NASA Smash Moon

What with the travel and the Nobel hubub, I didn’t get a chance yesterday to say anything about NASA’s audacious effort to blow a hole in the Moon. It reminded me that I’m pretty sure I once read someone making the case that it would be in the interests of the Planet Earth to destroy the Moon altogether. Eliminate the tides and reduce the risk of flooding. Plus I believe the argument was that destroying the Moon would moderate the seasons. Sort of the ultimate geo-engineering program. On reflection, this is probably not such a great idea but I think you have to admit that it would rate pretty high on the “awesome” scale to see it happen.