Could colonizing Moon dangerously affect its gravity?
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If we colonized Moon it would mean we are moving matter from Earth to Moon. Since Moon is much smaller than Earth could these changes somehow affect its trajectory/movement to the point we could notice?
How much material would we have to move to the Moon to cause some kind of disaster?
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If we colonized Moon it would mean we are moving matter from Earth to Moon. Since Moon is much smaller than Earth could these changes somehow affect its trajectory/movement to the point we could notice?
How much material would we have to move to the Moon to cause some kind of disaster?
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Huge amounts. Have you maybe looked up what the current mass of the Moon is and how much we can transport to the moon per rocket launch?
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If we colonized Moon it would mean we are moving matter from Earth to Moon. Since Moon is much smaller than Earth could these changes somehow affect its trajectory/movement to the point we could notice?
How much material would we have to move to the Moon to cause some kind of disaster?
the-moon gravity
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If we colonized Moon it would mean we are moving matter from Earth to Moon. Since Moon is much smaller than Earth could these changes somehow affect its trajectory/movement to the point we could notice?
How much material would we have to move to the Moon to cause some kind of disaster?
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Huge amounts. Have you maybe looked up what the current mass of the Moon is and how much we can transport to the moon per rocket launch?
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Huge amounts. Have you maybe looked up what the current mass of the Moon is and how much we can transport to the moon per rocket launch?
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Huge amounts. Have you maybe looked up what the current mass of the Moon is and how much we can transport to the moon per rocket launch?
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Huge amounts. Have you maybe looked up what the current mass of the Moon is and how much we can transport to the moon per rocket launch?
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No. The moon isn't that big but it isn't exactly small either. The moon's mass is 73,500,000,000,000,000,000,000kg, that's 73 sextillion, 500 quintillion kilograms. If we moved the whole of mount Everest from the earth to the moon (162 Trillion kg, which is completely unrealistic for us to do) then that would equate to an increase of 0.00000000220316294%, which is infinitesimal.
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No. The moon isn't that big but it isn't exactly small either. The moon's mass is 73,500,000,000,000,000,000,000kg, that's 73 sextillion, 500 quintillion kilograms. If we moved the whole of mount Everest from the earth to the moon (162 Trillion kg, which is completely unrealistic for us to do) then that would equate to an increase of 0.00000000220316294%, which is infinitesimal.
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No. The moon isn't that big but it isn't exactly small either. The moon's mass is 73,500,000,000,000,000,000,000kg, that's 73 sextillion, 500 quintillion kilograms. If we moved the whole of mount Everest from the earth to the moon (162 Trillion kg, which is completely unrealistic for us to do) then that would equate to an increase of 0.00000000220316294%, which is infinitesimal.
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No. The moon isn't that big but it isn't exactly small either. The moon's mass is 73,500,000,000,000,000,000,000kg, that's 73 sextillion, 500 quintillion kilograms. If we moved the whole of mount Everest from the earth to the moon (162 Trillion kg, which is completely unrealistic for us to do) then that would equate to an increase of 0.00000000220316294%, which is infinitesimal.
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No. The moon isn't that big but it isn't exactly small either. The moon's mass is 73,500,000,000,000,000,000,000kg, that's 73 sextillion, 500 quintillion kilograms. If we moved the whole of mount Everest from the earth to the moon (162 Trillion kg, which is completely unrealistic for us to do) then that would equate to an increase of 0.00000000220316294%, which is infinitesimal.
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Huge amounts. Have you maybe looked up what the current mass of the Moon is and how much we can transport to the moon per rocket launch?
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