of a football field? Meh. No problem.
Iron ball the size of Texas? No life of any kind survives here on earth.
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 05:08:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Good thing we can currently track every object the size of Texas before it hits us.
Turtle_Tots · 2 points · Posted at 06:54:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Sure. That just means we get to know roughly when we're gonna die. There's precisely nothing we can do if flying death Texas is on guaranteed crash course with earth.
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 05:56:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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Vipitis · 0 points · Posted at 06:42:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Herr is the issue, it is already gone.
If it had been broken up and a small part got shifted to a solar orbit, we might hear of it again, but the period is huge.
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 06:42:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This sounds like it’s apart of the prologue to a Dead Space game.
filmaxer · 0 points · Posted at 06:44:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The name of this telescope and acronym is hilarious when presented so matter-of-fact in the middle of the article.
nachosnow · 0 points · Posted at 06:56:37 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
TLDR Rock floating through space confirmed to be a rock that has floated through space
faithle55 · 0 points · Posted at 07:06:47 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well... yeah.
DickSwett · 0 points · Posted at 07:17:28 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Did anyone notice the name they gave it, Oumuamua?
Magicmatt352 · 0 points · Posted at 07:19:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
In the article I read today I heard that it was most likely filled with lots of metals. How do they figure this out?
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 07:23:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Spectroscopy, analysis of albedo, analysis of its behavior when it gets close to the sun (is it comet-like?), things like that.
Magicmatt352 · 1 points · Posted at 08:39:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Well I want to build a giant comet grabber and nab it out of the air. The worlds first trillionaire will be an astroid miner.
flyonthwall · 0 points · Posted at 07:51:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Redundant title much? interstellar by definintion means it has to come from another star system. Inter-Stellar
MyParentsAre_Cousins · 0 points · Posted at 12:15:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It looks like a giant space poo. Probably why it has so much organic material.
Factznotfeelingz · 0 points · Posted at 12:30:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's a rock
trainjeff24 · 0 points · Posted at 12:45:09 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Its a turd from a giant alien. POOP ASTEROID!
DrBix · 0 points · Posted at 13:13:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If the next report says it's slowing down, I'd be happy because it'd mean that the end of the Trump Administration could be at hand.
ChromaticDragon · 1 points · Posted at 18:22:15 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Glad you're optimistic.
But keep in mind, if we're going to speculate it could just as well have been that Trump phoned home for reinforcements.
Bealerxxx · 0 points · Posted at 13:17:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
👈🙄👉 Zoop!
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 13:25:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I've always thought. "Young Interstellar Objects" was a good name for a rap group.
daveberzack · 0 points · Posted at 13:36:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yes, that is literally what "interstellar" means.
Deganawida33 · 0 points · Posted at 13:57:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
panspermia....folks...
MeatshieldMel · 0 points · Posted at 14:02:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Another solar system? So like an alternate reality??
coltajerone · 2 points · Posted at 14:17:32 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Just a different star. Same reality.
MeatshieldMel · 1 points · Posted at 16:16:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It was a joke.. Heh, "Solar system" is the name of our star system. Other star systems are not called solar systems.
coltajerone · 1 points · Posted at 16:20:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Sure they are. What else would they be? They operate on solar energy just like our system.
MeatshieldMel · 1 points · Posted at 16:22:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Sol" is the name of our star. They are called star systems.
MeatshieldMel · 1 points · Posted at 16:22:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They don't operate on "solar energy" they are nuclear furnaces.
coltajerone · 1 points · Posted at 16:30:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'm not talking about the star itself, but rather the system surrounding it. They absolutely operate on solar energy.
MeatshieldMel · 1 points · Posted at 21:02:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The fact is, there is but one Solar system, you didn't get the joke because of your ignorance, which you seem to want to retain. You are likely a product of the American public school system.
coltajerone · 2 points · Posted at 21:03:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Nothing like a civil conversation. Appreciate it 👍
MeatshieldMel · 1 points · Posted at 21:06:25 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'm sorry, I get annoyed easily and I'm a smartass. Really, I am sorry, I'm an ass.
coltajerone · 1 points · Posted at 21:13:58 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If you look it up, you'll see that while you are technically correct, it's not uncommon to use it as a general term for any star system.
MeatshieldMel · 1 points · Posted at 21:16:29 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I know, most people use it as such. Like I said though, it started as a joke, but I made an ass of myself.
Treemags · 0 points · Posted at 14:08:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Doesn’t interstellar mean from another solar system?
Elektribe · 0 points · Posted at 14:26:17 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Unless it came from an alternate dimension it would have come from another planetary system. Sol is our sun, Solar means "of Sol", which there is only one of. Barring suggestions for multidimensional space time quantum effects that collapse into single observable states of some shit like that.
-deep edited with star system which is a system of orbiting stars. A planetary system is a system of planets that orbit around one or more stars.
nikolaus-online · 0 points · Posted at 14:26:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Maybe we should check it for protomolecule? Just asking...
SPAKMITTEN · 0 points · Posted at 14:27:11 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
thats literally the definition of interstellar guys
lestat- · 0 points · Posted at 18:20:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Let's blow it up, got to send the right message to any other aliens out there. We ain't taking no shit.
tanman334 · 0 points · Posted at 20:12:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Doesn’t the adjective “interstellar” mean is forms from another solar system?
DrMonkey7 · -13 points · Posted at 04:08:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Dang, Donald Trump missed his plane flight out of here.
TheLowClassics · -7 points · Posted at 02:49:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's definitely a spaceship
bluedotared · -10 points · Posted at 05:33:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
I'm too fucking high right now. That's exactly what I'm thinking. A spaceship. This is giving me a panic attack...
arthur_smokingjacket · -1 points · Posted at 07:07:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
In 2 months time cue the Joe Dirt scene: "Nope, its just a big old piece of poopy"
Moistsmeg · 0 points · Posted at 07:45:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
How could they possibly confirm it’s from another solar system. We don’t even have the ability to inhabit our closest planet let alone confirm the existence of every object in our own solar system.
cxp3 · 3 points · Posted at 07:47:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Did you read the article?
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 12:51:57 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
They can tell that it's current trajectory is unachievable from within our solar system.
[deleted] · -2 points · Posted at 08:07:02 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And in other news: a new cure for cancer has made it to the front page of reddit yet again!
Xenphenik · -2 points · Posted at 08:56:54 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Aliens don't exist
karrachr000 · -1 points · Posted at 13:46:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
That title is both redundant and incorrect. Interstellar, by definition, means from another star system, and there is only one solar system, our sun is named Sol.
kingjackass · -1 points · Posted at 12:07:50 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Are there picturrs and not artists renditions? If you don't pictures and just a bunch of pixels and numbers than it's called fake. If I say I have a 10" member but can't provide pictures then you can bet it's not 10".
fuzzyshorts · -2 points · Posted at 05:49:18 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Whenever I hear of things like this (or just when I want a little trip) I "project" myself to the surface of far away celestial bodies. With a head filled with sci-fi and walking through different terrains on earth, it's not hard to be in the dim light and cold ice of europa, to smell the stink of Titan, the pressure and howling winds of jupiter or the near warmth of finally being in a star system after the immense distance of near deep space.
Malteser · -4 points · Posted at 13:39:49 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Am I the only one that thinks it looks like a rolled joint?
Oh I am.
Ok then. Moving along.
crewserbattle · -1 points · Posted at 07:34:27 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
There is some /r/HFY hype level shit in this thread
[deleted] · -1 points · Posted at 14:08:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
If aliens would be real Let’s start teaching them real important words like Fuck and bitch
godlesshero · -1 points · Posted at 21:44:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Who would have thought that an interstellar object would be from another solar system /s
Isn't the very definition of 'interstellar' something that is between between stars?
69th · 3 points · Posted at 23:42:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Solar system is the key phrase here. There's a big difference between interstellar space, and an organized solar system.
SCM7 · 1 points · Posted at 09:05:13 on November 22, 2017 · (Permalink)
Wish people would stop using solar system to describe extrasolar star systems. There's only one Sol.
Vibexo · -2 points · Posted at 06:43:52 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Space blunt
helloimcold · -2 points · Posted at 07:20:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So.. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN??? Eli5?
unfair_bastard · -2 points · Posted at 07:21:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This is a horrible headline
~~"extraterrestrial object confirmed to not he from earth!"
sealohawk · -2 points · Posted at 07:34:24 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's the move Evolution...
Great googa mooga.
BadassDeluxe · -2 points · Posted at 08:18:16 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
You mean 'another system'?
gamebusterz · -2 points · Posted at 09:03:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
We are Venom
murfi · -2 points · Posted at 09:38:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
harvest and breed that shit on earth will ya
cylonraiderr · -2 points · Posted at 18:13:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Another fake NASA image.
Andazeus · -9 points · Posted at 10:23:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
The title makes me cringe. The object cannot, by definition, be from another solar system, because only one solar system exists in the universe. It comes from another STAR system. That's why it is called an interstellar object, not an intersolar one.
Lunamann · 5 points · Posted at 10:53:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
In common jargon, it's not odd to refer to the star(s) that the current planet the speaker is referring to orbits as "suns", even when they aren't necessarily "the Sun". It's similar to referring to using any internet Web search as "googling something"- it's a genericized name, because the one star-with-planets-orbiting-it that we most care about is the Sun.
Andazeus · 0 points · Posted at 11:13:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
While I understand this happening to some people occasionally, as people not really interested in astronomy may not be aware of the definition might refer to other stars as suns just like your grandma might refer to your collection of gaming consoles as "Nintendos", I would expect an article written by a journalist about a scientific, astronomic finding to use the correct terminology.
Lunamann · 2 points · Posted at 11:16:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Eh, that's a good point.
of_mendez · -3 points · Posted at 06:47:51 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
"Odd reality" on youtube has all the relevant info
GeneralDegenerate · -2 points · Posted at 09:05:31 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This is Ellen Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo. Signing off...
soursh · -2 points · Posted at 09:35:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Ain't no planet x comin' cause ain't no space cause ain't not globe earth
Eucrates · 2 points · Posted at 09:41:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Proof
ChidoriPOWAA · -3 points · Posted at 14:14:20 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Who the fuck names these things?
Pluto_and_Charon · 3 points · Posted at 14:45:12 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's named after a Hawaiian deity, because the telescope that discovered it is in Hawaii...
[deleted] · -10 points · Posted at 06:12:05 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Bullshit
GlobTwo · 7 points · Posted at 06:13:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Why do you find that hard to believe...? It's a rock that has been flung through space by gravitational interactions with bigger rocks.
LeapingLupine · -12 points · Posted at 03:26:56 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Accidental transit into our realm. It's happened billions of times before but maybe not recently. This is not an ('earth shattering') event worth mentioning unless it's a threat.
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 05:07:53 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Enlighten us please.
Clausewitz1996 · -4 points · Posted at 04:49:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
[aliens]
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thick1988 · -4 points · Posted at 05:53:26 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Just let it shoot back off into space. Im sure the Aztecs though thd Spaniard ships were really interesting just before thsy died of smallpox.
_deedas · -4 points · Posted at 06:00:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
But is there a naked vampire chick inside it?
Red_Jester-94 · -6 points · Posted at 06:36:35 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Hmm.. so what you're saying is....
WE'RE ALL GONNA DIEEEE!!!
Szos · -5 points · Posted at 07:11:10 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
And of course we make alien contact when Trump is in office!
Orapac4142 · -3 points · Posted at 07:14:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Its a fuckin rock dude.
eDgEIN708 · -1 points · Posted at 10:56:34 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Heh. You think something like that is going to stop worldnews from bashing Trump?!
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eDgEIN708 · 0 points · Posted at 11:44:40 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
See what I mean? This subreddit in a nutshell.
[deleted] · -4 points · Posted at 07:13:46 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
/yawn
TheHitch82 · -6 points · Posted at 11:46:01 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It doesn't even exist. It is a scientist fiction attempt to become an author. We know absolutely nothing about made up OMooMoo. Except it has a hilarious name.
TheHitch82 · -3 points · Posted at 11:49:03 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's more likely from the Hella vs Surtr fight in the movie Thor Ragnarok than it actually exist. Sad, but true.
TheHitch82 · -2 points · Posted at 11:50:08 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Marvel puts on a better fiction than NASA..
TheHitch82 · -1 points · Posted at 11:51:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
DC remaining jelly of both.
KenLinx · -5 points · Posted at 12:31:23 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
It's just a fucking rock..
pisapfa · -4 points · Posted at 14:38:41 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
ITT: brainwashed fools getting excited over a random rock in space.
There's no life out there. Get off your sci-fi films and dramas. You wouldn't be able to create a single fly, the lot of you.
[deleted] · -7 points · Posted at 02:28:59 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
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ridimar · -6 points · Posted at 07:14:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
My God! This has got to be the first time EVER that an asteroid has traveled across space.
Edit: it's a joke people
ArcherSam · 4 points · Posted at 07:19:42 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
This is the first interstellar asteroid that's ever been observed. The distance between solar systems and how gravity works makes it super rare that objects from outside our solar system make their way into it.
ridimar · 2 points · Posted at 07:28:14 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Yes I appreciate that. I was just having a laugh so cheers for the downvote if it was you.
ArcherSam · 2 points · Posted at 07:38:44 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Not that upvotes or downvotes matter, imo, but I didn't downvote you. I don't think I have ever downvoted anyone on this site.
ridimar · 1 points · Posted at 07:56:45 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Cool :)
smitteh · -6 points · Posted at 11:19:13 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Mindblowing how people just spoon feed this stuff like it's fact. Exactly what makes you people think that we actually have the slightest idea the origin of a piece of space matter? It's space, infinite. Did our super duper telescopes reveal a made in china/other solar system tag on the rock? No. They see different colors and wavelengths of light. That's all. Nothing that could truly place the origin of this thing from somewhere out in the infinite void. Wake up and be realistic people.
Hanginon · 2 points · Posted at 11:35:48 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Where something originated can be deduced by measuring its speed and trajectory. It's not even hard, astronomers do it for comets & asteroids all the time.
D3nnis_a_8astard_Man · 1 points · Posted at 11:42:36 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
So you're claiming, "Fake space news"? Thank God there are people like you saving us from ourselves.
GandalfSwagOff · 1 points · Posted at 11:44:30 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
Think of the place of origin like a gun and the object is the bullet. One can track the trajectory, motion, and speed to determine where the "bullet" was "fired" from.
fro222 · -6 points · Posted at 12:30:06 on November 21, 2017 · (Permalink)
A rock floating in space, with bacteria on it, what a find. /s I feel like humans are so primitive that we are getting excited by a rock in space. Really reaching here.