Adam Hibberd
Avi Loeb is talking about the possibility that the first interstellar object to be discovered travelling through our Solar System (1I/’Oumuamua) may actually be alien technology and that my recent discovery that 1998 KY26 may in fact be HUMAN technology (a defunct Russian spacecraft) increases these chances.
Although I wouldn’t quite be so effusive than Avi is, he has a point in this instance. This raises the probability that 1I/’Oumuamua could be technology quite significantly.
1) 1998 KY26 has curious morphology which has been written off by scientists as natural when it clearly isn’t!
2) 1998 KY26 also has considerable Non-Gravitational Accelerations (NGAs) which were before inexplicable but now can be sensibly ascribed to solar radiation pressure. Ring any bells?
I don’t believe, on balance, that ‘Oumuamua is alien tech, but it certainly strengthens the case for a mission to ‘Oumuamua (Project Lyra) quite considerably.
If I was going to exploit my professional relationship with Avi to achieve an aim, then I would try and convince him that we do indeed need a mission to ‘Oumuamua in the form of Project Lyra – which I have researched extensively with my software OITS – and which he rejects outright of course.
What incredible finds could await!