I build satellites for a living, so I absolutely cannot sit by and take that comment on the chin. Try designing and manufacturing one of those things yourself before you go on the internet and call them puny :'(

It just so happens that the satellite I'm working on right now has a special significance to your prompt. Somewhere out in space, orbiting the sun in-between mars and Jupiter, is an unusual asteroid named "Psyche". Preliminary investigations of the asteroid have indicated that, unlike the other rocks in the asteroid belt, it may be composed of high-density, valuable metals. It stands out so much that scientists hypothesize that it could be the naked core of a former planet, stripped of its mantle by some cataclysmic event.

Enter NASA's "Psyche" mission. The puny runt of a satellite that I'm working on (about as large as the trailer you live in) will fly to the asteroid and take high-res photos and magnetic field measurements to confirm that it is indeed worth an estimated 10,000 quadrillion dollars in iron and nickel.

It's anybody's guess what happens after that, but America is full of eccentric billionaires who would love the opportunity to mine something worth that much money. The trick with mining an asteroid is that, to minimize travel costs, you should first guide the asteroid into a near-earth orbit, using nuclear explosions or some other extremely powerful method of propulsion. And there you have it: another moon.

What I'm trying to say here is, humanity will deserve another moon when we can acquire one for ourselves.

Our moon is something special, isn't it? This giant ball reflecting the sun's light, serenely floating about in the sky. Stories, art, poems, so much has been inspired by the moon. There are stories called tales by moonlight in my culture. I think of my ancestors so long ago in Nigeria, children prancing about like woodland faeries under the moonlight, learning new lessons from their elders.

The moon is a deity to many, or was. It has the power to move tides and remind people of time passing. It is a telltale sign that the day has come to an end and a kind light to guide those who still choose to move through the dark of night. But do we deserve another?

I think having two moons would be beautiful. I also think it would be unnecessary. Mankind disregards every aspect of nature. Mankind forgets the kindness of the moon and dares the sun to burn with more and more of the foolish capitalist desires of those at the top causing global warming. I think we should be grateful to have one at all. To be able to look up to the sky at night and sometimes see a friend up there, looking right back at us. But to have another moon would mean we deserved to see such beauty doubly and that is the last thing we should have.

The sun and the moon are two sides of a coin and we honour neither one. We disregard their kindness by destroying all the living things they help to keep alive. We pollute the seas, push back the tides, slaughter the wildlife, destroy the green and all that nature has to offer. If there were to be gods, then the moon would be one. Watching, guiding, switching shifts with the sun day and night to help us all it might. And we don't deserve for them to smile at us even the slightest, not at all.

remember the film 'Zorba the greek' its all about mining lignite. those mediterrenian peculiaritues are just what i lool for..

i know what you're going to say: 'no one cooks lignite.' and it's true to some extent. bituminuos or anthracite have a better showing on the dinnertable when you need to whip up something for a family.

but i have a guilty secret: i never buy that expensive stuff and no one knows the difference.

you see, the secret to making use of a few choice slabs is reduction and liquidication. sure the solubility ratio is different, sure you get a different viscocity, but lignite is MUCH richer in magnesium and phosphorus, and the crystalline aftertaste leavs hints of pottasium and zinc.

i was first introduced to lignite by my nana. she always cooked lignite. she came from different times, when any mineral that you were lucky to dig out would go into the pot. some melted non-ferrous metals, or freshly mined silicates. but you make do with what you got , and sometimes this is what you need to get a culinary masterpiece.

in a preheated furnace (900°c ) add a straight flow of oxydizing retardents (arsenic works best, but don't overdue it. ) add the lignite. do not let it oxydise yet!!

now, as gass convection kicks in, add the plutonium. don't go overboard with the enrichment level. its all good and no one can tell the difference. now, reduce the temperature and wisk in flakes of rhodite, and manganese. the manganese should alloy well with the plutonium so give it time.

now, in a separste pot mix sulfuric and fluoric scid in equal proportions. add the eggs, and the celery and whisk. let the reaction cool.

once the lignite begins to leech out some of of the famous calcite deposits add salt, galium and cesium (i know, cesium is pasé, but you just cant do lignite witout good cesium).

the raise the temperature a bit, and add the boron.

let the mix cook for about two hours. then pour onto a teflon coverrd mold. be sure to scrspe the bottom of the pot, and as you do add in the acid and egg mix, the instant heating will cause the residue to bond with the scarping, and you'll get a gravy that is not too rich , but definitely adds a refreshing taste as you drizzle over the lignite,

once it cooled. test to see if the mix is not too hard, and serve with some potatos and a nice salad (one of those guilty plessures i was talking about, is to drizzle some of that gravy on the greens.

so to answer the question, yes. we need another moon. one is just not enough. can you imagine having a garden dinner, serving the lignite with only the light of one moon?!?!

Having many moons does sound like fun. Take Jupiter, for example. He has dozens of moons - almost a hundred, some named, others still waiting for an identity. Jupiter's orbit is thus pretty crowded - think of much chatting all those moons must have, all the time. But Jupiter can handle it. It's a big planet, it would feel so bored without his little friends. But we are not like Jupiter. Earth is a mcuch calmer, much more patient planet. The relationship she has with the moon is sacred. They both don't talk much - they just silently look at each other, all the time, with love in their eyes. Another moon would be just too much - and Mother Nature had understood it already.

We are not deserving of another moon. How can we be trusted with a moon if we can't even keep our home planet alive? Polluting and climate change is a serious issue and if we are creating destruction on Earth, we might do the same to the moon. Although it would be fascinating to have another moon, I do not think our quality of taking care of the planet is deserving in getting another moon.