I wonder if things like this would ever happen now. The original Mercury and Apollo astronauts were Air Force test pilots, a group known for picking and choosing which rules they wanted to follow. Sneaking a golf club aboard, not to mention the possibility of falling and tearing his suit, is a non-trivial risk.
It's hard to imagine that culture of risk taking still exists, but at the same time, that culture may be why they were able to get to the moon so quickly.
It's hard to imagine that culture of risk taking still exists, but at the same time, that culture may be why they were able to get to the moon so quickly.