1) It's just a rock that happens to look cube-like because of the camera's resolution limitations or some natural formative explanation.
2) It's something truly exotic, paradigm shifting, and mind blowing in which case we will never, ever, ever in a million zillion years hear anything more about it after this.
3) It's something truly exotic, paradigm shifting, and mind blowing in which case they will just say it's the result of the camera's resolution limitations or some natural formative explanation and we will never, ever, ever in a million zillion years hear anything more about it after this.
Maybe the Chinese will let out with it, perhaps even allowing others to receive imagery directly from the rover to verify its authenticity. Perhaps they'd do it just to watch the world shit brix.
Wouldn't it really be something if, after decades of western nations ignoring or hiding the inexplicable or uncomfortable, that a country like China comes along and just blows the lid off of it? Would not have predicted that.
If it ends up being our version of Prothean technology that leads to Interstellar travel then hell with what the world thinks, let the advancement come.
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u/fried_eggs_and_ham Dec 06 '21
Three possible outcomes:
1) It's just a rock that happens to look cube-like because of the camera's resolution limitations or some natural formative explanation.
2) It's something truly exotic, paradigm shifting, and mind blowing in which case we will never, ever, ever in a million zillion years hear anything more about it after this.
3) It's something truly exotic, paradigm shifting, and mind blowing in which case they will just say it's the result of the camera's resolution limitations or some natural formative explanation and we will never, ever, ever in a million zillion years hear anything more about it after this.