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The Future of Space Sports

Posted by Soulskill on from the enemy's-gate-is-down dept.

Loether writes "Space.com has a fun article about how astronauts aboard the ISS play 'sports' in zero gravity. It talks about learning how to throw in a straight line instead of the arc we all take for granted, relay races, and using large water filled bags as medicine balls. 'We realized that you could toss and catch and then go for a ride on this big thing as it takes you away.' The astronauts also put out a request for new ideas for space sports. Have any suggestions?"

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  1. Remember by glwtta · · Score: 4, Funny

    The enemy gate is down!

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    sic transit gloria mundi
  2. basketball by OrochimaruVoldemort · · Score: 4, Funny

    in zero g, the white guy could finally compete with the black guy (flaimbait, i'm sure)

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    If people can get past, can they get future? Best way to confuse a stoner
  3. Calvin Ball by LordSkippy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Calvin Ball!

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    My karma is in a nose dive
  4. Flatulence races? by bonkeydcow · · Score: 4, Funny

    Flatulence races? Do you have enough fuel to make it across the finish line?

  5. Re:Hmmm.... by alan_dershowitz · · Score: 4, Funny

    Mmmmm, Street Fighter II. But how would that be different in space?