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xnxyesterday at 9:56 PM1 replyview on HN

40 foot drops would be survivable on the moon.


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starkeeperyesterday at 11:14 PM

It's 40 meters, so it is only survivable with jump jets. That would be cool though.

(ChatGPT answered, I was too lazy to computer 40m with gravity being 1.62m/s on the lunar surface.)

Velocity on impact: ~11.4 m/s km/h: ~41 km/h mph: ~25.5 mph

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship_HLS