This is remarkable to see this wonderful piece of history up and running. Not as much the equipment but the schematic set up comeback to life with all it’s complexities and redundancies working. The redundancies are the best part of the complexities. I get the type of thrill that a train enthusiasts must get seeing an old locomotive running. It is heart warming. Morse! Are we teaching our new astronauts Morse? We obviously need too. The second language of those who will need to survive in space far from home, but maybe not so far that getting some words through, may be enough to winter out a situation until relief arrives.
BREAKING NEWS:- History has been made today when a group of amateur engineers from California successfully landed their replica Apollo Lunar Module on the surface of the Moon. The LM made from some genuine Apollo parts, vintage HP equipment and some 'home-brew' hardware (thanks to sponsors PCB Way and Samtec) has performed faultlessly during the mission. Mike and Eric, who have been exploring the area around the landing site said "we can categorically state that the moon is not made of cheese" and "reduced gravity takes a bit of getting used to, but we're having an awful lot of fun" When asked about the dangers of their adventure, Mark said "of course we all understand the very real dangers involved, but we were well prepared to tackle any emergency situation - we took a couple of rolls of duct tape with us!" NASA has refused to comment..... This is the best series on RU-vid! Keep up the great work. Cheers. Ben.
I would love if there were two tables with more space inbetween to showcase the ground and module more. It gives the feeling of the distances involved. Yet this is amazing to see restored as far as you have.
That was what we asked for at first, but they did not have enough space available to pull it off. I’m just glad they thought of using stage blocks instead of tables to take all the weight!
@@CuriousMarc This will sound silly, but in addition to the gap, a poster or cut-out of the Earth above one desk and another of the Lunar Module for the other would make the setup's purpose immediately clear to the casual observer.
Artemis is about to go back to the moon and you still repair Apollo stuff. What a time to be alive. I wonder if we'll see a curious Marc person repairing old Artemis stuff in 50 years.
The way you explain how things work is top notch. Even though I have a good idea how things electrical work I always catch myself saying I learned something new.
This is not simply the HUGE accomplishment that it seems to be, but the result of an enormous string of amazing achievements! This has been absolutely fantastic and inspiring to follow.
Well done team! thank you for taking us all along on your incredible journeys into all things of technological and historical interest, I so enjoy everything you do
I can actually, as an engineer I’d get a real high from it. The endorphin rush seeing it all come together had to be intoxicating. Some have drugs, I do coffee and technology.
The real impact to me, is knowing that all of these communications elements were conceived, designed, built and flown just a bit over 20 years following World War 2. A display on an adjacent table of tube filled ARC radio sets, AM voice equipment and early VHF gear will show the leap in technology and craftsmanship that occurred in that short timespan. It is fantastic to see such a dedicated bunch working to preserve the function of such (for it's time) advanced gear in today's "take it for granted" tech environment. Far too few people understand the technology that made these achievements such as Apollo, possible. Stand on the shoulders of giants and always be learning. Question everything - that is science. Everything else is propaganda.
Very impressive collection of vintage test equipment. The only thing missing is a Tektronix 545 oscilloscope with a CA plug in performing it's primary role of heating the lab.
Greetings from an Italian nerd. I have no words to describe how fascinated I am by your channel and how you explain in a simple way things that are of great complexity. really thank you!! I will travel to America just to see the NASA installations on 04/25 I'm visiting the Kennedy space center, and on 04/26-27 I'm at the Jonson space center where I've booked two exclusive tours. Obviously I bought some t-shirts at your store to wear for the occasion! If by chance someone from your team passes by I would be thrilled to have a souvenir photo together.
What's that, Houston? A problem you say? No no, everything is working just fine. It's been a fascinating ride to this point. Seeing just how complex all the layering of modulations and what they did with it all is an adventure of itself.
This is one of the best ways to honor those thousands of people that worked so hard at the Apollo program. Even today I'm amazed how far they pushed technology. I feel it's unfair your channel has only 175k subs, but at least I'm proud to be one of them!
Thank you for pulling this together. They really built them to last. My father worked for Collins Radio in the 1960s on the design team for communication systems for Apollo, Gemini and Mercury space missions. Some of the hardware originally used in the Apollo systems was purchased from the Ace Hardware in the Spanish Village shopping center in north Dallas. (Collins had an office located in the telecom corridor of Richardson, Texas.) The team was facing cost overruns and deadline mitigation if they went through the conventional government spec, fabrication and procurement of these hardware components. Collins Aerospace still has an office in the area. Unfortunately, dad is unable to help with your amazing project, as he passed away in 2010. Keep up the good work!
Sono un perito industriale elettrotecnico italiano e ho 62 anni. Questo tipo di video mi fanno sempre più capire quanto sono fuori strada la scuola e l'istruzione superiore italiana. Qui capisco pochissimo ma la passione, l'entusiasmo e la capacità di focalizzare le questioni in modo dinamico sono esemplari. Lunga vita a questi canali e bravo Marc!
Congratulations on the successful exhibit - you should be very proud in making the 50 year old hardware work like it was intended to work - it's a thing of technical beauty!!!!
This is so cool! Its also a real tribute to the original designers and programmers ! I think its great you got it to all work at the exhibit! Nice job to you all!
Amazing back engineering! Thank you for making this process public so that I too can be part of the experience! It makes us all feel the same joy you feel when you get things working again!
You and your team are absolute geniuses. I really can’t say it any other way. I’m floored. It gives me such joy that younger people are into this stuff too and have the brains and talent to do all this. Simply amazing work gents!
Since I've watched the first video in this series, I've been confused about whether you guys are professionals with too much capacity to spare or amateurs with an amazing amount of enthusiasm. I'm any case, the enthusiasms is infectious. Best of luck in this year!
The test equipment and engineers with the tech knowledge and retro skills to do this is rapidly disappearing so it is do good to see this project happen iam amazed you got it all working well done it is amazing what the nasa engineers and designers were capable way back in the sixties
Congratulations! I'm so in awe of your work, preserving and even demonstrating the life's work of these engineers is such a great way to remember them. Thanks!
Wow, just wow. Like everyone else, I soooo wish I was there to witness this contraption at work after getting disassembled and reassembled "on stage" (looks like a corridor, which is even better, random people being able to witness it by walking by, most excellent!)
thank you again for the subtitles, again the pleasure of watching you solve problems with this equipment, for the Apollo program I give you a huge thumb - the story of my grandparents and fathers warms my heart again
Impressive... you were able to move it and set it up and it WORKED! It's hard enough to get something that complex to work at all... but it's another thing to move it and able to exhibit it! Congrats! It means you've done your homework and have done excellent work throughout.
