Reply #21: im sure that a few nukes at just the right angle would start rotation

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seriously, it must be possible to speed up it's rotation.
think about this, if it wasn't rotating, it would get an even amount of solar radiation across the planet as it orbited the sun.
So at the very least it must have a axial rotation roughly equivalent to the moon.
this sounds very fascinating, and now that they found it (earth-sized!!! omfg, do you really realize how awesome our astronomy has become!?) they can start to research it.

for all the earth-firsters.... have you ever considered that the best thing we can do for mother Gaia is to leave her?

Going into space, mining dead asteroids for minerals and ice (water?) means FEWER resources we continue to strip from mother Gaia.

We may even have enough to bring some back to her.

Finally, space is covered with H3 which scientists say is needed for sustained fusion reactors.... that means clean energy people. Total, complete, clean energy.

Get your heads out of your asses and realize that the future of mankind and Mother Gaia, is space!