for the crazy extreme sports guys:Long jump without spacesuit.Park two spacecrfts in same orbit, some tens of meters away from each others, airlocks facing each others. Open airlocks, jump from one craft to another, without using a space suit.
I enjoy watching both elements comprising this topic. But can you imagine the poor nation that gets saddled with the twin white elephants of manned spaceflight and hosting the orbital Olympics?
Quote from: synchrotron on 07/23/2012 01:40 pmI enjoy watching both elements comprising this topic. But can you imagine the poor nation that gets saddled with the twin white elephants of manned spaceflight and hosting the orbital Olympics?Please tell me that's a joke.
Just a little bit of fun. With the 2012 London Olympic Games about to start, what events could be included for Games held in orbit?
Quote from: Chris Bergin on 07/23/2012 10:34 pmQuote from: synchrotron on 07/23/2012 01:40 pmI enjoy watching both elements comprising this topic. But can you imagine the poor nation that gets saddled with the twin white elephants of manned spaceflight and hosting the orbital Olympics?Please tell me that's a joke.No Olympics has been profitable since the '86 LA games. Human spaceflight has never been profitable. I'm not sure "white elephant" is exactly the right term, but it isn't the first time it has been applied to the Olympics.
Has to be said, it would be a sad, sad world if more than a minority of people based the viability of something on if it makes a profit, and then class the venture, including something as nobel and inspiring as HSF, as a "white elephant" because they are too busy looking at spread sheets.
@Astro_Suni New #Olympic sport – synchronized space water degassing. Preparing our space suit water for our spacewalk in August. http://t.co/e8vTeHvP
@Astro_Suni Space suit prep: Big Bubbles cause troubles, so we try to get rid of them with centrifugal force.
Space Sofas are made for watching women’s beach volley ball in the #Olympics!