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It would depend on the temperature and the gravity.

Iceskating works (and ice is slippery) because of a very thin layer of liquid water on its surface. It's a combination of temperature differences at the interface and pressure applied on the ice's surface that make it possible to skate on ice.

If the gravity is weak enough that a skater's weight doesn't produce enough pressure, and/or the temperature is low enough, it can become physically impossible forphysically impossible for ice to melt when the skates' blades come in contact with it. When that happens the ice to melt and therefor becomestops being slippery and behaves like other types of rocks.

You could probably imagine some workarounds in some edge cases, for instance by heating the skates' blades to overcome too low a pressure applied on the ice or too low a temperature.

It would depend on the temperature and the gravity.

Iceskating works (and ice is slippery) because of a very thin layer of liquid water on its surface.

If the gravity is weak enough and/or the temperature is low enough, it can become physically impossible for ice to melt and therefor become slippery.

You could probably imagine some workarounds in some cases, for instance by heating the skates' blades to overcome too low a pressure applied on the ice or too low a temperature.

It would depend on the temperature and the gravity.

Iceskating works (and ice is slippery) because of a very thin layer of liquid water on its surface. It's a combination of temperature differences at the interface and pressure applied on the ice's surface that make it possible to skate on ice.

If the gravity is weak enough that a skater's weight doesn't produce enough pressure, and/or the temperature is low enough, it can become physically impossible for ice to melt when the skates' blades come in contact with it. When that happens the ice stops being slippery and behaves like other types of rocks.

You could probably imagine workarounds in some edge cases, for instance by heating the skates' blades to overcome too low a pressure applied on the ice or too low a temperature.

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It would depend on the temperature and the gravity.

Iceskating works (and ice is slippery) because of a very thin layer of liquid water on its surface.

If the gravity is weak enough and/or the temperature is low enough, it can become physically impossible for ice to melt and therefor become slippery.

You could probably imagine some workarounds in some cases, for instance by heating the skates' blades to overcome too low a pressure applied on the ice or too low a temperature.