The Moon is a Harsh Second Mistress

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Science

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🗓️ 19 May 2015

⏱️ 16 minutes

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What would happen if the Earth suddenly had a second moon? This week, we work through the impact an additional satellite would have on our planet, from tides, to the night sky, to the potential destruction of Earth. Oh also there are space pirates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and
0:05.0	welcome to the second ever episode of Meanwhile in the future.
0:11.0	I'm Rose and I'm your host. Just as a quick reminder here is how
0:15.2	meanwhile in the future works. We take a trip to the future to check out some
0:19.4	crazy scenario. Then we teleport back to nap and talk about what would actually happen in that made-up future.
0:26.0	Ready? Okay, this week we're starting in the year 2100. NASA scientists have announced recent readings that suggest a rogue spacecraft headed toward Earth.
0:41.0	Scientists at NASA have identified the ship as the Balconoa 3, one of the four
0:45.5	ships stolen in the 2025 raid of the SpaceX facility. The ship also seems to be to
0:50.9	to be towing an extremely large asteroid in some kind of thin plastic bubble.
0:55.0	No contact has successfully been made with the ship thus far.
0:59.0	At this point, the White House has not advised any evacuations.
1:03.8	We will continue to update you as we can as the story develops.
1:07.0	More insight.
1:12.0	Visual confirmed. More than sight. sight.
1:13.0	Visual confirmed.
1:15.0	Initiate capture sequence.
1:17.0	Preparing bubble.
1:20.0	Activate clusters.
1:22.0	10, 9. Bubble. activate trust me ten nine
1:24.0	bubble standing
1:26.0	seven
1:27.0	kill both
	...

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