when i went to bob gilruth to tell him i wanted to hit a couple of golf balls. of course, absolutely no way. and there was a series when i explained that it was not a regular golf club, it was a handle that we used that the we pulled out, put a scoop on the end and scoop up samples of dust with. and that was already up there, would be thrown away. then we had a club head which i had adapted to snap on this handle and two golf balls for which i paid, two golf balls and the club, at no expense to the taxpayer, okay? the thing that finally convinced bob was, i said, boss, i'll make a deal with you. if we have screwed up, if we have had equipment failure, anything has gone wrong on the surface where you are embarrassed or we are embarrassed, i will not do it. i will not be so frivolous. i want to wait until the very end of the mission, stand in front of the television camera, whack these golf balls with this makeshift club, pull it up, stick in my pocket, climb up the ladder, close the door and we're gone. so, he finally said okay. and that's the way it happened. >>