It was clear that the astronauts in orbit were very marine and exemplary, I saw it. So, one of the Chinese astronauts appeared in the photo with a ping-pong racket in his hand. This picture, circulated in the Chinese media, surprised many. Is this entertainment really possible to find a place on the space station?
The picture is genuine and astronaut Deng Qingming really played the game. The other members of the crew didn’t do it – but maybe they just didn’t like tennis. The ball, of course, calls itself absolutely differently than on Earth. The ball turns out to be tied to a cable, resembling a flexible antenna, rigidly installed at the half-station. A departure from traditional table tennis is possible.
Playing ping-pong for people in space is a pretty good opportunity to keep Yuvanikiufist. The fact is that there is a presence in the conditions of microgravity formation to muscle atrophy and other negative effects. Playing ping-pong, the astronaut tones up his body and tries to reduce the effect of weightlessness on the body.
Source: Tech Cult
