I attended a lecture of his at MIT in Boston many years ago. He was fantastic! After the lecture, I met him and we had a conversation about my 1946 Globe Swift airplane. He gladly signed my pilot logbook. He is a true gentleman and as ordinary as you and I.
I had no idea Harrison Schmitt grabbed some sleep during that 2-hour plus launch delay. As a 14-year-old watching intensely in TV, I certainly could not sleep! I loved every minute of the Apollo 17 mission. The moon missions were almost religious experiences for the young me. And the moon program was a very smart investment for the U.S. and the world. It had benefited us daily.
It's great to hear from Schmitt. Apollo 12-17 usually get a small slice of the time in Apollo documentaries, but they are interesting missions that deserve more recognition.
I love Apollo 17 mission..perhaps because i was born in 1972 but also for the presence on board for the first time of a geologist and for the innovatives tecnologies like the CCD in the image recording, the ancestor of the modern imaging sensors and many more....
Sounds like a pretty Cool Guy. I'm glad he was, as a Geologist, able to get to the Moon, which almost didn't happen, as he was originally on the Apollo 18 crew, which was cancelled by the tightwad, Nixon. Under tremendous Pressure from the Scientific Community, Slayton reluctantly removed Joe Engel from the Apollo 17 crew and put Schmitt there. A lot of the Astronauts, the Test Pilot types, were quite upset about that . Unlike the Test Pilot Astronauts, who hardly spoke about what they were seeing, and sampling, Schmitt was always doing so. The excitement in his Voice when he said "There is Orange Soil!!!" said a lot
Guys, I'd like to point you at a great RUclips channel - Lunar Module 5. He does fantastic real time recreations using mission audio and video with computer simulation to fill in and expand on things. I think that channel makes great documentaries. Please give it a look, they deserve a bit of recognition.
This barely touches the surface of Schmidt’s geological mind. Also surprised he didn’t mention Gene Cernon. Curious what his relationship with him was. Thank Goodness Harrison gave of his time for this question and answer session. Long live Harrison Schmidt
I think he's relationship with Gene could be considered as 'practical'. I'm sure they had massive mutual respect for each others abilities, but not like the Apollo 12 crew's undeniable 'mateship.'
I remember Apollo 15, 16, & 17, as my dad and I watched launchers and highlights together. I hope Artemis and private exploration is successful. I agree with Gene Cernan in the statement that the cancellation of Apollo was a crime. Thank you Dr Schmitt.
@@waynewilliams8554 Neil Armstrong said it would be harder to fake than to succeed...and when I saw Buzz Aldrin speak for an hour he presented the same stuff from the Apollo 11 mission ON the Moon. 👍🇳🇿🚀
@@Cliffmchrist No, the hoax was the Apollo moon landing. Anyone capable of critical thought knows that NASA did not have the ability to land humans on the moon and return them to Earth 50 years ago.
@@daryllect6659 Proof we landed men on the Moon: 1. There are over 8,000 photos available to the public of the moon landing missions. 2. There are thousands of hours of video too. 3. Hundreds of kilograms of lunar material that has been studied and verified by astrologists and geologists all over the world and showed chemical signs of being on the moon. 4. The LRRR data laser retroreflector arrays left by Apollo 11, and other subsequent Apollo missions, can still be interacted with today by using powerful enough lasers here on Earth. 5. The SELENE photos which show the damage to the lunar surface where we landed the Apollo missions. 6. The Chang'e 2 photos, which show the lander base and the flags. 7. Chandrayaan-2, which managed to photograph another Apollo lander base. 8. A group at Kettering Grammar School, using simple radio equipment, monitored Soviet and U.S. spacecraft and calculated their orbits. 9. Pic du Midi Observatory, which watched Apollo missions all the way to the moon. 10. The Lick Observatory observations during the return coast to Earth produced live television pictures broadcast to United States west coast viewers via KQED-TV in San Francisco 11. Larry Baysinger, a technician for WHAS radio in Louisville, Kentucky, independently detected and recorded transmissions between the Apollo 11 astronauts on the lunar surface and the Lunar Module. He could only detect messages FROM the lunar vehicles and not to them, cause the earth was between him and Huston. Also, backyard amateurs all around the world were able to tune in on the Apollo audio (not the video, that would have taken bigger hardware, but, the audio was easy) by pointing their Yagi and/or dishes at the moon. Hundreds (or maybe thousands?) of people in many countries did exactly that. 12. The Soviet Union, who monitored the missions at their Space Transmissions Corps, who's leader Vasily Mishin, in an interview for the article "The Moon Programme That Faltered", describes how the Soviet Moon programme dwindled after the Apollo landing. 13. The absurdity that thousands of people who worked on the Apollo missions would have to be kept silent for years and years without a single person coming forward to claim it was a fraud. 14. In October-November 1977, the Soviet radio telescope RATAN-600 observed all five transmitters of ALSEP scientific packages placed on the Moon surface by all Apollo landing missions excluding Apollo 11. Their selenographic coordinates and the transmitter power outputs (20 W were in agreement with the NASA reports. 15. Images taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission beginning in July 2009 show the six Apollo Lunar Module descent stages, Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) science experiments, astronaut footpaths, and lunar rover tire tracks. These images are the most effective proof to date to rebut the "landing hoax" theories. Although this probe was indeed launched by NASA, the camera and the interpretation of the images are under the control of an academic group - the LROC Science Operations Center at Arizona State University, along with many other academic groups. At least some of these groups, such as the German Aerospace Center, Berlin, are not located in the US, and are not funded by the US government. 16. After the images shown here were taken, the LRO mission moved into a lower orbit for higher resolution camera work. All of the sites have since been re-imaged at higher resolution. Comparison of the original 16 mm 17. Apollo 17 LM camera footage during ascent to the 2011 LRO photos of the landing site show an almost exact match of the rover tracks. 18. Further imaging in 2012 shows the shadows cast by the flags planted by the astronauts on all Apollo landing sites. The exception is that of Apollo 11, which matches Buzz Aldrin's account of the flag being blown over by the lander's rocket exhaust on leaving the Moon. 19. Spain and Australia were 2/3rds of the DSN that received all of the TV broadcasts from the moon. 20. Dozens of tracking stations around the world (including from enemies) used radar and radio telescopes to track all of the missions. You can find more info about this on MIT's site. The tracking was accurate to within 1 mile. 21. Spain had the largest telescope on Earth at the time, and used it to photograph the SIVB fuel dumps around the moon (which spanned out for miles, thus were visible to a large enough telescope), as well as the Apollo 13 debris and gas field (same dynamic). 22. There are more than 100,000 photos taken from lunar orbit.
He really is such a good speaker and one of the best representatives of the Apollo era
An absolute pleasure to listen to Dr Harrison Schmitt.
I attended a lecture of his at MIT in Boston many years ago. He was fantastic! After the lecture, I met him and we had a conversation about my 1946 Globe Swift airplane. He gladly signed my pilot logbook. He is a true gentleman and as ordinary as you and I.
I had no idea Harrison Schmitt grabbed some sleep during that 2-hour plus launch delay. As a 14-year-old watching intensely in TV, I certainly could not sleep! I loved every minute of the Apollo 17 mission. The moon missions were almost religious experiences for the young me.
And the moon program was a very smart investment for the U.S. and the world. It had benefited us daily.
It's great to hear from Schmitt. Apollo 12-17 usually get a small slice of the time in Apollo documentaries, but they are interesting missions that deserve more recognition.
He is such a fascinating speaker.
I love Apollo 17 mission..perhaps because i was born in 1972 but also for the presence on board for the first time of a geologist and for the innovatives tecnologies like the CCD in the image recording, the ancestor of the modern imaging sensors and many more....
Wow, a geologist that became an astronaut, and went to the moon. Glad to see that the Artemis Program will have a trained geologist on board, as well!
who ?
Sounds like a pretty Cool Guy. I'm glad he was, as a Geologist, able to get to the Moon, which almost didn't happen, as he was originally on the Apollo 18 crew, which was cancelled by the tightwad, Nixon. Under tremendous Pressure from the Scientific Community, Slayton reluctantly removed Joe Engel from the Apollo 17 crew and put Schmitt there. A lot of the Astronauts, the Test Pilot types, were quite upset about that . Unlike the Test Pilot Astronauts, who hardly spoke about what they were seeing, and sampling, Schmitt was always doing so. The excitement in his Voice when he said "There is Orange Soil!!!" said a lot
The most famous “rock monkey” (as Shelton called Geologists) in history.
Guys, I'd like to point you at a great RUclips channel - Lunar Module 5.
He does fantastic real time recreations using mission audio and video with computer simulation to fill in and expand on things.
I think that channel makes great documentaries.
Please give it a look, they deserve a bit of recognition.
Thanks, checking it out now
Awesome achievement!.... and now we are going back to the Moon with Artemis 👍🚀
This barely touches the surface of Schmidt’s geological mind. Also surprised he didn’t mention Gene Cernon. Curious what his relationship with him was. Thank Goodness Harrison gave of his time for this question and answer session. Long live Harrison Schmidt
I think he's relationship with Gene could be considered as 'practical'. I'm sure they had massive mutual respect for each others abilities, but not like the Apollo 12 crew's undeniable 'mateship.'
Yes, he kept referring to Mr. Cernan as "the commander". I'm thinking that they didn't have permission to use his name in this interview.
Respect.
Glad that I found this channel and subscribed. The video is terrific, thank you. Go, Artemis!
Bravo!
I remember Apollo 15, 16, & 17, as my dad and I watched launchers and highlights together. I hope Artemis and private exploration is successful. I agree with Gene Cernan in the statement that the cancellation of Apollo was a crime. Thank you Dr Schmitt.
He was a U.S. Senator from New Mexico after NASA.
“A prince and a scholar” in my book. He is the All-American hero.
He was referred to as, Twinkle Toes, by the CAPCOM
Not sure but i hear that Dr. Schmitt lives in Wisconsin. Just so happens that i am a Schmitt and also live in Wisconsin.
I think he is in Silver City, NM and also Albuquerque
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50 years of shame...
Why?
@@allgood6760 Old yoska doesn't believe men went to the moon!!
@@waynewilliams8554 Neil Armstrong said it would be harder to fake than to succeed...and when I saw Buzz Aldrin speak for an hour he presented the same stuff from the Apollo 11 mission ON the Moon. 👍🇳🇿🚀
Shameless troll looking for attention.
@@Ed-eq8ui You can have your own beliefs but you can't thave your own facts.. they walked ON the Moon whether you believe it or not,.
No human has ever set foot on the lunar surface. Ever.
12 men set foot on the moon, confirmed by millions of scientists across the globe. You're not smarter than the entire scientfic community.
@@Cliffmchrist I may not be smarter than the entire science community, just not as gullible.
@@daryllect6659 Obviously not if you fell for the apollo denial hoax XD
@@Cliffmchrist No, the hoax was the Apollo moon landing.
Anyone capable of critical thought knows that NASA did not have the ability to land humans on the moon and return them to Earth 50 years ago.
@@daryllect6659 Proof we landed men on the Moon:
1. There are over 8,000 photos available to the public of the moon landing missions.
2. There are thousands of hours of video too.
3. Hundreds of kilograms of lunar material that has been studied and verified by astrologists and geologists all over the world and showed chemical signs of being on the moon.
4. The LRRR data laser retroreflector arrays left by Apollo 11, and other subsequent Apollo missions, can still be interacted with today by using powerful enough lasers here on Earth.
5. The SELENE photos which show the damage to the lunar surface where we landed the Apollo missions.
6. The Chang'e 2 photos, which show the lander base and the flags.
7. Chandrayaan-2, which managed to photograph another Apollo lander base.
8. A group at Kettering Grammar School, using simple radio equipment, monitored Soviet and U.S. spacecraft and calculated their orbits.
9. Pic du Midi Observatory, which watched Apollo missions all the way to the moon.
10. The Lick Observatory observations during the return coast to Earth produced live television pictures broadcast to United States west coast viewers via KQED-TV in San Francisco
11. Larry Baysinger, a technician for WHAS radio in Louisville, Kentucky, independently detected and recorded transmissions between the Apollo 11 astronauts on the lunar surface and the Lunar Module. He could only detect messages FROM the lunar vehicles and not to them, cause the earth was between him and Huston. Also, backyard amateurs all around the world were able to tune in on the Apollo audio (not the video, that would have taken bigger hardware, but, the audio was easy) by pointing their Yagi and/or dishes at the moon. Hundreds (or maybe thousands?) of people in many countries did exactly that.
12. The Soviet Union, who monitored the missions at their Space Transmissions Corps, who's leader Vasily Mishin, in an interview for the article "The Moon Programme That Faltered", describes how the Soviet Moon programme dwindled after the Apollo landing.
13. The absurdity that thousands of people who worked on the Apollo missions would have to be kept silent for years and years without a single person coming forward to claim it was a fraud.
14. In October-November 1977, the Soviet radio telescope RATAN-600 observed all five transmitters of ALSEP scientific packages placed on the Moon surface by all Apollo landing missions excluding Apollo 11. Their selenographic coordinates and the transmitter power outputs (20 W were in agreement with the NASA reports.
15. Images taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission beginning in July 2009 show the six Apollo Lunar Module descent stages, Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) science experiments, astronaut footpaths, and lunar rover tire tracks. These images are the most effective proof to date to rebut the "landing hoax" theories. Although this probe was indeed launched by NASA, the camera and the interpretation of the images are under the control of an academic group - the LROC Science Operations Center at Arizona State University, along with many other academic groups. At least some of these groups, such as the German Aerospace Center, Berlin, are not located in the US, and are not funded by the US government.
16. After the images shown here were taken, the LRO mission moved into a lower orbit for higher resolution camera work. All of the sites have since been re-imaged at higher resolution. Comparison of the original 16 mm
17. Apollo 17 LM camera footage during ascent to the 2011 LRO photos of the landing site show an almost exact match of the rover tracks.
18. Further imaging in 2012 shows the shadows cast by the flags planted by the astronauts on all Apollo landing sites. The exception is that of Apollo 11, which matches Buzz Aldrin's account of the flag being blown over by the lander's rocket exhaust on leaving the Moon.
19. Spain and Australia were 2/3rds of the DSN that received all of the TV broadcasts from the moon.
20. Dozens of tracking stations around the world (including from enemies) used radar and radio telescopes to track all of the missions. You can find more info about this on MIT's site. The tracking was accurate to within 1 mile.
21. Spain had the largest telescope on Earth at the time, and used it to photograph the SIVB fuel dumps around the moon (which spanned out for miles, thus were visible to a large enough telescope), as well as the Apollo 13 debris and gas field (same dynamic).
22. There are more than 100,000 photos taken from lunar orbit.