2007-12-24 12:18:03 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
I do not subscribe to the theory that the moon landings were faked, but I am curious about some of the points the conspiracy theorists make.
2007-12-24 12:18:50 · update #1
Buzzy, that is a good question. It is what I have read from a few sources, but perhaps it is wrong. I don't know.
2007-12-24 12:22:15 · update #2
Yes, I know it has wires in it. But they are to keep it still and unfurled, right? Not to make it look like it is waving.
2007-12-24 12:34:42 · update #3
Steph, I never trusted the government either. But , while I could buy that the moon footage was faked, I don't necessarily believe that that means we didn't make it to the moon. It could have been faked, shot on a set before our guys took off for the moon. but the reason for it could have been to insure that they had something to show the public just in case the specially designed cameras failed.
The public needed footage to pique and sustain their interest in the space program. No interest=no support=no money=no space program.
2007-12-24 12:38:33 · update #4
Midnight, if it was rigid, it wouldn't have appeared to be waving. The wires made it *semi-rigid*, not rigid.
2007-12-24 12:40:18 · update #5
The flag did not wave. Only conspiracy-seeking morons (look up or in a mirror, it turns out) perceive that it did. Look at the video for yourself and stop listening to crackpots.
2007-12-24 12:37:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
the flag is not waving. if you watch the video you will see this very clearly. there was a rod at the top of the flag and the astronauts couldnt get it to extend all of the way so it looked like it was rippling. the flag only moves when the astronauts are moving the pole around. after they stop and leave it be the flag stays 100% still.
the person 2 psots above me is wrong, that is not why the flag was waving. the pole at the top would have prevented the flag from moving due to that.
2007-12-24 22:57:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The flag is held straight by a rod at the top, but is otherwise made of flexible material. The waving was caused by the astronauts touching the flag or flagpole.
For Rock -- It looks like the camera was mounted on a pan-tilt base and operated from ground control. See the link, below.
2007-12-24 20:22:40 · answer #3 · answered by Tony 4 · 5⤊ 0⤋
The flag was "waving" when they planted the flagpole (they twisted it back and forth to seat the pole into the moon soil). So it appeared to wave. And when the lander took off, the backwash from the rockets caused it to "wave" a bit as well.
The only time it would "wave" now is if there is a ground disturbance (moonquake) in the area.
2007-12-24 20:56:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
According to Astroprof:
"The only times that it waves is when it is being buffeted by the exhaust of the ascending rocket, it is being pushed into the ground, the pole or the ground near the pole is being disturbed by an astronaut, or it the oscillations of such are damping right after such an event."
Other than that, the flag is made out of wire mesh sewn into the fabric.
2007-12-24 20:26:50 · answer #5 · answered by let's fly 2 · 6⤊ 0⤋
It wasn't really waving, there was wire inside to hold it rigid to give the appearance of it waving!
2007-12-24 20:38:04 · answer #6 · answered by Midnight-Expressman 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The flags only moved when they were being handled or bumped, and then settled right down, just as proper lunar flags ought to.
2007-12-24 21:51:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The flag was kept folded and when it was unfurled , the crumbled looks of the flag looked like it was waving while it really was not.
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2007-12-24 20:21:29 · answer #8 · answered by A Little Sarcasm Helps 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Well, I watched this video on youtube, and the flag doesn't appear to move at all once they set it up. It does while they set it up, but I think that's just because they were moving it.
2007-12-24 20:27:51 · answer #9 · answered by imaginary_smiles 1 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Wires in the flag to give the illusion of movement.
2007-12-24 20:20:17 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋