Space News Letter to Editor

--- In spacesettlers, "victoriatangoman" wrote:

> Can you flesh this out more?

There is a bit about sports at SpaceFuture: www.spacefuture.com

> What kind of sports? Team or individual?

Some of each, I would imagine.

> Will the players live in orbit or will we shuttle them there for
> the game and then being them back?

I suspect that at first they will be workers who would stay on months-
long tours of duty. Perhaps the various space hotels will each
maintain a team, and the televised games will themselves be great
advertising. Later on there could be full-time, pro athletes who
live in orbit.

> Will they be full time astronauts and in their free time go the to
> sports facility to be part time 0-G athletes whose games are
> televised?

See above. ^_^

> Will it be a new game specific to 0-G or a transplanted Earth game?

Again, some of each. 3-D, weightless soccer, plus some other stuff.

> What will the advertising pay for? The launch of the facility, or
> the launching of the players?

The facility, the uniforms and such.

> If the latter, who pays for the facility and associated costs?

Um...

> Doesn't this step presuppose an LEO station?

I'll get to the rest of this in a day or two.

Xenophile (if I told you about the last few days...)