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#3363667 - 08/10/11 07:23 AM
US Flags on the moon ,would they still be there ?
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Simhq Weather man, dropping rain in your parade
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or they tarnished got destroyed due to unfiltered UV rays ?
Edited by Blade_RJ (08/10/11 07:25 AM)
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#3363669 - 08/10/11 07:30 AM
Re: US Flags on the moon ,would they still be there ?
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Hmmm. Interesting point you make there. 
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#3363676 - 08/10/11 07:39 AM
Re: US Flags on the moon ,would they still be there ?
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What prompted you to ask this question?
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#3363698 - 08/10/11 08:02 AM
Re: US Flags on the moon ,would they still be there ?
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Simhq Weather man, dropping rain in your parade
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you know me, im a secretly leftist democrat,with anti american agenda sleeping cell.
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#3363703 - 08/10/11 08:04 AM
Re: US Flags on the moon ,would they still be there ?
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Albatros pilot for the Kaiser
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you know me, im a secretly leftist democrat,with anti american agenda sleeping cell. You couldn't even be a Democrat unless there's a political party in Brazil with that name.
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#3363710 - 08/10/11 08:13 AM
Re: US Flags on the moon ,would they still be there ?
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Simhq Weather man, dropping rain in your parade
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Humpf....the nerv ! you think you know about my country politics ? we just hide it under a number of acronyms.
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#3363742 - 08/10/11 08:43 AM
Re: US Flags on the moon ,would they still be there ?
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you know me, im a secretly leftist democrat,with anti american agenda sleeping cell. you just put all the wrong keywords in the same sentence, dont be surprised if some agents come knocking on your door asking questions.
Edited by SkateZilla (08/10/11 08:44 AM)
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#3363763 - 08/10/11 09:03 AM
Re: US Flags on the moon ,would they still be there ?
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Simhq Weather man, dropping rain in your parade
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yeah yeah, fine, so scared of men in black... will someone attend to the OP question ? maybe i should post on the main hall.
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#3363801 - 08/10/11 09:45 AM
Re: US Flags on the moon ,would they still be there ?
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Based on these two articles, I'd say no one really knows: In this one, they talk about no knowing the condition of the landing sites and that the LRO will take photos of it: http://www.space.com/6993-apollo-11-moon-landing-flag-standing.htmlFrom that article: What is the condition of Tranquility base after 40 years? Was the American flag blown over on the Eagle's ascent and is it now a bleached skeleton? What are the relatively long term effects of the lunar environment on human artifacts?And in this one, they show some photos taken, but they're not detailed enough to know the condition of the flag. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/multimedia/lroimages/apollosites.htmlMy deduction is that they didn't know before the photos were taken, and they didn't find out after the photos were taken, so basically no one knows.
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#3363814 - 08/10/11 09:58 AM
Re: US Flags on the moon ,would they still be there ?
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That's true: no one knows, because no one has been back since to look. It might well be a 'flag skeleton' now.
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#3363922 - 08/10/11 12:09 PM
Re: US Flags on the moon ,would they still be there ?
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I think one or more might have been knocked over by the ascent stage when they left, and could be covered in a fine coating of regolith that actually may have protected them. The rest I'm sure are still there and looking a bit aged unless some alien souvenir hunters combed thru the sites. The Jedi Master
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#3363930 - 08/10/11 12:14 PM
Re: US Flags on the moon ,would they still be there ?
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That's true: no one knows, because no one has been back since to look. It might well be a 'flag skeleton' now. 'flag skeleton' Reminded me of this classic: http://www.theonion.com/articles/archaeological-dig-uncovers-ancient-race-of-skelet,1268/As Jedi says, I think some ascent footage actually shows early landings blowing their own flags over. I'm not sure if later landings planted it further away as I think 'get the flag in' was pretty high up in the mission orders of the first landing.
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