Disneyland - 1.20 - Man in Space - Part 1 of 4

[vawlkee51]

The typical Disney overuse of Paul Free's voice becomes irritating instantly.

The whole animated sequence with Willy Ley narrating was done obviously by Frees!

Give me a damn break!

[vawlkee51]

Why are these all out of sync???

[eotto2001]

Willy Ley left Germany before the Nazi's got into power. He was a science writer, but I believe he may have thought up the idea of the multistage or three stage rocket. He was in the US at the time and it was about a year before the end of WWII. He talks about the V-2 matter-of-factly here. Those were the rockets use on London nine years earlier. This was a very important series on space flight for the US public who had little or no knowledge on the subject.

[openvue]

At 6:56, these rocket powered vehicles were designed by Opel.

[ztslovebird]

Just imagine what Walt would say about the space station, exploration of Mars, and Mission: SPACE!!!

[PatchesRips]

@ztslovebird I think he'd be justly disappointed in how little progress we've made since 1972, robotic landings notwithstanding.

[ztslovebird]

@PatchesRips Fair enough. But I think Mission:SPACE might cheer them up, when faced with all the disappointing lack of progress we've made in every scientific field.