ExiledInIllinois Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Does anyone know... If you got a real high powered telescope... Tech has to be awesome today. Is it possible to zoom in to the Sea of Tranquility and see the American flag. Is that possible. Just to shut all these wacky Flat Earthers, YouTube influencers, etc... up. How do you prove to these people, that spent their whole lives thinking everything is one grand conspiracy, that it's NOT really one grand conspiracy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 3 hours ago, ExiledInIllinois said: Does anyone know... If you got a real high powered telescope... Tech has to be awesome today. Is it possible to zoom in to the Sea of Tranquility and see the American flag. Is that possible. Just to shut all these wacky Flat Earthers, YouTube influencers, etc... up. How do you prove to these people, that spent their whole lives thinking everything is one grand conspiracy, that it's NOT really one grand conspiracy? Who cares what losers like that think 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherpa Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 4 hours ago, ExiledInIllinois said: Does anyone know... If you got a real high powered telescope... Tech has to be awesome today. Is it possible to zoom in to the Sea of Tranquility and see the American flag. Is that possible. Just to shut all these wacky Flat Earthers, YouTube influencers, etc... up. The flag from Apollo 11 was most likely blown down when the LM launched from the moon. By the way, it looks the way id did because of its design. Take a square of aluminum foil. f\Fold it up. Then unfold it an see what it looks like. Knowing this, they intentionally placed flags from subsequent landings further from the LM. To your question, I'm not aware of pics from high powered scopes on earth, but subsequent lunar orbit vehicles have taken pics of the stuff left behind on the surface. One interesting thing I learned ;last year. One of the missions was near an older probe of some sort, and NASA had an astronaut take a smear and bag it. When it was examined back on earth it had living biologic material on it. The "stuff" had survived the wicked moon environment and was alive. Ever cautious, the US always ensures its stuff is vaporized of otherwise destroyed to prevent placing living stuff on other celestial bodies. Other countries do not. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Brown Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 17 hours ago, Gugny said: How does a flag wave when there is no air? Where are the stars? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherpa Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 (edited) The "no star" issue explained. https://curiosity.com/topics/why-arent-there-stars-in-the-moon-landing-photos-curiosity/ By the way, ever notice the pictures of earth from space don't have visible stars either? Same reason. Edited July 19, 2019 by sherpa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Things Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Fun fact... I was born at the same time that the moon capsule splashed down. July 24th 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoTier Posted July 19, 2019 Author Share Posted July 19, 2019 (edited) 14 hours ago, Augie said: Well, now THAT is just INSANE!!! Makes you realize exactly how bold this was! It was the equivalent of the Vikings crossing the North Atlantic without the compass and astrolabe, just using the stars and maybe a lodestone. Edited July 19, 2019 by SoTier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 10 hours ago, Marv's Neighbor said: Lots of Starch! ‘That’s What She Said...’ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 20 hours ago, Gugny said: Where are the stars? Kubrick borrowed them for the Monolith scene in ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 7 hours ago, ExiledInIllinois said: Does anyone know... If you got a real high powered telescope... Tech has to be awesome today. Is it possible to zoom in to the Sea of Tranquility and see the American flag. Is that possible. Just to shut all these wacky Flat Earthers, YouTube influencers, etc... up. How do you prove to these people, that spent their whole lives thinking everything is one grand conspiracy, that it's NOT really one grand conspiracy? I have heard you can IF you know where to look. (At least from the nerds on Big Bang Theory) 4 hours ago, row_33 said: Who cares what losers like that think LOL The following is a paid advertisement from @ExiledInIllinois How to See All Six Apollo Moon Landing Sites https://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/how-to-see-all-six-apollo-moon-landing-sites/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 (edited) 14 minutes ago, ShadyBillsFan said: How to See All Six Apollo Moon Landing Sites https://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/how-to-see-all-six-apollo-moon-landing-sites/ Pretty suspicious that they conveniently ‘left out’ Apollo 18...? * (don’t even bother...) Edited July 19, 2019 by Ridgewaycynic2013 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBud Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 And Collins, Aldrin, and Armstrong never went back into space. I guess how does one top that. Armstrong was a professor at Univ of Cincinnati. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 37 minutes ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said: Pretty suspicious that they conveniently ‘left out’ Apollo 18...? * (don’t even bother...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 21 hours ago, Gugny said: How does a flag wave when there is no air? Where are the stars? ....where the hell is Walmart??........... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 24 minutes ago, OldTimeAFLGuy said: ....where the hell is Walmart??........... Well, Apollo 17 did park their RV’s ATV there, didn’t they? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 (edited) 31 minutes ago, OldTimeAFLGuy said: ....where the hell is Walmart??........... The flag was starched that way, like Trump’s hairdo Edited July 19, 2019 by row_33 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 I was 12 when it happened. They landed on the moon at about 3 PM our time. They stepped on the moon at about 11PM. I remember going outside at about 10 and looking up at the moon (it was a perfectly clear night) and was blown away by realizing that there were people on it at that very time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 (edited) 5 hours ago, SoTier said: It was the equivalent of the Vikings crossing the North Atlantic without the compass and astrolabe, just using the stars and maybe a lodestone. Or the ancient Polynesians sailing all around the South Pacific knowing where the islands were. Those islands proverbial needles in a haystack, sailing to get there by just the feel of the waves pressing on the rudder of their boat which in turn was subtly pressing on the their ***** (that filter word is scrot...)... IE: In other layman terms, the ancient Polynesian sailed the whole freak ass S.Pacific via their nutsacks!!!! LoL... Speaking of nutsacks... I learned this from @BringBackFergy & @Cripple Creek ...Those two know all about subtle pressure on a ***** and busting balls! They'd have know problem sailing from Tahiti to Fiji and back on a cloudy night or finding Pearl Harbor in the dark so they can drop their bombs!!! The cognitive ability that mankind had lost through the millennia is still firmly harnessed in the noggins of those two! There is hope for humanity that this ability will someday be passed on to future generations. @Gugny is already camped out waiting by that doorbuster of information and maybe one or two or three FREE beers! Edited July 19, 2019 by ExiledInIllinois 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 I am thinking of going to see "Apollo 50: Go for the Moon" tonight. National Air and Space Museum is showing a recreation of launch of Apollo 11 of Saturn V rocket projected on the east face of the Washington Monument. https://airandspace.si.edu/go-for-the-moon?fbclid=IwAR3Z9p6u72-I2Efm8_B2tWs1vMV9c-dITXCJrvvxa8cbowRQjo2-9CdOcVc https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article232873077.html I am old enough (was 7 at time and argued with my mother about watching Star Trek which was moved to 10pm that season with so I was into space ;10 pm was past my bedtime and summer was time for me to catch up on episodes I missed) to remember launch on TV vaguely. I wonder if the presentation will be as good as advertised. I need to work a 12 however tomorrow on a shifted schedule which I hate. I go to work at 9 AM when I normally go to work at 5 pm and this messes my sleep schedule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoTier Posted July 19, 2019 Author Share Posted July 19, 2019 For those of you who have ROKU, they have several documentaries on Apollo 11 to stream for free in honor of the 50th anniversary. I got email on it today, so it's probably for today and tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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