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If I’m not mistaken about what you’re referencing with regard to the conspiracy claims, Buzz Aldrin didn’t even actually imply the broadcast was fake. It was in response to someone asking about it and he made a sarcastic quip and then proceeded to explain, but conspiracy promoters like to cut the sarcastic part out of context and present it as if it was serious.
Fun fact "consolation prize"...since they did not go into orbit around the Moon on their free return trajectory, Apollo 13 traveled a bit further away from Earth than all of the other flights to the Moon. So to this day, Lovell, Haise, and Swigert hold the record for the farthest distance from Earth people have ever traveled. Also., a terrific quote I encountered recently has to do with Apollo 13..."NASA is absolutely not superstitious, but you can bet they will never launch anything numbered "13" ever again." Not sure if that is a real quote...but it does not seem that NASA has sent anything into space with the number 13 on it ever since, though commercial satellite companies have.
You keep saying that the moon missions didn't have a productive purpose. The following inventions were made through the NASA moon program: Camera phones CAT scans LED lights Athletic shoes Water purifiers Dustbusters Jaws of life Wireless headsets Memory foam Artificial limbs Computer mouse Laptop
@@leighkamp9457 not to mention that because of the space race, a lot of technology for space satellite systems got developed that is now the foundation of GPS, weather forecasting, etc.
@@AffanReacts true enough, but you wouldn’t expect to pick up valuable minerals from the surface as most valuable minerals have to be mined and processed. The lunar missions were more about acquiring knowledge than resources.
45:48 The dude in the white flat top is the actual Jim Lovell. Lovell was aboard Apollo 8 which, orbited the moon a few times. Because of the explosion, Apollo 13 turned into the same kind of mission. The main reason their re-entry took so long was because their lack the weight of the moon rocks caused them to have a slower speed than normal and, in turn, come in at a shallower angle. One of my favourite Tom Hanks movies is 'That Thing you Do' which he wrote and only had a supporting role.
I have to point out that this explanation is incorrect. There was no lack of weight on reentry. Before separation, the astronauts moved over some equipment from the LEM to the CM in order to compensate for the missing moon rocks. Stuff like the EVA suits for example, which were originally supposed to be discarded inside the LEM after the astronauts returned from the lunar surface. There was quite a lot of crap (including actual crap) that was not supposed to come back to earth, but was moved over to the command module in order to stand in for the missing rocks. So on reentry the capsule had pretty much the exact weight it was supposed to have. The reason why it took so long to re-establish communications is because the astronauts had turned their radio off. The battery power was very low, and the astronauts knew that the explosive charges, which opened the hatch for the parachutes, required quite a bit of power. They were afraid that if the battery level would drop too low the charges might not fire, the chutes would not open, and they would die when the capsule impacted the water at terminal velocity. NASA, in their simulator tests and calculations, had already figured out that there was easily enough power for the chutes. But they forgot to tell that to the astronauts. Since the radio did not work during reentry itself anyways, the astronauts decided to turn it off and save as much power as possible. Then they waited for the chutes to open, and only after that, when running out of power would not be a problem any more, they turned the radio back on. Since nobody down on earth knew about that plan, and when there was no radio signals, not even telemetry data, after such a long blackout period everybody assumed the capsule must have been destroyed. It was an intense few minutes, followed by unbelievable relief when the radio came back on and the cameras picked up the spacecraft dangling from its 3 parachutes.
"Captain Phillips" and "Sully" are two of my favorite Tom Hanks movies. He really has been in so many good ones (including all of the Toy Story ones if you don't mind that he is an animated cowboy doll). Also, besides the things that have come from the space race which people have already mentioned, learning what the moon did not contain is still gaining knowledge. Practical experience in piloting spacecraft has led to the ability to explore farther into our solar system. I would posit that those in the space program were willing to take such risks because they felt that the search for such knowledge was of great importance. Edited to add that, after seeing this movie, I saw a documentary made about the true story, and this movie was very close to the documentary.
On the subject of space flight, I would highly recommend the movie October Sky. It's about a small-town kid who later becomes NASA engineer Homer Hickam.
I'm so glad you enjoyed this movie...I've seen it literally countless times, and I still get emotional at the end. It's superb all of the way around. I did laugh a bit when you recognized Gary Sinise (Lt.Dan) before recognizing Tom Hanks 🤣🤣🤣 Tom Hanks is one of my favorite actors, he never fails ❤ I don't even have to know what a movie is about, I hear Tom Hanks is in it, I'm down to watch! PS - I'm take being called persistent 🤣 it's better than annoying gnat! 😂
Hey Affan! Apologies for not watching your reactions for a while, you’ve been watching stuff I’m not a fan of (but I’m still a fan of yours!) I love this movie as well, glad you’re reacting to it. Is there any chance you might consider watching any episodes of The Twilight Zone? It’s a 1960s Sci-Fi/fantasy series that left a massive impression on the American popular consciousness, and has a very good track record of producing extremely good context (at least for the first 3 seasons, after that it gets kinda iffy).
Thanks for your review. Another Tom Hanks movie I'd like to ask you to review is Bridge of Spies (2015). It's a really interesting one directed by Steven Spielberg.
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If I’m not mistaken about what you’re referencing with regard to the conspiracy claims, Buzz Aldrin didn’t even actually imply the broadcast was fake. It was in response to someone asking about it and he made a sarcastic quip and then proceeded to explain, but conspiracy promoters like to cut the sarcastic part out of context and present it as if it was serious.
Fun fact "consolation prize"...since they did not go into orbit around the Moon on their free return trajectory, Apollo 13 traveled a bit further away from Earth than all of the other flights to the Moon. So to this day, Lovell, Haise, and Swigert hold the record for the farthest distance from Earth people have ever traveled.
Also., a terrific quote I encountered recently has to do with Apollo 13..."NASA is absolutely not superstitious, but you can bet they will never launch anything numbered "13" ever again." Not sure if that is a real quote...but it does not seem that NASA has sent anything into space with the number 13 on it ever since, though commercial satellite companies have.
Highly recommend the movie Big. One of Tom Hanks’ first starring roles, it’s a great movie about your inner child, Affan.
You keep saying that the moon missions didn't have a productive purpose. The following inventions were made through the NASA moon program:
Camera phones
CAT scans
LED lights
Athletic shoes
Water purifiers
Dustbusters
Jaws of life
Wireless headsets
Memory foam
Artificial limbs
Computer mouse
Laptop
@@leighkamp9457 not to mention that because of the space race, a lot of technology for space satellite systems got developed that is now the foundation of GPS, weather forecasting, etc.
Wow That’s good to know but my point was the actual moon, didn’t really provide anything of value, other moon rocks and dust and things like that.
@@AffanReacts true enough, but you wouldn’t expect to pick up valuable minerals from the surface as most valuable minerals have to be mined and processed. The lunar missions were more about acquiring knowledge than resources.
And probably most of all it was about proving what could be done.
@@AffanReacts That's because you think only material things are of any value.
45:48 The dude in the white flat top is the actual Jim Lovell. Lovell was aboard Apollo 8 which, orbited the moon a few times. Because of the explosion, Apollo 13 turned into the same kind of mission. The main reason their re-entry took so long was because their lack the weight of the moon rocks caused them to have a slower speed than normal and, in turn, come in at a shallower angle. One of my favourite Tom Hanks movies is 'That Thing you Do' which he wrote and only had a supporting role.
I have to point out that this explanation is incorrect.
There was no lack of weight on reentry. Before separation, the astronauts moved over some equipment from the LEM to the CM in order to compensate for the missing moon rocks. Stuff like the EVA suits for example, which were originally supposed to be discarded inside the LEM after the astronauts returned from the lunar surface. There was quite a lot of crap (including actual crap) that was not supposed to come back to earth, but was moved over to the command module in order to stand in for the missing rocks.
So on reentry the capsule had pretty much the exact weight it was supposed to have.
The reason why it took so long to re-establish communications is because the astronauts had turned their radio off.
The battery power was very low, and the astronauts knew that the explosive charges, which opened the hatch for the parachutes, required quite a bit of power. They were afraid that if the battery level would drop too low the charges might not fire, the chutes would not open, and they would die when the capsule impacted the water at terminal velocity.
NASA, in their simulator tests and calculations, had already figured out that there was easily enough power for the chutes. But they forgot to tell that to the astronauts.
Since the radio did not work during reentry itself anyways, the astronauts decided to turn it off and save as much power as possible. Then they waited for the chutes to open, and only after that, when running out of power would not be a problem any more, they turned the radio back on.
Since nobody down on earth knew about that plan, and when there was no radio signals, not even telemetry data, after such a long blackout period everybody assumed the capsule must have been destroyed.
It was an intense few minutes, followed by unbelievable relief when the radio came back on and the cameras picked up the spacecraft dangling from its 3 parachutes.
@@hannesgroesslinger Not 400 pounds.
Yes. A launch window is a serious thing. The orbital position of the moon and the Florida launch site was very important.
"Captain Phillips" and "Sully" are two of my favorite Tom Hanks movies. He really has been in so many good ones (including all of the Toy Story ones if you don't mind that he is an animated cowboy doll). Also, besides the things that have come from the space race which people have already mentioned, learning what the moon did not contain is still gaining knowledge. Practical experience in piloting spacecraft has led to the ability to explore farther into our solar system. I would posit that those in the space program were willing to take such risks because they felt that the search for such knowledge was of great importance. Edited to add that, after seeing this movie, I saw a documentary made about the true story, and this movie was very close to the documentary.
On the subject of space flight, I would highly recommend the movie October Sky. It's about a small-town kid who later becomes NASA engineer Homer Hickam.
I'm so glad you enjoyed this movie...I've seen it literally countless times, and I still get emotional at the end.
It's superb all of the way around.
I did laugh a bit when you recognized Gary Sinise (Lt.Dan) before recognizing Tom Hanks 🤣🤣🤣
Tom Hanks is one of my favorite actors, he never fails ❤
I don't even have to know what a movie is about, I hear Tom Hanks is in it, I'm down to watch!
PS - I'm take being called persistent 🤣 it's better than annoying gnat! 😂
Hey Affan! Apologies for not watching your reactions for a while, you’ve been watching stuff I’m not a fan of (but I’m still a fan of yours!) I love this movie as well, glad you’re reacting to it.
Is there any chance you might consider watching any episodes of The Twilight Zone? It’s a 1960s Sci-Fi/fantasy series that left a massive impression on the American popular consciousness, and has a very good track record of producing extremely good context (at least for the first 3 seasons, after that it gets kinda iffy).
if you want to watch a movie that shows the first moon landing then i would suggest "First Man" starring Ryan Gosling.
Thanks for your review. Another Tom Hanks movie I'd like to ask you to review is Bridge of Spies (2015). It's a really interesting one directed by Steven Spielberg.
Added to the list, thank you for the suggestion
I love Michael Jackson, but of course he didn't moon walk first😂
nah bro he did it and you can't make me believe otherwise... 😁
Apollo 13 landing took 7 mins. not only 4 mins.
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