The moon is drifting away from the earth

[Mick]

Wonder what the effects will be and when?

https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/is-the-moon-drifting-away-from-earth-laser-beams-unravel-a-new-mystery-120081600252_1.html

[johnnyo53]

DANG. WON’T IT BE CENTURIES BEFORE IT’S SIGNIFICANT? DID THE SOVIETS DO THIS RESEARCH? LOL

“I remember that one fateful day when Coach took me aside. I knew what was coming. "You don't have to tell me," I said. "I'm off the team, aren't I?" "Well," said Coach, "you never were really ON the team. You made that uniform you're wearing out of rags and towels, and your helmet is a toy space helmet. You show up at practice and then either steal the ball and make us chase you to get it back, or you try to tackle people at inappropriate times." It was all true what he was saying. And yet, I

[Legend]

Pretty cool. But…I find it more amazing how precise orbits are than the fact that one can be changing by inches in a year. The universe is an amazing thing.

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Sic transit gloria mundi (so shut up and get back to work)

[johnnyo53]

W.B. YEATS WROTE ABOUT THIS A HUNDRED YEARS AGO LOL.

“I remember that one fateful day when Coach took me aside. I knew what was coming. "You don't have to tell me," I said. "I'm off the team, aren't I?" "Well," said Coach, "you never were really ON the team. You made that uniform you're wearing out of rags and towels, and your helmet is a toy space helmet. You show up at practice and then either steal the ball and make us chase you to get it back, or you try to tackle people at inappropriate times." It was all true what he was saying. And yet, I

[FratBoySpike]

A lot of this article is surveying 101: shooting lasers to reflector prisms was industry standard for two dimensional measurements using Electronic Distance Measurement (EDM) devices before the global positioning satellite constellation was implemented under Reagan.  HP made some of the early EDMs, but foreign manufacturers took over the industry fairly quickly in the 70s and early 80s.

The problem for us survey types is that land mass locations are not static; think about plate tectonics for a second and you will understand why Caltrans and other similar agencies place epoch dates on their GPS measurements of their monument control.  Relative position of monuments may remain nearly the same if they are situated on the same plate, but comparing relative positions of control monuments on different plates over a time interval was quite tricky before GPS.

Sorry for getting a little geeky.

"Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead." - Charles Bukowski

[Genuine Realist]

First Bush blows an entire planet, now Trump screws up the moon.

Republicans.

I wouldn't give you two cents for all your fancy rules if, behind them, they didn't have a little bit of plain, ordinary, everyday kindness - yeah, and a little looking out for the other fella, too.

[Beeg_Dawg]

I thought it all about social distancing between planets.

 

[rogpodge]

Realistically, the moon exerting less of a gravitational pull on the Earth will mean dampened tides, and potentially the loss of tide pool habitats.  It may slow down some of the flooding from global warming?  In addition, many animals have cyclical behavior tied to lunar cycles.

(Mr. Show).

(Cold war plan to nuke the moon and possible effects)

(Teen Titans)

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