How fast could the average person whose in peak physical shape run on the moon, without the limits of current technology? I mean suit, but like a wetsuit with only a small helmet, and athletic shoes.
How fast could the average person whose in peak physical shape run on the moon, without the limits of current technology? I mean suit, but like a wetsuit with only a small helmet, and athletic shoes.
The suspension phase would be higher and longer.
Which is why the bunny hop is more natural.
Keep in mind hoping with enough force that your feet rises .45 meters (about a foot and a half), which is about average for a statist high jump on earth equates to about 3 meters on the moon. You’d land with the same force as on earth… but it takes much longer to get back down.
The other problem with running is stopping. You get going too fast, build up too much speed and you suddenly need more space to stop- or you fall on your face.
Bunny hopping is more controlled… and the entire world was watching.
Best not to goof off too much. Alan Sheherd…. im talking to you.
Edit: just for the record, i think shepherd is a legend for that. There were very few people who knew what he was up to, IIRC only the mission planer knew. He smuggled the club head and golf balls up and used a shaft from one tool or another (that the club head was modified for.) apparently the mission planner gave the go-ahead as long as it happened at the end of EVAs, if there was extra time.