Knowledge should be free, but he should be paid for making it. It's a hard problem and I'm not sure advertising is the solution, but nobody has any money for anything else.
You need to get see it in person - I went to see the Endeavour in Los Angeles… breathtaking doesn’t describe it. I got to see it when it was on stilts about 10-15ft above your head, got to walk underneath it - absolutely stunning. Tried to take my Dad to see it later that year but they closed it down because they were building an enclosure to put it into launch position with an external tank and boosters. - The museum was completely free, but I would’ve paid $100’s to go inside the shuttle - unfortunately it was a No when I asked! 😂
There's something to say about how even today, the Space Shuttle is still shown in media and across the internet as the default option for a modern spaceship.
It was an incredible piece of engineering, but it also unintentionally put the idea in the mind of the public that spaceplane configurations are the best solution for all space exploration, when in reality Shuttle was exactly what it said on the tin: just a shuttle bus for getting astronauts and payloads to and from orbit, that's all. Not an appropriate design for deep space or long-duration missions, yet every few years someone else comes out with a never-to-be-built concept design for another fancy looking spaceplane. As laymen we just can't get the image of a sexy winged starship out of our minds, and accept that vertically stacked rockets are the way to go.
That's because its superior to anything we have today with the possible exception of SpaceXs reusable rockets. Building new Shuttles today with modern materials technology and manufacturing techniques would make them almost foolproof. Mothballing them and going back to 1960s "space capsules" was short sighted. Thank fuck we have SpaceXs Starship reusable ships.
Thank fuck, I thought it was just me. Spent some time troubleshooting Bluetooth before I tried with the built-in speakers and it was still very out of sync
Both are incredible. Falcon 9 is no chump. It’s by far one of the most advanced rockets ever built and set new boundaries for rocket design Starship also builds on that. But shuttle is ofc iconic
I work with an engineer who worked on SLS's RS-25 Block D program. Ive studdied the RS-25 and had a pretty good understanding of how it worked. But when we sat down and went over the design of the powerhead I was dumbfounded at the little design aspects that actually make it work, especially the high pressure oxidizer pump. Its a miracle that thing works at all let alone 100% reliably.
Decommissioned for more than a decade and it still amazes me. Think it's because it is the closest thing to a spaceship little me grew up dreaming off. Hopefully starship will make that dream live longer
I greatly enjoyed the description of all the challenges/solutions during the descent phase. The speeds and forces involved during its transition from spacecraft to glider are simply incredible, esp. when one considers the requirement for a precision landing w/ no chance of a go around. Wow.
The Space Shuttle System was an amazing combination of a lot of technologies. I am lucky that I am old enough to have watched the very first launch as a child, and then also get to see the very last launch. What it could do was awfully impressive, though ultimately, not nearly as affordable as they had hoped it was going to be. This is amazing video package highlighting all the main systems in great detail - well done!
As a fan of space stuff this video didnt tell me anything I didnt already know, but I really love how it's all packaged in a single video. So very densly packed with comprehensive information it's amazing. I planned to have it on in the background but the stunning visuals meant I couldn't keep my eyes off it.
As a space vehicle that is considered a museum piece now, I think retiring it was a huge mistake, but I appreciate the level of detail that went into describing something that we will never see fly again yet was a part of my childhood. I remember watching on TV the test flights to show proof of concept, and then the first launch... A wow moment in my life that was for me, as special as my parents must've felt watching the first moon landing.
Reading “Truth, Lies and O-Rings” turned me on to how dangerous making those SRB’s really was. I walked away being amazed there weren’t more accidents in manufacturing. I also never really grasped just how much engineering went into them. Made me feel rather insignificant for my small additions to the HTTP protocol in the 90’s which felt like massive work.
I love that Bruce's first job was to take a photo of the free-falling external tank, but I forgot, like a giddy kid in a candy store! I don't think any human could fault him for doing that; I sure know I would have had the same response!
I know that this is ironic but I want to explain for those who wants to dunk om this statement. It was maintained and planned more times than modern commercial planes are and have way more backup systems (a commercial airliner has at least 3 different systems, one main and two backups. The Space Shuttles has more, I can't remember how many but they even counted in human error just in case after all this was a very dangerous vehicle that can destroy a whole town if it accidentally decides to dip down towards the ground) thus most of the predictable factors were considered before, during and after launch. After all, the hundreds of tons of volatile fuel mixtures are just sitting there, and tons of TNT worth of energy contained in each part except the Shuttle itself, relative to other parts. It's not just a danger to the crew of 2-7 but also to the launch platform, innocent bystanders, infrastructure, you get it. Almost as dangerous as the nuclear and thermonuclear warheads. And the Shuttle is similarly built with failsafes, especially because people were on-board.
@@lekmannen9990you do realise one is literally the most ambitious attempt at a rocket ever with the aim of pushing the limits of what can be done to their very limits. Doing so in an iterative flight based way and as of late they have conducted not only a catch of the booster but also 3 soft splashdown of the ship and booster and in just 2 more flights will have returned both stages for the first time in history And the other literally had to have crew on every flight, killed 14 astronauts, never managed quick turnaround times and was limited heavily to LEO?
I love the space so much that I even have a tattoo of it my belly. Thank you so much for this incredible video that is just as amazing as the space shuttle. ❤
If you’ve never seen it, the video, titled ‘How to Land the Space Shuttle….From Space,’ is a must watch. It’s a real time, pilots view of the Shuttle landing in Cape Canaveral, narrated by Bret (also the name of the channel where you can find the video), who works with NASA & is giving us (and an in person audience) a power point presentation. It’s a lot of fun & has a lot of information about landing what is, essentially, an aerodynamic brick.
Brilliant video. You missed the part about closing the doors on the bottom of the shuttle for the tank connections. I always wondered about those and what closes them since I saw the shuttle at the Smithsonian.
I currently have pneumonia and today I wrote a 4h30 linear algebra final exam on 3h of sleep. Worst day ever. I just got home, opened youtube and discovered that real engineering just uploaded a 1h20 video on the space shuttle. Best day ever.
I remember being in Texas and watching a nighttime descent of Shuttle as it headed toward Florida. Traversing the sky, it left behind a long glowing ribbon in the blackness of night. I thought to myself, “What an amazing machine.” Long live the complex systems that we dare to build to make normal what is otherwise impossible.
Hallo. I wanted to tells you that your Videos are so nice and detailed. These high quality ducometaries does not only have nice informations but I can learn English with learning sth else together. Thank you so much for these nice videos.
The shuttle is without a doubt the most beautiful machine that man has built for space exploration. It's a shame that we don't see them in service anymore, I would love it if, as much as possible, sticking to the original shape of the shuttle itself, NASA would build a version 2.0, with all the knowledge and technology they have today. That would be something amazing.
I read somewhere that right after booster separation the shuttle is too heavy to go up with the SSME only (technically speaking it has a thrust to weight ratio below 1) so it temporarily decelerates. This phase lasts a couple seconds because the Shuttle + tanks become lighter due to burning propellant and oxydizer, the thrust to weight ratio becomes greater than 1 and the Space Shuttle starts accelerating once again.
1:12:20 this cross range capability scared the hell out of the Soviets. The USAF claimed they wanted the one orbit mission profile so they could steal a spy satellite and land before anyone could do anything about it. The USSR thought it was to allow nuclear bombardment from orbit while limiting detection and intercept options. Given the problems Bruce had and the existence of MERV equipped ICBMs, both ideas are fantastical, a bit bonkers and more than a bit paranoid.
I thought for sure that Real Engineering is so thorough that FINALLY, I'd know where the SRB gimbals got their power. Here, you did say they were hydraulic.... but what was powering the hydraulics? Fun fact: on the Saturn V boosters, the hydraulic power for those gimbals was simply drawn from the booster's existing massive fuel pressure. But there's no liquid fuel on an SRB. A small gas turbine APU like on jet aircraft?
It seems the interview scenes lost audio sync around the 40 minute mark. The animated and slideshows dont appear to have lost sync... Its fairly distracting.
Managed to see the Endeavour in Los Angeles - you owe it to yourself to see one of these shuttles in person! - At the time it was on stilts about 15ft above your head. The museum wouldn’t let me go onboard! ☹️
Pretty sure the SLS uses a larger solid rocket having an extra segment compared to the shuttles. Also certain, the Chinese would point to their long march series.
It would’ve been cool if Starlink was around when the space shuttle was there so we can watch the reentry live because now they don’t have any blackout periods
I always wondered how the solid rocket motors worked. I NEVER would have guessed that the entire thing was the combustion chamber?? I thought they had a bunch of rubber pellets or something that sifted down lmao.
This really shouldn’t be free but I’m grateful we got this quality for free
Knowledge should be free, but he should be paid for making it. It's a hard problem and I'm not sure advertising is the solution, but nobody has any money for anything else.
lol, imagine thinking that things are 'free' just because you didn't pay monetarily ...
i will NEVER get tired of watching awesome documentary on the space shuttle
Is that curse even possible?
You need to get see it in person - I went to see the Endeavour in Los Angeles… breathtaking doesn’t describe it.
I got to see it when it was on stilts about 10-15ft above your head, got to walk underneath it - absolutely stunning.
Tried to take my Dad to see it later that year but they closed it down because they were building an enclosure to put it into launch position with an external tank and boosters.
- The museum was completely free, but I would’ve paid $100’s to go inside the shuttle - unfortunately it was a No when I asked! 😂
There's something to say about how even today, the Space Shuttle is still shown in media and across the internet as the default option for a modern spaceship.
It was an incredible piece of engineering, but it also unintentionally put the idea in the mind of the public that spaceplane configurations are the best solution for all space exploration, when in reality Shuttle was exactly what it said on the tin: just a shuttle bus for getting astronauts and payloads to and from orbit, that's all. Not an appropriate design for deep space or long-duration missions, yet every few years someone else comes out with a never-to-be-built concept design for another fancy looking spaceplane. As laymen we just can't get the image of a sexy winged starship out of our minds, and accept that vertically stacked rockets are the way to go.
And yet it's a terrible piece of tech. It was expensive and too dangerous. Some rich guys have a cheaper and safer option now.
I think that's mainly due to not wanting to associate with SpaceX
That's because its superior to anything we have today with the possible exception of SpaceXs reusable rockets.
Building new Shuttles today with modern materials technology and manufacturing techniques would make them almost foolproof.
Mothballing them and going back to 1960s "space capsules" was short sighted. Thank fuck we have SpaceXs Starship reusable ships.
@@Toefoo100 Rule of cool.
I knew some day this absolute legend would star in a full hour video of Real Engineering
Is this not a collection of a few of his video's?
Can't help but notice that there is audio-drift. By 30 ish minutes in, interview audio is pretty off... Maybe it's just me?
No you’re not alone 😅
I noticed it too. It’s also off later in the video as well
No, your right. I noticed there is some audio desync at around 31 minutes
Synchronising audio and video requires real engineering! 🙂
Thank fuck, I thought it was just me. Spent some time troubleshooting Bluetooth before I tried with the built-in speakers and it was still very out of sync
Maybe you will unemploy NatGeo
Natgeo is no where near the research and information density of the current Real Engineering video. Good luck on keeping up the incredible work
Is this a re-upload? I feel like I've already watched this
It’s the 3 episodes of the Space Shuttle series combined
@@RealEngineeringjust as I thought so
I had the same vibes. But worth the re-watch. 👍
Excellent video
I hate when channel does this
SpaceX has done a great job in efficiency and cost cutting. But the shuttle is such an engineering flex, it’ll always be awesome.
Both are incredible.
Falcon 9 is no chump. It’s by far one of the most advanced rockets ever built and set new boundaries for rocket design
Starship also builds on that.
But shuttle is ofc iconic
A new Real Engineering video? That's over an hour? On space?
This is gonna be a good day
Not new. More like an omnibus edition of an old series. V interesting though
Same space shuttle Video he posted like before, but just complicated
40:01 “allowing any two spacecraft to mate, as Goddard intended” 😂 didn’t catch that on the first video but that’s hilarious!
Little busy now, will back soon to watch this video, i know it will be a wonderful video. . .
It's amazing honestly.
you don't have to, you have already watched it, cuz it's just recycling prevous videos
Should definitely do some on relativity or other space startups. That would be cool.
I work with an engineer who worked on SLS's RS-25 Block D program. Ive studdied the RS-25 and had a pretty good understanding of how it worked. But when we sat down and went over the design of the powerhead I was dumbfounded at the little design aspects that actually make it work, especially the high pressure oxidizer pump. Its a miracle that thing works at all let alone 100% reliably.
Decommissioned for more than a decade and it still amazes me. Think it's because it is the closest thing to a spaceship little me grew up dreaming off.
Hopefully starship will make that dream live longer
What a brilliant marketing move of making this video!
Built in the 70s but damn she is still a beauty all these years later
I greatly enjoyed the description of all the challenges/solutions during the descent phase.
The speeds and forces involved during its transition from spacecraft to glider are simply incredible, esp. when one considers the requirement for a precision landing w/ no chance of a go around. Wow.
The Space Shuttle System was an amazing combination of a lot of technologies. I am lucky that I am old enough to have watched the very first launch as a child, and then also get to see the very last launch. What it could do was awfully impressive, though ultimately, not nearly as affordable as they had hoped it was going to be. This is amazing video package highlighting all the main systems in great detail - well done!
As a fan of space stuff this video didnt tell me anything I didnt already know, but I really love how it's all packaged in a single video. So very densly packed with comprehensive information it's amazing. I planned to have it on in the background but the stunning visuals meant I couldn't keep my eyes off it.
As a space vehicle that is considered a museum piece now, I think retiring it was a huge mistake, but I appreciate the level of detail that went into describing something that we will never see fly again yet was a part of my childhood. I remember watching on TV the test flights to show proof of concept, and then the first launch... A wow moment in my life that was for me, as special as my parents must've felt watching the first moon landing.
Reading “Truth, Lies and O-Rings” turned me on to how dangerous making those SRB’s really was. I walked away being amazed there weren’t more accidents in manufacturing. I also never really grasped just how much engineering went into them. Made me feel rather insignificant for my small additions to the HTTP protocol in the 90’s which felt like massive work.
This is by far THE BEST SPACE SHUTTLE documentary on the Internet
I love that Bruce's first job was to take a photo of the free-falling external tank, but I forgot, like a giddy kid in a candy store! I don't think any human could fault him for doing that; I sure know I would have had the same response!
Heheh... "Umbiblical...". Every time. Teehee... But still, incredible work! Thanks!
And the astronaut says it correctly in the video...lol still great vid though. Sounds like
uhm·bi·luh·kl
Liked even before watching the video
I always do with this channel. I hit play & like, one right after the other.
59:52 not anymore. SpaceX has already solved that problem.😎
The 3d animation is insane, thanks a lot to the author of the chanel, I always follow the videos of this chanel from Uzbekistan, Tashkent
Wow! This is the best and most information-packed video I can find on RUclips.
Blimey! You are good... I just listened to the Intro and I'm pumped! 2:15 mins in... wow
Bring it on!
For those curious, those 88x771mm hold down bolts were equal to 3.5"x30"
Absolute monster bolts.
Thank you, just wow
Huh that’s weird, why isn’t it crashing every time? This must be some future super tech.
I know that this is ironic but I want to explain for those who wants to dunk om this statement. It was maintained and planned more times than modern commercial planes are and have way more backup systems (a commercial airliner has at least 3 different systems, one main and two backups. The Space Shuttles has more, I can't remember how many but they even counted in human error just in case after all this was a very dangerous vehicle that can destroy a whole town if it accidentally decides to dip down towards the ground) thus most of the predictable factors were considered before, during and after launch. After all, the hundreds of tons of volatile fuel mixtures are just sitting there, and tons of TNT worth of energy contained in each part except the Shuttle itself, relative to other parts. It's not just a danger to the crew of 2-7 but also to the launch platform, innocent bystanders, infrastructure, you get it. Almost as dangerous as the nuclear and thermonuclear warheads. And the Shuttle is similarly built with failsafes, especially because people were on-board.
@ oh I was just thinking about current cutting edge private tech company’s attempts at space flight.
@@lekmannen9990you do realise one is literally the most ambitious attempt at a rocket ever with the aim of pushing the limits of what can be done to their very limits. Doing so in an iterative flight based way and as of late they have conducted not only a catch of the booster but also 3 soft splashdown of the ship and booster and in just 2 more flights will have returned both stages for the first time in history
And the other literally had to have crew on every flight, killed 14 astronauts, never managed quick turnaround times and was limited heavily to LEO?
Incredibly well-made and informative - thank you for this fantastic documentary!
Audio sync issues at 43:45 and around there.
Also 31:15 it seems.
Hey Brian, I think you should make more merch. Awesome video btw!
I just wanted to acknowledge and thank you for the obvious extreme effort your channel puts in to bring us facts that might otherwise go overlooked.
Oh, this is gonna be a HIT
KSC is incredible. That Atlantis exhibit with the boosters and external tank outside was staggering.
I love the space so much that I even have a tattoo of it my belly. Thank you so much for this incredible video that is just as amazing as the space shuttle. ❤
Genuinely beautiful animations. ❤
This is top notch content.
Perfect timing for weekend.
If you’ve never seen it, the video, titled ‘How to Land the Space Shuttle….From Space,’ is a must watch. It’s a real time, pilots view of the Shuttle landing in Cape Canaveral, narrated by Bret (also the name of the channel where you can find the video), who works with NASA & is giving us (and an in person audience) a power point presentation. It’s a lot of fun & has a lot of information about landing what is, essentially, an aerodynamic brick.
Brilliant video. You missed the part about closing the doors on the bottom of the shuttle for the tank connections. I always wondered about those and what closes them since I saw the shuttle at the Smithsonian.
I currently have pneumonia and today I wrote a 4h30 linear algebra final exam on 3h of sleep.
Worst day ever.
I just got home, opened youtube and discovered that real engineering just uploaded a 1h20 video on the space shuttle.
Best day ever.
such an iconic spacecraft, did so much over it's lifetime.
You are my gateway to STEM. Thank you.
Real cool to watch this breakdown from my perspective. I work on the Aft Skirts for SLS.
Our country was born from the appetite of exploration, and our continued successes are what I am most proud of.
Fantastic video
The story about how Mr. Melnick forgot to do his first job because he was so blown away by seeing our planet is just plain fantastic.
Needed this video
cant believe this is free!
I still cry everytime I see the Orbiter Space Shuttle.
It just makes me so happy to that engineering marvel fly.
I remember being in Texas and watching a nighttime descent of Shuttle as it headed toward Florida. Traversing the sky, it left behind a long glowing ribbon in the blackness of night. I thought to myself, “What an amazing machine.”
Long live the complex systems that we dare to build to make normal what is otherwise impossible.
helll yea it's the entire package!
Hallo. I wanted to tells you that your Videos are so nice and detailed. These high quality ducometaries does not only have nice informations but I can learn English with learning sth else together. Thank you so much for these nice videos.
Amazing animations!
Not a word to say but Quality❤
I like how you streamlined and lightened the orbiter by removing the vertical stabilizer :)
Recommended supplementary reading : Haynes NASA Space Shuttle Owners' Workshop Manual. There is also one for the Saturn V.
How wild! I was just on your page looking to see if there was a new video
Thanks!
3:27 I think you meant "exiting open loop"?
Epic videos 🎉
Now that's some mindblowing real engineering related to the operation of the Space Shuttle! Terrific documentary! 👍👍💥💥
The shuttle is without a doubt the most beautiful machine that man has built for space exploration. It's a shame that we don't see them in service anymore, I would love it if, as much as possible, sticking to the original shape of the shuttle itself, NASA would build a version 2.0, with all the knowledge and technology they have today. That would be something amazing.
Is the audio out of sync? - in any case, great documentary!
Is it just me or the sound goes out of sync more and more as the video progresses?
The intro made me cry man space shuttle is the greatest rocket ship ever designed nothing that come after have match it imo
1:50 no they arent... the sls srbs are bigger... theyre literally the same booster with a new segment added so they're definitely bigger
Biggest of there time
And even then, there were solid rocket motors tested, that were MUCH bigger still. I don’t remember the name though.
Beat me to it
@@marcusrauch4223AJ-260?
He said "to date"
The one spaceplane to rule them all.
I read somewhere that right after booster separation the shuttle is too heavy to go up with the SSME only (technically speaking it has a thrust to weight ratio below 1) so it temporarily decelerates. This phase lasts a couple seconds because the Shuttle + tanks become lighter due to burning propellant and oxydizer, the thrust to weight ratio becomes greater than 1 and the Space Shuttle starts accelerating once again.
Yes although those boosters get it far enough for the vehicle to compensate well
An hour long video grab the snacks sit back nd relax ive always wanted longer vids that go more in depth into certain aspects of
1:12:20 this cross range capability scared the hell out of the Soviets. The USAF claimed they wanted the one orbit mission profile so they could steal a spy satellite and land before anyone could do anything about it. The USSR thought it was to allow nuclear bombardment from orbit while limiting detection and intercept options. Given the problems Bruce had and the existence of MERV equipped ICBMs, both ideas are fantastical, a bit bonkers and more than a bit paranoid.
I'm losing my shit over Brian's pronunciation of "umbiblical" 🤣
Still absolutely loved this series though.
1:11:08 that control reversal is a known phenomenon in supersonic flight.
I thought for sure that Real Engineering is so thorough that FINALLY, I'd know where the SRB gimbals got their power. Here, you did say they were hydraulic.... but what was powering the hydraulics? Fun fact: on the Saturn V boosters, the hydraulic power for those gimbals was simply drawn from the booster's existing massive fuel pressure. But there's no liquid fuel on an SRB. A small gas turbine APU like on jet aircraft?
Song at 2:05 to 2:15? Beautiful intro.
what a cook🔥
It seems the interview scenes lost audio sync around the 40 minute mark. The animated and slideshows dont appear to have lost sync... Its fairly distracting.
At 3:29 surely you mean closed loop engine control, not open loop. Open loop engine control is scripted
Interesting!
When are you gonna do "The insane engineering of the Starship-SuperHeavy Booster"?
1:15 hour video? Old youtube is back? It would be around 400 shorts.
Ahh its reupload. It was too good to be true.
Wonderful video, thank you for this information
Managed to see the Endeavour in Los Angeles - you owe it to yourself to see one of these shuttles in person! - At the time it was on stilts about 15ft above your head. The museum wouldn’t let me go onboard! ☹️
The space shuttle was so badass
Pretty sure the SLS uses a larger solid rocket having an extra segment compared to the shuttles. Also certain, the Chinese would point to their long march series.
Hell no. I'm not watching this right now. I need to make a proper dinner and buy a good bottle of wine first.
This is hard to even think that humans achieved this sort of engineering way back
This vehicle has more gadgets than James Bond's spy car!
Ah, working for the military-industrial complex I see! War is very profitable, get that bag and ignore the haters!
Similar to movies, good documentaries are worth wasting my time for, this one is two steps above good👌👌👌
It would’ve been cool if Starlink was around when the space shuttle was there so we can watch the reentry live because now they don’t have any blackout periods
That's a real masterpiece of animation. No even NASA shows that details
I love it
videos about space shuttle is like videos about cavarly
"hey how are we supposed to light this huge solid rocket motor?"... "with a smaller one?"
It just occurred to me, this series is my new Modern Marvels, which I watched when I was a kid.
Yoo, next up, we want on either - StarShip, Heavy Booster ( landing ), Crew Dragon
There have been 5 spacex videos on the channel, one on starship was this year.
I think we should get another on an unmanned probe/rover mission.
@antonf.9278 Crew Dragon I guess 😅
I always wondered how the solid rocket motors worked. I NEVER would have guessed that the entire thing was the combustion chamber?? I thought they had a bunch of rubber pellets or something that sifted down lmao.