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Title: What Happened to the Flags on the Moon? Post by: commandrix on June 24, 2014, 02:53:27 AM 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 Title: Re: What Happened to the Flags on the Moon? Post by: Quartx on June 27, 2014, 07:48:54 AM Well only the moon dust is forever
Title: Re: What Happened to the Flags on the Moon? Post by: Kimowa on June 27, 2014, 08:18:06 AM It should be gone by now, the sun is stronger on moon and the flag should decay faster.
Title: Re: What Happened to the Flags on the Moon? Post by: sj2199 on June 27, 2014, 10:27:37 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.... Title: Re: What Happened to the Flags on the Moon? Post by: cryptodevil on June 27, 2014, 10:30:17 AM 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. Title: Re: What Happened to the Flags on the Moon? Post by: Icardi09 on June 27, 2014, 11:16:33 AM Watch the flag.......... it is waving like there is air on moon.... don't u think so... there is no air in the moon seems that image was photoshopped :P i belive this one http://media.giphy.com/media/GMIbzgzyS4pws/giphy.gif Title: Re: What Happened to the Flags on the Moon? Post by: Lethn on June 27, 2014, 11:18:06 AM Hah, it's decaying just like the empire they built.
Title: Re: What Happened to the Flags on the Moon? Post by: Rapido on June 27, 2014, 02:23:02 PM 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 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhab86KoVjU) Title: Re: What Happened to the Flags on the Moon? Post by: ShibaWow on June 27, 2014, 02:51:38 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 :D Title: Re: What Happened to the Flags on the Moon? Post by: cryptodevil on June 27, 2014, 03:09:23 PM ::)
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. |
