Comments on: Life Without the Moon

By: Joshua Eden

Joshua Eden — Tue, 23 Sep 2014 14:57:34 +0000

Not all scientists are as pessimistic as you are. A book on extraterrestrial life written in 1980 says that, while the moon may have played a role in the development of life here, its absence elsewhere wouldn’t be all that detrimental to its formation. Wikipedia, likewise, says that other moon formation processes are possible and that, furthermore, the idea that life could develop without one has not been disproven.

By: GreenGestalt

GreenGestalt — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 06:31:30 +0000

Call bull…

The same “Rare Earth” guys used all their “Science” and “Logic” to say that this solar system was the ONLY one in the galaxy, that NO other star had planets around it. Or, even if they did, they’d be so rare any life would be in another galaxy. They just discounted what they said earlier, counting the goldfish attention span of the net to avoid embarrassment/credibility damage and kept beating their chests when the extrasolar planets were discovered. Oh, they were too large, many were in bizzare orbits that’d endanger any earth like planet…etc. Of course, as the extrasolar planet launched a craze in Astronomy, more planets are being discovered including some near earth like ones and soon telescopes will be launched that can pick up earths around other stars.

By: monstermac77

monstermac77 — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 23:58:18 +0000

What “erosion” on the moon do you speak of?

By: monstermac77

monstermac77 — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 23:57:50 +0000

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By: angryratman

angryratman — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:28:10 +0000

We will die long before the Earth.

By: Amercitizen

Amercitizen — Fri, 01 May 2009 14:53:06 +0000

Who’ll agree that eventually the earth will die out.
Will we be able to find a new home on another planet?
Or will we die with the earth?

Enter reply here.

By: Amercitizen

Amercitizen — Fri, 01 May 2009 14:51:15 +0000

[quote]GeorgeAR said: “I’ve read life on earth actually came from the moon. As Jason describes, the earth and moon threw rocks at each other for awhile. Small insects, evolved (or created by God. Your choice) on the moon, were thrust into the Earth environment. Thus the beginning of life here. All started by Luna ticks.”[/quote]

Your correct, the moon did come from the earth, evidence shows that a houge asteroid hit earth about some several million years ago and a huge chunk of earth flew off and over time started to form and collect until they created the moon.

By: Mirage_GSM

Mirage_GSM — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 09:29:19 +0000

[quote]Jonas said: ” http://www.brojon.org/frontpage/WHAT_REALLY_KILLED_THE_DINOSAURS.html “[/quote]
[quote]Silverhill said: “…When it’s demonstrably a matter of error of fact (e.g. the notion that the continents have “broken apart and … uniformly spread around the earth to balance the spinning planet in its orbit”; or that a volcanic eruption [no matter how large] could have induced Earth’s axial tilt…”[/quote]
Actually that site doesn’t claim that earth’s axial tilt was caused by volcanic eruption. Obviously, you didn’t read the whole article. It get’s even better later on.
In fact I really enjoyed that article. It’s one of the best pieces of bad science I’ve ever encountered, and I’d love to read a detailed refutal of its claims. I can’t decide whether the author truly believes it or whether it is an elaborate prank. Regardless, I recommend reading it as an exercise in critical thinking ;-)

By: canaman184

canaman184 — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:24:42 +0000

i THOUGHT the earth’s axis felt relatively stable these past few billion years… thanks moon!

By: Yardvark

Yardvark — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:08:04 +0000

[quote]wargammer said: “excuse me, but the claim the the Moon orbits a planet with intelligent life is not backed up by some of the other entries here…..”[/quote]

Yeah, I know … the “pie” people, e.g. I wasn’t here at the very beginning, but was that ever funny?