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The golf space commercial on ISS has been delayed

Washington, USA - NASA must end debugging some details

The launch of a golden golf ball from the International Space Station (ISS) was expected today for a commercial which has been commissioned by Element 21 Golf, a Canadian company which paid much money to the Russian Space Agency to release this original publicity campaign (see AVIONEWS for details). However NASA decided to postpone the spot in November for safety reasons, because it must debug procedures...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 142018
Rome, Italy, 06/01/2006 12:05
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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