Yes, but no atmosphere. Douglas said "dust in a vacuum" not "weightless dust". The point is that the dust blasted out from the landing did not "circulate" or was not restricted in its movement in such a way as to return and "settle" on to the pads. It just flew on out in a ballistic arc (affected only by the moons gravitational force) past the pads. I watched a space opera animation with my step son this weekend where a guy "floated" a lit cigarette though a weightless cabin over to another guy who then held it and watched the smoke rise up... I asked the kid what was wrong with that picture and he said "Nothing burns in space since there is no oxygen." Product of the great American school system. Sheesh. --- James Newton, Admin #3 mailto:jamesnewton@piclist.com 1-619-652-0593 VM 1-208-279-8767 FAX PIC/PICList FAQ: http://www.piclist.com or .org -----Original Message----- From: pic microcontroller discussion list [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of rad0 Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 09:26 To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Subject: Re: [OT]: Moon landings hoaxes ? there is gravity on the moon... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Butler" To: Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 10:47 AM Subject: Re: [OT]: Moon landings hoaxes ? > We have much better footage of a Klingon Warbird landing in a San > Francisco park than any lunar landing... ;-) > > But really, why would there be dust on the feet of the LEM? If the > thrusters kicked up dust on landing it would have to bounce off of > something to get on top of the LEM feet. Dust in a vacuum will travel > in a balistic line, not "settle". > > Sherpa Doug > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: > [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads > > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads