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chrisk posted 12-07-98 05:36 PM ET
those poor chironians will never be any good at basketball
DHE_X2 posted 12-07-98 06:44 PM ET
Yeah, but because they will be short and stout, they will be demons at wrestling and football.
DHE_X2 posted 12-07-98 06:44 PM ET
Yeah, but because they will be short and stout, they will be demons at wrestling and football.
Marian posted 12-07-98 06:51 PM ET
And jsut imagine how hard it will be to do any athletic jumping discipline
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DHE_X2 posted 12-07-98 06:59 PM ET
baseball would be hard, but not unplayable, swiming could be easier, soccer would be the same, volleyball would be harder, etc.
The One And Only DarkStar posted 12-07-98 07:00 PM ET
There is a good advantage to living on a high-grav planet: if people don't get stronger, they can't be knocked to the ground phisicaly. They become very resistant. But eventually they will get stronger (lifting all those objects at high gravity will help...), so the proportions will balance eventually.
"I have negative mass, says the tachyon, so on a high-gravity planet, I am lighter"
jsorense posted 12-07-98 07:13 PM ET
It has been a long time since I played hockey but it seems to me that it would be easily adaptable to a higher gravity environment.
Borodino and I actually held an A.C. football (soccer) match in one of our AFC stories. Because of the gravity/endurance question and since it had to be held in one of the early structures we cut the field down to 50 X 25 meters (I think) with only 5 people on each side.
DHE_X2 posted 12-07-98 07:14 PM ET
exactly. If two people, one from Chiron and another from earth, the chironian would win, due to enhanced muscle mass. The work out of living on Chiron would certainly lead to more healthy citizens, though the effects would probably be marginal.
Calculus posted 12-07-98 07:20 PM ET
I disagree. We have evolved in Earth, so Earth's gravity is best suited for us, and to adapt to another planet would not only be a very lengthy process, but it would be difficult for it to be "better for us". I'd like to see it equivalent already. Have you thought of blood problems? Breathing problems due to gravity?
DHE_X2 posted 12-07-98 07:33 PM ET
Well, it would be the reverse of low gravity. The heart would strengthen from more use, instead of weakening. When I mean healthy, I mean all around more physically fit. Also, it'd be much easier for the second generation on Chiron than the first, simply because they would be exposed to those conditions since - month 9. To tell you the truth, I'm purely speculating about this, and would like to see someone in the medical field look into this.
Q Cubed posted 12-08-98 12:15 AM ET
actually, being on a higher grav planet would give them more muscle mass, including the legs...and so, if placed on a weaker grav world, they would be able to jump higher - and on their world, would eventually adapt and have progressively higher jumps. Also, i read somewhere that if someone is convieved and carried out to term in another environment, it would affect it even before birth, strengthening it and what not. As for our frailty, the colonists will become stronger and hardier, and consequently, so will their decendents, so that won't be much of a factor after the initial shock of adaptation wears off.
warg posted 12-13-98 08:55 PM ET
I remember reading(i think it was in te data on Chiron that came out a few weeks ago)that "the higher gavity would be uncumfortable at first, but will cause no long-term problums"
Also, 1.3g its all that bad. You probably feel about that when ypu go up in a fast elevater.
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Author	Topic: Would you want to live on a planet where you were heavier (gravity)????????
chrisk	posted 12-07-98 05:36 PM ET those poor chironians will never be any good at basketball
DHE_X2	posted 12-07-98 06:44 PM ET Yeah, but because they will be short and stout, they will be demons at wrestling and football.
DHE_X2	posted 12-07-98 06:44 PM ET Yeah, but because they will be short and stout, they will be demons at wrestling and football.
Marian	posted 12-07-98 06:51 PM ET And jsut imagine how hard it will be to do any athletic jumping discipline Ciao Marian editor of the Alpha Centauri Zone http://www.juhu.de/hartel/alpha
DHE_X2	posted 12-07-98 06:59 PM ET baseball would be hard, but not unplayable, swiming could be easier, soccer would be the same, volleyball would be harder, etc.
The One And Only DarkStar	posted 12-07-98 07:00 PM ET There is a good advantage to living on a high-grav planet: if people don't get stronger, they can't be knocked to the ground phisicaly. They become very resistant. But eventually they will get stronger (lifting all those objects at high gravity will help...), so the proportions will balance eventually. "I have negative mass, says the tachyon, so on a high-gravity planet, I am lighter"
jsorense	posted 12-07-98 07:13 PM ET It has been a long time since I played hockey but it seems to me that it would be easily adaptable to a higher gravity environment. Borodino and I actually held an A.C. football (soccer) match in one of our AFC stories. Because of the gravity/endurance question and since it had to be held in one of the early structures we cut the field down to 50 X 25 meters (I think) with only 5 people on each side.
DHE_X2	posted 12-07-98 07:14 PM ET exactly. If two people, one from Chiron and another from earth, the chironian would win, due to enhanced muscle mass. The work out of living on Chiron would certainly lead to more healthy citizens, though the effects would probably be marginal.
Calculus	posted 12-07-98 07:20 PM ET I disagree. We have evolved in Earth, so Earth's gravity is best suited for us, and to adapt to another planet would not only be a very lengthy process, but it would be difficult for it to be "better for us". I'd like to see it equivalent already. Have you thought of blood problems? Breathing problems due to gravity?
DHE_X2	posted 12-07-98 07:33 PM ET Well, it would be the reverse of low gravity. The heart would strengthen from more use, instead of weakening. When I mean healthy, I mean all around more physically fit. Also, it'd be much easier for the second generation on Chiron than the first, simply because they would be exposed to those conditions since - month 9. To tell you the truth, I'm purely speculating about this, and would like to see someone in the medical field look into this.
Q Cubed	posted 12-08-98 12:15 AM ET actually, being on a higher grav planet would give them more muscle mass, including the legs...and so, if placed on a weaker grav world, they would be able to jump higher - and on their world, would eventually adapt and have progressively higher jumps. Also, i read somewhere that if someone is convieved and carried out to term in another environment, it would affect it even before birth, strengthening it and what not. As for our frailty, the colonists will become stronger and hardier, and consequently, so will their decendents, so that won't be much of a factor after the initial shock of adaptation wears off.
warg	posted 12-13-98 08:55 PM ET I remember reading(i think it was in te data on Chiron that came out a few weeks ago)that "the higher gavity would be uncumfortable at first, but will cause no long-term problums" Also, 1.3g its all that bad. You probably feel about that when ypu go up in a fast elevater.