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Are you suggesting that we reel in the moon to geosynchronous orbit? Ignoring our obviously insufficient mastery of the art of ropemaking etc, that's a quite en
by usrusr 7y ago
Are you suggesting that we reel in the moon to geosynchronous orbit? Ignoring our obviously insufficient mastery of the art of ropemaking etc, that's a quite entertaining thought experiment. Tidal forces while moving the moon closer would knead our whole geology into utter chaos once, then later tectonics could stabilise much more than possible with the moon in its current orbit. The weather would also be quite funny, with those daily, hours-long eclipses hitting the same regions over and over again, causing dramatic gradients in energy influx.
- tsbinz 7y agoWe are already doing that (or rather, the moon is doing it to us), more by changing earth's rotation than by changing distance. We just need to wait a couple billion years for earth to be tidally locked to the moon (and not just the other way around like it is now).
- balabaster 7y agoWell I guess that makes the construction deadline a little easier to hit :P
- marcosdumay 7y ago> a couple billion years What good does an eclipse if the Sun is all around? Or rather, we can commemorate that we'll have half a day long solar eclipses all year long.