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Sure, go ahead and ignore what people on the moon feel because Earth is more important. It's all fun and games until people start throwing rocks.
by TrueGeek 3y ago
Sure, go ahead and ignore what people on the moon feel because Earth is more important. It's all fun and games until people start throwing rocks.
- bluGill 3y agoNo human has walked on the moon in my lifetime (last human left December 1972). I'm somewhat against going back because I like to tease old people about this (which isn't a good reason I know, but it is fun). Even if/when humans again walk on the moon it will just be a short trip and they will head back to earth (Likely China, but India is realistic, other countries that could realistically send someone to the moon don't seem very interested in trying) Their missions will be planed from Earth, and they will otherwise want to match earth time so they can contact people back on Earth. If in the distance future we put colony on the moon, the people will drift apart from earth and so I expect the kids born on the moon will not care about earth time so much and may eventually demand a switch to moon time. OTOH, I think what they really want out of moon time (light cycles are too long to be useful humans) probably isn't what we think today.
- williamcotton 3y agoIn this distant future I imagine that getting to Earth from the Moon is pretty easy and very common. I doubt people move off of an Earth-centric time. Of course this would be very different for planets or solar systems far from Earth.
- bluGill 3y agoI would think it is more like going from North America to Australia. Possible, you are likely to know someone who did - but it isn't common because between cost and the travel time is just isn't worth it.
- black6 3y agoHarsh
- layer8 3y agoEarth will win because it has more rocks. Although I guess an equilibrium will necessarily be reached after a sufficient amount of rock-throwing.
- TrueGeek 3y agoNo, no, you forget about the gravity well. Read up on your Heinlein!
- aftbit 3y agoOr the Expanse series. Although there the Moon is firmly in Earth's political control, while the rock-throwers are further out in the asteroid belt.
- a-priori 3y agoThe Moon will win because it has the high ground.
- idontpost 3y ago[dead]
- aftbit 3y agoWho can throw rocks better, a tribe with a giant pile of boulders at the bottom of a valley, or a single man with a pile of fist-sized stones at the top of a mountain?
- layer8 3y agoMaybe the one with more rocks to convert into energy via rock fusion?
- tailspin2019 3y agoI’ll just leave this here: https://youtu.be/N_DjsmkD1fw https://youtu.be/N_DjsmkD1fw