To: jazusamo
You can't drop rocks from the Moon. They have to be propelled at the mom's escape velocity
To: JoeFromSidney
They have to be propelled at the mom's escape velocity
To: JoeFromSidney
A Lunar mass driver isn’t exactly hard to make and would indeed be the common sense system for regular return journeys from any lunar colony to earth. Lunar escape velocity is just 2.38 km/sec vice 11.2 km/sec from Earth.
36 posted on
02/28/2017 3:32:46 PM PST by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: JoeFromSidney
They have to be propelled at the mom's escape velocity Yep ... up the Moon's gravity well, and then down Earth's. By the time they hit, they're moving at ludicrous speed. Lunar terrorists wouldn't have to aim for specific cities; random bombardment would be nasty enough.
45 posted on
02/28/2017 3:42:06 PM PST by
NorthMountain
(CNN is VERY Fake News)
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