Russian roadmap to Solar System colonisation. Moon is the first step.

[stompix]

Maybe the next generation "terrorist" will ram the moon to the earth instead of flying a plane into a building

Now, now, don't you start giving "them" any ideas..

Did my best on google searching for a conspiracy about ramming the moon into the earth plan but didn't find anything.
I've thought people already had an idea who this might be possible.

Something about nibiru but nothing about the moon itself.

[Nemo1024]

Long ago I read a science fiction novel, where Moon colony proclains independence and leaves Earth orbit. Don't remember what's it called and who the author was, though. Reminds of some of the current events.

[Schleicher]

Long ago I read a science fiction novel, where Moon colony proclains independence and leaves Earth orbit. Don't remember what's it called and who the author was, though.

I can only remember this:
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
But they are not leaving earth orbit there
Other story where the moon is leaving earth orbit:
Mutineer's Moon

[Spendulus]

Long ago I read a science fiction novel, where Moon colony proclains independence and leaves Earth orbit. Don't remember what's it called and who the author was, though.

I can only remember this:
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
But they are not leaving earth orbit there
Other story where the moon is leaving earth orbit:
Mutineer's Moon

I guess we could first grab a magnetic 100Km size rock, ram it into the Moon to give it a magnetic pole, then motor on down close to the Earth to scoop up some of that very useful air, water, dirt, ice, fish, birds and maybe a few humanoids, then cruise on off to a selected orbit.  

[kuroman]

the Moon can't hold an atmosphere because of the lack of gravity, you need to artificially put a container for that, having a magnetic field helps against solar winds that erodes higher part of atmosphere into space, I think that before thinking too far, a first step would be getting there and doing it on a consistant basis to do scientific research and study the potentiel of our rocky neighbour

[stompix]

the Moon can't hold an atmosphere because of the lack of gravity, you need to artificially put a container for that, having a magnetic field helps against solar winds that erodes higher part of atmosphere into space, I think that before thinking too far, a first step would be getting there and doing it on a consistant basis to do scientific research and study the potentiel of our rocky neighbour

Lack of gravity?
Before posting anything else you should check your sources better. The moon has it's own gravity roughly 16% compared to earth.

[Spendulus]

the Moon can't hold an atmosphere because of the lack of gravity, you need to artificially put a container for that, having a magnetic field helps against solar winds that erodes higher part of atmosphere into space, I think that before thinking too far, a first step would be getting there and doing it on a consistant basis to do scientific research and study the potentiel of our rocky neighbour

Lack of gravity?
Before posting anything else you should check your sources better. The moon has it's own gravity roughly 16% compared to earth.

It'd be kind of interesting to send all of our unwanted rejects there.  Criminals, political undesirables, cryptogrpahic anarkrists, those nutcases who believe in religion, all those people that just don't row the official boat.  Snowden of course.

[Nemo1024]

Long ago I read a science fiction novel, where Moon colony proclains independence and leaves Earth orbit. Don't remember what's it called and who the author was, though.

I can only remember this:
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
But they are not leaving earth orbit there
Other story where the moon is leaving earth orbit:
Mutineer's Moon

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress sounds actually closer to what I remember. There was talk there about leaving the orbit. I don't remember if they ever did... I read that novel about 25 years ago...

[Spendulus]

Long ago I read a science fiction novel, where Moon colony proclains independence and leaves Earth orbit. Don't remember what's it called and who the author was, though.

I can only remember this:
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
But they are not leaving earth orbit there
Other story where the moon is leaving earth orbit:
Mutineer's Moon

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress sounds actually closer to what I remember. There was talk there about leaving the orbit. I don't remember if they ever did... I read that novel about 25 years ago...

no leaving orbit.  that's the book where Heinlein depicts his view of a lunar railgun, robotic body parts, first AI, lunar rebellion and independence, and a crude Ayn Randian lunar capitalism.