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my first post after lurking for ages
im some what concerned that no body has mentioned the change in mass thats potentialy involved.
the loss of mass from the moon durring mining as a result of removing matter must to some extent change the gravitational relationship between the moon and earth the question must be to what extent? signifiact or not?
who much mass are we talking of removing ? is there going to be a loss of mass as a result of the loss of dust into space ?
then there are the consequential changes to the earth- change in tide paterns etc, are these significant or not?
perhaps the mathamaticians out there may care to consider!
david
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