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Wednesday, July 14, 2021
CONTINUITY: The 2020 Lunar Olympics
The Olympic Games, year 2020...
— Oisín Moran (104/1309 pages) (@TheOisinMoran) May 4, 2021
On the moon!
At least the authors were right that the games would not take place on the earth in 2020.
Not sure if that high jump would work, but I'd love to see it.
When do you think we'll see a sports competition on another celestial body? pic.twitter.com/9ySVkrj2PS
From the 1979 Children's Britannica book, Future Cities.
Here's a little thread about one of my favourite books growing up (note: I am still growing up).
— Oisín Moran (104/1309 pages) (@TheOisinMoran) May 4, 2021
Future Cities—published in 1979, purchased in a library clearance sale c. 2000.
A book that truly nails some predictions, messes up and a few, but ultimately inspires hope. pic.twitter.com/Sg1DWLLfZR
People always talk about how sports records such as the high jump and shot put would be broken on worlds with lower gravity, but how would other records fare? Running, for example, might be slower because of the limited time the foot was able to deliver impulse to the body before leaving the ground.
Once, again, Alan Shepard was first.
Posted at July 14, 2021 10:48