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struggle4progress

(118,224 posts)
Tue Jul 31, 2012, 04:17 PM Jul 2012

One of the American flags left on the moon by Apollo 12 has fallen down!

http://news.discovery.com/space/flags-on-the-moon-still-standing-120731.html
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Meh. Stuff happens.
0 (0%)
Somebody is gonna pay for this!
0 (0%)
Yeah, I already heard about that
1 (33%)
Well, go put it back up. Doh!
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If it's not one thing, it's another. I just don't know how much more I can take
0 (0%)
Grrr! Another clearcut violation of the flag code!
1 (33%)
Now that was a frickin waste of a buncha really frickin expensive flags
0 (0%)
It's just a trick to get more people to believe the moon landing hoax
1 (33%)
The moon people knocked it down
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One of the American flags left on the moon by Apollo 12 has fallen down! (Original Post) struggle4progress Jul 2012 OP
OMG!!!!!!!!! Spending a hundreds of billions is REQUIRED to fix that!!!!! HereSince1628 Jul 2012 #1
Bomb the Moon! Right. Fucking. Now! petronius Jul 2012 #2
I thought we already did.... Wounded Bear Jul 2012 #5
But the Doctrine of Discovery still applies. nt LWolf Jul 2012 #3
That's why you always keep your flag pole away from things that are blowing. HopeHoops Jul 2012 #4
It's the Apollo 11 flag that blew away, not Apollo 12 TrogL Jul 2012 #6
So you're saying eleven of twelve flags have now fallen down? struggle4progress Jul 2012 #7
The moon is saying: "Hey, I ain't yer beeyotch, USA." Arugula Latte Jul 2012 #8
We should ask the Chinese to set it back upright for us while they are there... Cronkite Jul 2012 #9
Afterall, they probably made it! Phentex Jul 2012 #11
SOmeone must have bumped it.... whistler162 Jul 2012 #10
Oh, Noes!! We need a constitutional amendment!!! lastlib Aug 2012 #12
It was these guys: hifiguy Aug 2012 #13
Violation of Title 4 United Stats Flag code.... Historic NY Aug 2012 #14

HereSince1628

(36,063 posts)
1. OMG!!!!!!!!! Spending a hundreds of billions is REQUIRED to fix that!!!!!
Tue Jul 31, 2012, 04:38 PM
Jul 2012

We've got to retrieve that flag and incinerate its soiled self in a memorial ceremony!

If we don't the deaths of Apollo 1 will have been in vain.

Wounded Bear

(58,598 posts)
5. I thought we already did....
Tue Jul 31, 2012, 05:00 PM
Jul 2012

Obviously, they were not impressed enough to respect our stuff.

Go back and fix it. RIGHT FUCKING NOW!!!!!

 

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)
4. That's why you always keep your flag pole away from things that are blowing.
Tue Jul 31, 2012, 04:59 PM
Jul 2012

D'OH! WAIT - I DIDN'T MEAN THAT!!!

TrogL

(32,818 posts)
6. It's the Apollo 11 flag that blew away, not Apollo 12
Tue Jul 31, 2012, 06:10 PM
Jul 2012

The Apollo 11 flag got caught by the exhaust of the departing lunar module and blew away. After that, they planted the flags further away. The video shows the Apollo 12 flag still standing and casting a shadow.

 

Cronkite

(158 posts)
9. We should ask the Chinese to set it back upright for us while they are there...
Tue Jul 31, 2012, 09:20 PM
Jul 2012

Heard China is shooting for the moon, might as well have them take care of it for us.

lastlib

(23,152 posts)
12. Oh, Noes!! We need a constitutional amendment!!!
Wed Aug 1, 2012, 06:57 PM
Aug 2012

to make it a CRIME for an ascent module exhaust plume to knock down an American flag!!! We need it NOW!!! (Am I shouting loud enough???)



Hey, maybe the Chinese guys will put it back up for us when they get there....! (Or they could just take another one up there with 'em--after all, they make 'em.

Historic NY

(37,449 posts)
14. Violation of Title 4 United Stats Flag code....
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 12:11 PM
Aug 2012

so who is going to fix it..???

No wonder W wanted to go back to the moon.

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