the hard badge is just based on pure luck, and it all matters in the first day; i got lucky and managed to end up with $7,000+ after the first day, and made it to mars on day 2, you just have to keep retrying and get lucky. @geromatic123's method of getting more horizontal velocity helps too!
for those who don't know, the hammer is used to smash the pumpkins, smashing all of your pumpkins will give you speed, screams, and click bonuses and a diamond c:
Glad that you liked it!