Can We Trust the Moon?
One of Earth’s quasi-satellites, Kamo’oalewa, is a big chunk of rock about 50 meters (165 feet) long. It circles the Sun in an orbit very similar to ours on Earth, but doesn’t actually orbit us, unlike the Moon. Scientists studying Kamo’oalewa discovered that it has a chemical/mineral makeup very similar to the Moon’s, so much so that they hypothesize it was actually ejected from the Moon relatively recently.
Which leads me to ask, what is the Moon doing ejecting big rocks out into space? Was it attempting a mission to Earth? Was it doing what many Earth youngsters do on a mountain hike and rolling a rock to see how far it would go and where it would end up?
The scientists doing the study believe the ejection of Kamo’oalewa to be the outcome of a meteor impacting the lunar surface. While that does make scientific and logical sense, I just feel like that’s a little too easy of an explanation. If the many science fiction movies and shows I watch have taught me anything, it’s that every big crash or collision in the galaxy is probably the doing of a power-hungry warlord or similar malevolent force. And that force is either originating on Earth, or focused on conquering Earth, most likely both. Either way, it’s not a good sign for most of us Earthlings. Moon men go home! Leave us alone!
Seriously, though, as cool as it is to think that someday soon there will be a starship base operating on the Moon, I hope that we focus on using our gained knowledge to benefit life on Earth rather than to hurry and abandon it for Mars or elsewhere.
Here endeth the lesson on whether we can trust the Moon.
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