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At what speed can a person jump in zero g?
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[QUOTE="hutchphd, post: 6832428, member: 635497"] I think it reasonable to assume that the leg (at one g) in this circumstance is limited by the force it can supply (and not the speed required). For instance if it were speed limited, then fat people would jump as high as thin ones. If force=F[SUB]max[/SUB] is limiting, then the work done by your leg extending through length l $$W=F_{max} l $$ remains the same regardless of local g and $$mgh_{earth}=F_{max}l=\frac { mv^2} 2$$ This also implies that on the moon you can jump (sans spacesuit) to a height of ##6 h_{earth}## before asphyxiating [/QUOTE]
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