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I haven't even gotten to these suits yet so don't get ahead of me we're going to cover that using NASA's own figures. A conservative approach is taken simply because I know that the wolves are out there ready to jump.
I take a conservative approach in determining the relative jumping ability of
astronauts in one-sixth gravity versus earth gravity. A complicating factor is the alleged weight of the spacesuits and backpacks worn by the astronauts.
Now here's where the fun begins, you see NASA claimed (it's their own figures I didn't make this up and you can check yourself) that the gear weighed 185 pounds. Now this is a terribly oppressive weight to carry on the earth, but it would be no problem whatsoever in one-sixth Gravity; that is assuming that that the astronauts weighed 185 pounds and their gear weighed the same. Figure the total combined weight in one-sixth gravity. That would be only 62 pounds. Now just ruminate on that a little bit.
If the astronaut weighed 185 pounds and his entire suit and all of his gear weighed another 185 pounds the equivalent combined total weight in 1/6 gravity, that would be only 62 pounds.
I'm here to tell you I could do amazing things if I weighed 62 pounds anywhere
ANYWHERE at all, but we didn't see any of that did we?
You see this is still only one third of an astronaut's body earth weight without any gear. Are you beginning to understand? Therefore the astronauts should have
been able to jump vertically far higher than they could on earth without any burden.
