I know there is no air, but what made it stand up then?
2007-03-20 11:03:43 · 5 answers · asked by meso 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
It had a pole to hold it out. And it didn't wave.
In the shot of the astronaut and the flag, the astronaut is rotating the pole on which the flag is mounted, trying to get it to stay up. The flag is mounted on one side on the pole, and along the top by another pole that sticks out to the side.
In a vacuum or not, when you whip around the vertical pole, the flag will ``wave'', since it is attached at the top. The top will move first, then the cloth will follow along in a wave that moves down. This isn't air that is moving the flag, it's the cloth itself.
2007-03-20 11:11:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
It is fitted with metal stays.
The "ripples" that look like breezes are simply wrinkles in the fabric. Nothing moved.
2007-03-20 11:11:46 · answer #2 · answered by Jerry P 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
there was a perpendicular rod on the flagpole (noted by a
newscaster on one of the original newscasts)(old cuss ain't I ?)
2007-03-20 11:16:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I did blow over when Neil and Buzz took off!
2007-03-20 12:26:12 · answer #4 · answered by Moon Man 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it was staged, they shot a video of the flag waving on the moon
2007-03-20 11:12:47 · answer #5 · answered by evancbb 2 · 1⤊ 4⤋