Posted by Ron DeMedeiros on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/Let-s-talk-GRAVITY-tp1505098p1505161.html


--- Nick <[hidden email]> wrote:

>
> I read Andrew Chaikin's excellent book, "A Man on
> the Moon" and in
> it he explains that the lack of mobility for the
> astronauts was due
> to the suits being pressurised and stiff, and that
> even in 1/6th
> gravity, the bulk of the suit and the backpacks
> affected movement.

The suits definitely affected movement, that is why
Alan Shepard could only swing the makeshift golf club
with one arm when he hit a golf ball during his moon walk.



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