04. What would happen if you "ramped" cars (jumped cars off ramps) on the Moon? And could there be drag races in space? (A K2S Question)

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If you could gain enough speed on the Moon's rough surface to jump off a ramp, you would travel quite a distance before the gravity pulled you back down. Watch out for the landing though—Moon vehicles wouldn't have rubber tires, so you wouldn't bounce when you hit the surface. Drag racing in space would be quite a challenge because it would require a whole new kind of space vehicle.

Answer provided by US Space and Rocket Center


Image:K2S logosmall.jpg Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer


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