Space/Science » in reply to Moving it closer would be VASTLY more expensive than any alternative.

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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