Ex-Washington Redskin wants to bring sports to space

The game would be called Float Ball. It would combine elements of basketball, football and the Lionel Richie video for “Dancing on the Ceiling” into a sort of free-for-all, compelling weightless players to bounce off walls, obstacles and one another while herding weightless balls of various colors to either end of the playing space, which would be placed inside the cabin of a zero-gravity plane or, possibly, on the moon.

I clicked the link to the story laughing to myself thinking, “What a terrible idea, sports will never be played in space.” But then I thought about it some more and while it’s a long ways away, it’s a logical step. When people eventually have easy access to space, many years from now, there will undoubtedly be sports. “Sometimes you’ve got to believe the unbelievable”

  1. 2arrs2ells reblogged this from zackshapiro and added:
    Sounds like Ender’s Game
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