The Gravity Factor

The Gravity Factor

With muscles made on Earth, you’ll be a superstar on the solar system’s low-gravity worlds. Imagine zip lining on Mercury or snowmobiling on Pluto. Bungee jumping from an asteroid is like low-g diving from the solar system’s tallest cliff or rappelling into its deepest canyon. Without Earth’s strong gravity pull, you can glide over the hydrocarbon lakes of Titan, jetpack in a geyser’s spray on Triton, or drive a monster truck on the moon.

 

Produced by Houston Museum of Natural Science,
Louisiana Arts & Science Museum, Home Run Pictures, Tietronix
Appx. running time: 24 minutes
For general audiences.
Portions also available as an interactive fulldome game
for single-projector theaters