The next time your parents complain that kids these days have tiny attention spans you tell them that their generation got bored of Space travel and moon landings inside of a year.
a year.. mate, todays generation would've forgotten about it after a few days. If they'd even notice. It's not like they'd chose news over twitch streams or instagram.
Need to check your math and not believe everything you watch on RUclips,. Everyone I was in school with and I watched all of the moon landings and read everything we could our our fingers on about spaceflight. BTW, we landed crews on the moon from Jul 1969 through December of 1972. It was budget cuts that stopped the flights and also screwed up Sky Lab.
24:50 ....wait, what? oh shit, i had forgotten we were watching a history buffs episode on apollo 13. i was really REALLY loving that space race documentary!!!
I was in the same boat at first I was like wait why am I watching a ww2 Doc, than I went no its a Cold war vid. After that a space race than I went oh yeah! its a movie review
The luckiest thing with 13 is that nasa planned so much for random events that the problems they experienced were a lot simpler than what they had planned for
@@newtonrhodes7093 ah yes, because everything that has ever happened must all be a lie to trick us into obeying the lizard people who hatched from the moon
I guarantee that they added the “drama” of people in-fighting with each other because test screening said it felt “too unbelievable” that people in the stressful situations they were going under would have snapped long ago. So they added them in. Crazy amazing how professional real heroes are.
1000%. Movies often portray astronauts (and pilots for that matter) and highly emotional when I reality they have nerves of steel. I get it though. Makes for better drama.
There is a commentary track on the DVD and blu-ray by Jim Lovell and his wife. Yes, he does indeed specifically say that while he understands adding in conflict between the astronauts is more emotionally and dramatically satisfying, it never actually happened on the spacecraft. You can listen to the original tapes of the communications between the astronauts and Mission Control, and indeed, even in the most stressful situations, the astronauts always remain cool and collected. Even the famous “Houston, we have a problem” is remarkably calm and matter-of-fact. The movie has to amp it up a bit to portray the danger of the situation, because the men themselves never tend to give that away in real life.
Before the Apollo crew members become astronauts, they were the biggest hotshot pilots in the country. They all flew test missions with prototype planes that could go horribly wrong at any moment. They were about as comfortable as you could possibly be in life or death situations.
I'll add that if you also end up listening to flight data recordings of airplanes that had an accident, you'll also note that, for the most part they're fairly calm, focused on the task at hand and working the problem. A famous one is also another Tom Hanks played character (Capt. Sully) but pick a random one, even from those that didn't make it and odds are that all of the recording will be matter of fact problem solving, only when facing the absolutely inevitable do some allow some emotions, even if to just blow some steam (like some of the humor shown during the decent of United 232).
I only just now noticed how long it was. On tv it would take 2/3 hours with all the commercials and padding. I kind of like this even more on occasion.
The Best One By Far Is "Space Race" By The BBC It's A 4 Episode Series But It's Definitely The Best Documentary Out There It Shows America And The Soviet Union Step By Step With Real Acting It's Definitely The Best One Out There. A Must Watch!!
The crew was calm in real life because they were all test pilots before they were astronauts....people always forget that. You can't freak out if it hits the fan on a test flight of a new plane. And fun fact....the Navy captain shaking Tom Hanks' hand at the end, after the recovery, was played by...US Navy Captain (ret) Jim Lovell. They offered to make him an admiral but he said he retired as a Captain and that's what he would portray....even wore his own uniform.
I love it when real life celebrities play cameo roles, especially if they are a huge part of the storyline. I wonder how many celebrities have played in films they starred in, directed or were part of the original story, that we never notice or don’t recognise, could be thousands, somebody should do a video list, I am sure some film/movie buff must have an idea of how many.
@@allandavis8201 I recently watched the video The Longest Day - 75 Things You Don't Need to Know. I was amazed to discover how many of the actors in the film had actually fought, not just in the war, but in that battle. I highly recommend it.
Chuck Yeager was the bartender at Pancho Barnes' bar in The Right Stuff. Eddie Egan, the inspiration for Popeye Doyle, was in The French Connection, there have been quite a few instances of things like this in film history
@@allandavis8201 movie Lone Survivor, about a navy seal team stuck behind enemy lines in Afghanistan being confronted with enemies and hardships along the mission and is about how one of the members of the seal team made it out alive (marcus luttrell) and is about his story of survival, well he actually played a small cameo part in the movie as well and he was also on the set for the entire film process just to give the director and film crew accurate perspective of the whole story
I understand that Nick had to cut a lot of cool stuff to keep this already long video down to a watchable length, but it's a shame he didn't point out that when Yuri Gagarin "landed" it wasn't in his capsule. As per the mission plan, when the capsule reached the right altitude he opened the door, leapt out, and parachuted down. All astronauts (and cosmonauts) are brave, but just damn, that guy had brass ones.
The story is even better than that. After landed, he scared the crap out of the locals, calling after them because he needed to find a phone to call back to Moscow send someone to come pick him up.
@@SnailHatan While that is true I unrealistically hoped to meet some of the Astronauts and flight controllers of that we era. But you're right of course and it's perfectly natural.
First words on the Moon: one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind First words on Mars: YOLO BITCHES, HIT ME ON SNAPCHAT @MARTIANTHAMARVIN69!!
I clicked on an Apollo 13 Movie Review…. I ended up hooked on this unexpected Space Race documentary that started with Jules Verne, had a Walt Disney Special intermission, an epic presidential speech and finally landing on the moon…. Only to remember, “Oh yeah, this was about the Tom Hanks and Ron Howard film about the failed trip a few years later.” Excellent video.
I know this video is 4 years old, but I thought id mention that while serving in the united states military, my grandpa was a guard for wernher von braun since he spoke german. Wernher gave his luger to my grandfather (they had spent lots of time talking and discussing engineering and became acquaintances. My grandfather would go on to be a mechanical engineer so it seemed they had something in common) and since he passed away, my family is now in possesion of it. Sorry this comment went everywhere but I thought it was interesting to share.
Invented by military contractors for the U.S. solders fighting WWII, enabling them to make quick, dependable repairs or creative improvements even under the worst circumstances - like in the middle of a battle and your tank blows out a hose. It's hard to build a better mousetrap.
I've told this story on Quora before. My Father in-law worked at Rockwell and was involved with all the Apollo's (and shuttle). Due to this, he can't suspend belief watching space movies...star trek, star wars, all of them...he hates due to all the errors. When Apollo 13 went to video, I rolled the dice and suggested watching when they came to visit. The movie is playing...and I realize...silence. He's not complaining...AT ALL. I didn't say a peep. Suddenly, Tom Hanks gets pulled into the office and is told he has to drop Ken Mattingly, or he isn't going to the moon. Frank erupts in his chair....like literally erupts....THAT IS NOT WHAT HIS OFFICE LOOKED LIKE!! He was serious..I just giggled inside. As the drama unfolded...he said...That actor is EXACTLY like Gene Kranz (He didn't know he was Ed Harris). As the movie came to toward end..his final comment..."Those helmets are wrong, they have gold shielding!" I said Frank, they can't do that or we wouldn't see them act. He acquiesced. As the credit rolled...I considered the movie a success. Ron Howard had passed the Frank test.
The problem here is that magic is usually not compared to anything realistic. Most magic systems used in fantasy are very vague. But once you start delving into well known and proven scientific topics then it get harder to suspend disbelief because you already have knowledge of an actual comparison from reality.
Thanks for sharing your story. And a salute of gratitude to all of those unsung heroes whose hard work and dedication made the first steps into space possible. I hope our gandchildren will get the opportunity to explore the planets and our descendents, the stars.
Gosh darnit, don't forget the lesson of this, never travel with Tom Hanks character. You will get disaster mid space, gets attacked by pirates or German U-Boats, your plane will get bird strikes or you gonna get stranded in an island in the middle of nowhere.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is full of the most dimwitted, vapid, shallow, uninventive group of men and women. They vote as they are told. It's all anonymous the same way the tax audits are random by the federal government. They vote as they are expected to vote. I know I work with like 50 of them. And did I mention corrupt, and pay for play. Don't get me started on the Emmys or Golden Globes. Those awards mean nothing as far as I am concerned. It either has meaning or it doesn't. And if they only care about their standards half of the time and the other half they don't, then it is all meaningless.
This video is an example of what I would call "Too good for the internet." Seriously, if it copyright wasn't an issue, you could sell this video, it's so well put together and researched. Absolutely anything can be made interesting if it is recorded and presented by a person as passionate as yourself, but when what material you have to work with in the first place is undoubtedly one of the most interesting thing humans have ever done, well... needless to say, the end result is just some damn good watching. I could sit back and listen to you talk about the space race forever, and I'd be on the edge of my seat the entire time. Probably the best video you've ever made.
Your so right! And it’s an amazing way to show history to different generations! I’ve been able to show these to people from the ages of 13-85. All teaching them another history lesson they never knew.
One of the things that I think is most impressive about this film is that they managed to make it so incredibly gripping despite all the technical jargon and the professionalism of the people involved. It is one of my favorite go-to movies to watch over and over again because it never fails to choke me up or make me feel things, and that's the mark of a classic, amazing movie. All the more impressive that they stuck so close to the truth and still managed to make it something that sticks with you that way.
They skirted the line very well. If they had stuck with the dialog that was on the recorded transcripts, and had them behave exactly as they did at the time, the movie would be boring. Did they ever argue and bicker and raise their voice? No. But, since we cannot live in their heads and feel the stress they were truly under, showing that stress in their actions while they still continued to be experts in their craft is an acceptable compromise.
It is terribly sad that Kennedy did not live to see the fruition of his dream. It is also sad that Yury Gagarin died in a plane crash in 1968 and did not live to see anyone on the moon. Taking politics out of it, Gagarin seems like a very heroic character.
yuri was the second, the first died. the radio transmissions were recorded by a couple ammeter radio guys. They also lost their lander and crew trying to land on the back side of the moon same day we first did. Circled over our men three times before they met their fate. Russian have always been willing to throw bodies at problems.
The actual mission transcripts are at times entertaining. These were not just total professionals, they were also work buddies. Lovell: "Jack says that it's going to be hard to beat his record about saving SM RCS fuel all the way there and back." CAPCOM: "Some people will do anything to set a record."
The Garden of Eatin Thanks, I knew a lot about Pete Conrad but didn’t know about the tree. Amazingly, Conrad said he was prouder of his mission that saved Skylab (Google Skylab 2) than his trip to the moon on Apollo 12.
The most amazing thing at all, to me, is that there are still PLENTY of people out there who think none of this ever happened and was faked from start to finish…
@@being2real943 We got one, guys! Lmao. 😂 But seriously, it’s called basic physics. Clearly, something you’ve never bothered to learn. The astronauts had to rotate the flag pole back and forth to firmly plant it into the lunar soil, and the flag thus acts like a pendulum according to Newton’s Third Law of Motion. Additionally, in order for the flag to point out, the top of the flag was attached to a small arm pointing out from the pole.
As a kid back in 1996 I saw this film and subsequently became obsessed with NASA and the moon landings. My father, being a USAF Pilot was thrilled by this and told me so many stories about friends of his who had gone on to become astronauts. I was lucky enough in 1997 to get to meet Jim Lovell at a seminar he held about the leadership and decision making that ultimately brought the Odyssey and her crew back home after the disaster of Apollo 13. He even talked about scaring the shit out of Tom Hanks when he took him up for a flight in his own airplane so Tom could learn the nuances of his personality and the aviators demeanor. After the seminar (in front of about 1500 people), there was a gala / swanky dinner event, in which I as a 10 year old in my soccer clothes was clearly not ready for. Jim was surrounded by donors and other people who had clearly paid a lot of money to rub shoulders with an American hero. Dozens of people lay in the path between he and I, and then, in an instant, the people parted like an ocean. I got to meet my hero that day, he even signed my copy of his book. I learned so much from his story of being the most prepared you can possibly be for a situation, and then having life take you on a completely different course, requiring you to be far more resourceful and intuitive than you would have had to be just for the initial mission itself. I'm still not sure what the final goal or new mission for myself has become. I had such great plans, wanting desperately to enter space myself. But alas, sometimes the O2 tanks explode when you try and give them a stir, and then there's your life. If you've read this far, I hope you will be so thoughtful as to know when or how to react when life decides to blow yours, thanks for reading and making my thoughts a little more real.
+Joker They exist, and I've known more of them than most. The reality is that most of them don't come on youtube. They're too busy doing amazing shit. Such is life. Find things that make you happy. The real lesson of Apollo 13 is that it doesn't matter what the mission is, but how you react to changes that happen along the way :)
White Blogger Black Specs Khrushchev is one of the most fascinatingly weird leaders the Soviet Union ever had. Like the time he bought thousands of tons of corn from some guy in the US Midwest to grow in Kazakhstan. He found out why Kazakhs are historically nomads and not farmers because the soil is pretty bad.
they were military test pilots, all of them had been through times when an aircraft failed or didn't work right, and Lovell was a WW2 vet. So military training kicks in a survival situation, so yeah I could see all of them acting cool and calm.
I don’t think most laypeople appreciate the near-obsessive level of training that goes into preparing for a space mission. To the point that so much of it, including emergency situations, is near-automatic.
@@TheFirefox I agree! I also wanted to mention that the reason America will always win technological races is for the same reason the German scientist chose to surrender to America versus Russia. America is the freest country on earth. And because of that the best and brightest from around the world want to come here and live the American dream. America will ALWAYS be the best and cutting edge as long as we are the freest country on earth. Even in Britain and Australia you don't have the right to free speech. They can and will arrest you for speaking negatively about the government or the queen. Many other countries are still segregated such as japan and Korea. They will never catch up to us and they will never surpass the US as long as they continue to deny their own citizens human rights
ValensBellator More impressive I'd say. Two crews had already landed on the moon but the 13 crew was the first one to face disaster and still return home.
Which is more of a challenge: 1) Something previously accomplished which has become "old hat" 2) Something never before encountered requiring improvisation, situational genius and lots of duct tape
Imagine it was a car and I think being impressed is suddenly less weird. You would have a hard time fixing a car that blew up a little, caught fire, the engine leaked all its fuel onto the outside of the car and you couldn't stop or get out to effect needed repairs. Also, it's a four day road trip in a geo metro with two other grown men with no bathroom breaks or bathing at all. Thatd be a legendary fix just on a car, here on earth. So doing all that and more in space on very new and complex tech for the time really should be considered impressive because it is.
Man can you imagine what Yuri Gagarin must have been thinking, all the thoughts running through his head as he was the first human to look down at our beautiful planet. Everyone after him had an idea or a picture as reference, crazy must have been mind blowing for him.
@@F_Bardamu Have to disagree, for various reasons, involving the technology that is now part of the average tech used in a lot of things today seeing its roots in the technology developed by the United States for the trip to the moon. Things like better food preservation, thermal insulation, hearing aids, digital controls, and countless other things saw their roots in Apollo 11. The soviets accomplished something amazing but let's not be contrarians about the United States just because it 's a popular thing to do now.
@@flauntingfloof I think he was making a point from a human, not technical, point if view. Nothing can actually compare to being the first human being that ever existed seeing what our planet actually looks like from outer space. You have to remember that, until then, the roundness of planet earth could only be scientifically demonstrated or assumed by looking at the horizon. But no man had actually seen it like the blue and brown ball that we all know.
We should note there is a huge difference between something being "important" and something being "memorable" As truly important and valuable Voyager, Hubble, the Space Shuttle program, and the International Space Station are,... none of them have ever been "memorable" in the eyes of the public. This is almost the most damning thing, as it (and how bored everyone got with Apollo before even the test flights were done) shows how little the American people care about all the incredible things NASA has done. All that mattered was being "first",... then nothing else was important. It breaks my heart in the worst way. The only thing that hurts worse is just how many people feel the whole thing was fake. That more than breaks my heart,... it offends my SOUL
The #1 thing that makes spaceflight leaps interesting is when people are doing it. People haven't physically done anything groundbreaking in spaceflight since Apollo. ISS was more of an engineering accomplishment, and living in space long-term was pretty much already established before then
Man this movie has the only soundtrack that can make me cry just by hearing it. It fits the story so well. The grandeur, the optimism, the determination is all baked into the music.
@@joshwolden2929 well....the entire co2 thing is fake... they already had an entire plan written up to use the square co2 filters in the round holes...from a prior mission. they didnt think it up on the spot like in the movie..this is just one example of bad history that he ignores
Yes, but it is strange that they didn't have the foresight to make sure the filters were compatible with the 2 spacecraft. They did take steps after all, early in the design process to increase the consumables by 10-15% so that the LM could act as a lifeboat in case of an emergency situation.
+Schnot Yeah, that's why farmers and truck drivers are paving the way for future space travel. Knowing how to repair a tractor or build a nifty contraption of practical use does not a genius make.
@@johntechwriterThat isn't quite true. Most student pilots are required to use E6B flight computers for their certification tests. One side of the E6B is a circular slide rule. You can also get "aviator" style watches that have circular slide rules on the bezel dial. Finally, there is a company in Japan called Concise CO, LTD that advertises newly manufactured circular slide rules.
One part of the review that should have been mentioned, and the segment should have been shown was when Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks) was on board of the recovery ship, (Tom Hanks as Lovell) salutes the Commander of the ship. The person the Hanks salutes is the real Jim Lovell playing the ship commander.
Wearing his real life Navy uniform as well. They wanted to make him the admiral of the task force, but Captain Lovell said "I retired as a captain, and a captain is all I will ever be"
Jim Lovell's wife, Marilyn, also makes a appearance in the film as well. She's seen among the spectators (along with Kathleen Quinlan who ironically is portraying Marilyn in the film) during the launch of Apollo 13 at Cape Canaveral.
He got the "Uh, Houston, we've had a problem", rather than "Houston, we have a problem" right, except to enhance the drama, "Apollo 13" movie director, Ron Howard, had Jim Lovell say it. The actual Apollo 13 director, Stanley Kubrick, had Jack Swigert say it, because, he thought that having the commander say it would be too dramatic to be believable. ...Just kidding about the Kubrick part, but it was Jack Swigert who said that to Houston. Not a big deal but worth pointing out for the sake of historical accuracy
Note that "Moonlight Sonata" isn't the official name of the famously somber piano piece by Beethoven. Bonus points 2 the commenter who can correctly provide the original name (WITHOUT looking it up online)! . . . . . [answer is down below] . . . . . The piece is otherwise known as Beethoven's Sonata in C-sharp Minor, Opus 27, Number 2. Yeah, doesn't have quite the same ring 2 it as "Moonlight Sonata" -- but that's because Beethoven didn't come up with that name; in fact, he originally described the piece as a kind of fantasia, having nothing specific 2 do with moonlight.
What is really great about it is that it really happened, Lovell tell the story in interviews and talks on how the other two were so excited like two kids while taking pictures of the moon and he was just like, I've seen it, guys, what is your plan here? are you going to keep taking pictures or you want to go home?
While making this movie, the NASA folks regaled Tom Hanks and Ron Howard with all sorts of behind the scenes stories about what the space program was like back in the day, so many that it led directly to the HBO series "From The Earth To The Moon".
"The most memorable thing NASA has done since the Apollo program is this...." 28:53 *Shows clip of a Canadian Astronaut from the Canadian Space Agency...*
@@atlas8827 If memory serves me, he was there to install the Canadarm, a sort of robotic space arm to the side of the ISS - I'm sure I read in his book that that was his mission during his Major Tom video
When I was in high school Navy ROTC I had the honor of going on a week long shakedown cruise aboard the USS Iwo Jima helicopter carrier, that was in 1974 and I'll never forget the pics of the at sea pickup of the Apollo 13 capsule and some of the stories the sailors told us that had been aboard at that time, how proud they were to be a part of that historic moment. It was an amazing experience for a 17 year old kid who loved the space program and had witnessed this over the days it happened on television. I stil have my Iwo Jima cap stored away in a box.
Can we just acknowledge the incredible soundtrack of Apollo 13? Encapsulates everything about not only the inspiring astronauts but Americas triumphs in space. Absolutely beautiful.
This is honestly one of the best historical summaries of the Arms Race/Space Race between the Soviets and America that I have ever seen. I try to recommend this video to every person I can. You really outdid yourself with this one, Nick.
I was hoping for some insight into Apollo 13. I got a 24-carat gold capsule documentary about the space race, containung much footage I had never seen. Imp’m going to binge-watch this channel!
I remember when Apollo 13 happened. It was an incredible moment in history. The movie brought back the emotion of that moment. Even knowing the outcome there was still that old relief and thrill when the crew contacted Mission Control after reentry and those parachutes were seen. This video brought it back again. Bringing those men back was one of the great successes of the space program.
jdslyman You mean fake sources like ABC, NBC,CNN, MSNBC, etc.? Those who “deny” the moon landings, or that the earth is round (actually an imperfect oblate spheroid) do so because they’re asocial misfits and starving for attention, not because they actually believe what they are claiming.
jdslyman You mean like asking if he should be re-elected because of the unemployment tied to the pandemic? How about asking why he thinks increasing test is somehow nothing more than a competition with other countries? The list of idiotic questions is extremely long. You claim you’re looking for the news sources to “line up”. How about when their stories align word for word, showing they’re reading from the same script? The obvious bias is even more apparent when that script matches the Democrats’ talking points - again word for word. If you believe that somehow constitutes good journalism or confirmation of a story you are delusional.
his highest achievement is preventing nuclear war with Russia in the Cuba missle crises..reaching the moon is just flexing muscles..it brings no real benefit to the American people ;)
If you actually believe that @Mihai then you are a moron. Wanna know why we can talk on a computer hundreds of miles/kms away from one another? Because the research put into NASA helped pave the way to advances in computer tech. Reaching the moon was more than simply 'flexing our muscles.' It put a ton of work into research that couldn't otherwise be accomplished on Earth (many of Isaac Newton's theories on gravity were confirmed on the moon due to its lower gravity, making it easier to deduce due to its lighter pull and allowing us to spot differences with the naked eye, there is even video footage of this) . It also gives future generations of explorers a goal to head towards when making the jump to further exploration of our solar system. Believing that reaching the moon brings no real benefit is like believing the World Health Organization's only useful for curing colds and giving bandaids to kiddies. It's like believing that cell phones have no practical use for long distance communication and we should revert to shouting and using smoke signals. It's like being a European during the 1400's after Chris Columbus returned proclaiming the riches of the New World, going "Huh, poppycock, there's nothing there worth investigating. He's simply flexing Spain's muscles for the crown, it's probably just lifeless dirt with no rich resources or native peoples at all. Such nonsense."
all that you just said could have been achieved without the man on the moon, just send setellites, and build the international space station...if going to the moon would have really been that important we would have went on it many times since then..but nobody goes anymore, because it's not usefull
all that you just wrote has nothing to do with what i said..lending on the moon had only to do with beating the USSR on it..after that, everybody was their interest (i'm not saying that's good, i'm saying that's what happened).
Fantastic video!! Apollo 13 came out when I was a kid & it was one of my favorite dramas growing up. My high school engineering club had horrible luck making it to the Great Moonbuggy Race, so it solidified my love for the Apollo 13 story. RIP Tim Mattingly, who passed just a couple of weeks ago
Small correction, in addition to the Major Tom video NASA has also sent a VW sized rover to Mars, a flyby of Pluto, an orbiter around Jupiter, four space telescopes and discovered over 2000 exoplanets.
All those yes but they also built a space shuttle that successfully launched 135 times (with two failures) and built the majority of the current space station.
None of those are exciting like going to the moon was though. Sure they are cool and good for science but for the general public they may as well not of happened.
And that's all well and good... But the shuttle program absolutely boned us. Cost too much, scared off congressional spending, and locked us in low earth orbit. We needed a new von Braun to match public excitement with a true exploratory vision. We wouldn't have ended up with the most expensive satellite ferry possible.
Rewatching this video and I just have to say you have such a knack for presenting history and your passion really shows, my favorite parts of these are before the movie even gets checked because you present the events so well
He wasn't hit by the actual blast he was caught by the shockwave exiting from the side of the barrel. He most likely died of internal bleeding shortly after.
You know, it is funny how little people generally know about this stuff. Many times I've seen satellites travelling in the night sky, in the dark wooded areas where we Finnish people have cabins. There is no light polution there so you can easily spot them. I spot them and tell a person next to me to look at that fast travelling light spot and they won't believe me when I tell them it's a satellite. They think they are just seeing things. Weird stuff.
When I was travelling around South Dakota, which is the middle of nowhere in the US, I was pleasantly surprised that people were able to identify ISS flying by. These people were not even college graduates. Maybe they know how to enjoy night skies than many of us do.
That's cool, I bet it has something to do with the fact that they live there, so they see them all the time. The people I was with were usually city dwellers that pretty much never see the sky without light pollution.
I have to agree. I grew up in a smallish town in Montana where there was no light pollution. My dad taught me about many of the constellations along with basic astronomy, as well as how to spot satellites. I was fascinated by satellites and learned how to spot them using peripheral vision. I still look for them and occasionally spot one, even though I now live in a city with light pollution. I'm more excited to see a satellite than a shooting star because I know I'm witnessing a man-made technological marvel circling the planet! But many of my friends have never seen one, don't care to try to see one, or don't believe me when I explain that they can be spotted under the right conditions.
This video is amazing. Not only do your research on the movie, you do the research on the history behind the movie. This is the type of thing I always to want to see.
Nick, I cannot even tell you how many times I've gone back and rewatched many of your documentaries. It's like revisiting some of my favorite films but through a different lense. This is probably my third viewing of this just this video. I cannot even begin to tell you how I excited I was when you did your Last of the Mohicans video as it's one of my favorite time periods and films. Thank you for your content! :)
Sorry I am a bit late here, but can we just appreciate this piece of youtube art. Everything is great! Even the music, using ‘Claire De Lune’, meaning ‘moonlight’.
It's interesting that you mention loons because there really is a connection! Loons, the bird, were named as such because people thought their calls sounded like the laughter of mad people, ie, "lunatics". Where does the word lunatic come from? It comes from an old pseudomedical belief that mental illnesses were caused by the phases of 'luna', that is, the moon.
I would love to see the film "Stalingrad" reviewed, but doing a review of the series "Generation War" ("Unsere Mütter, Unsere Väter" in its native language) or of Band of Brothers would be great as well. But I admit anything about pivotal military conflicts interests me the most.
darkfireslide sine moderamine BOB might not make a great review because every member of the cast & crew took painstaking effort to stay accurate. A BOB review would basically be a half an hour of nick saying "this really happened". Something like enemy at the gates might make an interesting episode because they played kind of fast and loose with the historical parts and would lend itself to a "set the record straight" type review that HB's always does well. I've said this a million times in the HB comment section but I really want to see HB cover something Like "The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc" by Luc Besson. Or maybe get back to some of the epics like Quo Vadis, Cleopatra, or The Robe. What I want to see more than anything is a HB review of historical schlock like Roland Emmerich's "Anonymous"
by the same note "Letters from Iwo Jima" would be a great one. This movie had a profound effect on me as up until i saw that film where i could feel anything but hatred and bewilderment for the WW2 Japanese soldier as they were always portrayed in film as fanatical savages, and not spoken of kindly by my grandpa who was bombed and shot at by the Japanese a in Darwin and New Guinea , and came upon mass graves of executed Australians. The fact that this is told from the perspective of the enemy, and takes place both in a facist Japan in the grip of apocalypse denial, and in their last stand makes it all the more a fascinating story, and important piece to be able to sort fact from fiction.
I remember apollo 11 and apollo 13 Iwas ten years old and I watched it on TV live via satellite. My Dad set a high quality camera in front of tha tv and took photos as it happened. I dont recall Apollo 12.Apollo 13 we followed from school.It was the first time we watched tv at shool.We followed the mission as best we could using charts from the newspaper .It was a really big deal and we prayed for Apollo 13.We cheered at the splashdown.Im Australian and now 50 years later it's still the most amazing thing I've ever seen
Apollo 12 will have slipped from many people's memory because the camera used on the lunar surface was damaged right at the start of the moonwalk (was pointed at the sun and blew the videcon tube), as a result the moonwalks (2) weren't televised.
I rarely comment on a RUclips video, it’s 12:34am on a Monday (now Tuesday) and I was completely and utterly hooked to this video. Not only does it give such a big spotlight to the context behind the Apollo 13 movie, but the way you described the Space Race was truly remarkable. I would show this to ANYONE who is not American or just someone who has no knowledge on this epic race between 3 counties 50 years ago. I truly commend this video as one of the greatest videos to watch about this momentous moment for all mankind.
Everybody usually ignores how much Robert H. Goddard had to do with it all though. The Germans used his designs and experience to get their rocket program going.
19:17 Interesting fact, in most of the clips you only see Kennedy say that line: "We choose to go to the Moon..." with the audience cheering behind him. But In reality, the speech at Rice university wasn't hitting home with those in attendance at the time. Kennedy wanted cheers at a videotaped speech of him declaring a new national goal, but he knew he wasn't going to get it. And now you can see what he did, which is very clever. He *purposefully* inserted a line before the one we all know, a line most people don't remember: "Why does Rice play Texas?" The audience laughed and cheered for that and Kennedy knew they would, he didn't wait even a moment and immediately went on to the next line, raising his voice and going full historical showmanship. He had his moment, he had that line recorded on video with the many people surrounding him cheering on as he says it, even though they were actually cheering because of the line that came before it. With that, Kennedy could go to congress and ask for the funding. Now that's someone who understands politics.
JFK had already gotten funding years before. That speech was made in 1963 - the Mercury Program was over, Gemini was getting ready, and Apollo was already being prototyped in California and Long Island.
@@jpollackauthor speech was made in 1962. Apollo was six years away from a manned flight. That might as well be next century when it comes to congressional funding. All it would take is a change in president or control of the House or Senate. All three had elections before the moon landings.
I had the pleasure of meeting Jim Lovell at a college seminar that he gave one evening in Kansas. This was just as the movie was coming out, and he had his book "Lost Moon". He was very personable and a great speaker! Something I will never forget!
That's awesome my dad's pharmaceutical company had the real Gene Krantz as a guest speaker and my dad said it was one of the most amazing speeches he had ever heard
To be chosen for the job they had, they had to be intellectually well-equipped, socially savvy, emotionally balanced, and highly professional. It makes sense that he would be a good speaker and able to get along with just about anybody. I can't say I don't envy you the chance to meet anyone like that, but one who figures so highly in US and world history as well; truly a once-in-a-lifetime experience! I hope you got some photos; that's a memory to treasure.
I could watch a whole dozen hours of you talking about space. You are a truly magnificent presenter I know this is old as heck but this was incredible.
EkinsOnTrack, interesting! Now I’ll have to watch the film again! My dad was one of many engineers on the LM, including supporting Apollo 13. I was pretty young at the time though, so I only recognized a few of the astronauts’ faces (notably the ones who went to our church, like Ed Gibson and Paul Weitz, from Skylab). Since then though, I’ve watched so many documentaries like this one, that I recognize many of them now.
A little bit more of that egg. On a comments soundtrack of that movie, Lovell said that the producers wanted him to play the carrier strike group Admiral. He refused because he retired a Capt so they made him the skipper. Another tidbit. Lovell's wife has a cameo during the launch sequence. I would also add that if you pay close attention toward the end of the movie back at Mission Control you can see cameos of some of the head people at Johnson Space center at that time.
It was Rice that gave NASA the land to build JSC. If you ever go to Houston you'll see that JSC is built like a college campus. The idea was that if NASA failed, Rice would use the facilities as a satellite campus.
@@musicmanfelipe It didn't hurt that Lyndon Johnson had been the U.S. Senator from Texas before he was Kennedy's Vice President. He probably pushed pretty hard to headquarter NASA around his own power base.
I used to be part of a Civil Air Patrol unit around here, and I was our aerospace office,r in charge of aerospace education. Well, I thought it'd be fun to watch Apollo 13, namely the bit where the tanks explode, and where ground control is tasked with making a makeshift oxygen filter with a square filter, duct tape, some socks and a rubber hose. I split the class up into four teams with 15 minutes to make the contraption, record EXACTLY how to build it, and then relay it to another half of their team that would build it based on their instructions. Needless to say, it was a lot of fun, n' we all learned a good bit about space in the process. And all thanks to this movie, right on :3
I watched this while looking at the almost unbelievably realistic view-master photos of astronaut John H Glen and project mercury in 1962 and it legit sent shivers down my spine so amazing
I first saw this movie when I was a very little girl and although I couldn't really comprehend most of what was going on, it inspired an aura of facination for science and space that I carry with me until this day. Since that moment my dream has been to go Space and is everything goes next year, in 2018 I'll be joining the US airforce academy as a first step towards achieving that dream. Amazing movie, amazing review, I had tears in my eyes during the whole thing. Thanks for making this.
I wish you plenty of luck as a Falcon in the near future. I hope you are also looking at Suni Williams for inspiration as one of the first people who will be flying a new class of spaceships for a new century. That is even more remarkable as the last person to be in that position was Ken Mattingly as he piloted the Space Shuttle Enterprise on its first flight. And yes, that was the same Ken Mattingly who was to be the Command Module Pilot for Apollo 13 and depicted in this movie. I hope that you are able to fulfill your dreams and reach out to the stars. As a side note, you really need to see the doctoral thesis by Edwin Aldrin, Jr. (aka "Buzz"), where he said the following about *his dream* of going into space: "In the hopes that this work may in some way contribute to their exploration of space, this is dedicated to the crew members of this country's present and future manned space programs. If only I could join them in their exciting endeavors!" Yeah..... I suppose being the second man to walk on the Moon is a way to join them :) I hope you get that chance too Antonella!
As a retired Air Force fighter jet mechanic, I greatly appreciated the movie’s repeated mention of ‘procedure’ as a checklist of steps taken to achieve an effect. Procedure standardizes a task so that anyone can read and heed, regardless of capability. Watching the actors strive for a procedure and then execute it was refreshing.
"Procedure standardizes a task so that anyone can read and heed, regardless of capability." Procedure is useless unless carefully crafted to the intended operator's experience level. The average citizen couldn't follow the procedures to safely drive a bus across town, much less a space capsule, even if you had a guy sitting behind them calling out the procedural steps. Competency is a requirement for procedure to work at all.
I was talking to some British Veterans Years ago - Believe me it is true :) Whenever the Tommies had to fight and knew the US Arty was supporting them this Day - They had Sweat and White Faces whenever they called them for Arty Support. In one Incident they nearly erradicated a complete Brigade that was setup to capture a Town.. They fired nearly a Kilometer too short - Right into the Brits. Simmilar Stories from Africa. I was working in Teweksburry near Cheltenham on a Base where I worked for the MAN Company. I got to hear these Stories from Veterans.
My Uncle Bill Hagen led quite a life. I'm thankful I cared enough about history to have paid attention when there was still time. He worked on the Manhattan project and he had a lot of pics that never made it into the archives. Fully realizing as a teen recently in the Delayed Entry Program what those shadows I was looking at REALLY was. He showed me because he wanted me to serve with both eyes wide open. He'd also openly say the B-29 cost much more. He retired from NASA along with his wife my Aunt Bonnie. Before he retired he was on duty for Apollo 13. He was one of the ones that figured out how to connect the square and circle filter's. He'd always tell people he could make a square and a circle fit together all without using a hammer. He enjoyed the movie, was just glad to see an amazing story be told. He did say it was a much calmer experience they ran so many drills and ran them so much when an emergency actually happens it ain't a shock to him. My Aunt and Uncle did way more interesting things just trying to stop here.
"We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard..." C'mon humanity! Whatever happened to that kind of gumption? Shouldn't we explore the final frontier? Shouldn't we seek out new life, new civilizations, boldly going where no one has gone before?
The problem with that is that the space race was never really about exploration. Sure the scientists and astronauts were involved for that reason, but it was only pushed by the government as a giant dick waving contest vs the Soviets. Can't have them get there first, then they might put nukes in space, and it'd also show we weren't superior. Having now beaten them, there's no reason to keep going, and there won't be until we can get more people actually interested in science and exploration instead of petty nationalism.
Easy just have China & Russia pretend to go to mars and we will be there in 10 months, 1 month to plan and build then 9 months of travel. There solve everyone's problem here.
That and SpaceX has really sirried things up in the last few years, now thing are starting to reach the apollo levels of excitement again, with far more powerful and advanced hardware ready to finish the job Saturn V / Apollo Started
Adding the emotional outbursts did the astronauts a disservice. The VERY REASON they should be remembered is for their super-human calmness in these situations. What makes them amazing is the math, the precision, the rational decision making under pressure.
Ron Howard knew this, it was done for dramatic effect as he knew if it was portrayed as it really happened it wouldn't show the tension they were under.
@@colinjava8447 Huh. Weird. Because Ryan Gosling managed to demonstrate tension without so much added drama, and he isn't known for particularly skillful acting...
I got teary-eyed from this. Holy cow man. This is just so emotional and to think these dudes lived through this?!?!!? I'm so amazed by the level of skill and grit.
I thought that adding “Claire de Lune” playing at the end was a nice touch. I worked NASA QA for about 10yrs in the ‘90’s, everything from reusable satellites, interplanetary satellites, HST, and Manned Flight, on key Shuttle and ISS systems, as well as Astronaut Crew Aids & Tools. It was a period between when we’d started Shuttle Ops again after Challenger, and the loss of Columbia, which I’m sad to say, that many of us saw coming, but could do nothing about. When people are willing to swap their integrity for ignorance, stupidity, and just plain greed, and the bureaucracy is too stupid, it’s time to move on and pray. Good job on this one, especially on the mistakes and BS.
@J Freeman, no. They didn't. Probably because NASA was more concerned with getting a man on the moon than finding...wait a second, "water on the moon and microbes on Mars?" When the absolute fuck did that ever become a thing?
She sounds lucky to have worked on something like that! My great grandmother only got to build ships for WW2. Not as interesting, but she has pictures of the various battleships/destroyers she has worked on in her house!
Disney+ actually has that space ad from Werner. It’s about 45 minutes long and covers a wide variety of topics (from multistage rocket launches, to how to make something orbit the earth and collect data, to how people would survive in space), and I can honestly say, I can see why this was so popular. The imagination these guys demonstrate with theories and the like. And it’s remarkable how much they got right! Definitely worth a watch. You’ll learn something, and have a laugh too! And yes, they even mention Jules Verne’s story
White-Van Helsing it doesn’t need to hit him to lay him out. That’s why they say “clear back blast” for rocket launchers, the air pressure is more then enough to burn and I’d imagine a giant AA gun will do a lot worse if you’re directly under and in front of it
Jim Lovell was our Univ.Wisconsin-Madison Fall 2016 commencement speaker (he went there for college). In his speech he told us how when he was in the CM how he could block out the earth with his thumb.... everything that he ever knew, everything that ever existed was in that tiny blue marble He remarked that Earth, is itself, a spaceship. And we are its Astronauts. Its up to us to use Science and Engineering to carefully manage and utilize its resources to achieve things.
You’re better of watching the 2019 movie The Highwaymen, it does a much better job portraying both the lawmen and the scrawny little murderers they pursued.
YEEEESSSS!!! I legitimately get chills, literally EVERY single time I watch the film; it happens in more than one scene and is often due to the astounding original soundtrack 👌 ❤
I think the greatest part of the movie is where the navy commander shakes the hand of Lovell. The man who plays the commander is the real Jim Lovell and I think that’s brilliant
Hard to believe that I watched this video and Apollo 13 just last night, and I woke up this morning to find out Michael Collins (the third Astronaut on Apollo 11) has died aged 91. RIP Legend.
Someone should do the math and see whether Tom Hanks or Matt Damon has collectively cost more to bring home in all the movies where they've ever been lost in some remote location or emergency situation. My money is on Matt just because the cost of going to Mars is astronomical (heh) but Tom has been brought back from so many more places that it might balance out.
tiamta He also got shot by a German and bled out, he also got stranded on an island, and he also lost his wife to cancer after serving in Vietnam, losing his best friend, and being forcefully discharged from the military in the middle of playing his favorite sport.
Your editing is amazing man. Filled with just enough humor and drama and actual live footage to be incredibly entertaining. But it’s your enthusiastic and at times snarky narration that really kicks this this channel into being one of my absolute favorites on RUclips I’ve learned more from your videos than all my history classes in high school
This one is simply your master piece! an amazing blend of portraying the space race and talking about the movie! I'm so glad I watched it. More than once it was very moving.
Who was he?!? Our Uncle is John Aaron, whose character was involved in negotiating amperage-the coffee pot example. He’s a fantastic guy, born and raised in Wellington, TX to dry land farmers who were of course very poor. He was so smart and worked his way trough a tiny college with an engineering degree, then got signed by NASA and worked on Mission Control. He was there from Mercury on and was part of the success in the Apollo system. He’s a family leader: smart, humble, and caring.
The ex-NASA guys keep up with each other. I’ll bet your grandfather knows our Uncle Bud (John Aaron) and Bud could very well remember your grandfather.
I hate the way Jack Swigert was portrayed. Its my biggest gripe about this film. He was as competent as any CM pilot that went up. There must have been a better way to create tension.
To be fair, Swigert’s never really portrayed as being incompetent in the film. It’s more about people being *concerned* about his competence rather than him actually *being* incompetent.
@@Darkkrebs I guess you have a point. Except for the earth orbit docking manuever where he scrapes the probe into the receiver and Lovell and Hayes both look at him... I just feel Jack was kind of disrespected
@@Darkkrebs indeed. They are concerned because he hadn’t been in the simulator in a while, and they were just angry that their team was being broken up. Lovell even says he’s a fine pilot.
Not mentioned is that they had to drop the LEM into a specific spot on Earth because it had nuclear material on board (an RTG for a long term science experiment mounted to the descent stage) and they didn't want it to land anywhere populated, adding additional complications to re-entry.
At least until the bit at the end where the captain acts irrationally and decided to go out and try to grab Mark herself because she felt guilty or something. Even though one of her crew members was specifically trained to be the team EVA expert.
@@jonathanswavely7259 In the movie, not in the book. In the book Mark even stifles his scream from his broken ribs in his helmet so the crew won't hear it.
the movie where he poked a hole in his suit to fly like Iron Man? that one? also the main thing that sets the movie off was the Martian dust storm when in reality the atmosphere is not nearly thick enough to knock a heavy rocket over. yea The Martian definitely had its fair share of flaws and Hollywood hype
@@sellers737 Andy Wier has given a bunch of youtube interviews about his book--and he sheepishly admits that the "windstorm" that created the entire premise of the story is scientifically inaccurate. So don't blame Ridley Scott for that one! The movie was okay, though, and the book one I'vexread and re-read, even though about of the mechanical/physics/chemistry details go way over my head.
Your favorite quote is wrong though. You even put quotation marks around it and just paraphrased it. I would think if it is your favorite quote, you would get it right. "If they can get a washing machine to fly, my Jimmy could land it"
@@bdflatlander And Howards Father played the Chaplin at the Lovells home. His brother Clint played the white team EECOM flight controller. Also, it is Ron Howard doing the play by play on that bit where the baseball game is being played.
@@MrT------5743 That is an accurate movie quote. However, I am not sure Lovell's mother actually said that at that time. If you want to get a better back story to that movie go watch that movie again and this time listen to Lovell's comment soundtrack.
The next time your parents complain that kids these days have tiny attention spans you tell them that their generation got bored of Space travel and moon landings inside of a year.
I love it! I never get tired of finding ways to burn the most selfish, self centered, hypocritical generation in human history: the baby boomers.
Nice one!
😂 excellent 🤙🏾
a year.. mate, todays generation would've forgotten about it after a few days. If they'd even notice. It's not like they'd chose news over twitch streams or instagram.
Need to check your math and not believe everything you watch on RUclips,. Everyone I was in school with and I watched all of the moon landings and read everything we could our our fingers on about spaceflight. BTW, we landed crews on the moon from Jul 1969 through December of 1972. It was budget cuts that stopped the flights and also screwed up Sky Lab.
24:50 ....wait, what? oh shit, i had forgotten we were watching a history buffs episode on apollo 13. i was really REALLY loving that space race documentary!!!
Me too. I also forgot.
I was in the same boat at first I was like wait why am I watching a ww2 Doc, than I went no its a Cold war vid. After that a space race than I went oh yeah! its a movie review
The luckiest thing with 13 is that nasa planned so much for random events that the problems they experienced were a lot simpler than what they had planned for
To engineers, it's called "worst case scenario". It's a tough way to live, always expecting the worst.
Lmao
That's the point of planning.
@@newtonrhodes7093 ah yes, because everything that has ever happened must all be a lie to trick us into obeying the lizard people who hatched from the moon
@@newtonrhodes7093 why would they even do it, that is assuming you are right even though you are not
I guarantee that they added the “drama” of people in-fighting with each other because test screening said it felt “too unbelievable” that people in the stressful situations they were going under would have snapped long ago.
So they added them in.
Crazy amazing how professional real heroes are.
That's what makes them heroes. Anyone else would've snapped and they wouldn't have been able to come up with a solution.
1000%. Movies often portray astronauts (and pilots for that matter) and highly emotional when I reality they have nerves of steel. I get it though. Makes for better drama.
There is a commentary track on the DVD and blu-ray by Jim Lovell and his wife. Yes, he does indeed specifically say that while he understands adding in conflict between the astronauts is more emotionally and dramatically satisfying, it never actually happened on the spacecraft.
You can listen to the original tapes of the communications between the astronauts and Mission Control, and indeed, even in the most stressful situations, the astronauts always remain cool and collected. Even the famous “Houston, we have a problem” is remarkably calm and matter-of-fact. The movie has to amp it up a bit to portray the danger of the situation, because the men themselves never tend to give that away in real life.
Before the Apollo crew members become astronauts, they were the biggest hotshot pilots in the country. They all flew test missions with prototype planes that could go horribly wrong at any moment. They were about as comfortable as you could possibly be in life or death situations.
I'll add that if you also end up listening to flight data recordings of airplanes that had an accident, you'll also note that, for the most part they're fairly calm, focused on the task at hand and working the problem. A famous one is also another Tom Hanks played character (Capt. Sully) but pick a random one, even from those that didn't make it and odds are that all of the recording will be matter of fact problem solving, only when facing the absolutely inevitable do some allow some emotions, even if to just blow some steam (like some of the humor shown during the decent of United 232).
Came for a Movie Review... stayed for the Space Race documentary :-P
Well done Nick, it was informative and entertaining.
I only just now noticed how long it was. On tv it would take 2/3 hours with all the commercials and padding. I kind of like this even more on occasion.
+Hypetia Indeed... I thought that he did a better job than some of the more recent documentaries I've seen on this subject.
lol me too !
Indeed. It’s a well made documentary. Though the title was a bit misleading, but the content is legit good :)
I got click baited into the best space race documentary. Goddamnit.
Azaruan Mapping & Gaming You should watch ‘From the Earth to the Moon’. That’s a pretty good in-depth docco about the lead up to the Apollo program.
'Rocket Science' by Michael Lennick is by far the best documentary.
It’s a shame they don’t replay that miniseries anymore, or have it in the HBO app.
The Best One By Far Is "Space Race" By The BBC It's A 4 Episode Series But It's Definitely The Best Documentary Out There It Shows America And The Soviet Union Step By Step With Real Acting It's Definitely The Best One Out There. A Must Watch!!
Please watch your mouth, Azaruan.
The crew was calm in real life because they were all test pilots before they were astronauts....people always forget that. You can't freak out if it hits the fan on a test flight of a new plane.
And fun fact....the Navy captain shaking Tom Hanks' hand at the end, after the recovery, was played by...US Navy Captain (ret) Jim Lovell. They offered to make him an admiral but he said he retired as a Captain and that's what he would portray....even wore his own uniform.
That's so frickin cool!
I love it when real life celebrities play cameo roles, especially if they are a huge part of the storyline. I wonder how many celebrities have played in films they starred in, directed or were part of the original story, that we never notice or don’t recognise, could be thousands, somebody should do a video list, I am sure some film/movie buff must have an idea of how many.
@@allandavis8201 I recently watched the video The Longest Day - 75 Things You Don't Need to Know. I was amazed to discover how many of the actors in the film had actually fought, not just in the war, but in that battle. I highly recommend it.
Chuck Yeager was the bartender at Pancho Barnes' bar in The Right Stuff. Eddie Egan, the inspiration for Popeye Doyle, was in The French Connection, there have been quite a few instances of things like this in film history
@@allandavis8201 movie Lone Survivor, about a navy seal team stuck behind enemy lines in Afghanistan being confronted with enemies and hardships along the mission and is about how one of the members of the seal team made it out alive (marcus luttrell) and is about his story of survival, well he actually played a small cameo part in the movie as well and he was also on the set for the entire film process just to give the director and film crew accurate perspective of the whole story
I understand that Nick had to cut a lot of cool stuff to keep this already long video down to a watchable length, but it's a shame he didn't point out that when Yuri Gagarin "landed" it wasn't in his capsule. As per the mission plan, when the capsule reached the right altitude he opened the door, leapt out, and parachuted down. All astronauts (and cosmonauts) are brave, but just damn, that guy had brass ones.
Actually he had an ejection seat and ejected from the capsule.
Truly a hero of the USSR and humanity.
Chuck Wingo. Brass what?
@@villeandersson2632 Brass balls.
The story is even better than that. After landed, he scared the crap out of the locals, calling after them because he needed to find a phone to call back to Moscow send someone to come pick him up.
I almost forgot this video was about a movie. Loved this.
haha same thing happened to me
Same here
Luis R. A sign of how good it was. Turned into a documentary for 40 minutes and none of us noticed.
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That’s what happened to me on captain Phillips hahha! Once he got back to the movie I remembered it wasn’t a documentary on pirates haha
We’ve lost a legend
Rest In Peace Michael Collins.
Indeed. RIP. Never got the recognition he deserved since he never stepped foot on the moon. He was an integral part of the team, though.
Rest In Peace 🙏
I'm currently reading "carrying the fire", Michael Collins had an amazing life and it's a shame we lost him.
@@lloydbush Why is it a shame? It happens to literally every human who has ever lived.
@@SnailHatan While that is true I unrealistically hoped to meet some of the Astronauts and flight controllers of that we era. But you're right of course and it's perfectly natural.
The "One small step" quote historic undoubtedly, but imagine he said something like "BOOYA MERICA 1ST BITCHES, FLAG ME BUZZ"
@@MM-qi5mk 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@MM-qi5mk *soviet union, gotta be historically accurate. Since USA actually supported Russia pre the Tsar being overthrown.
Thats probably me lmao
zoomer trash
First words on the Moon: one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind
First words on Mars: YOLO BITCHES, HIT ME ON SNAPCHAT @MARTIANTHAMARVIN69!!
I clicked on an Apollo 13 Movie Review…. I ended up hooked on this unexpected Space Race documentary that started with Jules Verne, had a Walt Disney Special intermission, an epic presidential speech and finally landing on the moon…. Only to remember, “Oh yeah, this was about the Tom Hanks and Ron Howard film about the failed trip a few years later.” Excellent video.
This is why history buffs LOVE History Buffs :P
@@k1productions87 we get movie reviews with a thick side of deep history. juicy!
Russia is the real winner 🏆
I know this video is 4 years old, but I thought id mention that while serving in the united states military, my grandpa was a guard for wernher von braun since he spoke german. Wernher gave his luger to my grandfather (they had spent lots of time talking and discussing engineering and became acquaintances. My grandfather would go on to be a mechanical engineer so it seemed they had something in common) and since he passed away, my family is now in possesion of it. Sorry this comment went everywhere but I thought it was interesting to share.
That’s really cool!
That's History That Deserves To Be Remembered.
That’s super cool dude that’s something that’s pretty much one of a kind
Wow! That’s awesome!
so what ? you want cookies or something ?
Even In outer space nothing works like duct tape.
Word!!!
@@judithgillette144 if they used flex tape the mission would be flawless
It's a good thing there was no duct work. It's the only thing it can't fix.
Invented by military contractors for the U.S. solders fighting WWII, enabling them to make quick, dependable repairs or creative improvements even under the worst circumstances - like in the middle of a battle and your tank blows out a hose. It's hard to build a better mousetrap.
I’m imagining with a duct tape over your mouth.
I've told this story on Quora before. My Father in-law worked at Rockwell and was involved with all the Apollo's (and shuttle). Due to this, he can't suspend belief watching space movies...star trek, star wars, all of them...he hates due to all the errors. When Apollo 13 went to video, I rolled the dice and suggested watching when they came to visit. The movie is playing...and I realize...silence. He's not complaining...AT ALL. I didn't say a peep. Suddenly, Tom Hanks gets pulled into the office and is told he has to drop Ken Mattingly, or he isn't going to the moon. Frank erupts in his chair....like literally erupts....THAT IS NOT WHAT HIS OFFICE LOOKED LIKE!! He was serious..I just giggled inside. As the drama unfolded...he said...That actor is EXACTLY like Gene Kranz (He didn't know he was Ed Harris). As the movie came to toward end..his final comment..."Those helmets are wrong, they have gold shielding!" I said Frank, they can't do that or we wouldn't see them act. He acquiesced. As the credit rolled...I considered the movie a success. Ron Howard had passed the Frank test.
Awesome story, dude. You can be proud to have such a man in your family.
Psycho
The problem here is that magic is usually not compared to anything realistic. Most magic systems used in fantasy are very vague. But once you start delving into well known and proven scientific topics then it get harder to suspend disbelief because you already have knowledge of an actual comparison from reality.
Thanks for sharing your story. And a salute of gratitude to all of those unsung heroes whose hard work and dedication made the first steps into space possible. I hope our gandchildren will get the opportunity to explore the planets and our descendents, the stars.
What about 2001.
Gosh darnit, don't forget the lesson of this, never travel with Tom Hanks character. You will get disaster mid space, gets attacked by pirates or German U-Boats, your plane will get bird strikes or you gonna get stranded in an island in the middle of nowhere.
Definitely choose Matt Damon.
People go to crazy lengths to rescue that dude.
(Saving Private Ryan, Interstellar, The Martian)
luckily he lives in an airport now
But if you are a single woman, you might get email or just be sleepless. Yeah, don't travel with him though.
Or you'll get shot after the big ol' fat rain
o be ambushed in vietnam, but fortunately live cuz he saved you by just running... except if you're his best friend or lieutenant.
The fact that this movie lost the Best Picture award to _Braveheart_ still makes me roll my eyes.
If only Tom Hanks yelled "SCIENCE!!!" on the trip down before cutting out...
* moons the judges *
I agree...
How about the fact that Apollo 13 lost best special effects to Babe the Pig?
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is full of the most dimwitted, vapid, shallow, uninventive group of men and women. They vote as they are told. It's all anonymous the same way the tax audits are random by the federal government. They vote as they are expected to vote. I know I work with like 50 of them. And did I mention corrupt, and pay for play. Don't get me started on the Emmys or Golden Globes. Those awards mean nothing as far as I am concerned. It either has meaning or it doesn't. And if they only care about their standards half of the time and the other half they don't, then it is all meaningless.
gentle reminder that this lost to Babe for best visual effects in 1995
yes, babe
Ryukachoo Saving Private Ryan lost best picture to Shakespeare in Love. Who remembers that movie compared to Saving Private Ryan?
Well we all know the Oscars are bullshit anyway.
been thinking latley they should remaster the visules in the film, one or two scenes look a bit dated now.
Singing farmstock>explody space ships?
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True, at least in the 1990s it was.
This video is an example of what I would call "Too good for the internet."
Seriously, if it copyright wasn't an issue, you could sell this video, it's so well put together and researched. Absolutely anything can be made interesting if it is recorded and presented by a person as passionate as yourself, but when what material you have to work with in the first place is undoubtedly one of the most interesting thing humans have ever done, well... needless to say, the end result is just some damn good watching. I could sit back and listen to you talk about the space race forever, and I'd be on the edge of my seat the entire time. Probably the best video you've ever made.
Duncan Van Ooyen Hear hear!
Your so right! And it’s an amazing way to show history to different generations! I’ve been able to show these to people from the ages of 13-85. All teaching them another history lesson they never knew.
Hell yeah
One of the things that I think is most impressive about this film is that they managed to make it so incredibly gripping despite all the technical jargon and the professionalism of the people involved. It is one of my favorite go-to movies to watch over and over again because it never fails to choke me up or make me feel things, and that's the mark of a classic, amazing movie. All the more impressive that they stuck so close to the truth and still managed to make it something that sticks with you that way.
They skirted the line very well. If they had stuck with the dialog that was on the recorded transcripts, and had them behave exactly as they did at the time, the movie would be boring. Did they ever argue and bicker and raise their voice? No. But, since we cannot live in their heads and feel the stress they were truly under, showing that stress in their actions while they still continued to be experts in their craft is an acceptable compromise.
It is terribly sad that Kennedy did not live to see the fruition of his dream. It is also sad that Yury Gagarin died in a plane crash in 1968 and did not live to see anyone on the moon. Taking politics out of it, Gagarin seems like a very heroic character.
A man of the people, but a human hero at heart
From what I know, he died crashing a plane away from a settlement
There is a good Russian film on him with English subtitles you can get
yuri was the second, the first died. the radio transmissions were recorded by a couple ammeter radio guys. They also lost their lander and crew trying to land on the back side of the moon same day we first did. Circled over our men three times before they met their fate. Russian have always been willing to throw bodies at problems.
@@dasgoofinhiemer5039 well just how in the hell did these amateur radio enthusiasts from the 60s record this? With pen and paper?
"The United States sleeps under a Soviet Moon."
DAMN.
That was so funny for me! 😂
Lol i said the same thing outloud
@Robert Slackware Yeah thats not a good thing, space junk is a serious problem.
@BC Bob Same me bob,.Same
@@cassiekaizo1210 one mans space junk is another man's treasure
The actual mission transcripts are at times entertaining. These were not just total professionals, they were also work buddies.
Lovell: "Jack says that it's going to be hard to beat his record about saving SM RCS fuel all the way there and back."
CAPCOM: "Some people will do anything to set a record."
I love the little quirks of history!
@@thegardenofeatin5965 - Great background. Thank you!
The Garden of Eatin Thanks, I knew a lot about Pete Conrad but didn’t know about the tree. Amazingly, Conrad said he was prouder of his mission that saved Skylab (Google Skylab 2) than his trip to the moon on Apollo 12.
MWSin1 Grumman also sent North American a tow bill!
What if Neil Armstrong had said heehee while moonwalking?
The most amazing thing at all, to me, is that there are still PLENTY of people out there who think none of this ever happened and was faked from start to finish…
I know, right? A week of almost uncut footage that covers over 2 miles each time? What sheep. They need to go to school.
It was fake, even Buzz Aldrin admitted it...Kubrick filmed it at Pinewood....It's not even a secret anymore.
It was fake … how was the American flag flying in the wind … in space 🤦🏾♂️
@@being2real943 We got one, guys! Lmao. 😂
But seriously, it’s called basic physics. Clearly, something you’ve never bothered to learn. The astronauts had to rotate the flag pole back and forth to firmly plant it into the lunar soil, and the flag thus acts like a pendulum according to Newton’s Third Law of Motion. Additionally, in order for the flag to point out, the top of the flag was attached to a small arm pointing out from the pole.
@@fredricgreenblott4169 how easy would that be to do on a set though …
I feel like I got tricked into learning stuff.
but thats a good thing.. this is good learning :)
😂😂😂😂
Your funny!!😀😀😀
They played you like a dam fiddle
You sound like a Simpsons character.
As a kid back in 1996 I saw this film and subsequently became obsessed with NASA and the moon landings. My father, being a USAF Pilot was thrilled by this and told me so many stories about friends of his who had gone on to become astronauts.
I was lucky enough in 1997 to get to meet Jim Lovell at a seminar he held about the leadership and decision making that ultimately brought the Odyssey and her crew back home after the disaster of Apollo 13. He even talked about scaring the shit out of Tom Hanks when he took him up for a flight in his own airplane so Tom could learn the nuances of his personality and the aviators demeanor.
After the seminar (in front of about 1500 people), there was a gala / swanky dinner event, in which I as a 10 year old in my soccer clothes was clearly not ready for. Jim was surrounded by donors and other people who had clearly paid a lot of money to rub shoulders with an American hero. Dozens of people lay in the path between he and I, and then, in an instant, the people parted like an ocean.
I got to meet my hero that day, he even signed my copy of his book. I learned so much from his story of being the most prepared you can possibly be for a situation, and then having life take you on a completely different course, requiring you to be far more resourceful and intuitive than you would have had to be just for the initial mission itself.
I'm still not sure what the final goal or new mission for myself has become. I had such great plans, wanting desperately to enter space myself. But alas, sometimes the O2 tanks explode when you try and give them a stir, and then there's your life.
If you've read this far, I hope you will be so thoughtful as to know when or how to react when life decides to blow yours, thanks for reading and making my thoughts a little more real.
Soniti1324 You sir, have lived a worthy life.
Your rhythm in writing is on point.
great story man! sorry you missed being an astronaut. what is it that you do now btw?
+shadymike88 I'm a Surgeon's Assistant :)
+Joker They exist, and I've known more of them than most.
The reality is that most of them don't come on youtube. They're too busy doing amazing shit.
Such is life.
Find things that make you happy. The real lesson of Apollo 13 is that it doesn't matter what the mission is, but how you react to changes that happen along the way :)
"The United States now sleeps under a Soviet moon" Khrushchev being a savage
America won, so it wasn't very savage
@@firebird_spleen4190 for the time, it was, the USSR beating the US at it's own game
White Blogger Black Specs Khrushchev is one of the most fascinatingly weird leaders the Soviet Union ever had. Like the time he bought thousands of tons of corn from some guy in the US Midwest to grow in Kazakhstan. He found out why Kazakhs are historically nomads and not farmers because the soil is pretty bad.
@@jamiekamihachi3135 he was a court jester during Stalin's reign
@yeoldebiggetee it was neck and neck for years, until we started to gain after the Soviet Union tanked in the 80's
they were military test pilots, all of them had been through times when an aircraft failed or didn't work right, and Lovell was a WW2 vet. So military training kicks in a survival situation, so yeah I could see all of them acting cool and calm.
I don’t think most laypeople appreciate the near-obsessive level of training that goes into preparing for a space mission. To the point that so much of it, including emergency situations, is near-automatic.
@@TheFirefox I agree! I also wanted to mention that the reason America will always win technological races is for the same reason the German scientist chose to surrender to America versus Russia. America is the freest country on earth. And because of that the best and brightest from around the world want to come here and live the American dream. America will ALWAYS be the best and cutting edge as long as we are the freest country on earth. Even in Britain and Australia you don't have the right to free speech. They can and will arrest you for speaking negatively about the government or the queen. Many other countries are still segregated such as japan and Korea. They will never catch up to us and they will never surpass the US as long as they continue to deny their own citizens human rights
Have you seen the tin can Chuck Yeager flew to break the sound barrier? Balls of steal!
In a weird way them getting back alive is every bit as impressive as successfully landing on the moon.
ValensBellator More impressive I'd say. Two crews had already landed on the moon but the 13 crew was the first one to face disaster and still return home.
Which is more of a challenge:
1) Something previously accomplished which has become "old hat"
2) Something never before encountered requiring improvisation, situational genius and lots of duct tape
Imagine it was a car and I think being impressed is suddenly less weird. You would have a hard time fixing a car that blew up a little, caught fire, the engine leaked all its fuel onto the outside of the car and you couldn't stop or get out to effect needed repairs. Also, it's a four day road trip in a geo metro with two other grown men with no bathroom breaks or bathing at all. Thatd be a legendary fix just on a car, here on earth. So doing all that and more in space on very new and complex tech for the time really should be considered impressive because it is.
Absolutely more impressive in my humble opinion
Yeah, that's kinda the point of the story. Lol. Thank you Captain obvious.
Man can you imagine what Yuri Gagarin must have been thinking, all the thoughts running through his head as he was the first human to look down at our beautiful planet. Everyone after him had an idea or a picture as reference, crazy must have been mind blowing for him.
You're absolutely right. Far more groundbreaking than walking on the moon.
@@F_Bardamu Have to disagree, for various reasons, involving the technology that is now part of the average tech used in a lot of things today seeing its roots in the technology developed by the United States for the trip to the moon. Things like better food preservation, thermal insulation, hearing aids, digital controls, and countless other things saw their roots in Apollo 11. The soviets accomplished something amazing but let's not be contrarians about the United States just because it 's a popular thing to do now.
@@flauntingfloof I think he was making a point from a human, not technical, point if view. Nothing can actually compare to being the first human being that ever existed seeing what our planet actually looks like from outer space. You have to remember that, until then, the roundness of planet earth could only be scientifically demonstrated or assumed by looking at the horizon. But no man had actually seen it like the blue and brown ball that we all know.
Well how to survive. There were alot of issues on that trip
They were all shady to be putting defenseless animals into capsules and sending them off into space.
"The most memorable thing that NASA's done since the Apollo program is Col. Hadfield."
I'd argue the mars rovers were also a pretty big deal.
Also they landed that thing on the thing.... :-)
And the Hubble space telescope and the international space station
Voyager 1 & 2
We should note there is a huge difference between something being "important" and something being "memorable"
As truly important and valuable Voyager, Hubble, the Space Shuttle program, and the International Space Station are,... none of them have ever been "memorable" in the eyes of the public. This is almost the most damning thing, as it (and how bored everyone got with Apollo before even the test flights were done) shows how little the American people care about all the incredible things NASA has done. All that mattered was being "first",... then nothing else was important. It breaks my heart in the worst way.
The only thing that hurts worse is just how many people feel the whole thing was fake. That more than breaks my heart,... it offends my SOUL
The #1 thing that makes spaceflight leaps interesting is when people are doing it. People haven't physically done anything groundbreaking in spaceflight since Apollo. ISS was more of an engineering accomplishment, and living in space long-term was pretty much already established before then
Man this movie has the only soundtrack that can make me cry just by hearing it. It fits the story so well. The grandeur, the optimism, the determination is all baked into the music.
everyone know's the Vikings made it to the moon first
No, it was whalers on the moon.
This guy knows
Like they made it first to America...
No, the Vikings went to Mars! :)
Thay collanized earth.
did i actually just watch a 50 min video and not even realize?
50 mins of fairly bad research.
I think you did
@@autopartsmonkey7992 how is this 'fairly bad'?
@@joshwolden2929 well....the entire co2 thing is fake... they already had an entire plan written up to use the square co2 filters in the round holes...from a prior mission. they didnt think it up on the spot like in the movie..this is just one example of bad history that he ignores
@@autopartsmonkey7992 Time for you to launch your own history channel if you think you can do better!
Duct tape, a flight manual, and some plastic bags end up saving the lives of three astronauts. God you've gotta love engineers!
Yes, but it is strange that they didn't have the foresight to make sure the filters were compatible with the 2 spacecraft. They did take steps after all, early in the design process to increase the consumables by 10-15% so that the LM could act as a lifeboat in case of an emergency situation.
mako88sb yeah. That came about partly due to the different companies involved.
They needed an enclosed object that can connect to something else - kinda like taking a bucket filling it soapy water and calling it a dishwasher.
A farmer or truck driver would have come up with that solution in half the time with less man power.
+Schnot
Yeah, that's why farmers and truck drivers are paving the way for future space travel.
Knowing how to repair a tractor or build a nifty contraption of practical use does not a genius make.
I like how Von Braun uses a slide rule as a pointer. A true engineer.
Interesting fact: Slide rules are no longer in production.
@@johntechwriterThat isn't quite true. Most student pilots are required to use E6B flight computers for their certification tests. One side of the E6B is a circular slide rule.
You can also get "aviator" style watches that have circular slide rules on the bezel dial.
Finally, there is a company in Japan called Concise CO, LTD that advertises newly manufactured circular slide rules.
One part of the review that should have been mentioned, and the segment should have been shown was when Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks) was on board of the recovery ship, (Tom Hanks as Lovell) salutes the Commander of the ship. The person the Hanks salutes is the real Jim Lovell playing the ship commander.
Wearing his real life Navy uniform as well. They wanted to make him the admiral of the task force, but Captain Lovell said "I retired as a captain, and a captain is all I will ever be"
Jim Lovell's wife, Marilyn,
also makes a appearance
in the film as well.
She's seen among the spectators (along with Kathleen Quinlan
who ironically is portraying Marilyn
in the film) during the launch
of Apollo 13 at Cape Canaveral.
This video is about Apollo 13's moon mission. The background music includes Moonlight Sonata and Clair de Lune. The devil is in the details indeed.
I literally came to the comments to see if anyone else noticed that. +1 for music nerds!
Thank you, I'm not alone in loving that small detail!
It's those small details that make Apollo 13 one of the most underrated movies in history imho.
He got the "Uh, Houston, we've had a problem", rather than "Houston, we have a problem" right, except to enhance the drama, "Apollo 13" movie director, Ron Howard, had Jim Lovell say it. The actual Apollo 13 director, Stanley Kubrick, had Jack Swigert say it, because, he thought that having the commander say it would be too dramatic to be believable.
...Just kidding about the Kubrick part, but it was Jack Swigert who said that to Houston. Not a big deal but worth pointing out for the sake of historical accuracy
Note that "Moonlight Sonata" isn't the official name of the famously somber piano piece by Beethoven. Bonus points 2 the commenter who can correctly provide the original name (WITHOUT looking it up online)!
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The piece is otherwise known as Beethoven's Sonata in C-sharp Minor, Opus 27, Number 2.
Yeah, doesn't have quite the same ring 2 it as "Moonlight Sonata" -- but that's because Beethoven didn't come up with that name; in fact, he originally described the piece as a kind of fantasia, having nothing specific 2 do with moonlight.
"I've seen it."
Holy shit that line hurts. The somber defeat and the light crack in Hanks' voice is very powerful. Dude sounds like he's about to cry.
Mt.Marilyn? He probably named it after his wife.
He is a great actor. No question.
Helen Clarke It is named for his wife. And it’s the official name of the mountain now.
Nature and Physics and the only one to go twice and still not land.
What is really great about it is that it really happened, Lovell tell the story in interviews and talks on how the other two were so excited like two kids while taking pictures of the moon and he was just like, I've seen it, guys, what is your plan here? are you going to keep taking pictures or you want to go home?
While making this movie, the NASA folks regaled Tom Hanks and Ron Howard with all sorts of behind the scenes stories about what the space program was like back in the day, so many that it led directly to the HBO series "From The Earth To The Moon".
"The most memorable thing NASA has done since the Apollo program is this...."
28:53 *Shows clip of a Canadian Astronaut from the Canadian Space Agency...*
he was on the american part tho
@@atlas8827 it's actually a part of the station made in Europe and Japan. USA launched it in space tho (which is the most expensive thing I think)
@@atlas8827 If memory serves me, he was there to install the Canadarm, a sort of robotic space arm to the side of the ISS - I'm sure I read in his book that that was his mission during his Major Tom video
The thing is that there's a 24/7 NASA space livestream on RUclips.
Why they gotta roast my boy Chris Hadfield like that?
When I was in high school Navy ROTC I had the honor of going on a week long shakedown cruise aboard the USS Iwo Jima helicopter carrier, that was in 1974 and I'll never forget the pics of the at sea pickup of the Apollo 13 capsule and some of the stories the sailors told us that had been aboard at that time, how proud they were to be a part of that historic moment. It was an amazing experience for a 17 year old kid who loved the space program and had witnessed this over the days it happened on television. I stil have my Iwo Jima cap stored away in a box.
I wish I could have ever made it aboard the Iwo Jima
It's December, still waiting for you to do pearl harbor.
*Inaccuracy intensifies*
I hope he does a side by side comparison of Pearl Harbor vs Tora! Tora! Tora! He could also do U-571 vs. Das Boot.
That would actually be pretty brilliant.
If he does Tora Tora Tora it would be very accurate to the real event, if he does Bay Harbor greatly inaccurate.
Harbour*
In the States we spell it without the "u" so it's Pearl Harbor.
Can we just acknowledge the incredible soundtrack of Apollo 13? Encapsulates everything about not only the inspiring astronauts but Americas triumphs in space. Absolutely beautiful.
This is honestly one of the best historical summaries of the Arms Race/Space Race between the Soviets and America that I have ever seen. I try to recommend this video to every person I can.
You really outdid yourself with this one, Nick.
I was hoping for some insight into Apollo 13. I got a 24-carat gold capsule documentary about the space race, containung much footage I had never seen. Imp’m going to binge-watch this channel!
I remember when Apollo 13 happened. It was an incredible moment in history.
The movie brought back the emotion of that moment. Even knowing the outcome there was still that old relief and thrill when the crew contacted Mission Control after reentry and those parachutes were seen.
This video brought it back again. Bringing those men back was one of the great successes of the space program.
Hell N Degenerates Clearly you’re still a social misfit, living in your mom’s basement, wearing a tin foil hat, and too stupid to understand reality.
jdslyman You mean fake sources like ABC, NBC,CNN, MSNBC, etc.? Those who “deny” the moon landings, or that the earth is round (actually an imperfect oblate spheroid) do so because they’re asocial misfits and starving for attention, not because they actually believe what they are claiming.
jdslyman You mean like asking if he should be re-elected because of the unemployment tied to the pandemic? How about asking why he thinks increasing test is somehow nothing more than a competition with other countries? The list of idiotic questions is extremely long. You claim you’re looking for the news sources to “line up”. How about when their stories align word for word, showing they’re reading from the same script? The obvious bias is even more apparent when that script matches the Democrats’ talking points - again word for word. If you believe that somehow constitutes good journalism or confirmation of a story you are delusional.
JFK's speech is still amazing to this day, what an icon
Best President of the USA IMO, his ability to convince the American people to pursue us getting to the moon is why I consider him a national hero.
his highest achievement is preventing nuclear war with Russia in the Cuba missle crises..reaching the moon is just flexing muscles..it brings no real benefit to the American people ;)
If you actually believe that @Mihai then you are a moron. Wanna know why we can talk on a computer hundreds of miles/kms away from one another? Because the research put into NASA helped pave the way to advances in computer tech. Reaching the moon was more than simply 'flexing our muscles.' It put a ton of work into research that couldn't otherwise be accomplished on Earth (many of Isaac Newton's theories on gravity were confirmed on the moon due to its lower gravity, making it easier to deduce due to its lighter pull and allowing us to spot differences with the naked eye, there is even video footage of this) . It also gives future generations of explorers a goal to head towards when making the jump to further exploration of our solar system.
Believing that reaching the moon brings no real benefit is like believing the World Health Organization's only useful for curing colds and giving bandaids to kiddies. It's like believing that cell phones have no practical use for long distance communication and we should revert to shouting and using smoke signals. It's like being a European during the 1400's after Chris Columbus returned proclaiming the riches of the New World, going "Huh, poppycock, there's nothing there worth investigating. He's simply flexing Spain's muscles for the crown, it's probably just lifeless dirt with no rich resources or native peoples at all. Such nonsense."
all that you just said could have been achieved without the man on the moon, just send setellites, and build the international space station...if going to the moon would have really been that important we would have went on it many times since then..but nobody goes anymore, because it's not usefull
all that you just wrote has nothing to do with what i said..lending on the moon had only to do with beating the USSR on it..after that, everybody was their interest (i'm not saying that's good, i'm saying that's what happened).
Fantastic video!! Apollo 13 came out when I was a kid & it was one of my favorite dramas growing up. My high school engineering club had horrible luck making it to the Great Moonbuggy Race, so it solidified my love for the Apollo 13 story.
RIP Tim Mattingly, who passed just a couple of weeks ago
This is honestly one of the best channels on RUclips.... you mix my two favorite genres. Film and History. Thank you for this.
"I aimed for the stars, but I kept hitting London."
Small correction, in addition to the Major Tom video NASA has also sent a VW sized rover to Mars, a flyby of Pluto, an orbiter around Jupiter, four space telescopes and discovered over 2000 exoplanets.
All those yes but they also built a space shuttle that successfully launched 135 times (with two failures) and built the majority of the current space station.
None of those are exciting like going to the moon was though. Sure they are cool and good for science but for the general public they may as well not of happened.
Don't forget Cassini!
And that's all well and good... But the shuttle program absolutely boned us. Cost too much, scared off congressional spending, and locked us in low earth orbit.
We needed a new von Braun to match public excitement with a true exploratory vision. We wouldn't have ended up with the most expensive satellite ferry possible.
Plus, the astronaut in the Space Odyssey video is Chris Hadfield...a Canadian.
Rewatching this video and I just have to say you have such a knack for presenting history and your passion really shows, my favorite parts of these are before the movie even gets checked because you present the events so well
This is why history buffs LOVE History Buffs :D
5:19 Love how that Soviet AT-gun operator decided to blast one of His comrades right as they passed in front of the gun.
Holy shit, I didn't notice that at first. What's going on there haha
He wasn't hit by the actual blast he was caught by the shockwave exiting from the side of the barrel.
He most likely died of internal bleeding shortly after.
AT gun operator: Is this gun loaded?
AT gun operator: Ooops, nothing happened here, I better walk off
Cus fuck that guy that's why
well, if you are surprised by an incoming Nazi tank, maybe your trigger finger gets a bit loose, too.
You know, it is funny how little people generally know about this stuff. Many times I've seen satellites travelling in the night sky, in the dark wooded areas where we Finnish people have cabins. There is no light polution there so you can easily spot them. I spot them and tell a person next to me to look at that fast travelling light spot and they won't believe me when I tell them it's a satellite. They think they are just seeing things. Weird stuff.
When I was travelling around South Dakota, which is the middle of nowhere in the US, I was pleasantly surprised that people were able to identify ISS flying by. These people were not even college graduates. Maybe they know how to enjoy night skies than many of us do.
That's cool, I bet it has something to do with the fact that they live there, so they see them all the time. The people I was with were usually city dwellers that pretty much never see the sky without light pollution.
Kriste Isopahkala respect
I have to agree. I grew up in a smallish town in Montana where there was no light pollution. My dad taught me about many of the constellations along with basic astronomy, as well as how to spot satellites. I was fascinated by satellites and learned how to spot them using peripheral vision. I still look for them and occasionally spot one, even though I now live in a city with light pollution. I'm more excited to see a satellite than a shooting star because I know I'm witnessing a man-made technological marvel circling the planet! But many of my friends have never seen one, don't care to try to see one, or don't believe me when I explain that they can be spotted under the right conditions.
At first I thought you meant "little" people LMAO.
This video is amazing.
Not only do your research on the movie, you do the research on the history behind the movie.
This is the type of thing I always to want to see.
Nick, I cannot even tell you how many times I've gone back and rewatched many of your documentaries. It's like revisiting some of my favorite films but through a different lense. This is probably my third viewing of this just this video. I cannot even begin to tell you how I excited I was when you did your Last of the Mohicans video as it's one of my favorite time periods and films. Thank you for your content! :)
Sorry I am a bit late here, but can we just appreciate this piece of youtube art. Everything is great! Even the music, using ‘Claire De Lune’, meaning ‘moonlight’.
Also moonlight sonata
? I thought Claire de Lune was call of the lunes; i.e., the duck-like bird.
The music is awesome! A really well-produced video w/a lot of thought put into it.
It's interesting that you mention loons because there really is a connection! Loons, the bird, were named as such because people thought their calls sounded like the laughter of mad people, ie, "lunatics". Where does the word lunatic come from? It comes from an old pseudomedical belief that mental illnesses were caused by the phases of 'luna', that is, the moon.
Claire De Lune? i thought the title was Clear The Saloon!
I would love to see the film "Stalingrad" reviewed, but doing a review of the series "Generation War" ("Unsere Mütter, Unsere Väter" in its native language) or of Band of Brothers would be great as well. But I admit anything about pivotal military conflicts interests me the most.
darkfireslide sine moderamine BOB might not make a great review because every member of the cast & crew took painstaking effort to stay accurate. A BOB review would basically be a half an hour of nick saying "this really happened". Something like enemy at the gates might make an interesting episode because they played kind of fast and loose with the historical parts and would lend itself to a "set the record straight" type review that HB's always does well. I've said this a million times in the HB comment section but I really want to see HB cover something Like "The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc" by Luc Besson. Or maybe get back to some of the epics like Quo Vadis, Cleopatra, or The Robe. What I want to see more than anything is a HB review of historical schlock like Roland Emmerich's "Anonymous"
darkfireslide Downfall (Der Untergang) would be a great movie I would love to see be reviewed.
darkfireslide oh hello there. Fan of your work.
by the same note "Letters from Iwo Jima" would be a great one. This movie had a profound effect on me as up until i saw that film where i could feel anything but hatred and bewilderment for the WW2 Japanese soldier as they were always portrayed in film as fanatical savages, and not spoken of kindly by my grandpa who was bombed and shot at by the Japanese a in Darwin and New Guinea , and came upon mass graves of executed Australians. The fact that this is told from the perspective of the enemy, and takes place both in a facist Japan in the grip of apocalypse denial, and in their last stand makes it all the more a fascinating story, and important piece to be able to sort fact from fiction.
Dude, you watch HB too? Nice.
I remember apollo 11 and apollo 13 Iwas ten years old and I watched it on TV live via satellite. My Dad set a high quality camera in front of tha tv and took photos as it happened. I dont recall Apollo 12.Apollo 13 we followed from school.It was the first time we watched tv at shool.We followed the mission as best we could using charts from the newspaper .It was a really big deal and we prayed for Apollo 13.We cheered at the splashdown.Im Australian and now 50 years later it's still the most amazing thing I've ever seen
Wayde Aarthar thank u for sharing that beautiful story
Did you ever go visit the Parkes Dish in Australia? "The Dish" is another one of my favorite space movies.
That was awesome, thank you for sharing your memories! 🤗
woah
Apollo 12 will have slipped from many people's memory because the camera used on the lunar surface was damaged right at the start of the moonwalk (was pointed at the sun and blew the videcon tube), as a result the moonwalks (2) weren't televised.
I rarely comment on a RUclips video, it’s 12:34am on a Monday (now Tuesday) and I was completely and utterly hooked to this video. Not only does it give such a big spotlight to the context behind the Apollo 13 movie, but the way you described the Space Race was truly remarkable. I would show this to ANYONE who is not American or just someone who has no knowledge on this epic race between 3 counties 50 years ago. I truly commend this video as one of the greatest videos to watch about this momentous moment for all mankind.
" Our Germans are better than your Germans!"
The Right Stuff a great historical look at the dawn of our space agency lol
😂 that's genuinely excellent
Everybody usually ignores how much Robert H. Goddard had to do with it all though. The Germans used his designs and experience to get their rocket program going.
...I read that with a German accent.
thepoopfactor Robert Goddard has a NASA research center named after him, and Von Braun doesn’t, if that means anything...
19:17 Interesting fact, in most of the clips you only see Kennedy say that line: "We choose to go to the Moon..." with the audience cheering behind him. But In reality, the speech at Rice university wasn't hitting home with those in attendance at the time. Kennedy wanted cheers at a videotaped speech of him declaring a new national goal, but he knew he wasn't going to get it.
And now you can see what he did, which is very clever. He *purposefully* inserted a line before the one we all know, a line most people don't remember: "Why does Rice play Texas?"
The audience laughed and cheered for that and Kennedy knew they would, he didn't wait even a moment and immediately went on to the next line, raising his voice and going full historical showmanship. He had his moment, he had that line recorded on video with the many people surrounding him cheering on as he says it, even though they were actually cheering because of the line that came before it.
With that, Kennedy could go to congress and ask for the funding.
Now that's someone who understands politics.
Y. Shaked yup smart , speech about national goals yawn , the school football team yay
I was just thinking about the way he did that. That's really clever actually.
I'd never heard that before. That's real showmanship right there. Clever
JFK had already gotten funding years before. That speech was made in 1963 - the Mercury Program was over, Gemini was getting ready, and Apollo was already being prototyped in California and Long Island.
@@jpollackauthor speech was made in 1962. Apollo was six years away from a manned flight. That might as well be next century when it comes to congressional funding. All it would take is a change in president or control of the House or Senate. All three had elections before the moon landings.
I had the pleasure of meeting Jim Lovell at a college seminar that he gave one evening in Kansas. This was just as the movie was coming out, and he had his book "Lost Moon". He was very personable and a great speaker! Something I will never forget!
That's awesome my dad's pharmaceutical company had the real Gene Krantz as a guest speaker and my dad said it was one of the most amazing speeches he had ever heard
That's amazing! Thanks for sharing!
To be chosen for the job they had, they had to be intellectually well-equipped, socially savvy, emotionally balanced, and highly professional. It makes sense that he would be a good speaker and able to get along with just about anybody. I can't say I don't envy you the chance to meet anyone like that, but one who figures so highly in US and world history as well; truly a once-in-a-lifetime experience! I hope you got some photos; that's a memory to treasure.
I could watch a whole dozen hours of you talking about space. You are a truly magnificent presenter
I know this is old as heck but this was incredible.
Little Easter egg: the man who played the aircraft carrier's captain at the end of the film is the real Jim Lovell.
EkinsOnTrack, interesting! Now I’ll have to watch the film again!
My dad was one of many engineers on the LM, including supporting Apollo 13. I was pretty young at the time though, so I only recognized a few of the astronauts’ faces (notably the ones who went to our church, like Ed Gibson and Paul Weitz, from Skylab). Since then though, I’ve watched so many documentaries like this one, that I recognize many of them now.
A little bit more of that egg. On a comments soundtrack of that movie, Lovell said that the producers wanted him to play the carrier strike group Admiral. He refused because he retired a Capt so they made him the skipper. Another tidbit. Lovell's wife has a cameo during the launch sequence. I would also add that if you pay close attention toward the end of the movie back at Mission Control you can see cameos of some of the head people at Johnson Space center at that time.
Michael Myers, definitely have to watch it again!
Why care
@@mr88cet nope
Why did I never notice Kennedy say "why does Rice choose to play Texas?" lol? Savage lol.
It was Rice that gave NASA the land to build JSC. If you ever go to Houston you'll see that JSC is built like a college campus. The idea was that if NASA failed, Rice would use the facilities as a satellite campus.
Me neither
That line is frequently cut out of clips of his speech.
@@musicmanfelipe It didn't hurt that Lyndon Johnson had been the U.S. Senator from Texas before he was Kennedy's Vice President. He probably pushed pretty hard to headquarter NASA around his own power base.
@@CountArtha It's due to it's central location in the US and proximity to the ocean.
I used to be part of a Civil Air Patrol unit around here, and I was our aerospace office,r in charge of aerospace education. Well, I thought it'd be fun to watch Apollo 13, namely the bit where the tanks explode, and where ground control is tasked with making a makeshift oxygen filter with a square filter, duct tape, some socks and a rubber hose. I split the class up into four teams with 15 minutes to make the contraption, record EXACTLY how to build it, and then relay it to another half of their team that would build it based on their instructions. Needless to say, it was a lot of fun, n' we all learned a good bit about space in the process. And all thanks to this movie, right on :3
I watched this while looking at the almost unbelievably realistic view-master photos of astronaut John H Glen and project mercury in 1962 and it legit sent shivers down my spine so amazing
I first saw this movie when I was a very little girl and although I couldn't really comprehend most of what was going on, it inspired an aura of facination for science and space that I carry with me until this day. Since that moment my dream has been to go Space and is everything goes next year, in 2018 I'll be joining the US airforce academy as a first step towards achieving that dream. Amazing movie, amazing review, I had tears in my eyes during the whole thing. Thanks for making this.
I, for one, hope you *achieve* that dream.
Odothuigon Thanks!
I hope you achieve it too! Go to Mars for me :)
I wish you plenty of luck as a Falcon in the near future. I hope you are also looking at Suni Williams for inspiration as one of the first people who will be flying a new class of spaceships for a new century. That is even more remarkable as the last person to be in that position was Ken Mattingly as he piloted the Space Shuttle Enterprise on its first flight.
And yes, that was the same Ken Mattingly who was to be the Command Module Pilot for Apollo 13 and depicted in this movie.
I hope that you are able to fulfill your dreams and reach out to the stars.
As a side note, you really need to see the doctoral thesis by Edwin Aldrin, Jr. (aka "Buzz"), where he said the following about *his dream* of going into space:
"In the hopes that this work may in some way contribute to their exploration of space, this is dedicated to the crew members of this country's present and future manned space programs. If only I could join them in their exciting endeavors!"
Yeah..... I suppose being the second man to walk on the Moon is a way to join them :) I hope you get that chance too Antonella!
Thanks a lot for the kind words I really appreciate it and I'm sure gonna read Aldrin's Tesis, thank you for letting me know of it's existence!
As a retired Air Force fighter jet mechanic, I greatly appreciated the movie’s repeated mention of ‘procedure’ as a checklist of steps taken to achieve an effect. Procedure standardizes a task so that anyone can read and heed, regardless of capability. Watching the actors strive for a procedure and then execute it was refreshing.
"Procedure standardizes a task so that anyone can read and heed, regardless of capability."
Procedure is useless unless carefully crafted to the intended operator's experience level. The average citizen couldn't follow the procedures to safely drive a bus across town, much less a space capsule, even if you had a guy sitting behind them calling out the procedural steps. Competency is a requirement for procedure to work at all.
5:23 Russian artillery man liquified his own comrade. "I told you I'd get you one day Vassily. Sleep with my sister you will not"
At that range you would see a grounded pieces of flesh, it looks worst then it actually is. Blast might of destroyed his hearing and ruptured his ear.
Bah thats nothing compaired to the "Friendly Fire" Americans! American Artillery was more feared by their Allies than the Germans :)
@@WanderfalkeAT not at all true.
I was talking to some British Veterans Years ago - Believe me it is true :) Whenever the Tommies had to fight and knew the US Arty was supporting them this Day - They had Sweat and White Faces whenever they called them for Arty Support. In one Incident they nearly erradicated a complete Brigade that was setup to capture a Town.. They fired nearly a Kilometer too short - Right into the Brits. Simmilar Stories from Africa. I was working in Teweksburry near Cheltenham on a Base where I worked for the MAN Company. I got to hear these Stories from Veterans.
My Uncle Bill Hagen led quite a life. I'm thankful I cared enough about history to have paid attention when there was still time. He worked on the Manhattan project and he had a lot of pics that never made it into the archives. Fully realizing as a teen recently in the Delayed Entry Program what those shadows I was looking at REALLY was. He showed me because he wanted me to serve with both eyes wide open. He'd also openly say the B-29 cost much more. He retired from NASA along with his wife my Aunt Bonnie. Before he retired he was on duty for Apollo 13. He was one of the ones that figured out how to connect the square and circle filter's. He'd always tell people he could make a square and a circle fit together all without using a hammer. He enjoyed the movie, was just glad to see an amazing story be told. He did say it was a much calmer experience they ran so many drills and ran them so much when an emergency actually happens it ain't a shock to him.
My Aunt and Uncle did way more interesting things just trying to stop here.
"We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard..."
C'mon humanity! Whatever happened to that kind of gumption? Shouldn't we explore the final frontier? Shouldn't we seek out new life, new civilizations, boldly going where no one has gone before?
Can't. Fears that terrorists will attack the launch. Didn't you see the Lost in Space movie? Understandable, no one saw that piece of crap.
The problem with that is that the space race was never really about exploration. Sure the scientists and astronauts were involved for that reason, but it was only pushed by the government as a giant dick waving contest vs the Soviets. Can't have them get there first, then they might put nukes in space, and it'd also show we weren't superior.
Having now beaten them, there's no reason to keep going, and there won't be until we can get more people actually interested in science and exploration instead of petty nationalism.
+ghostbirdofprey 100% Correct!
Easy just have China & Russia pretend to go to mars and we will be there in 10 months, 1 month to plan and build then 9 months of travel. There solve everyone's problem here.
GeoD F maybe explore our own planet first
To be fair, Chris Hadfield's cover of Space Oddity ACTUALLY FROM SPACE is just GREAT in so many ways.
That and SpaceX has really sirried things up in the last few years, now thing are starting to reach the apollo levels of excitement again, with far more powerful and advanced hardware ready to finish the job Saturn V / Apollo Started
I respectfully disagree.
true and david bowie himself loved it
@@shepardsmells751 well that's a lie.
@@paytontomm9753 the only person to say Bowie loved it, was chris Hadfield.
Adding the emotional outbursts did the astronauts a disservice. The VERY REASON they should be remembered is for their super-human calmness in these situations. What makes them amazing is the math, the precision, the rational decision making under pressure.
Yeah but then you don't even need actors. It was a movie, not a documentary, you need drama and dramatic acting.
@@spencerc7819 Oh yeah, no doubt them being pure professionals make them way more heroic, but it would make for a boring movie. It is sad, but true.
Ron Howard knew this, it was done for dramatic effect as he knew if it was portrayed as it really happened it wouldn't show the tension they were under.
@@colinjava8447 Huh. Weird. Because Ryan Gosling managed to demonstrate tension without so much added drama, and he isn't known for particularly skillful acting...
@@tehbonehead He was amazing in Blade Runner 2049
Nick, your channel single-handedly flips on its head everything I’ve learned in history class, and I love it!
I got teary-eyed from this. Holy cow man. This is just so emotional and to think these dudes lived through this?!?!!? I'm so amazed by the level of skill and grit.
I thought that adding “Claire de Lune” playing at the end was a nice touch. I worked NASA QA for about 10yrs in the ‘90’s, everything from reusable satellites, interplanetary satellites, HST, and Manned Flight, on key Shuttle and ISS systems, as well as Astronaut Crew Aids & Tools. It was a period between when we’d started Shuttle Ops again after Challenger, and the loss of Columbia, which I’m sad to say, that many of us saw coming, but could do nothing about. When people are willing to swap their integrity for ignorance, stupidity, and just plain greed, and the bureaucracy is too stupid, it’s time to move on and pray. Good job on this one, especially on the mistakes and BS.
Amen, my man.
@J Freeman, no. They didn't. Probably because NASA was more concerned with getting a man on the moon than finding...wait a second, "water on the moon and microbes on Mars?" When the absolute fuck did that ever become a thing?
My grandmother worked on the redstone rocket, She actually took diction for Wernher Von Braun. I just thought that was kind of interesting
Swaghetti Prime wow, that's really interesting!
Thanks.
She sounds lucky to have worked on something like that! My great grandmother only got to build ships for WW2. Not as interesting, but she has pictures of the various battleships/destroyers she has worked on in her house!
Disney+ actually has that space ad from Werner. It’s about 45 minutes long and covers a wide variety of topics (from multistage rocket launches, to how to make something orbit the earth and collect data, to how people would survive in space), and I can honestly say, I can see why this was so popular. The imagination these guys demonstrate with theories and the like. And it’s remarkable how much they got right! Definitely worth a watch. You’ll learn something, and have a laugh too!
And yes, they even mention Jules Verne’s story
5:23 bro that guy just got laid out by his own friendly 😂😂
glad someone else saw tht
RIP: random ukrainian draftee: 1926-1945
White-Van Helsing it doesn’t need to hit him to lay him out. That’s why they say “clear back blast” for rocket launchers, the air pressure is more then enough to burn and I’d imagine a giant AA gun will do a lot worse if you’re directly under and in front of it
good observation. looks like as he passed the cannon he felt the pressure of the blast and it pushed him over. CHEERS.
@@PSYCHOSAXE Sorry for this very late reply but that is not an AA gun, thats a 76mm ZiS-3 field gun. Otherwise very true statement you made.
Jim Lovell was our Univ.Wisconsin-Madison Fall 2016 commencement speaker (he went there for college). In his speech he told us how when he was in the CM how he could block out the earth with his thumb.... everything that he ever knew, everything that ever existed was in that tiny blue marble He remarked that Earth, is itself, a spaceship. And we are its Astronauts. Its up to us to use Science and Engineering to carefully manage and utilize its resources to achieve things.
Amen...
Steve Lee that gave me chills, holy shit
Scene in movie involved earth as orientation point for re-entry to it. In reality the sun was that orientation point. I may be wrong but just saying.
Earth is just a little piece of sand in a vast beach.
Incredible video! Always worth the wait :-) Keep on making the show dude its great!
What are u doing here? go back to minecraft!
Never thought I'd see xisuma and history buffs cross paths
How is decked out going?
Wow I didn't expect to see you here, a surprise for sure, but a welcome one.
I didn't actually expect your comment here haha
God I love your videos. All the dedication of a professor, the details and length of a movie, and the wonder of the first men in space.
One historical movie I'd like to see reviewed is "Bonnie and Clyde."
Ooooh. Do it do it do it! Please.
I'm sure he'll make sure to point out how they tend to be glamorized and romanticized in media but really, they were psycho murdering garbage
You’re better of watching the 2019 movie The Highwaymen, it does a much better job portraying both the lawmen and the scrawny little murderers they pursued.
With Faye dunnaway
I second the motion. Well worth a look.
One of the most beautiful, tragic but triumphant scores ever written for a movie...rest in peace James Horner.
YEEEESSSS!!! I legitimately get chills, literally EVERY single time I watch the film; it happens in more than one scene and is often due to the astounding original soundtrack 👌 ❤
It really is beautifully perfect.
It's his best score no doubt. The other one is "The Rocketeer" :)
Absolutely beautiful. A personal favorite of mine. Kids these days will never know
I think the greatest part of the movie is where the navy commander shakes the hand of Lovell. The man who plays the commander is the real Jim Lovell and I think that’s brilliant
Came for the Apollo 13 review. Stayed for the absolutely banger history lesson! Cheers and well done mate!
Hard to believe that I watched this video and Apollo 13 just last night, and I woke up this morning to find out Michael Collins (the third Astronaut on Apollo 11) has died aged 91. RIP Legend.
So Tom Hanks is in Apollo 13, Capt. Phillips, and Sully. People who look like Tom Hanks really get into a lot of trouble
The message is never go on a trip with Tom Hanks
Someone should do the math and see whether Tom Hanks or Matt Damon has collectively cost more to bring home in all the movies where they've ever been lost in some remote location or emergency situation. My money is on Matt just because the cost of going to Mars is astronomical (heh) but Tom has been brought back from so many more places that it might balance out.
Don´t forget ´The Terminal´
tiamta He also got shot by a German and bled out, he also got stranded on an island, and he also lost his wife to cancer after serving in Vietnam, losing his best friend, and being forcefully discharged from the military in the middle of playing his favorite sport.
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But they pull through, sometimes even heroically.
Your editing is amazing man. Filled with just enough humor and drama and actual live footage to be incredibly entertaining. But it’s your enthusiastic and at times snarky narration that really kicks this this channel into being one of my absolute favorites on RUclips
I’ve learned more from your videos than all my history classes in high school
This one is simply your master piece! an amazing blend of portraying the space race and talking about the movie! I'm so glad I watched it. More than once it was very moving.
My grandfather worked on the apollo project. On apollo 13 he was one of the guys in mission control who had to think of a solution to their situation.
Who was he?!? Our Uncle is John Aaron, whose character was involved in negotiating amperage-the coffee pot example. He’s a fantastic guy, born and raised in Wellington, TX to dry land farmers who were of course very poor. He was so smart and worked his way trough a tiny college with an engineering degree, then got signed by NASA and worked on Mission Control. He was there from Mercury on and was part of the success in the Apollo system.
He’s a family leader: smart, humble, and caring.
The ex-NASA guys keep up with each other. I’ll bet your grandfather knows our Uncle Bud (John Aaron) and Bud could very well remember your grandfather.
Nolan, where does your Grandfather live? Still a Texas boy?
@@kathycaldwell7126 My uncle John Albanes worked on the lunar excursion module at Grumans at Long Island His signature is on the moon
@@kathycaldwell7126 John Aaron... I'm so sorry he was poisoned after learning about Robert's bastards. I hate the Lannisters.
I never thought I would watch a one hour long video on a movie review. However I enjoyed every second
I often make hour-long videos. Except no one seems to enjoy every second of them.
...wait.
I hate the way Jack Swigert was portrayed. Its my biggest gripe about this film. He was as competent as any CM pilot that went up. There must have been a better way to create tension.
They implied he had the clap… an STD?!? He took Ken’s places and they didn’t detect that? C’mon now.
To be fair, Swigert’s never really portrayed as being incompetent in the film. It’s more about people being *concerned* about his competence rather than him actually *being* incompetent.
@@Darkkrebs I guess you have a point. Except for the earth orbit docking manuever where he scrapes the probe into the receiver and Lovell and Hayes both look at him... I just feel Jack was kind of disrespected
@@Darkkrebs indeed. They are concerned because he hadn’t been in the simulator in a while, and they were just angry that their team was being broken up. Lovell even says he’s a fine pilot.
Not mentioned is that they had to drop the LEM into a specific spot on Earth because it had nuclear material on board (an RTG for a long term science experiment mounted to the descent stage) and they didn't want it to land anywhere populated, adding additional complications to re-entry.
I watched the entire thing. Fucking well done.
Thanks
Thanks
Couldn’t have said it better myself!
@Coding Crusader yeah.. this is big brain time...
I hope u aren't for real 🥰
After watching all of it, can confirm
What I liked about “The Martian” was the lack of shouting and phony “reality” TV type hysteria.
At least until the bit at the end where the captain acts irrationally and decided to go out and try to grab Mark herself because she felt guilty or something. Even though one of her crew members was specifically trained to be the team EVA expert.
@@jonathanswavely7259 In the movie, not in the book. In the book Mark even stifles his scream from his broken ribs in his helmet so the crew won't hear it.
@@jegraham440
Yeah, Andy Weir understood astronauts much better than Ridley Scott
the movie where he poked a hole in his suit to fly like Iron Man? that one?
also the main thing that sets the movie off was the Martian dust storm when in reality the atmosphere is not nearly thick enough to knock a heavy rocket over.
yea The Martian definitely had its fair share of flaws and Hollywood hype
@@sellers737 Andy Wier has given a bunch of youtube interviews about his book--and he sheepishly admits that the "windstorm" that created the entire premise of the story is scientifically inaccurate. So don't blame Ridley Scott for that one! The movie was okay, though, and the book one I'vexread and re-read, even though about of the mechanical/physics/chemistry details go way over my head.
"If they can put a washing machine in space, my Jimmy can bring it home...."
My favorite quote from the movie.
Your favorite quote is wrong though. You even put quotation marks around it and just paraphrased it. I would think if it is your favorite quote, you would get it right.
"If they can get a washing machine to fly, my Jimmy could land it"
That was Ron Howard’s mother who delivered that line
@@bdflatlander Hmmm I'm learning new things from the History Buffs and the comment section. Are we sure this is still RUclips?
@@bdflatlander And Howards Father played the Chaplin at the Lovells home. His brother Clint played the white team EECOM flight controller. Also, it is Ron Howard doing the play by play on that bit where the baseball game is being played.
@@MrT------5743 That is an accurate movie quote. However, I am not sure Lovell's mother actually said that at that time. If you want to get a better back story to that movie go watch that movie again and this time listen to Lovell's comment soundtrack.
Apollo 13 was a great movie. Those were indeed momentous times, and I am glad I witnessed them.