when the put the united states flag on the moon it appered to wave. if there is no wind in space how could the flag have moved.
2007-02-23 13:02:53 · 10 answers · asked by vish 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
It stands out because there is a special horizontal rod at the top of the pole to hold it up. And it only waves when the astronauts are holding the pole and shaking it. The first 2 sources are video of the flag not waving. You need real player to view the first and quick time for the second. The 3rd source is another quick time video of the astronauts setting up the flag. They are holding the pole most of the time and it moves. One of the astronauts even says, "it does wave when you do that", where "that" is them shaking it.
These videos are all from the last source, which has many more, as well as still pictures, transcripts of the radio conversations and other information.
2007-02-23 13:10:36 · answer #1 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Two reasons:
1) When the astronaut jammed the flag into the ground, his hand shook it. Try this yourself at home with your own flag and some hard piece of ground, and see what happens. Since the moon has no air, then there is little to STOP the flag from vibrating one it has started (eventually friction at the base between the pole and the dirt will make it come to a rest, but it takes longer).
2) When the lunar module took off, blast from the rocket engine hit the flag and started it vibrating again.
2007-02-23 13:09:21 · answer #2 · answered by Randy G 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's called gravity and the moon has it. The flag was mounted in a wire frame at the top and possibly bottom, but it moves as people move it around and it flaps a little because of that movement.
2007-02-23 14:22:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The flag that was set on the moon was not made of fabric. It was designed to be stiff to be able to be seen in the vacuum. I'm am not sure if they made it to appear to wave or not, but it is quite possible.
2007-02-23 13:12:10 · answer #4 · answered by einstein.cubed 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A spring mechanism caused the flag to wave; GOOGLE it.
And generation "Y" c'mon and stop with the moon landing conspiracies for crissake.
2007-02-23 23:04:56 · answer #5 · answered by stargazergurl22 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The flag on the lunar surface had thin plastic supports embedded within its field that held it upright. It moved whenever an astronaut touched it.
2007-02-23 13:22:37 · answer #6 · answered by Chug-a-Lug 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it did not wave, it was just hanging from a piece of wire they attached to the top of it.
Moon landing was a race between US and SU;
Soviets would be 1st to cry out if the landing footage was fake.
2007-02-23 13:05:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The astronauts floated, remember.
The flag was probably floating, lack of gravity.
2007-02-23 13:06:38 · answer #8 · answered by sunflare63 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
USA went to the moon....don't fall for the b.s. ! the only country to do so !
2007-02-23 13:07:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2007-02-23 13:05:25 · answer #10 · answered by lininha 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋