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minus-squareblack_flag@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·2 days agoI mean I know it’s a joke but you can’t actually break orbit just by throwing something from the moon, right?
minus-squaresmeg@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·2 days agoThe escape velocity of the moon is 2.38km/s (compared to 11.2km/s on Earth) so you’d have to be throwing it pretty hard
minus-squaremkwt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 day agoEven if you went to some asteroids that have low escape velocities, a spacecraft still has all of the mass of a spacecraft–probably a few 1000 kg. So you probably can’t get it going fast enough, even if you can escape yourself by jumping.
minus-squareButteryMonkey@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoHave you tried jumping? Sounds like that may be the ticket!
minus-squareCheeseNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoYou could probably gradually get it moving across the surface fast enough to escape though.
minus-squareicelimit@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoMan even a 5.6 is only 0.9km/s. I thought we could give the moon a ring of bullets.
minus-squareTomassci@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 day agoNot the moon, but this comic would work on some asteroids.
minus-squareblack_flag@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoHow small would it have to be?
minus-squarejballs@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 day agoThis comment makes me want to play some Kerbal Space Program again, where you can launch yourself into orbit from Minmus (the 2nd moon) with a jump.
minus-squaremarcos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 day agoNor can you throw a spaceship around on the Moon. So maybe that cartoon isn’t about the Moon.
minus-squaregrysbok@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoWhen it eventually lands, they’re in for a hike.
minus-squareValthorn@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoIf your fastball is 5324 mph, give the MLB a call!
I mean I know it’s a joke but you can’t actually break orbit just by throwing something from the moon, right?
The escape velocity of the moon is 2.38km/s (compared to 11.2km/s on Earth) so you’d have to be throwing it pretty hard
Even if you went to some asteroids that have low escape velocities, a spacecraft still has all of the mass of a spacecraft–probably a few 1000 kg. So you probably can’t get it going fast enough, even if you can escape yourself by jumping.
I wish I could escape myself…
Have you tried jumping? Sounds like that may be the ticket!
You could probably gradually get it moving across the surface fast enough to escape though.
Man even a 5.6 is only 0.9km/s. I thought we could give the moon a ring of bullets.
Not the moon, but this comic would work on some asteroids.
How small would it have to be?
This comment makes me want to play some Kerbal Space Program again, where you can launch yourself into orbit from Minmus (the 2nd moon) with a jump.
Nor can you throw a spaceship around on the Moon.
So maybe that cartoon isn’t about the Moon.
When it eventually lands, they’re in for a hike.
If your fastball is 5324 mph, give the MLB a call!