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I wonder if those light stands are going to fall over when the rocket leaves. Is there enough atmosphere on the moon to blast them down?
Edit: great job downvoting me for being curious about physics in space! We sure don’t want people wondering and asking questions about the world we live in.
While the moon has basically no atmosphere, I don’t think it would matter much. Plenty of lunar dust would get blown around by the force of the engines, and the mass or that dust would contribute. Beyond that, the exhaust itself has a lot of force, and is probably plenty.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HQfauGJaTs
Look at the Apollo missions taking off, it’s quite violent for the surround area.
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Almost no atmosphere on the moon.