Family on the moon

[annodomini2]

Won't be a picture any more.

http://gizmodo.com/5930450/all-the-american-flags-...

[jmorgan]

One is down I thought? Blown over.

[Eric Mc]

jmorgan said:

One is down I thought? Blown over.

Apollo 11's.

Because they knocked it over during launch, they recommended that future crews place the flags further away from the Lunar Module. The flags of 12, 14, 15, 16 and 17 seem to have stayed upright.

[Toaster]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11

'Film taken from the LM Ascent Stage upon liftoff from the Moon reveals the American flag, planted some 25 feet (8 m) from the descent stage, whipping violently in the exhaust of the ascent stage engine. Aldrin looked up in time to witness the flag topple:[1] "The ascent stage of the LM separated ... I was concentrating on the computers, and Neil was studying the attitude indicator, but I looked up long enough to see the flag fall over."[18] Subsequent Apollo missions usually planted the American flags at least 100 feet (30 m) from the LM to prevent them being blown over by the ascent engine exhaust.'

(1) Source

Orloff, Richard W. (September 2004) [First published 2000]. "Table of Contents". Apollo by the Numbers: A Statistical Reference. NASA History Division, Office of Policy and Plans. NASA History Series (Washington, D.C.: NASA). ISBN 0-16-050631-X. LCCN 00061677. NASA SP-2000-4029. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
(18)

Apollo-11 (27)". Historical Archive for Manned Missions. NASA. Retrieved June 13, 2013.

[jmorgan]

Knew one had blown over, could not remember which.