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That whole 'NASA faked the moon landing' video going around with the flag waving is the same debunked clip from 2013
I spent 30 minutes yesterday pulling up the actual Apollo 11 footage from NASA's own archives to show how the flag's movement matches a vacuum environment exactly, and the viral clip literally cuts out the astronaut twisting the pole, so has anyone else noticed how these old hoaxes keep resurfacing with zero new evidence?
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smith.elliot6d agoMost Upvoted
The flag was actually on a telescoping rod though.
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pat_roberts556d ago
OH MAN, I did the SAME thing a few months back with my nephew who was convinced by some YouTube video. I ended up finding a side-by-side comparison that shows the exact same flag behavior from Apollo 17 in slow motion with a metal rod twist. The viral clip conveniently cuts right when you'd see the astronaut's hand. I even pulled up NASA's original 16mm film reels they digitized showing the pole tipping and the ripple effect matches how vibrations travel in a vacuum. It's exhausting how these things never die.
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