After seeing the moon landing flag wave, I can't buy the official story

It moves like there's wind, but space has none, so I think it was staged.

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Apollo 11's flag had a metal rod across the top to hold it out. When the astronauts pushed it into the moon's soil, the rod wobbled a lot. Because there's no air up there, nothing slowed down the wobble. On Earth, air friction would stop that motion in seconds. But on the moon, it kept shaking back and forth, making it look like it was waving. That's all there is to it.

shanenguyen4d ago

You know, I read an article about this exact thing! The flag had a metal rod to hold it out, and when the astronauts pushed it into the ground, it shook back and forth. That shaking made it look like it was waving in a breeze. Since there's no air on the moon, the motion kept going for a while without stopping. It's all about the lack of atmosphere to slow things down. Pretty cool how science explains it!