Gugny Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 It was a windy day in an airless environment ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackFergy Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 One of the biggest hoaxes in American history. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBill Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 13 minutes ago, BringBackFergy said: One of the biggest hoaxes in American history. You should not speak of Gugny like that. His mother thinks he is real. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoTom Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 1 hour ago, BringBackFergy said: One of the biggest hoaxes in American history. Yes, the idea that the Moon landing was faked is, in fact, one of the biggest hoaxes in American history. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 16 hours ago, WhoTom said: Yes, the idea that the Moon landing was faked is, in fact, one of the biggest hoaxes in American history. So, you've been there? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Vader Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 22 hours ago, Gugny said: It was a windy day in an airless environment ... And I thought this was going to be a thread about "Easy Rider". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoTom Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 5 hours ago, Beerball said: So, you've been there? Is that your criteria for accepting a truth? You saw it firsthand or it didn't happen? Please. That conspiracy BS has been debunked so many times and in so many different ways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 (edited) Didn't film have to be developed back on Earth... So everything was radio? BUT the networks had mock sets made to try and get the point across in real-time... ...Which leads to, is there where the whole hoax thing got traction??? Edited July 22, 2022 by ExiledInIllinois Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackFergy Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 8 hours ago, ExiledInIllinois said: Didn't film have to be developed back on Earth... So everything was radio? BUT the networks had mock sets made to try and get the point across in real-time... ...Which leads to, is there where the whole hoax thing got traction??? The hoax idea gained traction when we “witnessed” a flag being blown around in an area that has no wind. In fact, shouldn’t the flag material have floated upward vertically rather than staying in a horizontal direction? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PastaJoe Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 In Edgar M. Cortwright's book, Apollo Expeditions to the Moon, astronaut Buzz Aldrin recalled what happened when he and Neil Armstrong tried to set the flag up. "It took both of us to set it up and it was nearly a public relations disaster," he wrote, "a small telescoping arm was attached to the flagpole to keep the flag extended and perpendicular. As hard as we tried, the telescope wouldn't fully extend. Thus the flag which should have been flat had its own permanent wave." The wrong coating had been applied to the telescoping rod, so it wouldn't fully extend, which is why the flag looks like it is waving in the wind. Ironically, that famous picture of Buzz Aldrin posing next to the flag is often cited as evidence by conspiracy theorists as proof the mission to the moon was a hoax. https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Technology/story?id=97589&page=1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoTom Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 9 hours ago, ExiledInIllinois said: Didn't film have to be developed back on Earth... So everything was radio? BUT the networks had mock sets made to try and get the point across in real-time... https://www.history.nasa.gov/apollo_photo.html Quote Nearly 100,000 photographs taken by NASA's lunar probes, Ranger, Surveyor, and Lunar Orbiter, helped to map Apollo's landing sites. The first photographs from the Moon came in 1964 when Ranger 7 radioed photographs back as it plunged into the lunar surface, crashing and being destroyed in the process. Next, Surveyor probes landed softly on the surface. Beginning in 1966, the probes dug, analyzed, and transmitted pictures from the same height an astronaut would see as he was standing there. Then Lunar Orbiters methodically mapped much of the Moon, examining the candidate sites for manned landings. These spacecraft carried fully automated film processing laboratories. After processing, the film was scanned for radio transmission of the pictures back to Earth. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, BringBackFergy said: The hoax idea gained traction when we “witnessed” a flag being blown around in an area that has no wind. In fact, shouldn’t the flag material have floated upward vertically rather than staying in a horizontal direction? What kinda idiots are they? Of course there's wind on the moon: "...The solar wind easily penetrates to the rocky surface of the Moon, where it can create mischief, largely because it stirs up solar dust. Apollo astronauts were alternately intrigued and annoyed by the wind. They saw auroras above the skyline believed to be dust particles swept from the lunar surface. ..." I always thought there was a light frame around the flag? Edited July 22, 2022 by ExiledInIllinois Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackFergy Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 Just now, ExiledInIllinois said: What kinda idiots are they? Of course there's wind on the moon: "...The solar wind easily penetrates to the rocky surface of the Moon, where it can create mischief, largely because it stirs up solar dust. Apollo astronauts were alternately intrigued and annoyed by the wind. They saw auroras above the skyline believed to be dust particles swept from the lunar surface. ..." What about gravity?? Why isn't the flag standing upright? It just so happens it's perfectly horizontal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 Just now, BringBackFergy said: What about gravity?? Why isn't the flag standing upright? It just so happens it's perfectly horizontal. There's some gravity on the moon. You weigh a lot less on the moon... But not nothing. Perfect place to open a Jenny Craig. "The Moon's surface gravity is about 1/6th as powerful or about 1.6 meters per second per second. The Moon's surface gravity is weaker because it is far less massive than Earth. A body's surface gravity is proportional to its mass, but inversely proportional to the square of its radius." Because there is top bar running through the top seam of the flag. You can see the rigid piece clearly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted July 22, 2022 Author Share Posted July 22, 2022 1 minute ago, ExiledInIllinois said: There's some gravity on the moon. You weigh a lot less on the moon... But not nothing. Perfect place to open a Jenny Craig. "The Moon's surface gravity is about 1/6th as powerful or about 1.6 meters per second per second. The Moon's surface gravity is weaker because it is far less massive than Earth. A body's surface gravity is proportional to its mass, but inversely proportional to the square of its radius." Because there is top bar running through the top seam of the flag. You can see the rigid piece clearly. So, then there must be a bar running through the bottom of the flag, too. And they even made the bars "wavy" to give it that flying look. Brilliant! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 Just now, Gugny said: So, then there must be a bar running through the bottom of the flag, too. And they even made the bars "wavy" to give it that flying look. Brilliant! No. No bar on the bottom. That's the solar wind moving it around. ?? Here's the explanation... Gravity and it was disturbed when planted: https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1140849/NASA-Moon-landing-flag-Apollo-11-why-flag-wave-flap-NASA-hoax-conspiracy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted July 22, 2022 Author Share Posted July 22, 2022 3 minutes ago, ExiledInIllinois said: No. No bar on the bottom. That's the solar wind moving it around. ?? Or .... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 "...The Space Centre explained: “The flag was disturbed as it was planted into the ground and kept this bent shape because of the lack of strong gravity on the Moon. “In video footage of the flag being planted into the Moon’s surface, it also appears to wave back and forth. “This is because when astronauts were planting it, they rotated it back and forth to better dig into the lunar soil, which of course made the flag ripple like a pendulum – without a breeze..." 1 minute ago, Gugny said: Or .... NICE troll job... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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