Hit 100 hours of research on the moon landing and now I'm not so sure

I always laughed at the idea it was faked, but after watching the original footage frame by frame, the flag movement in a vacuum got me. How do you explain that without wind?

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the_claire17d ago

Where did you hear there's a perfect vacuum on the moon? There's a tiny bit of atmosphere, but that's not even the main point. The flag moved because the astronauts were twisting the pole into the ground. That shaking gets the fabric going, and without air resistance to slow it down, it just keeps wobbling for a bit. It's not wind, it's simple physics from them setting it up.

jenny_lane1217d ago

Honestly used to be one of those people who thought the flag thing was weird... but seeing that slow-mo clip of the pole twisting changed everything. The fabric just keeps jiggling after they let go because there's basically no air to slow it down. Makes total sense now.

phoenixk6417d ago

Remember my buddy who used to argue about the flag moving? He finally watched a slow-mo clip of them twisting the pole and the flag just kept jiggling after they let go. It clicked for him right then, no air to stop the wobble once they got it shaking.