Watching this in memory of my father who died last Sunday. He was involved in the Apollo program in the U.K. We watched the Apollo re entry on live link. We had spent the previous three days praying harder for those astronauts than I've ever prayed before or since. Mission Control was deathly quiet during re entry as was my father's UK office. Those few minutes dragged. It was so tense and then the joy of hearing Peter Lovell's voice again! Mission Control and my father's office went crazy with relief and happiness.I will never forget it.
As a teen i remember having this awful tightness throughout my body as if i was with them. I think what those astronauts did by getting home safe was every bit hard or harder than going and landing on the moon.
I remember watching the splashdown at school, where the whole school were assembled. Everyone was cheering and clapping when it splashed down, and when the first astronaut emerged from the capsule. What a memory I have of that occasion.
Eugene Krantz graduated from my high school. He came to career day, I think '77, and spoke to our student body. You could hear a pin drop. I had Sr. Caroline for chemistry, HIS chemistry teacher. She was beaming that day, and believe me she never "beamed", lol. Amazing man, amazing story. Thank you, sir.
I'm failing Physics in high school and sometimes I just look up at the night sky and realize even though how much I'm struggling with that subject, I still love what comes out of it.
@@robbarnes9047 yes but barely lol. Didn’t pursue physics and eventually stopped pursuing science but I’m always watching videos and gaining information that interests me👍🏾
*@Aaron Kalat* __ "two worst fears" ....that will most likely never happen..... There's nothing to fear but fear itself.... I sometimes fear growing old, becoming invalid and dependable , which at least is inevitable for most people...
My two biggest fears are: Hillary Clinton as president and liberals filling the majority slots on the Supreme Court. Thank you President Trump for delivering us from disaster. MAGA!
As someone who struggled with physics all the way through highschool to alevels, it amazes me that the engineers were able to calculate accurately what was needed to bring them home with limited computing tools at that time... Major hats off!
@@dars5229 When that child is born, there's nothing in the universe that we know of, that is more powerful than that baby's mind ....At that moment‼️®™️
Im now 65, and remember this happening like it was yesterday, everybody was on the edge of their seat praying that they would get back to earth. When they did, it was like the Whole World just won the Super Bowl. Truly amazing.
Strange, I barely even remember it at all. The consensus of most in the know seems to be that the danger was greatly exaggerated for dramatic purposes.
@@gweilospur5877 sure .... Going to space and having an unwanted explosion on your craft and having to re enter Earth's atmosphere is not dangerous at all
Gene Kranz has been my mentor since I was a little boy!!! Never met him!!!! I'm 63 and still have a massive amount of RESPECT for Gene Kranz!!! GOD Bless him!!!
Of all the movies I watched as a kid, this story was always the one that stood out and stuck with me. When the going gets tough I think about how these guys were hundreds of thousands of miles away and faced a life or death crisis and had to rely on their ingenuity and resourcefulness to rethink how they could use the materials around them to survive. No fear, no whining, no woe is me attitude. They put their noses down and got to work. An amazing human moment we can all look up to.
I had the immense pleasure of listening to Mr. Lovell give a speech on this (and other things) while a student at Purdue University. Must have been around 1983, I guess. After the speech, he was in the lobby of the building talking to folks. I found myself standing no more than 5 feet from him. At one point...our eyes locked for the briefest of moments. I could not muster the courage to extend my had to shake his. One of the biggest regrets of my life. I am an aeronautical engineer....going on 37 years now. And it is my considered opinion that this event was the greatest engineering feat....EVER. I have been in control rooms, in conduct of flight tests, not unlike seen here (although....on a much lesser scale) --- and significant decisions are made frequently that impact the safety and lives of the aircraft crew, but....no...nothing like this. I can't even begin to imagine being one of those engineers dealing with this. At the end of all that...they must have just shaken their heads and said: Wow!.
Measure the temperature of MOONLIGHT vs the temp of moon shade and you will know if any of this is true. Use an infrared thermometer. Knowledge is power and truth is unstoppable.
shhh. don't tell the conspiracy theorists that. shit they don't think we even went...not only that some of these pea brains think the earth is flat....smh..
Jim Lovell came and spoke publicly to the Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, (Aramco) community in about 1979 or '80, when I was about 7 or 8 years old. I remember his talk vividly. He went through all of the details of the problems of the flight as well as the overcoming of each one -- from the initial explosion in the spacecraft to the typhoon in the Pacific near the splashdown location. This was NASA's greatest moment, regardless of what many of you seem to think of Matt Lauer.
@Larry Smith; you are absolutely correct. As Gene Kranz said in the movie, played masterfully by actor Ed Harris, when someone mentioned the horror and the damage to NASA's reputation if the recovery of Apollo 13 was not successful, Mr. Kranz said "I believe this will be Our finest hour." Too bad so many of this generation do not know of what America can and will do in an ultimate crisis situation. As a country, I fear that we Americans may well and truly be too soft and psychologically "squishy" in Our current times. I am so very sad if that becomes Our legacy.
The malfunction was actually much worse than portrayed in the movie, it was toned down because it would have been considered unrealistic. Even then, the test audience said the ending was unrealistic even though it was based on real events.
@@stephencourton3328 alot of people have said the same about 9/11. A group of 19 people successfully highjacking 4 airplanes, not being tracked, not being intercepted by military jets, and 3 of them crashing into their targets (especially the Pentagon) and the passengers fighting back on the last one would be implausible, unrealistic, and ridiculous both for the writers and audience.
@@amehak1922 I asked ChatGPT if a cylinder of pure oxygen would explode if a spark plug fired inside it: " The most critical factor is the presence of flammable materials. Pure oxygen itself doesn’t explode; it’s the fuel that causes an explosion."
As a then nine year old in Liverpool U.K. I remember this so well, I kept a daily scrapbook of cuttings, all info I could find and finally the relief when they came back safely. Watching this puts my heart straight back in my mouth, Stuart X
Advice for when interviewing Gene Krantz: Never offer suggestions, never try to speak when he's speaking, never put words in his mouth or try to reiterate in your own words what he just said, never ever question his decisions. Gene was the right man at the right time for that job.
@Jack Casey Thanks for correcting me, ass. You are correct, I added one extra letter by mistake. The good news is that everyone else on here knew who I was talking about. I was wrong in the spelling of his last name. Again, in order to enhance and confirm your labeling of me as stupid, let me emphasize that I was wrong and you were right.
@Jack Casey Not going to entertain your shenanigans any more. Based on the content on your channel (or complete lack thereof), your primary mission is to troll others and make yourself look like an ass in the process. Good day.
My late father was a contract negotiator for Grumman Aircraft on the Lunar Module Program. He knew every part of the LEM. He told me he went down to where the spare LEM was and watched the engineers cutting cardboard and taping things together to come up with a way the get Oxogen from the LEM to the Command Module. The thing with the LEM contract with NASA was, there were goals the LEM had to meet for extras payments. Incentive payments. But due to the accident, the LEM missed a bunch of the goals, like getting into Lunar orbit, landing etc. So by the contract no incentive payments. Also the LEM had a limited life span with regard to fuel and oxogen. Technically the LEM should have "died" way before it got to earth. Nasa wanted to reward Grumman for the outstanding performance of the LEM but there was nothing in the contract that allowed that. How this got resolved I do not know. But the astronauts cut out the nylon webbing in the LEM as a souvenir. Placks were made up with bits of the webbing and given to the LEM team as thank you from the Crew. Father was given one.
I visited NASA about a decade ago, and BY FAR the coolest thing was going in to that control center. They have it set Up almost exactly how it was in 1970. I’m not even really a big “space junkie” but I sat there for at least 30 minutes just mesmerized. If anyone gets a chance to visit NASA I can assure you seeing that room is well-worth it.
I agree. I saw it on a visit in 1977 with my parents, and then with my family a few years ago. Nothing will top Apollo as the pinnacle of human endeavors, maybe ever.
@@DrStrange1966 I live in San Antonio so it's just about 3 hours away from me. I have been there with my son several times. Mission control and the Saturn 5 rocket are my two favorite things there.
A lot of people think that the most victorious moment in the history of space exploration was the landing on the moon but it was really the safe return of these 3 men
My favorite Apollo was 8. Borman, Lovell, and Anders. First to travel to the moon and back on a mission that although it didn’t involve a landing, still took yards and yards of guts. Real American heroes these guys.
I’ve seen Apollo 13 at least 13 times, no pun intended. The thing is that while Apollo eleven is the most memorable of human endeavors, I question if heroism of Apollo 13 entire mission, is still more memorable...because the number of burdens, one after the other, they had to endure, the science, math and engineering and the perfect levels of accuracy put together in a rush , and yet be successful in bringing them back is so stunning that leaves me in awe. Apollo 11 lunar module was designed to land on the moon and so it did. Apollo 13 lunar module was designed to land on the moon, and landed on the pacific! Amazing!
Lunar module didnt land in the pacific, they lived in it for days to conserve power on the command module. The lunar module would never have been able to re-enter the earths atmosphere or even be piloted to target polint in the pacific. The used the command module to get back but it was at enormous risk; parachutes could have been frozen solid, the mechanics could have been frozen up, as it was in deep space with all power off for a few days. But it worked
Yes. Apollo 13's Commander, Jim Lovell, served as a consultant on the film. He also had a cameo as a Naval officer on board the carrier that plucked the returning astronauts from the sea after splashdown. ☺️👨🚀
@@apc4y Years ago when I first watched it, by then, I had read his book "Lost Moon" so many times I recognized his face in Apollo 13 by the photos in his book. 😂
I watched a documentary on the making of the movie. While they were running some of the CGI footage, one of the astronauts asked where they had gotten footage from that particular angle. I also found it interesting how good the CGI was when even the astronauts thought it was the real deal.
James Lovell played the Captain on the aircraft carrier in "Apollo 13". He shakes Tom Hanks' hand and says something to him. I've always wondered what the "real" James Lovell said to the actor. Every one of those brave astronauts, from Mercury to the Space Shuttle and even to Blue Origin and SpaceX...incredible.
The combined composure and rational mindset of those three crewmen was totally awesome. Complex exploratory missions of that magnitude require the development of a certain character found only in the emotionally most mature of men.
The fact that i have had a flat tire on my car that tore the fender off, which in turn caught the brake line leading to me having to use the emergency brake to stop it. Now the car is useless. These guys lost the entire side of their ship and limped on down the shoulder on the rim til they found a big enough mud puddle to stop in is absolutely insane. Every person involved is a true superhero. IMHO.
Speaking as one of the humans on Earth that watched it all occur , this is the first crisis that had all of humanity watching while it happened. I can safely say that every nation on Earth almost came to a stand still for 4 days. It was so consuming and riveting. It had the effect of briefly uniting us all in one group. Old enmities were forgotten, old vendettas were set aside while we watched 3 men fighting for their lives. It was a powerful time of emotion and frustrations. The assertion of how the public had lost interest in the space program is only half true. It was the Main Stream Media that stopped airing the space news that fostered our attitudes.
A lesson for all time as to how to handle a 'real' crisis. Great team effort and good leadership. That three 'cold,thirsty and hungry' crew who had barely slept for 4 days were able to successfully execute the plan of a team on the ground comprising of some who had barely slept for as many days, is very,very commendable and inspiring. Both Gene Kranz and Jim Lovell come across as sound leaders.Very impressive.Have flown MIGs myself and am currently a commercial pilot.Fatigue in aviation can have dangerous consequences, but here is an example of determined men overcoming all obstacles.Hats off !
Also, those in mission control were mostly very young but did excellent work. Everyone involved in getting Apollo 13 home are true American heroes imo.
To me , these men embodied true values of leadership and nerve. Krantz, a true legend, Lovell, nerves of steel. This is how we used to do things. Never quit, never give up, everyone coming together in good and bad times to support each other. How we have gone from that to where we are today is mind blowing. These were truly great men , who didn't back down ever and refused to ever admit defeat. Quit was not in their vocabulary and simply never entered their mind.
I always wanted to know about some of the younger engineers that came through with these near impossible computations. Some of which, maybe the senior people looked at after the fact and said “thank God we had that young person on our team.”
Ditlev Petersen True ditlev although it looks like I'm cheapening the great efforts of the moon land of 1969 (far from it ) it was a great achievement .But I all so think this was just a bigger achievement as the moon landing .For the reasons what can be done with cool heads both by pilots and ground crew (especially") the pilots under great deversity". Out of all the real people Tom hanks has played to me this is the most endearing .and that why I love watching the movie again and again .
When life is threatened, people are given an extra sense to put them in survival mode, where they do far more than what they ordinarily do when their lives are not threatened.
I was on 2 trips in the wilderness at ages 15 and 16 where people got hurt, and had to be evacuated. With good leadership even young untrained teens can remain calm and perform. My third trip had no evacs and poor leaders. It was awful.
I was 10 years old when this happened and I remember it being all over the news. I prayed to God to bring them home safely and they did. The actors in this movie were a close resemblance to the real men. The movie was true to what really happened. This really was NASA's finest accomplishment even if Apollo 13 never landed on the moon.
“If we don’t get back, you’re not going to get them developed.” Do you remember developing pictures? Do you remember photo hut? One hour film development?
"Seconds later, the men of Apollo XIII were fighting for their lives." Lovell, in a calm, almost bored-sounding voice: "Uh, Houston, we've had a problem." Of course, as pilots, especially test pilots, the astronauts had, of necessity, deeply ingrained the habit of maintaining iron self-control, even in a crisis, because to do anything else could and probably would prove fatal, but still... One has to admire the proverbial nerves of steel they all had.
@Darren O'Connor; so very true. A lesson which will remain timeless throughout history. We, as apeople should NEVER forget the courage and steely eyed self control exibited by not only the crew of Apollo 13, but of all Our NASA maned space flight HERO's as well.
Did Jim Lovell ever get his computer that can fit inside a single room and still hold millions of pieces of information? That was my favorite line that Tom Hanks said in the movie
I met Jim Lovell at a grand opening of a PCS Sprint store near West Oaks Mall in Houston back in 1998; he was kind enough to give me two autographs. Plus I'm FB friends with Fred Haise. Both are extraordinary gentlemen.
Incredible story! Deserved to be made into a movie! I felt the same emotions watching this as I did when watching the movie - Lovell, Haise, Swiggert and Kranz are all truly inspirational people!!
I wish I'd actually been able to HEAR more of what the astronauts were saying over the incessant music, but no, they have to make the music so loud it's almost impossible to understand what people in documentaries are saying. Drives me crazy!
Its unbelievable to watch these two teams working so precisely and so far way with so many difficulties. We see the passion for their duties and also the adimiration and respect for each other. This was a miracle!
I remember this...They are home safe!! I was only like 8 or 9 but I cried. My mother had met Jim Lovell when she admitted his mother to Bayshore in Houston Texas before his first flight on Apollo 13 in July of 1969 so we felt he was our own family.
For my money, yes the duck tape was critical, but actually having Lovell as commander, it was his fourth space flight. His calmness under pressure came to the fore.
People have commented on the fact that Jim Lovell didn't get another flight to go to the moon after apollo 13 and retired after the miraculous work done by Nasa to get them back. As we know, the flights after 13 were stopped with 17 being the last. Jim Lovell was the astronaut with the longest accumulated duration ever in space, if you remember, in the film he spoke about the very close shave he had when he lost track of the aircraft carrier he needed to find and related how a fault in his cockpit dials allowed him to see the trace in the ocean algae which he was able to follow to his ship. He went to the moon in apollo 8 , this after he had done other flights to help develop the hardware necessary to move on to the moon shots. Hen the 13 flight and all that went wrong there, He and his crew had to do plenty in a dead ship to get alignment right for re - entry with no computer to help his process. This was after the 1st speed gain burn and the carbon dioxide build up problem and the jury rig solution. How many close shaves can a man handle. This man was a genuine hero. A term too freely used in today's culture for deeds thatcare just a little bit special. Lovell had absolutely nothing to prove and was as well out of it. If I remember right, none of his crew ever flew in space again. The original member of the 13 crew who was dropped from the flight with suspected measles played a major part in sequencing the power up. He is owed a lot by all at Nasa. He basically saved the day. All hail Lovell.
It wasn't faulty wiring, it was caused 2 weeks before launch. By draining one of the tanks while on a practice run. However, the heater stayed on tearing through the rubber and eventually the wiring. After they took off, it was a ticking time bomb waiting to go off
Armstrong said later that just before the launch he coolly estimated the chances of making it back alive at about fifty-fifty. He was "fairly sure" they would reach the lunar surface, but whether they would get back to the orbiter and then back to earth was a different story. Gagarin, too, was well aware that his trip eight years earlier was a life-and-death gamble. these risks in space trips are mostly played down in public.
I know Arnstrong was as cool as a cucumber, but i think it was Jim Lovell who said that about Apollo 8. It was the first mission to go to the moon and lunar orbit and nobody knew what would happen on the far side. He estimated the risk of getting home at 50:50, saying that the risk was worth it to further space exploration and to further the preparation and readiness for the lunar landing mission of Apollo 11
@@paulinegallagher7821 Armstrong made the same estimate, I'm positive on that one - of course he and Lovell had many opportunities of talking about this in 1968-69, so there could be an influence. :)
@@paulinegallagher7821 I'm really looking forward to seeing men - and women - setting foot on the moon again in a couple of years from now. :) And the choice of name - Artemis, the twin sister of Apollo, feels so right.
I remember at school our English teacher explaining what was going on and each day the whole school would have a moment of silence, then our teacher would lead us into prayer. Imagine that prayer in school over the pa.
This was an absolutely great achievement by all involved. The resolve that “failure was not an option” epitomized the crew and MC. A lot of ingenuity went into the rescue effort and everyone is to be commended for a remarkably successful result. I had the fortune to meet Jim and Marilyn at an ASF event at KSC several years back. It was an absolute pleasure to talk with them.
No disrespect to Houston Control, but my uncle was the lead welding engineer for the LEM and he told me that the co2 scrubber work around was designed and built by a team of engineers from Grumman (LEM) and North American (CM) in a conference room at Grumman in Long Island. He showed me copies of thank you letters from NASA to the Grumman engineers. So major props to the Grumman and North American engineers as the the public perception is that mission control did it all.
Gene Kranz is a great speaker. He was the keynote speaker at one of our annual medical quality improvement conferences! His is a great team builder and leader!
Its irritating how reporter is obsessed with negative pessimistic emotions during the flight, whereas there are many interesting aspects to discuss - technical, medical, social etc.
"...negative pessimistic emotions..." get ratings. Every day technical aspects don't hold peoples' attention, unfortunately. I would be fascinated to hear those aspects but documentaries cater to the lowest common denominator: The short attention span viewer. :(
Genera Torium: If you have not seen it and want to see one of the best interviews ever conducted, watch the following- "SR-71 Pilot Interview Richard Graham Veteran Tales" by Erik Johnston here on YT. T-1:18:34. This (Blackbird Pilot) talks us through a typical mission from start to finish, giving some technical gems along the way. The interviewer sets a professional standard and very WISELY stays in the background, thus allowing this Air Force pilot to dominate the interview and share the nuggets of his unique experience.
By far the worst thing about him was his constant correcting of the heroes on apollo 13, telling THEM what they're actually saying. He's both asking a LOT of really shitty questions, then doesn't even let them speak.
They did with slide rules, pencils, paper, and sheer determination what was essentially an insurmountable set of circumstances. This is the story that sparked my interest in engineering, astronomy, and space travel. The thought of being up there... Absolutely nothing around you for endless miles, sans the tiny round rocks of our planetary neighborhood, in a crippled ship with so much against you... To open that hatch and breathe the air of the south Pacific... It sends shivers down my spine every time I think of it.
Ive seen many apollo 13 docu's and 1 of the key individuals involved in the apollo 13 mission was Ken Mattingly whom never got the measles deserves a mention because it was him using his engineering brain by finding the extra power the crew needed for re,entry so Ken mattingly deserves just as much credit as those at mission control as well as those on board the Aquarius. ..
I thought the interviewer was really bad, but what an amazing story and incredible teamwork. The astronauts and the flight director are awesome people, and so are all the guys that worked in the control room. And yes, always have duct tape, it can help :)
I was in the 7th grade when this happened. I remember that each day, we all said a prayer for the safe return of the astronauts. I believe that this was before so much controversy erupted over praying in public schools.
Hey, I was 13 years of age when this happening. I remember it too. My parents told me to pray for them so, I did but, I told them that I knew that they were gonna be okay because Apollo13, me being born on the 13th, I prayed and, my friend's father worked for NASA at that time so, we were all going to be lucky. I loved NASA then and, I love still love NASA today.
Of course, I have never experienced anything like this. But I was a Sailor on a Destroyer in my youth. There is a thing that happens when you hear "General Quarters, General Quarters, All hand man your battle stations." Your focus becomes laser sharp. Your mind turns off all bullshit. You do not sit around and think about negative shit. All of that disappears. You just do your job, step by step and you don't think about a damned thing else. You move with such a sense of urgency that your mind doesn't have time to go anywhere else. And it doesn't matter how long the drill lasts. You STAY in that place until it secures. You are just NOT thinking negative nor ancillary thoughts of any kind. So I understand what they all keep saying. I also understand why someone like Matt Lauer would not get it at first. But how many times do these men have to explain it to him before he catches on? I cannot count the number of times I said 'DUDE" after he asked, basically, the same damned question.
Yes when it is that much of an emergency you don't have time to do anything but deal. I was on a busy street in jerusalem when a bomb went off so close to me that i was pushed almost to the ground. Killed like 27 people. I turned around and saw the families watching the street performers all dead or missing a limb etc. Only thoughts, action and logic. In my case look hard if my friends there. No they are not run to where they are around the corner before the 2nd bomb goes off which it did with perfect timing to get the emergency services ppl who came to help. Girls i met up with around the corner are freaking out. Tell them stop stressing about calling anyone. Mobiles always go down after as too many trying. Get us all to a hotel immedietly. Not saying i did anything heroic or my choices were amazing. Just the fact that there was no time to freak out, ve emotional or scared. Was just thinking quickly, using logic and acting.
I went to see the controls room and it was breath taking!! I still remember the fact the tour guide said that shocked me: the technology in our phones is far more complex than all of those computers put together! We could launch a space ship with our phones! Edit: I wrote this before I had finished the video, the guy kind of said it already 😂🤦♀️
Well, one bit of dramatic license the movie took was turning Haise against Swigert because since Jack was the last-minute replacement for Ken Mattingly, Haise felt that somehow when Jack stirred the tanks, he had done something wrong. Nothing could be further from the truth--Swigert was an expert in the spacecraft systems and he had not done anything wrong.
Gene Krantz? A LEGEND and my all time favorite flight director! Nerves of steel, ultra-cool. Guess, it was all due to a new vest his wife sewed, for every single mission he was on the watch. ❤️
Without doubt thee single greatest moment of human improvisation in history, what these 3 astronauts must of been thinking for those 15 odd minutes immediately after the explosion and jim lovell discovering vapor escaping out into the dark vacuum of space while drifting closer and closer to the moon at 2,000 mph must of been terrifying despite what they say now. The ingenuity and determination to get these guys back despite all the difficulties is an inspiration to us all, even today. Final thought, I can't but mention the columba shuttle disaster of 2003, I wonder if that generation of people where at the helm on this occasion would there have been a better outcome? I wonder.
Knowing what I know about astronauts, I don't think they were ever terrified. They probably felt a degree of unease once they understood their predicament, but after that their practical thinking would have kicked into gear and from that point on it would simply be a matter of figuring out the problems and working them. Jim Lovell was once asked if the crew had panicked. He laughed and said, "If we had, it wouldn't have done us much good. We would have bounced around the cabin for a few minutes and then we'd be right back where we were. So, no, we didn't panic." 🙂
Okay I appreciate the praise to the absolute legends aboard the Apollo 13 but don’t disrespect the tragically lost challenger crew they were just as amazing of human beings likely and we suffer from their lose
Gene Kranz wrote a book titled "Failure is not an Option." He writes very well for an engineer and is my hero of spaceflight. Talk about putting the best people in the right positions! This is a fine documentary - it popped up for another viewing recently.
I feel bad for lovel went to the moon twice and didnt land I feel he should have gotten a later mission like 15 16 or 17 or a shuttle flight like john Glenn
“ I was faced with a problem, so if I bounced off the wall for 10 minutes I would still be right back where the problem was.” Interesting
His quote from apollo 13 movie
Obviously, I would never make it as an astronaut or a controller. Every time I watch live footage of 13 I tear up
@@robertschmidt7879 practice formulas, train your brain, you can do anything If you set your mind to it, patience.
Definition of insanity if he would of done that
@@michealnyers184and where do you think that came from bud?
Watching this in memory of my father who died last Sunday. He was involved in the Apollo program in the U.K. We watched the Apollo re entry on live link. We had spent the previous three days praying harder for those astronauts than I've ever prayed before or since. Mission Control was deathly quiet during re entry as was my father's UK office. Those few minutes dragged. It was so tense and then the joy of hearing Peter Lovell's voice again! Mission Control and my father's office went crazy with relief and happiness.I will never forget it.
Thanks to your dad and to your family. May be be in glory. Respect from the colonies.
❤️. Sorry for your loss. Sounds like he was a great man
every man dies, Some men never truly live
As a teen i remember having this awful tightness throughout my body as if i was with them. I think what those astronauts did by getting home safe was every bit hard or harder than going and landing on the moon.
@Mark Berenger (face palm)🤦
The real hero is the one who thought to bring along a roll of duct tape.
Steve K I that’s we’re got the phrase“Just use duct tape”.
Steve K Hope Artimis program will have ducktape
Jamie and Adam of Mythbusters, did indeed build a life boat out of it..
@@windwhipped5 haha i was thinking the same thing! I wonder why they were so fascinated with duct tape
It's can fix just about anything, except stupidity ....but it can muffle the sound though of it
I remember watching the splashdown at school, where the whole school were assembled. Everyone was cheering and clapping when it splashed down, and when the first astronaut emerged from the capsule. What a memory I have of that occasion.
Gene Kranz was an absolute pit bull when it came to not giving up and leading his people. Huge respect for that man.
JokersWild45 I read that Kranz could be really feisty at times, especially during Apollo 13.
"Not on my watch!"
Gene is one of my favorites! Dude had fire in his heart & ice in his veins when he was in the control room.
Gene Kranz has long been one of my heroes and an utterly inspirational role model.
Failure is not an option!
Eugene Krantz graduated from my high school. He came to career day, I think '77, and spoke to our student body. You could hear a pin drop. I had Sr. Caroline for chemistry, HIS chemistry teacher. She was beaming that day, and believe me she never "beamed", lol. Amazing man, amazing story. Thank you, sir.
Krant was amazing. The King of COOL...literally.
I'm failing Physics in high school and sometimes I just look up at the night sky and realize even though how much I'm struggling with that subject, I still love what comes out of it.
Please don’t stress. I failed physics too but I still got to university and I’m still alive. Keep looking at the sky. Stu X
So, did you pass physics?
@@robbarnes9047 yes but barely lol. Didn’t pursue physics and eventually stopped pursuing science but I’m always watching videos and gaining information that interests me👍🏾
Much more important to appreciate the beauty of the night sky than to understand physics!
My two worst fears are being lost at sea and being lost in space. What an incredible story.
My worst fear is to one day look down and not be able to see my dick because my gut got to big & fat.
Seems kind of silly just don't go to space or on a cruise .
*@Aaron Kalat* __ "two worst fears" ....that will most likely never happen..... There's nothing to fear but fear itself....
I sometimes fear growing old, becoming invalid and dependable , which at least is inevitable for most people...
My two biggest fears are: Hillary Clinton as president and liberals filling the majority slots on the Supreme Court. Thank you President Trump for delivering us from disaster. MAGA!
Brandon Savitski I’m already there and it’s as scary as you imagined.
As someone who struggled with physics all the way through highschool to alevels, it amazes me that the engineers were able to calculate accurately what was needed to bring them home with limited computing tools at that time... Major hats off!
It impresses me they wrote everything out with pen and paper
The most advanced processing hardware known to man still remains the human brain ;)
Yeah. A smartphone is more powerful than the computer tools available to them.
@@dars5229 When that child is born, there's nothing in the universe that we know of, that is more powerful than that baby's mind ....At that moment‼️®™️
Tell that to my wife
RIP and long live Jack Swigert (August 30, 1931 - December 27, 1982), aged 51
You will always be remembered as a legend.
Im now 65, and remember this happening like it was yesterday, everybody was on the edge of their seat praying that they would get back to earth. When they did, it was like the Whole World just won the Super Bowl. Truly amazing.
I was overseas with the military at the time and didn't have time for television.
Strange, I barely even remember it at all. The consensus of most in the know seems to be that the danger was greatly exaggerated for dramatic purposes.
@@gweilospur5877 sure .... Going to space and having an unwanted explosion on your craft and having to re enter Earth's atmosphere is not dangerous at all
@@randallrutherford1384 Did I say it was not dangerous at all? Funny, I don’t remember that.
@@robinstewart6510 Clearly you are a much better person then everyone involved in this and all of us then, not having time for such frivolous things.
"You only worry about things you can do something about"
People should take this for life
Nope, then the general population would realize how pointless politics are
That is so true!!
@@actshinn1228 maybe it’s only applicable to those people who wanted to do individualism
And the rest to God.
Hi
Gene Kranz has been my mentor since I was a little boy!!! Never met him!!!! I'm 63 and still have a massive amount of RESPECT for Gene Kranz!!! GOD Bless him!!!
Of all the movies I watched as a kid, this story was always the one that stood out and stuck with me. When the going gets tough I think about how these guys were hundreds of thousands of miles away and faced a life or death crisis and had to rely on their ingenuity and resourcefulness to rethink how they could use the materials around them to survive. No fear, no whining, no woe is me attitude. They put their noses down and got to work. An amazing human moment we can all look up to.
I had the immense pleasure of listening to Mr. Lovell give a speech on this (and other things) while a student at Purdue University. Must have been around 1983, I guess. After the speech, he was in the lobby of the building talking to folks. I found myself standing no more than 5 feet from him. At one point...our eyes locked for the briefest of moments. I could not muster the courage to extend my had to shake his. One of the biggest regrets of my life.
I am an aeronautical engineer....going on 37 years now. And it is my considered opinion that this event was the greatest engineering feat....EVER. I have been in control rooms, in conduct of flight tests, not unlike seen here (although....on a much lesser scale) --- and significant decisions are made frequently that impact the safety and lives of the aircraft crew, but....no...nothing like this. I can't even begin to imagine being one of those engineers dealing with this. At the end of all that...they must have just shaken their heads and said: Wow!.
Measure the temperature of MOONLIGHT vs the temp of moon shade and you will know if any of this is true.
Use an infrared thermometer. Knowledge is power and truth is unstoppable.
Humanity is a relatively young species. The fact that we managed to put one of us on another lump of rock in space is nothing short of a miracle
Didn’t happen
Never happened
shhh. don't tell the conspiracy theorists that. shit they don't think we even went...not only that some of these pea brains think the earth is flat....smh..
@@justinrolko9313 apparently neither did you being born with a brain.
@@123toysoldier lol u think people know how earth formed 5 billion years ago? Ur stupid then
Jim Lovell came and spoke publicly to the Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, (Aramco) community in about 1979 or '80, when I was about 7 or 8 years old. I remember his talk vividly. He went through all of the details of the problems of the flight as well as the overcoming of each one -- from the initial explosion in the spacecraft to the typhoon in the Pacific near the splashdown location. This was NASA's greatest moment, regardless of what many of you seem to think of Matt Lauer.
The recovery of these men from a catastrophic condition has got to be one of the major accomplishments of science and man.
@Larry Smith; you are absolutely correct. As Gene Kranz said in the movie, played masterfully by actor Ed Harris, when someone mentioned the horror and the damage to NASA's reputation if the recovery of Apollo 13 was not successful, Mr. Kranz said "I believe this will be Our finest hour." Too bad so many of this generation do not know of what America can and will do in an ultimate crisis situation. As a country, I fear that we Americans may well and truly be too soft and psychologically "squishy" in Our current times. I am so very sad if that becomes Our legacy.
The malfunction was actually much worse than portrayed in the movie, it was toned down because it would have been considered unrealistic. Even then, the test audience said the ending was unrealistic even though it was based on real events.
If event never happened and someone came up with that script, would be rejected as totally unrealistic. Reality sometimes better than fiction.
@@stephencourton3328 alot of people have said the same about 9/11. A group of 19 people successfully highjacking 4 airplanes, not being tracked, not being intercepted by military jets, and 3 of them crashing into their targets (especially the Pentagon) and the passengers fighting back on the last one would be implausible, unrealistic, and ridiculous both for the writers and audience.
@@ChrisHodges87 Oxygen is flammable, not explosive, big difference
@@amehak1922 I asked ChatGPT if a cylinder of pure oxygen would explode if a spark plug fired inside it: " The most critical factor is the presence of flammable materials. Pure oxygen itself doesn’t explode; it’s the fuel that causes an explosion."
@@amehak1922 actually oxygen is not even flammable !
The control room full of cigarette, cigar smoke, and smell of burned coffee. The good old days.
Today you have an LGBT flag and group hugs with free dope.
A story I would believe.
Yeah great, half of them including Swaggart died of cancer.
Good old days of disgusting lungs
@@ASLUHLUHC3 ok zoomer
Seeing Jim Lovell at 82 years old. He's still alive at 94
Correct sir
Yup. His wife died in July 2023.
@@joyceanthony-huff2914that's devastating
The bravery and calmness of astronauts under pressure is awesome. Great doco, very inspiring
WhispersofAl They have the " right stuff ".
They should've been nominated for Oscars.
doco is too stupid to be funny ...
Test pilots are a different breed
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As a then nine year old in Liverpool U.K. I remember this so well, I kept a daily scrapbook of cuttings, all info I could find and finally the relief when they came back safely. Watching this puts my heart straight back in my mouth, Stuart X
Advice for when interviewing Gene Krantz: Never offer suggestions, never try to speak when he's speaking, never put words in his mouth or try to reiterate in your own words what he just said, never ever question his decisions. Gene was the right man at the right time for that job.
@Blue Skies He has never been in the marine corps tho
@Blue Skies he was an airforce officer
I'd see some of those hoaxnuts with Krantz.
@Jack Casey Thanks for correcting me, ass. You are correct, I added one extra letter by mistake. The good news is that everyone else on here knew who I was talking about. I was wrong in the spelling of his last name. Again, in order to enhance and confirm your labeling of me as stupid, let me emphasize that I was wrong and you were right.
@Jack Casey Not going to entertain your shenanigans any more. Based on the content on your channel (or complete lack thereof), your primary mission is to troll others and make yourself look like an ass in the process. Good day.
I appreciate duct tape so much more now.
Wonder if they had the good stuff or dollar store duct tape....
yeah they should of stuck it over matt lauer mouth
If you can't fix it with duct tape, then you're not using enough duct tape.
Duct tape's finest hour.
The handyman’s secret weapon
It's crazy how Jim Lovell had such a flawless Apollo 8 mission and then a goat rodeo of an Apollo 13
My late father was a contract negotiator for Grumman Aircraft on the Lunar Module Program. He knew every part of the LEM. He told me he went down to where the spare LEM was and watched the engineers cutting cardboard and taping things together to come up with a way the get Oxogen from the LEM to the Command Module.
The thing with the LEM contract with NASA was, there were goals the LEM had to meet for extras payments. Incentive payments. But due to the accident, the LEM missed a bunch of the goals, like getting into Lunar orbit, landing etc. So by the contract no incentive payments. Also the LEM had a limited life span with regard to fuel and oxogen. Technically the LEM should have "died" way before it got to earth. Nasa wanted to reward Grumman for the outstanding performance of the LEM but there was nothing in the contract that allowed that. How this got resolved I do not know. But the astronauts cut out the nylon webbing in the LEM as a souvenir. Placks were made up with bits of the webbing and given to the LEM team as thank you from the Crew. Father was given one.
Awesome post.
Lol the LEM be like a wide receiver in THE NFL not getting enough catches for bonus.
I visited NASA about a decade ago, and BY FAR the coolest thing was going in to that control center. They have it set Up almost exactly how it was in 1970. I’m not even really a big “space junkie” but I sat there for at least 30 minutes just mesmerized. If anyone gets a chance to visit NASA I can assure you seeing that room is well-worth it.
I agree. I saw it on a visit in 1977 with my parents, and then with my family a few years ago. Nothing will top Apollo as the pinnacle of human endeavors, maybe ever.
Could you still smell the cigarettes?
@@DrStrange1966 I live in San Antonio so it's just about 3 hours away from me. I have been there with my son several times. Mission control and the Saturn 5 rocket are my two favorite things there.
I visited it about 10 yrs ago. Definitely felt the vibes...glad it's been preserved.
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A lot of people think that the most victorious moment in the history of space exploration was the landing on the moon but it was really the safe return of these 3 men
My favorite Apollo was 8. Borman, Lovell, and Anders. First to travel to the moon and back on a mission that although it didn’t involve a landing, still took yards and yards of guts. Real American heroes these guys.
I’ve seen Apollo 13 at least 13 times, no pun intended. The thing is that while Apollo eleven is the most memorable of human endeavors, I question if heroism of Apollo 13 entire mission, is still more memorable...because the number of burdens, one after the other, they had to endure, the science, math and engineering and the perfect levels of accuracy put together in a rush , and yet be successful in bringing them back is so stunning that leaves me in awe. Apollo 11 lunar module was designed to land on the moon and so it did. Apollo 13 lunar module was designed to land on the moon, and landed on the pacific! Amazing!
Lunar module didnt land in the pacific, they lived in it for days to conserve power on the command module. The lunar module would never have been able to re-enter the earths atmosphere or even be piloted to target polint in the pacific. The used the command module to get back but it was at enormous risk; parachutes could have been frozen solid, the mechanics could have been frozen up, as it was in deep space with all power off for a few days. But it worked
Waiting to hear from the astronauts to come out of blackout still gives me goosebumps!
So the movie,, by Ron Howard, was pretty accurate.
Yes. Apollo 13's Commander, Jim Lovell, served as a consultant on the film. He also had a cameo as a Naval officer on board the carrier that plucked the returning astronauts from the sea after splashdown. ☺️👨🚀
I’d say pretty damn close. Great film
@@winterwolf1983 I just went back and checked as even though I’ve watched the film many times I had no idea. That’s some spot on your part.
@@apc4y Years ago when I first watched it, by then, I had read his book "Lost Moon" so many times I recognized his face in Apollo 13 by the photos in his book. 😂
I watched a documentary on the making of the movie. While they were running some of the CGI footage, one of the astronauts asked where they had gotten footage from that particular angle. I also found it interesting how good the CGI was when even the astronauts thought it was the real deal.
James Lovell played the Captain on the aircraft carrier in "Apollo 13". He shakes Tom Hanks' hand and says something to him. I've always wondered what the "real" James Lovell said to the actor.
Every one of those brave astronauts, from Mercury to the Space Shuttle and even to Blue Origin and SpaceX...incredible.
His wife Marilyn also had cameo in launching scene along with actresses who played her and Fred Haise wife.
I wanted to ask Tom Hanks that 2 years ago when he was in the town I live in for a play he wrote. Unfortunately and obviously I didn't
The combined composure and rational mindset of those three crewmen was totally awesome. Complex exploratory missions of that magnitude require the development of a certain character found only in the emotionally most mature of men.
The fact that i have had a flat tire on my car that tore the fender off, which in turn caught the brake line leading to me having to use the emergency brake to stop it. Now the car is useless. These guys lost the entire side of their ship and limped on down the shoulder on the rim til they found a big enough mud puddle to stop in is absolutely insane. Every person involved is a true superhero. IMHO.
Speaking as one of the humans on Earth that watched it all occur , this is the first crisis that had all of humanity watching while it happened. I can safely say that every nation on Earth almost came to a stand still for 4 days. It was so consuming and riveting. It had the effect of briefly uniting us all in one group. Old enmities were forgotten, old vendettas were set aside while we watched 3 men fighting for their lives. It was a powerful time of emotion and frustrations. The assertion of how the public had lost interest in the space program is only half true. It was the Main Stream Media that stopped airing the space news that fostered our attitudes.
A very nice comment !
A lesson for all time as to how to handle a 'real' crisis. Great team effort and good leadership. That three 'cold,thirsty and hungry' crew who had barely slept for 4 days were able to successfully execute the plan of a team on the ground comprising of some who had barely slept for as many days, is very,very commendable and inspiring. Both Gene Kranz and Jim Lovell come across as sound leaders.Very impressive.Have flown MIGs myself and am currently a commercial pilot.Fatigue in aviation can have dangerous consequences, but here is an example of determined men overcoming all obstacles.Hats off !
Also, those in mission control were mostly very young but did excellent work. Everyone involved in getting Apollo 13 home are true American heroes imo.
To me , these men embodied true values of leadership and nerve. Krantz, a true legend, Lovell, nerves of steel. This is how we used to do things. Never quit, never give up, everyone coming together in good and bad times to support each other. How we have gone from that to where we are today is mind blowing. These were truly great men , who didn't back down ever and refused to ever admit defeat. Quit was not in their vocabulary and simply never entered their mind.
I always wanted to know about some of the younger engineers that came through with these near impossible computations. Some of which, maybe the senior people looked at after the fact and said “thank God we had that young person on our team.”
NASAs finest achievement was getting those men back.
I agree
Ditlev Petersen True ditlev although it looks like I'm cheapening the great efforts of the moon land of 1969 (far from it ) it was a great achievement .But I all so think this was just a bigger achievement as the moon landing .For the reasons what can be done with cool heads both by pilots and ground crew (especially") the pilots under great deversity". Out of all the real people Tom hanks has played to me this is the most endearing .and that why I love watching the movie again and again .
I would have to disagree with you. The Voyager missions are NASA'S finest achievements.
As flight director Gene Krantz said in so many words right before re-entry, it was their finest hour.
oh really? was it?
When life is threatened, people are given an extra sense to put them in survival mode, where they do far more than what they ordinarily do when their lives are not threatened.
I was on 2 trips in the wilderness at ages 15 and 16 where people got hurt, and had to be evacuated. With good leadership even young untrained teens can remain calm and perform. My third trip had no evacs and poor leaders. It was awful.
Adrenaline is hell of a thing
I was 10 years old when this happened and I remember it being all over the news. I prayed to God to bring them home safely and they did. The actors in this movie were a close resemblance to the real men. The movie was true to what really happened. This really was NASA's finest accomplishment even if Apollo 13 never landed on the moon.
There were so many prayers from around the world back then. A better time
“If we don’t get back, you’re not going to get them developed.”
Do you remember developing pictures?
Do you remember photo hut?
One hour film development?
"Seconds later, the men of Apollo XIII were fighting for their lives."
Lovell, in a calm, almost bored-sounding voice: "Uh, Houston, we've had a problem."
Of course, as pilots, especially test pilots, the astronauts had, of necessity, deeply ingrained the habit of maintaining iron self-control, even in a crisis, because to do anything else could and probably would prove fatal, but still... One has to admire the proverbial nerves of steel they all had.
@Darren O'Connor; so very true. A lesson which will remain timeless throughout history. We, as apeople should NEVER forget the courage and steely eyed self control exibited by not only the crew of Apollo 13, but of all Our NASA maned space flight HERO's as well.
Did Jim Lovell ever get his computer that can fit inside a single room and still hold millions of pieces of information? That was my favorite line that Tom Hanks said in the movie
I met Jim Lovell at a grand opening of a PCS Sprint store near West Oaks Mall in Houston back in 1998; he was kind enough to give me two autographs. Plus I'm FB friends with Fred Haise. Both are extraordinary gentlemen.
David Montgomery + So?
He just wanted to let us know he was friends with 2 actors that were never nominated for any awards.
@@kdmigloo Hey everyone, the low IQ person on the Internet showed up to troll.
Extraordinary liars too!
@@suekennedy8917 oh no
Incredible story! Deserved to be made into a movie! I felt the same emotions watching this as I did when watching the movie - Lovell, Haise, Swiggert and Kranz are all truly inspirational people!!
People always forget Thomas Ken Mattingly he played a pivotal role in providing the extra amps needed for the Aquarius..
I wish I'd actually been able to HEAR more of what the astronauts were saying over the incessant music, but no, they have to make the music so loud it's almost impossible to understand what people in documentaries are saying. Drives me crazy!
Its unbelievable to watch these two teams working so precisely and so far way with so many difficulties. We see the passion for their duties and also the adimiration and respect for each other. This was a miracle!
It was better than a miracle. This was Man at his finest.
I remember this...They are home safe!! I was only like 8 or 9 but I cried. My mother had met Jim Lovell when she admitted his mother to Bayshore in Houston Texas before his first flight on Apollo 13 in July of 1969 so we felt he was our own family.
This has to be the BEST documentary of Apollo 13 (there's a lot of them) that I've ever seen.
For my money, yes the duck tape was critical, but actually having Lovell as commander, it was his fourth space flight. His calmness under pressure came to the fore.
People have commented on the fact that Jim Lovell didn't get another flight to go to the moon after apollo 13 and retired after the miraculous work done by Nasa to get them back. As we know, the flights after 13 were stopped with 17 being the last. Jim Lovell was the astronaut with the longest accumulated duration ever in space, if you remember, in the film he spoke about the very close shave he had when he lost track of the aircraft carrier he needed to find and related how a fault in his cockpit dials allowed him to see the trace in the ocean algae which he was able to follow to his ship. He went to the moon in apollo 8 , this after he had done other flights to help develop the hardware necessary to move on to the moon shots. Hen the 13 flight and all that went wrong there, He and his crew had to do plenty in a dead ship to get alignment right for re - entry with no computer to help his process. This was after the 1st speed gain burn and the carbon dioxide build up problem and the jury rig solution. How many close shaves can a man handle. This man was a genuine hero. A term too freely used in today's culture for deeds thatcare just a little bit special. Lovell had absolutely nothing to prove and was as well out of it. If I remember right, none of his crew ever flew in space again. The original member of the 13 crew who was dropped from the flight with suspected measles played a major part in sequencing the power up. He is owed a lot by all at Nasa. He basically saved the day. All hail Lovell.
It wasn't faulty wiring, it was caused 2 weeks before launch. By draining one of the tanks while on a practice run. However, the heater stayed on tearing through the rubber and eventually the wiring. After they took off, it was a ticking time bomb waiting to go off
These are real warriors: the apollo 13 crew,mission control .
Wow..bravest folks right here..
Armstrong said later that just before the launch he coolly estimated the chances of making it back alive at about fifty-fifty. He was "fairly sure" they would reach the lunar surface, but whether they would get back to the orbiter and then back to earth was a different story. Gagarin, too, was well aware that his trip eight years earlier was a life-and-death gamble. these risks in space trips are mostly played down in public.
I know Arnstrong was as cool as a cucumber, but i think it was Jim Lovell who said that about Apollo 8. It was the first mission to go to the moon and lunar orbit and nobody knew what would happen on the far side. He estimated the risk of getting home at 50:50, saying that the risk was worth it to further space exploration and to further the preparation and readiness for the lunar landing mission of Apollo 11
@@paulinegallagher7821 Armstrong made the same estimate, I'm positive on that one - of course he and Lovell had many opportunities of talking about this in 1968-69, so there could be an influence. :)
@@louise_rose I looked it up and youre of course correct :)
@@paulinegallagher7821 I'm really looking forward to seeing men - and women - setting foot on the moon again in a couple of years from now. :) And the choice of name - Artemis, the twin sister of Apollo, feels so right.
@@louise_rose Very fitting. And then all the deniers will see the flags and everything else left there by Apollos 11-17
I remember at school our English teacher explaining what was going on and each day the whole school would have a moment of silence, then our teacher would lead us into prayer. Imagine that prayer in school over the pa.
Jim Lowell's just an amazing personality. I'd love if the interviewer didn't interrupt him every other minute.
I hate how the interviewer is constantly "feeding" them answers. Let them speak! Don't ask them "yes, exactly" questions. It's so annoying.
Pitiful to think a so-called interviewer doesn't know to ask open ended questions. Journalism 101...
It's America they want to be "famous" as well.
This was an absolutely great achievement by all involved. The resolve that “failure was not an option” epitomized the crew and MC. A lot of ingenuity went into the rescue effort and everyone is to be commended for a remarkably successful result. I had the fortune to meet Jim and Marilyn at an ASF event at KSC several years back. It was an absolute pleasure to talk with them.
Gene Krantz, the PRIDE of Central Catholic High School, TOLEDO !!!! His book is awesome !
No disrespect to Houston Control, but my uncle was the lead welding engineer for the LEM and he told me that the co2 scrubber work around was designed and built by a team of engineers from Grumman (LEM) and North American (CM) in a conference room at Grumman in Long Island. He showed me copies of thank you letters from NASA to the Grumman engineers. So major props to the Grumman and North American engineers as the the public perception is that mission control did it all.
You know the people from Grumman and North American were part of mission control, right?
Such a testament to the human will to survive, no matter the odds. Apollo 13 has always been one of my most favorite stories.
Gene Kranz is a great speaker. He was the keynote speaker at one of our annual medical quality improvement conferences! His is a great team builder and leader!
Its irritating how reporter is obsessed with negative pessimistic emotions during the flight, whereas there are many interesting aspects to discuss - technical, medical, social etc.
That's why he's only a journalist - while the other guys are astronauts
"...negative pessimistic emotions..." get ratings. Every day technical aspects don't hold peoples' attention, unfortunately. I would be fascinated to hear those aspects but documentaries cater to the lowest common denominator: The short attention span viewer. :(
Genera Torium: If you have not seen it and want to see one of the best interviews ever conducted, watch the following- "SR-71 Pilot Interview Richard Graham Veteran Tales" by Erik Johnston here on YT. T-1:18:34. This (Blackbird Pilot) talks us through a typical mission from start to finish, giving some technical gems along the way. The interviewer sets a professional standard and very WISELY stays in the background, thus allowing this Air Force pilot to dominate the interview and share the nuggets of his unique experience.
Well said.
"Did you ever think how you would tell the kids?"
Like dude, whats wrong with you?
By far the worst thing about him was his constant correcting of the heroes on apollo 13, telling THEM what they're actually saying. He's both asking a LOT of really shitty questions, then doesn't even let them speak.
They did with slide rules, pencils, paper, and sheer determination what was essentially an insurmountable set of circumstances. This is the story that sparked my interest in engineering, astronomy, and space travel.
The thought of being up there... Absolutely nothing around you for endless miles, sans the tiny round rocks of our planetary neighborhood, in a crippled ship with so much against you... To open that hatch and breathe the air of the south Pacific... It sends shivers down my spine every time I think of it.
Cool, calm, focused and determined to succeed. Exceptionalism at its finest. All working to bring the crew home.
Ive seen many apollo 13 docu's and 1 of the key individuals involved in the apollo 13 mission was Ken Mattingly whom never got the measles deserves a mention because it was him using his engineering brain by finding the extra power the crew needed for re,entry so Ken mattingly deserves just as much credit as those at mission control as well as those on board the Aquarius. ..
He said thar in the movie, he got too much credit, and that much more should have been given to Glynn Lunney
NBC should've fired Matt Wower right after this interview. He is the worst interviewer. Just shut up and let them tell their story.
he was a hero
Well he is a WOWER after all
The media always seems to think we want to hear them. We want to hear who they are interviewing.
I thought the interviewer was really bad, but what an amazing story and incredible teamwork. The astronauts and the flight director are awesome people, and so are all the guys that worked in the control room. And yes, always have duct tape, it can help :)
I was in the 7th grade when this happened. I remember that each day, we all said a prayer for the safe return of the astronauts. I believe that this was before so much controversy erupted over praying in public schools.
Wow! So calm in the face of chaos...The guts from these men..this is real courage..just amazing ...am speechless
Ditto!
And they did the math calculations with a slide rule
Practice makes perfect and these men knew what they had to do, finding solutions to problems is their specialty
Hey, I was 13 years of age when this happening. I remember it too. My parents told me to pray for them so, I did but, I told them that I knew that they were gonna be okay because Apollo13, me being born on the 13th, I prayed and, my friend's father worked for NASA at that time so, we were all going to be lucky. I loved NASA then and, I love still love NASA today.
Of course, I have never experienced anything like this. But I was a Sailor on a Destroyer in my youth. There is a thing that happens when you hear "General Quarters, General Quarters, All hand man your battle stations." Your focus becomes laser sharp. Your mind turns off all bullshit. You do not sit around and think about negative shit. All of that disappears. You just do your job, step by step and you don't think about a damned thing else. You move with such a sense of urgency that your mind doesn't have time to go anywhere else. And it doesn't matter how long the drill lasts. You STAY in that place until it secures. You are just NOT thinking negative nor ancillary thoughts of any kind.
So I understand what they all keep saying. I also understand why someone like Matt Lauer would not get it at first. But how many times do these men have to explain it to him before he catches on? I cannot count the number of times I said 'DUDE" after he asked, basically, the same damned question.
Yes when it is that much of an emergency you don't have time to do anything but deal. I was on a busy street in jerusalem when a bomb went off so close to me that i was pushed almost to the ground. Killed like 27 people. I turned around and saw the families watching the street performers all dead or missing a limb etc. Only thoughts, action and logic. In my case look hard if my friends there. No they are not run to where they are around the corner before the 2nd bomb goes off which it did with perfect timing to get the emergency services ppl who came to help. Girls i met up with around the corner are freaking out. Tell them stop stressing about calling anyone. Mobiles always go down after as too many trying. Get us all to a hotel immedietly.
Not saying i did anything heroic or my choices were amazing. Just the fact that there was no time to freak out, ve emotional or scared. Was just thinking quickly, using logic and acting.
I went to see the controls room and it was breath taking!! I still remember the fact the tour guide said that shocked me: the technology in our phones is far more complex than all of those computers put together! We could launch a space ship with our phones!
Edit: I wrote this before I had finished the video, the guy kind of said it already 😂🤦♀️
Amazing how accurate the movie was... even down to minute detail.
Well, one bit of dramatic license the movie took was turning Haise against Swigert because since Jack was the last-minute replacement for Ken Mattingly, Haise felt that somehow when Jack stirred the tanks, he had done something wrong. Nothing could be further from the truth--Swigert was an expert in the spacecraft systems and he had not done anything wrong.
@@jpsned But how do you actually know?
@@624radicalham Jim Lovell said as much when people asked him about it.
So glad we never have to endure another Matt Lauer interview.
@Jack Casey .. LoL. You getting all butt hurt over indifference to Matt.
@Jack Casey .. Why you still at this? .... is it really that important to you? Man, go outside or something.
@@avolite719 sounds like its really bothering you lol
I have the book failure is not an option, written by Jean Krantz. It is a fantastic read and I could not put it down until I read the last page.
"In our line of business, you only worry about those things you can do something about"
I'm 75 and remember not being too concerned about this. Despite losing 3 astronauts in the Apollo 1 fire several years earlier, I had faith in NASA.
Met Jim several years ago in Colorado.. Didn't want to talk about it at all. But nice guy!
Science, engineering, and space has taken my heart, I love this stuff so much. Thank you for the upload, this is so very inspiring. 🙏🏼
Gene Krantz? A LEGEND and my all time favorite flight director! Nerves of steel, ultra-cool. Guess, it was all due to a new vest his wife sewed, for every single mission he was on the watch. ❤️
Matt Lauer is facing men of true honor and character. No wonder he's so bewildered.
Gene Kranz and the whole mission control team performed superbly during this crisis. Brilliant men. NASA's greatest achievement.
Never loose hope till last breath. And only worry about things that you can do something about it. My life moto now.
For someone who watched this multiple times, the unthinkable miracle that can happen
It would be a public service if you could edit out the Matt Lauer parts.
Deal with it, bro. He was a good journalist.
@@MrGrace lol, you're hilarious.
What's wrong with Matt?
He did a lot of good stories
His reporting is awful, skip all these bullshit emotional questions, I want facts.
@@andrewnagy9174
Couldn't agree more.
His style of interviewing is so annoying.
These men were incredible Astronauts! Praise God for giving them the knowledge and skills.💙💙💙🙏🙏🙏
Gene Kranz is one of a kind. True hero.
I still get a shiver down the spine watching 3 dead men brought back to life. Sheer genius in how they got it back. Very brave men.
you will only get shiver down if it would've happened in REAL
@@rathishvr lmao get real
@Leroy Brown what’s it like being one of the few people on the planet that just don’t get it.
@Leroy Brown I don’t think you could cope with knowing. You just stay in your own little world and continue being that sad little loner you’ve become.
@@rathishvr Nothing gets past you!
The feat of saving Apollo 13 is more remarkable than Apollo 11
Without doubt thee single greatest moment of human improvisation in history, what these 3 astronauts must of been thinking for those 15 odd minutes immediately after the explosion and jim lovell discovering vapor escaping out into the dark vacuum of space while drifting closer and closer to the moon at 2,000 mph must of been terrifying despite what they say now. The ingenuity and determination to get these guys back despite all the difficulties is an inspiration to us all, even today. Final thought, I can't but mention the columba shuttle disaster of 2003, I wonder if that generation of people where at the helm on this occasion would there have been a better outcome? I wonder.
Knowing what I know about astronauts, I don't think they were ever terrified. They probably felt a degree of unease once they understood their predicament, but after that their practical thinking would have kicked into gear and from that point on it would simply be a matter of figuring out the problems and working them. Jim Lovell was once asked if the crew had panicked. He laughed and said, "If we had, it wouldn't have done us much good. We would have bounced around the cabin for a few minutes and then we'd be right back where we were. So, no, we didn't panic." 🙂
Okay I appreciate the praise to the absolute legends aboard the Apollo 13 but don’t disrespect the tragically lost challenger crew they were just as amazing of human beings likely and we suffer from their lose
@@EMan-wp6wd He didn't disrespect anyone, and Challenger had nothing to do with his comment, so you need not get upset.
Gene Kranz wrote a book titled "Failure is not an Option." He writes very well for an engineer and is my hero of spaceflight. Talk about putting the best people in the right positions! This is a fine documentary - it popped up for another viewing recently.
"Failure is not an option."
Best damn line ever....
These guys have gigantic monstrous balls
Balls of moon rock💪🏽
I feel bad for lovel went to the moon twice and didnt land I feel he should have gotten a later mission like 15 16 or 17 or a shuttle flight like john Glenn
Gene Krantz: American Legend!
🙏🇺🇸💪
So is Donald Trump, but for very different reasons