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To: Empire_of_Liberty

Not just inertia. Under the moon’s gravity the tires would have 1/6th of the friction they would on Earth.


53 posted on 02/09/2022 11:10:47 AM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Seruzawa

Right. I think the low gravity would give you very little control, yet you are wearing a massive backpack full of your life support system. The “pull” allowing you to lean will be almost nonexistent, and the tendency to continue in a straight line will be the same as on Earth. The tendency to grab “air” is going to be really high, also.

It’s a silly idea that looks “cool”. Sorta like a Mars probe “collecting” a rock for a later probe to come get. NASA’s brain-tank is on Empty.


54 posted on 02/09/2022 11:23:15 AM PST by Empire_of_Liberty
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