Thursday, August 31, 2006
CAPE CANAVERAL — A Russian cosmonaut would whack a golf ball from the International Space Station in an advertising stunt on Thanksgiving Day, NASA officials said Tuesday.
Russian flight engineer Mikhail Tyurin would show off his swing to help a Canadian golf club manufacturer during a spacewalk on Nov. 23.
NASA security officers have cleared the stunt, saying it poses no threat to the space station or the team since the golf ball weighs only 3 grams and would return to Earth's atmosphere in three days.
"It's not like Tiger Woods taking a drive," said Kirk Shireman, deputy program manager of the international space station.
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