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minus-squaremkwt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·18 hours agoEven if you went to some asteroids that have low escape velocities, a spacecraft still has all of the mass of a spacecraft–probably a few 1000 kg. So you probably can’t get it going fast enough, even if you can escape yourself by jumping.
minus-squareCheeseNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·12 hours agoYou could probably gradually get it moving across the surface fast enough to escape though.
minus-squarezedgeist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·16 hours agoI wish I could escape myself…
minus-squareButteryMonkey@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·14 hours agoHave you tried jumping? Sounds like that may be the ticket!
Even if you went to some asteroids that have low escape velocities, a spacecraft still has all of the mass of a spacecraft–probably a few 1000 kg. So you probably can’t get it going fast enough, even if you can escape yourself by jumping.
You could probably gradually get it moving across the surface fast enough to escape though.
I wish I could escape myself…
Have you tried jumping? Sounds like that may be the ticket!