Can you fall off the Moon?

Although you can jump very high on the moon, you'll be happy to know that there's no need to worry about jumping all the way off into space. In fact, you'd need to be going very fast – more than 2 kilometres per second – to escape from the moon's surface.
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Can I fall from Moon to Earth?

The gravitational force between Earth and the moon is strong. But the force is not strong enough to pull the moon towards us, like an apple falling from the tree due to Gravity.
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What happen if you jump on the moon?

The Moon's gravity is weaker than the Earth's — in fact it is 1/6th as strong as on Earth. When you're on the Moon, you are 1/6th as heavy. So if you weigh 75 pounds on Earth, you would only weigh about 12 pounds on the Moon. But your muscles are as strong as they are on Earth, so you can jump 6 times farther!
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Can you float away if you jump on the moon?

Even though there is essentially no air in the chamber, the mass still falls. Another example is the moon. There is no air on the moon, but astronauts don't float away - even when they jump.
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Is free fall possible on moon?

On Earth, g = 9.8 m s2 but on the Moon g is only 1.6 m s2. Hence an object dropped from a given height will take longer to fall to the surface on the Moon than it would on the Earth. This experiment on the Moon was a recreation of a legendary experiment performed by Galileo in 1589.
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What Would Happen If An Astronaut Became Stranded On The Moon?



What happens if you fall from space to Earth?

You would still die of course, but it would be by asphyxiation. Your blood holds enough oxygen for about 15 seconds of brain activity. After that you'd black out, with complete brain death following within three minutes.
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How far do you fall in 10 seconds?

Using the figure of 56 m/s for the terminal velocity of a human, one finds that after 10 seconds he will have fallen 348 metres and attained 94% of terminal velocity, and after 12 seconds he will have fallen 455 metres and will have attained 97% of terminal velocity.
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How cold is the Moon?

The average temperature on the Moon (at the equator and mid latitudes) varies from -298 degrees Fahrenheit (-183 degrees Celsius), at night, to 224 degrees Fahrenheit (106 degrees Celsius) during the day.
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Can an astronaut get lost in space?

A total of 18 people have lost their lives either while in space or in preparation for a space mission, in four separate incidents. Given the risks involved in space flight, this number is surprisingly low.
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Can you free fall from space?

As of today, it is not possible to jump from space to earth. In fact, the highest recorded jump was performed from the stratosphere at 135,890ft (25.7 miles, 41.4 km) which is still 196,850ft (37.3 miles, 60 km) lower than space.
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Is the flag still in the moon?

Images taken by a Nasa spacecraft show that the American flags planted in the Moon's soil by Apollo astronauts are mostly still standing. The photos from Lunar Reconaissance Orbiter (LRO) show the flags are still casting shadows - except the one planted during the Apollo 11 mission.
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How fast do you fall on moon?

Under the lunar acceleration of gravity, during each second of our fall our velocity increases by 1.622 meters per second, which we'll round to 1.6 meters per second. So we know that the time for the fall in seconds equals the square root of 750 -- about 27.4 seconds.
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How long can a human stay in space?

After about one minute circulation effectively stops. The lack of oxygen to the brain renders you unconscious in less than 15 seconds, eventually killing you.
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Will the Moon ever explode?

The violent destruction of Earth's only natural satellite would throw things a little off-kilter, to say the least. The gravitational binding energy of the Moon is 120 million, trillion gigajoules. This means that unless you deliver that much energy in one go, the Moon will just crack apart and reform into a sphere.
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What crashed into the Moon 2021?

A rocket part that's been careering around space for years is set to collide with the moon on Friday, and it will be the first time a chunk of space junk has unintentionally slammed into the lunar surface.
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Why does moon not collide with Earth?

Without the force of gravity from the Earth, it would just float away into space. This mix of velocity and distance from the Earth allows the Moon to always be in balance between fall and escape.
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Do you age slower in space?

Scientists have recently observed for the first time that, on an epigenetic level, astronauts age more slowly during long-term simulated space travel than they would have if their feet had been planted on Planet Earth.
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Do you age in space?

Flying through outer space has dramatic effects on the body, and people in space experience aging at a faster rate than people on Earth.
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What does space smell like?

A succession of astronauts have described the smell as '… a rather pleasant metallic sensation ... [like] ... sweet-smelling welding fumes', 'burning metal', 'a distinct odour of ozone, an acrid smell', 'walnuts and brake pads', 'gunpowder' and even 'burnt almond cookie'.
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How hot is Mars?

Temperatures on Mars average about -81 degrees F. However, temperatures range from around -220 degrees F. in the wintertime at the poles, to +70 degrees F. over the lower latitudes in the summer.
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How hot is Jupiter?

It is estimated that the temperature of the cloud tops are about -280 degrees F. Overall, Jupiter's average temperature is -238 degrees F.
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How fast can you fall in love?

Falling in love can happen relatively quickly — some say they feel it on a first date, while most agree it takes at least eight weeks. But you can fall out of love just as easily.
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How high can you jump into water?

Stone states that jumping from 150 feet (46 metres) or higher on land, and 250 feet (76 metres) or more on water, is 95% to 98% fatal. 150 feet/46 metres, equates to roughly 10 to 15 stories in a building, depending on the height of one story.
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Do heavier objects fall faster?

Acceleration of Falling Objects

Heavier things have a greater gravitational force AND heavier things have a lower acceleration. It turns out that these two effects exactly cancel to make falling objects have the same acceleration regardless of mass.
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