It's a military aircraft!...no, it's a flock of birds!...no, it's Venus!...no, it's a weather balloon...! Actually, I think the rock's a bit bigger than that; the Times had the panoramic pic this thing was isolated from and it seems a fair old distance away, although it's hard to tell. Still, you're right; I can feel the Internet heating up with new discussion groups, swapping analyses and sketches and theories. There'll be magazines and meetings in pubs and conventions and books. Shares in tranquiliser companies are rising as NASA press officers contemplate decades of questions about this from people who want to know what they're hiding.
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Date: 2008-01-23 10:01 pm (UTC)Actually, I think the rock's a bit bigger than that; the Times had the panoramic pic this thing was isolated from and it seems a fair old distance away, although it's hard to tell.
Still, you're right; I can feel the Internet heating up with new discussion groups, swapping analyses and sketches and theories. There'll be magazines and meetings in pubs and conventions and books. Shares in tranquiliser companies are rising as NASA press officers contemplate decades of questions about this from people who want to know what they're hiding.