Anomalocaris Posted May 29, 2016 #1 Share Posted May 29, 2016 (edited) Quote We humans are doing a bang-up job of messing up our home planet. But who’s to say we can’t go on to screw things up elsewhere? Here, not listed in any particular order, are 12 unintentional ways we could do some serious damage to our Solar System, too. Wild speculation ahead... See more Edited May 29, 2016 by Anomalocaris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaturtlehorsesnake Posted May 29, 2016 #2 Share Posted May 29, 2016 extremely wild speculation good for mad scientists, i guess. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freetoroam Posted May 29, 2016 #3 Share Posted May 29, 2016 yes, very wild..................sorry, extremely wild. I am not even going to quote anything from the article, so will leave it were it belongs,,,,under science fiction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonardo Posted May 29, 2016 #4 Share Posted May 29, 2016 Solar system goes missing...scientists baffled! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaturtlehorsesnake Posted May 29, 2016 #5 Share Posted May 29, 2016 1 hour ago, Leonardo said: Solar system goes missing...scientists baffled! could bigfoot be to blame? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Noteverythingisaconspiracy Posted May 29, 2016 #6 Share Posted May 29, 2016 30 minutes ago, seaturtlehorsesnake said: could bigfoot be to blame? Why else would he be hiding ? Btw did you ever find your missing bigfoot ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaturtlehorsesnake Posted May 30, 2016 #7 Share Posted May 30, 2016 52 minutes ago, Noteverythingisaconspiracy said: Why else would he be hiding ? Btw did you ever find your missing bigfoot ? no, the poor big guy is probably out there right now, alone and afraid. the loneliness of the long distance bigfoot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skulduggery Posted May 30, 2016 #8 Share Posted May 30, 2016 http://www.deepastronomy.com/how-to-destroy-earth-with-a-coffee-can.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Smoke aLot Posted July 23, 2016 #9 Share Posted July 23, 2016 We should start to use the Sun as garbage dump for the world. Let's see how it goes for start 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted July 23, 2016 #10 Share Posted July 23, 2016 26 minutes ago, Sir Smoke aLot said: We should start to use the Sun as garbage dump for the world. Let's see how it goes for start An extremely bad idea. You can't simply throw things into the Sun, orbital mechanics mean that you have to reduce the velocity of the rubbish by an amount equal to the orbital velocity of the Earth, which is 30 km/s. That takes as much energy as speeding it up by 30km/s and that is a lot of energy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Smoke aLot Posted July 23, 2016 #11 Share Posted July 23, 2016 (edited) 17 minutes ago, Waspie_Dwarf said: An extremely bad idea. You can't simply throw things into the Sun, orbital mechanics mean that you have to reduce the velocity of the rubbish by an amount equal to the orbital velocity of the Earth, which is 30 km/s. That takes as much energy as speeding it up by 30km/s and that is a lot of energy. Related link would be much appreciated if you can share. I would like to read about it. The idea about throwing rubbish onto the Sun got on my mind since i read about new probe, Probe Plus which should bring our instruments close to the Sun ( launch planned for 2018. ) [edit] Well i have just read one article ( LINK ) - cost of sending stuff into orbit is too high, not to say how high it would be for all of the worlds garbage. Mechanics are the least of problem eheh Edited July 23, 2016 by Sir Smoke aLot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted July 23, 2016 #12 Share Posted July 23, 2016 (edited) 2 hours ago, Sir Smoke aLot said: cost of sending stuff into orbit is too high Sorry but I thought that was blinding obvious it didn't need to be mentioned. However getting into orbit won't always be this expensive. Companies like SpaceX are working hard to greatly reduce the price. Even then, for the reasons I've already given, it will still not be a practical solution. Edited July 23, 2016 by Waspie_Dwarf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XenoFish Posted July 24, 2016 #13 Share Posted July 24, 2016 8 hours ago, Waspie_Dwarf said: However getting into orbit won't always be this expensive. Companies like SpaceX are working hard to greatly reduce the price. Even then, for the reasons I've already given, it will still not be a practical solution. Why not just electromagnetically launch stuff into orbit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-rocket_spacelaunch#Projectile_launchers http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-11/nasa-engineers-propose-combining-rail-gun-and-scramjet-fire-spacecraft-orbit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted July 24, 2016 #14 Share Posted July 24, 2016 9 hours ago, XenoFish said: Why not just electromagnetically launch stuff into orbit. Getting into orbit is NOT the problem. How you get stuff into orbit does not change the fact that you simply can't shoot stuff into the Sun, which was Sir Smoke aLot's suggestion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vorg Posted July 24, 2016 #15 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Well, however we can potentially mess it up, let's hope future generations think about the projects they undertake and the negative effects, should something go horribly wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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