ex-l wrote:How long has the asteroid belt been orbiting around earth without heading off to the Sun? I have tried exploring this thread before. My only take on it is that The Cycle model can only exist if the entire element of what we know as matter is dissolved or deconstructed.
I think the natural bodies in the asteroid belt has a natural orbital path and most of them stay in orbit. Those man-made space junks are problematic. Have we observed any parts of space ships from the previous cycle orbiting the earth? The answer is No or maybe NASA is keeping a secret. But we have observed constant bodies heading off to the earth and most of them get burn and disappear before even hitting the earth. What are those shooting stars we observed in some night occasions?
I don't really know how fast these man-made space junks get deconstructed into iron-kind bodies (which is like an asteroid) considering they are exposed in space with lots of solar radiation and they don't have atmosphere. The "dissolving" of this man-made space junks is possible when they enter into the atmosphere and get burned completely (I hope). And I hope the remaining man-made space junks fly-off their orbit and move away from our solar system or collide with some other bodies far enough not to be observed. And if there are still junks we had put there last cycle, I hope NASA keeps them as a secret, :-). Now, if these are not possible, if most of them stay in orbit after world destruction, then, Houston ... we have a problem!
How could the concept of non-total annihilation of human population be compatible with the Cycle Model in the cosmic level (i.e. Universe dies and reborn, or our solar system gets restarted - both will involve dissolution of matter)? I don't know the answer to this. If we consider the BK Cycle Model in the global level, then we need to resolve the issue of space junks.
So with all these hanging questions of identical world events every cycle (BK Cycle Model), I am happy to say, I don't subscribe in it.