The movement is partly limited by the top bar in the sense that it would move differently without the top bar. In a higher gravity environment without the top bar, the flag would tend to drape straight down. The wrinkliness of the flag is consistent with a low gravity environment, for obvious reasons.Crumple wrote:A reflection of the material and the construction. The movement is constained by the top bar. I'm not going into the 'hoax hypothesis' as a whole but this specific sequence took place in a atmosphere. I would like some expensive software to model this for precise distances and measures...I'm sure there's at least four maybe six feet between the astranaut and the flag.Coito ergo sum wrote:You didn't crush the idea. The perspective looks about right. And, in a weightless environment, all it would take is a slight touch.Crumple wrote:He's closing on half the size putting the flag in place (sorry to crush the idea).Coito ergo sum wrote:Looks like the astronaut who passed in front of the flag lightly brushed it with his left arm.Crumple wrote:2.37 to 2.45 Astronaut wade's past the flag and it wafts in a pure vacuum. Amateurs.
It definitely doesn't look like like a flag would look if it was moved due to air flow. The movement of the flag is too rigid for that.
That specific sequence doesn't look like it took place in an atmosphere at all. It looks exactly as it would if it took place on the moon. From the perspective on the video, he looks like he's moving right next to the flag, and that is a simple explanation. Also, the flag's movement looks like it would be expected to move if someone slightly brushed it while passing. Hypothesizing that the mission was faked is an unnecessary complication.
Given that every other argument of the moon hoaxers is easily debunked as just being based on incorrect understandings of physics and distortions of the facts, well, this one doesn't seem all that persuasive.
Moreover, if he was 6 feet away and walking past the flag in a closed, windless environment, one would not expect the flag to move at all. He wouldn't create a huge wake of wind behind him as he walked past the flag, six feet away.
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