Was the 1969 Moon Landing a hoax?

[Oleh]

Why dont they just fly to the moon and livestream it?

[SirTezza]

If you take a flag, and use the flag pole to twist it and push it down into the surface, here on earth, the flag would ripple and shake. It stops pretty quickly once you finish touching it because of Newtons Laws and gravity.

So, when they were on the moon, considering the gravity is only 1/6 of what it is here, the same thing happened. They were pushing the pole into the ground, shaking it around, so of course the flag ripples and moves the exact same way. The difference is that on the moon, there is less gravity and less other forces working on it, therefore the flag continues to ripple for a time after they stop touching it.

This is why you see it moving. It is not wind. It is purely the fact that the forces on the moon are lower, therefore it takes the flag longer to settle.

Why when the astronauts jump in the air does it take them so long to come back down compared to on earth? Less gravity, less forces acting on the object.

[karter]

I think it was real. Seeing that there was a Cold War going on between Russia and USA.
In such a situation , No country can tolerate an insult if such a thing is found out

[SirTezza]

Why dont they just fly to the moon and livestream it?

NASA's ambitions are beyond the moon now. They have firmly set their sights on a Mars program, and exploring other planets. Just recently they found oxygen ions on Rhea, one of Saturn's moons. A while back now they also found oxygen rich atmospheres on 2 of Jupiter's moons. This is the sort of thing NASA are concentrating on at this point.

I do wish however that we were going to the moon again. Mostly because I wasn't born until '88 so I didn't get to see the first landing, and I want to be a part of it. But also because I think we should begin building on the moons surface. Sadly that won't be happening for many, many years now!

[Stephen!]

It was real. Watch the episode of Mythbusters and it explains everything.

[SirTezza]

I don't see why it is so hard for people to accept LOL.

Without drag, gravity or any other force working on the flag, the momentum will make the flag move. Since it is in a vacuum it will take longer to stop waving. That gives the illusion of wind.

The landings happened, and I always have and always will believe that.

[karter]

Explaining the flag thing : It's physics and the flag is supposed to flap.

[ChickenFaces]

The government spending heaps of money for a pointless hoax?

Eh. It's happened before. I wouldn't be suprised if it was a hoax but, no one knows for sure I guess except the people involved.

[karter]

The USA wouldn't have been much confident and proud if it was hoax.
Maybe it was all made up because the countries couldn't believe such a thing could happen.

[iBlueBox]

My Physics teacher got annoyed when i asked him this question in like year 8,

I believe it wasn't a hoax.