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Frisbee on the Moon

Just for fun:

A few years ago, a friend posed the question, “Would a Frisbee fly on the Moon?”

My immediate reaction was, “Of course not. Without a substantial atmosphere for lift, it can't really fly, and would just tumble, and fall like a rock. Almost as quickly, it dawned on me, that the Frisbee was 'spin stabilized', and while it couldn't benefit from lift in a near vacuum, it also would suffer no drag.
If tossed well, I think it might just fly straight as an arrow.

Other Lunar sports are fun to think about.

In a 1/6 G shirtsleeve environment, (Inside a big Hab module) Judo would be very interesting.

In a really BIG Hab module, gymnastics would be pretty amazing.

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