Spacewalk On, Caddy Off
I wrote earlier about the amount of debris in outerspace. Well, there’s one bit of debris that we won’t be adding to what’s already up there.
Thursday’s 5 1/2-hour spacewalk by the Russian and U.S. occupants of the International Space Station will not include the previously announced attempt to hit a radio transmitting golf ball into Earth orbit, The New York Times reported Wednesday.
The publicity stunt involved the payment of an undisclosed amount of money to Russia from a Canadian golf company. Russian officials did not explain the reason for the postponement.
In place of the golf shot, the astronauts will replace a malfunctioning camera on the U.S. side of the ISS.
The spacewalk, sans golf clubs, is on for 6:40pm.
Via Marsblog.
