4 mph speed-limits would be the norm (was Why gravity helps people work fas)

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Thread: 4 mph speed-limits would be the norm (was Why gravity helps people work fas)

# 12818 bysailorbarsoom@... on April 21, 2013, 11:01 p.m.
Member since 2021-10-03

How fast was the Lunar Rover?

The answer is: faster than 4 MPH. It was in fact 8 MPH, and hit 11.2 MPH at one point. Designed and built in the 1960s.

I suspect that we can do even better with five decades between then and the early 2020s. And when the 2030s get here, oh wow.