Moon-shot
November 21, 2009 by Admin
photo credit: Waifer X On February 6, 1971 Alan B. Shepard, America's first man in space, was preparing to hit a 6-iron on the moon's surface. Shepard brought a 6-iron clubhead and two golf balls, on the quarter-million mile journey to the surface of the moon. Shepard attached the clubhead to a moon-rock soil sampler.
Shepard was able to swing the club with only his right hand because of the bulky space-suit. On the first swing, Shepard topped and buried the ball in the moon's thin dusty surface. His second shot pushes the ball approximately two feet. On the third shot he connected and the ball sailed away to an estimated distance of 400 yards. Before concluding the spacewalk, Shepard referred to his escapades as the “Lunar Olympics.”
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