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If we ever successfully colonize the moon, the recreational activity I'm most excited for is being able to fly by flapping wings attached to your arms in pressu
by cwkoss 7y ago
If we ever successfully colonize the moon, the recreational activity I'm most excited for is being able to fly by flapping wings attached to your arms in pressurized domes (or spheres, if near a space elevator instead).
We aren't strong enough to fly with artificial wings on earth gravity, but it seems like moon gravity could work pretty well.
(I think this idea is from an Arthur C Clarke novel?)
- Fnoord 7y agoBefore I opened this page, I was thinking about Dune 2 and the book Dune (Atreides used ornithopters).
- _ph_ 7y agoHeinlein :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Menace_from_Earth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Menace_from_Earth
- cwkoss 7y agoThanks! I think I read a different short story that used this idea, but it seems Menace from Earth likely predated the one I read - probably the first instance of this idea in print?
- fernly 7y agoRobert Heinlein, "The Menace From Earth" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Menace_from_Earth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Menace_from_Earth sorry, should have refreshed the page oftener...
- perilunar 7y ago> We aren't strong enough to fly with artificial wings on earth gravity So what? Just use a lightweight powered exoskeleton to augment your strength. It will likely happen decades before pressurised domes on the moon, too.