The answer to  last week’s question is below, but first…

This Saturday, the full Moon will appear larger than it has since 1993, thanks to what is called the Perigee Moon, the period when the moon is closest to Earth in its elliptical orbit. Many people don’t realize that when the moon looms large on the horizon as it rises, that this is just an optical illusion caused by the fact that the horizon presents objects for reference. It only looks smaller as it rises because it’s isolated in all that emptiness! Here a few more fun moon facts:

When Alan Sheppard was on the moon, he hit a golf ball and drove it 2,400 feet, nearly one half a mile.

Apollo 11 had only 20 seconds of fuel left when they landed on the moon.

The moon rotates at 10 miles per hour compared to the Earth’s 1000 miles per hour.

Answer To Last Week’s Question:
Yes. But no-one seems to want to risk their multimillion dollar vehicle to prove it.