When I got back from Vietnam on August 1968, I was fortunate enough to get a job at John F. Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida! I was hired by ITT/Federal Electric Corp. as a Electronic Tech. in Communications. I was on the Apollo/Saturn Launch Team for most of the Moon shots! I was 22 yrs old and I was so proud to be a part of the effort, that beat the Soviet Union to the Moon! I wish that I could turn back the clock and relive those moments in history! That was about 52 years ago, now I’m almost 74 years old- sometimes it seems like yesterday! It’s amazing how time seems to fly by so quickly! May God continue to Bless our great Nation, and help NASA to once again travel to the Moon and beyond! 👍🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏👍
Sometimes you read comments on RU-vid that are just genuinely remarkable. They're like finding gold. Thank you so much for sharing this account. And thank you for doing what you did. You, quite literally, helped mankind take that giant leap. Anyone who is inspired by astronautical achievements - by exploration, scientific enquiry, and human advancement - owes you a debt of gratitude. Thank you again. Truly.
@@jamesanagnos6123 I'm sure your parents weep at night, knowing they've failed and their child is a attention seeking little scumbag who'll never amount to anything.
I said this in another comment, but it was pretty painful to watch that. Particularly to hear that the astronauts had suffered - they had screamed, endured what was likely intense pain, physical and emotional - it's morbid. I found it hard to come to terms with that. I still do. I think it would be inhuman not to be moved, at least in some way, by having that knowledge.
Best documentary I've ever seen on the lunar program. As an amateur space geek, I've watched a bunch of them. This one was the best. No propaganda, no BS. Just a solid well told story.😎
GOD=7_4, 7/4=July 4th was a Masonic(7,74) Code(4). G is the 7th letter, a circle O is either 15 or zero or ---, D=4. This is known as Simple(6,74) English(7,74) Gematria(8,74) using 'the key'(74) of A=1, B2, C3...O15 or zero...Z26. The ancients first developed math & science when we observed the 7 Classical Planets: Moon, Mercury, Venus, Sun, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn - 4 can't be easily seen during the day/4 don't cast shadows on Earth. There are 4 primary lunar phases of roughly 7 days (~7.4 days) each, thus 4 7-day weeks in a 'moonth'. Lunar year + 7 day week + 4 days = solar year. The Roman Calendar has 7 thirty-one day months + 4 thirty day months + February's 28 days (7x4). Orion is 7 stars with 4 being his shoulders & feet (+ Orion's Belt). The BIG Dipper & Little Dipper are both 7 stars with 4 in their bowls. Pleiades/7 Sisters is the 4th most common asterism. Mars returns to the same point in the heavens in relationship to the Sun and Earth every 47 years. simple=74=S19+I9+M13+P16+L12+E5 English=74=E5+N14+G7+L12+I9+S19+H8 gematria=74=G7+E5+M13+A1+T20+R18+I9+A1 Masonic=74=M13+A1+S19+O15+N14+I9+C3 shadows=74=S19+H8+A1+D4+O+W23+S19 months=74=M13+O+N14+T20+H8+S19 point=74=P16+O15+I9+N14+T20 heavens=74 GOD=7_4 evokes GOD the Grand Architect of the Universe (GAOTU). Administrator James Webb, John Glenn, Buzz Aldrin, and many more at NASA were Masons. The Original 7 Mercury Astronauts: 4 weren't Air Force/4 weren't Navy. Apollo 4 was the first unmanned launch, Apollo 7 was the first manned launch and 4 missions later, Apollo 11 was the first to land on the Moon at 4:17 pm EDT. Apollo 13 was also a mystical experiment with the #13. It launched at 13:13 CT and had one of its oxygen tanks explode on April 13. It miraculously returned safely on 4/17 - Jesus' actual Birthday; see MichaelMolnar.com .
@@christianege4989 Nothing Christian about that judgment, therefore... BY the power(77) vested in me by GOD as the reincarnated Christ(77=C3+H8+R18+I9+S19+T20), I hereby rule that 2/8/21 is your Judgment Day: you FAIL. Sentence: Really awful luck for the rest of your life, then your eternal soul won't be reincarnated as human for 74,000 years with 666 years incommutable. When you're born-again as human, it'll be under really hellish circumstances. Note: You can repent... c.c. 7seals.yuku.com
He’s very lucky. In political bureaucratic environments, “persistence & determination” combined with the most ub-forgiveable sin, “Being right when the bureaucrats are wrong”, is frequently a career-ending move. For a recent example, look at the many members of the CDC & NIAID & other Public Health departments, who are no longer in the field of public health because they had the audacity to tell the Narcissist-In-Chief that he was “wrong” in his clueless proclamations about a field (virology & infectious diseases)in which he had ZERO knowledge or experience. Worse, as proven by his recorded conversations with Bob Woodward, that prick KNEW that he was lying to the American public, & he KNEW that those epidemiologists (who he fired) were right!
The documentary should have mentioned that the concept of lunar orbit rendezvous was first proposed by the Soviet-Ukrainian engineer and mathematician Yuri Kondratyuk in 1919. Also, in 1923 the German rocket pioneer Hermann Oberth wrote about LOR in his doctoral dissertation. I don't understand why the other NASA engineers thought rendezvous in lunar orbit would be more difficult or dangerous than in Earth orbit.
@@teefkay2 Yes, but back then, there was not widespread indifference to reality and there were still some occasions where some things were valued more than money and power.
Lovell and Bormann are quite the pair! Two of my favorite Apollo-era astronauts. A perfect Gemini, and Apollo 8 team; Bill Anders completed that ensemble.
John Houbolt, Werner Von Braun, the mercury/gemini/apollo astronauts, the NASA engineers and everyone who made it possible to land men on the moon are real heroes and shows why American ingenuity has made the USA is the greatest nation on earth. They all deserve medals for their above and beyond the call of duty service to this country.
As I look at the technology of the era--the computers look so primitive next to what we have now and yet they were able to take the astronauts to the moon and bring them back safely. I am awed by the courage of the early astronauts and cosmonauts. It took a great deal of courage to go where no one before them had gone. I remember the excitement of the era--and when the Apollo 11 astronauts made it to the moon... The night of the moon landings, I was allowed to stay up late--and as Armstrong made his way down the adder, we were definitely excited and when he stepped onto the lunar surface, we went wild with happiness. That truly was an era like no other and I'm gad I was alive to experience it.
DOCTOR Van Allen was a very approachable lecture professor at the University of Iowa. Anyone could approach him after one of his lectures and ask him about this sort of thing. Funny thing, none of the 'Apollo doubters' ever did, according to him. He was very very open about his disdain for the people who would misuse his name for conspiracy theories, and continue to do so after his death.
I want to go for a pint with Jim Lovell... he’s like everyone’s favourite happy grandfather. This is a really good doc: no BS, just the story told by the people who did it.
@@KarlKrogmann I met him several times back in 2001 and 2002 in Lake Forest Illinois. I was a receptionist at a boarding kennel,(he owned a restaurant there), and he boarded his dog there. He's the only "famous" person I've ever met. He signed my copy of Lost Moon. I agree, it was awe inspiring.
I've seen this now maybe one hundred times. It never fails to amaze me the coolness of Sttaford and Cernan. "Is it going to snare with what's left of Cernan?", and Cernan acknowledging that it was the way to go... these guys were brave. And whatsmore they flew toghether again in Apollo 10!
I've always been fascinated by this stuff. I met Jim Lovell when I was in college in 1995. His story is amazing even though he never walked on the moon. The Apollo program shows what the human race is capable of when it is focused and determined. Apollo is one of the greatest if not the greatest triumphs in human history.
I know this is late, but I met him on several occasions back in 2001 and 2002. I was a receptionist at a boarding kennel in Lake Forest Illinois where he owned a restaurant and he boarded his dog(a golden retriever) there a lot. Him and his wife and his oldest daughter (she boarded her collie there). My boss (and friend) got him to sign on her Apollo 13 DVD, but I'm a reader, so he signed the novel for me. He's the only "famous" person I've met, and I admire him, and consider him one of the best and famous astronauts in history, and he's such warm, and friendly person. My 9 year old son has been obsessed with space since he was 4, and his dream is to work for NASA (not sure if he wants to he an astronaut,) but he definitely wants to be a NASA scientist
The moon is a light, NOT a reflector! Man NEVER left earth for space only going into high atmospheric orbit! To go further would be an "obit"! LOL! (research what Tesla called the moon's self illuminatiing ...
strawnobi Absolutely, and July 20 should be a U.S. national holiday commemorating the United States’ unbelievable achievement of the greatest breakthrough in human exploration of all time. It will never be duplicated.
@@Psychiatrick The moon reflects both light and radio waves as any HAM radio operator knows. Look up EME moon bounce and then realize what a doofus you are being.
Well said. And it will be a LONG time before Americans - or anyone else- does anything even remotely as wonderful again. One look at the internet billionaires we have now clamoring about their egotistical ideas .... and you'll see what I mean.
@Hats - Yes indeed - a parent should never have to bury a child - truly awful. Roger Chaffee had been one of the reconnaissance pilots during the Cuban Missile Crisis I believe . Deke must have rated him highly to get a seat on Apollo 1.
Hats Tour ...Let's not forget and give our condolences to family and prayers to the best man on Appolo program Gus Grisson ....a truly good character , good hearty and family man , they're still waiting for answers from NASA
What those incredibly brave men did back then stands testament to mans curiosity. We stand on the shoulders of giants today with technology that they never had. The whole of my life has been as a result of them. Mere words cannot grasp my gratitude for them. For all of them, and the future ones.. I humbly thank you.
@harrylongbaugh1 it wasn't environmental issues that stopped the Apollo program it was economics and a lack of public support. NASA realized that building one shot rockets cannot be justified. They also realized that to go further into space required an understanding of impact of zero gravity on physiology and programs to determine the extended flights necessary to get to Mars etc. Hence Skylab, the ISS and similar low earth orbit programs
Thank you very much for uploading this. I first saw this documentary almost 20 years ago, recorded it and burned it on a CD, which I eventually lost. The most fascinating and unforgetable documentary about the space race.
Just got back from the Apollo 11 50th celebration of the manned moon landing at KSC. I have become a space history fanatic and a annual pass member to the KSC. This video was absolutely one of the best I have seen on the technical achievements leading up to the manned moon landing. It had some great footage of the interviews and gathering of Borman, Lovell and Anders.
I borrowed this documentary from the library years ago but it's still as awesome as when I first watched it. There are three others documentaries that are a MUST WATCH......'Moon Machines' that is in six parts that covers the Saturn V, guidance computer, command module, spacesuits, lunar module, and the lunar rover. The other two are.....'Failure Is Not An Option', and 'In the Shadow of he Moon'.
My dad, uncle, and grandfather were all North American Aviation, then later Rockwell men in SoCal...I grew up in the 1960s and was just so proud that all my family were working on the space program...Everyone back then wanted to be an astronaut...
@@waltercarter6163 Maybe...but as of today, 536 people astronauts have been to space from over a dozen countries...not counting the ones who died in pursuit of that endeavor...The idea that it is a huge ruse, with tens of thousands of people complicit is indeed a possibility...but I submit, not a probability. Believe, what makes you happy.
@@waltercarter6163 You crack me up...ok...I'll bite...since clearly you believe, without question, that all the astronauts, politicians, captains of industry, workers...from multiple countries...are all part of this master deception...sell me..what makes you so sure?
Shawn weed, no. Science/physics do not lie. No human has ever passed through van Allen's radiation belt. NASA admits they don't have the tech to do so. Allen Dean admitted on film they never left earth orbit. The Apollo "footage" is easily discounted, too many photographic anomalies- no stars visible, shadows in different directions from only one light source (The Sun) no crater under the "Lunar Lander" where there should be, same backdrops in supposedly different locations, etc, etc.. Going into orbit is one thing. Passing through 25000 miles of radiation that would fry an elephant to a crisp is quite another. Also the Apollo missions were captured on film still in earth orbit when they were saying they were half way to the moon. If they did it in 1969 why can't they do it now??? Think about it. One day the Apollo missions will be acknowledged just as all those weapons of mass destruction in Iraq have been--- NON EXISTENT. The laws of physics do not lie.
@@shawnweed265 Start with Apollo. I did. The evidence against Apollo is never ending. Take your time and review the evidence at your own leisure. Let me know if you need links. Once you understand that NASA hoaxed Apollo, you have to believe they've created hoaxes before Apollo and since Apollo. They (NASA) are all Freemasons. Freemasonary is a men's club based on corruption. For many years, I was proud of our astronauts. I ordered dozens of authentic NASA mission patches and had them sown on my child's jacket. I'm no longer proud o our fake space achievements. NASA is the one thing that makes me embarrassed to be called an American.
The sad thing is that, relating to the Apollo 1 fire, the inward opening hatch was only stipulated because of the issue Gus had had with his earlier Mercury flight where the hatch blew prematurely. To prevent this, NASA made the door open inward so that the internal pressure would keep it closed...which it did. The hatch was also overly complicated to open and close. The danger of using 100% pure oxygen also was brought up several times at various meetings beforehand but nothing was changed until after this tragic accident (that set the program back about a year and a half).
The cruelest irony is that had gus Grissoms capsule not had a malfunction with the explosive bolts, they would have used them on Apollo. I'm... not a fan of irony.
@@StormsandSaugeye Yep. If that had not happened then the Saturn-1 door would have been outward opening. I also remember hearing that the danger of using 100% oxygen was mentioned months before the all-up test but no one listened. (At 100% oxygen and one atmosphere of internal pressure virtually everything becomes flammable)
An amazing documentary, extremely interesting. Being a lover of history, I rarely miss an opportunity to learn a bit more about those daring men. Their wives were unsung heroes. The caliber of those men and women, will never be seen again. Nor will those times of wonder and awe.
Watch Episode 5 (Spider) of "From The Earth To The Moon" series (1998, HBO) for how and why the LM was needed and built. Whole Episode is basically about how Houbolt's Lunar Orbital Rendezvous plan was conceived and finally approved and how the LM was designed and manufactured by Grumman.
@@markwiedman6795 Thanks! I've been meaning to pick that up on DVD - or perhaps just buy it online. Would you recommend it in general? (Mind you, I've read "Moon Shot" - not the one by Deke and Al (that's next on my list after I finish "Deke", having just finished Collins' "Carrying the Fire") but the other one - A Man on the Moon, Last Man on the Moon, In the Shadow of the Moon, Failure is not an etc. I'm sure you get the idea - lol.)
@@julieritt I bought the DVD set (4 DVD's) about ten years ago (2009, about $45.00). Unfortunately, Episodes 3 & 4 on Disc One won't play. At that time (10 years ago) I had those two episodes on VHS Tape recorded from TV, so it was no big deal. I eventually found those episodes online and downloaded them and burned them to a DVD.
I have watched a large number of documentaries on this topic and I still learnt new things with this one. And it was very emotional, very moving. Roger Chaffee's parents made me cry, what a terrible moment.
@@CarbonGlassMan you know, it's kinda one of those things that history will look back and just laugh. why? because it's so obvious. It's just that right now few people have any reference points with which to understand it so they just believe what they're told. It's like telling a 5 year old that a man is going to make a cross country trip in a go cart in 3 days without a fuel stop. A five year old knows what a go cart is but has no ability to judge time or distance. Dude, the moon is 238,900 miles from the earth, but see you have no frame of reference to understand that. You think it's space and you see the moon right there so the distance means nothing to you. EXCEPT for the supposed Apollo missions the farthest we have ever gone is space is to the space station and that is 234 miles. So think about it just for a moment.... 234 miles vs. 238,900 miles. You just have to answer one question: how did the Apollo missions have enough fuel to make it there and back? Where was it storee? Do you think there was some kind of space wave they magically took or a Moon tractor beam? That's all you have to answer. How did we have enough fuel to make it there and make and where was the fuel stored? It's common sense, man.
53:00 The entire idea that people thought the moon was made of cheese came from a 17th Century philosopher. The quote was taken out of context. At the time they were just coming out of the geocentric model, realizing that the planets, sun and moon were much larger than they seemed to be, this person said, "I would sooner convince a person that the moon was made of cheese than it was larger than a wagon wheel." He was comparing what everyone would consider two ridiculous ideas and saying that the moon was the size of a world was even more ridiculous than it being made of cheese.
They said it couldn't be done, but Alan Shepard was the first pilot to attempt a carrier landing in a Corsair! Huge nards!!! Light this candle is a must read about his life. He really deserved command of 11. At least he walked on the moon!
This is a great documentary and there are others equally great such as Failure Is Not An Option which is Gene Krantz's book and video series and then there is Moon Machines which explores in more detail all the little things needed to get the job done! Both are also available here on YT and they are both fantastic! Houbolt is one of many unsung heroes of NASA and I'm glad to see him getting his deserved recognition here. The Krantz videos talk about him as well in good detail!
I was in the Air Force, stationed at Patric AFB which was near Cape Canaveral. I had a badge to get on Cape Canaveral and in 1965 I and a couple of my guys snuck out there to watch Gemini 6 take off. The lanch was aborted with a very loud explosion. We balled off our truck very fast. It turned out Gimini 7 went first then Gemini 6. They rendezvioused successfully. Even today it was the only time we had two launched spacecraft up at the same time. Also, the man in charge of Gemini navagation wasmy best friend at a church in Satellite Beach Church.
I've been watching these kinds of documentaries all night. I literally cant actually believe that there are human beings alive, who believe that the moon landings etc. was faked. I mean .... the level of ignorance of these people genuinely causes me concern for the future of mankind.
I totally agree. How could they fake it with so many people in the know? that is the part that's impossible. Im glad this doc was made while these old timers are still around.
Bugman541 Ignorance is unavoidable. Some people are born with the brain of a monkey, and can not accept that humans can accomplish things like Beyond Earth travel.
***** They went in the lunar morning were the surface temperature was about 70 c, you don't seem to realise that heat cannot travel through a vacuum except as radiation but this form is easily reflected by a shiny or white surface, try to think how a vacuum flask works.
***** Boy some fanatics, they are soo upset of some "fiew crazies"....it's like they are afraid of something, the truth? A 45 year old tale that was accepted and forced in schools, backed by "all the scientists".... See not what angle has to do with baking the surface, absoute zero in vacuum (for matter), unless sunrays absorption which easyly bring baking.... even in some protection in LEO it is major danger. Getting there threw worst temperatures that will melt all beside stainless steal and tatanium. But made of aluminium and nice clear glass windows.... against meteorites and radiations that keep growing in deadlyness.
***** Exactly how much heat do you get from "other stars, quasi-stellar objects, black-hole accretion disks, gamma-ray bursts and so on." I suspect a few degrees.
Dr. Houbolt worked with my Dad in the mid-60s and 70s at ARAP (Aeronautical Associates of Princeton) when I was a kid. I remember him and his wife coming over for dinner with my parents. 🙂❤️
My uncle bill hauled the atlas in his airplane from jpl to cape Canaveral ..his airplane was the only Douglas C-133a Globemaster in the world ... I was aboard that airplane in 1966 at age 16 as my uncle bill took me aboard to check it out ..we where all over that thing .. even crawling out in the wings checking out the miles of wiring that fascinated me as the order it had been installed with ... Later I became an electrician and still hold strict order wiring anything I do ! It was William "Bill" Hargis who flew a fully assembled atlas missile with the tail hanging out the back of his airplane that no other man had ever done ...so keep that fact under your hat as I doubt if that was ever declassified ! Hehehe
Yeah, I just read that. Can you imagine the moon landings without him? Would have been like trying to land a plane on the moon on its tail. Many of the people speaking in this I knew of because of other documentaries I've watched but it's the first time I heard his name and it's a shame because he was such a huge factor in getting there (and most importantly, safely back). Quite obviously a great man and you have to admire his persistence. His life should be celebrated - his role in mans greatest achievement was pivotal.
HatsTour Finally got a chance to watch both parts. Excellent documentary. Learned quite a bit from it. I hadn't heard of John Houbolt until the From the Earth to the Moon mini-series. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it. Not many would of had the intestinal fortitude to keep at it considering the heard winds he was up against and knowing full well his career could be in jeopardy. Also amazing was finding out from the mini-series about Yuri Kondratyuk who came up with the LRO concept back in 1916.
Fun fact: Ray Donovan was in a film called "A Walk On the Moon" which is a really nice small-time drama, set around the timeline of the first landing on the moon.
I started watching this documentary once before but never got to watch it to the end, this time I am determined to watch the history of what I believe to be mans greatest achievement, and yes I know that it was America that did go to the moon, but without input and expertise from many nationalities it would perhaps not have happened, in fact without the USSR it might still not have happened. Thanks for sharing this interesting and informative film. 😀👍🇬🇧🏴
The Soviets were utterly astonished at the American response to their launch. Considering the historical context, it was the International Geophysical Year, where the nations of the world carried out scientific explorations of our planet. It was meant to foster cooperation between the nations of the world, especially those who had contradictory political philosophies (mainly the US, China, and the USSR). Sputnik 1 was designed to study the properties of the exosphere (the extreme upper limits of Earth's atmosphere) and Explorer 1 was was designed to measure the radiometric environment of near Earth space, specifically looking for radiation belts that were theorized to exist. Both projects were announced ahead of time and scientists all over the world eagerly awaited the coming data. It's just that no one really expected the USSR to succeed. The real fear was, yo could put something in orbit, you could drop it anywhere on the planets you wanted. It was a real concern. Also, you could put cameras on such a device and over fly any country you wanted, something that was ambiguous legally. When airplanes became a thing in 1904 it quickly became a legal problem. It is against the law (and has been for thousands of years) for someone from one country to enter the territory of another country without permission. To do so with military equipment or personnel is an act of war, called "invasion." But what about airplanes? Is being *OVER* a country the same as being *IN* that country? President is extremely important in law. Until the first country being over flown by an airplane complained, it *WAS* not the same thing, being over a country. But the first time it happened, the country being flown over complained, and the courts answered this question. It was, in fact, the same. In the mid 50's people could see that satellites in low Earth orbit would be very useful, but there was a huge unanswered legal question. Was flying over a country in space (above the atmosphere) the same as flying over that country in the atmosphere (which was not legal by this time)? When Sputnik launched the United States (or any country) could have filed a motion in international court arguing that it was the same thing. Had that happened, space today would be inaccessible, because in space you can't simply go around. It's why the US didn't complain about Sputnik flying overhead. Because the US didn't want it to become illegal.
They didn't go to the moon it was filmed on earth. How did they get past the van Allen radiation belts when they can't go through them today. If they could get through the radiation they would be mining helium 3 on the moon
@@tempestnz1 Don't be an idiot. The radiation belts were not a problem then, and they are not a problem now. We can get through them today, we just haven't had the will to go through them. Just because you have never been to (whatever city you have never been to) doesn't mean you CAN'T go to that city.
Well, we'll see. Artemis is funded, and is moving forward. Astronauts have been named and are in training. Additional Orion capsules have been ordered. SLS is accelerating development. The landers... well... like it or not, the SpaceX lander has been chosen (I'm not a fan of that choice), and is under development.
@@rockethead7 Hey Rocket Head. Are you one of those "moon shot was a hoax" people? If so that ship sailed a long time ago. It has been so thoroughly debunked over many decades. You need to find another hare brained conspiracy theory that's more contemporary. There is the "Trump will be reinstated as President in a couple weeks." Or the really timely "Joe Biden and his radical left wing deep state is railroading Trump for political reasons." That one, silly and insane though it is, will at least be cutting edge conspiracy nonsense. C'mon. Get with the times! 🙂🤯😁
Sorry for the 10 month late reply. Your response wasn't in my notifications, and I just now saw you asked me questions. To respond to you, um, what in the world are you talking about? How does anything I said even remotely indicate that I'd be a denier of Apollo? You said we would never be able to pull this off now. I responded by stating that we'll see. Artemis is proceeding. Thus, we ARE trying to pull this off now, which negates your original posted message. Artemis was funded by congress in 2019. There have been some poor choices (in my opinion), but, the project is proceeding. You were the one who claimed we can't do it now, and I was pointing out that we ARE doing it now. I think the biggest slowdown will be the choice of SpaceX for the lander, while so many more competent rocket companies were available. But, I posted absolutely nothing to indicate that I'd deny Apollo, and I was pointing out that YOU were probably incorrect by stating that it can't be done now, because they ARE doing it now.
By the way, this series is available on Amazon for about $13. Just go on there and search for "Nova To The Moon" under "Movies and Television". There's also the successor to that series coming out July 30th called "Back to the Moon" for about $4 more.
@@jimreily7538 "Moon Machines", also an EXCELLENT 6-part series that was on The Science Channel in 2008, is available on RU-vid for free. _Highly_ recommended! Here's the playlist: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mucb4Ttt1oY.html The episodes are: - The Saturn V - The Command Module - The Lunar Module - The Navigation Computer (very interesting!) - The Lunar Rover - The Spacesuit (also very interesting!)
Aside from the low video quality, this is amazing. The complete lack of Discovery Channel Hollywood bullshit makes it so much more interesting and watchable. It cut's a lot of corners of course but it's not annoying to watch...
I am glad I was born into and with the Space Program scenario....it contributed and has given us much in the way of our technology today which we wouldn't have if it didn't happen at all. Think about the computers one uses, and the IPhones, also on how small they have become, including freezed-dried food, all because of it being more compact for the Space Travel scenario. Now some it is being used in backpacking and camping trips. It also spurred more efforts into scientific research, which has also given us more ways in dealing with diseases, medical advances, etc It took a lot of people putting their heads together to come up with solutions to the problems and into doing them as safely as possible.
Liev Schreiber, one of my fave actors, was lucky to be involved to narrate this back in 99. I wonder if he got a chance to meet Dr Max Faget, Hobart, Siemens and many others who were so in instrumental but sadly are gone now. Sadly, most those 400k Engineers technicians professors of all kinds that were around in the making are mostly gone now. I've heard that's the main reason we can't recreate our Saturn V again, which we never should have stopped advancing. Gone are those minds under Wernher von Braun's 1000s of watch. Hope the kids watch these good ole documentaries like this one just to see what it was all about and what we did back then. They might also then realize that all the little high tech gadgets we all take for granted like iPhone smartphones GPS video games computers etc etc etc, that all came from the Apollo era in one way or the other. 🤔👌
At the time of the Apollo 11 landing, July 20, 1969, I was 9, about to turn 10 years old. I built models of and read books about the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs and spacecraft. The entire manned space program continues to be an interest to me to this day. I'm always learning new things about it and I think astronauts, especially those early pioneers, were some of the bravest people on (or off!) the planet! They did things no one had ever done before, faced dangers no one conceived of and did it with dedication and resolve rarely ever seen. Those guys are my heroes.
I love that scene from "The Right Stuff" re the Life magazine deal and his name. Tom Wolfe used the term Gus Gruffisms to describe his bad tempered utterances.
@@LeofromFreo ??? no sense, thanks for admitting as Many that it looks flat. cosmosmagazine.com/space/the-first-photograph-of-earth-taken-from-space 66 years before FE revival menace threat to pagan Globe, this is a old photograph without the huge fisheye lensing :)
@Nature and Physics No clear, your ball should have a clear one at that hight, just as most media show. Yes your BC Greek Globe minds had many gods. The Chrisitians took up the flame afterwards.
Excellent documentary! Great footage. I think Lovell took moonrise photo. I've heard tapes in which voices in capsule state Lovell has the color camera and is taking the photo. The others were snapping away with black and white cameras.
It is amazing the number of super smart people that worked together to achieve their mission. I also believe that we would have never invested the time and money if this space exploration would not benefit the military. todays computers, Youtude videos and our cell phones can thank these genius scientists for their work.
My parents sort of missed the first steps. They were watching on TV and as Neil said "That's one small step..." my mother felt me kick insider her for the first time. Now a doctor my tell you that I was just responding to the adrenaline in my mother's system. My mother was excited and I was responding to that, But I know that I knew what was going on, and I wanted to see. But my mother's bug round stomach was in the way. Unfortunately, I wasn't quite ready yet. It would be the end of December before I finally came along. By then I was feeling pretty resentful because I'd missed another moon landing because my mothers even bigger belly was still in the way.
@ThePariss333 "American" refers to citizens of the United States of America. While technically, you are correct, practically, you are not, and it is how words in a language are used that counts. Just call a Canadian an American and see what happens. Not sure what you are talking about fantasy for. I was responding to the OC who mentioned that he enjoyed coming of age when the moon landings were taking place, and I just mentioned I happened to be born while the moon landings were taking place. Unless you are saying the moon landings were faked. If that's the case, we can all disregard everything you say.
#15 was my favorite landing. The 1st of the J-Missions, carrying the lunar car and the service module was equipped with the high-gain VHF antenna. Jim Irwin and Dave Scott at Hadley Rille
Well, it was the worst "landing" of all of the missions (taking the word "landing" literally), because it could nearly be called a crash landing... engine bell all smacked up and crumpled when it hit the ground... worst slope of any of the landings.... But, beyond that yeah, in my imagination, if I could go to any Apollo site, I'd pick Hadley first. Beautiful lava flow, towering mountain, St. George crater, yeah, big stuff. But, ask me tomorrow, I might say Taurus-Littrow. That was pretty darned impressive. I'm almost changing my mind while typing.
In a way, but there was a lot more to the Gemini program than just the LEO capsules that got flown. Gemini was a very capable capsule from a maneuvering standpoint, and honestly it was becoming a divergent fork of spacecraft development to what Apollo was. if you look at what was going on in the mid-late 60's, considering it made more sense as that divergent fork. Unfortunately, from Nixon on, Space became a make -work program cash cow, and the US gov stopped caring about exploration.
The people that think we never went, might not think going to Hawaii is possible either, cause you can't walk there. I am sure someone like them lived in Europe in the 1400's and 1500's till they also sailed to the land beyond the seas and saw vast forests and shorelines. The silly things people say about not going to the moon is just annoying.
You my friend should go with Dorothy and toto to the wizard of ox, and ask for a brain, ah get a heart to, and some courage, because you have been well and truly NAASARD , SMH!! ,
My Uncle worked for Texas Instruments Missile department. He actually headed it up for years. He new Werner von Braun very well. They said when my uncle died he took secrets to the grave. His name was Herschel Thompson.
@@unhommequicourt I understand what you are saying however, his contribution to modern rocketry has been lost to a footnote in some old textbook. His memory deserves better. They say when he passed, he took a lot of classifies secrets with him. His funeral was attended by high ranking members of the military from all branches. He was a nice person as well. Thanks!
Brings back memories of my youth glued to the TV during all the coverage of my heroes in the space program. What a terrific documentary, especially from the Apollo 8 crew.
