They also have the atmosphere, with drag that will make all velocities trend towards zero. Don’t have that on the moon, gotta do it all with fuel. More than half of the energy she’s by the returning falcon is aerobraking.
Yes, the moon has substantially less gravity but it’s also exponentially harder to get the fuel there.
chrisweekly
"the atmosphere, with drag that will make all velocities trend towards zero"
Did you forget about gravity? Terminal velocity in free-fall is not zero!
TylerEOP
Trend towards. The rocket is descending far faster than low altitude terminal velocity.
Yes, the moon has substantially less gravity but it’s also exponentially harder to get the fuel there.