Why can you not jump off a falling object to break your momentum?
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As long as the object is only falling at the speed of a person jumping you can.
One data source puts a human jump at around 2.4 meters per second.
The landing speed, is also about 2.4 meters per second.
Human terminal velocity is 66 meters per second, a volkswagen beetle’s terminal velocity is about 160m/s.
A human cannot generate enough downward force to counteract falling velocity. So unless you’re falling at about the same speed someone lands from a jump, not really worth it unless you’re going to convert some vertical energy into lateral energy by rolling.
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