I mean do we really? I'm sick of this crap.
I mean do we really? I'm sick of this crap.
There was a Discovery Channel show recently titled "If We Had No Moon." Pretty fascinating. We'd pretty much be screwed.
Tides, werewolves...F*** that silly rock.
shouldn't you be...working? and yeah, we probably need it.
Imagine a moon-less weather report – blizzards over the Sahara, floodwaters swallowing the Pyramids, 90-degree temperatures in Antarctica. As the earth wobbles on its axis – unsecured by the moon's gravitational pull – the polar caps would grow and recede at frightening rates. And without the moon, our planet would spin much faster – meaning four-hour days and searing temperatures.
Worse yet, evidence reveals that we are in fact losing our grip on our lunar friend thanks to the ebb and flow of the oceans' tides. Experts reveal theories for salvaging the moon – including hijacking Europa from Jupiter – and demonstrate how we can prepare ourselves for our eventual life without it.
If we were in danger of losing our moon, wouldn't it be easier to put it back in alignment rather than corralling a moon from the other side of the solar system?
Just like on Thundarr the Barbarian
Jupiter would be pissed if we jacked their moon!
BTW that was a quote from the discovery site.
And screw the Discovery Channel too! Nothing good ever came from their pseudo-scientific ramblings.
I invented the moon.
I am starting to see RobertRunner's point of view........ forget that place!
Al Gore wrote:
I invented the moon.
are you serial?
I'm invading the moon.
Howard Stern has occasionally ranted about his desire to blow up the moon. He hates the moon, too.
RobertRunner wrote:
I mean do we really? I'm sick of this crap.
Yes we do need the moon.
Thanks for that.
When I saw the thread title, I thought it was from some DyesStat HS XC team wondering if they should drop trou and hang their fannies out the back of the bus on the way home from a meet.
But to answer the question: of course we need a moon, as a target goal for our ambitions. In the words of Robert Browning:
"Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp - or what's a heaven for?"
Whatever. The moon is a giant hologram. Benito Mussolini blew the real moon up back in 1927.
It would be so much nicer if it were covered with chrome.
Ol Grumpus wrote:
It would be so much nicer if it were covered with chrome.
Not that I would guess any of you guys know who Grandaddy are, but the thread made me think of this:
go progress chrome
they paint the moon today
some brand new future color
go progress chrome
i aim to shoot the scaffolds
i like it how its always been
go progress chrome
nocturnal glare confusion
the night owl and i will hunt the contractor
go progress chrome
i wont be at your unveiling
i like it how its always been
how its always been