How to Land the Space Shuttle... from Space

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  • Опубликовано: 25 дек 2024

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  • @John.0523
    @John.0523 4 года назад +8104

    It has become tradition to rewatch this every so often

  • @AdrianColley
    @AdrianColley Год назад +396

    Not only is this informative about the shuttle, it's a masterclass in how to give a talk with slides.

    • @jordansean18
      @jordansean18 11 месяцев назад +23

      It's especially good for how to give a technical talk where the audience is not presumed to already be very familiar with your subject or even the terminology

    • @copebret
      @copebret  7 месяцев назад +65

      Thank you. A big goal of this talk was to make the subject fun and not overly full of jargon. This style of animation is fun, but also very time consuming.

    • @ThatOneBtypeStar
      @ThatOneBtypeStar 5 месяцев назад +5

      ​@@copebret uhh, I thought you were a dead channel?? Well it's good you're active and still using this account.

    • @shelty3178
      @shelty3178 3 месяца назад +1

      @@copebretplease make more videos, this is so good and one of the best shuttle videos on RUclips.

  • @trashpanda2481
    @trashpanda2481 4 года назад +5953

    I'm so glad I found this video, I've been stuck in orbit for 3 weeks.

    • @soupman3285
      @soupman3285 3 года назад +51

      @@DanyoScribbles r/wooosh

    • @joyzahiale2294
      @joyzahiale2294 3 года назад +3

      @@soupman3285 dont say that to him/her

    • @joyzahiale2294
      @joyzahiale2294 3 года назад +4

      @@soupman3285 Its true though. you cant watch videos in outer space.

    • @trashpanda2481
      @trashpanda2481 3 года назад +21

      Wow, you got me. You guys are really sharp.

    • @damn3966
      @damn3966 3 года назад +12

      You guys know that this is called sarcasm?

  • @peteheckman13
    @peteheckman13 2 года назад +676

    This is fantastic. You're awesome, Bret. I started my career on Shuttle, way before you were born. And I worked in a GN&C group and was friends with the fellow who basically wrote the Entry Guidance software. I don't know where you learned all this, but you got it right. Super fun video. I spent 19 years on that program, most fun time of my career. Take care!

    • @miguel.facusse
      @miguel.facusse Год назад +13

      That's awesome, Pete!

    • @szennyvizcsatorna2483
      @szennyvizcsatorna2483 Год назад +2

      Sir, that part of the story with the gear down-reversed Gulfstream is NOT a joke? Holy S!

    • @imEden0
      @imEden0 Год назад +3

      @@szennyvizcsatorna2483 it’s not

    • @Jaggerbush
      @Jaggerbush 11 месяцев назад

      This was for work or something? Can you explain this more pls?

    • @peteheckman13
      @peteheckman13 11 месяцев назад +9

      @@Jaggerbush the gulfstream was a shuttle landing trainer. It had most of the same controls on the flight deck. To match the sink rate of the shuttle they’d literally engage the thrust reversers. There was a ton of other control wizardry to match the handling qualities. Astronauts would fly it around on launch days (in case of an abort) and also on landing days to get a feel for the winds, visibility, etc. hope that helps

  • @modernschoolatlas
    @modernschoolatlas 5 лет назад +3082

    On the latest aircraft they have advanced the fly-by-wire system so much that the crew now consists of a pilot and a dog, the pilot is there to feed the dog, and the dog is there to bite the pilot if he touches anything.

    • @ESSAYONS21B
      @ESSAYONS21B 5 лет назад +8

      Anyoldion , as funny as that is..... no dog has been in space..... but add an Ebola infected monkey and that pilot would be the most attentive person ever😆

    • @poppys3728
      @poppys3728 5 лет назад +241

      Wyatt - Actually, there has been a dog in space. The first animal to orbit the Earth, 1957. Russian cosmonaut - named Laika.

    • @susanmaggiora4800
      @susanmaggiora4800 5 лет назад +51

      Poppy S Thank you. I named my dog Laika in her honor 🙂 🐕

    • @orinpolansky386
      @orinpolansky386 5 лет назад +45

      @@poppys3728 More over. Laika was the first cosmonaut ever.

    • @cosmiqueorg
      @cosmiqueorg 5 лет назад +44

      @@ESSAYONS21B eh, neither funny nor well informed.

  • @dmrxy.
    @dmrxy. 5 лет назад +16024

    Why am i watching this? I don’t even have a space shuttle lol

    • @markusvuori
      @markusvuori 5 лет назад +604

      Maybe you should buy one.

    • @dmrxy.
      @dmrxy. 5 лет назад +282

      MarkuzzGaming okay, but I’ll pay with ur 💵💵

    • @dylanlastname6784
      @dylanlastname6784 5 лет назад +276

      you never know when it might come in handy

    • @VentantoGame
      @VentantoGame 5 лет назад +123

      You can have KSP

    • @Zyrdalf
      @Zyrdalf 5 лет назад +78

      I may have one in space right now...
      And our current commander has... had some issues.
      Anyways looking for someone to land my space shuttle. I noticed that you watched this video, and that makes you qualified enough for my standards. Are you available?

  • @ExKArthur
    @ExKArthur 3 года назад +4497

    recently got a space shuttle for Christmas and wanted to learn how to fly it. Thanks for the tips on re-entry.
    Edit: It’s been a while. Thanks for 4.4K likes and being cool in general! Fly safe and fly high!

  • @bradcogan8588
    @bradcogan8588 2 года назад +339

    My technique is very different in Kerbal Space Program.
    Usually involves vague guesswork and over/undershooting the runway and landing in either the sea or the desert.

    • @sircalvin
      @sircalvin Год назад

      and flying in backwards, despite looking stupid

    • @Violent_Combustion
      @Violent_Combustion Год назад +40

      RIP jeb: died after the A.I.R.B.R.A.K.E.S burnt in reentry after horribly overshooting the trajectory and hitting the far half of the runway at three times optimal velocity.

    • @rifqitaqiuddin
      @rifqitaqiuddin Год назад +2

      and a healthy amount of Retry button press

    • @PicturesqueGames
      @PicturesqueGames 9 месяцев назад +3

      Just stick 8 drogues and 8 regular chutes and land wherever.

    • @MrSupercar55
      @MrSupercar55 7 месяцев назад +1

      No idea what the flying physics are like in KSP, but try following the instructions herein.

  • @joshuafryer_
    @joshuafryer_ 5 лет назад +8386

    Descending from 37k to the runway in 3 minutes sounds like Ryanair

    • @frli4797
      @frli4797 5 лет назад +57

      Joshua Fryer 🤣🤣

    • @bogdan_n
      @bogdan_n 5 лет назад +86

      That greaser tho... That's on Ryanair's blacklist.

    • @MCPilot1201
      @MCPilot1201 5 лет назад +54

      Lmao but the preflare is done too late and they just call it flaring.

    • @Luminavia
      @Luminavia 5 лет назад +43

      completely underrated comment

    • @amaryazid
      @amaryazid 5 лет назад +7

      LOL

  • @primarypenguin
    @primarypenguin 4 года назад +3573

    This man is somehow extremely nervous and extremely confident at the same time

    • @brist8337
      @brist8337 4 года назад +19

      ikr

    • @primarypenguin
      @primarypenguin 4 года назад +157

      @@GiantRock62 dad?

    • @QS-si3cq
      @QS-si3cq 4 года назад +25

      I didn't pick up on nerves at any point.

    • @joeybulford5266
      @joeybulford5266 4 года назад +93

      I don’t think he’s nervous. I think it’s just part of his presentation.

    • @lucasbraem259
      @lucasbraem259 4 года назад +30

      Joey Bulford you can hear it the way he breats and does the thing with his tongue

  • @DOITWITHDAN
    @DOITWITHDAN 4 года назад +6118

    Thank you, I was just on my way into reentry

  • @ubaft3135
    @ubaft3135 Год назад +114

    Pilot: You look good
    Commander: I agree.
    That's the level of confidence I aspire to.

    • @JeepnHeel
      @JeepnHeel 8 месяцев назад +10

      Talking Hotdog: You're a little high
      Commander: I agree

    • @TornadoTromboss
      @TornadoTromboss 6 месяцев назад +3

      @@JeepnHeel "you're lagging a little bit"
      "i agree"

  • @shayj.603
    @shayj.603 6 лет назад +10357

    They're not flying, they're falling with style

    • @brentvettel5343
      @brentvettel5343 6 лет назад +202

      To in Infinity and Beyond

    • @vitorstreetboys
      @vitorstreetboys 6 лет назад +80

      *L E G E N D*

    • @mgreene1409
      @mgreene1409 6 лет назад +51

      Thanks for that reference Buzz!

    • @Wolfie54545
      @Wolfie54545 6 лет назад +47

      Buzz..
      Aldrin..

    • @Wolfie54545
      @Wolfie54545 6 лет назад +20

      Wait a minute... I just got something..
      I already knew the Buzz joke thing,
      But..
      Lightyear..
      How tf did I not get this before

  • @technewsfortechnoobs
    @technewsfortechnoobs 5 лет назад +3084

    "It's one of the longest runways in the world"...
    Well, now we know where they filmed that last scene from Fast & Furious 6 on now.

    • @fkerpants
      @fkerpants 5 лет назад +113

      I'm glad I'm not the only one to notice that. Stupidest sequence I've seen in a long time.

    • @behindthen0thing
      @behindthen0thing 5 лет назад +102

      The whole movie's are all the stupidest sequences

    • @supisgoated_yt9625
      @supisgoated_yt9625 5 лет назад +9

      Push Back ikr

    • @behindthen0thing
      @behindthen0thing 5 лет назад +5

      @@supisgoated_yt9625 shut up bigot

    • @KremitDeFrog
      @KremitDeFrog 5 лет назад +36

      sorry if I ruined the joke, but for those that want to know the movie trivia behind it, the actual location was Bovingdon Airfield.. and according to the interwebs and movie sequence breakdowns, the FnF6 runway is estimated somewhere between 18~28 miles long.. much longer than the longest airfields in the world..

  • @somerandomewan
    @somerandomewan 2 года назад +1176

    Thanks, the shuttle was making some weird noises so I was wondering what I was doing wrong! Solved the issue pretty quickly when I realised I was supposed to reenter with the payload bay doors closed. 100% recommend, would watch again.

    • @GeneralSeptem
      @GeneralSeptem 2 года назад +51

      Customer states, "grinding noise upon landing". Diagnosis: landing gear not deployed; deployed landing gear and noise went away.

    • @FlatEarthKiller
      @FlatEarthKiller 2 года назад +12

      Same glitch happened to me(Commander) I accidentally entered earth’s atmosphere with payload doors open along with the airlock.. my pilot friend told me that he closed the payload doors when he diagnosed the issue. Also the cabin made weird sounds that sounded like a washing machine. I was apparently mistrained.
      Also the cabin hatch was open in space so all the pressure was sucked out. I literally had to use airlock pressure just to pressurize the cabin. And the tail was covered in deadly foam.

    • @nonovernol3523
      @nonovernol3523 2 года назад +9

      i was flying a space shuttle and i forgot to close the cabin hatch. the passengers complained that they didint get any air, why cant some of their engineers close it for us smh also i need help im stuck. im orbiting around the kuiper belt

    • @danzstuff
      @danzstuff 2 года назад +5

      @@nonovernol3523 how'd you even get to the kuiper belt?! i thought the shuttle could only orbit

    • @nonovernol3523
      @nonovernol3523 2 года назад +7

      @@danzstuff i got a shuttle from china, they seem pretty strong although the half of the shuttle just broke apart

  • @Utonian21
    @Utonian21 2 года назад +106

    It's always nice to see someone talk about and explain something they're clearly very passionate about

  • @cdeacious
    @cdeacious 8 лет назад +1647

    Started watching it, thinking I would close it after the first few minutes, stayed for the whole thing. Well done!
    First comment I have left in years.

    • @archdornan4389
      @archdornan4389 7 лет назад +6

      Whenever we break atmosphere, we call out to two more,And beg their benediction on that vast dark ocean's shore.Whose crews did burn like novae where the Earth's blue fades to black,To [Challenger] when setting out, [Columbia] when back.

    • @excrafter7419
      @excrafter7419 7 лет назад +3

      lolololol

    • @excrafter7419
      @excrafter7419 7 лет назад +3

      also same

    • @Ilyasem
      @Ilyasem 7 лет назад +10

      I'll join this crew, same I thought he was an excellent and charismatic presenter who showed real passion for the subject

    • @AndreS_the_one_and_only
      @AndreS_the_one_and_only 7 лет назад +5

      Yep same here was recommended to me. But I really enjoyed his presentation.

  • @oh_my_goshsomeone_commente2498
    @oh_my_goshsomeone_commente2498 5 лет назад +833

    Anybody else watch this video 4 times a year, every year? I keep coming back to it for 2 reasons,
    1. I find the presentation method fantastic and funny at the same time.
    2. Space ROCKS.

    • @TuristHar
      @TuristHar 5 лет назад +1

      Same, same. so amazing.

    • @oh_my_goshsomeone_commente2498
      @oh_my_goshsomeone_commente2498 5 лет назад +3

      @@TuristHar Your comment made me watch it again, thank you so much. I could watch Bret do this all day.

    • @computerjantje
      @computerjantje 5 лет назад +7

      Yes I watch this video at least once a year. Bret does this absolutely amazing. Lots of understandable information told in a very very clear, enthusiastic and funny way. I only recently noticed he is not the spokesman of NASA. He should be.

    • @scaryanarchist1260
      @scaryanarchist1260 5 лет назад +9

      I think you mean space bricks

    • @muzzaball
      @muzzaball 5 лет назад +2

      Yep, and every time it's over and I go to hit Like - l find that I already have!

  • @eyupmerich
    @eyupmerich 7 лет назад +168

    "We can't go in the atmosphere backwards! First off, we would look ridiculous" :)
    One of the best presentation I've ever seen. Thank you.

  • @etaoinwu
    @etaoinwu 2 года назад +275

    This is probably one of the best videos on RUclips -- your presentation is golden. I come back to this every so often to learn your presentation, and always find something new. Brilliant!

    • @mumblbeebee6546
      @mumblbeebee6546 Год назад

      Same here. As a teacher and instructor, I have delivered many hundreds of hours and still try to catch up with Bret! What a show!

  • @blooberry856
    @blooberry856 5 лет назад +2956

    He seems like he was Mark Rober’s younger brother.

    • @bluetannery1527
      @bluetannery1527 5 лет назад +86

      ATAwarrior SS ok really glad im not the only one who thought this

    • @fenderstratguy
      @fenderstratguy 5 лет назад +84

      Listening to this, I thought it WAS Mark too. Talks exactly like him.

    • @beergunsandfunnc
      @beergunsandfunnc 5 лет назад +44

      Literally I thought Rober's presentation got jacked. He sounds like him, looks like him, and has similar mannerisms.

    • @jasonpercy184
      @jasonpercy184 4 года назад +14

      Looked through the comments to see if I was the only one that thought that . I guess not .This kids next stop, TED !

    • @jyothia3958
      @jyothia3958 4 года назад +3

      Yup

  • @zee_bee_23
    @zee_bee_23 4 года назад +1266

    Dad: what are you watching?
    Me: learning how to land a space shuttle.
    Dad: yeah?

    • @vorbai
      @vorbai 4 года назад +33

      KSP be like:

    • @GunnerHeatFire
      @GunnerHeatFire 4 года назад +3

      @@vorbai yes

    • @afaz4070
      @afaz4070 3 года назад +9

      @@vorbai if u crash but your crew survived. Its a win

    • @henryviii2091
      @henryviii2091 3 года назад +10

      @@afaz4070 You know what they say in flight school right? Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing.

    • @kimberleysmith818
      @kimberleysmith818 3 года назад +2

      Wanted to be an astronaut from a young age. Remember saying to my dad as a teen about working for NASA (turns out as a Brit I wouldn’t be able to I don’t think so) and he said ‘that’s great but you aren’t good enough at Maths let alone Physics’
      Damn him he was right.

  • @clintonezeh7556
    @clintonezeh7556 5 лет назад +1747

    Astronaut: My life literally depends on a computer with 1mb of memory.

    • @Oof_2nd
      @Oof_2nd 5 лет назад +21

      Lmao

    • @name_here___4070
      @name_here___4070 5 лет назад +183

      Apollo program astronauts: _My_ life literally depends on a computer with 4KiB of memory and ~67.5KiB ROM.

    • @ran_436
      @ran_436 5 лет назад +54

      Isn't that high at the time? That's like saying 1petabyte of memory now.

    • @miilkbone990
      @miilkbone990 5 лет назад +36

      @@ran_436 plus inflation...

    • @diverbob8
      @diverbob8 5 лет назад +5

      Google: DEC PDP8 and you'll be amazed!

  • @Utonian21
    @Utonian21 2 года назад +50

    It’s pretty insane to think about how before the first ever Space Shuttle flight, they had to figure all that out and do all the math to make sure it was possible. The astronauts in that very first flight had balls of steel

  • @storken756
    @storken756 4 года назад +1207

    im just watching this just in case. If i ever end up in a situation like this.

    • @cbf7408
      @cbf7408 4 года назад +52

      Yeah me too, heard it’s pretty common these days

    • @YourFatherGone
      @YourFatherGone 4 года назад +2

      Bruh

    • @jefrymarine3781
      @jefrymarine3781 4 года назад +3

      Hahaa

    • @V8AmericanMuscleCar
      @V8AmericanMuscleCar 4 года назад +3

      Me too, you never know... ;-)
      If I hadn't seen this, I would have relied on fuel-free engines. RUclips just saved my life.

    • @sufrimo
      @sufrimo 4 года назад +5

      Based off what spacex is doing I think you might

  • @UselessDuckCompany
    @UselessDuckCompany 7 лет назад +9626

    You have a talent for explaining things in a manner that is clear and entertaining, you need to make more.

    • @TheLoobis
      @TheLoobis 7 лет назад +112

      No he doesn't. He's ANNOYING!

    • @69incher
      @69incher 7 лет назад +85

      maybe for a kindergarten class

    • @a1919akelbo
      @a1919akelbo 7 лет назад +213

      henry walter you are subscribed to multiple known conspiracy theory channels and are insulting someone for enjoying a presentations style. I think you need to take a closer look at who's the child here. Take a break from pol bud its starting to affect your lifestyle.

    • @a1919akelbo
      @a1919akelbo 7 лет назад +45

      henry walter what makes me fake?

    • @a1919akelbo
      @a1919akelbo 7 лет назад +48

      henry walter the fact a community I used to be a part of is having a negative effect on you in the same way it did on me and i pointed it out and am trying to help you? You probably scrolled through a couple dozen of comments looking for someone to prove wrong or correct, Its pol affecting you buddy. You have to be able to pull yourself out from that attitude and headspace or else it will hurt you. Trust me.

  • @corybrayshaw9927
    @corybrayshaw9927 4 года назад +501

    It's 5:40AM
    I've not been to bed yet
    I don't even remember clicking on this video
    But I watched the whole thing and enjoyed it

    • @Jdalio5
      @Jdalio5 4 года назад +3

      Trust the algorithm!

    • @awdrifter3394
      @awdrifter3394 4 года назад

      Now land the space shuttle in your dream.

    • @ketch10
      @ketch10 4 года назад

      Read this at 5 40 am

    • @user-rf4vc7mt4d
      @user-rf4vc7mt4d 4 года назад

      5 am here lol

    • @Ghostdinosawur
      @Ghostdinosawur 4 года назад

      reading this comment at 5:44 am

  • @yatinbansal8326
    @yatinbansal8326 2 года назад +17

    This man is a true maverick, for him landing a spaceship without any engines is just a minor detail that deserves a one line mention right at the end

  • @pranjalfarhan7771
    @pranjalfarhan7771 4 года назад +766

    RUclips: How to land a space shuttle
    Me at 3 am: I must find out immediately

  • @possumGFX
    @possumGFX 4 года назад +803

    2 o clock in the morning. RUclips: "I think you should know about how a Space Shuttle lands." Me: "Okay!"

  • @aaronsoto4622
    @aaronsoto4622 5 лет назад +253

    I feel like a genius all a sudden in 18 minutes. What an incredible presentation.

  • @ELCADAROSA
    @ELCADAROSA 8 месяцев назад +3

    (Came here from Scott Manley's page.)
    Wow! Not only great information presented in easy to understand (layman) terms, but also in an entertaining manner that isn't distracting and doesn't take away from the root of the presentation.
    Well done, Bret! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @yocheckitman
    @yocheckitman 4 года назад +1394

    In all seriousness, this presentation was dang good.

  • @bishop2985
    @bishop2985 5 лет назад +476

    “This isn’t rocket science, Steve.” LOL😂

  • @xboxdonut1886
    @xboxdonut1886 4 года назад +1259

    I wonder if space shuttle astronauts hop in regular airplanes and think “too easy!” When they fly haha!

    • @magrets
      @magrets 4 года назад +95

      Lots of astronauts actually fly commercial airlines , but I think you got to become sort of humble when you go to space , so I believe they have less arrogance than pilots usually have and consider they actually have 200+ lives on board that counts on him to deliver brilliantly.

    • @chaserATL
      @chaserATL 4 года назад +82

      "You airline pilots with your '3 degree glide slopes' and 'working engines' have it so easy."

    • @yxeaviationphotog
      @yxeaviationphotog 4 года назад +30

      @@magrets I haven't heard of any active astronauts flying for the airlines. Astronauts that serve as the Pilot/Commander, are all military test pilots. Most of the time, they fly Nasa's T-38s to maintain proficiency.

    • @catwithblueglasses1921
      @catwithblueglasses1921 4 года назад +4

      A A'H woah i have been on a airplane before what if my pilot was an astronaut

    • @freezor80
      @freezor80 4 года назад +3

      Lots of astronauts were Air Force pilots prior to being astronauts.

  • @CCD93
    @CCD93 8 месяцев назад +4

    This video will never get old. I watch it like every year

  • @elneutrino90
    @elneutrino90 8 лет назад +4777

    How to land a brick on a pencil from another room without looking

  • @AnonymousFreakYT
    @AnonymousFreakYT 5 лет назад +139

    16:30 - "700, 600, 500..." In a Cessna prop plane, reading altitudes decreasing that quickly would be called "in a power dive." In the Space Shuttle, that is "preflare descent."

    • @SteelyEyedMissileDan
      @SteelyEyedMissileDan 4 года назад +5

      The space shuttle has the glide ratio of a cinder block but the heart of a champion.

    • @alexku8452
      @alexku8452 4 года назад +2

      @@SteelyEyedMissileDan But it is a quite aerodynamic looking cinder block...

  • @coleroyer4789
    @coleroyer4789 8 лет назад +2903

    now i know how to land the space shuttle ill keep it in mind if i ever have to land one lol

    • @aidanjameson2521
      @aidanjameson2521 8 лет назад +45

      cole royer yeah. I have no idea why I watched this.

    • @madzangels
      @madzangels 8 лет назад

      xD

    • @jongeduard
      @jongeduard 8 лет назад +6

      It's soo cool to see this in real. I am a very large fan of Orbiter Space Flight Simulator (2010/2016) in which you can fly spacecraft all by yourself.

    • @luca199615
      @luca199615 8 лет назад +9

      Eduard take a look at Kerbel Space Programm !

    • @jongeduard
      @jongeduard 8 лет назад +2

      luca199615 Yeah, I have seen several videos of people playing KSP, maybe I'll start with it some time. I know the fun things about KSP are the ability to build your own vessels and the great humor of it with the little green creatures.
      But the special thing of Orbiter is it's amazing realism, which is nice when you love science. And it's for free.
      Both programs have their unique qualities.

  • @justanotherupscaspirant8837
    @justanotherupscaspirant8837 2 года назад +2

    After this, i decided to watch a reentry live recording and understood most everything, when earlier it was pure jargon. This is what RUclips was for. This is amazing

  • @protonjones54
    @protonjones54 5 лет назад +1885

    instructions unclear, shuttle stuck in cuba

    • @jangmi_av8s
      @jangmi_av8s 5 лет назад +12

      MS Paint

    • @imqr
      @imqr 5 лет назад +5

      Doctor Jones how did you get a space shuttle?

    • @shaunewales3153
      @shaunewales3153 5 лет назад +22

      @@imqr Just rent a shuttle at your nearest NASA space center duh

    • @rhyder4life
      @rhyder4life 5 лет назад +6

      you've gotta push the switch forward!!

    • @imqr
      @imqr 5 лет назад +3

      Shaune Wales lol

  • @raddydydy
    @raddydydy 4 года назад +652

    Me: *watches guitar videos*
    RUclips: I gotchu. You wanna ride the damn space shuttle. Here's some tutorials.

    • @amirfmaster2515
      @amirfmaster2515 4 года назад +1

      lol

    • @oaguilera81
      @oaguilera81 4 года назад +5

      That’s exactly what happened 😂😂

    • @gbro-cy7jo
      @gbro-cy7jo 4 года назад +7

      Its probally cuz you watched chris hadfield playing guitar in space lol

    • @raddydydy
      @raddydydy 4 года назад +3

      @@gbro-cy7jo I recalled, and you got me. LOL

    • @gbro-cy7jo
      @gbro-cy7jo 4 года назад +1

      @@raddydydy lol

  • @AfroMan187
    @AfroMan187 4 года назад +325

    I'll likely never be an astronaut, but after watching this video, I'm writing "Capable of Landing Orbital Vehicle" down on every resume I fill out.

    • @arkitect5692
      @arkitect5692 4 года назад +15

      You should play Kerbal Space Program to try your skills with a shuttle ;)

    • @pengstirbkuchen5987
      @pengstirbkuchen5987 4 года назад +8

      @@arkitect5692 I tried, but I don't even get _into_ space without killing everyone. I should definitely do the tutorials.

    • @GewelReal
      @GewelReal 4 года назад +3

      Just wait until commercial space flights will kick off

    • @KnickKnack07
      @KnickKnack07 4 года назад +1

      I doubt you have to clarify that you LIKELY won't be an astronaut. Unless you are still in high school, you would have had to have made it your life pursuit already to have any shot.

    • @Trildin
      @Trildin 4 года назад +3

      @@arkitect5692 Truly amazing game

  • @dimitristripakis7364
    @dimitristripakis7364 Год назад +4

    I admire these people because if I was in charge and they came up to me with this plan, like "we will flare into the atmosphere, then roll around to descent, then come down 37000 feet in 3 minutes, like a glider dropping at 120 mph, etc", I would simply say "I am not putting people inside such a thing!" and it would never have happened.

  • @geraldleclair3135
    @geraldleclair3135 5 лет назад +403

    "Space X interview" So what qualification do you have to fly for us? Sir I watched this video twice. !!!!

  • @TheBorathon
    @TheBorathon 4 года назад +159

    I saw this and thought "pft 18 minutes? I'll just watch a minute and then skip through it."
    Well I watched the whole thing lol. Very good job at presenting and keeping entertained.

  • @shafaqsharite4633
    @shafaqsharite4633 5 лет назад +506

    Nice tutorial
    100% would fly again
    5/5 Stars

    • @Jadenmyers
      @Jadenmyers 5 лет назад +2

      TheRagingCanadian101 lmao

  • @SKRUBL0RD
    @SKRUBL0RD 2 года назад +66

    this video is so good that youtube keeps recommending it every year. to be honest i wish our own commercial flights would be able to fly faster and land sooner like this.

    • @leecowell8165
      @leecowell8165 2 года назад +1

      Not really.. the approach of this guy would be outright SCARY its dropping like a rock! yeah something like a mile/minute compared to a quarter of that compared to conventional jet aircraft. The Concorde flew twice as high and twice as fast. But its landing was pretty much conventional. yeah it had BIG wings compared to this guy.

    • @artyjaycayairlines
      @artyjaycayairlines 2 года назад +1

      What about the G-Force???

    • @EvanAviator
      @EvanAviator 2 года назад +1

      10,000 fpm descent would break apart your average aircraft

    • @SKRUBL0RD
      @SKRUBL0RD 2 года назад

      @@EvanAviator you missed the word 'wish' implying fantasy or a desire for future tech in the modern day

    • @thanhnguyenviet3382
      @thanhnguyenviet3382 2 года назад

      @@SKRUBL0RD the insane G force created by that super fast descent might kill someone, or at least bring about some negative effects to the passengers' well-beings

  • @erich930
    @erich930 5 лет назад +104

    "The Gulfstream 2 jet, which in order to simulate how un-aerodynamic the shuttle is, flies with its landing gear down and its engines in reverse."
    That quote KILLED me! That is sooooooooooooo un-aerodynamic!

  • @BigUriel
    @BigUriel 4 года назад +1924

    Flat Earthers be like "these guys sure put a lot of work into a hoax"

    • @Dude0000
      @Dude0000 4 года назад +15

      Sérgio Alves true the other way around...

    • @mypie2473
      @mypie2473 4 года назад +45

      Lmao. I dont know why flat earthers think they would fake all of that. tf is the point?

    • @Jonathan-ex3sl
      @Jonathan-ex3sl 4 года назад +58

      @@mypie2473 conspiracy theories by definition are not based on rationality

    • @hanque4684
      @hanque4684 4 года назад +7

      @@Jonathan-ex3sl people like to blame others

    • @simonp37
      @simonp37 4 года назад +10

      ​@@pintobean4919, even people at that time, knew the earth is a sphere. It seems that "flat earthers" started as an insult, as there's no written history that shows, that people believed the earth is flat during the middle ages or any other time. People are weird.

  • @orjhyu3v2ehv3h
    @orjhyu3v2ehv3h 6 лет назад +670

    -"You look good."
    -"I agree. "

    • @orjhyu3v2ehv3h
      @orjhyu3v2ehv3h 6 лет назад +16

      bill kerman 15:55

    • @damomguy2801
      @damomguy2801 6 лет назад +2

      Patryk Misilo lol looking for this comment xD

    • @nitehawk86
      @nitehawk86 6 лет назад +81

      "You"re a little bit high."
      "I agree."

    • @mlw237
      @mlw237 6 лет назад

      W I N

    • @KutWrite
      @KutWrite 6 лет назад +2

      "They said you was hung."
      "They were right!"

  • @GCOS62
    @GCOS62 Год назад +10

    Stunning presentation. Whenever I watch it, I feel like I'm seeing it again, for the first time.

  • @billsmith7129
    @billsmith7129 5 лет назад +400

    "Umm, Atlantis, we're a little congested down here. We're going to have to put you in a holding pattern."

    • @Osowiec1917
      @Osowiec1917 5 лет назад +3

      looool very funny :))

    • @abdulmalikbadamasi3069
      @abdulmalikbadamasi3069 5 лет назад +2

      more like death pattern (:

    • @MrSupercar55
      @MrSupercar55 5 лет назад +2

      Crash, bang, whallop! What a picture! Joking apart, a holding pattern is not possible with a glider of any sort. That's why airports close if a plane has an engine failure. That's bad enough as the plane descends 5 feet for every 20 feet it flies forwards when dealing with a flame-out in all engines. The Shuttle, however, descends faster than that, so they get clearance to land well in advance.

    • @PhantomMods4
      @PhantomMods4 5 лет назад +8

      Copy, this is Atlantis declaring emergency... first class cabin toilet is clogged

    • @dhbroussard89
      @dhbroussard89 5 лет назад +2

      No problem, May day May day May day....Atlantis declaring in flight emergency...no engines dead stick from 39,000 requesting runway priority...

  • @DJSt3rling
    @DJSt3rling 5 лет назад +1131

    10:25 breaks my heart that nobody laughed at the CSS joke

    • @Teabone3
      @Teabone3 5 лет назад +28

      lol same

    •  4 года назад +8

      Hahah

    • @nmarks
      @nmarks 4 года назад +2

      I got it!

    • @thegreathadoken6808
      @thegreathadoken6808 4 года назад +41

      Meh. You tailor your act to your audience. They do that show to a room full of developers and web designers and those guys would never fully recover.

    • @iamgreezy9327
      @iamgreezy9327 4 года назад +3

      @@nmarks i dint got it, can u explain ?

  • @vulture4117
    @vulture4117 4 года назад +507

    Pilot: Says literally anything
    Commander: I agree.

  • @geoffreyallen3311
    @geoffreyallen3311 8 месяцев назад +2

    This video is BRILLIANT! I'll take the scientific and engineering stuff on trust, Bret, because you obviously know it inside out. But you are a born teacher, you explain complex things in language anyone can understand and are clearly passionate about it too.

  •  4 года назад +576

    This is one of those videos to which you come back to every half a year but have no clue why.

    • @mclz_
      @mclz_ 4 года назад +12

      wtf i thought i was the only one lmao

    • @mohammadalihussainlaghari1423
      @mohammadalihussainlaghari1423 3 года назад +2

      @@mclz_ me too 😂

    • @WhoLetTheDawgsOut
      @WhoLetTheDawgsOut 3 года назад +3

      This is my 6th time. I'm stuck in a loop

    • @junglejon74
      @junglejon74 3 года назад +2

      I went to comment and then saw my comment from a year ago :)

    • @Selecticism
      @Selecticism 3 года назад +1

      Unasked analysis: 1. Space Shuttle is always an interesting topic 2. The video is dealing with a question that maybe no one really asked himself but gets interested when he sees it, 3. Its just the right mixture of facts/serious explanations and some jokes and funny storytelling. I for myself just watched it, read your comment, and now will watch it right again. Maybe so are you when you're reading this reply ;)

  • @Angel-gn2on
    @Angel-gn2on 5 лет назад +907

    Pilot: You look good
    Commander: I agree
    then they embrace...

  • @hhscadets0925
    @hhscadets0925 5 лет назад +823

    Commander: My wife is hot
    Pilot: I agree.

  • @ajmomoho
    @ajmomoho 2 года назад +64

    Now that I fly turbo-props, it puts into perspective even more how fast they have to fly this. The approaches we do in the metro are at 140 knots, the same as the airliner example he gives, and I thought that was fast.
    Yet the shuttle does it at 300 knots.

    • @stuartgray5877
      @stuartgray5877 2 года назад +4

      They have (had) a special Gulfstream II to train the pilots that were to land the shuttle.
      To match the descent rate and drag profile of the real Shuttle at 37,000 feet, they had to REVERSE THRUST during approach.
      Yes, they modified the aircraft to allow THRUST REVERSAL in flight.
      I have also witnessed a shuttle landing on the strip at KSC from less than 100 yards away.
      They come in HOT! (Both literally & and figuratively)

    • @plane_guy6051
      @plane_guy6051 2 года назад +3

      To be fair, it's doing about 190 knots when the rear wheels actually touch the ground. It is going 300 knots not much before that though so probably pretty harrowing.

    • @seantaggart7382
      @seantaggart7382 Год назад +2

      Yeah you're flying WITHOUT POWER! AT 300 KNOTS
      to a runway THAT TAKES 6 SECONDS TO PASS!
      Oh and did i mention you're unpowered?
      Yeah GOOD LUCK!

    • @AllonKirtchik
      @AllonKirtchik Год назад +2

      @@seantaggart7382no engines, 300 knots, down a 20° glideslope, and with landing gear that can’t go up. That, after an initial descent with a 40° AA
      In any normal aircraft, any one of these would be considered a terrible emergency

    • @seantaggart7382
      @seantaggart7382 Год назад

      @@AllonKirtchik yeah in normal aircraft it'd be a go around a crash or A VIOLATION OF PHYSICS!

  • @malkodetence
    @malkodetence 4 года назад +689

    Instructions unclear: I'm near Saturn

    • @stellarx20
      @stellarx20 4 года назад +38

      so your a ksp player basically

    • @racingmhf9157
      @racingmhf9157 4 года назад +12

      @@stellarx20 KSP with RSS/RO mods

    • @meeast1169
      @meeast1169 3 года назад +2

      @@racingmhf9157 lmaoo

    • @racingmhf9157
      @racingmhf9157 3 года назад +1

      @@meeast1169 ;-;

    • @barryhumphreys2083
      @barryhumphreys2083 3 года назад +17

      Speak for yourself I’m in a different universe in an entire different ecosystem and the only reason I’m still alive is because the locals think I’m a god.

  • @bigidiotdumbstupidguy9329
    @bigidiotdumbstupidguy9329 8 лет назад +73

    This seems a lot like a TED talk. I love this guy so much and I don't know why. He seems like me and a few of my friends. He knows a little about a lot but has that one subject that he just absolutely loves. Instead of knowing everything about one thing you know one thing about everything y'know? The best kind of people imo.

    • @copebret
      @copebret  8 лет назад +6

      I'm more of the former. I have a bunch of interests that I go really deep on (this is one), but I'm absolutely horrible at general trivia.

    • @bigidiotdumbstupidguy9329
      @bigidiotdumbstupidguy9329 8 лет назад +1

      Bret Copeland C'est la vie. If you know what you love then go for it. That's the reason that I have such a hard time figuring out what my future is gonna look like. I have too many interests. So I'll just work menial labor until I make up my mind. Good on you my friend.

    • @copebret
      @copebret  8 лет назад +1

      I also have too many interests.

    • @bigidiotdumbstupidguy9329
      @bigidiotdumbstupidguy9329 8 лет назад

      Bret Copeland Hey, if you have a lot of interests, I tell people what my grandpa told me. Learn any Chinese dialect. You learn spanish if you want to work for someone, but Chinese to have people work for you. He was just like you by the way you described yourself and that's how he made his fortune.

    • @bad_choyces
      @bad_choyces 8 лет назад

      I personally found it really patronising, maybe I just dont like the enthusiastic talking but the jokes are obviously forced and maybe it would have been better to say live. still i left a like for the sheer effort

  • @Twiggy163
    @Twiggy163 6 лет назад +629

    Not the cost effectiveness they hoped for.
    Nor did it carry the heaviest payloads.
    But damn the Space Shuttles were amazing.

    • @strts
      @strts 5 лет назад +12

      one moment of silence for our fallen soldier

    • @bebehasbebehas2287
      @bebehasbebehas2287 5 лет назад +7

      wait, they are already testing new Skylons, the ships which are able to fly to space and land on their own jet engines.

    • @8-bitsteve500
      @8-bitsteve500 5 лет назад +12

      tbh the Shuttle program was a disaster but that's sadly down to a lot of the things they had to change from the original designs just because the military needed a larger cargo bay. Quite franky I'm glad the Shuttle is retired, perhaps now we can get on with some proper space exploration.

    • @DieyoungDiefast
      @DieyoungDiefast 5 лет назад +8

      @@8-bitsteve500 Aye, the original concept seemed good. Shuttle to orbit, dock at space station, transfer to another craft, go to moon and dock with a platform in lunar orbit.

    • @wills8288
      @wills8288 5 лет назад +2

      Lest we forget . . . and not the safest they predicted either.

  • @dboenish
    @dboenish Месяц назад +3

    13:06 Shuttle entering the flood lights from the black of night with wingtip vortex is one of the best clips of the shuttle landing I have ever seen.

  • @eugene9852
    @eugene9852 4 года назад +24

    I love how chilled the pilot is while he's talking to the commander. They're performing one of the most complex, most dangerous landings that can be done, and he's completely unfazed.

    • @pugs6357
      @pugs6357 4 года назад +2

      Probably he has already done it before

    • @rickkimball6125
      @rickkimball6125 4 года назад +3

      Agreed. Just the knowledge that there are no 'do overs' would be incredibly stressful. Cmdr and Pilot probably got gray hairs just from that landing.

    • @MikkoRantalainen
      @MikkoRantalainen Год назад +2

      They were looking good for the whole manouver so it went according to their traning for the whole landing. As they have no "do overs" the only way they can prepare is to train in the simulator again and again for every imaginable situation.

  • @BipolarBLKSheep
    @BipolarBLKSheep 4 года назад +1163

    Only 1 shot at landing? Um.. have they never heard of holding F9 to reload their quicksave?

  • @domestosteron
    @domestosteron 6 лет назад +773

    2:24 "In our defense, launch is really expensive" *Elon musk kicks in the door* "DID I HEAR EXPENSIVE LAUNCHES?"

    • @theholderscock
      @theholderscock 6 лет назад

      MemesDLL haha

    • @james-faulkner
      @james-faulkner 6 лет назад +9

      And says " Give me that money!"

    • @msjxhjsjwjsxbjsns6726
      @msjxhjsjwjsxbjsns6726 6 лет назад +3

      Your profile picture goes with this comment really well

    • @ItsNotAllRainbows_and_Unicorns
      @ItsNotAllRainbows_and_Unicorns 6 лет назад +6

      Launching of the shuttle was expensive, but that was the tech that NASA wanted to help build the ISS. That's bureaucracy for you. Oh NASA. Still, pretty impressive feat considering the first space shuttle "Enterprise" rolled out in 1976, and the last lunar landing occurred in 1972.
      The ability for SpaceX to land their reusables within a targeted area was helped in part by an aerospace engineer named *Lars Blackmore* . In 2009 he and two colleagues discussed the need for increasing in the accuracy for landers landing on the Martian surface and developed _“Minimum-Landing-Error Powered-Descent Guidance for Mars Landing Using Convex Optimization.”_ That's a mouthful.
      qz.com/915702/the-spacex-falcon-9-rocket-you-see-landing-on-earth-is-really-a-sophisticated-flying-robot/
      So, part of the credit should go to that somewhat obscure name *Lars Blackmore* . Otherwise, we would probably have been witnessing more spectacular SpaceX landing failures.
      @Sir Eugene Courtney
      Fake launches? What a F_ing moron. How many millions watched the Saturn V launches and tracked the missions to the moon and back by several nations and a number of private citizens in the US alone. This goes for SkyLab and the shuttle missions as well. As far as the lunar landings, the landings were later confirmed by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), Japanese lunar mission SELENE, and India's first lunar mission with its Chandrayaan-I lunar orbiter.

    • @nicewhenearnedrudemostlyel489
      @nicewhenearnedrudemostlyel489 6 лет назад

      Maybe you should write a column, instead of do this for free. mostly just to put it behind a paywall so i never have to see it. fuck yourselves.

  • @ralfoide
    @ralfoide 2 года назад +4

    A classic... love this lightning talk. (it's been my habit to rewatch this, apparently every 2 years... it's that good,... kudos for your hard work presenting this).

  • @nadoox
    @nadoox 6 лет назад +582

    Thank you, now I'll be able to land my Space Shuttle !

    • @Twiggy163
      @Twiggy163 6 лет назад +13

      Thats what I thought so I tried this in Kerbal Space Program.
      2 problems:
      You're limited to the parts given (Im not including mods).
      KSP's flight system, while ok.. I think, isnt near reality.
      The only thing that landed was the cockpit module. Trying the S-manouvres ripped the wings off and it all went... downhill..

    • @chucksherron
      @chucksherron 6 лет назад +15

      How long have you been orbiting waiting for an instructional video to be published so you can land?

    • @peaveyst7
      @peaveyst7 6 лет назад

      @@Twiggy163 try kerbal joint reinforcement. it tightens the joints between each part and prevent wobble and the kraken.

    • @Twiggy163
      @Twiggy163 6 лет назад

      @@peaveyst7
      Good call. So far I've just changed the design slightly and that did the trick. However my space station seems to rip itself apart when I get into physics range so that mod may help fix that.

    • @shepherdlavellen3301
      @shepherdlavellen3301 5 лет назад

      @@Twiggy163 maybe make the shuttle lighter, used to have the same problem with my 60t shuttle but doesn't have problem with another one which is around 40t, plus, don't do too much maneuver when it's too fast in low atmosphere.

  • @Seb90009
    @Seb90009 8 лет назад +561

    Thank you for this video, was having some problems landing mine.

  • @rexuz2482
    @rexuz2482 5 лет назад +232

    The aliens have been in orbit for centuries. When this video pops up in their recommended we are all in trouble.

    • @futuregodkingoftheuniverse8381
      @futuregodkingoftheuniverse8381 5 лет назад +19

      Rexuz dont worry, you know RUclipss algorithm itll take at least 4 years

    • @ShadowVipers
      @ShadowVipers 5 лет назад +2

      @@futuregodkingoftheuniverse8381 I think it's a bit sooner than that... :/
      Cause I think it's happening now!

    • @SUPERBUZZED
      @SUPERBUZZED 5 лет назад +1

      @@ShadowVipers There are no Aliens. They are The Fallen Ones/Fallen Angels. They have been in contact with man and it is how man has received its major tech, knowledge, etc.. All world leaders and countries are all one. The rest is just A Big Show. Its how they have been ruling over us. Divide & Conquer is the name of the game. Soon the staged WW3 will happen and following that the staged Alien attack will happen (its why the U.S. made its Space Force military branch). With the "invasion" which is the beginning stage for the Anti Christ (really already has) to take over the world. This will happen under the false guise of unity against the "Aliens" and eventually all will be in peace under another false guise with the "Aliens" who are the Fallen Angels and Satan. This will is the New World Order that they have been planning for a long time now. Want proof to this false world we live in? Look at my "Crash Course To Our Hidden World" for absolute proof.

    • @HighHell99
      @HighHell99 5 лет назад

      😂

    • @alexku8452
      @alexku8452 4 года назад

      We might stand a chance when those alien spaceships upgraded to Windows 10 recently.
      I bet right when that frickin 1 MB computer decides to go into the preflare it Starts rebooting due to updates...
      Which will of course take another centruy with only 1 MB RAM.

  • @c1ph3rpunk
    @c1ph3rpunk Год назад +6

    This pops up for me a couple times a year, and for some reason I must watch it.

  • @SilentRoses
    @SilentRoses 4 года назад +299

    Instructions unclear, landed in japan and now everyone's looking at me funny.

    • @rgb_82
      @rgb_82 4 года назад +15

      I know it is a joke but, The shuttle had many alternate landing zones all around the world. It could also land on any paved surface at least 3KM long. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_abort_modes#Emergency_landing_sites)

    • @Eman-iw1rq
      @Eman-iw1rq 4 года назад +4

      Really?? They worked out great for me! Remember 40° bank angle!

    • @SilentRoses
      @SilentRoses 4 года назад +5

      @@rgb_82 nawh i plugged in a controlled into the usb port so i was controlling it by hand

    • @rick.rollboi
      @rick.rollboi 4 года назад +4

      I landed in the sun ;-;

    • @pugs6357
      @pugs6357 4 года назад +1

      @@rick.rollboi ...

  • @MIO9_sh
    @MIO9_sh 4 года назад +989

    15:58 basically human GPWS

    • @THEMATT222
      @THEMATT222 4 года назад +5

      Lol

    • @DHKim7
      @DHKim7 4 года назад +114

      ground
      proximity
      warning
      steve

    • @The747Isnotdead
      @The747Isnotdead 4 года назад +16

      50 *remembers he’s a brick* 0

    • @brucetharpe762
      @brucetharpe762 3 года назад +12

      GPWCF
      Ground
      Proximity
      Warning
      Chris
      Ferguson

    • @antmanmax1
      @antmanmax1 3 года назад +24

      It would be nice if GPWS said things like "you're looking good... okay lagging a little bit... looks good... might wanna turn your HUD up if you haven't already... just a little bit high... start settin' it down..."

  • @davidstone798
    @davidstone798 5 лет назад +264

    I do not understand the down votes. This was extremely interesting and incredibly well done. Thank you!

    • @patstokes3615
      @patstokes3615 4 года назад +32

      Flat earths

    • @SilentArc
      @SilentArc 4 года назад +9

      @@patstokes3615 soviets

    • @aspodermousstoplight100
      @aspodermousstoplight100 4 года назад +11

      They have space shuttle and it didn’t work

    • @organbuilder272
      @organbuilder272 4 года назад +4

      David, some people have no sense of humor, possibly hit the wrong button, or are just plain party poopers.

    • @MrMartinkimber
      @MrMartinkimber 4 года назад +2

      Those are all test pilots that once they went inverted they stayed that way.

  • @Andrei613
    @Andrei613 Год назад +2

    I've followed the space program since Apollo 8 and I must say this is an excellent explanation of the Shuttle landing profile. Bloody well done.

  • @rztrzt
    @rztrzt 5 лет назад +2554

    Thanks for the metric values, very few americans do this.

    • @jayit6851
      @jayit6851 5 лет назад +21

      Science and non-civil engineering is typically done in metric units. Keeps things consistent since this stuff is internationally collaborated on.

    • @bosteador
      @bosteador 5 лет назад +20

      Engineers use the metric system here in America.

    • @warweasel2832
      @warweasel2832 5 лет назад +15

      Nasa, airliners, and the military use metric, so it just makes sense

    • @legan8140
      @legan8140 5 лет назад +3

      NASA uses the metric system since early 90’s

    • @geraldhenrickson7472
      @geraldhenrickson7472 5 лет назад +2

      There is a sweeping generalization for the textbooks. Thanks

  • @Loky-xt1lx
    @Loky-xt1lx 4 года назад +252

    Omg thank you, I’m sick of getting stuck in space inside a space shuttle and wondering how to get down.

    • @MrSupercar55
      @MrSupercar55 4 года назад +8

      Not me. I was enjoying it until my oxygen ran out. I had to get down eventually. It was that or die in space.

    • @Idkwhaturtalkingabou
      @Idkwhaturtalkingabou 4 года назад +5

      Happens to all of us

    • @randomguy-gb9ge
      @randomguy-gb9ge 2 года назад

      @@mokabere2506 Colombia disaster then

  • @renerpho
    @renerpho 8 месяцев назад +3

    Coming here from Scott Manley's video about how the Space Shuttle landed before GPS. Great talk!

  • @goldbridge
    @goldbridge 4 года назад +458

    Dude you’re really well spoken and you combine your articulate points with humour. Awesome. Thank you from 🇬🇧

    • @Vines4youtube
      @Vines4youtube 4 года назад +8

      I'd love a teacher like him!

    • @mrsoon1318
      @mrsoon1318 4 года назад

      You have a talent for explaining things in a manner that is clear and entertaining, you need to make more.

    • @Gameboy-Unboxings
      @Gameboy-Unboxings 2 года назад

      Pathetic..

    • @Masman40777
      @Masman40777 2 года назад

      @@Gameboy-Unboxings what

    • @collinregner5247
      @collinregner5247 2 года назад +1

      Haha! You guys drive on the left side of the road over there! That’s pretty silly huh?

  • @jonathonmcrae5671
    @jonathonmcrae5671 5 лет назад +88

    This guy had me convinced he worked for Nasa before I read the description, Nasa, give this man a job.

    • @edsonbean5407
      @edsonbean5407 4 года назад +4

      I'm sure he does now someone saw this guy said hire that guy he can explain stuff

    • @TheTruthKiwi
      @TheTruthKiwi 4 года назад +1

      Especially when he said, "I was the pilot". I thought he looked a bit young, considering he must've flown 5 years prior but genuineness is a thing right? Had me hook, line and sinker too.

  • @MarsFKA
    @MarsFKA 8 лет назад +20

    One pre-dawn morning, years ago, I watched on NASA TV as Atlantis did its pre-orbit burn for a landing at Edwards. I watched until it was above my horizon - I live in the bottom half of the South Island, New Zealand - then went outside and saw this bright dot flashing across the sky. Man, it was moving! Talk about gone in sixteen seconds.
    Half an hour later, it was on the ground in California and I thought about the last time that I had made the same trip - it took me twelve hours in a 747.
    Excellent presentation. Thank you.

    • @jshepard152
      @jshepard152 7 лет назад

      MarsFKA - Pretty cool. I saw the shuttle and the ISS come over together once. The shuttle had recently undocked and they were still in the same orbit near each other.

    • @allthingsbing1295
      @allthingsbing1295 6 лет назад

      MarsFKA NASA website says there are no lights on shuttle orbiter What do you think caused the flash?

    • @MarsFKA
      @MarsFKA 6 лет назад

      All Things Bing
      "Flashing"? Just a figure of speech. When I said "flashing" I meant it was moving very fast.

  • @kemi242
    @kemi242 8 месяцев назад +3

    Educational with a sense of humor. If my physics classes were like this, I'd probably be an aerospace engineer by now.

  • @Tracomaster
    @Tracomaster 8 лет назад +1485

    "imagine getting on board of a space shuttle during de-orbit burn and hearing these words:"does anyone know how to fly this thing?".

    • @SkyrimHod
      @SkyrimHod 8 лет назад +119

      The life of everyone on board depends on just one thing: finding someone back there who not only can fly this shuttle, but who didn't have fish for dinner.

    • @danthefryingpan963
      @danthefryingpan963 8 лет назад +29

      "does anyone know how to fly this thing?" Did i hear the words of the 12th doctor?

    • @SkyrimHod
      @SkyrimHod 8 лет назад +117

      "Fly yes. Land, no."

    • @brandongaedke4778
      @brandongaedke4778 8 лет назад +2

      Grey Squirrel Games HAHAHAHA

    • @slugerama
      @slugerama 8 лет назад +10

      "Shayna. They bought their tickets, they knew what they were getting into. I say, let 'em crash"

  • @QS-si3cq
    @QS-si3cq 4 года назад +52

    "Changing direction in orbit takes crazy amounts of energy." Facts; I grew up playing Asteroids in arcades in the early 80's and can confirm.

    • @dodgeman789
      @dodgeman789 4 года назад

      I ztill play that game bahaha

  • @fredricgreenblott4169
    @fredricgreenblott4169 4 года назад +149

    2016: nowhere to be seen on RUclips
    2020: *POPS UP RELENTLESSLY IN EVERY RECOMMENDED FEED*

    • @killerboi_gamez9040
      @killerboi_gamez9040 4 года назад

      Beter Griffin trust me

    • @eavyeavy2864
      @eavyeavy2864 4 года назад +1

      No

    • @Jimmy_Wei
      @Jimmy_Wei 4 года назад

      I told him not to give up being an youtuber

    • @Bromon655
      @Bromon655 4 года назад +2

      It’s almost as if RUclips wants to keep you engaged and entertained while also bringing back great videos from the past so they are not forgotten

  • @MrBostonrobb
    @MrBostonrobb 4 месяца назад +1

    This presentation is so good that I came back 6 years after my initial comment to comment on this video again. This is excellent.

  • @Super1337357
    @Super1337357 5 лет назад +587

    Kennedy Space Center Tower: STS-135 go around
    STS-135: ...

    • @pjilog5191
      @pjilog5191 5 лет назад +25

      STS-135 WTF I don't have engines mate!!

    • @alexanderyayy3318
      @alexanderyayy3318 5 лет назад +30

      sts-135 ah shit here we crash again

    • @sourabhpatil7309
      @sourabhpatil7309 5 лет назад +7

      Head back to next life and align with runway after becoming astraunaut again...

    • @unflexian
      @unflexian 5 лет назад +24

      Mayday Mayday Mayday, this is STS-135 reporting dual engine failure, requesting landing permission at Zulu, Kilo, Papa, Yankee, squawking 7500, good night.

    • @benywidodo
      @benywidodo 5 лет назад +1

      @@unflexian ah those free airshow.

  • @aashirkhan5650
    @aashirkhan5650 4 года назад +204

    I have watched this video probably a dozen times now and every time I re watch, it never gets old. Amazing Video alongside being presented in an amazing way

  • @EQ33131217
    @EQ33131217 5 лет назад +117

    This is TED talk quality. I wonder where does this genius go.

    • @StephenButlerOne
      @StephenButlerOne 4 года назад +18

      Better than most ted talk presenters. I was amazed how confident this kid was. Well done to him.

    • @rzr2ffe325
      @rzr2ffe325 4 года назад +4

      The timing was impeccable

    • @jacques4446
      @jacques4446 4 года назад +1

      was wondering the same thing!

    • @Cookzki
      @Cookzki 4 года назад +1

      @@StephenButlerOne Fr though. You can tell he has some nerves, but he rocked this presentation!

    • @luisferr2001
      @luisferr2001 4 года назад +1

      @@StephenButlerOne same here. he´s confident, very well prepared for the talk, and easy to understand, and not boring at all!

  • @lukeliam6614
    @lukeliam6614 Год назад +3

    Thank you I’ve been getting space shuttles for my b-day since I was 16, and I kept on crashing the shuttle and just exploding in space, once it exploded in space and I was orbiting the sun in the shuttle seat for 6 years so this really helped me finally land my 122nd space shuttle THANK YOU for this amazing tutorial..

  • @proximarem8034
    @proximarem8034 4 года назад +309

    Question: "How to land the Space Shuttle from space?
    Answer: "Very carefully..."

    • @DBR00
      @DBR00 4 года назад +4

      Most underrated comment.

    • @projectretro8243
      @projectretro8243 4 года назад +1

      Fix the part where it says “How to land the Space Shuttle from space? To “How to land the Space Shuttle from Space”.
      You forgot to capitalize Space and also forgot to end the “ thing.

    • @rick.rollboi
      @rick.rollboi 4 года назад +3

      @@projectretro8243 meh who cares XD

    • @ismailnyeyusof3520
      @ismailnyeyusof3520 4 года назад

      Answer is: start with hard lefts and right and then very precisely and very quickly.

    • @mocskoskukorica
      @mocskoskukorica 4 года назад

      Thanks mate, you have just saved 17min from my life...... !

  • @adityaagarwal2381
    @adityaagarwal2381 4 года назад +214

    Instructions unclear, I'm on mars

    • @hmshood9212
      @hmshood9212 4 года назад +10

      Get your ass to Mars

    • @tiredcitizenz1925
      @tiredcitizenz1925 4 года назад +4

      @@hmshood9212 nobody woosh me i know it's a joke
      He's already on Mars dumbass

    • @sourbrothers73
      @sourbrothers73 4 года назад +6

      No that's just Arizona

    • @roushstge2
      @roushstge2 4 года назад +1

      Sour Brothers yeah common mistake.

    • @empireofitalypsstimfromano5025
      @empireofitalypsstimfromano5025 4 года назад

      @Evan Plays Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
      Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

  • @jeffsfort
    @jeffsfort 4 года назад +226

    For a "NOT AN ASTRONAUT" this was an awesome walkthrough of reentry to touch down. Having grown up watching these missions, it's just cool to see the process. The injected humor was fun too. Yeah, watching the landing through the HUD was really cool too. Thanks for sharing!

    • @burakalp34
      @burakalp34 2 года назад +1

      👏Good job stealing comments

    • @johnny_tapia
      @johnny_tapia 2 года назад

      @@burakalp34 I think Mark stole Jeff's comment.

    • @jeffsfort
      @jeffsfort 2 года назад

      @@burakalp34 that’s messed up. At first I had no idea what you were talking about. No, the comment was typed by me not someone else. I see the other after doing a little scrolling. That would be the copy and paste culprit. Maybe he agreed so strongly that he had no words of his own. Who knows. LOL!

    • @burakalp34
      @burakalp34 2 года назад +1

      @@jeffsfort Well in that case, I apologize

  • @Too13lue4U
    @Too13lue4U 9 месяцев назад +2

    It's 2106 and space shuttles are starting to become affordable. Got one for my 16th bday and thanks for the refresher in how to land from space!

  • @notbobgeldof5468
    @notbobgeldof5468 5 лет назад +246

    Shuttle Atlantis go around
    Skyhawk 172 cleared for landing

  • @minidwarfdude9230
    @minidwarfdude9230 8 лет назад +772

    Thanks RUclips for recommending this to me I really wanted to know how to land a shuttle

    • @minidwarfdude9230
      @minidwarfdude9230 8 лет назад +24

      It was really interesting actually

    • @jessie8173
      @jessie8173 8 лет назад +3

      mini dwarfdude I guess except it's fake cuz the earth is flat so...

    • @viseberg8527
      @viseberg8527 8 лет назад +5

      +Jessie
      Of course it isn't. Now go back to sleep.

    • @minidwarfdude9230
      @minidwarfdude9230 8 лет назад +9

      Jessie I don't believe that the Earth is flat. However, I have no proof that it isn't flat other than photos from space. However, maybe the photos are photoshopped? Maybe we do live on a disc, or a turtle, or on a stripper's fake tit. I've never been to Africa so I have no proof of its existence

    • @mattkrins
      @mattkrins 8 лет назад +1

      Just go stand on a tall tower and you can see the curvature of the planet.

  • @SHIV-uw2zj
    @SHIV-uw2zj 5 лет назад +272

    NASA lands smoother than Ryanair
    Me: *seems legit*

    • @DarkTheFailure
      @DarkTheFailure 4 года назад

      thats not saying much

    • @Alex-ok9iu
      @Alex-ok9iu 4 года назад +11

      A crash landing would be smoother than Ryanair

  • @Pharry_
    @Pharry_ Год назад +1

    I love how whenever he says "there's a problem" or something along those lines he sounds like he's about to cry. Really adds to the comedic effect.

  • @breezyprogramstv9443
    @breezyprogramstv9443 6 лет назад +1736

    I'd like to have this guy as a teacher

    • @winnermarcelosc
      @winnermarcelosc 6 лет назад +48

      he looks like he just sniffed a ton of cocaine before this

    • @breezyprogramstv9443
      @breezyprogramstv9443 6 лет назад +14

      winnermarcelosc why? I don't think it cuz he was talking like serious during his performance...

    • @winnermarcelosc
      @winnermarcelosc 6 лет назад +11

      well, i'm not judging him, he looks like a young fella btw but he is really anxious on the way he speaks, you can hear him hard breathing at some points, but he is nice af.

    • @breezyprogramstv9443
      @breezyprogramstv9443 6 лет назад +5

      winnermarcelosc no sure, I'm not saying that you were judging him but I've said that he is very young and he was looking very serious during his performance

    • @Williams2809
      @Williams2809 6 лет назад +6

      I wouldn't want a junkie as a teacher.