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Saoirsenobas t1_j24kecb wrote

The moon is extremely far away from earth, even if you could throw objects from the surface to escape the moon's gravity they would still just fall in a ever so slightly smaller or larger orbit around earth and would never go anywhere near the surfcace.

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This_Username_42 t1_j25cdy4 wrote

If you threw a hammer at escape velocity toward earth it would hit earth because it would be pulled into the gravitational field. If you’re adding velocity toward the center of the system and you’re already orbiting the body, you’re going to go eccentric if the speed is low and impact if the speed is high. You’re ripping that hammer and it’s gonna burn up in atmosphere

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