Yesterday, Vladislaw continued his series on building really big things in space. Does SIZE matter? New Poll. Star Trek News!
While thinking up clever comments for that diary I recalled that I have long dreamed of giant sports venues in the micro-gravity of low Earth orbit and I found this image which well illustrates the actual size of the space shuttle external tank, in human terms.
If refurbished as habitable volume in low Earth orbit, this tank would provide a fantastic venue for playing various zero-gravity games derived from soccer, hockey, football, lacrosse, etc. . .
But how could anyone possibly pay for it?
What role, if any, should the taxpayers play in financing such a thing?
My thoughts on how to build such a beast (and how it might be financed) is in the body of the diary, along with a poll to explore what attitude Congress, NASA & the public should adopt if such a proposal were actually floated.
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