Astronauts could run round 'Wall of Death' to keep fit on moon, say scientists

Re:Astronauts could run round 'Wall of Death' to keep fit on... by foreigner on Thursday May 02, 2024 @06:12AM (#40234504)

Flying with wings strapped to your arms! Not outside on the moon of course, but could maybe work in a cave or building pumped full of air. I remember reading about that in some scifi novel long ago.

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Re:Astronauts could run round 'Wall of Death' to keep fit on... by amarant on Thursday May 02, 2024 @09:39AM (#40236140)

Randall Munroe did a what-if entry about swimming pools on the moon, and swim-jumping would be wild. If you have fins, you could do dolphin jumps several meters above the water!

One of my probably-not-safe-enough ideas was to combine underwater rugby with above water rugby, and perhaps even aerial rugby! A couple of strategically placed moderately sized fans in an indoor sports hall, where part of the floor is a deep pool and part is not(or perhaps with floating platforms in the pool?) a goal on each end of the field and a mixture of players: some with fins, and others with wings

I mean tackling eachother will probably be good at keeping bone density high, though I'm not sure how hard it is to treat a probably inevitable fracture on the moon?

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Re:Astronauts could run round 'Wall of Death' to keep fit on... by ASalazarMX on Thursday May 02, 2024 @07:55PM (#40242632)

Closest I can recall is Arthur C. Clarke's "3001: The Final Odyssey". People strapped on wings, flapped their arms, and that was enough to fly.

Alternatively, in "Rendesvousz With Rama", he envisioned a human-powered flying bike. IIRC, a foldable sports bike with wings and a propeller.

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