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Originally Posted by Atgxtg
THe major problem with that scientifically is that the moon is so massive (7.34x10^19 metric tons) that you would need an incredible amount of energy to move the thing a meaningful distance. 25 years of nuclear waste would be like Sort of like tieing a bottle rocket onto an aircraft carrier. You might leave a scorch mark, but you can't move the thing a measurable distance. You'd probably need to set off a small continent to get enough energy to get the moon moving.
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Well, yes and no. The major problem with moving the Moon is that it moves to another Solar System or, in fact, to other Solar Systems in the lifetime of the inhabitants. This means that they would be moving incredibly quickly, they had to have jumped to another part of space or the writers weren't that interested in the Physics of the movement.
Hmm, I wonder which one is true?