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[-] smeg@feddit.uk 37 points 2 days ago

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

[-] mkwt@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

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.

[-] zedgeist@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

I wish I could escape myself..

[-] ButteryMonkey@piefed.social 5 points 2 days ago

Have you tried jumping? Sounds like that may be the ticket!

[-] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

You could probably gradually get it moving across the surface fast enough to escape though.

[-] icelimit@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 days ago

Man even a 5.6 is only 0.9km/s. I thought we could give the moon a ring of bullets.

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