Re: the moon
- To: <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
- Subject: Re: the moon
- From: "* C* <o*@adam.cheshire.net>
- Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 10:33:20 -0000
The moon does have gravity. As anything of mass has. I think it's about
1/5th the Earth.
Bill Murphy
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> From: COMPUTRESE <COMPUTRESE@aol.com>
> To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re: the moon
> Date: Sunday, January 11, 1998 5:28 PM
>
> Pat:
>
> The bright side of the moon (the side visible from the Earth) is the only
side
> that we ever see. The Moon does not rotate on an axis like the Earth does
so
> that all sides are exposed to the sun or other light sources. When you
look at
> the moon from Earth, you always see the same side of it.
>
> It's cold with an atmosphere totally unable to support plant life. The
most
> favorable growing trait it has is its lack of gravity. This could be a
major
> help to those who want to grow large, symmetrical fruit. Can't you just
> invision a pumpkin vine in Zero G's? It would be vertical like Jack's
> beanstalk in the famous fable only that it would bear 1000 pound fruit!
Can
> you imagine harvesting a fruit like that 40 -50 feet in the air?
>
> The entire thing is absurd, but fun to imagine nonetheless.
>
> Barb
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