Neil Armstrong, 1st man on the moon dies

[benchmark00]

Although he was the first man on the moon, Armstrong's pleas of 'let me go to Uranus' to his missus unfortunately fell on deaf ears.

 

[silentstriker]

Did they bust the myth?

Don't watch that show but I'm sure they did. None of the arguments that I've heard are sophisticated, or require more than a few minutes of research to disprove.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Damn, Neil dead, Lance stripped off his titles. Not a good week to be Armstrong.

Stretch is all pulled out of shape about it too, I hear.

 

[ganeshran]

Did they bust the myth?

Yes, all of the major ones. The flutter of the flag which is the biggest point highlighted by conspiracy theorists was found to be because of decreased air resistance in vacuum.

 

[smalishah84]

Yes, all of the major ones. The flutter of the flag which is the biggest point highlighted by conspiracy theorists was found to be because of decreased air resistance in vacuum.

Flag would flutter because there is no air in the vacuum?

 

[silentstriker]

Flag would flutter because there is no air in the vacuum?

The flag is fluttering because the astronaut has the flagpole in his hand and is moving it (in order to plant it).

 

[ganeshran]

Flag would flutter because there is no air in the vacuum?

On earth the flag would stop moving very quickly after the astronaut plants it due to air resistance. In vacuum, there is no air resistance and the flag keeps moving for much longer before coming to a standstill, and that gives the illusion of fluttering due to a breeze

 

[Trichromatic]

On earth the flag would stop moving very quickly after the astronaut plants it due to air resistance. In vacuum, there is no air resistance and the flag keeps moving for much longer before coming to a standstill, and that gives the illusion of fluttering due to a breeze

Won't it continue to flutter forever?

 

[uvelocity]

if a flag flutters on the dark side of the moon does it make a sound?

 

[wellAlbidarned]

Won't it continue to flutter forever?

No, because of the friction within the flag material itself.

 

[Spark]

I don't think friction is quite the right word to use (damping is more accurate), but basically yeah.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

eh, same thing imo. Kinetic energy being converted to heat etc.

 

[smalishah84]

ok....makes sense now.......tbh hadn't known of damping in vacuum. I had thought it should flutter forever because there is no air resistance

 

[Burgey]

Aren't there telescopes now which are strong enough that if someone struck a match on the moon you'd see it?

Just point the ****ing things at where they landed and take a pic of the flag and the remaining part of the LEM which was left behind ffs.

 

[benchmark00]

****, I can't believe Mr Casson is no longer with us. RIP.

 

[silentstriker]

Aren't there telescopes now which are strong enough that if someone struck a match on the moon you'd see it?

Just point the ****ing things at where they landed and take a pic of the flag and the remaining part of the LEM which was left behind ffs.

No oxygen on the moon, so no lighting matches .

There isn't any telescope strong enough at the moment to do something like that (not even the Hubble). You may see a dot, but that's about all. You'd need an orbiting satellite, and even that would have to be very powerful to see the flag. Something like this would be the closest we can get right now.

 

[Jono]

Not many.

Lack of love for this post imo. Genuinely had me crackin' up