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Apollo flags still standing
Well...most of them. LRO photos show that five out of the six flags planted
on the Moon are still standing upright. Only Apollo 11's was blown over when Eagle's ascent stage lifted off, as reported by Buzz. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19050795 -- Gordon Davie Edinburgh, Scotland "Slipped the surly bonds of Earth...to touch the face of God." |
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On Mon, 30 Jul 2012 23:51:56 +0100, "GordonD"
wrote: Well...most of them. LRO photos show that five out of the six flags planted on the Moon are still standing upright. Only Apollo 11's was blown over when Eagle's ascent stage lifted off, as reported by Buzz. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19050795 Maybe the Chinese will be considerate and set the Apollo 11 flag back up for us. |
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On 31/07/2012 8:51 AM, GordonD wrote:
Well...most of them. LRO photos show that five out of the six flags planted on the Moon are still standing upright. Only Apollo 11's was blown over when Eagle's ascent stage lifted off, as reported by Buzz. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19050795 Image also shows the LM Descent Stage seems to have a nice big tear in the milar on top of the heat sheild. If you've ever seen video of the launch from the Lunar surface, you'll remember the amount of debris that was kicked up; shows what it was. |
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On Mon, 30 Jul 2012 22:53:47 -0400, rwalker
wrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19050795 Maybe the Chinese will be considerate and set the Apollo 11 flag back up for us. At their current rate, that would happen in 2043. Brian |
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In rwalker writes:
On Mon, 30 Jul 2012 23:51:56 +0100, "GordonD" wrote: Well...most of them. LRO photos show that five out of the six flags planted on the Moon are still standing upright. Only Apollo 11's was blown over when Eagle's ascent stage lifted off, as reported by Buzz. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19050795 Maybe the Chinese will be considerate and set the Apollo 11 flag back up for us. Because, yeah, they're going to be zipping up there sometime in the coming quarter-century. -- http://nebusresearch.wordpress.com/ Joseph Nebus Current Entry: Reading the Comics, July 28, 2012 http://wp.me/p1RYhY-hO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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On Mon, 30 Jul 2012 23:51:56 +0100, "GordonD"
wrote: Well...most of them. LRO photos show that five out of the six flags planted on the Moon are still standing upright. Only Apollo 11's was blown over when Eagle's ascent stage lifted off, as reported by Buzz. "... and the flag was still there." |
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On Aug 1, 1:10*am, (Joseph Nebus) wrote:
In rwalker writes: On Mon, 30 Jul 2012 23:51:56 +0100, "GordonD" wrote: Well...most of them. LRO photos show that five out of the six flags planted on the Moon are still standing upright. Only Apollo 11's was blown over when Eagle's ascent stage lifted off, as reported by Buzz. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19050795 Maybe the Chinese will be considerate and set the Apollo 11 flag back up for us. * * * * Because, yeah, they're going to be zipping up there sometime in the coming quarter-century. --http://nebusresearch.wordpress.com/* * * * * * * * * * * * * * Joseph Nebus Current Entry: Reading the Comics, July 28, 2012 * * * *http://wp..me/p1RYhY-hO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ They don't want to go to the moon. They're building a space station. |
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