Golf in space

Golfer Alan Shepard's golf shot on the Moon,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZLl3XwlAIE

Golfer Mikhail Tyurin's golf shot on the Space Station,

http://youtube.com/watch?v=0dIPf5tDuLo

Longer, good view of equipment and memorabilia, short golf shots inside
the Space Station
http://youtube.com/watch?v=jBFxRXziy44

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Was it a hook or slice? Well with no air, it wouldn't be much of a hook.

Slice it is!
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...468676,00.html
...gold-plated six-iron...He complained to his spacewalking
colleague...“My feet are drifting away”, “I’m afraid to move”
and “Something’s in my way . . . is it you?”...mission controllers
in Korolev...“Make sure you don’t hit Michael.”...The Russian space
agency,... said that the ball would keep going for more than three
years...Nasa calculated that it would stay in space for three days before
dropping into Earth’s atmosphere...

Looks like there was some disagreement, three years or three days? I guess
we'll just have to wait to see just how bad he sliced the ball.

...3-Gram Golf Ball...
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/storie...11/24/017.html
...U.S. astronaut in the role of caddy...

The Russian golfer, Tyurin, had three balls. What happened to the
other two? Michael Lopez-Alegria didn't get to hit one?

...three superlight balls...
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Technology...2675504&page=1
...NASA,... was less than amused...

I don't think NASA approved Alan Sheppard's round of golf, but
everyone was amused.

...Shepard is also remembered for being the only person to play golf on
the Moon with a Spalding six-iron head attached to a lunar sample scoop
handle...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Shepard
..His first shot, which he duffed, only went a hundred feet, but his
second shot, which he hit squarely (with only one arm, as the bulkiness of
his 21-layer spacesuit prevented him from using both arms), sent the ball
as he said "miles and miles."...

Spalding, now e21 Golf
http://www.e21golf.com/

On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 08:32:14+0000, Brian Gaff wrote:

Well, I listened while in bed last night to the surreal mental picture of a
Russian and an American playing a golf shot in space.

I could not help but think of it as completely mad, but somehow endearingly
human. From the comments I got the distinct impression that the absurdity
of the moment was not lost on the participants either.

Still, it happened, and seems to have been successful, even thought the
'ball' went in an unexpected direction.


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