Wednesday, 29 August 2012

Will Lunar Colony Populations Ever Send Their Athletes Back to Earth to Compete in the Olympics?

For anyone who has watched the 2012 Olympic Games in London, we have to admit that it is bringing nations together in a common cause, and showing human excellence, sportsmanship, and the need to strive for success. I believe these are wonderful attributes for human beings, and it is really good to see it. As a former athlete myself, I'd like to see the Olympic Games more often, not just every four years. The Olympic Games have had a long historical tradition, and have you ever wondered what they might be like in the future?
What happens when we have colonies living on our Moon, Mars, or the moons of other planets? Will the athletes in those colonies return back to earth to participate in the Olympic Games? Under what flag might they compete under if the colonies are made up of people from all nations? At some point those folks will be living without a nation, or consider their colony almost a universal separate nation of its own. We need to provide for a way to get those people back to earth to compete, if they're able. When I say that I mean that since they will live in different gravity dwells, under different circumstances, they may not be able to compete as well once they're on Earth, due to all the changes.
For the most part, at least in nearby colonies there will be less gravity, and therefore their bones and muscles will not be a strong, therefore it will be harder for them to compete. Do we give them a handicap? That doesn't seem to be in Olympic spirit, or historical tradition. How about for the many types of sports that don't require superior athletic skill, but are more skills of the mind, and based on accuracy? How about archery for instance? A person in a lunar colony, if they are in an enclosed environment which is set at the same atmospheric pressure with similar densities of gases and air could compete just fine.
Perhaps while back on earth they will merely adjust their aim a few centimeters upward to deal with the difference in gravity. After two weeks of training on earth and having made that adjustment, they could compete just fine. Indeed, I think if you sit back, close your eyes, and think of all the different sports that humanity competes for in the Olympic Games you will find that there are many sports that lunar colonists, or people living in a Mars colony could compete in. So, I ask that you please consider all this and think on it.

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