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.
And just think, the Federal Government wishes to take over every American's health care. Not to mention the auto industry, the banking industry, the insurance industry and probably just about any or all activities American's wish to engage in. Imagine what these would-be Federal Government people supervisors could lose then.
At this point I would like to invoke Proverbs 26:4. Thank you and good night.
Parenthetically- Robert Capa’s best work, captured under fire at Omaha Beach on D-Day, was accidentally destroyed by a technician in processing.
LOL.
Plausible, to a point.
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