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Originally Posted by freebeard
To maintain "a speed of approximately 403,000 kph on the Moon" the largest energy vector would be pointed toward the center of mass.
Escape velocity is 1/5th of Earth's. ....Theoretically.
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Last night,on PBS's 'Chasing the Moon' documentary of Apollo-11,they mentioned a third-stage burn which took them orbital speed,to 25,000 mph escape velocity,and into trans lunar insertion.
