Exactly how far astronaut Alan Shepard hit those golf balls on the Moon

Image analyst Andy Saunders used video and photographs to determine just how far "miles and miles and miles" is.

Not very far.

Astronomy:

However, image specialist Andy Saunders recently analyzed archival stills taken by the astronauts with their Hasselblad cameras, as well as video from the lunar ascent module as it lifted off from the surface.

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