5 May
2011
5 May
'11
3:47 a.m.
--- On Wed, 5/4/11, Rick Tejera saguaroastro@cox.net wrote:
From: Rick Tejera saguaroastro@cox.net Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Alan Shepard, First American in Space To: "'Ng, Peter'" Peter.Ng@bccdc.ca, "'John Papay'" john@papays.com, amsat-bb@amsat.org Received: Wednesday, May 4, 2011, 5:40 PM Yup,
Took a six iron head and attached it to a tool handle. He took three shots, shanked the first two but according to Sheppard the third went "Miles & Miles".
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That was shown on the live TV feed during one of Shepard and Mitchell's EVAs. It's also portrayed in the episode "For Miles and Miles" from the HBO series "From The Earth To The Moon".
73s
Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL