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To: pepsionice
We need to eventually leave this planet, period. There’s no if’s about this.

Humans leaving the planet could be extremely difficult. Far easier to move the Earth out a ways to keep it in the habitable zone.

5 posted on 09/20/2013 2:29:36 AM PDT by NutCrackerBoy
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To: NutCrackerBoy
Humans leaving the planet could be extremely difficult. Far easier to move the Earth out a ways to keep it in the habitable zone.

Not sure what the energy requirements would be to boost the Earth to a higher orbit around the Sun, but they must be gargantuan. Maybe we could launch a giant "sunshade" to partly block the sun. Make it a solar collector and beam back the energy to Earth as a bonus. (I know, I'm dreaming. The reality is we don't even have an available means to launch a manned vehicle at the moment. Sad, really.)

21 posted on 09/20/2013 5:50:37 AM PDT by Flick Lives (We're going to be just like the old Soviet Union, but with free cell phones!)
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To: NutCrackerBoy
Far easier to move the Earth out a ways to keep it in the habitable zone

Back in the Cold War days there was a story that "Red China" was developing a Doomsday weapon: The communist government would equip every Chinese citizen with a six foot stump in their yard. At a signal from Chairman Mao everyone would mount their stump and jump off, knocking the Earth out of its orbit.

27 posted on 09/20/2013 6:31:08 AM PDT by 19th LA Inf
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