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1. We have human technologies to impact 625m/s of delta-V to a moon that weighs 10,000,000,000,000 tonnes? [1] 2. What exactly would that accomplish? [1] Shou
by vkou 4y ago
1. We have human technologies to impact 625m/s of delta-V to a moon that weighs 10,000,000,000,000 tonnes? [1]
2. What exactly would that accomplish?
[1] Should 'only' take 2 * 10^21 joules of energy[2].
[2] Humanity's annual energy consumption is 5.8 * 10^20 joules.
- PicassoCTs 4y agoIts not about brute force, its about giving it a kick in the right direction, changing the already moribund orbit, into one which graces atmosphere now instead of in 10000 years. The rest it does on its own.. 2. At that scale, it guess reignite volcanic activity, freeze frozen water and atmosphere. Or create a snowball event, although one could argue that mars already experienced that.