Velcro Shoes

[chrome_gnome]

In the movie 2001 fans commented that the flight attendants wore velcro shoes to move around in the zero g environment. In 2010 I read on an IMDB plot summary that there is a closeup of the crew's shoes that shows a red covering that is supposed to be velcro on the bottoms.

I found this little one page article from NASA astronaut Marsha Ivins veclro and its importance to shuttle missions.

This got me wondering if velcro is the "gravity" solution for starships

It is certainly more believeable than the "black-box" artificial gravity that exists now. It obviously doesn't explain contr-grav but I still found it interesting. I may have to pull out 2010 and see if I can spot what they are talkig about. I remember the flight attendants in 2001 walking funny so the velcro seems believeable.

I am just having a fun time imagining a starship with the interior surfaces covered in velcro.

 

[chrome_gnome]

http://newshub.nus.edu.sg/ke/0105/articles/space.htm

forgot the link to the NASA article

 

[Chuck Anumia]

I didn't see any velcro on the shoes of the Astronaughts. I always tell our grandkids I need to velcro them to the wall when they get to rambunctious.

 

[aramis]

Velcro only works for the short-flight situation. Bone and muscle loss begins to accumulate in 2 weeks, and progresses steadily despite exercise regimens, as a result of 0-G exposure.

 

[chrome_gnome]

With jump times of 1 week and then a few days on planet with "normal" gravity I wonder if it would still be a problem. If they follow the week-on week-off model perhaps exercise woul be enough. That or they need to sleep in somthing that it spinning

 

[Chuck Anumia]

Perhaps they would develope supplements for the losses of bone and muscle mass?