I just hate to waste a terrestrial planet that is so close by...

Scott Evil — 3/17/2006 3:16:24 PM (archived)

I do like the idea of causing a huge impact on a nearby planet so that we can study the effects...

Mars has an extra moon... Why don't we just crash one into the planet Mars and see what happens?

Too bad Venus doesn't have any such moons.

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Terrafroming Venus - Scott Evil - 3/16/2006 10:30:47 PM
- Assuming we are able to engineer glow-in-the dark butterflys (or NANO Robots) that poop buckyballs - Scott Evil - 3/22/2006 9:04:12 PM
  - Diamondoid - Adam - 3/23/2006 11:15:30 AM
- re: Terrafroming Venus - REB - 3/21/2006 7:20:24 PM
- I'm for moving the planet - azstrummer - 3/17/2006 11:50:18 PM
  - NIMBY! - Tom Brosz - 3/19/2006 5:34:35 PM
    - Swap 'em - Adam - 3/20/2006 9:43:35 AM
- What if we move a small comet into orbit of Venus and then spin it... - Scott Evil - 3/17/2006 9:00:18 PM
- Maybe nano-tech will... - alcaray - 3/17/2006 8:17:49 PM
  - re: Maybe nano-tech will... - ljk - 3/18/2006 4:42:34 PM
  - Let it fall to the ground. - Scott Evil - 3/17/2006 8:43:14 PM
- Move it into orbit around Earth - SDF - 3/17/2006 3:55:29 PM
  - re: Maybe what is needed is tidal effects. - Scott Evil - 3/17/2006 4:17:52 PM
  - re: Move it into orbit around Mars. (n/t) - SDF - 3/17/2006 3:56:44 PM
    - How about half way between Mars and Earth? - Scott Evil - 3/17/2006 4:16:16 PM
      - or in opposition to earth? (n/t) - podrock - 3/17/2006 6:44:17 PM
        
        But then it would collide with Gor (n/t) - Laurie Street - 3/17/2006 6:46:46 PM
        
        I miss Gor - alcaray - 3/17/2006 7:49:50 PM
        
        If you can wait a bit... - ljk - 3/19/2006 4:04:51 PM
        
        What about the Earth-Sun L1 Lagrange Point? - SDF - 3/21/2006 2:25:17 PM
        
        Correction!!! I meant the L4 or L5 Lagrange Points - SDF - 3/21/2006 2:27:25 PM
- Or Asterform it. - Tom Brosz - 3/17/2006 3:31:46 PM
  - Almost like a proto-Earth - Thea collision. - et - 3/17/2006 7:59:52 PM
    - But how? - Scott Evil - 3/17/2006 8:41:53 PM
      - re: What if you put a cloud of mirco debris in orbit around Venus... - Scott Evil - 3/17/2006 8:50:11 PM
        
        I've put some thought into this. I think I posted on it.... - et - 3/17/2006 9:38:50 PM
        
        re: What if you could come up with a molecular structure that would cause a greenhouse in reverse? - Scott Evil - 3/17/2006 9:56:18 PM
        
        Not that far out of the box - Robert - 3/18/2006 9:25:34 PM
        
        re: Not that far out of the box - R.L. - 3/22/2006 9:58:24 AM
        
        far out of the box - Robert - 3/22/2006 3:11:46 PM
        
        reread my above post... - R.L. - 3/23/2006 10:02:08 AM
        
        What if you seeded the atmosphere with Iridescent material that gives off light when heated? - Scott Evil - 3/22/2006 4:07:51 PM
        
        re: What if you seeded the atmosphere with Iridescent material that gives off light when heated? - Robert - 3/22/2006 5:11:04 PM
        
        I was hoping that you would tell me that a buckyball heated above 150 Degrees F would begin to glow white hot light... - Scott Evil - 3/22/2006 5:41:04 PM
        
        Oops - Robert - 3/22/2006 6:08:25 PM
        
        WILL ONE? I JUST MADE THAT UP! - Scott Evil - 3/22/2006 7:27:09 PM
        
        Whoa there! - Robert - 3/22/2006 8:12:10 PM
        
        If R.L. patents this idea, I humbly request that he call them "Evil Lasers" (n/t) - Scott Evil - 3/22/2006 9:13:18 PM
        
        What about "BuckeyBlasters"? (n/t) - Robert - 3/23/2006 9:33:54 PM
        
        Maybe we just came up with a way to deliver molecules (drugs) to a body using a buckeyball delivery means. - Scott Evil - 3/22/2006 8:46:31 PM
        
        I believe that this has been suggested before... - R.L. - 3/23/2006 10:19:01 AM
        
        What about carbon airgels? - Scott Evil - 3/22/2006 7:55:22 PM
        
        BTW, speaking of big ideas - Robert - 3/22/2006 8:18:57 PM
        
        Wow - Robert - 3/22/2006 8:15:49 PM
        
        engineering planetary systems. - Scott Evil - 3/19/2006 11:13:35 PM
        
        re: engineering planetary systems. - Robert - 3/20/2006 2:49:48 PM
        
        re: What if you could come up with a molecular structure that would cause a greenhouse in reverse? - Johannes - 3/18/2006 1:29:55 AM
  - Smash the planet Mercury into Venus? - Scott Evil - 3/17/2006 4:14:37 PM
    - Holy smokes... - McFly - 3/17/2006 6:11:10 PM
      - Yeah, let's do these 4 of July celebrations in someone else's star system (n/t) - alcaray - 3/17/2006 8:14:25 PM
- Nope - Adam - 3/17/2006 11:01:03 AM
  - I just hate to waste a terrestrial planet that is so close by... - Scott Evil - 3/17/2006 3:16:24 PM
    - Who says it's a waste? - Adam - 3/19/2006 5:16:34 AM
- Hit it with a BIG icy comet - Buck Galaxy - 3/17/2006 8:12:15 AM
  - How about a big molten ball of rock guys? - et - 3/17/2006 9:07:53 AM
    - Using machine self-replicating systems (SRS) - ljk - 3/17/2006 4:22:56 PM
- It does not seem like a good idea. - David F Mayer - 3/16/2006 10:36:06 PM
- Oh crap...I did it again... - Scott Evil - 3/16/2006 10:31:24 PM
  - I'll take care of it, hang on for a few minutes. (n/t) - Robert - 3/16/2006 10:37:27 PM
    - Moved - Robert - 3/16/2006 10:38:48 PM
      - Thanks by the way... - Scott Evil - 3/17/2006 9:07:17 PM
        
        No problem - Robert - 3/17/2006 9:22:32 PM
        
        Hummm...Buckeyball Bugs... - Scott Evil - 3/17/2006 9:45:45 PM
        
        re: Hummm...Buckeyball Bugs... - Robert - 3/18/2006 1:05:32 AM
        
        Maybe the bugs could poop buckeyballs? - Scott Evil - 3/17/2006 10:27:37 PM
        
        Carbon - nick hoffman - 3/18/2006 5:41:21 AM
        
        re: Carbon - Robert - 3/18/2006 8:58:44 PM
        
        Maybe we are making a mistake in thinking that the best use for the planet would be as a "sister Earth" - Scott Evil - 3/19/2006 9:59:44 PM
        
        has the carbon in abundance - Adam - 3/20/2006 9:39:16 AM
        
        One problem at a time! - Scott Evil - 3/18/2006 4:37:01 PM
        
        See Venus now - before we change it! - ljk - 3/23/2006 3:37:23 PM

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