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the moon and trampolines

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doomey! | 19:16 Sat 18th Mar 2006 | Science
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If I had the right amount of money, and the right resources..


If i set up a trampoline on the moon, how far could I travel?


What would be the furthest palnet (if possible) I would reach?

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Caution: Escape velocity for the moon is >5000mph (8640kph).
5000 mph?is this correct mibn2cweus?how did the lunar landing modules able to achieve these speeds?
errr. . . not with a trampoline.

Lunar gravity is only one sixth of that on earth so the astronaut would only depress the trampoline with one sixth of the force on earth, propelling him vertically by a very much reduced amount. BUT - once projected vertically, gravity being less, the astronaut would not decelerate as rapidly as on earth. Without doing the sums (it is too late at night), I would predict that an astronaut on a lunar trampoline would rise to a somewhat similar height to that on earth - certainly not into space.


Believe it or not ronnor but the lunar modules had rocket engines. Amazing that NASA thought of that and didn't use a trampoline.

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