Keep dreaming, Aqsa! You’ll be able to play a wild game of soccer on the moon given the one-sixth gravity field (compared to Earth’s gravity). You’d probably want to increase the size of the playing field and goals significantly to best accommodate the effects/benefits of the lower gravity. My recommendation is to study the various factors thoroughly and use the study to help propel yourself through school to achieve your goal of becoming an astronaut!
Talk to your science or physics teacher about turning your soccer-on-the-moon question into a science fair project. If you look at modifying the gravity factor of a soccer video program. That factor is automatically set equal to “1.0” on Earth. I’m sure you’ll have to adjust other variables in the soccer program, but starting with the gravity variable will give you an interesting insight into the question of what you would have to adjust to play a fun game of soccer on the moon or any other planet.
Aqsa, I have no doubt that you have the intelligence and drive to achieve your dream of becoming an astronaut! However, if you should change your mind along the way, please consider writing as an option too, because you clearly have a gift for that as well! And keep us posted, we are all rooting for you!
Keep dreaming, Aqsa! You’ll be able to play a wild game of soccer on the moon given the one-sixth gravity field (compared to Earth’s gravity). You’d probably want to increase the size of the playing field and goals significantly to best accommodate the effects/benefits of the lower gravity. My recommendation is to study the various factors thoroughly and use the study to help propel yourself through school to achieve your goal of becoming an astronaut!
One more suggestion, Aqsa:
Talk to your science or physics teacher about turning your soccer-on-the-moon question into a science fair project. If you look at modifying the gravity factor of a soccer video program. That factor is automatically set equal to “1.0” on Earth. I’m sure you’ll have to adjust other variables in the soccer program, but starting with the gravity variable will give you an interesting insight into the question of what you would have to adjust to play a fun game of soccer on the moon or any other planet.
Good luck!
Teresa Rodgers
Aqsa, I have no doubt that you have the intelligence and drive to achieve your dream of becoming an astronaut! However, if you should change your mind along the way, please consider writing as an option too, because you clearly have a gift for that as well! And keep us posted, we are all rooting for you!
You have great dreams, Aqsa!