MICRO-GRAVITY JACKS

There is a great deal of interest from national space agencies to go to the Moon and Mars. ESA wants to go to the Moon and establish a village there. NASA wants to go to Mars. Astronauts and Cosmonauts from all over the world are already living aboard the ISS. What can they do in their free time? It can’t be all about reading books or game play on computers. Think of new sports or games that could take into account the low gravity (e.g. a space lacrosse game, extreme basketball). What about real or virtual experiences involving the Apollo 11 landing site on the Moon? Or following the paths of Sojourner, Spirit or Curiosity on Mars using a form of cross-country skiing? Think of new ways for to astronauts to use their free time. To present your results develop an app that makes use of virtual reality tools.

•What do you need?

A few small rocks or jacks

�����How to play

Throw the first jack to the air and observe it. Then throw the second one. Try to hit the first one when it is falling. After the second rock meets the first rock. Throw the third rock.

Continue until you run out of jacks or you miss a rock.

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•Innovation

The low gravity in Mars can give you time to observe and prepare your jack. It is challenge but is do able in Mars. Our brain and sight actions are faster than our movement.