4. The "jump salute" occurrence is an example of mismatched film and video. I have presented the still picture and movie footage of this event on my site. Not once do we see this flap appear on the movie footage taken from behind the astronaut. Whether the flap was in front of, or behind the PLSS it would still be viewable from behind because it appears several inches above the PLSS in the still picture taken from in front of the astronaut. If the flap is in front of the PLSS it would be visible as the astronaut hit the ground. Refute that!

Very easy. Just watch the entire video footage of the jump salute. When Young turns around the little triangle flap is clearly visable. What you have here is problem with perspective. The LRV video camera is at about three feet high, the top of the PLSS is at 5 1/2 feet about 10 inches across. It should be quite obvious that it can't be seen from the rear. Do the experiment at home.

BTW the flap appears anytime Young faces the camera.

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