I hope you can see this link from NASA , can anyone explain how the corner of the flag folds towards the poster astronaut ?
http://history.nasa.gov/40thann/mpeg/ap14_flag.mpg
2006-10-01 13:09:26 · 8 answers · asked by ardipi_ramidus 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
#1 there IS gravity on the moon
#2 the top edge of the flag was designed to be stiff so it wouldn't hang down loosely.... (there is NO wind on the moon)
2006-10-01 13:52:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. The flag was made out of the lightest weight material they could use, but it still has inertia. After the shot you show the flag stopped moving completely until the LEM took off.
2006-10-01 20:15:51 · answer #2 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The flag is made with a metallic foil, so it pivots around the pole. Since it is stiff, they ruffled it a bit so it looked like it was flying.
In hindsight, all that extra work ended up buying them 30 years of conspiracy theories.
2006-10-01 20:16:39 · answer #3 · answered by veraperezp 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very intresting.
But i think that Moon has some gravity but less than earth.
every planet has gravational force.
so flag should not be straighten as glued,until some wired put in it
quiet intresting
2006-10-01 22:27:47 · answer #4 · answered by rav 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is gravity on the moon--about 1/6 of what we experience on the Earth.
2006-10-01 20:15:45 · answer #5 · answered by bruinfan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is a little spring wire in the flag.
2006-10-01 20:13:24 · answer #6 · answered by disco legend zeke 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It looked to me like he was twisting the pole with his hands to get it into the holder.
2006-10-01 20:14:46 · answer #7 · answered by rscanner 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has wires in it to keep it straght
2006-10-01 20:15:27 · answer #8 · answered by voidedius 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋