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Why did some Apollo missions carry a grenade launcher?
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moritonal
· 2026-11-15 Sun 10:05 UTC ·
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About six times further with zero drag. So 3.6Km, or from Buckingham Palace to St Paul's Cathedral.
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johannes1234321
· 2026-11-15 Sun 10:29 UTC ·
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Since there is no atmosphere even a bit further.
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LoganDark
· 2026-11-15 Sun 10:57 UTC ·
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That's already what zero drag meant
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yokoprime
· 2026-11-15 Sun 13:04 UTC ·
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We could also say it's about a 15 minute run for a healthy person
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dmos62
· 2026-11-15 Sun 15:13 UTC ·
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Few people run at 13 km/h. Your qualification regarding health is doing a lot of work here.
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NooneAtAll5
· 2026-11-15 Sun 16:01 UTC ·
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> Few people run at 13 km/h.
on Earth or on the Moon tho?
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iterance
· 2026-11-15 Sun 16:22 UTC ·
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Have you ever tried to run on the moon? Bloody difficult.
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znpy
· 2026-11-15 Sun 16:34 UTC ·
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My (wildly uneducated) guess is that on the moon the real issue is not much acceleration but rather deceleration.
on Earth or on the Moon tho?