Keep That Noise Down

"Yes Prime Minister. It's. ermm, it's, yes, it's slowing down. According to our figures it must have been slowing down even as it entered the Solar System." He stops in thought, then adds, "America have confirmed it, everything, as have other countries now, as the report states ..." he says it as if the British figures could be in doubt "...the figures are all there." He points at a folder nevertheless.