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In article <4586@cruzio.santa-cruz.ca.us> snarfy@cruzio.santa-cruz.ca.us writes:

)   jump about 18 inches vertically without a  run.   On  all  of  the  video
)   footage  shot  by  the  astronauts  while  in  the moonwalking mode , the
)   highest leaps performed by the most vigorous individuals,  such  as  John
)   Young,  never  amounted  to  more  than  about 18 inches, while they were
)   THEORETICALLY CAPABLE OF SLOW BACKFLIPS!

If we assume, though, that the moon landings *were* real and in low G (just
for the purposes of argument, of course), wouldn't it be plausible that the
astronauts were being very careful and restrained *NOT* to do backflips, in
ordor to avoid possible adverse effects due to a bad landing damaging their
space suits?