Comment on How fast can you theoretically run on the moon?

partial_accumen@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Well since there’s only 1/6th the gravity an zero atmosphere you can’t really “run” as you do on Earth anyway. Even walking is moderately difficult. Astronauts that walked on the moon found it easier to hop for great distances or shuffle for short distances.

However, if your question is “How fast could the average person move horizontally across the moon surface?” then it likely comes down to how fast they can hop forward, and continue to hop landing on their feet without stumbling and falling down. Since there’s no atmosphere the only friction to slow you down is the times your feet are in contact with the ground for the hop. So you could likely hop horizontally faster and faster and faster until you get exhausted from hopping or you don’t land right and hop and stumble and fall down. Likely pretty fast. Much faster than a top athlete running on Earth if you practice I bet.

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