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Old 01-November-2007, 09:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Noclevername View Post
Depends on how high you jump, and how strong the local g is (can vary by orders of magnitude.)
In his book involving the twins Castor and Pollux (can't recall the name), Heinlein calculated that it just might be possible (given a less cumbersome spacesuit than we have today) to run (more like skip, actually), fast enough on one of Mars' moons to achieve escape velocity.
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