The 1st stage ascent of the Apollo 11 Saturn V exhibiting supersonic vapor cones as the vehicle accelerates through supersonic velocities and maximum aerodynamic pressure. The image links to our YouTube video. Image credit: NASA
Using existing videos of the famed hammer and feather experiment, performed by Commander David Scott during his last Apollo 15 moon walk, we use a basic high school physics lesson to demonstrate that the moon’s surface was the only place he could be. The result would have been quite different if performed anywhere on the earth’s surface.
As an added detail, that the feather landed at the same time as the hammer is proof that he was at least in a vacuum when he performed the experiment.
There is no faking this one. It wasn’t produced in a well-equipped Miami or LA studio, and no CGI or “Green Screen” can fake it.
Watch the video until the end for all the details and to see and understand why there could be only one outcome.
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