Apollo Moon Landing Flags Still Standing, Photos Reveal

Space.com via Yahoo News ^ | 7/30/12 | Clara Moskowitz

[Kartographer]

An enduring question ever since the manned moon landings of the 1960s has been: Are the flags planted by the astronauts still standing?

Now, lunar scientists say the verdict is in from the latest photos of the moon taken by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC): Most do, in fact, still stand.

"From the LROC images it is now certain that the American flags are still standing and casting shadows at all of the sites, except Apollo 11," LROC principal investigator Mark Robinson wrote in a recent blog post. "Astronaut Buzz Aldrin reported that the flag was blown over by the exhaust from the ascent engine during liftoff of Apollo 11, and it looks like he was correct!"

[Kartographer]

"And our flag was still there...."

[cripplecreek]

Till China collects them and puts em up for sale on Ebay.

[gov_bean_ counter]

I thought that was Mars... :)

[JRandomFreeper]

Too bad the flags have outlasted the land of liberty.

/johnny

[GeronL]

cool

[Dr. Thorne]

I’m surprised that the Moon People haven’t torn them down in a fit of nationalist fervor.

[dfwgator]

"Astronaut Buzz Aldrin reported that the flag was blown over by the exhaust from the ascent engine during liftoff of Apollo 11, and it looks like he was correct!"

Now we'll have to burn the flag, because it touched the ground.

[Yo-Yo]

You’d think they’d have torn down the sound stage by now...

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Or just because they were offended by them.

[mnehring]

You didn't plant that flag. Someone else made that happen

[KarlInOhio]

Now we'll have to burn the flag, because it touched the ground.

The five second rule is adjusted for atmospheric pressure, so we have another twenty million years to pick it up, brush it off and pretend that nothing happened.

[henkster]

What about the Moon Maidens & their giant spider held up by the visible nylon strings?

[Huskrrrr]

“Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.” BTW where’s Alice?

[Noumenon]

I’m surprised that the Moon People haven’t torn them down in a fit of nationalist fervor.

Yeah, those guys were tough customers...

[South40]

Polls reveal that as much as 20% of Americans believe NASA's lunar program was a hoax and that man never went to the moon.

I'm waiting to see what Charlie Sheen says before I take a stand. /s

[TangoLimaSierra]

Apollo Moon Landing Flags Still Standing, Photos Reveal

Also, craters are still there.

[KingLudd]

Photos reveal jack.

[tet68]

Any way this is different, it didn’t touch the EARTH
or the ground, it touched the regolith.

And there on the moon our proud flag still stood.

[tet68]

Look Quark, another of those odd banners only this one
is Red White and Blue, not the usual Red with stars like
all the others? Other earthlings made it this far too.
Why did they quit? Look! Here’s a message...

Dear Friends, why waste your money on usless moon shots
send your $3 to the Obama Campaign...

[Young Werther]

Well sorta!

[CodeToad]

Sam Kinison: To the Russians: “GO GET OUR FLAG!!!” That whole bit was funny.

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[Ancesthntr]

Phew! What a relief that the Decepticons haven’t arrived yet.

Seriously, besides the exhaust of the departing lunar module, what could possibly move those flags?

[South40]

[Kartographer]

"what could possibly move those flags?"

[South40]

Seriously, besides the exhaust of the departing lunar module, what could possibly move those flags?

Move? Who knows. But that doesn't mean they have to still be there. Between the harsh ultraviolet light and temperatures of the lunar surface, it's surprising they are still there. The sun destroys things on Earth, it most certainly would do so on the moon.

[dfwgator]

Seriously, besides the exhaust of the departing lunar module, what could possibly move those flags?

"Do I even need to say it?"

[JCBreckenridge]

Well done.

[Bob]

To me, that guy is living proof that aliens do exist. And his hair style is a testament to their sense of humor. :=)

[South40]

[EQAndyBuzz]

Who is that guy?

[smokingfrog]

I thought that was Mars... :)

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[BradyLS]

I was thinking the same thing!

A new stanza for the National Anthem!

Now today you can see by the sun’s burning light
What so boldly we staked ‘midst the twilight’s vast gleaming
Those broad stripes and bright stars on the moon’s airless blight
On the view-screens we watched were so steadfastly beaming
From Apollo’s first dare to the last yet sent there
Still give proof through the age that our flags are still there!
But on earth does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

[Secret Agent Man]

Always liked the women portrayed on these novels’ covers.

[Secret Agent Man]

Alex, I’m gonna have to go with “What are ‘Aliens’.”

[dfwgator]

"Hey everybody! WE'VE LANDED ON THE MOON!"

[Secret Agent Man]

There is NO SUIT made by NASA that can contain that much crazy.

[Kartographer]

WELL DONE!!!!!!

[gov_bean_ counter]

Hahaha!!!

Thanks.

[dfwgator]

Lest ye forget who got there first

[Bratch]

Seriously, besides the exhaust of the departing lunar module, what could possibly move those flags?

[outofsalt]

Barak Hussain has directed NASA to replace them with asap.

[adorno]

Till China collects them and puts em up for sale on Ebay.

Imagine how many millions each flag would bring in an auction. But, it would not be an eBay auction. It might have to be somewhere like a high-end auction house.

[Rastus]

That’s the best thing I’ve ever seen on FR.

[winodog]

Isnt the Earth constantly bombarded with metorites of many sizes and shapes? I bet the moon gets amny more since there is no atmosphere and you would think there would be dust clouds all the time

[NurdlyPeon]

There is NO SUIT made by NASA that can contain that much crazy.

Well, don't forget those suits ARE pressurized.

[SunkenCiv]

An ‘extra, extra’ ping to APoD members.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Kartographer.

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[colorado tanker]

Moon Maidens?

[21twelve]

Well - seeing as WE were the aliens.....