During the past week I've had four postings on the general subject of Homo sapiens and aliens. Well, two Harvard researchers, Abraham Loeb, professor and chair of astronomy, and Shmuel Biala, a postdoctoral scholar at the Harvard Smithsonian Center, believe that the mysterious object called Oumuamua (which means distant past or scout or first distant messenger in Hawaiian, which was discovered using a Haleakala Observatory telescope), which whisked pass our space last year, might have been an alien spaceship. That is an artist's impression to the left, clearly not drawn by either of them.
The asteroid or comet or alien-made object had an unusual trajectory and speed adjustment possibly related to solar sails, that prompted this surmisal. While NASA has not officially commented on the Harvard assertion, Professor Loeb is quite distinguished, and has published over 700 scientific papers. One could say he almost looks like an alien.
However, NASA did report on 10 things about the mysterious Oumuamua. Just one, it was traveling too fast--196,000 MPH--to have originated in our solar system.
So much for science. Ever wonder what happened to Imelda Marcos? You know, the wife of former Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos. For one, she is now 89 years old and still a congressional representative in her country. More recently, she received a minimum 42-year sentence for graft. The cases go back to 1991, or was it 1968? Anyway, she has avoided jail and is planning to run for governor of Ilocos Norte next year. Here she is with part of the 1200-pair collection left behind when she and Ferdinand escaped to Hawaii in 1986.
The future of the Navy is being tested in Hawaii. Called the Sea Hunter, it is a medium displacement unmanned surface vehicle. Note the term "unmanned." It is expected to cross the seas without a single crew member. Said Fred Kennedy of DARPA:
The U.S. military has talked about the strategic importance of replacing ‘king’ and ‘queen’ pieces on the maritime chessboard with lots of ‘pawns,’ and [the drone program] is a first step toward doing exactly that.
I have half a dozen more of these, and will release them over the next couple of weeks. I could finally add that the woman in red, Milania, is now the controversial partner in their marriage, and Donald is said to be in a cocoon of bitterness and resentment from the Republican losses, especially the House, now that they can open the door to the Mueller investigation. Did you know they have separate bedrooms? That's old news from March on 2017.
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