2007-07-20 09:02:36 · 18 answers · asked by lalo_leemx 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
The flag is not "waving" -- how can you judge whether an object is moving in a still photo???
The flag appears to be standing out because there was a metal rod which folded out from the flagpole to support the fabric of the flag in an exposed position for photography. If not for that rod, the flag would have hung limply, and would not have made such a good picture.
The flag in the photo has creases and folds in it because:
a) it was folded in transit
b) the supporting rod did not extend fully upon deployment, so there is loose fabric.
In the video footage of the astronauts placing the flag, you can see the flag shaking as they jiggle the upright to drive it into the lunar soil. Once the astronauts stopped turning the pole, the flag stopped moving. No need for wind -- it was inertia and momentum.
Go see:
www.badastronomy.com
www.clavius.org
for more debunking of the conspiracy nonsense.
2007-07-20 09:10:32 · answer #1 · answered by Dave_Stark 7 · 9⤊ 3⤋
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why the US flag is waving in the moon pic? no atmosphere or wind in the moon, rigth?
2015-08-14 11:22:17 · answer #2 · answered by Leah 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
..Let me ask you something. If there's a strong enough wind to make a moderate sized flag stand straight out like that, how come none of the powdery dust covering the area is blowing around?
The flags used on the moon are on telescoping bars that held them out for display. Also, have any of these moon hoaxers ever actually watched a flag whipping in the wind? A flag blown by wind does not behave the way the flags in the moon videos act.
This is idiocy at its finest.
2007-07-20 16:12:57 · answer #3 · answered by aarowswift 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
1: How do you deduce the flag is waving in a STILL picture?
2: Can you see the rod across the top that is clearly present in several pictures and is seen being deployed in some of the videos? That holds it out because it would otherwise hang limply down the flagpole and look a bit crap.
3: Why would NASA be so unbelievably STUPID as to have enough of a wind blowing to make the flag wave when they are trying to fake something taking place in a VACUUM?!
If people want to make up conspiracy theories they should at least try to have them make some kind of sense. The flag waving requires NASA to be simultaneously brilliant anout to fool the world and stupid enough to have a hefty breeze on the set they are trying to fake a vacuum in.
2007-07-23 01:10:24 · answer #4 · answered by Jason T 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
A metal rod was set in the top of the flagpole to keep the Stars'n'Stripes deployed. Despite some folks' misconception that there is no gravity on the moon like there is no atmosphere, the truth is the moon has a gravity of 1/6th Earth normal (if I remember my high school science correct) and the flag would eventually hang limp without the rod.
2007-07-20 09:50:02 · answer #5 · answered by shovelsaurus84 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Us Flag Waving
2016-10-07 01:36:02 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So the flag waved in a picture...
I'm confused. Pictures don't change. How can a flag be waving in a picture?
The picture resembled a waving flag, sure, but that was that's how they left the flag. With no wind or air, the flag would remain in any sort of reasonable shape you put it in. There was a bar along the top of it to keep it outstretched.
2007-07-20 09:07:48 · answer #7 · answered by Arkalius 5 · 10⤊ 0⤋
The flag in the picture is not waving. It was set into that position and the lack of gravity and atmosphere allow the flag to remain in whatever position the astronaut's placed it.
2007-07-20 09:12:27 · answer #8 · answered by levindis 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It isn't. It is simply held up by a stiff rod along its top edge put there by the people who made it so that it would stand out nicely in the vacuum of space. You can't tell if it is waving in a still picture anyway. The videos show it sticking out like that and staying perfectly still, EXCEPT when the astronauts are touching it. The first source is a quicktime video. The second source is the NASA history page where I got it. There are lots of pictures, documents and videos. Too bad most of the videos are realvideo, because I refuse to allow that horrid software on my computer. But some are quicktime and some are mpeg.
2007-07-20 10:00:11 · answer #9 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
The flags appear to flutter when the astronauts bump into the flag pole, or, like in the case of Apollo 11, they planted the flag a bit too close to the lander, and when they lifted off of the surface the rocket motor's exhaust blew the flag down.
If you watch the videos of the Apollo lunar EVAs, you will only see the flags fluttering with they are in physical contact with the astronauts.
2007-07-20 09:08:41 · answer #10 · answered by ngc7331 6 · 6⤊ 0⤋