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Given everything else? Yeah, makes sense. (lemmy.world)
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[–] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Golf balls?

Edit: Huh, it is true: https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/02/remastered-images-reveal-how-far-alan-shepard-hit-a-golf-ball-on-the-moon/

[–] FattestMattest@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They only went 25 and 40 yards? I would have expected quite a bit further but I'm only an idiot on the internet.

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Have you seen the movies of them moving around on the moon? They can't move from the hips so there's no real power.

https://youtu.be/t_jYOubJmfM?si=LoZPAZuFqlP1_kPB