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Moon Golf’s Golden Anniversary Coincides With The Dawn Of The Space Vacation – Forbes
With space tourism now on the immediate horizon, Alan Shepard’s 1971 lunar golf stunt has renewed significance.
Alan B. Shepard holding the famous Moon Club
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This week has been a busy one for the fledgling space tourism industry. SpaceX announced the worlds first all-civilian orbital flight, Elon Musk predicted we could have a crewed flight to Mars as soon as 2026, and Virgin Galactic
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is set to resume space plane test flights later this month.
It was also 50 years-ago when Commander Alan Shepard, wearing a bulky 200lb spacesuit, hit the first off-world golf shots on the face of the…
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