Apollo 14 Lunar Liftoff (Re-Oriented Perspective)
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- Опубликовано: 16 окт 2013
- The liftoff from the moon of Lunar Module Antares on the Apollo 14 mission.
I have re-oriented the video to the "upright" position. The DAC camera was set from the LMPs window on a bar bracket but the image is slightly skewed downward. I have adjusted it to show what Ed Mitchell probably saw.
The DAC footage ends before lunar orbit insertion, so I have added in some simulated views.
The audio is from the UKs BBC Radio 2 coverage of the event.
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It amazes me how someone can watch this and comment on flaws or mistakes in the procedures when they are not astronauts or nasa personnel involved in the mission. I served aboard a nuclear powered attack submarine and have watched countless movies, simulations, documentaries, on sub life and warfare !!! I can assure you that if you haven’t served on a nuke boat on patrol you don’t know jack shit about the systems, the protocol or personnel habits of the crew or the intricate machinery they operate. You just have to be there. Questioning these men and their machines is like saying you can’t travel around the world underwater.
Man in my opinion the ignition at liftoff from the Moon has to be one of the most tense moment of the mission. Imagine the countdown till 0 and... nothing happens.
Vid is way cool. The LEM was brilliant engineering from the team at Grumman. Landed men on the moon and safely returned them to the Command Module, except Apollo 13 LEM was the lifeboat home. At the time, the LEM was the pinnacle of man's technology. Amazing.
Awesome. We've all come to expect that from you in each upload and you never disappoint.
It was interesting to hear the commentary from the BBC reporters in London, and their interest in following this lunar liftoff. Thanks LM5!
Thanks for the kind words Chuck - am glad you and others are liking these
This commentary was just littered with mistakes. At one point the astronauts were talking about their RCS thrusters, and the announcer said that the spacecraft didn't really need the RCS thrusters anymore. The RCS thrusters, of course, were what was controlling the attitude of the spacecraft. The astronauts no doubt were of a different opinion about whether or not they needed them.
Nice upload of an historic event, and in its entirety.
Was amusing to hear one of the BBC Radio 2 commentators make such a blatant misstatement @3:20, "...they've got to get up to 40,000 miles per hour to go into orbit."
Hoo, that bloke was off by a factor of about 1000% Looking at the calculations for a 60 km high orbit, requires 1,652 m/s velocity. Which equals only ~3,700 MPH!
And @4:45, the "right-hand turn" comment? Face palm time. I know what they meant, but wrong image presented...
Thanks for the kind words Weed - appreciated
Announcer is wrong. Orbital velocity is a little less than 2,900 mph. Not 40,000 mph. They DO use the RCS during liftoff for moment by moment guidance. An oscillation was occurring as a result of its use.
This was interesting. Thanks.
The only thing more terrifying than the ascent engine failing to ignite is for it to fail mid burn.
Very Cool!! Thank You!!
You are welcome Keno - thanks for the comment
Super cool!!!
Amazing
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LOL...you are a Brit, I'm a Yank. But, I immediately got the reference.
Huge fan of your uploads, here. Already subbed, of course.
Why oh why oh why do they put the flag so close!?
What program do you use for the simulation? Orbiter doesn't seem to work on my computer :(