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Would the Earth end still be in geostationary orbit even with a variation of the Moon's orbit by 43,000 km? And if the Moon end snapped would that mean the ent
by dghughes 7y ago
Would the Earth end still be in geostationary orbit even with a variation of the Moon's orbit by 43,000 km?
And if the Moon end snapped would that mean the entire 380,000km cable would crash to Earth? How much weight and what velocity would it be? Crazy!
- sudhirj 7y agoIt's 40,000kg, so about 400 heavy people or a handful of elephants. Might not be fun if you're under it, but not particularly damaging to the planet.
- dghughes 7y agoBut what velocity would it be traveling? Project Thor aka "the Rods from God" concept is a satellite with 20'x1' 76,000 lb (34,000kg) tungsten rods. No explosives just pure mass and kinetic energy. From low Earth orbit they would travel at Mach 10. Supposedly at impact each rod would release the same energy as a small nuclear bomb.