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Thursday October 11th 2017 NASA station Houston Tx tracks a meteor that is the first object we have tracked that is from outside of our solar system. It is about a quarter mile, 400 meters long and about 40 meters in diameter.

(“Astronomers were surprised and delighted to detect –for the first time– an interstellar asteroid passing through our solar system. Additional observations brought more surprises: the object is cigar-shaped with a somewhat reddish hue. The asteroid, named ‘Oumuamua by its discoverers, is up to one-quarter mile (400 meters) long and highly-elongated—perhaps 10 times as long as it is wide. That is unlike any asteroid or comet observed in our solar system to date, and may provide new clues into how other solar systems formed. For more info about this discovery, visit https://go.nasa.gov/2zSJVWV .”

An artist’s conception shows what the interstellar asteroid ‘Oumuamua might look like. (ESO Illustration / M. Kornmesser)

Update: Scientists say the interstellar asteroid known as ‘Oumuamua is like nothing that’s been seen in the solar system before, with an “extreme oblong shape” that’s as much as 10 times as long as it is wide. The details are laid out in a paper published today by the journal Nature.

Nature’s authors say ‘Oumuamua is relatively dense, possibly with high metal content, lacks significant amounts of water or ice, and shows no signs of dust. They estimate its length to be at least 1,300 feet (400 meters), which is longer than previous estimates.

The size estimate is based on how the light reflected by the object varied over the course of a roughly 7.3-hour rotation period. No direct observations of ‘Oumuamua’s shape could be made, but one can only imagine what conspiracy theorists might come up with.

Previously: An interstellar asteroid has received a name that’s fitting to its status: ‘Oumuamua (“Oh-moo-ah-moo-ah”), a Hawaiian word meaning “a messenger from afar arriving first.”

The first-of-its-kind object forced the International Astronomical Union to come up with a new system for designating small bodies that apparently come from beyond the solar system. Such objects will be given numerical names that contain an “I” for interstellar. ‘Oumuamua’s designation is 1I/2017 U1.

‘Oumuamua was discovered Oct. 19 using the Pan-STARRS telescope, which is operated near the summit of Maui’s Haleakala volcano by the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii. The Hawaiian connection adds to the aptness of its name.

The dim object was spotted as it traveled through the inner solar system, at a distance of about 19 million miles from Earth, but an analysis of its trajectory suggests that it came in from a place far beyond the solar system, somewhere in the constellation Lyra. It’s now heading in the direction of the constellation Pegasus.

“This is the most extreme orbit I have ever seen,” Davide Farnocchia, a scientist at NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, said in a NASA news release. “It is going extremely fast, and on such a trajectory that we can say with confidence that this object is on its way out of the solar system and not coming back.”

‘Oumuamua appears to be a rotating, pinkish object measuring roughly 100 by 100 by 600 feet (30 by 30 by 180 meters). In a news release, the Institute for Astronomy’s David Jewitt noted that the proportions are “similar to the proportions of a fire extinguisher — although U1 is not as red as that.” Jewett is the principal author of a research paper on ‘Oumuamua submitted to Astrophysical Journal Letters.

It’s unusual for an asteroid to be so highly elongated, sparking speculation that ‘Oumuamua may actually be two less elongated objects in a mutual orbit.

Astronomers are continuing to track ‘Oumuamua’s highly eccentric path in hopes of identifying the planetary system that it may have come from, and perhaps matching its composition to the chemical signature of that potential source.

They don’t expect ‘Oumuamua to remain the only object with an “I.” Still more interstellar interlopers are expected to be discovered, particularly when next-generation observatories such as the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope come online.

“We have long suspected that these objects should exist, because during the process of planet formation a lot of material should be ejected from planetary systems,” said the Institute for Astronomy’s Karen Meech. “What’s most surprising is that we’ve never seen interstellar objects pass through before.”

Meech is the principal author of the paper published in Nature, titled “Discovery and Characterization of the First Known Interstellar Object.” Sixteen other authors contributed to the paper.

This report was initially published at 11:41 a.m. PT Nov. 17.

GeekWire contributing editor Alan Boyle is an award-winning science writer and veteran space reporter. Formerly of NBCNews.com, he is the author of “The Case for Pluto: How a Little Planet Made a Big Difference.” Follow him via CosmicLog.com, on Twitter @b0yle, and on Facebook and MeWe. Reach him via email at alan@geekwire.com. )

Thursday april 25th 2022 NASA station Houston Tx tracks a meteor that lands in the gulf of Mexico the object is the first object we have tracked that is from outside of our solar system. What NASA didn’t tell anyone is that the object changed direction twice first it changed course and increased its speed and used Jupiter’s gravity to slingshot towards earth unless it changes course again and this had every astronomer on the planet alarmed because there were no gravitational forces that could account for its sudden change in direction and velocity they had until 2022 to figure it out because at its current speed it would be here in the spring of 2022.

Gail Issacs a thick set muscular frame, held a set of penetrating bright green eyes under a head of gray hair. The pale freckled-faced woman of Irish ancestry had wanted to pilot the shuttle since childhood but her hernia insured she would never leave the planet. For most of the last decade she had worked her way up the executive ladder and now she was the most powerful individual at NASA Lyndon Baines Jonhson space center in Houston Texas. She surrounded herself with the best minds on the planet. Everyone knew that if you were on her team things were serious.

Nigel Patal, a slight Indian fellow in his 40s with a bald pate looked up from the screen on his notepad to contact NATO so they know it’s not a missile and the white house’s sr science officer.

What about the president Gail we have to tell the American people.

Gail Issac turned her eyes to the voice that had just spoken and glared at a pudgy bespectacled man with a stringy greying beard Kyle Anderson Thornton noting the american flag pin on the lapel of his jacket as she spoke in a terse tone.

The president is an imbecile and the only thing he could do with this information is start a panic or worse. Do we have anyone we can contact on the joint chiefs of staff that’s not a fucking moron? Someone not owned by the military industrial complex?

Yes Mam, a Dr. Selam M. Washington, her parents were born in Ethiopia nothing of note about her mothers parents but her fathers grand father was American USMC and her great grandfather was a soldier in the US army Staff Sergeant Danial Herbert Washington the third these Washingtons in her family have fought in every war since Lincoln signed the emancipation racking up every combat medal you can get and live to tell the tale. Parents moved to the states the year before she was born in upstate New York. Both parents are academics and teach at Ivy league universities however she was home schooled and attended a HBCU in Georgia, her grandfather’s alma mater before she transferred to Harvard. Like her parents she is a 10 percenter and a math prodigy. Got her BA in 2 years. She was 11 when she got her masters, a particle physicist at 14 when she got her doctorate and according to the records, we turned her down when she applied for a position here because someone thought she was too young. She’s still on pace to eclipse guys like Hawkings before she’s even 21.

How are the social skills? Is she dating a boy or girl?

Patal looking at the screen on his notepad answered, Nope, she said when asked that exact question by an interviewer a few years ago and I quote

“Any fool can spread their legs and make a baby, it takes no skill, intellect or discipline at all, but to make a real scientific breakthrough only a few at most in a generation are even capable of achieving such a thing.”

A 16-year-old girl said that?

Yes, however she was only 14 at the time it was in an interview with Oprah. After winning the Fields Medal. She had already won every cash or prestige prize for math for mathematics John Hopkins, Harvard, MIT, math tournament, Mathworks ect.

How did she wind up in DC?

The Obama administration gave her a top salary and security clearance after we turned her away. The kid is a great piece of pr. She spends most of her time at the telescope or in the labs. Out of sight, out of mind.

I want her and her file here yesterday. And find the idiot that didn’t hire her when she applied for a position at NASA and fire them immediately. No, scratch that, on second thought send them to my office. I want to see this nincompoop with my own eyes.

Robert Elvis Sherman had barely finished his studies and graduated with a C average from Yale. Six foot 3 blue eyes athletic with a winner’s smile he looked like a Ken doll come to life. It took tons of tutoring and paying numerous Chinese, African, and Indian students to take his test for him to pass all of his mathematics classes from algebra to trig to calculus. Fortunately, his parents had loads of cash and donated generously to the university. What he lacked in raw number-crushing intellect he made up for with charm, good looks. And the ability to read people like a psychic. Right now, his Spidey sense was tingling about this meeting with Gail Issacs. he knew the money his folks had and the political strings they had pulled to get him into a HR job at NASA meant nothing to a person like Gail Issacs one look into those wild green eyes and you could see the madness dancing behind them. Gail didn’t lift heavy anymore, but she did still work out and a lifetime of hitting the gym meant she was totally jacked in her middle age. Her receptionist a beefy shaved head black man built like a NFL linebacker not the type of guy you normally see working behind a desk as a PA buzzed him in and he heard him say in a melodious baritone as he walked by the circular workstation

Your 4 o’clock is here Mam.

He didn’t hear anything about a meeting until just after 2pm today. This was not a good sign. Be cool. Good afternoon Ms. Isaacs. He said, smiling as he extended his hand as he entered her office, and she looked up from the files on her desk over the rim of her glasses and glared at him as if his hand was covered in feces. He quickly withdrew his hand as she snapped her first orders at him.

Sit Down! As he began to sit, she tossed the file containing Dr. Washington’s application across the desk, and it slid into his chest. He fumbled to try to stop it from sliding onto the floor. Nearly falling out of his seat in the process.

Gail Issacs sighed then asked rhetorically, ” Do you remember this applicant Mister Sherman? He looked at the name and the photograph of the young math prodigy on the file.

Yes mam, he said his throat suddenly dry and now finding it difficult to swallow, next she tossed the folder containing the application of the person he hired instead of Dr. Washington.

So, she asked massaging her knuckles in her palm. do you care to explain your decision or should I just show you the cc footage of the two of you playing hide the salami?

I can explain..

Son, do not interrupt me, if I want any shit outta you I’ll squeeze your head. Do you understand?

Yes Mam.

Good, Now, Said Gail, as she leaned back into her chair, steepling her fingers. Normally, this sort of thing is a career ender. but you have the luck of the Irish on your side today, good sir. I’m not going to fire you. I’m going to promote you. Yessiree bob I’m going to transfer you. From now on you report directly to my very own personal security detail. Have I made myself clear.

Yes Mam. Thank you Mam.

Ahaha she said with a toothy grin there’s no need to thank me, this is a win for us both. She looked into his eyes and smiled and said, `Do you want to know what your first mission is Agent Robert Elvis Sherman, hmmm. No need to guess, I’ll tell you. I am charging you with the tasks of retrieving my mutha’ fucking genius teenaged scientist. Gail took a moment and paused, exhaling a long slow breath as she lowered her head and massaged her temples before she continued in a measured controlled tone obviously having difficulty restraining her rage. He could see that as she raised her eyes and began to speak again choosing her words carefully.

Why are you here at NASA and not selling real-estate, mlm, or what ever it is you people do? You pulled a lot of strings and called in a lot of favors to get a Human Resources job at NASA, why?

Robert Elvis Sherman understood that his usual bs was not going to cut it, she was smart so he figured the best thing to do was to tell her the truth. He looked her in the eye and explained. Every since I was a little kid I always wanted to be an astronaut. But by the time I reached college I realized I didn’t have the right stuff, I wasn’t smart enough to do anything useful in space but I still loved NASA and I believe in the mission so here I am.

Gail sighed as she gave the tall blonde man a wry smile. That was the first honest thing you’ve said in a long time. And that is why I didn’t fire you because you and I both love NASA and believe in the mission. We believe in service to a greater cause, I like that about you Mister Sherman. Did you know that over the last 50 years NASA has lost most of its funding because we didn’t understand politics. One of the things most of the people who work here have in common is high math and science skills but low social skills. They all understand the importance of solid engineering. They have surrounded themselves with others like themselves for so long they think everyone knows what they know and thinks the way they think. That is their fatal flaw because outside of this bubble virtually no one has enough basic math to comprehend the simplest task these people do every day. Without algebra, the calculus and trigonometry you lack the most rudimentary vocabulary necessary to comprehend their work.

Tell me about it. Robert sighed.

Gail smiled at the young man sitting across from her and continued “Einstein once said that if you really understood a scientific principle, you could explain it to a child using everyday language. He was wrong.”

Robert Sherman listened intently studing the Director as she spoke. “there; this is a place beyond metaphor. Trying to explain what we do here to someone without using math is like teaching Mandarin to a tone-deaf person.” Robert said nothing but looked at her with that need more information look in his eyes.

Gail continued. “The languages of the far east, Japanese, Chinese etc. all use pitch to change the definition of a word. So a sound like ‘Ma’ for example would have different meanings depending on what key you used when you made the sound. This is not a thing that happens in the west. People who grow up learning these sorts of ‘sing song’ languages are going to have perfect pitch more than 70 percent of the time. In the west it is the opposite: less than 30 percent of our population have perfect pitch.

The old operation paperclip Nazi, Wernher von Braun, knew this, he was a master of schmoozing with politicians and their ilk in order to get us funding. We had to become entertainers in order to endear ourselves in the public hearts. We had to make them feel invested. We had to make them feel good after they talked to us. We had to make them feel smart. Without doing any of the actual work that is needed to be smart. That is my primary mission here now. Massaging the egos of people who control the purse strings but who got Cs in algebra the irony is staggering. But I’m getting old kiddo and before you know it, I will need to be replaced with someone who loves NASA and knows how to sidle up to these cretins that control the money.

Robert we need people like you you like most good con-men are handsome, charismatic, with a gift for gab. If an engineer makes a mistake, rockets explode and people die. Your double D-cup friend’s math scores were going to get people killed. We both know you don’t belong here, however you’re not entirely useless so learn to keep it in your pants. Now, do the right thing and talk the young doctor into coming to work for NASA. You have 48 hours to have that young lady in my office or you and I are going to have a serious problem. You will accompany Agent Smith to retrieve the asset. Remember, you are no longer in HR as of this moment you are part of my special security team. Any questions?

No mam and I promise I won’t let you down this time. She sat down and waved her hand at him as if shooing away a fly without even looking up. As he turned to leave Gail pressed the button on her intercom: send in my 4:30.

As Robert Elvis Sherman left Gail Issac’s office, Malissa Torresse was entering the office already in tears. He knew she would not be here when he returned. He said nothing, she ignored him as she entered Gail Issacs office for the first and last time.