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Re: How would you move a planet?
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lugnet.space
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Fri, 14 Feb 2003 20:22:34 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Jon Palmer writes:
> Unlike my earlier post about the cables and reels, this does not directly
> have anything to do with an upcoming MOC, but I thought it would be a fun
> discussion nonetheless.
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> Now moving a giant body from one place to another is obviously a sci fi
> staple, so I expect a lot of references to various books...
Gravity: If you're hyperspace-capable, you could put one or more ships (as
massive as possible) in space and let them free-fall toward the planet in
the opposite direction you want the planet moved. Before your ship crashes,
hyper-jump back to your starting point. You could have a constant string of
massive ships free-falling toward the planet, and the planet "falling"
toward the ships. This assumes that your hyperdrive is reactionless (there
is no transfer of momentum to the planet during jumps).
Isaac Asimov wrote about something like this in 'Nemesis,' except he
postulated that travelling in hyperspace made gravity work in reverse, so it
pushed away from the ship. Also, the object being moved was a star, not a
planet, but they had thousands of years.
Jeff J
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