Chapter 2, Problem 28Q

(Indicates a review question, which means it requires only a basic understanding of the material to answer. Questions without this designation typically require integrating or extending the concepts presented thus far.)

- The first "Lunar Olympics" is to be held on the Moon inside a huge dome. Of the usual Olympic events—track and field, swimming, gymnastics, and so on—which would be drastically affected by the Moon's lower gravity? In which events do you think Earth-based records would he broken? In which events would the performances be no better—or perhaps worse— than on Earth?