[valkyry1]

//we know for a fact that the moon is moving away from the earth//

And if everything was old as they say it is, it would already be gone. Not that I adhere to any specific age of the solar system etc.

[cripplecreek]

And if everything was old as they say it is, it would already be gone.

At a couple of centimeters per year it will be around for a very long time.