[s6e10] Nasa Moon Landing Hoax Page

They placed a replica flag inside a . On Earth, air resistance makes a flag stop moving quickly. But in a vacuum, without air to provide friction, the flag continued to oscillate for a long time after being touched. The "waving" wasn't wind; it was physics in a vacuum. Act III: The Lunar Footprint

"If we're going to do this," Jamie said, his voice flat as ever, "we have to go big. We need a vacuum, we need high-powered lasers, and we need to stop people from saying the flag was waving." Act I: The Shadow Play [S6E10] NASA Moon Landing Hoax

They aimed for the exact spot where the crew left a retroreflector. Seconds later, a tiny spike appeared on the graph. The laser had bounced off a man-made object on the lunar surface and returned to Earth. Conclusion: Myth Busted They placed a replica flag inside a

Next came the flag. "There's no air on the moon," Jamie noted. "So why does it look like it's flapping in the wind?" The "waving" wasn't wind; it was physics in a vacuum