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Ridiculous Spaceball Trampoline hailed as 'best exercise for space travel' by astronaut
Want to be an astronaut? Good news! Apparently all it takes to get the best conditioning possible is being able to bounce around on a trampoline and get beaned by the occasional ball. That's because Spaceball is — according to Scott Carpenter, one of NASA's Mercury Seven astronauts — "the best conditioning exercise for space travel."
As for the game itself, it's a little confusing to figure out — or to figure out which part is fun, at least. You bounce around in your compartment while trying to toss the ball through a little tunnel in the middle and get it by your opponent. Spaceball supports two players under 200 pounds each, and takes up an area of your yard that's 14' by 8½'.
It's all yours for only $700, or quite a few space bucks for you astronauts-in-Spaceball-training.
Hammacher Schlemmer, via Gizmodo, via Geekologie
By Imagine at 7:39 PM ON 08/04/09
Did they pay that astronaut to say that? lol That thing looks dangerous to me. So when the kid jumps up from the bottom and kicks off from the side, does he go head first in to the other side, or does he just go to an angle to end up head first on the gound outside the contraption? Either way, I forsee law suits for the creators when kids, and or adults end up with broken necks.
Not to mention the bordum factor over the game. How many times is that kid going to get out of that thing to go running after the ball when he over shoots that small tunnel? I can see my own kids go running after the ball 2 maybe three times before they get bored with it.
By Giggity at 10:15 AM ON 08/05/09
This actually looks safer than regular trauma-polines and those are still sold.
I think they all come with legalease to eliminate liability on the side of the company.
By Outdoor Trampolines at 11:29 AM ON 08/25/09
Thats an interesting trampoline, are there any variations?
By trampolines fan at 3:30 PM ON 01/03/10
its a good idea for training in anti gravity for sure.
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