Feather & Hammer Drop on Moon

	Duration: 00:47 minutes Upload Time: 06-07-05 23:34:14 User: nikzane :::: Favorites
Description: Here's the famous footage of the Apollo 15 astronaut that dropped a hammer & feather on the moon to prove Galileo's theory that in the absence of atmosphere, objects will fall at the same rate regardless of mass. There has been much debate over the years on whether this footage is real, or was faked in a studio. Decide for yourself!
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izeman458 ::: Favorites Yes but what about when the feather hits the lunar soil? I don't know if a moon landing mission is "impossible" its just that there is so much controversy surrounding it that I am highly suspicious at least the first couple were faked and maybe even all were. One has to look at things carefully but the moon hoax scene is dominated by people with little Science in school so thats not easy. 07-07-05 04:42:22 _____________________________________________________
Jaimequin ::: Favorites Space is cold man. Infared requires devices to locate it. But your right, it probably would radiat something, but without air to heat up, you won't feel a thing in the vacuum of space. I guess the next question would be when did they arive on the moon coresponding to the amount of time the surface was exposed to sunlight. Remember it takes two full weeks of direct sun for the sruface to reach it's maximum high temp. 07-07-05 10:27:19 _____________________________________________________
izeman458 ::: Favorites We could judge that by looking at what position in the sky the sun was at. A "lunar day" is 14 "earth days" long so if its at say, a 60 degree angle from the perpendicular(moon noon) then we can conclude its 1/6 of 14 days approximately. All depends how high the sun is in each mission. 07-07-05 12:18:32 _____________________________________________________
ws74au ::: Favorites i dont know Izeman (ref. feather on soil). I can't clearly see from the video whether or not there was some sort of effect to it. "moon hoax scene is dominated by people with little Science in school" No argument there, but it's overwhelmingly accepted by the scientific community that there was in fact, no hoax. If you care so much about the science, then why are you trying to debate these questions here on youtube, instead of on a respected science forum? 07-07-05 22:14:35 _____________________________________________________
izeman458 ::: Favorites I did not know such places existed that is why. I discuss hoaxes on youtube for pure entertainment, and the novelty has pretty much worn off...I'm sick of arguing with all the emotionally charged people here lol. 07-07-05 23:53:58 _____________________________________________________
ws74au ::: Favorites fair enough lol. It's just that some of the stuff you ask is in fact kinda interesting, in fact when i posted in on the ABC forum there was further discussion about how much water feathers/hair can absorb - always leads to more interesting discussion i reckon. Anyway, have fun man :-) 07-07-05 23:58:39 _____________________________________________________
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Hairysteed ::: Favorites Exactly.. no air means the feather could land horizontally as it did in the video proving that the experiment was at least done in a vacuum or even on the moon 07-07-07 14:49:40 _____________________________________________________
ReptilesRock2007 ::: Favorites i'm sick of all people who still believe in the moon landing! they all claim its true yet give no proof. but were all gonna know if its true when the japanese land on the moon in 2012. 07-08-07 12:24:06 _____________________________________________________
ReptilesRock2007 ::: Favorites besides, this is Apollo 15, not Apollo 11 07-08-07 12:25:12 _____________________________________________________
ReptilesRock2007 ::: Favorites if the hammer was tilted on the right, why did it tip over to the left when it hit the ground? fake. 07-08-07 12:41:08 _____________________________________________________