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1) When the astronauts are putting up the American flag it waves. There is no wind on the Moon. The flag is held up by a horizontal bar and simply moves when it is unfurled and as the pole is being fixed into position by the astronauts. The flagpole is light, flexible aluminium and continues to …
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They walk among us, seemingly little different from you or me. Most of the time, you would never know of their true nature except that occasionally, they feel compelled to speak up. Take an example from Lens, this newspaper’s photography blog. A recent feature, “Dateline: Space,” displayed …
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The fluttering flag Claim: The planted US flag waves in the wind, which is impossible without an atmosphere. Why it’s nonsense: The flag doesn’t move in any of the videos except when touched by Neil Armstrong or Buzz Aldrin. But then the lack of atmosphere and friction stops it settling quickly, as …
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Sceptic: If the Apollo astronauts had really travelled to the moon, they would have been cooked by a giant belt of lethal space radiation Believer: These ‘Van Allen belts’, where the Earth’s magnetic field concentrates solar radiation, would be dangerous only if people lingered there for several …
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In 2005,Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage, special effects experts better known by thetitle of their popular Discovery Channel series, “MythBusters”, wereasked during an interview about the myth they would most like to test providedan unlimited budget. “Jamie and I have done the research, and figured …
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