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Originally Posted by The Bad Astronomer
I just tried looking at the video on ALSJ. It's in RealPlayer format which a) sucks and B) has lousy resolution. I may try to get a higher-res version, maybe through SpaceCraftFilms. It looks like the flag moves just before Dave Scott goes by, but the direction is difficult to tell. Given the size of the flag and of Dave, I don't think he physically brushed against it, but I know better than to judge by eye!
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I've watched it on the SC Films DVD and it does in fact begin to move just before he passes in front of it, ruling out direct contact as the cause. It's also interesting to note that as he clears the flag, it's moving *toward* him, not away.
I'd love to see a controlled experiment with an electrostatically charged object passing by a piece of 3x5' nylon in a vacuum chamber. I'm betting the results would be similar to what we're seeing in this A15 footage.