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simpsonfan2 said, 4 months ago
The stage crew guy at Area 51 who knocked that flag over better put it back up.
Prof danglais said, 4 months ago
@simpsonfan2
…and with no air or wind “on the moon”, how are the others “flying”?
win said, 4 months ago
And you can still see the “Kilroy Was Here” graffiti after all these years.
ARF2 said, 4 months ago
I would think the only flag still standing would be the Apollo 17 flag. Since the liftoff of the LEM was going to be videoed, they deliberately planted the flag far enough away that it would not be knocked down on camera at liftoff.
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A close examination of the 2009 Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter images from 50 km (31 miles) altitude should settle the issue.
Stray9999 said, 4 months ago
Apparently the one not “flying” was the Apollo 11 one. It was too close to the LEM and when Armstrong and Aldrin took off, it was knocked it over (according to Aldrin).
Frogman_tg
said, 4 months ago
It’s not Bill “Spaceman” Lee, when he was my favorite pitcher in the 70’s for the BoSox, He was affectionately known as Spaceman Bill Lee, Spaceman first because he was so spacy.
N7326 Foxtrot said, 4 months ago
How do they know that? From the Mars lander?
suzleigh said, 4 months ago
I thought teams won ball games… not individuals
roscoedog55 said, 4 months ago
The missing flag is in the basement of the Man on the Moon.
His teenage son collects road signs too.
SeaFox10 said, 4 months ago
To all of you! THE AMERICAN FLAG FLYS WHERE EVER IT STANDS!!
Elderflower said, 4 months ago
If you watch the documentary of the first moon landing, you can see that the flag is stiff – cardboard, maybe? I guess they figured it would look better if it appeared to be “flying”. Or else they wanted to fuel future arguments for conspiracies.
Marc said, 4 months ago
I thought the flag not only had the vertical pole as standard but also a horizontal segment at the top that the flag is also attached to.
Marc said, 4 months ago
@suzleigh
Pitchers have win-loss records as part of their official stats. The rules for what determines who gets the win are kind of convoluted at times, but basically it’s the player who was pitching when his team established the lead that they never relinquished.
The Mom said, 4 months ago
I guess none of the conspiracy theorists ever watch MythBusters lest their conspiracies get shot down…like this one…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhab86KoVjU The only aspect of the MB test I would have changed is reducing the gravity in vacuum to TRULY simulate the surface of the moon. That flag kept waving a lot more in the vacuum but imagine how much more if would have waved had there been almost no gravity pulling on it.
Scott S said, 4 months ago
@Prof danglais
There’s a rod at the top of the staff that the top of the flag is attached to.