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“Low Gravity” Indeed

Beresheet crashed.
Vikram crashed.
Hakuto-R crashed.
Luna-25 crashed.
Peregrine crashed.
Resilience crashed.

Hayabusa bounced. It then continued its mission, and… returned to Earth. Almost 20 years ago.

The gravity of Earth’s natural satellite is one-sixth Earth’s gravity… and that of Ceres, the largest asteroid, is one-sixth of that. Meanwhile, more-typical asteroids aren’t even 1/6th of that. Gravity, as measured about the cosmos, is logarithmic, not arithmetic. Yet the average (non-scientist) human thinks in arithmetic scale. This is why the average human can’t judge space (much less do it).

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