Finnaly, its been what? 3 1/2 decades?
Cheese mining, lol....
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Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
180 day lunar stays . . . wow.
Yay! Moon Cheese!
what about whaling? will they be whaling on the moon?
The International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling 'applies to factory ships, land stations, and whale catchers under the jurisdiction of the Contracting Governments'. Doesn't mention moon stations anywhere, so you'd be able to process the catch legally. Not so sure if obtaining the catch would also be legal, though.kr@cker wrote:
what about whaling? will they be whaling on the moon?
Moonshine will be legal, of course, and mooning.
Hicks on the moon, LOL
on the moon, nerds get spanked with moonrocks
I don't know if we need to associate with those mooninites, they not very diplomatic
kr@cker wrote:
I don't know if we need to associate with those mooninites, they not very diplomatic
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Slightly more serious question (but only slightly) - when/if they do start mining the moon and they move all that mass of cheese down to earth, what will happen to the moons orbit?
Now for the science bit:
Say:
m1=10 (earth)
m2=5 (moon)
r=1 (distance)
G=1 (gravitational constant)
F=1*(10*5)/12
F=50
Ok, so say we move half the mass of the moon down to the earth, we get:
m1=12.5 (earth)
m2=2.5 (moon)
r=1 (distance)
G=1 (gravitational constant)
F=1*(12.5*2.5)/12
F=31.25
So, the gravitational force between the two decreases! And the moon flies off into space?
Now for the science bit:
OK, to make the math easy, we're going to assume some very wrong numbers, but it will illustrate the principle:wikipedia wrote:
Isaac Newton's theory of universal gravitation states the following:
Every single point mass attracts every other point mass by a force heading along the line combining the two. The force is proportional to the product of the two masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between the point masses:
F = G*(m1*m2)/(r^2)
where:
F is the magnitude of the (repulsive) gravitational force between the two point masses
G is the gravitational constant
m1 is the mass of the first point mass
m2 is the mass of the second point mass
r is the distance between the two point masses
Assuming SI units, F is measured in newtons (N), m1 and m2 in kilograms (kg), r in metres (m), and the constant G is approximately equal to 6.67 × 10−11 N m2 kg−2 (newtons times meters squared per kilogram squared).
Say:
m1=10 (earth)
m2=5 (moon)
r=1 (distance)
G=1 (gravitational constant)
F=1*(10*5)/12
F=50
Ok, so say we move half the mass of the moon down to the earth, we get:
m1=12.5 (earth)
m2=2.5 (moon)
r=1 (distance)
G=1 (gravitational constant)
F=1*(12.5*2.5)/12
F=31.25
So, the gravitational force between the two decreases! And the moon flies off into space?
It's always been my dream...one step closer...
We carry a harpoon!kr@cker wrote:
what about whaling? will they be whaling on the moon?
My state was founded by Batman. Your opinion is invalid.
Yes!!! Mr. Show! Awesome clip...Pug wrote:
It's always been my dream...one step closer...