Sumo Wrestling in Zero Gravity
Published: March 28th, 2009
That’s one of the sixteen experiments the Japanese public wants the country’s astronaut Koichi Wakata to perform in his free time aboard the International Space Station. I wonder if the ISS is roomy enough for a sumo match. If not, they can always do it outside.
My prediction is that body mass will matter even more than it does on earth.
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