Posted on 07/21/2009 11:49:58 AM PDT by doug from upland
(NOT: errors are by the creator; I cut and pasted)
Flag on the Moon Written by Fraser Cain
When the NASA astronauts first landed on the Moon, they left a few items on the surface to commemorate their visit. These items included a plaque, mission badges and an American flag. If you've ever seen images or video of the flag on the Moon, you might have a few questions.
Why does the flag stand straight out and not just slump down? Here on Earth, flags are pushed out by the wind. Obviously, there's no wind on the Moon, so what's holding the flag up? The answer is pretty easy. There's a rod, sort of the like a curtain rod running across the top. So the flag on the Moon is being held out by the rod and isn't blowing in the wind.
What makes the flag flap if there's no wind? You might have also see a few videos of the flag on the Moon waving back and forth. This happened when the astronauts first planted the flag. There's no wind to make the flag to flag, but there's also no wind to stop it from moving back and forth. When the astronauts planted the flag on the Moon, they couldn't help but give it a sideways push. Without the wind resistance the flag would experience on the Earth, the flag can flap back and forth a few times before finally settling down. That's why it looks like it's flapping, even though there's no wind.
There's another scene where the flag flaps, as the lunar ascent module is taking off. In this case, the exhaust from the rocket is blasting the flag and causing it to flap back and forth. In the case of Apollo 11, the exhaust blast was so strong that the flag actually fell over. Later missions kept the flag much further away from the ascent rocket.
The first moon landing lasted only about 2 hours. Not much time to do anything.
I will say now what I said then to my wife’s grandparents who believed without a doubt that we didn’t go to the moon. The Russians tracked us all the way to the moon. They had that capability. They would have called hoax so loud that the world would have known we didn’t go. Because the Russians didn’t deny it, it was true. We sent something to the moon, and it contained human astronauts!
WTF?!? That’s yucky!!!
Lunar surface time 21 h 31 m 20 s
There is no moon. It’s fake...just a big GIF file in the sky...
Toss up.
He didn’t marry her, but the word was that he was “dating” her. We know of the movie, WHITE MEN CAN’T JUMP. This could have been the sequel: WHITE MEN CAN’T SEE. At least Danson.
Whoopi needs to go do EVA without PLSS on Tranquility Base. ;-)
I always thought they were married. I guess he wasn’t as dumb as he looked then!
Thanks
The flag is there all right, it was dropped by a satellite - piece a’cake, but the “cosmonauts” had landed in Burbank, where Mary Pickford once worked!
You are close. From my "inside info", the cosmonauts landed on Stage 47 - Universal Studios, Universal City, CA. The moonwalking however was filmed in nearby Paramount Studios - same place where Star Trek (original series) was filmed. In fact, Star Trek production had to be halted for some time while the 'NASA' team was out there getting their footages.
Bump for Inspector Harry Callahan
Why doesn’t FNC send Whorealdo up there to investigate. It could be a 1 Hour Special.
Article also answers other questions.
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