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Originally posted by Zisker:
That'd actually be pretty shiny. Write to NASA and Congress, maybe? It'd be a long-shot, but what the hey. I just can't wait until they start letting us sign up to colonize Mars

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Originally posted by Fedoraccoon:
wouldn't it be sweet if it ended up getting called Serenity

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Originally posted by deepgirl187:

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Originally posted by Zisker:
That'd actually be pretty shiny. Write to NASA and Congress, maybe? It'd be a long-shot, but what the hey. I just can't wait until they start letting us sign up to colonize Mars

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I don't know, haven't we screwed up Earth enough as it is?

At last.
We can retire and give up
this life of crime.

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Originally posted by Sofi:
they gonna actually go to the moon this time? watched this program ages ago about how they possibly probably didnt land at all! something to do with there being wind on the flag and who was filming armstrong when he took his first steps?? big conspiracy??

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The flag placed on the surface by the astronauts flapped despite there being no wind on the Moon.

* The astronauts were moving the flag into position, causing motion. Since there is no air on the Moon to provide friction, these movements caused a long-lasting undulating movement seen in the flag. There was a rod extending from the top of the flagpole to hold the flag out for proper display. The fabric's rippled appearance was due to its having been folded during flight and gave it an appearance which could be mistaken for motion in a still photograph. The top supporting rod of the flag was telescopic and the crew of Apollo 11 found they could not fully extend it. Later crews did not fully extend this rod because they liked how it made the flag appear. A viewing of the videotape made during the moonwalk shows that shortly after the astronauts remove their hands from the flag/flagpole, it stops moving and remains motionless. At one point the flag is in view for well over thirty minutes and it remains completely motionless throughout that period (and all similar periods).

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