Great Moonbuggy Race
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 10:38 am
Thanks for posting the live feed on the home page, Vincent!
I 've been watching for a while and the whole thing looks like a lot of fun. I wish I knew about this in technical school and had our class make a submission. After all, we did design bicycles that could work on snow. I digress.
Some questions popped up in my head whilst watching the feed:
1. Is it really cold in Huntsville? Everyone is wearing sweaters and jackets, etc. I'm just about ready to wear shorts up here. (+5C, 41F)
2. Why do the participants occasionally push their buggy with their arms instead of pedaling with their feet? Is this part of their design or is part of the course dictated that you must propel yourself using your arms? Curious.
3. Are there penalties if you have to get out of your buggy and push it over an obstacle? I've seen at least one get pretty stuck.
Anyway, just curious. I found some information on the buggy website but maybe I didn't dig deep enough to get all the rules and stuff. Again, it looks like a realyl fun experience, or even a fun event to be a spectator for. Neat!
(The view is pretty good too... under the Saturn 1B, around the LEM, over where teh Saturn V used to be, etc.
I 've been watching for a while and the whole thing looks like a lot of fun. I wish I knew about this in technical school and had our class make a submission. After all, we did design bicycles that could work on snow. I digress.
Some questions popped up in my head whilst watching the feed:
1. Is it really cold in Huntsville? Everyone is wearing sweaters and jackets, etc. I'm just about ready to wear shorts up here. (+5C, 41F)
2. Why do the participants occasionally push their buggy with their arms instead of pedaling with their feet? Is this part of their design or is part of the course dictated that you must propel yourself using your arms? Curious.
3. Are there penalties if you have to get out of your buggy and push it over an obstacle? I've seen at least one get pretty stuck.
Anyway, just curious. I found some information on the buggy website but maybe I didn't dig deep enough to get all the rules and stuff. Again, it looks like a realyl fun experience, or even a fun event to be a spectator for. Neat!
(The view is pretty good too... under the Saturn 1B, around the LEM, over where teh Saturn V used to be, etc.