> a whopping 728 feet across, more than twice the length of an American football field

For the rest of the world, this is ~222 meters, more than twice the length of a 100 meter track.

EDIT: Ninja'd! :-)

It’s so big we can see it with a telescope, and so small that the chance of something similar hitting any single spot on the surface minuscule in the next 100 years.

But the rate for milligram sized particles hitting a 100m x 100m patch is 2-3 per month.

At 20km/s, that's plenty big enough to ruin your day.

Put a chewing gum in it, push a coin or credit card atop it, for a fast fix. Use Fantastic Fast Foam by Lunar Meta Materials for more permanent repair.

That sounds like you would be using your ACME rocket powered roller skates so you get to the damage quickly ...

It's the moon. It has low gravity. I'm athletic. I'll just jump.

I wonder how long "coyote time" would last on the Moon.

>At 20km/s, that's plenty big enough to ruin your day.

Is it though? That's pretty slow

Edit: nvm I read as km/h not km/s

The secret? "You're absolutely right!" Say this enough times and you can change anyone's mind, as Dale Carnegie noticed 90 years ago already.

So true.

My son wanted to wear his undies on the outside a la Captain Underpants and I tried war gaming this with him - hmm, so your undie on the outside is going to require another one inside your pants and we are out of fresh pairs etc etc. In the end, he gave up on the idea of mimicking Captain Underpants.

Kin-dza-dza!

To address this question, apply a mathematical trick, and convert it to the equivalent "Why aren't happy people smarter?". This new question admits a range of straightforward solutions, depending on how kind you are to the handicapped.