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On February 6, 1971, the commander of Apollon 14 landed on the Moon writing the story. Alan shepard, in a symbolic action, he played a goal on the surface of the Earth’s natural satellite, hitting two balls. One of them was lost, as a result of which it never returned to our planet. After 50 years, the lost golf ball is found! With a … small difference! That it was found just a few meters from where Apollo 40 had landed and not … “miles and miles” away, as the American astronaut had claimed when he returned.
In 1971 Alan Shepard played golf in Moon. A ball ended up in a crater. The second ball, however, was not located. It took 50 years for the video to be specially processed and the missing ball found.
Watch the video of Alan Shepard playing golf on the Moon:
Some time ago, attempts were made to analyze video images using modern technology. It was worth the effort. In fact, the first ball ended up 24 yards from where it was hit by Commander Shepard, while the second, which was lost, reached 40 yards.
The shots were recorded on videos of the time, but by Andy Saunders., an imaging expert, has carefully enhanced the high-resolution video scans of the lunar mission. The specialist used a “stacking technique”, which included shots smaller than 16mm. This allowed him to find the second ball, which he had not lost in five decades, and to realize that instead of traveling “miles and miles,” as Shepard had put it, he had moved only a few meters.
The special mining tool that became … a golf club
Alan Shepard used a special mining tool like a golf club. The tool was intended for collecting moon rock samples. Given the rigid nature of the uniform he wore, Commander Shepard was able to perform a number of instrumental and one-handed movements, which explains why the balls didn’t go far, even in the low gravity of the Moon.
“I would challenge any club golfer to go to the same place on the moon and try to hit with an iron, with one hand even under these conditions,” Saunders told the BBC. “And of course wear the astronaut uniform, helmet and thick gloves. Also remember that there was little gravity to pull the head down, to look at the ball.” The fact that Shepard got in contact and hit the ball is extremely Awesome”.
At the US Museum of Golf, The Tool
Upon returning to Earth, Governor Shepard donated the tool to the Museum of the American Golf Association. A copy was also made and donated to the National Aviation and Space Museum in Washington.
The reaction of geologists
The geologists, however, did not face this whole communication game with all their humor. “The game of golf does not fit the mindset of geologists because it overshadows the importance of the Cone Crater mission,” he said. Don Wilhelms of the United States Geological Survey, referring to the failure of the astronauts to reach and sample the crater rim.
In addition to the 9 kg rock sample called Big Bertha, added the geologist, “we have less than 1 kg of rock, 962 g to be exact, from what I think is the most important point that astronauts have reached the Moon”.
In other words, geologists say that … instead of playing golf, astronauts in 1971 should collect materials for study.
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