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Let’s go further. Let’s say the moon’s gravity is conservatively calculated to be at least 50 percent of earth gravity.
If NASA overstated the true weight of the astronaut’s gear, moon gravity would be appreciably higher. Evidence suggests that the astronaut’s gear weighed no more than about 75 pounds total.
That's right 75 pounds total, but even if it did weigh 185 pounds as NASA
says, there’s already enough proof to show that NASA's been lying to us for a long, long time.
According to the data observed from the Apollo missions, the moon's gravity was calculated to be 71 percent of the Earth's based on the following assumptions that John Young jumped 18 inches on the moon. His space suit and backpack weighed 75 pounds on earth, and he could manage 18 inches on the Earth without any burden.
Now, even if that's wrong and his suit actually weighed 185 pounds, it would still suggest that the moon's gravity was at least 50 percent of earth's assuming that all of these other things are constant.
A lot of writers seem to give the impression that the moon suits worn by the Apollo 11 astronauts were extremely restrictive, yet the following information take from “We Reached the Moon” by Wilford indicates that this was not the case.
In any event, observed actions of the astronauts during the filmed portions of their
activities on the moon shows that they moved around easily.
They did not tire under this supposedly great burden. They were able to take long excursions, conduct explorations, chip off moon rocks, plant flags, set up
Experiments and equipment (much of which was left on the moon).
