From The Earth To The Moon: Galileo Was Right (Every Step Of The Way)
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- Опубликовано: 21 окт 2024
- Conversation between Dave Scott and Professor Silver that always seemed inspiring to me.
Dave Scott was a reluctant student of Professor Silver, who managed to adapt his teaching style to catch Scott's interest. Later, Scott would find the famous "Genesis Rock" on the moon, all thanks to what he had learned from his teacher.
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For those interested, Silver just recently passed away at the age of 96 on 31 January, 2022. Caltech has a great obituary highlighting his career and achievements.
RIP Professor Silver. He will always be known as “The Astronaut’s Teacher” 😢
This episode, along with "Spider", are my two favorite episodes from the series. They showed what a single great teacher can do to inspire his students and that actor that played Professor Silver did a wonderful job.
They are two of my favorites, but I would also make a special case for "All There Is"
Instead of a stressful flight under the scrutinizing eyes of history, it becomes best buddies going on the adventure of a lifetime and having loads of fun doing it
It's always a great experience working with someone who has both intelligence and enthusiasm in equal doses
Professors, teachers and mentors - all are extremely important.
The great character actor David Clennon as the professor. Simply wonderful in every part he plays. Even his role as the Press Liason officer in "The Right Stuff."
OH HOLY CRAP, I totally didn't realize that was him. "This is BIIIIIIG NEWS, we need COVERAGE of this!"
He was also in the movie "The Paper Chase" as the 3rd Year Resident Assistant who gives the rundown to Hart
It's a wonderful series. I reckon it's better than any movie made on the topic.
Agreed
and better than pretentious politicizing bs tv shows too, like for all mankind.
I don't know... Apollo 13 still ranks at the top for me. And if it weren't for Apollo 13, Tom Hanks and Ron Howard would probably never have made this wonderful miniseries
@@k1productions87 This series came first. Was the precursor to Apollo 13.
@@richf.7845 uh, incorrect.
Apollo 13 was made in 1995
From the Earth to the Moon was made in 1998, a full three years later. It was working on the Apollo 13 film that inspired Tom Hanks and Ron Howard to make this miniseries.
This one is probably my favorite episode. It really inspired me to start excelling in science and be what I always wanted to be.
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Its a really tough call for me. As amazing as this episode is, I cannot help but have a slightly stronger affinity for "Spider" and "All There Is", the latter making the Apollo 12 crew my favorite crew. I even listened to some of the IRL audio transcripts, and they were just as hilarious as in the episode. Pete Conrad's giggle is just so infectious
Actually, Dave Scott wasn't quite as "reluctant" a student as the episode makes him out to be. From what I've read, Dave was quite enthusiastic about science early on. If you read "A Man on the Moon" by Andrew Chaykin, upon with the series is partly based, you see it was actually Jim Lovell, training for Apollo 13, that started out as a skeptic but was won over on field trips with Silver. For the series, they adapted it to Scott and the Apollo 15 crew.
toddsmitts I’ve got an old dog eared copy of that book
makes sense, since they couldn't fit that into the apollo 13 script I bet.
@@dragonsword7370 THAT’S the art of adaptation when it comes to real-life stories.
@@Wired4Life2 I have to agree with this one. What Apollo 13 the movie did by comparison was criminal. Making Jack Swigert out to be some stupid rookie, a fight scene inside the lunar module that never happened
The only time anyone lost their temper in the real mission was Lovell calling for them to hurry up with the reentry procedures
@@alex-internetlubber I read that Ron Howard had to persuade the actors and the NASA consultants of the storytelling wisdom to concentrate all the tension into that one brief argument scene, for it helps relieve the audience’s expectations of assigning fault for the incident.
This episode was great the series was incredible.
Dave Scott became very interested in lunar geology after Professor Silver's teachings.
I absolutely LOVE how this episode and the one that followed used the theme elements from "spider"......Apollo 15...good job guys
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oh, re-using the Spider theme for this moment was the best call they could have made. I love that theme so much
After watching this series for the 873rd time, I just now noticed the very slight delay between Prof. Silver greeting Dave Scott and him smiling in recognition...the delay in transmission from the command module still being far from earth...a subtle attention to scientific detail...
One of my favorite episodes. I too left feeling excited about geology!
Dave Scott was a beast, fr everything i read he was regarded as the best pilot of the bunch. He had some issues w/ profiteering that turned out to be nothing. That's acknowledged, but the guy went down as a true legend! Well deserved!!!!
Boomer Riordan Maybe two years or so after you wrote your note about "profiteering" it should be noted that Scott sold the only OTHER moon watch than the Omega Speedmaster at a private internet sale. As per the packaging insert that comes with the Bulova chronograph moon watch, Scott sold it in 2016 for $1.625 million U.S. The story goes, Bulova made a special version of the watch just for Scott's Apollo flight for him to try out on the moon if he had the opportunity. The story says the Hazilite plastic bubble crystal on his Speedmaster popped off after the second EVA leavng Scott with no choice but to use the Bulova on the 3rd EVA.
But of course, I had to buy a copy of the replica Bulova moon watch when it came out for sale in 2017 since I already owned a pre-lunar Speedmaster. Now I can claim I have both moon watches, one an original and the other a replica. Thank you Dave Scott for the Bulova.
And I thought you fellas were gonna talk about your stamp collection 😉
It hardly turned out to be nothing. Just look at the wiki article about the incident.
Silver was interviewed about the episode and he felt that it "romanticized" the experience, and had minor historical inaccuracies but otherwise liked the episode. Unfortunately, Hollywood always has to "improve" historical events to make them more entertaining. That said, it was an incredible series. This episode and the one about the designing, building and testing of the lunar module were my favorites.
Define "Hollywood"... We need to start being more specific about who we criticize. Hollywood employs thousands. Also, movies and shows are not documentaries. "Artistic license"
@@kbanghart When you make a show that is supposed to be telling historical events, you have to respect the history. You don't get to say "Movies and shows are not documentaries" over something that essentially IS.
That being said, this episode walks the line well enough. Minor inaccuracies are no big deal, especially if its for the sake of holding the audience's attention and keeping them interested in the important event. The one episode I DO gripe on though is "We Interrupt This Program" which didn't just stray from history, it was 100% fictional. Yes, Apollo 13 happened, but NTC was not a real network, and Emmet Seabourn and Brad Hutchins were not real people,... so why should this historical series be focusing drama between fake newscasters in a fictional newsroom?
@@k1productions87
I agree with you on your comments about the Space Shuttle, SLS, etc. And that minor inaccuracies are ok. The rest I don't really agree with much. You see, what you described as having to "respect" the history, that's all subjective. And yes, there's a big difference between movies and docus. There's no statement in the series that claims we tried to make it as historically accurate as possible. There's no law stating movies have to have a certain percentage of accuracy, and who would decide that? It's a story BASED on real life. As for the Emmett Seaborn and the other character, I suspect he was created so that the producers could more easily film like normal and then age it to make it look like it was shot back in the 60s... instead of trying to CGI a historical figure too much. The NTC network... I don't even remember what that referred to. No big deal. I don't mind that a fictional character was written in for the news anchor. I urge you to check in with some folks in the industry for some more flavor about how it works. It's definitely NOT a perfect system, for sure. So anyway, we can agree to disagree on that.
@@kbanghart why would they need to use CGI? They didn't do that for any of the astronauts who looked nothing at all like their real life counterparts. Hell, Lane Smith could have just straight up played Walter Cronkite, and it would have been fine.
If you need to create a fictional anchor in a fictional news network, that isn't really a problem. The problem is when you not only spend an entire episode on their drama that never actually occurred... but using the Apollo 13 episode to do so. There were more than enough potential stories they could have told with Apollo 13 that the movie never touched on.
If you want to tell fictional stories, then focus your entire series on that. The Newsroom is a good example, and Jeff Daniels' character felt a bit like Emmett Seaborn in that show. It used history as a backdrop to tell the story of its characters. Perfectly fine.
But if your goal is to show the astronauts, the engineers, the administrators, and the families of NASA... then it should stay as such.
Hell, this one just occurred to me. As the crew of Apollo 13 were on a desperate race for survival, you could have used that opportunity to have Wernher Von Braun recall his race for survival in the final days of the war, and then his fight to get the powers that be in America to pay any attention at all to the idea of spaceflight. That part could come up when someone mentions how little people cared about going to the moon until lives were in danger.
Fortunately we would see a dramatized version of Von Braun's story, coupled with Koralev's in a British-made miniseries called "Space Race". I just wish it was thought of in 98. We already had a Von Braun, but he only got a few minutes of screentime in a single episode
@@k1productions87 yeah, well movies and shows have the right to be as fictional or truthful as they want. If you want more accuracy, check out documentaries.
I wish my university profs had been this inspiring..thanks for the post great episode!
Apollo 15 was by far the best for returning good, viable science data as Dave Scott embraced the geology training after Jack Schmitt introduced him to Lee SIlver. Scott even did a standup EVA just after landing through the LEM top hatch (tunnel to the CMS) just to have a look around.
17 has a trained geologist in Jack Schmitt, but all together 15 had the better mission. Al Worden really took to the photography after working with Farouk El Baz.
An EVA out of a hatch was no big deal by then.
My favorite episode.
For me, its a toss up between this episode, Spider, and All There Is (the Apollo 12 episode). I will say though, reusing the Spider theme for this moment was definitely a good call
Yeah I felt the same way. This episode was great.
If only we had kept going back.
Love Mason Daring’s score
Mission Control's camera on the astronauts is interesting..
It's moving, but stable and not in a position where they could be holding it.
I lived through this as a young boy and had neighbors who worked with NASA and an uncle. What an exciting time to be a boy!
Why aren’t we showing this in schools! Going to the moon is a great example of what we can do together. It also is a great example of what “American Exceptionalism” was and is. It is an example what was Good about this country and it can be again.
"Why aren’t we showing this in schools!"
Because each episode is longer than the periods for the class, from what I recall. Even with trimming the credits and intro... the teacher would basically not be able to do anything else for class, and they'd need to start immediately. You'd probably only be able to play this for high school classes, maybe junior high, but that would mean also the unfortunate issue of people arriving late and interrupting.
... really, it'd also be dependent on convincing the school it was worth it instead of pumping students full of memorization so they could pass the tests. Because those test scores are what determine funding distribution for public schools, and how well-regarded private schools are.
Seriously, the school system is kinda hobbled to the point where it's really difficult to fix it since there's so many parts which need to be fixed for it to work better. On top of that, there's the inertia of "well it's working, why mess with it?" from top administration... whether it actually IS working or not.
Unfortunate the US has degenerated into a mess that will never again match it’s prior accomplishments.
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@@perfectman3077 It can, and it will, it's just a matter of time.
Until then, well, get the popcorn. It's gonna be fun to watch.
@@kereminde as soon as we get the Trump supporters out, it'll be better
Thanks for posting. I agree, that's very inspiring.
Son of a gun, when I watched this on TV, I had the impression the episode ended with them still on the surface, saying something like, "I think we found what we were looking for!" Either I turned it off too soon, or I saw an edited version.
Damn good series!
Some where there is a flat earther throwing a tantrum screaming at their TV saying gravity doesn't exist, it's buoyancy.
But did Scott take his entire collection of Johnny Cash with him?
08 21 00 00 MCC Iley, Dave. YOu've done a lovely job. You just don't know how we're jumping up and down, down here.
(ORBIT)
08 21 00 10 CDR Well, that's because I happened to have had a very (ORBIT) good professor.
08 21 00 16 MCC Awhole bunch of them, Dave. (ORBIT)
08 21 00 22 CDR That's right. As a matter of fact, so many of them& (ORBIT) it's just hard to - hard to remember it all. But we sure appreciate all you all did for us in getting 'us ready for this thing. And I'll tell you, I think Jim and I both felt quite confortable when we got there, about looking around and - and seeing things. I just wish we had had more time. because. believe me, there is an awful lot to be seen and done up there.
(ORBIT)
(ORBIT)
(ORBIT)
08 21 00 43 MCC Yes. We think you defined the first site to be (ORBIT) revisited on the Moon.
08 21 00 57 CDR Well. as we go around in lunar orbit here. I can (ORBIT) look down - and I could just spend weeks and weeks looking. And I can pick out any number of superb sites down there which would take you several weeks to analyze on the surface. There is just so much here. To coin a phrase. it's mind boggling.
08 2~ 01 18 MCC Beautiful. Dave. Thank you so much.
08 21 01 24 CDR Yes. sir. And I hope someday we can get you all up here too. I - I think we really need to have some good professional geologists up here. As a matter of fact, good professional scientists of all disciplines, not only in lunar orbit, but right on the surface, because you all would just really have a field day, where - with your backgrounds and what you know. There's just so much to be gained up here.
08 21 01 55 CC Great. Dave. Thanks a lot.
Is there audio anywhere online from this?
What does "orbit" refer to?
I'm glad I could get away with uploading this.. it's still here!
+Andy “Akela” Wolf I don't see Ron Howard, or NASA for that matter, throwing up too much of a fuss, considering the subject matter.
Besides, all episodes of this series can be downloaded for free from NASA's image/video archive website. It is important history, wonderfully retold, which means more than a few copyright dollars.
+K1productions Where on their archive website?
Allstar_Gardens
Here is the episode in question - you can also type "from the earth to the moon spider" for example, to get the 5th episode, and so forth.
archive.org/details/FromTheEarthToTheMoon10GalileoWasRight
@iloveairfrance Thank you, I agree. I think it says alot about people in our lives who teach us valuable things.
I'm surprised only 389 people have watched it.
super cheesy but somehow still really good.
Leon Silver is still alive and kicking today at 95
He's also the great-uncle of statistician Nate Silver, who we get to hear from every election
I wish I could go up into space like these guys did but I am not smart enough to do it.
Ridley, do have any Beeman's?
tpsu129 Yeah, I think I got me a stick...
Well loan me some, I’ll pay you back later
@@abbaszaidi8371 fair enough
That number has certainly changed in a year hasn't it?
Wow, It sure has.
Time for a series about the real pioneers of space flight - the Soviets. They did everything first, bar land a man on the moon first. But they were the first to land something on the moon. First satellite, first man/woman in space, first spacewalk.
The reason the soviet space program isnt celebrated as much is because it was mostly one man, Sergi Korlev who was behind the whole thing. After his death the soviets did not make nearly as much progress in space.
That is not exactly true. They did SOME firsts, but not all. Literally everything after EVA was a USA first. Rendezvous, docking, orbital maneuvering, and trans-Lunar flight, all before even making the first landing.
Yes he was, and the church was totally full of crap. Thank you Galileo Galilei.
I don't get the title?!!! ....Galileo was dead wrong in all his arguments at his inquisition trial!
....???! 🤷🏻♂️
The title of the episode was "Galileo Was Right" and it was in reference to the moment on the Lunar Surface during Apollo 15 when they tested Galileo's theory that a feather and a hammer dropped on the moon would hit the ground at the same time. And sure enough, they did. thus proving Galileo was right.
@@k1productions87
Well if that’s the case…Galileo was RIGHT!! 👍🏻
So let's see who went where first:
US: Mercury, Venus, the Moon, Mars, the asteroids, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Interstellar Space.
Russia/USSR: Low Earth Orbit. And the 1st landng on Venus: Venera, granted a wonderful achievement.
Uh, if you're counting probes...
Luna 1 flew past the Moon, Luna 2 was the first to crash into the Moon ("we meant to do that!"), Luna 3 was the first to take pictures of the opposite side of the Moon back in 1959, and Luna 9 was the first to land on the Moon in 1966 (about 4 months before Surveyor).
...and you can argue Mars 3 was the first to soft land on Mars in 1971, though it only lasted about 20 seconds (landed in the middle of a giant dust storm).
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"They did everything first, bar land a man on the moon first."
Ha. That little "landing on the moon" was several magnitudes of difficulty and complexity beyond anything your soviets ever did and have ever done. Time and again I find that most people are so uneducated in the subject that they don't comprehend the sheer size and difficulty of Apollo. Next to any other space program by anyone, it is like an Olympic marathon compared to a high school track meet.
You hijacked the context and sped off into the sunset.....
More hanks woke lefty drama. It wasnt this touchy feely.
Leon Silver even said this. Wikipedia.
Hanks spent too much time on epsteins island. Touchy feely.
Getting awfully close to the edge of your flat earth. Let me know if you need help the rest of the way. Since you don't believe in gravity either, you'll be fine.
What is this? it's so bad lol
What is the algorithm doing??
Sorry, go back to your video games
This is the best tom hanks driven tv series
Bad how? In what way is this bad?
Showing clips of not only this wonderful miniseries, but also promoting the history of spaceflight is exactly what the algorithm SHOULD be doing
Totally badd. Overdramatic hanks woke lefty bs. Silver said himself it was overdramatic. Im a space science professor.
It's reinforcing your views and comments. Hint Hint.