Why did astronauts have to wear (Weighted Suits ) on the moon?

Question

How could they have brought back moon rocks and moon dust? Wouldn't ANYTHING on the moon that is loose not float away into outer space? C'mon! Have humans really ever been on the moon?

Answer 1

Well, the rocks don't float away because even though they may float very high, they still come back down, they usually don't have enough velocity to break the gravitational pull of the moon, even the shuttles are effected by gravity, but it SEEMS weightless because they're in a state of constant freefall while maintaining a certain horizontal velocity so they orbit the earth, in simpler terms, they're falling over the side of the world all the time. Anyway, those rocks that may fly up, come back down, and they bounce, however they don't bounce as high, and eventually come to a rest, and as for anything that's not bolted down floating away, that's just stupid, because the moon has gravity, it's only 1/6th of Earth's gravity, but it's still there. (By the way, the level of stupidity in your question is aggravating me.) The moon suits had to be weighted so when the astronaughts pushed on the ground with their feet, they didn't just blast off about a hundred meters into the sky.

PS. ANYONE who asks that sort of question sounds like an uneducated mendicant.

PPS. If yer curious about my age, I'm 17

Answer 2

First, the moon has gravity - lots of it - enough to contribute to tides here on earth 250,000 miles away. The moon just happens to have less gravity than the earth. About 1/6 the gravity of the earth. But things definitely would not float off the surface if not fastened down. Second, the suits were not "weighted" but they were necessarily heavy because of the life support equipment they contained. They had to supply oxygen for the astronauts. Also, they contained heavy refrigeration apparatus. With very little atmosphere to diminish the sun's radiation, temperatures on the moon are intense. The suits were so heavy that if they were worn on earth activity would be difficult. The astronauts were thankful, I'm sure for the reduced gravity on the moon. All objects BTW have gravity. The amount of gravity they have depends on their mass. The moon has about 1/6 the gravity of the earth because it has about 1/6 the mass of the earth.

Answer 3

Because it makes it easier to walk. Jumping up very high for every step can make walking take much longer, and they try to conserve their oxygen as much as possible. It's not because they would fly out of atmosphere while walking, thats not possible on any moon or planet, the gravity is far too powerful. And that is also why everything that is loose hasn't floated into space. The moon has a gravitational field. Why do you think they need their space ship to get back to Earth? Did you think they could just get rid of the suit and jump on back to Earth?

Answer 4

Things on the moon aren't light enough to float away. The reason for weighted suits was simply to make it easier for the astronauts to walk in REDUCED (not absent) gravity. Even the golf ball that was struck returned to the surface of the moon.

Light or heavy will not make something "stick" or fly away from the moon as gravity will bring any floating thing back to the surface unless it reaches escape velocity for the moon.

Answer 5

The escape velocity for the Moon is 5,368 mph, so unless the rocks and dust were kicked really hard they'd fall back down. The moon has plenty of gravity -- just because it has less than Earth's doesn't mean it's missing. In fact, since it has no atmosphere to speak of, even a helium balloon should fall down on the Moon -- although I haven't tested that one myself.

Answer 6

The last shall be first: Yes, humans HAVE been on the moon.
Weighted suits? The moon has a gravitational force - but only about a ninth (I think) of earth's. Maybe weighted suits made the astronauts feel more "grounded". And maybe weighted suits are just part of another urban myth... like Neil Armstrong....

Answer 7

Because of the gravitaion in the moon.

Moon is the MOON as you see in your naked eye from the earth, but in space MOON is a planet alone in the space with his own gravity. It consist of material which is same as earth.

That is why, our astronauts are able to brought back the moon rock to earth.

Answer 8

Short answer - The suits weren't weighted and its primary function is life support. There is no atmosphere on the moon to breathe. and without an atmosphere pressing against a body, the boiling point of blood would be lowered to cause boiling - and then there is the issue of internal pressure which our internal organs exert naturally against the skin.

Even on the moon (and any object having mass) there is an attraction commonly called gravity (actually a warp in spacetime).

Answer 9

No ... the suits were heavy enough to compensate, a bit, for the moons' lighter gravity .

NASA engineers did it on purpose.

Gravity is caused by mass ... the larger the mass the stronger the gravity. Duh ! The moon is much smaller than the earth; therefore, less gravity. ... Air on Earth , what a concept.

Humans absolutely walked on the moon and we saw how small but beautiful Our Earth is.

Please learn,
Jonnie

Answer 10

it would want to operate nicely on Mars, yet not on mercury, pluto or venus. Mercury, because the shortcoming of ecosystem might want to be too severe Venus, beacuse the ambience might want to weigh down you into organic and organic pulp Pluto, that is a lot too chilly and obviously you may want to not precisely land on the gas giants. Edit: Do you realize the dam pressures modern-day on Jupiters floor? The hydrogen on the exterior litearlly exists to the point that at 28 ranges, that is overwhelmed right into a supersolid.