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Is there any information on how they anticipated this problem and the solutions they considered?
There is a rod running across the top of the flag, so it stays extended. They did, indeed, anticipate the problem and deal with it (in order to get nice PR photographs, of course- it is important to remember that going to the Moon was only partly about the science). The flags are made of Nylon, and are ordinary, commercially available flags ordered by NASA from a flag company. Nothing special, except for the support system.dogcroucher wrote:This question's intrigued me for some time: why is the flag "flying?" Shouldn't it be hanging languidly on its staff, or sort of flopping downward in the low gravity? Did they starch it to extend outward rigidly? I assume they must have done something to make it "fly" so, for the pictures. Is it some super-thin mirco film that "flies" in the solar wind? ;) There isn't enough atmosphere there to make any other kind of wind, right?
Is there any information on how they anticipated this problem and the solutions they considered?
Obviously photoshopped!orin stepanek wrote:I don't think this was staged. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NASA- ... thrise.jpg
I'm not the handiest with photo shop; though my son is. I'd have to ask him. But; lets see.bystander wrote:Obviously photoshopped!orin stepanek wrote:I don't think this was staged. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NASA- ... thrise.jpg
Not everywhere. If we had a colony on Mars, I'd expect its time to be based on the Martian day (the sol). That's because Mars rotates once every 24.6 hours, so it makes perfect sense to break the day up into 24 mars-hours, each with 60 mars-minutes of 60 mars-seconds. That's only for civil time, of course, like when people get up, go to work, eat, go to bed. You wouldn't use mars-seconds for anything critical; the standard second would still be used as the basis for any critical timekeeping.JuanAustin wrote:thanks chris, so....what you are saying to my original question is that universal time will be the convention used everywhere everywhen, no matter if you're on the earth's moon or jovian moon or all points in between? if so, what time would it be if someone asked you or you were following some protocol somewhere that you needed to measure time/day? would they be Star Trek like or what exactly?
No. Absolutely not. If there had been stars visible in the sky, then the picture would definitely have been photoshopped.noki wrote:Where are the stars in the sky?There are NO stars or planets visible in the photo!
I know there is bright sunlight, but there is no atmosphere on the moon... shouldn't you be able to see the stars?![]()
It is a cover of collection, in very short time it will have 50 years.owlice wrote:Only for those of us old enough to remember the event!mexhunter wrote:These photos always evoke memories of the event.
With that massive rocket you saw.orin stepanek wrote:I'm not the handiest with photo shop; though my son is. I'd have to ask him. But; lets see.You'd have to paste in the Lunar landscape; paste in the photo of the Earth; but wait;-- you have to be in outer space to get that photo!?!?!?? How do they do that.
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Cute!bystander wrote:With that massive rocket you saw.orin stepanek wrote:I'm not the handiest with photo shop; though my son is. I'd have to ask him. But; lets see.You'd have to paste in the Lunar landscape; paste in the photo of the Earth; but wait;-- you have to be in outer space to get that photo!?!?!?? How do they do that.
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