The Gravity Option Forum: Spacesettlers
Thread: The Gravity Option
# 10605 bysailorbarsoom@... on April 21, 2008, 4:36 p.m.
Member since 2021-10-03
--- In spacesettlers, "king_rodent" wrote:
>> --- In spacesettlers, "Ian Woollard" wrote:
>>> 0-g is just for sex!
>> And sports!
> Funny enogh, I was just thinking of this last Wednesday. Don't
> look at me weird but I recommend all space advocates to start
> watching Hockey. I'm not a big sports fan but was sitting in a bar
> and a Hockey game was on. While watching it, I came to the
> realization that Hockey is a great analogy for future zero-g sports.
> Though primarily a 2-d game, it is played on a relatively
> frictionless surface and most of the game is based on vectors
> constant momentum and built-up velocity.
>
> So, if you want to start thinking about space sports, start
> watching Hockey.
Something like this?