natatomic Posted October 15, 2007 Posted October 15, 2007 BTW, just why is Earth's moon just called "The Moon?" I mean, other planets have cool names for their moons. Why can't ours have a cool one? We can name it Fred or MoonTums. How about when we build all the roller coasters on the moon, we can call it... . . . LUNA PARK! I have a feeling that was either really clever or really corny....
asr Posted October 15, 2007 Posted October 15, 2007 I have a feeling that was either really clever or really corny.... It was both
hyyyper Posted October 15, 2007 Posted October 15, 2007 BTW, just why is Earth's moon just called "The Moon?" I mean, other planets have cool names for their moons. Why can't ours have a cool one? We can name it Fred or MoonTums. why is our sun called sun?
WillMontu Posted October 15, 2007 Posted October 15, 2007 Technically, our moon is a natural natural satellite. Our sun is just a small-medium sized star.
rgb60 Posted October 15, 2007 Posted October 15, 2007 Dippin' Dots aren't just ice cream... they're {insert trumpet fanfare-- dah-da-da-daaaaaah} "the Ice Cream of the Future!!!" (and have been since 1985-- when's the future going to get here already?) If there were rides on the moon, Cedar Fair would close the park and start moving them to other planets. Six Flags would charge $12,000 to park your lunar module. And most of the rides would be down anyway. Would lines move faster on the moon?
WillMontu Posted October 15, 2007 Posted October 15, 2007 Actually, Cedar Fair would step in after rides have been built on the moon. They will add trash cans and a waterpark, and THEN close it down and move everything to other planets. Speaking of which, what would waterparks be like on the moon? Would a Master Blaster work? How about Deluge, or a Tornado?
Ccron10 Posted October 15, 2007 Posted October 15, 2007 CF would be right at home since THERE ARE NO TREES ON THE MOON!!!! lol Whenever I think of this thread, I think of that Futurama episode with that amusement park in that space dome.
spaceace12 Posted October 15, 2007 Posted October 15, 2007 When I see this thread, it means to me that the offseason is about to begin for quite a few people. Mine isn't beginning until the end of this month.
asr Posted October 15, 2007 Posted October 15, 2007 Would lines move faster on the moon? No, but you could literaly line jump in the zero gravity enviroment! Think of the airtime you could have just moving about! You wouldn't even need rides... Unless those rides were credits. Credits are more important than funky moon walking airtime!
rgb60 Posted October 16, 2007 Posted October 16, 2007 So Six Flags employees would still defy no-gravity and move just as slowly as they do on earth.
Primogen18 Posted October 16, 2007 Posted October 16, 2007 ^lolol I'm surprised how long this thread has gone...
FlyingScooter Posted October 16, 2007 Posted October 16, 2007 Rides on the moon... hmmmm... Well, riding during a Full-Earth could be pretty.
Purplepills Posted October 16, 2007 Posted October 16, 2007 It would be eerily quiet, unless everyone was given some kind of clever earpiece headset thingy. Maybe they could move Superman from SFMM there to keep the noise down.
Loco Posted October 16, 2007 Posted October 16, 2007 ^and how would we get to it? They would build a giant high-speed elevator? Oh wait, who would want to get on it anyways.
asr Posted October 16, 2007 Posted October 16, 2007 ^and how would we get to it? They would build a giant high-speed elevator? Oh wait, who would want to get on it anyways. The elevator would be more fun than the coaster
Purplepills Posted October 17, 2007 Posted October 17, 2007 It would be a great deal of fun, and also probably the fastest elevator on earth! Sort of. But since the moon isn't geo-stationary, or whatever the term for 'in the same place relative to' to the earth an elevator simply wouldn't work. Shuttles would be too expensive, and....hang on a minute, why are we going to the moon again?
rgb60 Posted October 17, 2007 Posted October 17, 2007 And the funnel cakes. Could they make funnel cakes on the moon?
CreativeForce Posted October 18, 2007 Posted October 18, 2007 But funnel cakes on the moon would be made of cheese. Hmmm....come to think of it, that could work on any planet.
bigstevet07 Posted November 9, 2007 Posted November 9, 2007 This needed a monthly bump because I really need to know... what would rides be like... ON THE MOON!!
larrygator Posted November 9, 2007 Posted November 9, 2007 I wonder if Six Flags stock price would drop as fast on the moon.
TPDave Posted November 9, 2007 Posted November 9, 2007 This needed a monthly bump because I really need to know... what would rides be like... ON THE MOON!! They would look exactly the same, just go slower.
TPDave Posted November 9, 2007 Posted November 9, 2007 Sorry to stoop to the level of having an argument about physics on a forum, but why? The gravitational field is less, but it exists. The coaster would work but acceleration due to gravity would be less. And there goes the last piece of my online pride...
King of Ka Posted November 9, 2007 Posted November 9, 2007 Wouldn't friction overcome the gravitational force though? The moon has 1/6 the gravity of Earth. Is that strong enough to overcome the friction (although there isn't air resistance)? I suppose you probably could get a coaster to work on the moon, just not very well.
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