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Re: How would you move a planet?
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Sat, 15 Feb 2003 04:41:27 GMT
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1) On the only Futurama episode I've ever seen, they revealed that their
delivery ship works by actually standing still, and moving the universe
around it. I bet that could be scaled down.... I need to watch more of that
show.
2) I saw Superman (when he had electrical powers for a few months) change
the moon's polarity to repel it from the earth, as it was crashing towards
it. I guess this would hinge on the planet being near a much larger mass.
3) I think the easiest way would be to slow the rotation of the planet
around its star, to let it drift out (or conversely, speed the rotation to
move it closer); once the planet is out of its orbit, it should be easier to
move. Although, this would seriously affect the concept of years.
-nk
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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, but it would also
> be cool to hear some random ideas out of the blue. • <yoink>
> Ideas?
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| (...) Easier than watching Futurama. (You've got it backwards: add velocity to Earth to make its orbit further out, then you're done.) Actually NASA now has this contingency plan for moving Earth. It does involve borrowing energy from the outer (...) (22 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 (...) (22 years ago, 14-Feb-03, to lugnet.space)
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