r/Showerthoughts • ‎ • May 19 '26

Musing Dinosaurs had all of the necessary materials to go to the moon.

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u/GrouchyResearcher392 May 19 '26

They didn’t have opposable thumbs, so the making would be hard

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u/Fafnir13 ‎ May 19 '26

Skill issue.

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u/CopingAdult ‎ May 19 '26

Tough crowd here today

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u/JaydedXoX May 19 '26 edited May 19 '26

They did not. They also did not have titanium, or aluminum. They did not have the equipment to process the materials. They didn’t have TEMPERED heat resistant glass. they didn’t have plastic. They didn’t have radar dishes,nor any of the synthesized components for those. They didn’t have radio transmitters. We could go on and on. Lots of the materials in those pieces are synthesized.

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u/Subliminal-413 May 19 '26

Well no shit. The shower thought is merely pointing out the fact that all the materials were here on the planet. In theory, dinos could have evolved intelligence and went to the moon, had they not died out.

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u/JaydedXoX May 19 '26

No he specifically called out the difference between liquid methane, and kerosene since kerosene wouldn’t have to be synthesized. He Also removes Kevlar since that didn’t exist naturally. So in that respect, titanium, aluminum etc and all others also needed to be synthesized and thus also dont count.

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u/Subliminal-413 May 19 '26

evolved intelligence

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u/Gorganov May 19 '26

How would you know? After 66 million years, most of the materials you named would have long turned to dust, entire continents have shifted thousands of miles in that time. Mountain ranges have come and gone. Etc

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u/JaydedXoX May 19 '26

Dude, you’re talking crazy.