In watching the 2012 London Olympic Games it was amazing the level of agility shown in the track and field events. These humans were more like superheroes than anything else. It was simply amazing to watch the long jumpers going over 25 feet, and triple jumpers go 50+ feet. Of course, before the Olympic Games had concluded NASA pulled off an Olympic level feat of their own landing a rover on Mars, which weighed more than the average SUV, using a strategy that looked like something that even Arthur C Clarke couldn't have come up with. Okay so let's talk about all this for second shall we?
It's obvious that in the next couple of decades we are going to have a colony on Mars, and it probably will be some sort of international effort. There will also be a space station on the moon perhaps Chinese, American, or another nation or combination of nations in the space race. Private spaceflight will also be offering trips to other worlds. Now then, let me ask you a question; what happens when the space colonists also decide to compete in the Olympics?
What flag might they compete under if they live in an off world colony made up of individuals from many nations? Will they compete under the Martian or Lunar flag, will they compete under the American Space Federation flag, or will they compete under their home country's flag? We just don't know yet, but rest assured they will want to compete.
Interestingly enough, there was an interesting piece in Wired Magazine recently titled; "Olympic Physics: Air Density and Bob Beamon's Crazy-Awesome Long Jump," by Rhett Allain on August 4, 2012. We obviously know if long jumpers and triple jumpers are competing with one-third or 1/5 the gravity that they will be able to set world records, or rather solar system records, of course all those new records will be all relative.
Still, there is another component here. It won't just be the difference in gravity, but the difference in air pressure, nothing to slow them down on their run up, and very little gravity to pull them back down into the sand pit.
When they come back to Earth they won't be able to go nearly as far, but perhaps they will have better form to make up for it. It might be that earthlings are able to go to the space colonies and better their records due to the difference in gravity dwell and atmospheric pressure. Indeed, it is an interesting thought, so I thought I'd share that with you. Please consider all this and think on it.
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