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DanielLC comments on Stupid Questions December 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion

16 Post author: Gondolinian 08 December 2014 03:39PM

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Comment author: Daniel_Burfoot 08 December 2014 11:00:24PM 1 point [-]

This is a fascinating question. Very speculatively, I could imagine somehow using energy gained by pushing other objects closer to the Sun, to move the Earth away from the Sun. Like some sort of immense elastic band stretching between Mars and Earth, pulling Earth "up" and Mars "down".

Comment author: DanielLC 09 December 2014 06:04:16PM 1 point [-]

That is essentially what would happen if you used gravitational assistance and orbited asteroids between Mars and Earth.