I mean I know it’s a joke but you can’t actually break orbit just by throwing something from the moon, right?
Byeeeeeee
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black_flag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 hours ago
smeg@feddit.uk 16 hours 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 14 hours 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.
icelimit@lemmy.ml 15 hours ago
Man even a 5.6 is only 0.9km/s. I thought we could give the moon a ring of bullets.
Tomassci@sh.itjust.works 11 hours ago
Not the moon, but this comic would work on some asteroids.
black_flag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 hours ago
How small would it have to be?
jballs@sh.itjust.works 13 hours ago
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.
marcos@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Nor can you throw a spaceship around on the Moon.
So maybe that cartoon isn’t about the Moon.
grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 15 hours ago
When it eventually lands, they’re in for a hike.
Valthorn@feddit.nu 16 hours ago
If your fastball is 5324 mph, give the MLB a call!
ns1@feddit.uk 17 hours ago
Who else has done exactly this before on Gilly in Kerbal Space Program?
halvar@lemy.lol 17 hours ago
just jump after it
dukatos@lemmy.zip 8 hours ago
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cRazi_man@europe.pub 17 hours ago
Just remember to aim your jump exactly… Or die floating in the void.
don@lemmy.ca 16 hours ago
No pressure… because there’s no atmosphere.
FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.cafe 16 hours ago
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