From: smithm@SPAMBLOCKnetapps.com.au.retro.com   
      
   On 22 Jul 2004 05:20:36 -0700   
   christopher.clark@icap.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?   
      
   Nope. Orbital velocity around the moon is about 1.5 km/s. I don't know how   
   fast golf balls travel but I would be surprised if they exceed 100 m/s.   
      
   The other problem is that an initial impulse from the surface can not result   
   in an orbit which does not intersect the surface. To achive orbit the golf   
   ball would have to make a circularisation burn (or be whacked by another golf   
   club) after the first    
   half an orbit.   
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