Did the moon lander have enough fuel to get off the moon?

[Zubenelgenubi]

I even provided the link about the differences between mass and weight. To be said once more. You have to lift the weight and accelerate the mass. Regarding the mass you're correct, but first you have to counteract the gravity.

I think mortisthewise was objecting to this:

...instead of 4670kg you are lifting only 778kg ...

Which isn't correct, even though the point you were making is understood: you still have to lift 4670kg, it's just that 1kg doesn't weigh as much on the Moon as it does on Earth. If the example was in pounds, then the division would work, but kilograms are a unit of mass, not weight...

[wtrix]

I even provided the link about the differences between mass and weight. To be said once more. You have to lift the weight and accelerate the mass. Regarding the mass you're correct, but first you have to counteract the gravity.

I think mortisthewise was objecting to this:

...instead of 4670kg you are lifting only 778kg ...

Which isn't correct, even though the point you were making is understood: you still have to lift 4670kg, it's just that 1kg doesn't weigh as much on the Moon as it does on Earth. If the example was in pounds, then the division would work, but kilograms are a unit of mass, not weight...

Mybad. Point taken. The right unit instead of pounds however (SI units in this context) would have been kgf or kilopond as stated sometimes. The correct saying, thus, is: ...instead of 4670kgf you are lifting only 778kgf, but you're still accelerating 4670kg.

[MeteorWayne]

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