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Flag From Apollo 11 Had a Glitch
"Dale" wrote in message news | Saw this on ABCNews.com. Thought it might be of interest: | | http://abcnews.go.com/sections/scite...lag030716.html | | the final sentence, I think it fell over when they took off I recall Aldrin saying later it fell over during the RCS hot-fire test, long before takeoff. But it did fall over, one way or another. -- | The universe is not required to conform | Jay Windley to the expectations of the ignorant. | webmaster @ clavius.org |
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Apollo 14's), but I've never seen any reports on what the hot fire or the ascent did to their flag. Wonder if theres anything left of the flags fabric after all these years? Pushed over perhaps covered by dirt I wonder if it would survive longer? |
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"Hallerb" wrote in message ... | | Wonder if theres anything left of the flags fabric after | all these years? I wouldn't think so. UV does a real number on nylon. The dyes would be shot too, even if the fabric stayed intact. | Pushed over perhaps covered by dirt I wonder if it would | survive longer? I think so, except you'd need a thick enough layer of dust to keep off the sun. I don't think it got much from the ascent stage plume. -- | The universe is not required to conform | Jay Windley to the expectations of the ignorant. | webmaster @ clavius.org |
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Flag From Apollo 11 Had a Glitch
I just love it when reporters are so in love with their writing that
they forget to check facts! "Jay Windley" wrote in message ... "Dale" wrote in message news | Saw this on ABCNews.com. Thought it might be of interest: | | http://abcnews.go.com/sections/scite...lag030716.html | | the final sentence, I think it fell over when they took off I recall Aldrin saying later it fell over during the RCS hot-fire test, long before takeoff. But it did fall over, one way or another. |
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Flag From Apollo 11 Had a Glitch
On some documentaries, the film makers substitute the footage of a later mission
for the Eagle ascent, showing the flag staying in place, which helps keep the question going about the flag going. |
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"Kent Betts" wrote in message ...
On some documentaries, the film makers substitute the footage of a later mission for the Eagle ascent, showing the flag staying in place, which helps keep the question going about the flag going. Yeah, I love these "documentaries" where an Apollo mission goes as following: First, Armstrong lands Eagle and makes his small step. Then we have a still of Conrad or Bean next to Surveyor III. Later, Shepard swings his golf club, followed by Scott's hammer and feather drop and John Young's car race. Finally we see Gene Cernan hopping and singing before the launch back to orbit. The only fun with such stuff is to be able to identify which bit is which and be quick enough to tell your (annoyed?) audience in front of the telly what they really see. |
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"Rusty Barton"
This happened before the moon landing, also. Watch some of the old movies from the 50's through 70's. While showing a single rocket launch, they would splice footage from Atlas, Thor, V-2's, Jupiters, and Titans together for that one launch. It's really funny to watch. HAhaha.......yeah, I think I saw that flick once. At any rate, though it wasn't Apollo 11, there is a film clip of the flag blowing in tocket exhaust of the ascent stage, and the flag pole stays put. Amazing. |
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says... "Rusty Barton" This happened before the moon landing, also. Watch some of the old movies from the 50's through 70's. While showing a single rocket launch, they would splice footage from Atlas, Thor, V-2's, Jupiters, and Titans together for that one launch. It's really funny to watch. HAhaha.......yeah, I think I saw that flick once. At any rate, though it wasn't Apollo 11, there is a film clip of the flag blowing in tocket exhaust of the ascent stage, and the flag pole stays put. Amazing. Yep -- that was from Apollo 14. -- It's not the pace of life I mind; | Doug Van Dorn it's the sudden stop at the end... | |
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