ive gone to wikipedia for help, but it said nothing about the flag still being there or not. it talked about the debate of putting the flag on the moon in 1969, but thats about it. if anyone knows of a good site, please let me know. and if anyone knows of its whereabouts, please tell me. thanks for the help.
2007-12-22 07:19:28 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Yes, it is still there, on the southern edge of the Sea Of Tranquility, although it's probably in rather poor condition by now. The flag was made of nylon, and nylon doesn't like being exposed to UV radiation. In the absence of atmosphere on the Moon, the flag has been exposed to years of unfiltered UV radiation from the Sun. At the very least it has faded, most likely it has disintegrated.
And, incidentally, the five other flags from the five other landings are all still up there too.
2007-12-23 07:31:52 · answer #1 · answered by Jason T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it still is. But perhaps, not for long. If we do decide to go back to the Moon, one of the missions might be to revisit the Apollo 11 landing site, and to bring some artifacts back, (similar to what the Apollo 12 mission did when they landed near Surveyor 3).
One of the things they can bring back to Earth, could be not only the flag, but parts of the lunar module, as well as parts of the seismometer, to see what the lunar environment did to some of these artifacts.
Imagine what a great addition to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum the Apollo 11 flag would be!
Right next to the Hubble Space Telescope (if they choose to retrieve that, too--after its useful life is over)!
2007-12-24 15:38:55 · answer #2 · answered by David H. 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm fairly certain it's still there, unless it got knocked over by a meteor since then. I BELIEVE it's in the Sea of Tranquility (remember his first words when he stepped off the LEM: "Tranquility Base here, the Eagle has landed.")
2007-12-22 07:26:56 · answer #3 · answered by Resident Heretic 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As far as I know all the crap that was taken to the moon was left there. Apart from the flag(s) there are bits and pieces of rubbish, moon buggies, landing craft etc.
Of course, I am assuming that moon landing was real.
2007-12-22 07:29:58 · answer #4 · answered by John O 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
this wind blew it away... lol i donno... i havent been up there... yet!
2007-12-22 07:27:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋