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Originally Posted by Freebase Dali
The first mistake was assuming they used a regular, ordinary flag. If they had, it would have been a limp cloth and the colors wouldn't be visible ...kind of a big deal when you're the first folks on the moon... and the moon does have gravity, so with a regular flag, it wouldn't have stuck out at all. Nor would a regular flag be constantly in a waving position on earth. Nor would NASA be dumb enough to stage it and put a blowing fan in front of the flag knowing full well that everyone knew there wasn't an atmosphere or wind on the moon.
The flag was apparently made with a bendable rod through the top portion of of the flag fabric so that it would be extended and not sit there limp and indistinguishable. Otherwise you wouldn't see the flag and it would look completely lame. For people who managed to put guys on the moon, you'd think they'd have figured out a way for their flag to be visible for the recording. And you'll also notice that the flag only waved when it was moved, which explains the rest.
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So the way the flag was made is the reason it was waving about, I suppose that's good enough for me. Like you say if they were gonna stage it why would they make it so painfully obvious? It'd be more obvious if the flag was static I guess.. But yeah like I said I've never really entertained the idea or been interested in the idea it was staged, it just seems to ludicrous. But that flag thing always made me wonder. I'm sure there will be a counter argument saying "yeah well if you believe the flag was made differently then you're naive, NASA obviously made a mistake and covered it up with that far fetched excuse that the flag was made differently."
But I'm safe in believing that it DID happen.
