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Intuitive Machines: Moon lander pictured on its side with snapped leg (www.bbc.com)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

It came in at 3 meters per second… I just looked it up average man (recreational runners not couch potatoes) I think can sprint at about 3.25 meters per second. So that’s like a man sprinting into a dust covered brick wall. 7.27 miles per hour. But I assumed it bounced more with the lower gravity.