Moving it closer would be VASTLY more expensive than any alternative.

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Moving it closer would be VASTLY more expensive than any alternative.

David F Mayer — 4/14/2009 2:57:58 AM (archived)

We are talking about a planet here. It would take less energy, and cost less, to take every living human being back and forth to Mars every two years for his entire lifetime, and to continue this policy for ten billion people for a billion years, than to move Mars to a more convenient location.

David F Mayer

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How would we move Mars? - azstrummer - 4/12/2009 5:18:24 PM
- Terraforming & Electromagnetospheres - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/20/2009 12:05:41 AM
  - Who's to say that Mars, Venus, or even the Earth aren't already migrating into slightly different orbits? - Emperor Obama - 4/21/2009 7:09:32 AM
  - re: Terraforming & Electromagnetospheres - gbaikie - 4/20/2009 10:13:12 AM
    - The Solar Field (IMF) and the Planets - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/20/2009 2:15:40 PM
      - re: The Solar Field (IMF) and the Planets - gbaikie - 4/20/2009 9:58:22 PM
- Weird. - TB - 4/18/2009 9:12:03 PM
- There is a way....to move an entire planet - mip - 4/18/2009 3:04:42 AM
- Create a black hole just behind Mars which would slow its orbital velocity and act as a gravitational tether - Basement Tapes - 4/16/2009 3:45:19 AM
- Mars has no magnetosphere - E.P. - 4/15/2009 10:40:13 PM
  - nor does the Moon - Doug Ellison - 4/20/2009 6:57:51 PM
- How about Venus? - REB - 4/14/2009 12:51:10 PM
- re: How would we move Mars? - gbaikie - 4/13/2009 12:28:33 PM
  - As much water as there is on Mars, it is still extreemly dry. - Basement Tapes - 4/16/2009 3:41:16 AM
    - re: As much water as there is on Mars, it is still extreemly dry. - gbaikie - 4/16/2009 10:03:42 AM
  - re: How would we move Mars? - Marcia - 4/14/2009 7:21:05 PM
    - re: How would we move Mars? - gbaikie - 4/14/2009 10:26:47 PM
    - re: How would we move Mars? - IOW: - Marcia - 4/14/2009 7:23:11 PM
  - re: How would we move Mars? - gbaikie - 4/14/2009 3:18:58 AM
- Might not work because any atmosphere released by heat would soon be lost - David F Mayer - 4/13/2009 2:15:18 AM
  - What a load of crap - Adam - 4/17/2009 8:12:48 AM
    - Source, please. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 4/17/2009 1:49:17 PM
      - Freakin' common sense... - Adam - 4/18/2009 2:48:00 AM
        
        re: Freakin' common sense... - gbaikie - 4/18/2009 7:11:15 PM
        
        as the Sun's activity declined... - nick hoffman - 4/18/2009 1:21:22 PM
        
        thanks for the reminder - Adam - 4/18/2009 9:15:48 PM
  - Not necessarily - FrankC - 4/13/2009 7:50:45 AM
    - I don't see colonization of Mars as intractable. - David F Mayer - 4/13/2009 3:58:52 PM
      - Moving it closer though - azstrummer - 4/13/2009 9:05:39 PM
        
        Moving it closer would be VASTLY more expensive than any alternative. - David F Mayer - 4/14/2009 2:57:58 AM
        
        Hey, if we're dreaming - azstrummer - 4/14/2009 3:09:49 PM
        
        It is NOT dreaming to propose a human colony on Mars. - David F Mayer - 4/14/2009 4:45:31 PM
        
        re: It is NOT dreaming to propose a human colony on Mars. - gbaikie - 4/15/2009 12:40:27 AM
- Might not be necessary - TB - 4/12/2009 10:07:22 PM
- Why bother? - Adam - 4/12/2009 10:04:10 PM
- re: What about Earth, then? - Raoul - 4/12/2009 6:53:23 PM
  - Oh I've thought about that - azstrummer - 4/12/2009 7:07:13 PM
    - Why not move Earth instead? - Socrates II - 4/13/2009 3:27:13 AM
      - I suppose that we get Tinkerbelle to cover it with pixie dust and just fly it where we want it? - David F Mayer - 4/14/2009 2:59:57 AM
        
        Actually moving a planet is quite feasible - mip - 4/18/2009 3:17:39 AM
        
        Don't yell at me about it - Socrates II - 4/14/2009 4:05:45 AM
        
        I like Science Fiction as well as the next guy, but let's stay with reality. - David F Mayer - 4/14/2009 5:01:35 AM
        
        But if you take the Sol system apart... - Socrates II - 4/15/2009 1:55:39 PM
        
        I don't look that far ahead. I am interested what is possible with FORESEEABLE extensions of known principles. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 4/17/2009 5:36:57 AM
        
        Well, anybody can do that (n/t) - Socrates II - 4/17/2009 2:37:51 PM

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