To stay fit, future Moon-dwellers will need special workouts
Running around the inside of a barrel might help
MOTORCYCLISTS SEEKING to cement their reputation as daredevils could do worse than book a session on a Wall of Death. These are small circular velodromes where the track, instead of being lightly raked, is completely vertical. Viewed from above, the effect is of riders zooming around the inside of a washing machine.
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