Re: It'll be a rock
"and it would profoundly change our perception of ourselves in relation to the universe."
Sadly, it wont. We will carry on as we are doing. Fighting amongst ourselves like we have always done. Slowly polluting our planet, just as we have always done. Ad nauseam...
UNTIL some ET bugger actually lands here, at which point it will be taken off for "tests" at area51, ad nauseam.