Do you think we could solve global warming by using rockets to push Earth into a further orbit?
i don't think you can change the orbit of a planet without completely and entirely changing the entire planet. planets are their orbit. it's what made them, it's like their own universe unto itself. if you mess up the orbit of a planet i'm pretty sure it's instant death, i'm sorry to say. althought i could be wrong. at the very least it will have to transform into an entirely different planet. nevermind, i've re-considered your original question and i think it's probably fine. we've never done it before but we had never done most of the stuff we do today before we did it