Full G on the Moon or other small bodies?

Forum: Spacesettlers
Thread: Full G on the Moon or other small bodies?

# 9362 byxenophile2002@... on Jan. 11, 2007, 4:24 p.m.
Member since 2021-10-03

--- In spacesettlers, joe wrote:

> Same kind, just a different amount, only 1/6th as strong. If you
> weigh 150 pounds here, you'd weigh only 25 pounds there. You could
> jump six times higher there than you can on Earth -- jumping clear
> across a basketball court and doing a slam-dunk would be a piece of
> cake.

Yep. And if you're interested... oh wait, there's more!

> Here's another benefit of lower gravity you may not have heard about
> yet. If you had a big room (like a tall gymnasium) in a Moon
> colony, you could strap on wings and fly like a bird!

And if you're interested in the athletic potential of low gravity (and

Shameless self-promotion, I know, but SpaceSports needs all the
participation it can get.