Games placed in space by astronauts
Do you think that the astronauts do not have fun in space the you are wrong. They too have fun filled games to play in space. Games in space doesn't mean that they are different from what we play in earth. Let me tell you few games played by the astronauts.Many of them play basketball in space.
Alan Shephard hit two golf balls on the moon in 1971 using a club fashioned from lunar tools. His best shot was sent the ball 366 metres. Astronauts do not wash after a meal but clean up with wet and dry wipes.Greg chamitoff took a chess board to ISS in 2008 and played.
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Since 1985 totally 50 different toys including a skipping rope, yo-yo, marbles and a boomerang have been used in space. They are a part of programme to educate children about weightlessness. Do you want to go into space the you can book a seat on SpaceShipOne for 100 km altitude, edge of space trip to experience about six minutes of weightlessness.
Hope you enjoyed my article and found some interesting things that you aren't aware. It may help you if you want to go to space.
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