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5881569 No.5881569 [Reply] [Original]

What if the Moon was an habitable planet in a binary arrangement with the Earth?

How would space exploration be if we had a moon that was habitable?

>> No.5881572

>>5881569
we would nuke them

>> No.5881575

>>5881572
lol'd

>> No.5881577

>>5881569

what if earth was one of a number of habitable moons orbiting a Jupiter sized planet at the same distance from the sun as the earth is?

>> No.5881585

>>5881572
Why?

>> No.5881591

>>5881577
What if Earth was a habitable planet orbiting in a Lagrange point to a Jupiter like planet and it's moon at the same distance from the Sun that Earth is?

>> No.5881599

>>5881591
what if *car made of diamonds, wall made of iron* etc

>> No.5881601

>>5881599

What If the moon was made of barbequed ribs. Would you eat it?

>> No.5881604

>>5881599
>>5881601
>IM SUCH A TRULL

>> No.5881611

>>5881604

trolling is a art

>> No.5881619

>>5881611
I actually expected a serious discussion here.

To bad /sci/ is filled with edgy kids and not enlighten scientists.

>> No.5881621

>>5881619

Unrealistic expectations always lead to disappointment.

>> No.5881628

I think we would have different lifeforms on the New Moon

Space exploration would be advanced due to the need to travel to the moon and explore

>> No.5881634

>>5881628

Probably infectious diseases for which we have no immunity. Or vice versa.

>> No.5881641

>>5881634
So we can imply that medicine will be advanced?

No doubt that if the Moon held life, pretty much everything would change, but if either the Moon or the Earth held intelligent life that is capable of harvesting resources, then they are going to take from the Earth/Moon. Think Avatar

>> No.5881646

>>5881641
Assuming we did find an primitive alien people living on top of valuable resources, do you think the economic force of wanting to extract would win over political/moral force of not wanting to interfere with an alien species?

>> No.5881651

>>5881641
Well this 'Moon' would have to be a size similar to Earth, with a functioning metalic molten core otherwise the radiation from the sun will eradicate all live within days. If the moon was similar size to Earth, it is practically impossible for it to not have collided with Earth billions of years ago.

Or explain a method how 2 earth sized planets could have created a stable orbit (remember there is the sun so this 3 body problem is complicated), or explain how the moon could be smaller and hold an atmosphere and magnetic field to protect against radiation.

>> No.5881653

>>5881651
It would be possible.

>> No.5882393

>>5881646

we would rape them before the debate about whether or not we should rape them had started.

>> No.5882567
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5882567

>>5881651

>How do binary systems work
>hurf durf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_planet

>> No.5882588

>>5881569
I've actually thought about this before, and I figure we'd obviously be putting alot more funding into space travel r&d, considering there would be an entirely new source of agriculture and minerals. But I also wondered how we would react to an intelligent species on the moon, even if it was just in the proto-stage of civilization.