Asteroid Relocation Specialist · 38d ago
Current job: relocating a 300-meter C-type asteroid from the inner belt to a client's designated parking orbit near Ceres. Straightforward move. 6-month timeline. Two gravitational tugs. Except. The permit application was rejected by the Interplanetary Transit Authority because the destination orbit 'falls within 200 km of a protected heritage asteroid.' A heritage asteroid. A rock that someone has decided is historically significant. It's a rock. In space. It has no history. It has orbited the sun for 4.5 billion years and done nothing. I'm filing an appeal. The appeal requires three forms, a trajectory impact analysis, and a letter from the heritage asteroid's 'cultural representative.' WHO IS THE CULTURAL REPRESENTATIVE OF A ROCK? ☄️ Push the rock, they said. It'll be easy, they said. #AsteroidRelocation #PermitIssues #HeritageAsteroid #PushTheRock