Does that mean if you fall at the exact same time on each from the exact same distance above each you'll fall 1/6 as slow on the moon as you will on Earth, or are there more complicated proportions with gravity involved?
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the absence of an atmosphere on the moon ( a complete vacuum) means that there is no way the apollo landers could have "glided" down to the moon's surface they would have dropped straight down and the craft would have oscillated the whole way, on earth the air will slow you down to a terminal velocity on the moon you KEEP accelerating until you hit the ground
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Well, there is also the additional difference in the lack of atmosphere on the Moon, which speeds up your fall, due to the absence of air resistance, but it wouldn't speed you up a whole lot.
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It's not quite that simple, there's air resistance on earth, but not on the moon.
A more simple explanation is something on the moon would weigh 1/6 of the same object on earth.
A more simple explanation is something on the moon would weigh 1/6 of the same object on earth.
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At small velocities (where the force of air resistance on most objects on Earth is negligible), it is that simple.