Activity for Wax
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How large could sea creatures grow on a terraformed Ganymede? If we assume a terraformed Ganymede has a global ocean roughly 800km deep, that food is bountiful, and that it has been populated by a variety of life from Earth, how large could these creatures grow restricted primarily by gravity and their ability to consume enough nutrients? (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
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Can Earth be isolated from a settled Solar System? I was considering Kessler syndrome, however this is not a long-enough duration and I'm unaware of a way to prolong it for the course of several millennia. I don't want Earth to be destroyed, just isolated so that the self-sufficient colonies can develop further without interference. Because of this... (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
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How massive would a planet need to be to sustain negligible damage from impact with the Earth? I'm curious what factors a terrestrial planet impacting the Earth would require for the impact to cause negligible damage to the larger planet, while destroying the Earth. (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
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What would be the fate of a second satellite at the mid-point between the Earth and the Moon, with half the mass of the Moon? If this hypothetical moon were to come to exist between the Earth and Moon, how long would it survive? And could it transition to the moon's orbit, as a subsatellite? To clairify, this scenario is intended to occur after a second giant-impact event, resulting in a second, smaller moon capable of cre... (more) |
— | about 5 years ago |
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What's the largest igneous province an impact event could create on Earth? With the potential for an impact event to trigger volcanic activity on the opposite side of the planet, what is the largest plateau of flood basalt physically capable of forming on Earth, post-impact? (more) |
— | about 5 years ago |
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Is it possible for a large planetary body to embed itself onto the Earth? With the proper composition and mass, is it possible for a planetary body to collide with Earth and embed itself onto the mantle? To clarify, while immense destruction would undoubtedly occur to the hypothetical body in question, could such an event produce a visible landform such as a plateau or mo... (more) |
— | about 5 years ago |
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It there any conceivable way nanomachines could turn a brain into a semi-organic grey goo, preserving the individual's consciousness? I'm working on a scenario operating on Clarke's Third Law, with nanotechnology percieved as magic to humanity, and I want to create a non-spiritual afterlife for humanity. My intention was to simply have the nanomachines encase the neurons, reconnecting them with artificial synapses or nano-scale tra... (more) |
— | about 5 years ago |
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Is it possible for an impact event to render the Earth's surface unrecognizable while still forming a large complex crater? Is it physically possible for a complex crater to form and remain stable after an impact event large enough to deform the Earth's crust globally, insofar that the surface of the planet becomes unrecognizable to an observer? (more) |
— | about 5 years ago |