Olympic Women Ski Jump Equally Far on the Moon

Right now, for the first time in Olympic history, women are taking to the ski jumping slopes to compete for Olympic gold. If they were on the Moon how far might they fly? Would they surpass the Moon's escape velocity and go soaring through space? Or would they manage to circle around the circumference of the Moon before landing? Neither. The provocative, counterintuitive answer is that they would travel about the same distance! The Holmenkillen ski Jump in Oslo, Norway. Credit: Mathias Stang The...