Why can you not jump off a falling object to break your momentum?
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You could. If only you could jump hard enough. Problem is, you can’t really jump hard enough. To fully arrest your momentum, even from a small height (say 2 meters) would require more leg muscle energy than (almost) anyone has ever been able to produce in a single movement at a rapid enough speed. You have to fully overcome the ~20m/s of acceleration that you’ve already experienced just to maintain your current height, let alone come back up slightly.
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