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minus-squaremkwt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 day 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-squareButteryMonkey@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoHave you tried jumping? Sounds like that may be the ticket!
minus-squareCheeseNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoYou could probably gradually get it moving across the surface fast enough to escape though.
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.
I wish I could escape myself…
Have you tried jumping? Sounds like that may be the ticket!
You could probably gradually get it moving across the surface fast enough to escape though.