Originally Posted by Walter

NASA claimed the flags would last for hundreds of years, so other than micrometeorites punching some holes or knocking them down, I would expect them to still be there.

freddo wrote:

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The pole might still be there, but the flag would have long disintegrated.

Originally Posted by DaveC

The last line of the article:

"So when astronauts from the United States, or another nation, return to the moon, they will still find the rippled flag flying at Tranquility Base"

Actually, what they are likely to find is some UV-bleached nylon dust on the ground at the base of the flagpoles. Highly unlikely that nylon polymer would survive more than a few years in the lunar environment.