Well thats obvious. Did anyone try to model something like that on earth, like an enclosed area with one sixth gravity.Assuming the same leg power, the vertical leap height would be about 6x higher, the same ratio as Earth gravity to lunar gravity. So for someone like me who can jump roughly 18" vertically, that's about 9 ft vertically. As for your second question, what do you mean by "recreate that ration"? The food on Apollo kinda sucked, but I don't think that's what you're asking, is it?
Well thats obvious. Did anyone try to model something like that on earth, like an enclosed area with one sixth gravity.
We can't actually do that. You can generate low-gravity for about half a minute, but only by flying on an airplane that then takes a shallow dive. We can't build a room that's one-sixth gravity inside - gravity control is not a technology we possess yet.
We can't actually do that. You can generate low-gravity for about half a minute, but only by flying on an airplane that then takes a shallow dive. We can't build a room that's one-sixth gravity inside - gravity control is not a technology we possess yet.
Well, you sorta can with wires or cords to give you a "lift" equal to 5/6ths of your weight. So you only feel 1/6th of the gravitational force that you otherwise would. They did that to train in the suits (also, much later, for documentaries--to reproduce the gait).
Obviously, anything that isn't attached to a wire is not going to be affected.
Not really a ton better. For better "real" weightlessness they go for neutral buoyancy labs--big swimming pools, with the astronauts weighted so their buoyancy equals their weight and they just float neutrally in the water. But training kids on scuba gear and such might take a bit too long for a camp, and it's a bunch of paperwork I'd imagine.![]()