Bummer! The outer space bureaucracy is not happening. Over the weekend the Brits invented the story about the United Nations appointing an ambassador in charge of extraterrestrial contacts. The most amazing part of the story was the speed with which the false rumor spread through many serious news outlets. Apparently the opinion of the media about the UN is so low that the appointment of an ET Ambassador seemed realistic. Newscasters all over the globe believed that Ban Ki-moon is totally capable of going intergalactic. After all it is likely that the UN will meet an alien before the...