2006-07-16 03:53:58 · 22 answers · asked by Yamuna B 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
The flag was just a little aluminum tube shaped like an upside down L with the actual flag attatched on it. Probably no more than four foot tall.
They just knocked it in with a mallet, like it was a big tent post..
There is gravity on the moon, the earth is not the only thing in the universe that has gravity, everything that has mass has some gravitational pull to it, there just needs to be a lot of mass for the pull to be substantial.
2006-07-16 04:04:43 · answer #1 · answered by corvis_9 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The Moon has gravity. Not as much as on Earth, but it's there. And the American flag is hoisted there. They used wires or something to make it stick out and look like it's waving.
2006-07-16 08:14:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As mentioned Yamuna, if the pole is driven into the moons surface it will remain in that position. The only way for it to move is if there is a force moving it in some other direction. The moon's weak gravitational force (any body that has mass will exert a "gravitational" force proportional to it's mass) will only pull the flag towards it's center (not push).
2006-07-16 04:08:03 · answer #3 · answered by Adrian 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is on a pole and has some sort of frame to hold it up and out. The moon does have some gravity just nothing like earth's gravitational pull.
2006-07-16 03:58:44 · answer #4 · answered by Kenneth H 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The rod to hold the flag out horizontally would not extend fully, so the flag ended up with a slight waviness, giving the appearance of being windblown. The flag itself was difficult to erect, it was very hard to penetrate beyond about 6 to 8 inches into the lunar soil with the flagstaff.
2006-07-16 05:01:35 · answer #5 · answered by Linda 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The flag was placed there by the Appolo astronauts. There is gravity on the moon otherwise they could not walk on the moon or it would not rotate around the earth and many other things.
2006-07-16 03:58:09 · answer #6 · answered by jdomanico 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
moon has one sixth of the gravity as compared to earth so its possible hoist a flag
2006-07-16 04:00:16 · answer #7 · answered by Parvaz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The moon does have gravity ,everything with mass does.Its about 1 /6th of the Earth.The Flag wouldn`t move has there is no atmosphere
2006-07-16 05:11:52 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it can be possible.. i think ur confused of the fact that the flag is waving.. it is just fixed on the moon..as we can fix a flag underneath the water(u can try it)
and one more thing.. the moon has 1/6th of gravity of earth
2006-07-16 03:57:20 · answer #9 · answered by Prakash 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-07 23:42:24 · answer #10 · answered by mauzon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋