Re:How to destroy the Earth (completely)
by astine on Sunday June 20, 2010 @03:53PM
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"Unfortunately, that place needs to be immovable"
No, it merely needs to be of sufficient mass. As a practical strategy for moving the earth, this would clearly be infeasible, but, strictly speaking, I don't think that it is impossible.
Re:How to destroy the Earth (completely)
by dhimes on Sunday June 20, 2010 @04:39PM
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When Newton came along we realized that all we needed to do was jump. Granted, we don't move the earth very much, and it comes right back, but still...
No, it merely needs to be of sufficient mass. As a practical strategy for moving the earth, this would clearly be infeasible, but, strictly speaking, I don't think that it is impossible.