For the life of me I can't visualize how this would with in practice at all.

barbarr · 2024-05-02T00:32:30 1714609950

Probably something like this guy running out of a ditch: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cfXTElHLT_I

B1FF_PSUVM · 2024-05-02T00:51:37 1714611097

A carnival show where a motorcycle rides inside a conical well.

In lunar gravity you can probably do (some of) it without the motorcycle.

FriedPickles · 2024-05-02T00:17:47 1714609067

It would look a lot like the circular running track in SkyLab: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiMq-fdRhLo

leereeves · 2024-05-02T00:28:41 1714609721

But probably on a slight angle so the sum of the centripetal force and the moon's gravity is along the body axis.

Or perhaps a bowl shape that you climb up the sides of as you speed up.

morepork · 2024-05-02T00:27:30 1714609650

There are pictures in the article of their test setup with someone running on the wall which might help