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Re: How would you move a planet?
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Date: 
Fri, 14 Feb 2003 23:28:20 GMT
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I'd move a planet by crashing another planet
into it, like happened w/ mars and the
asteroid belt

hasn't anyone in here played billiards?

or did you mean move it and keep everyone
alive?

:-)

-paul

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.
> 
> 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, but it would also
> be cool to hear some random ideas out of the blue.
> 
> For visual impact I keep imagining city sized thrusters spaced out evenly
> over one side of the planet.  Or maybe a massive super thin/strong net
> covering the whole planet, pulled on the other side by some space tugs.
> 
> Ideas?
> 
> [ j o n ]
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  How would you move a planet?
 
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. Now moving a giant body from one place to another is obviously a sci fi (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-03, to lugnet.space)

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