20. If we bring board games, how will we play them? How would we keep the pieces from floating away? (A K2S Question)

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Magnetic board games, like the ones you would take with you on a long car trip, would work the same way in space. Magnets and Velcro can both be used to keep the pieces from floating away. Games that use dice wouldn't work because the dice would never stop rolling!


Answer provided by US Space and Rocket Center


Image:K2S logosmall.jpg Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer