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A spacewalking Russian cosmonaut plans to hit a golf shot outside the International Space Station this summer as part of a publicity campaign that already has raised safety concerns.
Clad in a cumbersome spacesuit and anchored to a specially designed tee box, Pavel Vinogradov will hit a six-iron drive along side the station’s Russian segment, taking great care not to hook the ball into the outpost.
Nataliya Hearn, president and chief executive officer of Element 21 Golf Co., said Russian Federal Space Agency officials initially were concerned that fragile solar panels jutting from the station’s Russian crew quarters might be struck.
But an extensive Russian test program — one involving veteran cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev — subsequently showed the golf shot in space would be safe, Hearn said.
Source: SPACE.com
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