Skiing on the Moon?
And you thought it was a long plane trip to Colorado to ski? How about skiing on the moon?
In the past
year, the US, India, China, Japan and the European Space Agency have all made
plans to head to the moon sometime in the next two decades. An recent NASA
article has valuable tips from Apollo astronauts on an alternative means of
lunar travel first suggested by science fiction writer Robert
Heinlein – namely, skiing.
http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/060127_technovel_moon_ski.html
posted: 06 January 29
under: Astronomy