tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167834091034982897.post4816310338990266845..comments2010-02-15T13:02:54.587-07:00Alan Tewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06511489138026430943noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167834091034982897.post-52490598080701963352010-02-15T13:02:54.587-07:002010-02-15T13:02:54.587-07:00yeah! like baby-proof bottles for lobster people but with a 'destroy the rings' pill inside.Geoff Shupehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07143745229020262802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167834091034982897.post-30600898114222820602010-02-12T10:04:15.539-07:002010-02-12T10:04:15.539-07:00It kinda reminds me of the vault in Lost, but with more lobsters. I approve of this use of brain power and human resources. *stamp*Alan Tewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06511489138026430943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167834091034982897.post-80039598958039898352010-02-12T09:11:07.620-07:002010-02-12T09:11:07.620-07:00Let's just throw a bunch of crap up there now so we can enjoy our junk rings, but set a system in place that must be updated regularly by a human (tiny pinky buttons that claws can't access). When the last human dies out, nukes automatically sail into space to obliterate the junk rings. My plan is flawless.Sam Nielsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14202942576576063110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167834091034982897.post-85261131076055251592010-02-11T16:32:52.723-07:002010-02-11T16:32:52.723-07:00*Fumes* The lobster people don't deserve our junk rings.Alan Tewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06511489138026430943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167834091034982897.post-11629581790775697872010-02-11T16:13:24.154-07:002010-02-11T16:13:24.154-07:00maybe someday we might. millions of years from now rings of man-made space-junk might coalesce to spin and watch over a desolate earth ruled by lobster people.Geoff Shupehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07143745229020262802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167834091034982897.post-73812313918137921202010-02-11T15:08:56.771-07:002010-02-11T15:08:56.771-07:00Most comments on other sites echo the idea that the moon would seriously screw up the rings. Thought it doesn't cover the moon thought, some other considerations of earth-with-rings were covered by Phil Plait: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/12/21/the-rings-of-earth/Alan Tewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06511489138026430943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167834091034982897.post-62320585326962272942010-02-11T12:25:49.220-07:002010-02-11T12:25:49.220-07:00Really cool. I wonder how the moon would affect the rings---would they be constantly changing shape because of tidal forces? I also wonder how it would look at night with the earth casting a shadow over it. Would the moon sometimes cast a shadow across the rings also?Sam Nielsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14202942576576063110noreply@blogger.com