answersLogoWhite

0

No, there is sufficient gravity on the Moon for you to stay on the surface.

User Avatar

Wiki User

14y ago

What else can I help you with?

Continue Learning about Astronomy

How would you float in space if where on the moon?

In the moon's lower gravity, you would feel lighter and be able to jump higher. However, you wouldn't float as if you were in space because there is still some gravity on the moon. To stay in place, you would need to exert less force compared to on Earth.


How does the moon float in space?

The moon orbits around the Earth due to gravitational force. Its motion is a balance between the pull of Earth's gravity and the moon's own inertia. This allows the moon to "float" in space without falling towards Earth.


How much would a penny weigh on the moon?

It is really hard to tell because there isn't any gravity in space so it would just float around.


Do you float on the moon?

Yes, objects and people would technically float on the moon due to its weaker gravity compared to Earth. However, since the moon does have some gravity, objects and people would still have some weight and wouldn't be completely weightless.


Does the space shuttle float when it falls from the moon into the ocean?

Firstly, the space shuttle does not not go to the moon. It remains in low-earth orbit. Also, it does not land in the ocean but makes an unpowered landing on a runway. The capsule of Challenger did sink after it fell into the ocean during its launch accident in 1986. The solid rocket boosters that fall from the shuttle during launch do float and are recovered. The Apollo command modules that did travel to the moon during the Apollo moon missions landed in the ocean and did float. Also, frogmen attached a flotation collar when they reached the capsule. The Space Shuttle never goes in the ocean. It lands at Kennedy Space Center in Florida or Edwards Air Force Base in California<br>The Space Shuttle has never been to the Moon.

Related Questions

How would you float in space if where on the moon?

In the moon's lower gravity, you would feel lighter and be able to jump higher. However, you wouldn't float as if you were in space because there is still some gravity on the moon. To stay in place, you would need to exert less force compared to on Earth.


If you jump off the moon would you hit the earth?

1. No 2. no, you would float in space!!


How does the moon float in space?

The moon orbits around the Earth due to gravitational force. Its motion is a balance between the pull of Earth's gravity and the moon's own inertia. This allows the moon to "float" in space without falling towards Earth.


Do you float in space?

No, you do not float in space. In space, there is no gravity to pull you down, so you would float freely.


If you stood on the bottom of the moon then wouldn't you fall into space?

There's no gravity in outer space, so you would just float in one place.


Why does sand not float on the moon?

There is still gravity on the moon. We know that because, how else would the space ship be able to land? If something as heavy as a space ship can stay down, so can sand.


Why does the moon not have a source life?

it does not have life because it has no atmosphere and no gravity. If it did it would just burn up or float up into space.


Why a moon does not float in space?

A moon does not float in space because of the gravitational force of the planet around which the moon in question orbits. Although moons differ in size and in orbital speed, among other considerations, all are as it were "stuck" to their planets by gravitational pull.


If there ever is a heat wave in the moon would the ice melt and create a lake or would it just float and get lost in space?

Any liquid water exposed to vacuum will boil away immediately, and the moon has no air. And there is no ice on the moon.


How did the astronauts not float into space when they walked in the moon?

Because of the moons gravitational force.


How much would a penny weigh on the moon?

It is really hard to tell because there isn't any gravity in space so it would just float around.


What if the the earth lost its gravity?

Everyone would float freely into space until entering the gravitational field of another planet, moon or star