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Re: Congressional candidate: Moon-colonizing companies could destroy cities by dropping rocks
« Reply #75 on: March 03, 2017, 04:05:33 pm »
Quote from: thackney on March 03, 2017, 03:57:38 pm
I was thinking Catapults.

(Actual I first thought Trebuchets, because Trebuchets are cool, but low gravity works against those)

Lunar trebuchets....   *drooling*

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Congressional candidate: Moon-colonizing companies could destroy cities by dropping rocks
« Reply #76 on: March 03, 2017, 04:31:00 pm »
Congressional candidate: Moon-colonizing companies could destroy cities by dropping rocks

Brianna Wu, a Dem, claims that Moon valuable militarily because rocks ‘have power of 100s of nuclear bombs’
 
Brianna Wu, a software engineer and video-game developer, sits at her workstation in Boston, in this July 25, 2016, file photo. Wu, the co-founder of a gaming software company who made headlines two years ago when she was threatened, said she wants to run for one of Massachusetts' nine U.S. House seats. Wu said her platform will focus on privacy rights and online harassment. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)
Brianna Wu, a software engineer and video-game developer, sits at her workstation in Boston, in this July 25, 2016, file photo. Wu, the co-founder of a gaming software company who made headlines two years ago when she was threatened, said ... more >
 
By Bradford Richardson - The Washington Times - Tuesday, February 28, 2017

A transgender-issues activist and Democratic candidate for Congress says the advent of the space tourism industry could give private corporations a “frightening amount of power” to destroy the Earth with rocks because of the Moon’s military importance.

Brianna Wu, a prominent “social justice warrior” in the “Gamergate” controversy who now is running for the House seat in Massachusetts’ 8th District, suggested in a since-deleted tweet that companies could drop rocks from the Moon.

“The moon is probably the most tactically valuable military ground for earth,” the tweet said. “Rocks dropped from there have power of 100s of nuclear bombs.”

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/28/brianna-wu-claims-companies-could-destroy-cities-b/
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Re: Congressional candidate: Moon-colonizing companies could destroy cities by dropping rocks
« Reply #77 on: March 03, 2017, 04:35:31 pm »
The democrats must have some requirement that you have to be a looney toon to become a member.  The party is absolutely overrun by them. :woohoo: ***hair on fire 10631
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Re: Congressional candidate: Moon-colonizing companies could destroy cities by dropping rocks
« Reply #78 on: March 03, 2017, 05:27:36 pm »
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Re: Congressional candidate: Moon-colonizing companies could destroy cities by dropping rocks
« Reply #79 on: March 03, 2017, 06:06:40 pm »
Quote from: thackney on March 03, 2017, 03:57:38 pm
I was thinking Catapults.

(Actual I first thought Trebuchets, because Trebuchets are cool, but low gravity works against those)

Electromagnetic catapults, a.k.a. mass drivers.
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Re: Congressional candidate: Moon-colonizing companies could destroy cities by dropping rocks
« Reply #80 on: March 03, 2017, 06:11:12 pm »
In other (FAKE) news, Drug suppliers are struggling to keep up with Bostonian demand for a new drug that combines the effects of LSD and crack cocaine... :silly:
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Re: Congressional candidate: Moon-colonizing companies could destroy cities by dropping rocks
« Reply #81 on: March 03, 2017, 06:23:02 pm »
The real humor in this is that this candidate thinks the space tourism industry would lead to the earth being destroyed from the moon.

Apparently, not too much thought was given as to where the tourists would come from after planet wide destruction. I think it would be bad for business, personally.
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Re: Congressional candidate: Moon-colonizing companies could destroy cities by dropping rocks
« Reply #82 on: March 03, 2017, 06:53:20 pm »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on March 03, 2017, 06:23:02 pm
The real humor in this is that this candidate thinks the space tourism industry would lead to the earth being destroyed from the moon.

Apparently, not too much thought was given as to where the tourists would come from after planet wide destruction. I think it would be bad for business, personally.

The danger would come only when there was a large permanent lunar population able to provide for themselves without earth. At that point people begin to grumble about independence
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« Reply #83 on: March 03, 2017, 06:54:11 pm »
Quote from: Joe Wooten on March 03, 2017, 02:50:06 pm
I know he (Wu) did not, but has anyone else considered the effort needed to build a mass driver that can fling rocks big enough to do mass damage. It would take years of concentrated effort and HUGE amounts of money to get the supporting infrastructure built on the moon to be able to do that. BY the time something like this could become a problem, I'm sure an easy solution will be available.

It would be easier to use Near Earth Asteroids than moon rocks
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« Reply #84 on: March 03, 2017, 06:56:36 pm »
Quote from: geronl on March 03, 2017, 06:54:11 pm
It would be easier to use Near Earth Asteroids than moon rocks

They're already moving and just need a nudge in the right direction.
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Re: Congressional candidate: Moon-colonizing companies could destroy cities by dropping rocks
« Reply #85 on: March 03, 2017, 06:59:35 pm »
"The Earth is obstructing my view. I must blow it up"

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Re: Congressional candidate: Moon-colonizing companies could destroy cities by dropping rocks
« Reply #86 on: March 03, 2017, 06:59:50 pm »
Quote from: geronl on March 03, 2017, 06:54:11 pm
It would be easier to use Near Earth Asteroids than moon rocks
Yeah, but what a waste of a chunk of nickel/iron. Chondrites might fragment easier, and that just wouldn't have the same impact. (pun intended!)
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