What would be the most significant thing to happen if a rope (or wire) tied the Earth and the Moon together?
- The moon would crash into the Earth
- The moon would breakup at the Roche limit
- The wire would turn the Earth into a giant electromagnet
- The Earth would turn into a giant yo-yo.
- The moon would orbit every ~24 hours, significantly changing the lunar calendar
- The centripetal force would rip out the Earth's core
- All man-made satellites would be destroyed, causing great havoc
- Moon landings would become significantly easier
- The rope or wire would break, no matter how strong it was
- The Vulcans would show up for First Contact causing yet another revision to the timeline
- The Galactic Police would snip the rope and put the Earth on probation
- Some idiot would get terrible, terrible, rope burn
- We finally get those golf balls back
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