2007-12-27 12:11:32 · 10 answers · asked by ? 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Yes.
You may have to change the rules.
A lot of our games (especially team sports) are played in two dimensions, on a surface. In space, you could go in any direction.
Some games may need so many adjustments that they would become new games. For example, baseball needs the ground to identify where the ball falls. If the ball hits the ground on the outside of a line, it is foul (on the line or inside the line, it is fair). In space, where there is no ground for the ball to fall back onto, we may neet to have a spherical enclosure with areas marked on it.
Any ball hit and not caught by an "outfloater" (well, there is no field, therefore outfielders have to be called something else) would always make it to the sphere. Either they are all "home jets" (can't run, therefore no home "runs") or you paint targets on the outer limit (with big words like "TRIPLE" or "FOUL").
I can't imagine how one would play polo (do we have spacesuits for horses?)
2007-12-27 12:36:11 · answer #1 · answered by Raymond 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Theoretically, it is possible to play sports in space, but with a space suit on it would be a very bulky process. Also, lack of gravity would render any type of ball game hopeless, as everything would float away.
Astronauts have already tried golf!!
2007-12-27 12:18:06 · answer #2 · answered by North_Star 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Theoretically it's possible. But the rules have to be changed.( I wonder if they make spacesuits for horses so they can play polo?)
2007-12-27 12:54:58 · answer #3 · answered by Sam 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't play sports in space.
If one of those soccer or footbalss got into space, they would become space garbage, and it could manage to severly damage a sattelite or even and orbiter!
2007-12-27 13:46:49 · answer #4 · answered by Wendy G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of the astronauts hit a golf ball on the moon; does that count, or do we have to wait for Nascar to get their hands on some stock spaceships?
2007-12-27 13:42:20 · answer #5 · answered by n2s.astronomy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An astronaut played golf on the moon.
2007-12-27 16:36:42 · answer #6 · answered by Asker 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't play sport even with all the space that I have....
2007-12-27 13:17:17 · answer #7 · answered by itty 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Could *I* play sports in space if i had a spacesuit???
Not even if you shoved a phaser up my..........hey, look, it's Halley's Comet!
2007-12-27 12:45:42 · answer #8 · answered by missinglincoln 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I understand throwing a frisbee is quite different in space.
"Here Fido, fetch the stick!"
"Go out wide for a pass, Steve! No, wider .......... wider!"
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2007-12-27 14:50:25 · answer #9 · answered by Labsci 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you never heard of "Spaceballs"?
2007-12-27 12:38:38 · answer #10 · answered by Faesson 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋