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Pluvious

(4,809 posts)
Thu Dec 26, 2024, 12:38 PM Yesterday

Earth has acquired a visitor, "2024 PT5" currently on orbit for a short stay...

According to recent astronomical observations, Earth has temporarily captured a small asteroid named "2024 PT5" which is essentially acting as a "mini-moon" or a second moon, although it won't be visible to the naked eye and will only orbit Earth for a limited time before escaping back into space. 

The asteroid 2024 PT5 is relatively tiny, likely the size of a school bus, making it too small to see without a powerful telescope

Personally, I think it's an automated survey vessel, just updating the Galactic database. The despoiling of our biosphere will probably just be a footnote in the filed summary.

Inventing the warp drive is probably our only chance at surviving as a species, because we really need some help. Soon.
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Earth has acquired a visitor, "2024 PT5" currently on orbit for a short stay... (Original Post) Pluvious Yesterday OP
The wild journey of the third stage of Apollo 12 is very interesting. yourout Yesterday #1
How long before the orange anus considers it a threat? Omnipresent Yesterday #2
He'll insist on nuking it Pluvious 23 hrs ago #5
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Yesterday #3
We bombed Big Moon. Why not get this one too? GreenWave Yesterday #4
Some form of... 2naSalit 21 hrs ago #6
On the non metaphysical side... Pluvious 20 hrs ago #7
I guess the next... 2naSalit 20 hrs ago #8

Response to Pluvious (Original post)

2naSalit

(93,505 posts)
6. Some form of...
Thu Dec 26, 2024, 04:49 PM
21 hrs ago

Telepathy is the only thing that will save us. Our physical forms can't withstand any other environment but our life forces can.

Pluvious

(4,809 posts)
7. On the non metaphysical side...
Thu Dec 26, 2024, 06:02 PM
20 hrs ago

SciFi writers have envisioned a future where a full snapshot of the brain's neuron pathways and electro chemical state can be copied (either destructively or non) and copied into an artificial substrate to host the process, and the copy could be immortal, interacting with the Real World and/or existing in an artificial environment.

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