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Well, if you read the old classic Science Fiction tales, in the distant future either the Moon has wandered out of orbit or has crashed into the Earth, so there's no Moon in the sky.
But the other night on History Channel, the science-daddy said that the Moon won't escape Earth's gravity for 50 billion years ... and obviously by then the Sun itself will have consumed both Earth and Moon (in about 5-10 billion years)
Did I hear that right? Because damn, I loved the idea of a lost Moon. Bit by bit, piece by piece ... they're robbing the Future of every last shred of glamour!
But the other night on History Channel, the science-daddy said that the Moon won't escape Earth's gravity for 50 billion years ... and obviously by then the Sun itself will have consumed both Earth and Moon (in about 5-10 billion years)
Did I hear that right? Because damn, I loved the idea of a lost Moon. Bit by bit, piece by piece ... they're robbing the Future of every last shred of glamour!