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by jedmeyers 86 days ago
> One giant leap?

The gravity is weaker so just jump down /s
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xnx 86 days ago
40 foot drops would be survivable on the moon.
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starkeeper 86 days ago
It's 40 meters, so it is only survivable with jump jets. That would be cool though.

(ChatGPT answered, I was too lazy to computer 40m with gravity being 1.62m/s on the lunar surface.)

Velocity on impact: ~11.4 m/s km/h: ~41 km/h mph: ~25.5 mph

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship_HLS

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