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Yeah so ok, this is kinda unrealistic in terms of our current level of technology, but is gets me thinking nonetheless. I've been reading the book "The Elegant Universe" by Brian Greene, which basically expounds on Super String Theory (aka String Theory). This basically is the current approach to the creation of a Unified Field Theorem, which reconciles General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics. If I've just confused everyone on the forum, that's ok since that's really neither here or there other than pimping the book/PBS series ;P Anyway, the book starts out with a setup talking about the conflicts that were created due to General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics. Anyway, so it got started on how Newton's laws break down at relative speeds close to that of light. Hmmm, also neither here or there really. Anyway, something I just thought about is considering our level of technology, the mass of the earth is relatively constant since we don't import anything from outside of the planet. But something I started to wonder about: Assuming we don't blow the crap out of ourselves and we do manage to get to a level of technology where we actually start taking advantage of extra-planetary resources, do you think we'd actually eventually significxantly affect the planet's mass as to mess with our gravity to the point that we might jack up our orbit? I mean do you think we'd do it and not really notice the problem until it becomes serious like humans have a tendency to do?
For reference, I think this is the formula for the Newtonian force of Gravity between 2 objects: F = -G*(M1*M2)/r^2 where M1 and M2 are the masses of the objects, G is the Gravitational Constant (6.67*10^-11), r is the distance between them, and F is the force of attraction.
Watch nobody respond to this because they don't know/like physics. Man I'm a Geek ;P
-Karrde-
For reference, I think this is the formula for the Newtonian force of Gravity between 2 objects: F = -G*(M1*M2)/r^2 where M1 and M2 are the masses of the objects, G is the Gravitational Constant (6.67*10^-11), r is the distance between them, and F is the force of attraction.
Watch nobody respond to this because they don't know/like physics. Man I'm a Geek ;P
-Karrde-