When Will Humans Become The Perfect Athletes?

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Records at sporting events are constantly being broken but are humans really getting bigger, faster, and stronger or is technology making it easier for us?

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Originating Technology/NASA Contribution:
https://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2008/...

“A space shuttle and a competitive swimmer have a lot more in common than people might realize: Among other forces, both have to contend with the slowing influence of drag."

Humans Could Run 40 mph, In Theory:
http://www.livescience.com/8039-human...

“Humans could perhaps run as fast 40 mph, a new study suggests. Such a feat would leave in the dust the world's fastest runner, Usain Bolt, who has clocked nearly 28 mph in the 100-meter sprint."

Human Running Speed Of 35-40 mph May Be Biologically Possible:
http://blog.smu.edu/research/2010/01/...

“Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt‘s record-setting performances have unleashed a wave of interest in the ultimate limits to human running speed."

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