How long would it take to hike 200 miles on the moon?

Question

Do we walk slower of faster than here on earth?

Answer 1

The gravity of the moon is far less then the gravity of the earth, your muscles would be more efficient on the moon when you first arrived but would then either deteriorate or would require more rigorous exercise to maintain.

So with that in mind I would assume that a person running at full speed on earth could reach about 7-10 mp/h for a short period, and on the moon would be able to sustain that for a much longer period of time.

So a fit athletic person accustomed to running/jogging could do it in 20-28 hours if they didn't stop. Micheal Johnson has reached speeds of 37.267 km/h which is about 22.54 mp/h so on the moon he could do it under 10 hours.

Answer 2

The moon's gravity is only 1/6 that of Earth, so locomotion is rather different than it is at home. If you look at video of the Apollo astronauts on the moon you will see that the way they move around most efficiently isn't quite walking at all... it's more like a bunny hop. They move pretty well that way...maybe the speed of a jog on Earth. That's 5 or 6 mph, so it would take you 30 or 40 hrs to move 200 miles that way on the Moon.

Answer 3

You could technically probably couldn't walk at all by the definition of the word. You would be able to travel faster using just your legs due to there being less gravity, but you would want to move slower to avoid going the wrong way.

Since there is very little gravity on the moon, you could possibly take one giant sideways leap like a broadjump and go flying for hundreds of yards before you hit the surface again. Likewise, however, you could accidentally jump straight up in the air and not come down for several minutes. You couldn't "walk" by definition because there wouldn't be enough gravity to keep your feet on the ground to perform the heal to toe movement of walking. SO, in order to assure that you go in the direction you want to and don't go flying off in an unintentional direction, you would want to be very careful and move very slowly and methodically.

Answer 4

200 miles

Answer 5

four days six hours 27 minutes and forty-three seconds