What Happened to the Flags on the Moon?

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There isn't wind, the pole is segmented with a horizontal bar at the top to stop the flag from just flopping down against the upright. When they twist the parts together on assembly, it causes the flag to 'flap' from side to side a little but it is caused by the movement of the pole, not wind.

You don't see stars because the brightness of the sun's reflected light from the moon's surface and the astronaut's suits requires a very fast shutter to stop it from bleaching out. The comparatively weaker starlight isn't enough to register on the photographic film.

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Quote from: commandrix on June 23, 2014, 10:53:27 PM

Basically, one person told the Smithsonian, "I gotta be honest with you. It's gonna be ashes." The one got knocked over when Apollo 11's Lunar Module's ascent stage launched. They've all been bleached white by the sun.

http://gizmodo.com/what-happened-to-the-flags-on-the-moon-1594689191

what concerns me more is how is there wind on the moon

and why we aren't seeing any stars but just a black surface Cheesy

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Quote from: sj2199 on June 27, 2014, 06:27:37 AM

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--LX9cVPml--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/780581041002775585.jpg

Watch the flag.......... it is waving like there is air on moon....

don't u think so...

The flag looks like that because of the vacuum of space. they tested it on Mythbusters.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhab86KoVjU

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Hah, it's decaying just like the empire they built.

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Quote from: sj2199 on June 27, 2014, 06:27:37 AM

Watch the flag.......... it is waving like there is air on moon....

don't u think so...

i don't think so
there is no air in the moon
seems that image was photoshopped Tongue

i belive this one

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythBusters_%282008_season%29#Episode_104_.E2.80.93_.22NASA_Moon_Landing.22

TL;DR

All those claims about the moon landings being a hoax are from people who don't actually know what they are talking about when it comes to basic scientific principles.

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Watch the flag.......... it is waving like there is air on moon....

Kimowa

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It should be gone by now, the sun is stronger on moon and the flag should decay faster.

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Well only the moon dust is forever

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Basically, one person told the Smithsonian, "I gotta be honest with you. It's gonna be ashes." The one got knocked over when Apollo 11's Lunar Module's ascent stage launched. They've all been bleached white by the sun.

http://gizmodo.com/what-happened-to-the-flags-on-the-moon-1594689191

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