What if the moon got blown to pieces?
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I guess it depends on how many little pieces it broke into.zpfanatic81195 said:
The gravity of the moon is what stabilizes the earth's rotation, and without it would turn out of control. That is, the planet would no longer rotate around a (relatively) straight line, but would wobble to the point that the magnetic poles would face the sun at times. Seasons would become extreme and erratic. The ice caps would melt, unseasonable weather would run rampant. Crops fail, livestock and wildlife die, and mass famine grips every corner of the globe. Also, it would be really fucking dark at night.
But you know, if we had the technology to practically approach blowing up the moon (which is about a fourth the size of Earth) we could probably compensate for the negative effects of the moon's absence. Or just go somewhere else.
Gravity increase?Mstrswrd said:
And that shall be your downfall it seems D:[sup][sup][sup]But they just rendered your weapons null with their whale telekinesis :O[/sup][/sup][/sup]Neonbob said:I've always tried to get into anything that mentions whales, dear boy.Sleekgiant said:You are getting predictable old chapNeonbob said:
[sub][sub][sub]You fell for the old whale trap >[/sub][/sub][/sub]
[sup][sup][sup]I never fall for them! I waltz into them with enough firepower to blow half of Asia to Mars!
A lot of people will stare awkwardly at the moon, and gape at it's.....molten core? Then they will continue on with their lives.
Don't believe me?
Take a look.
Don't believe me?
Take a look.
Yeah hopefully before we all die a firey death we have time to kill anyone who says "I told you so" finally wiretaps, CCTV and smart bombs come together for a good causedeadman91 said:
Assuming that it can no longer become possessed by evil masks and threaten to crash into Clock Town, maybe Anju and Kafei can finally be together!
In all seriousness, we'd be very, very dead.
In all seriousness, we'd be very, very dead.
Never! My downfall shall be my inability to tell what people are saying with their body language, coupled with my horrible social skills!Sleekgiant said:And that shall be your downfall it seems D:Neonbob said:I've always tried to get into anything that mentions whales, dear boy.
[sup][sup][sup]I never fall for them! I waltz into them with enough firepower to blow half of Asia to Mars!
[sup][sup][sup]But they just rendered your weapons null with their whale telekinesis :O[/sup][/sup][/sup]
[sup][sup][sup]Ah. Well, I'm glad I left more outside of their range, just waiting for a trigger.
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Bah those skills are worthless when you have nukes >Neonbob said:Never! My downfall shall be my inability to tell what people are saying with their body language, coupled with my horrible social skills!Sleekgiant said:And that shall be your downfall it seems D:Neonbob said:I've always tried to get into anything that mentions whales, dear boy.
[sup][sup][sup]I never fall for them! I waltz into them with enough firepower to blow half of Asia to Mars!
[sup][sup][sup]But they just rendered your weapons null with their whale telekinesis :O[/sup][/sup][/sup]
[sup][sup][sup]Ah. Well, I'm glad I left more outside of their range, just waiting for a trigger.
[sup][sup][sup]Well the time to strike will be when they least expect it......during fourth of July
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the moon's remains would crash onto earth and all life would be extinguished waaaay before we noticed the shit from the tides... or lack of them.
If the tides changed than most of life in the ocean would die, therefore destroying our ecosystem. Basically it wouldn't end well for anyone especially the moon.
aaaah you ninja you. Only if we start mining the moon though....FlashHero said:
If we're lucky i guess a large piece of the moon will still have some effect on the earth in some way. But then space travel would be very difficult(debris during takeoff/reentry) and no more full moons to look at =[
On the bright side....we get a cool as ring like saturn
K, let's see. First off, any remaining debris would most likely be probably close enough to Earth that it would not maintain a velocity high enough to escape being pulled into Earth. The debris would cease to fall "around" Earth and destroy any spacecraft in the immediate vicinity. This means most modern things would probably go offline or become useless. The debris itself would cause massive damage to the Earth, possibly wiping out all life but heat-based extremophiles.
Assuming we live, the tides would be fucked up completely. This would effect things on an environmentally and socially charged level. This would also affect climate and weather patterns, as well as the Earth's pole balance. The Earth itself would go through cataclsymic changes.
Finally, the night sky would be very, very, very dark. The moon's like a natural mirror, it reflects visible light from the sun on the the part of the earth faced away from the sun. Assuming the debris from the explosion is to small to continue falling around the Earth, we'd have no more major light at night. If it is big enough and far enough away to maintain orbit, it might still reflect a little bit of light at us at night, but the amount would be substantially reduced.
Assuming we live, the tides would be fucked up completely. This would effect things on an environmentally and socially charged level. This would also affect climate and weather patterns, as well as the Earth's pole balance. The Earth itself would go through cataclsymic changes.
Finally, the night sky would be very, very, very dark. The moon's like a natural mirror, it reflects visible light from the sun on the the part of the earth faced away from the sun. Assuming the debris from the explosion is to small to continue falling around the Earth, we'd have no more major light at night. If it is big enough and far enough away to maintain orbit, it might still reflect a little bit of light at us at night, but the amount would be substantially reduced.
