06-17-2016, 10:48 PM
I swear I'm not trying to be "that guy" but Apollo 13 didn't get to the moon, did it? Is this one of those Mandela things? (ok ok, I promise not to bring that here...).
Aside from the (possible) typo, I absolutely love the hollow / artificial moon stuff. I've been researching the "before there was a moon" topic for years now. Sadly, any time I bring it up somebody with a "PHD" comes along with evidence that moon has been here for "this" and was formed by "that"
But the perfection of the orbit, the eclipses, and the absolute necessity for ALL life as we know it to even exist I find it hard to fathom the spontaneity of it all. I also realize that those things in life that are very hard to imagine are sometimes just that way "because", but man. I'm telling ya. The moon being towed into orbit (or built in place) to make all of this possible is just too juicy to let go.
Somebody once commented on a post similar to this with "just because you don't understand it doesn't make it happen any more magically". To that I say, sometimes I may not understand it but it's just as magical to imagine it all happened naturally with such a perfect outcome.
With as big as our universe is I can totally understand that the mathematical odds for such a perfect orbit definitely exist. The chemical reactions that take place in a primordial ooze which gave way to single cell organisms are completely possible. The magnetic field shielding our planets oceans and all of its' life are absolutely a certainty. The tilt of this giant rock giving rise to seasons which bring order to an otherwise chaotic process are undeniably possible. And the evolution of those single cell organisms while being protected by all of the above to the point where they can actually ponder this truth and the science behind it with other organisms instantaneously around the globe, well I'm sure there's an equation that can justify it.
But all of it together. In one spot. In one corner of the middle band of one galaxy. Call me crazy all you want to thing this happened elsewhere and they figured out how to use an interstellar tow truck to make it possible for other areas of the universe.
end star-gazing rant
Aside from the (possible) typo, I absolutely love the hollow / artificial moon stuff. I've been researching the "before there was a moon" topic for years now. Sadly, any time I bring it up somebody with a "PHD" comes along with evidence that moon has been here for "this" and was formed by "that"
But the perfection of the orbit, the eclipses, and the absolute necessity for ALL life as we know it to even exist I find it hard to fathom the spontaneity of it all. I also realize that those things in life that are very hard to imagine are sometimes just that way "because", but man. I'm telling ya. The moon being towed into orbit (or built in place) to make all of this possible is just too juicy to let go.
Somebody once commented on a post similar to this with "just because you don't understand it doesn't make it happen any more magically". To that I say, sometimes I may not understand it but it's just as magical to imagine it all happened naturally with such a perfect outcome.
With as big as our universe is I can totally understand that the mathematical odds for such a perfect orbit definitely exist. The chemical reactions that take place in a primordial ooze which gave way to single cell organisms are completely possible. The magnetic field shielding our planets oceans and all of its' life are absolutely a certainty. The tilt of this giant rock giving rise to seasons which bring order to an otherwise chaotic process are undeniably possible. And the evolution of those single cell organisms while being protected by all of the above to the point where they can actually ponder this truth and the science behind it with other organisms instantaneously around the globe, well I'm sure there's an equation that can justify it.
But all of it together. In one spot. In one corner of the middle band of one galaxy. Call me crazy all you want to thing this happened elsewhere and they figured out how to use an interstellar tow truck to make it possible for other areas of the universe.
end star-gazing rant