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 Moon Landing 50th Anniversary 
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One of humanity's great achievements: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-49003296


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I rememnber it well. Blue Peter even explained why the flag appeared to fly in a non existent breeze

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Wasn't it something to do with a couple of errors in the flagpole's design?


Sun Jul 21, 2019 8:47 am
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Thin springs, from memory Lex. The team demonstrated how it worked in the studio.

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So much for the conspiracy theories!


Mon Jul 22, 2019 8:33 pm
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Lex wrote:
So much for the conspiracy theories!


If you consider how many were involved, keeping a secret like that for 50 years would be impossible.

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That's the thing with conspiracy theories - a few simple facts proves them to be ridiculous.


Tue Jul 23, 2019 7:00 pm
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I can't remember who said it (heard this week) but a secret is easy to keep between three people.... if two of them are dead!

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