>On Wed, 2 Dec 1998, Simon Kenyon wrote:
>
>> On 02-Dec-98 Alex Buell wrote:
>> > Spinning down the planet will kill all life.
>>
>> i know i really shouldn't...
>> why would it kill all life?
>
>What is the first thing that ceases when you spin down a planet? That's
>right, gravity. Everything not tied down would just fly out into space,
>and that includes the atmosphere. Simple.
>
??????????????????? It might be time to revisit those physics textbooks,
last I heard gravity resulted from the mass of an object, not its rotation.
>Cheers,
>Alex.
>
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