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can one see the stars in daytime?

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I was being sarcastic at the expense of the HBers.

What's interesting to me is that he keeps "flapping" the hatch. The only reasons I can think of for this is either:
1) He's trying to stir up the air so that paper looks like it's weightless or moving toward the vacuum.
2) He's trying to pump the atmosphere into space to get it up into the vacuum.

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I just clicked Chip's link and got a message that the video is no longer available.

2b) He was trying to figure out what's keeping the vacuum out

alleged vacuum, the alleged vacuum...

No, actually, the hatch made a funny squeeky noise when moving it, and he had fun making that noise. (woops, there go the vacuum claims!)

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No he is wafting the special invisible olympic fireworks out the door.
This was really recorded weeks ago.

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Very funny Scotty, now beam down my clothes.

I hear they used the same flag and just painted it.

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Please keep your ATM nonsen..... no.. I can't say it. Sorry tommac.

Did Leonov or White or McCandless carry a flag during their spacewalks?

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Quite correct but it was special polmerised plasticised paint which doesent crack.

You can only see the square cracks if you analyse lo-res jpegs.

ETA: Yes my sarcasm meter is off the scale, how about you?

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Very funny Scotty, now beam down my clothes.

Thats actually interesting. I have no idea if they did but I have never seen such.
If they did then the behaviour of flags in the 60s could be compared to the chinese one.

Anyone know of any footage of such a thing in any space program heretofore?

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Very funny Scotty, now beam down my clothes.

That wasn't my point, really. I just thought the flag waving was overly dramatic. I don't mean to distract from the technical achievement, which has enough merit on its own.

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Buzz Aldrin carried two small flags during his Gemini XII EVA, but they weren't American flags, they had printed messages. One of them mentioned Veteran's Day and the other one said "Go Army, Beat Navy." His commander Jim Lovell didn't like that one apparently. This can be seen in the special features on the In The Shadow Of The Moon DVD.

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Stand up EVAs count? Cool! That's the perfect kind of EVA for me! (Is afraid of her own shadow.)

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If you're being serious, please present your expertise on how you know UFO's and their capabilities in flight.

There should be a sarcasm emoticon.

Actually, I find this works well.
<sarcasm mode> Wow, jagged bubbles, what a stunning achievement in space simulation technology! They almost look like paper being blown into space!</sarcasm mode>

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Yes, there's a desperate need for a sarcasm emoticon.

I looked at the entire list, and there isn't one that even comes close to expressing sarcasm.


(It is possible that that one isn't universal.)

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Sarcasm not Sarcastic.

OK, I think I get it. This whole thing is a sarcastic comment on American flag allegedly waving during Apollo 15.

Right?

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Okay, now I'm confussed about the differance between 'Sarcasm' and 'Sarcastic'.

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Apparently we're also missing a Gillianren emoticon.

I Keed, I Keed!!

Sarcasm is a noun, "Her sarcasm......"

Sarcastic is used as an adjective/adverb
"His overly sarcastic tone..."
"You are being sarcastic..."

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