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Re: How would you move a planet?
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Sat, 15 Feb 2003 02:29:55 GMT
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...One dumptruck load at a time.
I think it'd be seriously less expensive to dismantle an entire planet, move
it in chunks, then use its resources to construct a new one elsewhere, than
it would be to tug the whole shebang at once.
If you want your orbital collectable in one piece (possibly for sale on
e-Bay?) then some kind of gravity shove is your best shot. It's held
together by gravity, it's held in orbit by gravity. Keep in mind that the
planet Earth is basically a large quivering bag of liquid metal sealed up in
a thin rocky crust. Using sheer physical force to push or pull it would
compress it and make it go *splat* like an overripe orange. So pushing or
pulling at a single spot is out.
I saw this trick in an episode of Stargate once. (1) Open up a wormhole
between a black hole and the Earth. The black hole would exert its
gravitational effect through the wormhole, pulling the planet towards it.
Keep the wormhole open until the planet is where you want it. Judicious use
of several black holes can help you fine-tune your location.
Just park it next to a beach, so I can sell all my now-worthless real estate
at a premium.
Cheers,
- jsproat
1. Oooo can we start a Stargate Physics vs. Star Trek Physics debate? I
say that a Goauld mothership could take out the Enterprise-D, except that
the Goaulds' weak understanding of tactics would make it too easy for the
Federation... :-,
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| How to move a planet. That's easy just use the Death Star. Now if you want to move it in one piece that is another matter entirely. :-) (...) The Federation has NO understanding of tactics. First Contact for example, they needed Piccard to tell them (...) (21 years ago, 15-Feb-03, to lugnet.space)
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| 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 (...) (21 years ago, 14-Feb-03, to lugnet.space)
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