At the end of his Apollo 14 moon exploration in 1971, Alan Shepard played golf in a lunar sand trap on the moon’s surface, in a world-famous demonstration of the moon’s low gravity. Upon his return to earth, Shepard’s first stop was Carlos’ barber shop. https://www.texasobserver.org/book-excerpt-moon-golf-ball/

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