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Originally Posted by Gooral

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Spoiler for ep. 39:

how long were they falling (or from what height). Since there is no terminal velocity on the moon (because there is no air resistance) they would accelerate until they would reach the ground and depending on the height they could reach a speed that would be deadly. If it was 100 m then they would hit the ground at about 70 km/h if my calculations are correct. Depending on how they would hit the ground it could turn out to be deadly.

Your calculations are wrong, but then the story gets it wrong also. Here's why:

Spoiler for ep. 39:

Moon has 1/6th gravity right? Therefore given the speed they were going, they should have kept arcing up for a while before starting down. Realistically if it was a rille (as implied by the preview) rather than the edge of a crater they should have jumped it. Heart-racing but not dangerous. I found it odd that given how they tried to show so much accuracy that they picked this point to have "physics for the scene" rather than "reality".

In fact the greater danger on the moon, and even more so on an asteroid is that a strong kick could lift you high enough that getting back down becomes an issue.