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Quote by: Domino If Mars and Venus were opposite the Sun from Earth, and Earth were nudged further inside its orbit, as it falls past the sun, Earth could easily pass near both Venus and Mars. If the timing were right, Earth could pass close enough to pick up acceleration from both of them, sending it to the outer solar system, and likely altering the orbits of Mars and Venus as it does so. It is, of course, wildly unlikely. I just wanted to point out that it's possible for Earth to pass both Mars and Venus without looping or doubling back. Shoot, you could probably even fit Mercury into the mix; though it's effect on Earth would be negligible, given the proximity of the Sun, Earth could have quite the effect on Mercury.

You are right, but it is as you said wildly unlikely. My point was that he has no idea what hes talking about when it comes to astronomy.

Personally, I think we should pile up the gas giants, big balls of fuel that they are, then fashion the rocky planets and asteroids into a vessel that can ride within the fuel ball. When this Sun doesn't want us, anymore, we'll just take our planets and go.

That would be a good idea, except the sun is due to turn into a red giant roughly 26 billion years from now, and I really doubt the human race will endure that long.