From: btrosko@panix.com   
      
   Chris  wrote:   
   > Could anybody let me know if it would be possible to hit a tee shot   
   > from the surface of the moon (forget about space suits, just imagine   
   > it was a normal golf shot), that would sent the golf ball into orbit?   
      
   No.  Any orbit it could be sent into would intersect with the moon.   
      
   The same's true of any orbital launch scheme where orbit is achieved by   
   simply applying a large initial impulse, like a big gun firing the golf   
   ball into orbit.  You end up with an elliptical orbit which intersects the   
   point of launch, and need a burn somewhere along the way to circularize   
   it.   
      
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