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Old 01-November-2007, 09:15 AM
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Originally Posted by mugaliens View Post
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.
The novel is Rolling Stones and I believe they were on Phobos.
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