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Apollo Moon Landing Flags Still Standing, Photos Reveal
Space.com via Yahoo News ^ | 7/30/12 | Clara Moskowitz

Posted on 07/30/2012 12:39:57 PM PDT by Kartographer

An enduring question ever since the manned moon landings of the 1960s has been: Are the flags planted by the astronauts still standing?

Now, lunar scientists say the verdict is in from the latest photos of the moon taken by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC): Most do, in fact, still stand.

"From the LROC images it is now certain that the American flags are still standing and casting shadows at all of the sites, except Apollo 11," LROC principal investigator Mark Robinson wrote in a recent blog post. "Astronaut Buzz Aldrin reported that the flag was blown over by the exhaust from the ascent engine during liftoff of Apollo 11, and it looks like he was correct!"

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KEYWORDS: apollo; apollo11; space; xplanets
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To: cripplecreek

Sam Kinison: To the Russians: “GO GET OUR FLAG!!!” That whole bit was funny.


21 posted on 07/30/2012 1:33:17 PM PDT by CodeToad (History says our end is near.)
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22 posted on 07/30/2012 1:33:25 PM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: Kartographer

Phew! What a relief that the Decepticons haven’t arrived yet.

Seriously, besides the exhaust of the departing lunar module, what could possibly move those flags?


23 posted on 07/30/2012 1:36:55 PM PDT by Ancesthntr (Bibi to Odumbo: Its not going to happen.)
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To: Young Werther

24 posted on 07/30/2012 1:38:45 PM PDT by South40 ("Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance." Hussein Obama, Cairo, Egypt, June 4, 2009)
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To: Ancesthntr
"what could possibly move those flags?"


25 posted on 07/30/2012 1:41:15 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: Ancesthntr
Seriously, besides the exhaust of the departing lunar module, what could possibly move those flags?

Move? Who knows. But that doesn't mean they have to still be there. Between the harsh ultraviolet light and temperatures of the lunar surface, it's surprising they are still there. The sun destroys things on Earth, it most certainly would do so on the moon.

26 posted on 07/30/2012 1:43:27 PM PDT by South40 ("Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance." Hussein Obama, Cairo, Egypt, June 4, 2009)
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To: Ancesthntr
Seriously, besides the exhaust of the departing lunar module, what could possibly move those flags?

"Do I even need to say it?"

27 posted on 07/30/2012 1:44:23 PM PDT by dfwgator (FUJR (not you, Jim))
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To: dfwgator

Well done.


28 posted on 07/30/2012 1:49:24 PM PDT by JCBreckenridge (Texas, Texas, Whisky)
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To: dfwgator

To me, that guy is living proof that aliens do exist. And his hair style is a testament to their sense of humor. :=)


29 posted on 07/30/2012 1:58:52 PM PDT by Bob
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To: dfwgator

30 posted on 07/30/2012 2:02:32 PM PDT by South40 ("Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance." Hussein Obama, Cairo, Egypt, June 4, 2009)
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To: dfwgator

Who is that guy?


31 posted on 07/30/2012 2:04:10 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (ABO 2012)
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To: gov_bean_ counter
I thought that was Mars... :)

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32 posted on 07/30/2012 2:04:24 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: Kartographer

I was thinking the same thing!

A new stanza for the National Anthem!

Now today you can see by the sun’s burning light
What so boldly we staked ‘midst the twilight’s vast gleaming
Those broad stripes and bright stars on the moon’s airless blight
On the view-screens we watched were so steadfastly beaming
From Apollo’s first dare to the last yet sent there
Still give proof through the age that our flags are still there!
But on earth does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?


33 posted on 07/30/2012 2:09:38 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: Noumenon

Always liked the women portrayed on these novels’ covers.


34 posted on 07/30/2012 2:10:20 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
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To: South40

Alex, I’m gonna have to go with “What are ‘Aliens’.”


35 posted on 07/30/2012 2:11:43 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
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To: Kartographer

"Hey everybody! WE'VE LANDED ON THE MOON!"

36 posted on 07/30/2012 2:12:06 PM PDT by dfwgator (FUJR (not you, Jim))
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To: smokingfrog

There is NO SUIT made by NASA that can contain that much crazy.


37 posted on 07/30/2012 2:12:32 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
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To: BradyLS

WELL DONE!!!!!!


38 posted on 07/30/2012 2:13:01 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: smokingfrog
Hahaha!!!

Thanks.

39 posted on 07/30/2012 2:24:08 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Too many thinking Freepers have left the building...)
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To: Kartographer
Lest ye forget who got there first


40 posted on 07/30/2012 2:27:22 PM PDT by dfwgator (FUJR (not you, Jim))
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