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  • @smartereveryday
    @smartereveryday  Месяц назад +2535

    This was an incredible opportunity. I decided to go all in and discuss everything in detail. How do you feel about a Long Form Smarter Every Day video? Thank you again to everyone who support on Patreon at patreon.com/smartereveryday ! You let me make what I want instead of what I think the algorithm wants me to make!

    • @aaronsimpson8907
      @aaronsimpson8907 Месяц назад +53

      Its not always easy to sit down for an hour straight to watch. I prefer multi-part deep dives youve done in the past!

    • @AffectiveApe
      @AffectiveApe Месяц назад +174

      Growth curve on viewership will be different than a shorter video, but impact on those who watch the entire thing may be much greater. Only one metric is easily quantified, but that doesn't make it more valuable / the one that should be optimized for.

    • @fstrelniece
      @fstrelniece Месяц назад +129

      I prefer the long format, and pause if I need to do something else.
      I'm the "you can never get to deep into a subject" kind of nerd 😅

    • @dercncplaner
      @dercncplaner Месяц назад +9

      51:00 isn't she the one that presented a suit in a public event?

    • @sanfinity_
      @sanfinity_ Месяц назад +54

      Initially, I thought I would watch for around 30 minutes, but the content was so engaging that I ended up watching everything in a single go. It was an awesome video, and I learned a ton. Thanks, Destin!

  • @steveyounger6530
    @steveyounger6530 Месяц назад +4834

    Hey Destin, thank you again for visiting our facility. Sorry I couldn’t be in the water with you, but it was a pleasure meeting you the day before. As always it’s awesome to have someone share the work we do when trying to get us back to the moon! Hope you visit again soon!

    • @berttorpson2592
      @berttorpson2592 Месяц назад +29

      What bcds do the support divers use? I’m looking to get my first one and if it’s good enough for NASA….

    • @steveyounger6530
      @steveyounger6530 Месяц назад +1

      @@berttorpson2592 We used modified OMS gear. I use the backplate and wing config for both recreation and occupationally. There are plenty of other brands out there that have the same.

    • @steveyounger6530
      @steveyounger6530 Месяц назад

      @@berttorpson2592 We use a modified backplate and wing from OMS gear. I use this configuration for both recreational and occupational diving. There are many other brands that have this config so you just gotta shop around.

    • @hitchikerspie
      @hitchikerspie Месяц назад +30

      Truly insane stuff you’re doing, the science, the engineering, the human spirit is all so inspiring!
      Best of luck for all of it!

    • @notadamkhan
      @notadamkhan Месяц назад +16

      sick profile picture

  • @ScottRejack
    @ScottRejack Месяц назад +3394

    Destin! I’m the guy looking in your ears! Such a pleasure to meet you and have you come to our amazing facility again!

    • @That_One_Kobold
      @That_One_Kobold Месяц назад +319

      This without context 😅

    • @ScottRejack
      @ScottRejack Месяц назад +89

      @@That_One_Kobold 😂 creepy, right?

    • @penguiin12
      @penguiin12 Месяц назад +62

      well? how were his ears? 1-10?

    • @flapdrol
      @flapdrol Месяц назад +23

      Imagine a guy in Destin's ear staring at you.

    • @cyh4031
      @cyh4031 Месяц назад +5

      Are you Destin's hearing doctor? 😆 🤣 😂

  • @andrew.nicholson
    @andrew.nicholson Месяц назад +152

    I wish Destin could go to the ISS. And I know what he would say - he would say “there are people who spend their careers preparing to go to space” and he wouldn’t want to take a spot from them. But Destin - you’re a really, really smart guy, but you’re still enough of an “Everyman” and you’re a great communicator. It would be fascinating to get to see you document the experience.

    • @smartereveryday
      @smartereveryday  Месяц назад +74

      I’d love to go, of course.

    • @clayel1
      @clayel1 12 дней назад

      @@smartereverydaycan i come along :D

  • @willicww
    @willicww Месяц назад +317

    Thank you Destin for making this video and bringing back loving memories. I'm now 81 years old but back in the 60's I was working at MSFC in Huntsville doing Zero G simulations in the MSFC simulators. Besides under water, we had a 5 degree of freedom simulator (no up and down) and a 6 degree of simulator. This was a genius of design but a mechanical nightmare. It was located in Bldg 4755 on the top floor. An air bearing surface was prepared on the floor with self leveling epoxy in which two sets of air bearings were on each side of a large square hole cut in the floor. A spreader beam stretched across the opening and was supported by the air bearings. A single metal pole hung in the middle down to near the floor below and was supported by adjustable negator springs that provided constant force with extension (think metal measuring tape that has spring recoil). This allowed for up and down movement. At the bottom of this pole was a seat similar to a large bicycle seat supported inside a gimble mechanism similar to a kids gyro which allowed roll, pitch, and yaw. From the seat support was located an exo-skeleton for arms, legs, and back support. Everything was zeroed out just like you described in the video for underwater using weights and adjustments. Believe me, it was a sight to behold.. One day we had to put on a demonstration for several dignitaries and a couple of reporters. I was the test subject that day wearing an Apollo Moon suit with a simulated moon surface (spray urethane foam) to walk on. The techs had spent most of the morning getting everything perfect. All went well till this lady in the crowd asked me to see how high I could jump. No problem, I put all I had into it and made a fantastic jump, except I got over my center of mass and came down just like the astronauts did on the moon except more on my head. I was not able to get up without help.. The only good thing was that I couldn't hear them laughing.
    We had the Lunar module assembly, Skylab assembly, and many test programs underwater for testing. One of the most interesting was a study preformed by GE at the MSFC facility called HEMAR (Human Engineering, Maintenance and Repair) underwater. That was a study to determine the limits of working in a spacesuit such as forces one could exert in a tethered and un-tethered state. This program ran for several weeks and involved a range of percentiles. I was a 50 percentile. I believe data from this study is still being used today. During the early work we were forced to use Air Force pressure suits, which when pressurized presented a sitting position with arms positioned to the controls of an aircraft (slightly bent at the elbow. We got the Apollo suits when we started doing Lunar work. They called this suit a constant volume suit and it was pretty much that, unless one of the interior restraint cables broke, in which it would try to rip you arm out at the sholder.
    I noticed that those subjects in the newer NBS had a platform to lower and raise them into the water. We only had a platform in the early days that allowed your head to remain above the surface. We had to climb out of that using a ladder, with something like 200 lbs of lead weight. Glad to see that improvement.

    • @DaGhost141
      @DaGhost141 Месяц назад +21

      Fascinating, thanks for this insight! It's great to see how many people share their awesome stories here!

    • @tiikis757
      @tiikis757 Месяц назад +9

      thanks for sharing! i enjoyed reading this. I hope to have the same experiences as well

    • @coley1555
      @coley1555 Месяц назад +9

      Would have loved to witness that jump 😂

    • @amoliski
      @amoliski Месяц назад +9

      You're a legend

    • @felipevitorino7745
      @felipevitorino7745 Месяц назад +2

      So many good stories

  • @scottmanley
    @scottmanley Месяц назад +1008

    Really phenomenal video Destin, now I find myself looking up what they're using for the regolith simulant in the pool because I suspect they want something denser than good old fashioned sand.

    • @smartereveryday
      @smartereveryday  Месяц назад +183

      Thanks Scott! Fly safe!

    • @ddelross
      @ddelross Месяц назад +47

      You are correct. It is engineered to move under foot not compact like regular wet sand.

    • @jamiecole2096
      @jamiecole2096 Месяц назад +54

      When two of RUclips’s coolest nerds cross paths… ❤️

    • @sambeatty2312
      @sambeatty2312 Месяц назад +4

      Dad?

    • @corentinoger
      @corentinoger Месяц назад +12

      I was wondering the same thing, plain sand would fly with every movement of the water, I was thinking metal grains, they might even be coated with teflon or something to make them slippery and limit cohesion.

  • @CheeseWithMold
    @CheeseWithMold Месяц назад +1673

    Pat wearing the cap backwards underwater is one of the coolest diving outfits I've ever seen.

    • @swissfreek
      @swissfreek Месяц назад +53

      Haha, I thought the same thing.

    • @smartereveryday
      @smartereveryday  Месяц назад +256

      I agree 100%. Pat is legit.

    • @JasonAStillman
      @JasonAStillman Месяц назад +8

      Right? Would have been funny to see Destin in his!

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 Месяц назад +10

      Seems practical, too, to avoid ruining your hair.

    • @fireiscool426
      @fireiscool426 Месяц назад +7

      As if he wasn’t already cool enough. I need his Bio doc

  • @ts-qx2mw
    @ts-qx2mw Месяц назад +126

    Man, it irritates me so much how RUclips has conditioned RUclipsrs to think that long form videos are a bad thing... I often skip videos from people I really like just because they're too short and I don't feel like they're going to be worth my time.

    • @TheW83
      @TheW83 29 дней назад +2

      I don't mind long videos but man this got boring for me. He wasn't getting to the point of the video until 30 minutes in.

    • @natel7382
      @natel7382 28 дней назад

      Idk why you think this but YT rewards watch time and longer videos. The reason why you see so many short videos is because 80% of the YTers work for a bigger company and they are under contract to deliver x amount of videos at x amount of length. What you are seeing is these YTers doing the least amount of work to fulfill their contract. Very little big channels work for themselves. So blame laziness not YT lol.

    • @ts-qx2mw
      @ts-qx2mw 28 дней назад

      @@natel7382 I've been watching RUclips for a lot of years, I don't have the data or examples right in front of me, it's not the kind of thing I took notes on. But several people I have watched over this time have mentioned recommendations they have gotten from YT toward shorter content. It's not something I'd just make up. I also don't follow creators or content type that would be under any kind of contract.
      The claim stands to reason, the average viewer only has a limited amount of time available every day to watch YT. If they spend all of that allotted time on one or two long videos, they sell fewer ads (ads between videos are longer than those midstream ads, and there are more of them). Click-through is golden for these sites, and going from one video to the next is far more valuable to them than someone just camping in one place for their precious hour of free time.

    • @jolttsp
      @jolttsp 27 дней назад +1

      Yt is like whoa people always watch shorts to the end, they love them!
      When were all like "wtf is this? Oh that's dumb" but it's already over

    • @NilsEckelt
      @NilsEckelt 24 дня назад

      Condensing information is a good thing. Think of the quote ‚if I had more time, the letter would have been shorter‘. It puts the effort on the author, not the receiver. Mind also twitters success. But I agree, that RUclips is not flooded with highly condensed quality content. Not so this really good video which was condensed and nonetheless 77min long.

  • @Jim-Stick
    @Jim-Stick Месяц назад +3

    I absolutely love hearing really smart people talk about their jobs. Thank you Destin and everyone involved.

  • @QuintBUILDs
    @QuintBUILDs Месяц назад +1462

    Thanks for having the courage to buck the short-video trend and publish what felt like a documentary. So exciting you got to do all that cool stuff!

    • @barongerhardt
      @barongerhardt Месяц назад +23

      Just think of all the ads missed by this not being 300x 15s shorts in a playlist.

    • @GatorAaron
      @GatorAaron Месяц назад +23

      I personally love long format.

    • @skilllessbeast7416
      @skilllessbeast7416 Месяц назад +11

      Honestly, what short video trend are you talking about? Remember 3 years ago, when everything was 10 minutes? Right now I'm watching longer videos, than ever.

    • @GodlikeIridium
      @GodlikeIridium Месяц назад +8

      I absolutely agree. This was basically a documentary filled with so much information. So much more enjoyable than < 15 min short videos, either cutting away tons of information or not really including any at all.

    • @drregmonster4371
      @drregmonster4371 Месяц назад +4

      Agreed. It's easy to pause the video and watch segments if you can't sit for an hour.

  • @donkey1271
    @donkey1271 Месяц назад +837

    The safety diver doing the shocked face with her hands when the astronaut fell over felt very sweet and I cant really explain why

    • @kadirbeneathmomoteh854
      @kadirbeneathmomoteh854 Месяц назад +161

      It has the energy of a teacher going "oh no sweetheart you fell" to a little kid.

    • @stephen-boddy
      @stephen-boddy Месяц назад +84

      My PADI dive instructor in NZ (many moons ago) was like that. Superb expressive communication underwater. She could convey more meaning under water than a lot of people can on the surface.

    • @matsta177
      @matsta177 Месяц назад +17

      Normalise adding time stamps

    • @mattgav23g20
      @mattgav23g20 Месяц назад +87

      @@matsta177 normalize watching the video before replying to the comments and you'll know exactly what moment they are referring to... especially since it's a pivotal moment in the narrative of the video. but it starts at 1:01:30

    • @MauvaisGouh
      @MauvaisGouh Месяц назад +30

      @@mattgav23g20 glad u normalize answering troll+ a real answer

  • @bluehatbrit
    @bluehatbrit Месяц назад +3

    This has to be one of, if not the, coolest video on youtube. This is exactly what I'd love to see more of on here, super interesting deep dives (pun intended) on how we prepare for space. No one else is doing this sort of stuff at this kind of level, and it being so long is just real pleasure. Please feel free to put out long ones like this in the future again, they're a real joy. Bless you and the work you're doing Destin!

  • @NorCalTRACON
    @NorCalTRACON Месяц назад +6

    This is why I love the internet. Last minute I was watching cat memes, now I’m watching astronauts trying on new suit at NASA. Amazing times to be alive.

  • @Sp00kq
    @Sp00kq Месяц назад +626

    Watching the Apollo guys struggling to walk around will never fail to bring a smile to my face. They're like toddlers all over again trying to figure out walking. The little giggles as they fall is absolutely adorable

    • @reaganharder1480
      @reaganharder1480 Месяц назад +99

      "Oh, here we go again"
      Absolutely fantastic

    • @andrerenault
      @andrerenault Месяц назад +52

      “Rats!”

    • @Paxmax
      @Paxmax Месяц назад +10

      I'd guess it's better to keep a good humor up rather than get frustrated 😃 Still, they probably take it very serious I hope 😊

    • @CmputrAce
      @CmputrAce Месяц назад +7

      My daughter probably gave you your badge at NASA

    • @CoercedJab
      @CoercedJab Месяц назад +5

      Uh wait weren’t they exploring a zero g environment where any accident with their suit could be certain death 💀 I would be cringing in concern for my suit integrity NOT giggling like I’m on a Hollywood set 😂

  • @scubasiev
    @scubasiev Месяц назад +499

    Hey Destin! Absolutely fantastic video. Thanks for the feature during Bresnik’s fall and recovery. I didn’t expect my audible reaction to be picked up - that’s pretty cool! This is one of my favorite RUclips videos ever. Go team!

    • @SewlockHolmes
      @SewlockHolmes Месяц назад +53

      You were so awesome! I haven't been scuba diving before but I love how you waited for Bresnik to figure out how to get up himself while putting yourself in the best position to help should he ask for it! I imagine that's incredibly helpful no matter what kind of skill set you're developing.

    • @sammyrick1078
      @sammyrick1078 Месяц назад +42

      I absolutely loved this video, but you were my favorite part. Watching you communicate with the astronaut (non-verbally) but still allowing him to work the problem while keeping him clear of his umbilical really brought it home for me how essential the job of the NBL divers really is. Thank you for doing such an important thing to help humans go back to the moon!

    • @johnpickens448
      @johnpickens448 Месяц назад +26

      What a great section of the video. I could see that you and the other diver were restraining yourselves from being "The Hand of God" letting the astronaut work out the situation. It also shows the fidelity of the simulation in how closely the movements were to the Apollo films. There were several situations shown of the astronauts where they looked just like the real 1/6 G Apollo guys.

    • @KSparks80
      @KSparks80 Месяц назад +15

      Seeing your interaction with the "astronaut" showed that it's definitely a team down there. Really cool to see & hear that part of it as it happened. And it is a fantastic video!

    • @smartereveryday
      @smartereveryday  Месяц назад +108

      Oh hi! I found your ability to control your buoyancy and location underwater to be awe inspiring. I turned up the gain on the audio so we could hear you like I heard you underwater. Thank you so much to the whole team for letting me observe that day. I hope I earned your trust and maybe we can do something again some day!

  • @Dan-pf-RIZZ
    @Dan-pf-RIZZ Месяц назад +3

    Long time watcher first time "commenter". Wow Destin this is an incredible video. I found myself grinning from ear to ear at several times. I have to be honest the length of the video did initially turn me off from clicking in but I'm happy I found my way after Marcus had recommended we come to check in. Truly amazing stuff, simplified to a tee, insightful questions, and amazing footage. Thanks again, look forward to more of this PLEASE!

  • @KiithnarasAshaa
    @KiithnarasAshaa Месяц назад +3

    49:55 Unintentional but very funny pun, talking about handling pressure at the neutral buoyancy lab. : D

    • @pathemep
      @pathemep 13 дней назад

      And he even love the pressure😏

  • @jackfoster8344
    @jackfoster8344 Месяц назад +211

    Been following this channel since I was 13 years old, and now I’m about to graduate from college with my BS in biology. Thank you for everything Destin.

  • @frogg1981
    @frogg1981 Месяц назад +446

    Diving wearing a baseball cap is probably the most American thing I have seen in a while 😂

  • @TheSteveSteele
    @TheSteveSteele 24 дня назад +1

    Hi Destin - My father worked at JSC from 1962 - 1996. He eventually being head of a spacesuit reliability division. Your videos have inspired me to go to NASA to learn more about what my father did and make a RUclips channel about it. Thanks.

  • @Some1Gee
    @Some1Gee Месяц назад +4

    Hey Destin, this video is incredible. Around 1:12:50 ish, you were talking about reasons for why the ISS is at 1 atm. The ISS is a short reentry away from the surface, so in the case of an emergency, the astronauts being acclimated to earth’s atmospheric pressure makes sense, however, your video helped me realize that this constraint doesn’t need to be held for the moon because of its distance/increased time. Thank you for helping me make that connection!!

    • @debott4538
      @debott4538 День назад

      I am not sure if the short travel time between ISS and Earth has much relevance, because moving into a higher pressure environment is not as dangerous as moving into a lower pressure environment. After all, you can dive downward pretty quickly, too, mostly limited by letting your ear drums adjust.
      I am actually not sure why ISS uses regular atmosphere, tbh.

  • @skyhawk637
    @skyhawk637 Месяц назад +307

    Pat was my Primary Instructor for my PADI Open and Advanced Open Water certifications. It's absolutely wild seeing him here and getting a better picture of his role in the program at the NBL. Thank you for this! I feel smarter today.

    • @calebcram
      @calebcram Месяц назад +6

      He was my instructor for my PADI Open Water Cert as well! Such a great guy!

    • @exarch404
      @exarch404 Месяц назад +4

      As my diving instructor in Europe once said: you can always tell who's PADI, because when they surface, they put their goggles on their forehead, where a wave might knock them off 😆

    • @bigbaddms
      @bigbaddms 26 дней назад

      Where was this at?

  • @SloppyMechanics
    @SloppyMechanics Месяц назад

    Thank you for shooting and organizing and uploading these videos!

  • @TheeVande
    @TheeVande Месяц назад

    I love the little "oh no!" hands on face from the diver when Randy fell over and the claps when he got up!

  • @MrBonoso
    @MrBonoso Месяц назад +242

    "I know the video is long but it's worth it" Destin, we love long videos

    • @texan-american200
      @texan-american200 Месяц назад +12

      Especially when there's a purpose for it and this one definitely has purpose.

  • @tryknight1426
    @tryknight1426 Месяц назад +390

    I'll preface this comment by saying it's POSITVE. I've been waiting for the rest of the Coast Guard deep dive series for YEARS now. It's pretty clear why that isn't out yet. Destin just keeps getting to do cool stuff. So much that he can't even get videos out fast enough. So jealous! Can't wait to see what you do next.

    • @SomeGuysGarage
      @SomeGuysGarage Месяц назад +20

      The coast gaurd series never finished? Those were some awesome videos!

    • @tryknight1426
      @tryknight1426 Месяц назад +27

      @@SomeGuysGarage yup! He went into the AMT side of the helicopter and repairs but is ~maybe?~ still going to put out a video showing what AST’s do and the actual rescue side of things.

    • @alexlabs4858
      @alexlabs4858 Месяц назад +13

      I love the coast guard series. I would love to see more of that series, but I’d imagine it takes a long time, a lot of collaboration, and a lot of work to organize a coast guard video. I do hope we get to see some more of that. The navy/submarine stuff he’s done is super cool too. It’s all cool honestly lol.

    • @tryknight1426
      @tryknight1426 Месяц назад +13

      @@alexlabs4858 super excited too. I believe he probably has all of the raw video over with. It seems like the Airstation had him record for a few days and he already has everything. There’s probably lots of other videos we don’t even know about just sitting around waiting for editing. His editing seems super intensive and involved so the long turn around time for videos is pretty understandable.

    • @smartereveryday
      @smartereveryday  Месяц назад +50

      Very kind of you to assume the best of me. You are correct about the “problem.”

  • @mynameisharsha
    @mynameisharsha Месяц назад +1

    The amount of knowledge, information, entertainment and joy in this video is just mind boggling. Thank you Destin!

  • @jml_53
    @jml_53 Месяц назад

    Loved the long form video. I don't always have the time for this, so I'm glad you use this approach sparingly. I know when you go long, it's because you've got something cool to share. You are so blessed to have these amazing experiences. Thanks for taking us along for the ride.

  • @Josephkerr101
    @Josephkerr101 Месяц назад +270

    Firefighter here. That stable position 1:10:03 is one of our standard positions. I was wondering if at any point a conversation was has about interdisciplinary evaluation. We train for SCBA maneuvering which is very different but has some helpful overlap.

    • @darrelcrane5138
      @darrelcrane5138 Месяц назад +1

      From 3631?

    • @Gatorsfan456
      @Gatorsfan456 Месяц назад +3

      Amazing to hear. There certainly should be because you’d think there would a lot of valuable information to glean

    • @bigbaddms
      @bigbaddms 26 дней назад

      Yeah it maximizes her lever moment. I liked it too

  • @looksgoodonpaper
    @looksgoodonpaper Месяц назад +138

    The way you treat the camera like an actual person in the room and get others (who probably aren’t used to being in front of a camera like this) to be comfortable on tape and be able to be the best version of themselves is just awesome. Notice it all the time but really feel it’s on wonderful display here like it was during the Kodak series.
    You’re so kind and genuine. Really enjoy your content and what you do. Thank you.

    • @CoercedJab
      @CoercedJab Месяц назад

      Is this your first vlog? 😂

    • @undeadarmy19
      @undeadarmy19 Месяц назад +8

      Thats funny cause I was literally thinking that exact same thing at one specific point in this video (not exactly sure where it was though lol). Destin was talking to someone while holding the camera and he looks back and forth between the camera and the guy as he's talking. It literally feels as if we're there with him.

    • @looksgoodonpaper
      @looksgoodonpaper Месяц назад +5

      @@CoercedJab well vlogs aren’t normally the style used for interviews though and it’s a really neat approach I think! :)

    • @ruohonleikkaaja
      @ruohonleikkaaja Месяц назад +15

      Destin also often puts himself between the interviewee and the camera, which creates a ”safety barrier” for the camera shy interviewee.

    • @looksgoodonpaper
      @looksgoodonpaper Месяц назад +4

      @@ruohonleikkaaja great observation!

  • @cindylauritzen6325
    @cindylauritzen6325 24 дня назад +1

    This is a very informative and fascinating video. This triggered long ago memories of going on site at JCC with my dad who was a structural engineer who worked there starting in 1964. He was part of the team that designed the original pool on the JSC site that was in a round building that once held a centrifuge for training. He was part of the team designing the crane that lifted items in and out of the pool. So, mentioning the crane triggered a memory. My dad took my siblings and I on site to see this part of his work. I remember the crane was moved around the pool on a track that circled the building. My dad was also part of the designing of a later pool, I am not sure if it was this NBL lab or another on site. I remember he got a call at home during that time that made him very upset because there was a wall section that collapsed during the building of the pool. It turns out the builder of the pool didn't use his team's ground water pressure for that area and changed the design to put more spacing between the supports for the walls causing the collapse. I don't know much more, except dad had to prove how the contractor changing the support spacing is what caused the collapse. He made a scale wooden model that slid to show the differences in what the support was supposed to be and what the contractor made as a visual aid to show this. I just found your videos and I am binge watching the ones related to space.

  • @romanregman1469
    @romanregman1469 29 дней назад +1

    As a guy severely handicapped by a spine affected by several surgeries and in almost permanent pain, I am absolutely looking forward to some positions in reduced or zero gravity, hopefully reducing pain along with a by-that-time Eliminated hangups on the use of painkillers. Since I won't return if I go, I will NOT be concerned too much about losing bone density. The pool of workers will increase dramatically if space agencies look outside the specs of peak health and lifespan.

  • @peacockyman
    @peacockyman Месяц назад +116

    The 'lunar walk' segment of the video got me thinking that we all went through that training when we're toddlers! We tried to get up from our crawling positions to figure out our CoG to stay upright. Sometimes we fell on our knees and hands, sometimes we tipped over backwards. Our family around us cheered us on just like the divers. Eventually all the data collected became muscle memory for us and we went on to do more impressive things like running, dancing, sports and gymnastics. Thank you immensely for making this video Destin!! Top notch content!

    • @user-li7ec3fg6h
      @user-li7ec3fg6h Месяц назад +5

      You are right. That's a very good thought. Thank you.

    • @mikelastname
      @mikelastname Месяц назад +3

      I wonder if AI robots will be able to manage these gravity changes faster than humans - unlike humans where pretty much every human has to learn to walk and can't pass on much of that skill, only one AI robot needs to learn to walk and then the algorithms can be passed to any robot with a similar morphology and they "know how to walk" instantly.

    • @DrakyHRT
      @DrakyHRT Месяц назад +1

      @@mikelastname First we have to make actual Artificial Intelligence, then we can have something like that.

    • @mikelastname
      @mikelastname Месяц назад

      @@DrakyHRT We'll have AGI before a moon colony, I guess.

    • @srenjensen3817
      @srenjensen3817 Месяц назад +1

      Wrong. Walking robots are already a thing on Earth and will soon be on the Moon as well.@@DrakyHRT

  • @arthurzatarain8062
    @arthurzatarain8062 Месяц назад +126

    I am old enough to have watched the Mercury launches on black and white TV. I’m an engineer who has studied aviation and space technology for 50 years. But the simple explanation in this video of the mass, weight, and CG problem was an eye opener for me. I always wondered about the awkward motions on the moon. It’s obvious when it’s explained so well. Thanks.

    • @Aimless_Red
      @Aimless_Red Месяц назад +4

      Waiting on moon landing deniers to seize on ‘CG’. 😂

    • @CoercedJab
      @CoercedJab Месяц назад

      @@Aimless_Redyet you seem to be more brainwashed by that narrative than them since you’re the first to invoke it 💀
      Whoever smelt it dealt it basically.

    • @Epicurus0
      @Epicurus0 Месяц назад +1

      @@CoercedJab Nah, you just have the IQ of a fly believing in something despite a plethora of evidence lmao

    • @plwadodveeefdv
      @plwadodveeefdv Месяц назад +4

      @@CoercedJab the name says it all..

    • @user-li7ec3fg6h
      @user-li7ec3fg6h Месяц назад

      Very well said! Thank you!

  • @davidhill5798
    @davidhill5798 Месяц назад

    Excellent video, as always. The most intriguing part for me was at the very end -- the reasons that the ISS (and all other spacecraft) aren't just run at 100 % O2 @ 5 psi. Thanks for that!
    Also, I just got your postcard and learned that you're hitting your dissertation. Keep up the good work. If your dissertation & defense are anything like your channel, you'll be Dr Destin for sure!

  • @douglachman7330
    @douglachman7330 8 дней назад

    Your an amazing, enthusiastic knowledgeable and curious person the world needs more of. Thank you for your contributions.

  • @Rudeolph
    @Rudeolph Месяц назад +75

    As an engineering tech for the Navy, I like these longer, behind the scenes videos. It gives some insite not to what we do but why. Thanks Destin.

  • @AnonymousFreakYT
    @AnonymousFreakYT Месяц назад +75

    46:55 - "This is a lot bigger than what Neil and Buzz went to the moon in." Heck, the airlock alone in HLS is probably bigger than the whole Apollo LM pressurized volume.

    • @MeriaDuck
      @MeriaDuck Месяц назад +3

      I already get anxious just thinking about the confined space of tiny LM.

  • @timothyosborn1697
    @timothyosborn1697 28 дней назад

    Fascinating! We need to see more of these types of trainings!!!!!

  • @SVanHutten
    @SVanHutten Месяц назад +1

    The lady at 50:20 we all know from the unveiling event for some new space suits prototypes a few years ago.
    Great video about the effort involved in developing space flight technology.

  • @flamewave64
    @flamewave64 Месяц назад +151

    Your revelation to us that you were potentially going to be an astronaut. Was literally jaw dropping. Anyone that consistently watches your work knows how smart you are and everything you show off but that’s like next level

    • @georgereese9112
      @georgereese9112 Месяц назад +9

      Gods got his ways

    • @Accordaleer
      @Accordaleer Месяц назад +1

      I remember on an old talk show, they were talking about the movie Gravity and how Sandra Bullock would never make it with emotional problems lol. They said even Sully who landed on the Hudson wouldn’t be accepted, if he was younger obviously 😂

    • @georgereese9112
      @georgereese9112 Месяц назад

      @@thesquirrel082190have you ever tried talking to him, ask him, he’ll show you. Also nice bike, I got Stumpjumper

    • @LukeKolarsky
      @LukeKolarsky Месяц назад +3

      And his most recent rejection letter was from 2017! Blew my mind!

    • @christopher4101
      @christopher4101 Месяц назад +1

      It blows my mind that people enjoy this content so much but yet still have such bad grammer. Trying to use punctuation, but failing miserably.

  • @dbasilerealestate8379
    @dbasilerealestate8379 Месяц назад +82

    I'm very happy with the long format. There are some channels i would not watch for that long, but your content and delivery of that content make the time go by too fast. I vote for detailed long format videos.
    As a long time diver (53 years diving), former instructor and former cave diving instructor it was interesting to see the detailed discussion of center of buoyancy and center of gravity. I'm in the middle of setting up a new camera housing with lights and it is incredibly difficult to get those centers lined up on a small scale without the cameras "arms and leg" position also being variable.
    i completely enjoyed the video!

    • @vagkalosynakis
      @vagkalosynakis Месяц назад

      Watching 1+ hours of Destin is the easiest decision to make.

    • @evanbarnes9984
      @evanbarnes9984 Месяц назад +1

      Absolutely agree on long format

  • @chucksterock
    @chucksterock 28 дней назад

    Great choices of ISS experiments! At 1:12:40 the clip shows Michael Hopkins operating the Interior Corner Flow 3 vessel of the Capillary Flow Experiments. I was the design engineer and also lead the flight operations as it was a small team. CFE was Hopper's favorite experiment as he actually requested to do our ops. Great guy that I had the pleasure of training pre-flight and was able to meet with him post flight too.

  • @charlesthomas3147
    @charlesthomas3147 16 дней назад

    This was longer than usual, but I couldn't stop watching. So much cool information. Thank you!

  • @6AWoolen
    @6AWoolen Месяц назад +122

    Seeing the starship mock up in the pool just got me so excited and just helped reaffirm how real this is

    • @clevergirl4457
      @clevergirl4457 Месяц назад +21

      it is so huge, the entire airlock is as big as the Apollo LEM's interior!

    • @bensemusx
      @bensemusx Месяц назад +23

      It also shows how much work is going on behind the scenes on HLS that we can’t see. The very public testing of Starship is only part of the work being done.

    • @salland12
      @salland12 Месяц назад +5

      @@clevergirl4457 Unnecessary exces of volume that has to be re-pressurized every time u want to do an EVA.

    • @salland12
      @salland12 Месяц назад +4

      @@bensemusx A ring shaped object to scale at the bottom of a pool is hardly a mock up. They are a long way off from proper testing and integration and even creating a realistic mock up.

    • @clevergirl4457
      @clevergirl4457 Месяц назад

      @@salland12 they also have an ECLSS simulator at Starbase

  • @MisterTingles
    @MisterTingles Месяц назад +78

    beyond all the fascinating science and engineering, the people that Destin gets to meet and the excitement they get to share with him, and us by extension, is probably my favorite hallmark of this channel.

    • @DeltaEntropy
      @DeltaEntropy Месяц назад +4

      It’s always great to see that momentum change between “hey, welcome, how are you” and “oh, you want to know why *I* have the coolest job in the world? Boy let me tell you…”

    • @user-li7ec3fg6h
      @user-li7ec3fg6h Месяц назад

      Well said! Thank you!

  • @jnellie1970
    @jnellie1970 13 дней назад

    Thank you for all you do on this channel. Genuinely amazing and genuinely humble.

  • @Kryptix84
    @Kryptix84 Месяц назад

    Love these long form videos, well, anything really that you release. Thank you!

  • @dylanpritchard4981
    @dylanpritchard4981 Месяц назад +35

    19:57 this I appreciate this so much. I constantly feel as though others lives are more put together than mine when I see something as simple as a clean room like that. Nobody is perfect and I have to remind myself that.

    • @orngjce223
      @orngjce223 Месяц назад

      I like to call this kind of cleanliness the "Instagram clean". They are often hiding the mess in the closet, the garage, or just a few feet off camera!

  • @aschwally
    @aschwally Месяц назад +31

    “This gets complicated, so obviously we should use a flannel graph” 😂 What a classic statement! And what a winner video - yes please, long format 👍

  • @LukeKroeker
    @LukeKroeker 9 дней назад

    Awesome video. Came here after listing to you and Matt talk about it on the ndq podcast. Really neat stuff! Cheers!

  • @willierants5880
    @willierants5880 Месяц назад

    This is perhaps one of your best videos yet Dustin! Absolutely phenomenal.

  • @k29king1
    @k29king1 Месяц назад +28

    Behind the scenes as NASA, love it. Years ago in the 90’s my 4th grade teacher’s husband was a Shuttle engineer and he was able to arrange for us a very cool field trip to Kennedy space center inside the large building, and we also got to see the shuttle simulator. He also brought cool stuff from NASA to the school to show for show and tell. It solidified my love for rocketry and space flight.

  • @AmauryAVASouza
    @AmauryAVASouza Месяц назад +13

    This video actually got me teary eyed for some reason. Maybe it's the love and dedication of everyone involved, the feeling of humanity pacing towards the futures, the feeling of exploration. Superb video and operation!

  • @anthonybiancone3780
    @anthonybiancone3780 Месяц назад

    Marcus House told to come and watch this. Loved it. Learnt so much today. Thank you.

  • @karscrash
    @karscrash Месяц назад

    Hands down the best content in the world.
    What a magical shot it was when you first got into the water, seeing how everything is recreated.
    Thank you for the videos you create!

  • @jimhowardbatey410
    @jimhowardbatey410 Месяц назад +39

    As a retired engineer, I really appreciate the technical theory. Also, the video sent chills down my spine as I remembered my experiances with other engineers to apply the theories to real world problems.
    This video is AMAZING !!

    • @user-li7ec3fg6h
      @user-li7ec3fg6h Месяц назад

      Well said! I was also particularly impressed by this video. The whole time I was watching it. Very instructive and super interesting!

  • @ingmarm8858
    @ingmarm8858 Месяц назад +39

    Having watched the first moon landing live on TV as a kid this was one of the best things I have watched ever since. Great job.

    • @smartereveryday
      @smartereveryday  Месяц назад +13

      Wow, that's a big statement. We enjoyed making it, and thank you for watching.

    • @ingmarm8858
      @ingmarm8858 Месяц назад +5

      @smartereveryday it brought out the "feels", that dream that every kid had after living through the whole Apollo era. Cheers from Canberra Australia home to the Tidbinbilla tracking station 😁

  • @martingreen9710
    @martingreen9710 Месяц назад

    Thanks for your tv-quality documentaries. It's always fun to watch 😊

  • @pinetreesquad2375
    @pinetreesquad2375 29 дней назад

    3:09 Sometimes I forget ur from bama. That roll tide sign had me rolling on the floor man

  • @ShadowZone
    @ShadowZone Месяц назад +76

    This ticks all my boxes. I'm a diver. I also applied to become an astronaut and was rejected. I'm super excited for the Artemis program. Destin, thanks for letting us come along for the ride and experience these moments with you! We're witnessing the making of history here, the first steps to establishing a permanent presence on the Moon. Just fantastic!

    • @inthefade
      @inthefade 23 дня назад

      I'll be very impressed if they overcome the regolith problem. The only solution I can come up with is that the razor sharp dust is blasted away from the landing site by the rocket engines, and/or they use Elon's Boring company to make underground facilities and mostly stay off of the surface. That, or there are many amazing technological solutions coming to prevent equipment from degrading and to prevent dust from entering the habitats and laboratories.

    • @theavaliengineer
      @theavaliengineer 22 дня назад

      @@inthefade There are solutions (and it's not Elon's Boring fail) - they involve weaving electric fibers into the suit to repel charged dust particles.

  • @CrazyScubaCouple
    @CrazyScubaCouple Месяц назад +192

    Destin, if you where amazed by this, i'd suggest you try and visit a saturation diving complex... these people dive at 250 meters deep, and they stay at that pressure for up to a month, they obey another different set of rules than the recreational diver instructors in this NBL lab, they don't decompress from nitrogen, they decompress from helium, i mean, a total different set of deco tables, they use something like 5% oxygen (1,4ppo2), 5% nitrogen, 90% helium, and they do it with a closed circuit from bottom to diving bell to surface boat back down to diving bell to diver at bottom to reuse the helium, with hard hats and warm water suits... it's amazingly complex, way more than space if you remove the rocket... it takes longer to take a diver from working pressure at 250 meters, 25 bar, to the surface, than from space to the surface, it's a more hostile environment deep deep down than out of space.

    • @brendanberry7403
      @brendanberry7403 Месяц назад +6

      I enjoy space, but I’d much rather see this.

    • @UnitSe7en
      @UnitSe7en Месяц назад +7

      That's called _saturation_ diving, not desaturation.

    • @CrazyScubaCouple
      @CrazyScubaCouple Месяц назад +12

      @@UnitSe7en youre absolutely right, excuse me, i'm not native english speaker :P

    • @isaacholzwarth
      @isaacholzwarth Месяц назад

      What's the purpose of that? Thrill seeking or research of some kind?

    • @brendanberry7403
      @brendanberry7403 Месяц назад +3

      @@isaacholzwarth most of them work as commercial divers in the oil and gas industry. It’s usually about 24 hours decompression per 100 feet of pressure iirc so diving the max depth they can typically go, 300m, is almost a 10 day decompression.

  • @alexanderalza7964
    @alexanderalza7964 Месяц назад

    The fact that we get this kind of quality content on RUclips is amazing. Just a pleasure to watch, thanks Destin and all the smart dedicated people involved here!

  • @MatthewBrpg
    @MatthewBrpg 27 дней назад

    Immense respect for all the people who work hard behind the scenes to make everything possible for the astronauts!

  • @scbtripwire
    @scbtripwire Месяц назад +29

    1:03:40 I *love* that moment of victory that diver shares with the astronaut, that joy, cheer, and flex! Wonderfully encouraging and sweet!

    • @Drakoman07
      @Drakoman07 Месяц назад +1

      I love the interactions of the the astronauts and the divers. When the astronaut falls at 1:02:13, the diver does the 😱 face which shows such a fun dynamic between them all as a team

  • @cheeseisgreat24
    @cheeseisgreat24 Месяц назад +16

    I love how an hour and twenty minute SED video feels like a 20 minute video from any other creator. This was excellent and fascinating and I am excited for the future.

  • @CosmicBlue2000
    @CosmicBlue2000 Месяц назад

    One of the best content out here in the internet.
    On one level with BBC documentaries or National Geographic or Terra X.
    Just incredible, amazing work.
    Thank you, Destin

  • @JordieG8
    @JordieG8 Месяц назад

    Sounds a lot like vessel stability, which I did a lot of in the Navy. Fascinating stuff. We had a program that we could enter different load information in to. We used it to help us what tanks to fill to get to our desired trim. We also just messed around with it to see how different scenarios created different stability issues.

  • @CmdrPrompt
    @CmdrPrompt Месяц назад +17

    Oh my god, You're the first and only one I've seen talking about, or let alone using a flannelograph for anything in modern days. I tend to joke about bringing the flannelograph back and using it at work for office stuff. And You actually did, applause for that! Ten points out of ten, and I haven't even seen all of this video yet. Keep up the good work, Destin!

  • @StephenTSchuler
    @StephenTSchuler Месяц назад +139

    In the 60s we went to the moon in a Honda Civic. In the 2030s, we'll go back in a small apartment with an attached garage. As a 30 year old space nerd kid, I'm so excited so much is happening in space these days. We sent a helicopter to Mars people!

    • @Woodburnworks
      @Woodburnworks Месяц назад +3

      cool analogy

    • @timsmith5339
      @timsmith5339 Месяц назад +8

      @StephenTShuler I like the analogy. I've tried to explain to people who think, 'We've done that, why don't we just use the same hardware?' My analogy was, you could drive a thousand miles in a Ford model T if it was the best you had, but if times have moved on you would get more reliability, safety, ability and comfort from a newer design.

    • @StephenTSchuler
      @StephenTSchuler Месяц назад +4

      @timsmith5339 yeah there's a surprising amount of technically minded people who don't think about space a lot. I came up with that trying to explain it to an engineer I work with.

    • @frankmcgowan9457
      @frankmcgowan9457 Месяц назад +6

      At 70, I'm excited, too! I've waited over 2/3 of my life to see more "moon missions."

    • @vipecrx
      @vipecrx Месяц назад +1

      There staying much longer this time. It's definitely one of the coolest uses of tax payers money.

  • @kamelionify
    @kamelionify Месяц назад

    This is absolutely amazing. I had no idea what goes into preparing for an EVA mission. Thanks Destin and the facility team and the Astronauts for giving us this insight.

  • @badabing3391
    @badabing3391 Месяц назад

    im loving all these engineering channels that help explain things in a lucid manner.

  • @7evYT
    @7evYT Месяц назад +29

    I watch this channel to reassure myself that we do actually still have very intelligent humans doing very intelligent things in this country.

  • @aviinl1
    @aviinl1 Месяц назад +20

    I was going to watch a small bit of this giant nugget of a video and then sleep some, to continue watching more tomorrow. It is now a few minutes past 6am and I just finished watching the whole thing. Golly was this interesting stuff!

  • @mageanast
    @mageanast Месяц назад

    I was a bit reluctant with the length of the video, but it was more than great !
    Thank you !

  • @HaloWolf102
    @HaloWolf102 Месяц назад

    26:00 I absolutely adore watching astronauts adrift on the moon. The fish out of water analogy is accurately applicable.

  • @michaelsteere1640
    @michaelsteere1640 Месяц назад +69

    as an australian its nice too hear an american pronounce "Canberra" right, you rock Destin

    • @carultch
      @carultch 29 дней назад +1

      He's a fan of Veritasium. I think he learned it from him.

  • @NaP608
    @NaP608 Месяц назад +16

    Usually when I spent 1 hour on youtube, I'm demoralized by my lack of productivity, but watching you it felt time well invested, I would watch 3-4 hours version of this happily, great video.

    • @MeriaDuck
      @MeriaDuck Месяц назад +4

      A human being needs rest, no worries for an hour of RUclips a day. And these long documentaries without ads, tv drama, yelling and hyping seem quite healthy to me. Especially like these, restoring a bit of trust in mankind.

  • @stevemurray1030
    @stevemurray1030 Месяц назад

    Brilliant episode, thanks so much. All the best from New Zealand

  • @AndySpicer
    @AndySpicer Месяц назад

    Brother that was fantastic! 1:20 min long and the end I wished there was more! Well done.

  • @Jutilaje
    @Jutilaje Месяц назад +155

    When you see a new SED video, you stop what you're doing and watch it. It's just what you do...

    • @sgl_simon
      @sgl_simon Месяц назад +6

      Thought it was just me who done that

    • @Demicron
      @Demicron Месяц назад +7

      Chores have been put aside.

    • @DreddWolf
      @DreddWolf Месяц назад +1

      so true, as soon as that notification comes through everything else gets put on hold

  •  Месяц назад +58

    Wow, thank you NASA and Destin. Greetings from Popayan, Colombia.

  • @thomasquigley7040
    @thomasquigley7040 Месяц назад

    Wow. The access and opportunities that your channel affords you (and by extension, us) is amazing. I'm so grateful for the work you do. I hope it's as rewarding for you as your original engineering vocation.

  • @stefanomorandi7150
    @stefanomorandi7150 29 дней назад

    amazing video Destin, truly fascinating how complex it is to simulate moon surface or orbit... when artemis eventually lands on Moon and we see astronauts taking those steps, ill try to think back to this video of yours! you are doing a great service for NASA and artemis visibility here, people need this kind of stuff to appreciate the huge mountain of work being done behind every flamey rocket show!
    ps: "long videos" are my favourites, like your tour of ULA with ToryBruno

  • @Janer-52
    @Janer-52 Месяц назад +14

    Learning you tried to become an astronaut suddenly made EVERY one of your previous videos make more sense. I've loved your adventures - from the goofy to the sciency to the orphanage. This takes the cake. Bravo and blessed Resurrection Day.

    • @realulli
      @realulli Месяц назад +2

      Considering they let him try on a space suit and (I think he mentioned it) send him flying on zero g flights, he must have been fairly far along in the pipeline...

  • @Midcon77
    @Midcon77 Месяц назад +87

    Destin - you should reach out to Jared Isaacman if you still want to go to space. You clearly have the smarts to do it and the educational content you could make on a Polaris Dawn mission or some other sort of Commercial Astronaut mission. Tim Dodd is going on the Dear Moon mission - I think you and Scott Manley should both go on one too. As science RUclipsrs with the "nerd chops" to communicate this kind of thing, the three of you could make some AMAZING citizen science missions come alive to inspire the next generation of astronauts. God may not have wanted you to be a NASA astronaut - but maybe check in with Him about commercial space. :) Love the video!

    • @bigbaddms
      @bigbaddms 26 дней назад

      Totally agree! NASA has really fallen down on the job of getting their message out to the public. I think it’s partly from the challenger disaster, Mcauliffe fallout. They were going to have a teacher in space, actually deliver a lesson to millions of school kids then she was killed while those same kids were watching. The video and educational content released by space x is way better. So yeah, let’s try to have public relations and education from space, again!

  • @bcschafer
    @bcschafer Месяц назад

    Great video Destin! I love your enthusiasm, it is contagious. Watching you get excited about what you were seeing and learning makes it that much more exciting to me.

  • @hatac
    @hatac Месяц назад

    When you talked to Randy about falling it occurred to me that what they may need might be toe and heel spikes out board of the sole of the boot to give them a tiny bit more traction if they are heal down or toe down. In a way the opposite of snow shoes. These would be more like riding spurs than running or climbing spikes. The challenge is to make them unable to puncture a suit if you bump the other leg or another astronaut. Perhaps making them retractable and voice activated. A tethered arm extension/ walking stick may work too. A robot walker frame was proposed decades ago.
    Note I'm on the wrong side of the planet to help much, Australia. Anyone have a job for an old geographer with first year planetology. I'm job hunting.
    I was involved in the first online Artemus society project in the 1994 - 2002. I doubt anyone remembers me. I'm still working on my tracked centrifuge design from that era but I'm a carer and geographer not an engineer. The tracked centrifuge is a 1g gym centrifuge you could build in theory on the moon using rail/ roller-coaster technology. It would work on Mars, most asteroids, etc too. A few hours a day would in theory negate the long term effects of zero g but I'm limited to doing blog posts and art/ science fiction on Deviant art: Wesbee.
    Any one want to do a table top test of a centrifuge train on the moon? A mad scientist with out a lab is a very sad thing.

  • @amrastheluckywoof5524
    @amrastheluckywoof5524 Месяц назад +10

    The whole learning to walk in 1/6th G thing is amazing. It's experiencing what it was like to learn to walk as a toddler. The ability to learn and adapt is truly a remarkable thing.
    Also, I came to the realisation why toddlers trip and stumble as they learn to walk thanks to this video.
    And of course, the NBL is an amazing place. It would be the experience of a lifetime to get into the pool and just explore the mockups they have.

  • @Jons.Design
    @Jons.Design Месяц назад +8

    That Starship mockup really puts into perspective how big it will be.

    • @AnEntropyFan
      @AnEntropyFan Месяц назад +1

      Well, how big it won't be; so don't get disappointment when it ends up being the smaller NASA or Bezos lunar module. I assure you, Muskrat the Conman will not deliver, he is already nearly a decade behind his own deadlines.

    • @Jons.Design
      @Jons.Design Месяц назад +2

      @@AnEntropyFan you clearly have 0 clue about how manufacturing processes work, and how delivery schedules get pushed constantly. I bet you cant even build a bird house LOL. I bet you come on the internet to cluelessly chime in on things you read in a book once

  • @myockey
    @myockey Месяц назад

    I don't want to say that you broke character because you're an incredibly genuine guy but the moment the framed rejection letter came out, and you looked away from the camera, was possibly the most candid moment in all of your videos to date. Thank you for your willingness to be so deeply personal and personable.

  • @FabienSola
    @FabienSola Месяц назад

    Excellent video ! Thanks!
    The swim wear spinning machine at the very end, they have the exact same stuff in public swimming pools in Tokyo 😁

  • @mkosmo
    @mkosmo Месяц назад +10

    One of my favorite "perks" of working for my employer was a chance to get a floor "tour" of the NBL and suit lab during an actual training evolution, with the chance to pick everybody's brains on anything any everything even while standing mere feet from the platform while astronauts were fighting to don the suits. There's really nothing else like it anywhere.

  • @xliquidflames
    @xliquidflames Месяц назад +34

    This is such a cool video. I always wondered what it was like inside the NBL. There's not a lot of footage out there actually in the pool. Thanks for sharing this with the world. I learned a lot.
    I do wonder if this was all shot before or after Smarter Every Day 293 where you gave the presentation criticizing Artemis and Starship because I wonder if this changed your opinion or if this experience informed the opinions expressed in that presentation. I also wonder what kind of feedback you got from that presentation from the people in the room or other people close to Artemis who saw it on the internet. The low fidelity mock up on the floor of the pool was obviously the diameter of a Starship and the elevator is how they'll get down from Starship so that is what they were testing. That video really stuck with me for some reason and I just wondered about that while watching this.
    Anyway, I'm so jealous. This looked like a lot of fun. Thanks for doing this and sharing it with all of us.

  • @elliotmullet
    @elliotmullet Месяц назад

    This video is amazing! So incredibly interesting and well done. More space exploration themed videos please!

  • @johnstout5767
    @johnstout5767 Месяц назад

    Very clear reporting... sensible, insightful, and inspiring. Thanks.

  • @sethicus
    @sethicus Месяц назад +49

    Videos like this make me very proud to have been a Patreon supporter for nearly four years!

    • @smartereveryday
      @smartereveryday  Месяц назад +32

      Thank you so much I’m very grateful. your support motivates me to make the BEST content I can, not the most viewed.

    • @737smartin
      @737smartin Месяц назад +1

      This was an especially great one! 👍

    • @heathwellsNZ
      @heathwellsNZ Месяц назад +1

      @@smartereveryday Destin, without a shadow of a doubt - your content is absolutely some of the very best content available on RUclips!

  • @rudolphh4
    @rudolphh4 Месяц назад +11

    Hey Destin, it was fun to dive with you! It’s always fun being able to see a run, especially the lunar runs we’ve been doing. If you haven’t seen an ISS EVA run in the pool, they’re also really cool! Always a pleasure to have someone show off what we do, hope we see you again!

  • @Zachmman1997
    @Zachmman1997 Месяц назад +2

    Hey Destin, at the off chance you see this. I cannot wait for your video about the eclipse. I live in Maine and drove 4 hours north to another town in my state to watch from a spot in the 100% zone.
    It was definitely the coolest thing I’ve ever seen and created memories with my family I will never forget. Thank you for sparking my curiosity and teaching me some tricks and stuff to look out for. It made the experience so much better

    • @bigbaddms
      @bigbaddms 26 дней назад

      I was in Texas and it had really bad cloud cover. I wanted to go to Maine so bad the day before when they said it would have clear weather but flights were impossible. How was your experience? Do you have shots posted?

  • @adventure_hannah3841
    @adventure_hannah3841 15 дней назад +1

    This long form video was so awesome! Thank you!!