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I suspect running will similarly be difficult in a low gravity environment: proper technique in running is basically falling forward and your legs moving to con
by Moodles 9y ago
I suspect running will similarly be difficult in a low gravity environment: proper technique in running is basically falling forward and your legs moving to continually prevent it. Without gravity to fall forward, it's probably very hard to move efficiently.
- mabbo 9y agoA few scifi authors have talked about this idea. I forget which book/author[0], but one of remember suggested that children born on the moon had naturally developed what was called a "kangaroo run" that let them move quickly, that immigrants from Earth couldn't copy well at all. [0] One of you is about to tell me exactly the name and author now, aren't you?
- Moodles 9y ago"kangaroo run" certainly seems like a good description of the running technique the Apollo astronauts used to move around.
- cecilpl2 9y agoYou are thinking of the Red/Green/Blue Mars series by Kim Stanley Robinson.
- mabbo 9y agoThat sounds about right. I loved the first two of those books.
- THE_PUN_STOPS 9y agoIt’s not zero gravity but I recommend this video from an Apollo mission: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HKdwcLytloU https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HKdwcLytloU