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The next manned lunar landing should
consider taking with them a flock of my
Long-life Solar
Reflecting Moon Sheep.
Each sheep is made from an ultra light,
mirror surfaced, gossamer thin material
and is packed away in a small container.
Once on the moon a very small amount
of
gas
is admitted to the sheep which in the zero pressure atmosphere then
inflate like a balloon to giant
proportions.
I'm thinking about each one being at
least
a tenth of a mile in length when fully
filled.
Once deployed, each sheep is individually
tethered on a long leash and positioned
randomly across a large area, but
everyone has a tiny low powered
engine, which makes it move about
randomly, by periodically emitting a little
puff of gas.
When viewed from the earth the flock of
sheep should be visible glinting the sun's rays on the
surface of the moon, as
they
gently rove around their new barren
pasture forever looking for the fresh
grass that never comes.
Man on Moon
https://www.youtube...watch?v=wuz2ILq4UeA
at last, a shepherd to tend to the sheep [xenzag, Nov 15 2015]
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I don't think a jet engine would work on the moon. How about a solar powered electric motor. |
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Baad idea. It won't stop with sheep. Once you allow sheep on the moon, it won't be long before someone else will put some cows there, then other people will add other animals... soon you'll have a whole moonagerie. + |
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That pun could actually relieve constipation. |
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Who could possibly bone this? |
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Cute idea... how about we inject good ole US capitalism and competition into this. The US offers the first drug company to come up with an economical proven cure for ______ (insert disease/disorder here), the advertising rights for ten years and those sheep will create when inflated the logo/name/emblem of that drug company. Every ten years we could be curing diseases like cancers, juvenile diabetes, auto-immune diseases, multiple sclerosis, etc.
Or car companies could be offered that space if they can create a car that get 80 miles per gallon, etc.
They pay billions for the naming rights of silly little football stadiums, so why not?? |
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the world is too much with us late and soon wordsworth |
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edit - new engines fitted to sheep
following xaviergisz's anno |
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Bone to advertising. Bun to sheep. |
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An electic motor would not work on the moon as there is no air for a propellor to push. A puff of gas would work but would run out, I suggest something along the lines of the jumping mechanism found in those annoying yapping toy dogs that do a backflip. The sheep would be solar powered and a spring would be wound during th daylight hours, then when fully tensioned it would leap into the sky. With 1/6 earth gravity it should be able to travel a decent distance. |
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alternatively, the sheep could fire out an anchor line and then winch it's way to the anchor. |
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I think I'll go invest in a telescope company. Sales are bound to skyrocket as soon as this idea is fully baked. |
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(You do plan on fully baking this, right? theres no reason not to.) |
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Just start with inflatable sheep, I hear they sell well in less densely populated areas. |
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Cool idea Dr. X but not practical. I'm on the fence +/- for now. |
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[Chefboyrbored] my sheep don't like
people who sit on the fence... either
join the woolly crew forever ambling
merrily about in the field of no grass or
face the dreaded punishment of
individually varnishing a thousand
frantic cockroaches. |
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Wow, such great options so little time. |
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A non-pun solution: mylar spheres folded
origami-style. shot or brought to the
moon and allowed to expand with a little
gas. These balls can be huge! like 40 feet
in diameter. Maybe if they are big enough,
you could look in a big telescope and it
would look like God is playing marbles on
the moon. |
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//I think I'll go invest in a telescope company. Sales are bound to skyrocket as soon as this idea is fully baked.// |
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