This is ignoring the obvious question: what are we not doing that we should be with researching Oumuamua on that basis?
What concrete experiments would prove its an alien construct as opposed to being just interstellar rock?
The scientific community isn't rejecting proposals to find more Oumuamua like objects, and has been actively trying to figure out how we could intercept another one when it turns up.
So what exactly is requiring us to start from "it might be aliens" in order to get funded?
What concrete experiments would prove its an alien construct as opposed to being just interstellar rock?
The scientific community isn't rejecting proposals to find more Oumuamua like objects, and has been actively trying to figure out how we could intercept another one when it turns up.
So what exactly is requiring us to start from "it might be aliens" in order to get funded?