Pinthouse Pizza
Olympics on the Moon
RECEIVED Thu., Aug. 5, 2004
Dear Austin Chronicle Earthlings,
It's time to quit bickering over which tired, old city gets the Olympics. Is anyone excited to watch the Athens games this year? No, of course not.
Sure, an athlete from an unknown country beginning with "I" will win a bronze for the first time, and an American will be found guilty of doping and/or stealing towels from a hotel room, but in terms of real excitement, the Athens games will be a 2.0 on the fun-o-meter.
It's time to start thinking outside the box. In fact, while we're at it, let's start thinking outside the atmosphere. It's time to get ready for the best games yet: the 2012 Moon Olympics.
Think of the possibilities! No more disrupting a major city for years and billions of dollars just to blow it all in a few weeks, but the Lunar Olympic Biosphere Environment would be constructed on Earth, blasted into space, and tethered to the moon. It would be a new, clean, nondisruptive environment for the athletes.
And think of the athletes! On the moon, everyone would go farther, faster, and higher! The 2012 Moon Olympics would break hundreds of records. It would be the most exciting games ever.
And most importantly, it would finally make use out of that huge chunk of real estate orbiting our precious planet.
(While we're at it, can we hold the 2008 presidential elections on the moon? Can the winner stay there?)
It's time to quit bickering over which tired, old city gets the Olympics. Is anyone excited to watch the Athens games this year? No, of course not.
Sure, an athlete from an unknown country beginning with "I" will win a bronze for the first time, and an American will be found guilty of doping and/or stealing towels from a hotel room, but in terms of real excitement, the Athens games will be a 2.0 on the fun-o-meter.
It's time to start thinking outside the box. In fact, while we're at it, let's start thinking outside the atmosphere. It's time to get ready for the best games yet: the 2012 Moon Olympics.
Think of the possibilities! No more disrupting a major city for years and billions of dollars just to blow it all in a few weeks, but the Lunar Olympic Biosphere Environment would be constructed on Earth, blasted into space, and tethered to the moon. It would be a new, clean, nondisruptive environment for the athletes.
And think of the athletes! On the moon, everyone would go farther, faster, and higher! The 2012 Moon Olympics would break hundreds of records. It would be the most exciting games ever.
And most importantly, it would finally make use out of that huge chunk of real estate orbiting our precious planet.
(While we're at it, can we hold the 2008 presidential elections on the moon? Can the winner stay there?)
Your fellow Earther,
David Parr
David Parr