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Next ISS Commander's Spacewalk Golf Shot Raises Concerns
Space.com ^
| 2/27/2006
| Todd Halvorson
Posted on 02/28/2006 11:48:55 AM PST by mwilli20
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This is just sheer idiocy! The Russians are turning the space program into a circus show.
At least they could have used a tethered ball or a paper ball...
Boy, will it be funny if he hooks it into the solar panels...
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posted on
02/28/2006 11:48:57 AM PST
by
mwilli20
To: mwilli20
he might get a Hole in one.........
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posted on
02/28/2006 11:49:47 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him...)
To: mwilli20
I wonder... A golf ball shouldn't be able to "hook" in any direction in space. It should continue to head in a straight line.... gravity permitting.
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posted on
02/28/2006 11:52:32 AM PST
by
coconutt2000
(NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
To: mwilli20
He might pull it into the panels, but it takes the friction of air to hook it...
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posted on
02/28/2006 11:53:10 AM PST
by
trebb
("I am the way... no one comes to the Father, but by me..." - Jesus in John 14:6 (RSV))
To: coconutt2000
Air or no air, I'll bet I could slice a drive in space.
And if there is any other planet in our galaxy with liquid water on it, my ball will find it.
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posted on
02/28/2006 11:55:51 AM PST
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: mwilli20
I wonder if he asked Alan Shepard which club to hit.
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posted on
02/28/2006 11:55:55 AM PST
by
gate2wire
To: gate2wire
Didn't he also hit a six iron?
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posted on
02/28/2006 11:57:51 AM PST
by
Moonman62
(Federal creed: If it moves tax it. If it keeps moving regulate it. If it stops moving subsidize it)
To: mwilli20
Incidently, most of the funding for Clinton's useless ISS is, of course, coming from the United States. Meanwhile, the Chinese are headed to the moon.
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posted on
02/28/2006 11:58:53 AM PST
by
presidio9
("Bird Flu" is the new Y2K Virus -Only without the inconvenient deadline.)
To: mwilli20
Some of us have known for a long time that the ISS is nothing more than an extremely expensive make-work project.
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posted on
02/28/2006 11:59:56 AM PST
by
Moonman62
(Federal creed: If it moves tax it. If it keeps moving regulate it. If it stops moving subsidize it)
To: presidio9
Russian lines up. Looks like he is hitting a 6 iron Johnny.
UDAMAN!!!!
To: coconutt2000
True...but he could come over the top and snap it to the left (assuming he's right handed). It just won't go left and then hook farther left...;-)
To: EQAndyBuzz
Can we get Gary McCord or David Fehrety to call this one?
To: Moonman62
"But when the work was finished, Shepard pulled out two golf balls and unfolded a collapsible golf club specially made for the occasion. Despite thick gloves and a stiff suit that forced him to swing the club with one hand only, he became the first ever to hit golf shots on the moon."
So far this is all I've found.
To: coconutt2000
Seems like I read something a while back that said a pitcher couldn't thow a good curveball on Mars due to the low gravity and air pressure. Stands to reason that the lack of those requirements would be even more pronounced in space.
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posted on
02/28/2006 12:04:06 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
To: mwilli20
Idiocy indeed. He should be man enough to hit a driver rather than lay it up with a short iron.
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posted on
02/28/2006 12:05:30 PM PST
by
skikvt
(7th Infantry Division, Buffaloes)
To: Moonman62
"Shepard produced a makeshift six-iron and two balls, which he whacked successfully."
You are correct.
To: KevinDavis
PAR! In b4 the ping! Pingin the pinger lol!!
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posted on
02/28/2006 12:08:27 PM PST
by
meanie monster
(http://guptonator.myvideochat.net)
To: mwilli20
I can imagine the heckling if he shoots towards the planet and misses!
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posted on
02/28/2006 12:09:19 PM PST
by
CodeToad
To: mwilli20
P.S. Does the man need a caddy?
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posted on
02/28/2006 12:10:02 PM PST
by
CodeToad
To: Wyatt's Torch
We really need a mulligan ping list....
typed as I head out the door, late for Tee time...
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posted on
02/28/2006 12:25:32 PM PST
by
FreedomFarmer
(Push Me, Shove You - Oh, Yeah? Says Who? Push Me, Shove You -Oh, Yeah? Says Who?)
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