Re: Space Sports

Zero Gee ballet could replace ice dancing any day now for my money. My 
suggested event would be the low-orbit sky dive. Low time to ground = 
good, really short times = bad.

K.H.Ranitzsch wrote:

>I must say, the time scale of most of these doesn't seem to make for a
very
>attractive spectator sport. Sort of like a transatlantic sailing race.
>
>I would think more along the lines of zero-g squash, handball, or
>gymnastics.
>
>Greetings
>Karl Heinz
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "B Lin" <lin@rxkinetix.com>
>To: <gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu>
>Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 7:19 PM
>Subject: Space Sports
>
>
>>Now that the Olypmics are over, the thought of what future sporting
events
>>
>might look like comes to mind.
>
>>There is already FT racing which would be reconfigured into some sort
of
>>
>luge/bob sledding by incorporating no-thrust ships hurtling through a
course
>bordered by planets/black holes.  You would get an initial thrust boost
from
>a single shot booster pack, then would have to navigate a course that
goes
>around various planets/black holes.
>
>>Perhaps some sort of Soccer/football with tractor beams and small
>>
>asteroids.
>
>>Asteroid slalom with escorts passing through an asteroid field the
long
>>
>way.
>
>>Asteroid curling - the asteroid is given an initial shove by the
>>
>???(whatever the pushing person is called) then, in reverse of curling,
is
>slowed by escorts until it reaches the "house".
>
>>Freestyle skating - An escort ship is given 20-30 thrust points to use
in
>>
>a "program" where they must perform a certain set of spins, rotations
and
>such within a defined area.  Points given for speed, use of space,
flight
>patterns in geometric shapes etc.  Perhaps new rules for rotation (i.e.
you
>can use 2-3 thrust points to get more revolutions in a shorter time
span
>(i.e. a triple lutz vs. a double).
>
>>--Binhan
>>
>
>