aurora 7

[PHILLYDEMOCRAT]

this is fake looks like cartoon

[tvdays]

I have the same record

[rickl3000]

Wow! Where did you get that audio from?

I was four years old, so I don't have any direct memory of that flight. But MA-7 has always been my favorite Mercury mission. Carpenter did seem to have had a bit of a lackadaisical attitude, but his capsule really did have some serious glitches in the fuel system.

It was the only American flight where an astronaut had to use his survival training after landing, when he got out of the capsule and into his life raft before the recovery team arrived.

[vydeoynkhorne]

@rickl3000 I got the audio from a small 33rpm record. Nat'l Geographic had one like it for John Glenn, but I don't know where the Carpenter record came from - it was a yard sale type thing.

[TracyAndersonFoxhunt]

Carpenter looks like a puppet.... is he related to Michael Jackson?

[vydeoynkhorne]

@TracyAndersonFoxhunt

the puppet Carpenter and Jackson had the same "plastic" surgeon

[whotoinfinity]

Far Out! I grew up with this stuff.... Great Job.

[Australian123Gamer]

never knew about aoura 7

[notredamehesamighty]

Kraft had nothing good to say about Carpenter in his book and was, in my opinion, unecessarily harsh on Carpenter's performance. He said he made "sure Carpenter never flew again". Why, then did he continue to stay with the program for several years before moving on to his underwater adventures? Wolfe is a little more charitable in "The Right Stuff". Seems to me M. Scott Carpenter, one of only two original Mercury astronauts still alive is a genuine American hero.

[gbail9566]

hot stuff! As a kid I got up early in the morning so I wouldn't miss a second of each Apollo launch. Your video is every bit as riveting as my childhood experience...Bravo!

[vydeoynkhorne]

and I skipped school to watch everyone astronaut from john glenn until skylab! my parents approved.

thanks for watching

[gbail9566]

oh yeah...apollo-soyuz was great history to watch in the making, too, yes?

[vydeoynkhorne]

yes, got a couple of letters from deke slayton and saw in person the apollo soyuz crew.

have you watched my animated "revelation 6?"

thanks

[CavoriteProductions]

Very nice considering what you had to work with. However, all of the Gerry Anderson puppet shows production values were better than that!

You might consider using Orbiter (a free space simulator -- just google Orbiter space sim) for your space vehicle shots. Check out my video The Next Step! for an example of what can be done.

BTW what video editing software did you use?

I just use WMM.

[vydeoynkhorne]

I use a casablanca kron...would have replied earlier, but just now saw your comment. all my effects are hand made

[PRR5406]

Cunningham and Schirra were on Apollo 7.

Chris Kraft blames Carpenter for all manner of sins in his book. He fails to remember the attitude thrusters were malfunctioning on "Aurora 7", and he blames Scott for screwing around during training, although the records show it was Gus Grissom who was throwing switches erroneously during training.

Carpenter made some errors, but he wasn't a screw up at all.

[hughbreidenbach]

Tom Woolfe's "The Right Stuff" suggests he made some horrendous errors. He paid scant attention to the radio, and incorrect switching meant his thrusters had half their expected endurance.

During the mission, his attitude was "ooh, how pretty". He was going to enjoy a deeply spiritual experience, end of story.

MERCURY was a competition with the Soviets- and Carpenter ignored this to enjoy the view. And you know what? In a funny kind of way I really admire that. Go Scott!

[PRR5406]

I think Carpenter was an astronaut before his time. He understood the value of spaceflight as both a human and scientific achievement. Wolfe is not entirely correct in his retelling, as he repeats much of the Kraft story line. Read "For Spacious Skies" by Stoever and Carpenter. Scott did a great deal on his over taxing flight plan. The capsule would likely have over-shot if Slayton had been pilot too. Carpenter made some errors, but he got tarred to whack the Merc boys back into line.

[Troylito]

You have to keep in mind the political atmosphere all of the management had to work within. This was no longer a rouge test pilot out at Edwards doing 'hotdog' stuff. All of the NASA management understood that an astronaut death in a 15 minute sub orbital flight would all but kill the space program and any chance NASA had at longer term plans, which were immensely more ambitious than just the Moon. Carpenter was reckless and cavalier with both his actions and attitude. He could've ended it all.

[irish89055]

fantastic special effects.... NOT... lol thought your were going to show a carpenter for a minute there. I guess I know more about the space program than 97% of the people, but had only heard a little bit about his mercury mission problems. Guess he made ole Gus look good. Hmmm how bout MR. Cunningham later on in Apollo?

[vydeoynkhorne]

walt cunningham? and the wally schirra apollo 8?

having bad colds?

so you didn't like my special effects?

[tracyterry]

The truth about Scott Carpenter is more faithful in Chris Kraft's telling. Carpenter used the manual controls too much and almost got himself killed by not saving enough fuel for reentry. He was late in stowing away equipment and made unnecessary mistakes like turning on one system before turning off another. Like Kraft said in the video 'Moonshot', "Carpenter came down 'bassackwards'. Someone ('upstairs') was lookin' out for him.

[jjcombo007]

there is a school named after scott carpenter..

[mashamorgan]

I agree, he never liked Carpenter. Chris Kraft admitted he didnt want him to fly and said 'he nearly got himself killed'. It did look like he made mistakes though.

[mashamorgan]

Apparently Chris Kraft didnt want Scott to fly in the first place. He seemed to be used as a scapegoat as regards mission problems !!

[vydeoynkhorne]

I heard chris kraft on a radio interview...it sounded like he HATED carpenter.

there must be more to this than carpenter revealed in his book

[paxr55]

Wow. What a nice tribute. Autopilot failed at retrofire so Scott manually controlled reentry and saved the mission.

[skinnychef]

yeah! very cool!!!! thanks for making it and putting it up!

[njmike38]

Great Job...yes Scott got a bad rap. the retro fire was late but the timeline was overworked and the retro failed to produce 100% thrust.

[SpaceIntruderDetecto]

Really cool! Enjoyed thoroughly.

[Yerkanov]

The poor guy has endured nearly 50 years with a bad rap. If he hadn't been on board the ship wouldn't have come back. The controls stuck, the retros didn't fire and his guidance platform was wrong from the get-go.

He never flew again after an injury grounded him. He got involved with underwater exploration and trained other astronauts how to walk in space based on his Sealab experience. Without this training we wouldn't have gotten to the Moon.

[vydeoynkhorne]

poor scott got a raw deal. I met him and have corresponded with him by email for several years. he broke it off just after his new book came out. In the book he mentioned kennedy invited his wife to the white house and I asked if kennedy "hit" on his wife.

[valeriemalcolm]

great special effects!

[amusementfilms]

this is amazing!!

Great job!

[vydeoynkhorne]

all this was done in my basement studio using paper models (except for the airplane), a globe, some fire shots and a latex face I found

[falconlem]

That was a cool video man, very good.