Luckily our government is dedicated to collecting the valuable data, in vast quantities.

Insightful? Really?

http://www.iki.rssi.ru/mirrors/stern/stargaze/Sprecess.htm Having the moon orbit the earth actually slows the earths gyroscopic precession, which slows the ice ages. Though, I don't think that would be a requirement of a habitable planet. The link explains it well.