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[โ€“] Fedizen@lemmy.world 17 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

Why not send a bunch of pigs to the moon and see if they adapt to microgravity after a few generations then see if any adaptations are usable.

[โ€“] Rakonat@lemmy.world 62 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I don't know that Law Enforcement possess the skill and know how to establish a settlement on their own but I like your thinking, friend!

[โ€“] Fedizen@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago (3 children)

lmao could also make a great reality tv show: "Moon Pigs"

[โ€“] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 10 points 5 months ago

How did you not see Pigs in Spaaaaaaaace?

[โ€“] EarthShipTechIntern@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago

"When pigs fly..."

Flying pigs, Gramps? We gotta whole colony of em on the MOON

[โ€“] Maeve@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago

When pigs fly...

[โ€“] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Once they notice space is black, they'd panic and shoot it.

[โ€“] fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago

In an ironic twist of fate, we discover that alien life is acorns. Within seconds they're all shot.

[โ€“] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Promote this person!

[โ€“] Rose@lemmy.world -3 points 5 months ago

This kind of thinking is the reason we even have to think about moving to Mars as opposed to improving the life on this planet. People seeing themselves as gods and enslaving every creature and thing in sight, resulting in catastrophes like global warming and extinctions.