I was positively surprised that I managed to find 50 ways, and for that discovery I’m grateful and looking forward to the next exercises.
Of course most of my answers are rubbish, but I did find some interesting ideas near the end. I find an idea can be interesting even if it is highly unpractical or would actually be only a part of the solution at most (see answer 47). Conversely, an idea can give the full steps toward the solution and be completely useless because it’s just a password (see answer 28).
1) rocket
2) moon elevator (spring-shaped)
3) giant spring
4) remotely controlled 3d printer (teleportation)
5) crash moon on earth (by slowing it down)
6) plane
7) breed space whales
8) mini-wormholes
9) alternate universe where the Earth is the moon and vice-versa
10) go back in time to when moon was ripped from the Earth
11) go back in time to put something in Apollo
12) miniaturize the Moon and put in on Earth
13) antigravity
14) spaceship
15) meet aliens then ask them to do it for us
16) engineer super-geniuses who find the best way to do it
17) blow up the moon via a laser then send something on a fragment that lands on Earth
18) grow trees that go to the moon
19) master out-of-body experiences to go to the moon
20) do it in dream/in a simulation
21) rename my garden ‘the Moon’ then send something to it
22) mail it
23) leave it on Earth ; eventually, in 4 billion years, the sun will have absorbed both the thing and the Moon and hopefully some parts of both will mix
24) garden hose throwing water to rise
25) wind and light sails
26) cannon
27) orbital stations and a little push
28) telekinesis
29) move through higher dimension
30) use cosmic planet alignment to cancel gravity
31) air balloon then air propulsion
32) already be on the Moon
33) send it by hand then fail
34) if it’s information, send it as waves
35) become immortal and wait until someone else does it
36) produce air until the atmosphere gets close enough to the moon to go by aircraft
37) leave it, there’s an infinitesimal chance it gets on the moon by itself
38) blowdart
39) ask Lego builders to build a mountain that goes to the moon
40) make tunnel through Earth to fling it to the Moon
41) send it in thought, maybe it’s enough
42) create a billion dollar prize for whoever does it first
43) use a Tesla car, fling around the sun
44) naturally select birds that can live in deep space
45) consecrate a temple to the moon and burn the thing to send as offering
46) elevator fixed in moon rather than Earth
47) super tornadoes to get outside atmosphere and get some propulsion
I was positively surprised that I managed to find 50 ways, and for that discovery I’m grateful and looking forward to the next exercises.
Of course most of my answers are rubbish, but I did find some interesting ideas near the end. I find an idea can be interesting even if it is highly unpractical or would actually be only a part of the solution at most (see answer 47). Conversely, an idea can give the full steps toward the solution and be completely useless because it’s just a password (see answer 28).
1) rocket
2) moon elevator (spring-shaped)
3) giant spring
4) remotely controlled 3d printer (teleportation)
5) crash moon on earth (by slowing it down)
6) plane
7) breed space whales
8) mini-wormholes
9) alternate universe where the Earth is the moon and vice-versa
10) go back in time to when moon was ripped from the Earth
11) go back in time to put something in Apollo
12) miniaturize the Moon and put in on Earth
13) antigravity
14) spaceship
15) meet aliens then ask them to do it for us
16) engineer super-geniuses who find the best way to do it
17) blow up the moon via a laser then send something on a fragment that lands on Earth
18) grow trees that go to the moon
19) master out-of-body experiences to go to the moon
20) do it in dream/in a simulation
21) rename my garden ‘the Moon’ then send something to it
22) mail it
23) leave it on Earth ; eventually, in 4 billion years, the sun will have absorbed both the thing and the Moon and hopefully some parts of both will mix
24) garden hose throwing water to rise
25) wind and light sails
26) cannon
27) orbital stations and a little push
28) telekinesis
29) move through higher dimension
30) use cosmic planet alignment to cancel gravity
31) air balloon then air propulsion
32) already be on the Moon
33) send it by hand then fail
34) if it’s information, send it as waves
35) become immortal and wait until someone else does it
36) produce air until the atmosphere gets close enough to the moon to go by aircraft
37) leave it, there’s an infinitesimal chance it gets on the moon by itself
38) blowdart
39) ask Lego builders to build a mountain that goes to the moon
40) make tunnel through Earth to fling it to the Moon
41) send it in thought, maybe it’s enough
42) create a billion dollar prize for whoever does it first
43) use a Tesla car, fling around the sun
44) naturally select birds that can live in deep space
45) consecrate a temple to the moon and burn the thing to send as offering
46) elevator fixed in moon rather than Earth
47) super tornadoes to get outside atmosphere and get some propulsion
48) magnetohydrodynamics
49) plane that meets a rocket halfway
50) grow moon to greatly increase its gravity
I’m really glad you had that experience, I hoped the exercise would allow others to have it!