KIDS QUIZ
SPACE EXPLORATION
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Neil Armstrong was 1st man to step on the surface of the moon
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Alan Shepard was viewed by millions playing golf on the moon
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US mission failure wanting to happen
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President Johnson viewed the launch in person
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Detailed explanation-1: -Shepard was only the 5th person in history to walk the moon but more exciting for golfing earthlings, he was the first to swing a makeshift 6-iron against the bleak landscape. That original golf club is housed on display at the USGA Golf Museum & Library located in Liberty Corner, New Jersey.
Detailed explanation-2: -Two of them, in fact-golf balls he hit from the lunar surface using a makeshift 6-iron he had hidden away in the space capsule. The cumbersome space suit would not allow him to grip the club with both hands, so he swung it with his right hand only.
Detailed explanation-3: -“The Moon is one big sand trap and the dust is very fine, ‘’ Shepard explained in 1974. But the third swing connected. With the Moon’s one-sixth gravity, and no atmosphere, there was no drag, hook or slice. Still, it went only about 200 yards-not the miles and miles he exclaimed at the time.
Detailed explanation-4: -Hope took his golf club everywhere, according to the USGA, and Shepard was inspired to do a quick golf session on the moon to demonstrate the moon’s gravitational pull, which is one-sixth that of Earth, according to NASA.