re: Apparently there is an AU flag on the moon?

Yeah, well, there's a UT flag on Uranus.

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You obviously don't know the story behind this. He offered this information tongue-in-cheek knowing it couldn't be disproven. I'll look for the link that tells his side. It's a good troll for sure.

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the flags went on the mission, he has never confirmed his original comment of giving the flags to the moonwalkers to bury.

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NYCAuburn

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he has never confirmed his original comment of giving the flags to the moonwalkers to bury.

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Exactly - he offered it as troll. The trailer park boogs at The Bunker took it as the gospel truth - must have been lizard day.

I'll find the article this evening when I get home.

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Exactly - he offered it as troll.

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or maybe it was against NASA regulations to do so, so he wont admit it. it can be neither confirmed nor denied, but there is a good chance it could have happened.

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trailer park boogs at The Bunker took it as the gospel truth - must have been lizard day.

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and then you show your troll

Yes, this is a true story. The problem is the light side of the moon is always in light so after about a week or so the flag and any other had turned to powder but it is true he planted a flag there.

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The problem is the light side of the moon is always in light so after about a week or so the flag and any other had turned to powder but it is true he planted a flag there.

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The bold part up there is a false statement. The rotational period fo the Moon is equal to the orbital period around the Earth, meaning that the same side always faces the Earth. However, the "far side of the Moon" receives approximately the same amount of sunlight as the near side that is visible from Earth.

The only time that the far side == the dark side is during a full moon. In the new moon phase, the portion of the Moon that faces Earth is facing away from the Sun (making it dark) and therefore the far side (which we never see) is bathed in sunlight.

Typically any spot on the Moon will see 14 days of continuous sunlight and temps well over 100 degrees, followed by 14 days of continuous darkness and temps -150 degrees or so.

Either way, the flag would not exist be now if it was left there. Heck, if you had put a flag out in Auburn on the same date it wouldn't be recognizable now either after being exposed to heat, cold, sun, rain, etc. None of the flags (US, AU or otherwise) left by the Apollo missions likely exist anymore because they were typical nylon flags not meant to withstand the rigors of space.

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They still exist - their shadows were recently photographed. They have turned white, though.

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Awwww, that's cute. This little boy doesn't understand particle physics, radiation effects or the properties of sunlight on a fabric as fragile as woven nylon.

Somebody get this kid a set of Encyclopedia Britannica's, STAT.

Flags on the Moon Photographed

Ken Mattingly was the CMP of Apollo 16. He stayed in the command module, orbiting the moon, while John Young (CDR) and Charlie Duke (LMP) walked around on the lunar surface.