13. Should we bring golf clubs? What would happen if you hit a golf ball off the roof of the spaceship? (A K2S Question)

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Astronaut Alan Shepard played golf on the moon in 1971, and that ball sure did travel! A golf course would be much different than here on Earth because grass won't grow, so it would be like one big sand trap. You might want to stick to a challenging game of mini golf.

Answer provided by US Space and Rocket Center


Image:K2S logosmall.jpg Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer


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