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[karolp]

Well not with a real ball but with a football-sized rock. I remember a movie showing an astronaut doing that on one of the later missions. I kind of need to find it again because a Polish friend of mine argues with me that this never happened. I also get the impression they were playing golf there as well. Apollo 16? Apollo 17? Any clues on that?

[Guest_BruceMoomaw_*]

The rock-rolling on Apollo 12 was also done deliberately, to provide a record for the seismometer of how such events would sound if any natural one occurred. As for the hammer and feather demonstration on Apollo 15, I loved it -- it was a splendid Mr. Wizard moment that made up for such dumb stunts as Shepard's golf shots and Nixon's time-consuming phone call on Apollo 11.

[Bob Shaw]

The rock-rolling on Apollo 12 was also done deliberately, to provide a record for the seismometer of how such events would sound if any natural one occurred. As for the hammer and feather demonstration on Apollo 15, I loved it -- it was a splendid Mr. Wizard moment that made up for such dumb stunts as Shepard's golf shots and Nixon's time-consuming phone call on Apollo 11.

Bruce:

I believe that Buzz Aldrin toook the opportunity to make a practical contribution to his personal comfort level during Tricky Dick's call!

Bob Shaw

[dvandorn]

I believe that Buzz Aldrin toook the opportunity to make a practical contribution to his personal comfort level during Tricky Dick's call!

Actually, Buzz made use of his UCD well before the Nixon phone call. He says, IIRC, in his autobiography that he used it within a minute or two of setting foot on the surface.

-the other Doug