Phenomenal Simon. Pete Conrad is super cool throughout. I love his comment when he said “ I got a little vibration of some kind but she’s chugging along minding her own business” Incredible! And of course John Aaron and his famous SCE to Aux saving the mission. Thanks for posting this Simon. Loved it. 🌖 🚀
Great job again, Simon! For everyone who might have wondered why it took quite a bit of time to give the crew the procedure for recovering the platform: It took Flight Director Gerry Griffin some minutes to nudge his GNC Buck Willoughby to make the right decision for that. As a former GNC, Gerry knew what to do, but he stuck to the rule of not making decisions for your controllers as a FD. What's also not well known is that there was another shock moment for the Trench guys when radar tracking came on minutes earlier than expected while approaching Carnarvon/Australia on the first orbit, which would have meant the spacecraft being in a much lower orbit than expected. It was a great relief for FIDO Jay Greene and Retro Chuck Deiterich to find out that an atmospheric anomaly had bent the tracking data and that the orbit was actually correct.
Fantastic! I never get tired of the Apollo12 launch even though I must have heard it a hundred times. Unbelievable how quickly John Aaron made the call, I don’t think Gerry Carr even knew what he was relaying to Pete ! Luckily Beano knew what to do ! I’d lay a friendly bet that Conrad and Armstrong might be the only two commanders not to have pulled the abort handle, with all due respect to the other Apollo commanders. Having said that, they were all the best of the best of the best, to enable them to be sitting in that left seat so who really knows ? Met Gerry back in 2007 at KSC at a meet and greet and he gave a great speech and even answered my dumb question about coming back taller after Skylab, lovely man. RIP to them all.
"What if John Aaron had not made the SCE to Aux call when and where he did? Gerry Griffin (the flight director in charge) had thought about that very question. While he could not say for sure one way or the other, something told him that if the Saturn V had remained on a satisfactory trajectory, he would have continued to ride it to Earth orbit and not called an abort. At that point, surely somebody would have come up with a fix-somebody in the MOCR, the SSR, or any of a number of contractors around the country. If not, Griffin figured that the Trench could have given the crew the correct de-orbit parameters and they could have come home. An abort threw so many uncertainties into the mix.... " Rick Houston, Milt Heflin*. Go, Flight!: The Unsung Heroes of Mission Control, 1965-1992. In said book nonetheless nobody denies that Aaron was brilliant, not just based on this one episode. *also a flight director
@@HistoricSpaceStuff Indeed not...he would go on to help solve the Apollo 13 crisis along with many others. Good stuff on the reluctance to abort above, I had not read that.
NASA says: 'Set SCE to Aux.' 'FCE, what's that??!' Anyone else would have said: 'Set Sierra Charley Echo to Aux.' 'Set Sierra Charley Echo to Aux, Roger that.' ;)
Wasn't NASA TV created in the 80s? At least that's what Google seems to say. "The network was formally created in the early 1980s to provide NASA managers and engineers with real-time video of missions. ..."
I Remember getting TS ..Scared out of me as a 10 yo. At Christmas time...Houston we have LOST ALL DATA. Then hear of the lightning strike. Where was the.Saturn 5 struck. Escape Tower I thought. God . Listen to our Generation sing Patriotic songs..GBA.
No, had nothing to do with it. The conditions were within the actual mission rules at the time, there was no visible thunderstorm and lighting around, just clouds and some rain. The risk of creating your own lightning during launch was not known before it actually happened. Only afterwards new measurements of electric fields were introduced and the mission rules changed.
Phenomenal Simon. Pete Conrad is super cool throughout. I love his comment when he said “ I got a little vibration of some kind but she’s chugging along minding her own business” Incredible! And of course John Aaron and his famous SCE to Aux saving the mission. Thanks for posting this Simon. Loved it. 🌖 🚀
Thanks William as always
dont forget about Al Bean, he was the only one who knew about it in the CSM
@@lunarmodule5 Thanks for bringing back fond memories of my old job, Simon. I miss it, but retirement has it's benefits too 😀
@@InquisitorMatthewAshcraft you are more than and always welcome!
Jack King's voice was so calm, and he was so knowledgeable, throughout these space fights.
Great job again, Simon! For everyone who might have wondered why it took quite a bit of time to give the crew the procedure for recovering the platform: It took Flight Director Gerry Griffin some minutes to nudge his GNC Buck Willoughby to make the right decision for that. As a former GNC, Gerry knew what to do, but he stuck to the rule of not making decisions for your controllers as a FD.
What's also not well known is that there was another shock moment for the Trench guys when radar tracking came on minutes earlier than expected while approaching Carnarvon/Australia on the first orbit, which would have meant the spacecraft being in a much lower orbit than expected. It was a great relief for FIDO Jay Greene and Retro Chuck Deiterich to find out that an atmospheric anomaly had bent the tracking data and that the orbit was actually correct.
Great coverage! Excellent work from Conrad and the ground crew. Frank Reynolds of ABC in this video reminds me of Captain Kirk of Star Trek!
Great collection. Like you said it makes up a more complete picture 👌
Yes it does!
Thank you as usual for this LM5! You da man!
AMAZING (as always) this is just epic coverage sir, thank you so much
Hello again LM5 great video that's amazing launch and countdown. Love space exploration. 💘💔❤️⭐🌟🌠✨
Fantastic! I never get tired of the Apollo12 launch even though I must have heard it a hundred times. Unbelievable how quickly John Aaron made the call, I don’t think Gerry Carr even knew what he was relaying to Pete ! Luckily Beano knew what to do ! I’d lay a friendly bet that Conrad and Armstrong might be the only two commanders not to have pulled the abort handle, with all due respect to the other Apollo commanders. Having said that, they were all the best of the best of the best, to enable them to be sitting in that left seat so who really knows ?
Met Gerry back in 2007 at KSC at a meet and greet and he gave a great speech and even answered my dumb question about coming back taller after Skylab, lovely man. RIP to them all.
IBM built a lightening proof IU.
Great work again LM5, I could listen to this all day
Thanks gas - glad you are liking it
Awesome as a possum with a blossom video production!!! :) :) :)
I love this. I hope you can do something similar in October with Apollo 7 and 17 in December.
The end of the turbulent 60's......who would have thought that the times we live in today make those times look tame
Yup thanks to corrupt trump
Jack kings narration is just legendary
Funny how confused Carr was when John Aaron said "Try SCE to Aux"
Steely-eyed missile man John Aaron saves the day.
"What if John Aaron had not made the SCE to Aux call when and where he did?
Gerry Griffin (the flight director in charge) had thought about that very question. While he could not say for sure one way or the other, something told him that if the Saturn V had remained on a satisfactory trajectory, he would have continued to ride it to Earth orbit and not called an abort. At that point, surely somebody would have come up with a fix-somebody in the MOCR, the SSR, or any of a number of contractors around the country.
If not, Griffin figured that the Trench could have given the crew the correct de-orbit parameters and they could have come home. An abort threw so many uncertainties into the mix.... "
Rick Houston, Milt Heflin*. Go, Flight!: The Unsung Heroes of Mission Control, 1965-1992. In said book nonetheless nobody denies that Aaron was brilliant, not just based on this one episode.
*also a flight director
@@HistoricSpaceStuff Indeed not...he would go on to help solve the Apollo 13 crisis along with many others. Good stuff on the reluctance to abort above, I had not read that.
1:55 He didn't know how close they would come to being needed that day!
can you explain what you meant? Were you referring to the lightning
Your Videos Are Amazing!!
Thank you Weather
Many of the flight controllers were in their early 20s. Few in this generation could do that.
And after this'll launching they were in their late 40s.
NASA says:
'Set SCE to Aux.'
'FCE, what's that??!'
Anyone else would have said:
'Set Sierra Charley Echo to Aux.'
'Set Sierra Charley Echo to Aux, Roger that.'
;)
Expert commentary by Jules Bergman.
Wasn't NASA TV created in the 80s? At least that's what Google seems to say. "The network was formally created in the early 1980s to provide NASA managers and engineers with real-time video of missions.
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well, I have always called it the NASA TV feed.....maybe wrongly
NASA did not have a formal network or channel then, but they did provide TV feeds for domestic and international broadcast use.
I Remember getting TS ..Scared out of me as a 10 yo. At Christmas time...Houston we have LOST ALL DATA. Then hear of the lightning strike. Where was the.Saturn 5 struck. Escape Tower I thought. God . Listen to our Generation sing Patriotic songs..GBA.
😂
59:33 Now, now, NASA, Dick Gordon was not flying left seat just then!
Was Nixon's presence the reason they opted to launch into rain instead of a scrub?
Probably so.
The Challenger launched without scrub for a similar reason
I wouldn't be surprised if NASA management did think 'yeah the president's here we better go"
No, had nothing to do with it. The conditions were within the actual mission rules at the time, there was no visible thunderstorm and lighting around, just clouds and some rain. The risk of creating your own lightning during launch was not known before it actually happened. Only afterwards new measurements of electric fields were introduced and the mission rules changed.
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Thanks!
I can’t hear a thing they’re sayin’
Is the daughter Nixon has with him yhe one that was married to Eisenhower's son?
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