@Spiritof1969 Makes good sense to send robots to Mars instead of people. The wildly optimistic plans of the 1960s were based on linear extrapolation, which isn't always reasonable.
Remember that the Apollo program, was a direct response to the early Soviet space successes. Most space firsts were done by the USSR. Going to the moon was our way of getting in the history books in a big way by doing something they couldn't. There is no equivalent reason to go to Mars.
@Spiritof1969 - Mars is a very different mission than the moon. The Apollo missions lasted a week or so; a trip to Mars and back takes more than year even with the fastest rockets. That means a Mars mission has to carry more than a year's supply of everything needed, and if a breakdown occurs there's no quick return. Radiation exposure in deep space could be fatal. Martian gravity is higher than the moons.
And the money is a big deal too. How much more are YOU willing to pay in taxes?
I suppose if the big nations were willing to cut back on defense budgets it would be possible but what is the point? A manned landing on Mars will cost a thousand times that of a robotic craft and the technology is getting better. Unless there is a quantum leap in propulsion technology where we could get to Mars in, say, two weeks it will never be a proposition.
John Glenn has said a few times that due the the problem of solar flares a Mars mission should only be manned by older astronauts approaching the end of their lives. Exposure to cosmic radiation from solar flares on such a long trip cannot be avoided.
Am I willing to pay more taxes so that a few men can scratch around in the Martian dust for a few days? NO.
@MarsMoonEuropa It's over 33 million miles to Mars at the closest point. To cover that distance in 500 hours (about 3 weeks) requires a speed of 66.000 mph. You have to get the spacecraft off the Earth, point it at Mars, accelerate to 66,000 mph, and then slow down when you get to Mars. And do the whole thing in reverse to come back.
If you're thinking of Elon Musk's Falcon Heavy - it hasn't flown yet.
I don't think you really understand the physics nor the distances involved.
@JugSouthgate Don't worry! I was actually thinking of the Orion Project. Got you there didn't I :)
With Chemical Rockets - your right on the dot. But these are Nuclear Rockets that use a series of atomic explosions.
What I'm talking about are rockets that were developed during the 1980's. They can accelerate up to 100g and go to great speeds, up to 10% of the speed of light. NTC can even take us to our nearest star in ~50 years. Nuclear Thermal Propulsion. Think about that.
@JugSouthgate Unfortunately this brilliant technology was deemed too dangerous - the risk of Nuclear Fallout was too great. I believe we are wrong about this, NTC isn't activated until a safe enough distance from Earth after which radiation is dispersed into the vastness of space. Nuclear Thermal Propulsion - think about that. aiaa.org/aerospace/images/articleimages/pdf/maisejanuary04.pdf is a good start, and search 'Orion Project' to get more info.
@JugSouthgate I'm guessing safety concerns weren't the only reasons for cancelling the program. Both the Russians and American's were developing the technology. After the Cold War ended, there was no risk that either would take over space.
Then the public kicked in.
We already have the designs and done the testing. Because it is very simple - it'll be cheap to get them kicking in space. ~$1 Billion to get us to Mars in a few weeks.
Project Orion was calculations, preliminary design & some testing. Not even close to a prototype, let alone a practical system. The idea that we could have a flyable nuclear rocket for $1 billion is simply a pipedream.
The history of technology is full of ideas developed to a certain point and then abandoned for good reasons, such as cost, complexity, and the need for materials that simply didn't exist. Project Orion is one of them.
$1 Billion may have been a bit low, but it could cost just as much as the Chemical Rockets to justify it's price (over time of coarse!)
Please define what a 'good reason' is. You may be right that Project Orion was a dud, but you can't ignore the fact that the ignorant public were one of the factors against it.
Just look at the public's attitude towards Nuclear Power, and Fukushima. I mean, bloody hell. People just go crazy at the word 'Nuclear'!
@MarsMoonEuropa $1 billion is orders of magnitude too low. Look up what modern aircraft cost today, using tried-and-true technologies. Public opinion wasn't why Orion was cancelled. The real reasons were: Cost Lack of suitable materials Too high a probability of failure Danger of nuclear proliferation and/or accidents Problems discovered in testing. Lack of mission Treaties with other countries. You say it could be made safe - how?
@JugSouthgate By safety I mean for people on Earth - as for the people in the ship everyone accepts the risk. Sadly something could go wrong - just look at the early pioneers. Apollo one, Columbia and even Apollo 13 although everything turned out alright in the end.
Now - Earth safety cannot be compromised ever. The engine has too be activated far from the Earth - let's say from the Moon's orbit for example. Radioactivity would be dispersed throughout the solar system.
@JugSouthgate What I say is all very well - provided nothing goes wrong. There is no guarantee that the rocket will make it into Earth orbit. If the rocket blows up it must float safely back to Earth. Ultimately, it's for our brilliant scientists, not me, to sort out all the risks. I won't support it if it wasn't 'Earth Safe' - science must sort that out.
As for cost - go too aiaa.org/aerospace/images/articleimages/pdf/maisejanuary04.pdf They are engineers and know there stuff.
@JugSouthgate Nuclear Proliferation is a big issue - the Nuclear Test Ban treaty also affectively killed the project, your right there. But the final position of the Orion Project was that it was cheap, and doable. That's what I read - and remember technology has advanced considerably since the 1960's. Materials are available and cheaper.
I trust you know how to 'delete the spaces' when copying the URL? there are two, .pd f and /arti cleimages/
I watched Apollo17 lift off. It was an emotional experience for everyone who was there, not just the families of the crew.
It is sad that these videos always seem to get spammed by a lot of hoax beleivers who, almost without exception, have no knowledge of the manned space program. This was an incredible acheivement ... to deny it on the crest of a wave of ignorance is just silly.
Those pussies at NASA where the ones who made it happen in the first place. But NASA is not the organisation it was and they do not have the funding or infrastructure to do such a project now. In 1972 plans were tabled for a manned mission to Mars by 1986, it could have happened but the budget was chopped.
Mars will not happen now, ever ... such is the way the world has changed.
It amazes me to live in the 21st century, and still see remarks from people claiming that the moon missions couldn't possibly have happened and must have been faked. To me, these statements are reminiscent of people trying to argue that the Earth couldn't possibly be round, or that we're at the centre of the universe with everthing else orbiting around us. These beliefs are so archaic and narrow-minded that they demonstrate a complete lack of understanding in the scientific universe.
Argh.. My science assignment is based on this shit movie and I still don't get the stupid principles and facts behind it.. She didn't even bother explaining it to us and just left it for us to look up. I can't even find a decent place on the internet to watch this stupid movie again let alone any of the scientific shit behind it.. Especially when half of it is the wrong answer according to the teacher.. :@
Argh.. My science assignment is based on this shit movie and I still don't get the stupid principles and facts behind it.. She didn't even bother explaining it to us and just left it for us to look up. I can't even find a decent place on the internet to watch this stupid movie again let alone any of the scientific shit behind it.. Especially when half of it is the wrong answer according to the teacher.. :@
@Shanisse96 What exactly is 'shitty' about this movie? It's based on the most documented events in human history, and very well retold in this movie; and the film makers went through pain staking efforts to make it as acurate as possible minus the drama (they even went as far as shooting all their in-space scenes in real zero-gravity aboard NASA's KC-135 Vomit Comet trainers to show actual weightlessness rather than resort to CGI, and built to exact-specification props). THAT isn't 'shitty'.
This must've been a balls to the wall rush, I can't even imagine.
I'd kill to be able to go into space. I can't imagine anything greater than viewing Earth from the Moon's surface. That must be the ultimate feeling. Ah well, maybe in my next life.
@bugoutbag2012 Because they passed through them too quickly to suffer any noticeable or dangerous radiation damage. The van Allen belts aren't exactly a death ray.
Its a shame that everyone can't pursue their dreams. I'm sure almost everyone has had the glorious dream of orbiting the earth or even just simply working for NASA.
Great sequence from a great movie. I never get tired of it.
We know Apollo could not have been faked because the Rooskies would never have let us get away with faking it. They were tracking all our missions and listening to the radio transmissions; they'd have blown the whistle if any of it was untrue.
Truly amazing what they did with the available technology of the time. They went to the moon wih less computing power than your cell phone.
3:30. Pogo oscillation causes early engine 5 shutdown. I swear to god, if the CSM hadn't blown up, then the guy who designed that would have been fired.
God, the fact that anyone can claim that space flight is a hoax is the epitome of ignorance and skepticism. How can you even watch this film clip and claim that? Apollo 13 was one of the most dramatic missions in NASA history, and this movie and a wonderful testimony to it. If you honestly sat there, watched Apollo 13, and didn't feel in the least bit reflective, you have dehumanized yourself to the point of unjustified cynicism.
more of the same: wechoosethemoon a dot org site (YouTube formatting is highly constrained) (hope you don't mind, Google) (an award winner--European) I will not place this URL here again sites.google.com/site/holychanges I will miss the days from before we wondered if gravity comports information.
If the moon landing was really a hoax, why would they waste their precious money on a craft "pretending to fly to the moon" and come back? Thats just stupid.
Love this scene. Love the Apollo legends (in the positive Aussie sense of the word) and just wish we'd do them or something like them but even better and bolder again.
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So fake...
Here's what the government DIDN'T/DOESN'T want you to know... The ship secretly lands safely in some pond in a secret base where nobody is allowed. The falling body of the mass of the ship is claimed to be "space junk" or "weather balloons" when, in reality, it's just the ship returning back to Earth, never leaving the atmosphere because the moon landing was all a hoax. We've never ever LEFT the atmosphere of Earth to date. It's all BS they're feeding you and you're eating it all.
@AndyHarglesis You can see the space station and space shuttle pass overhead with your own eyes. I have witnessed people launching into space firsthand. I was there and you can never tell me that didn't happen.
@Astroholic007 When it reaches a 35,000ft altitude it comes back down to a government base that hides it's landing. Don't give me that crap, you must be an astronaut from the government A.K.A. NASA trying to convince me of your bullshit. There is only one truth... No one has been to space. Lucky enough they've managed to get satellites and cameras up there, but this training of astronauts, all this shit, is government pawn business to depict real space travel to the mass. It's all a joke.
@Astroholic007 And they also train morons like yourself(likely an "astronaut")to lie to the public while you get paid the big bucks to hold your tongue and live in paradise... On EARTH. No space flights, nada. Cut the chase, my friend, I already know about this whole plan of the federal government. You don't have me fooled, and yes, I can tell you it didn't happen and doesn't happen because that's reality.
Enjoy your life being a pawn. Your lies aren't working with me.
@Astroholic007 of course, this andy man is not very intelligent. Do you think that years and years of science to get our rockets into space was for nothing? I'm willing to bet him anything that he has not a clue even how ships get into space. Matter of fact, he's probably one of those morons who think you go straight up and don't do any sort of Prograde or retrograde burns to get to space.
You don't stop talking a load of crap Andy. Most people are smart enough to believe reputable scientists, engineers, physicists and astronauts from across the globe who, based on actual empirical evidence, state that the moonlandings are a fact. Only delusional self-absorbed fools have their own 'twoof".
Give a few names of scientists that support your theory. Oh.. you can't.
@AndyHarglesis FOR YOUR FUCKING INFORMATION YOU FUCKWIT I WAS ON BOARD STS-93 AND I THINK I FUCKING KNEW WHEN I WAS IN FUCKING ORBIT! WHATS THE NEXT THING YOUR GOING TO SAY? THAT THE EARTH IS FLAT? THAT NIGHT BECOMES NIGHT BECAUSE THE SUN IS TURNED OFF LIKE A LIGHT BULB!? THAT THE SUN IN THE SKY IS A GIANT SPOTLIGHT FLYING ACROSS BY A PLANE!
@AndyHarglesis Kid, shut up if you don't know what you are saying.. We never left the atmosphere? Do you know what atmosphere is? You obviously don't. As for the Apollo 13. It is very possible to get to the Moon using strong rockets. Once you leave the Earth's orbit, there's nothing preventing you of going forward. So inform yourself before throwing such comment.
@AndyHarglesis Go ahead and tell that to the 6 people currently in orbit around Earth aboard the ISS. Or the seven astronauts who died in the Challenger disaster. How about the seven people who died aboard the Columbia nearly 20 years later. Go ask Gus Grissom, Ed White, or Roger Chaffe about how all space travel is a 'lie'.
@AndyHarglesis Here is what the conspiracy theorists DIDN'T/DOESN'T want you to know. The ship does make it through the atmosphere, lands on the moon, or in the case of 13, does not due to a damaged heating coil on the oxygen tank causing an explosion. Everything the conspiracy theorists say is a ploy to make money because retards like you will eat all the BS they feed you. In fact 13, due to the free return trajectory, went further away from Earth than any other manned ship.
@AndyHarglesis Actually 27 men have left the bounds of earth and orbited the moon. You're the one with no proof to back up your assumptions. If we really faked the moon landings, the Soviets would have called foul because they were watching our every move.
@TheSpiritof1969 Ahh. You got me on that one. For example Lovell, Cernan, Young and Stafford all flew to the moon twice. Conspiracy theorists get me so worked up sometimes I lose it.
Conspiricy theorists are not interested in facts, only a beleif. Most have not got a clue how it was done and don't want to know ... just rant about shadows, wires and no stars.
I just dont understand why the US Government should use the Saturn V and the Saturn IB as the worlds largest ICBM that could hold 28 warheads on the Saturn V and at least 15 on the Saturn IB to at least scare the Soviets off. Not for launch so that the Cold War would've ended 15 years earlier than in 1989. Like this if you think this is logic enough or makes sense.
@jarhead565 that would have looked bad from a pr point of view. the soviets would have said "look, those americans are going to weaponize space" and it would have made the space program seem provocative. on a technical side it sounds like it would have worked out well. i sure as hell wouldn't like to be facing 131 tons of nuclear weapons headed my way :).
However, idk how old you are but im bet you remember the 1980's weapons program that Regan proposed to be like Star Wars-like weapons and it gave the russians a scare, but wasn't long til 1989.
@Clayton240183-If he had turned it, that rocket that was like a needle on the top (tower jet) would have fired and carried the capsule away from the rest of the rocket. But after they fired that top rocket in a non abort way, I don't know what the handle would have done then.
that is not what i said . I sad that the wire on apollo 13 , was wrong that is what i saed , and it was the lox , the o ring has be com brittle that is what i said
@DumbYankies thanks that answered my question also thanks to mbenzsl2000 i did not know that and that is very interesting thank god it never to be used
@A10fighter95 are you talkin about the rocket "tip" at 3:24? If so...thats called the LES (launch escape system). I use to think it had something to do with the aerodynamics...but in actuality, its a small rocket system(4 nozzels) that is attached directly to the capsule. In case theres a problem such as fire to main part of the rocket, or explosion...they can activate the LES which was seperate the capsule from the rest of the rocket...kinda like an ejector seat.
@A10fighter95 what is falling off the rocket is ice. The ice is cause by condensation on the rocket on the outside that has frozen as the liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen that is inside the tanks in the upperstage is very very cold. When the rocket initially takes off, the ice which has formed cracks up and falls off, due to vibration and air rushing past. The same happens with the shuttle tank. In fact a block of ice and foam is what lead to Columbia to be destroyed in 2003.
@DumbYankies In fact a block of ice and foam is what lead to Columbia to be destroyed in 2003.
The External Tank is insulated with foam to prevent ice building up .The leading edge RCC panels on the left wing of the shuttle was hit by a piece of foam alone no ice as far as i'm aware.
@rudy5742 Challenger was the o-ring was frozen. When heated up it simply burned rather than expanding normally if not frozen. With Columbia the problem was a lump of ice/foam came of the external tank near the front mount point and hit the leading edge of one of the wings and probably cracked or punched a hole through the tiles and the leading edge. Upon reentry that basically burn through and the wing eventually failed structurally over texas. Apollo 13 was wiring inside the fuel cell.
QUESTION TO YOUTUBERS AND APOLLO 13 MOVIE BUFFS! : In the shot at 2:34 (in this clip), is the guy in the left (farthest from the camera) seat of the command module the real Jim Lovell?
@sparky577 ok, that seat should be TOM Hanks. If you look at the 1st stage separation sequence he is obviously in the left hand seat (if your facing forwards). But the guy in that seat at 2:34 looks different from the guy at 2:56, and much older. I cant even say if the one at 2:56 is hanks. And the one at 2:34 does look mighty similar to pictures of jim lovell on the internet in older age.
Here's some advice for Ilovemyglock21, courtesy of George Carlin ........... Never argue with an idiot! After only 30 seconds, the bystanders won't know which one is the idiot.
"It gives me 2,000 years of history and culture" HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!! You actually take all that bullshit as true!?
What do I have? I have a very close approximation of how the whole universe came in existence. I know how galaxies formed, how stars formed, how planets formed, and how life evolved. I know I am built of star dust.
You "know" that God said "TA-DA!!!!" and then Adam and Eve's kids fucked each other until we got you.
Being rational with people like you always hits a brick wall
We haven't been back to the moon because the launch architecture is so incredibly expensive. First there is the fuel that the F1 engines and J2 engines consume...its alot of fuel... millions of gallons of expensive shit. Then the most expensive parts are single use only... the Command Service Module, and the Lunar lander. The SIVB is also pretty damn expensive too.
@tlages yeah very true, with around 6 million combined parts in the Apollo/Saturn stack plus ground maintainence etc. the costs are extreme.
I think so many assumed we'd be farther along by now might be due to the fact that the technological jump from 1960 to 1970 was huge -the publics perception was pretty much "wow, wonder what the next 10 years will bring".
Of course we made that tremendous leap due to an almost war-like mindset where money was less important then winning
OHHH NOOO!!! According to "ewtng" the movie wasn't absolutely perfect!! Well that does it. No more movies are to be shown untill "ewtng" checks it out and put his "I'm perfect and so is this movie" seal of approval on it first.
The central light is shown to blink on and off. In reality, it simply changes from on to off or vice versa.
Dave Scott, from 1998 correspondence - "In Apollo 13, the movie, the light was purposely made to blink to get the viewers attention - the movie-makers knew the actual operation, but chose to take this license for dramatic effect (actually a pretty good license, as otherwise, the viewer would have missed the point!
@ATPL74 Agreed ...music, lights etc. help add to a movies drama however I'm at a loss to explain why the most dramatic portion of any Apollo mission (the launch) was done in such a subdued manner -from 4 miles away (first Saturn V launch) Walter Cronkites press building was shaking so bad he commited the ultimate narrators sin and was stunned into silence for almost 10 full seconds, plus its well known the Saturns flame length was longer then the rocket -in that regards the launch scenes a joke
Will u go to Heaven when u die? Quick test.Ever lied,stole,used God's name in vain?Jesus said if u look w/lust you adulterd in ur heart.Looked w/lust? Will u be guilty on Judgment day?God sees u as a lying thief,blaspemer & adulter at heart.Bible warns u WILL go to Hell if guilty.God's rich in love & mercy. Jesus suffered & died on the cross for guilty sinners & rose 3 days later.He paid our fine.Please repent (turn from sin),trust Jesus (like a parachute) as Lord (Master of ur life) & Savior.
here we are with this god shit again!!! god has fuck all to do with getting men to the moon, nuclear phisycs, laws of phisycs, gravity, and plus, (he dont exist) sory to burst your bubble my fellow religious people
@TheRydaddyops910 Just a tiny one: the ignition sequence actually started 7 seconds prior to launch, it came a little too late here, and the lift-off was immediately at T-0.
@TheRydaddyops910 the only flaw i have found in this movie is that they are looking out the wrong window during the course correction/boost burn. And that the zero gravity is a little unstable sometimes, but that is because they used real zero gravity onboard a plane. No other movie uses that.
Frustrations about this movie's Launch. The Engines start up at 0 seconds.
The clock starts before the Saturn V lifts off the pad. The White room retracts at 0 Seconds. The ambilical arms retract 1 after the other. This is all wrong.
At 3:12 was when the Launch Vehicle had to gain a lot of speed to remain in orbit around the Earth, when the SII stage fired. At that time was the peak of acceleration the astronauts felt. The "Little Jolt" was around 5 g-forces for about 2 seconds.
Video is very good ! Always make questions and research for truth...Also watch "Wonderful electric energy-Tesla wireless" by HorizonDelta for surprising (hidden) things on energy
If there is another scene in all of movie history that better symbolizes & epitomizes the true Greatness & Glory of America than I have yet to see it! Also, the technological quantum leap made between 1960-1970 (within the sphere of computer & rocket technology) was simply unprecedented, amazing & jaw-dropping, as Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin walking on the moon in 1969 (along with the launch of Apollo 13) superbly demonstrates! For it was during the late 60's that we leapfrogged the Russians!
I can watch this over and over and I still get a lump in my throat. The Saturn V was the most powerful object ever created for good by man. This was a time when we felt we could do anything. Oh, for leaders who believe that and instill that belief in the people again. Out best days are ahead of us.
@jtkirkfan2002 not that im saying they cover there face with jeans but they wear them asian robes and have jeans and nike trainers on underneath, EITHER BE ENGLISH OR ****OFF.
(again not racist its FREEDOM OF SPEECH as you cant wear shorts and t-shirt in there country and thats how a terrorist escaped using them robes pretending to be a woman, AND there allowed to burn poppys insulting the english and american soldiers but we cant have english flags in cars on the world cup ****you)
Get ready for a little jolt, fellas
richf2000 7 months ago
Look at that beastie go.
She's one big work horse.
MarsMoonEuropa 7 months ago
@Spiritof1969 Makes good sense to send robots to Mars instead of people. The wildly optimistic plans of the 1960s were based on linear extrapolation, which isn't always reasonable.
Remember that the Apollo program, was a direct response to the early Soviet space successes. Most space firsts were done by the USSR. Going to the moon was our way of getting in the history books in a big way by doing something they couldn't. There is no equivalent reason to go to Mars.
JugSouthgate 7 months ago
@Spiritof1969 - Mars is a very different mission than the moon. The Apollo missions lasted a week or so; a trip to Mars and back takes more than year even with the fastest rockets. That means a Mars mission has to carry more than a year's supply of everything needed, and if a breakdown occurs there's no quick return. Radiation exposure in deep space could be fatal. Martian gravity is higher than the moons.
And the money is a big deal too. How much more are YOU willing to pay in taxes?
JugSouthgate 7 months ago
@JugSouthgate
I suppose if the big nations were willing to cut back on defense budgets it would be possible but what is the point? A manned landing on Mars will cost a thousand times that of a robotic craft and the technology is getting better. Unless there is a quantum leap in propulsion technology where we could get to Mars in, say, two weeks it will never be a proposition.
TheSpiritof1969 7 months ago
@JugSouthgate
John Glenn has said a few times that due the the problem of solar flares a Mars mission should only be manned by older astronauts approaching the end of their lives. Exposure to cosmic radiation from solar flares on such a long trip cannot be avoided.
Am I willing to pay more taxes so that a few men can scratch around in the Martian dust for a few days? NO.
TheSpiritof1969 7 months ago
@JugSouthgate Actually, it only takes less than a few weeks to get to mars. And the technology to get there only costs ~$1 billion to develop.
MarsMoonEuropa 7 months ago
@MarsMoonEuropa It's over 33 million miles to Mars at the closest point. To cover that distance in 500 hours (about 3 weeks) requires a speed of 66.000 mph. You have to get the spacecraft off the Earth, point it at Mars, accelerate to 66,000 mph, and then slow down when you get to Mars. And do the whole thing in reverse to come back.
If you're thinking of Elon Musk's Falcon Heavy - it hasn't flown yet.
I don't think you really understand the physics nor the distances involved.
JugSouthgate 7 months ago
@JugSouthgate Don't worry! I was actually thinking of the Orion Project. Got you there didn't I :)
With Chemical Rockets - your right on the dot. But these are Nuclear Rockets that use a series of atomic explosions.
What I'm talking about are rockets that were developed during the 1980's. They can accelerate up to 100g and go to great speeds, up to 10% of the speed of light. NTC can even take us to our nearest star in ~50 years. Nuclear Thermal Propulsion. Think about that.
MarsMoonEuropa 7 months ago
@JugSouthgate Unfortunately this brilliant technology was deemed too dangerous - the risk of Nuclear Fallout was too great. I believe we are wrong about this, NTC isn't activated until a safe enough distance from Earth after which radiation is dispersed into the vastness of space. Nuclear Thermal Propulsion - think about that. aiaa.org/aerospace/images/articleimages/pdf/maisejanuary04.pdf is a good start, and search 'Orion Project' to get more info.
MarsMoonEuropa 7 months ago
@JugSouthgate I'm guessing safety concerns weren't the only reasons for cancelling the program. Both the Russians and American's were developing the technology. After the Cold War ended, there was no risk that either would take over space.
Then the public kicked in.
We already have the designs and done the testing. Because it is very simple - it'll be cheap to get them kicking in space. ~$1 Billion to get us to Mars in a few weeks.
MarsMoonEuropa 7 months ago
@MarsMoonEuropa Project Orion? You're kidding,
Project Orion was calculations, preliminary design & some testing. Not even close to a prototype, let alone a practical system. The idea that we could have a flyable nuclear rocket for $1 billion is simply a pipedream.
The history of technology is full of ideas developed to a certain point and then abandoned for good reasons, such as cost, complexity, and the need for materials that simply didn't exist. Project Orion is one of them.
JugSouthgate 7 months ago
@JugSouthgate Aye - Project Orion.
$1 Billion may have been a bit low, but it could cost just as much as the Chemical Rockets to justify it's price (over time of coarse!)
Please define what a 'good reason' is. You may be right that Project Orion was a dud, but you can't ignore the fact that the ignorant public were one of the factors against it.
Just look at the public's attitude towards Nuclear Power, and Fukushima. I mean, bloody hell. People just go crazy at the word 'Nuclear'!
MarsMoonEuropa 7 months ago
JugSouthgate 7 months ago
@JugSouthgate By safety I mean for people on Earth - as for the people in the ship everyone accepts the risk. Sadly something could go wrong - just look at the early pioneers. Apollo one, Columbia and even Apollo 13 although everything turned out alright in the end.
Now - Earth safety cannot be compromised ever. The engine has too be activated far from the Earth - let's say from the Moon's orbit for example. Radioactivity would be dispersed throughout the solar system.
MarsMoonEuropa 7 months ago
@JugSouthgate What I say is all very well - provided nothing goes wrong. There is no guarantee that the rocket will make it into Earth orbit. If the rocket blows up it must float safely back to Earth. Ultimately, it's for our brilliant scientists, not me, to sort out all the risks. I won't support it if it wasn't 'Earth Safe' - science must sort that out.
As for cost - go too aiaa.org/aerospace/images/articleimages/pdf/maisejanuary04.pdf They are engineers and know there stuff.
MarsMoonEuropa 7 months ago
@JugSouthgate Nuclear Proliferation is a big issue - the Nuclear Test Ban treaty also affectively killed the project, your right there. But the final position of the Orion Project was that it was cheap, and doable. That's what I read - and remember technology has advanced considerably since the 1960's. Materials are available and cheaper.
I trust you know how to 'delete the spaces' when copying the URL? there are two, .pd f and /arti cleimages/
Don't know why YouTube does that.
MarsMoonEuropa 7 months ago
@JugSouthgate Half the world's environmentalists would die of a heart attack if this thing was ever reconsidered.
Is it bad for the environment? With some research we can reconsider the risks - with logical thinking not panic attacks - and make it safe. Savvy?
MarsMoonEuropa 7 months ago
@JugSouthgate So I do understand Physics.
Reckon you could step up to the challenge of promoting one of these NTC beasties in space?
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Sporedude58 8 months ago
I watched Apollo17 lift off. It was an emotional experience for everyone who was there, not just the families of the crew.
It is sad that these videos always seem to get spammed by a lot of hoax beleivers who, almost without exception, have no knowledge of the manned space program. This was an incredible acheivement ... to deny it on the crest of a wave of ignorance is just silly.
TheSpiritof1969 8 months ago
Saturn V is one powerful rocket!! I wish those pussies at NASA would build another one.
chemdah 8 months ago
@chemdah
Those pussies at NASA where the ones who made it happen in the first place. But NASA is not the organisation it was and they do not have the funding or infrastructure to do such a project now. In 1972 plans were tabled for a manned mission to Mars by 1986, it could have happened but the budget was chopped.
Mars will not happen now, ever ... such is the way the world has changed.
TheSpiritof1969 8 months ago
@TheSpiritof1969 I wouldn't say never. It won't be the US government that funds it. It will be another nation or a private company.
flybywire09 7 months ago
@chemdah It's actually the most powerful machine man has ever built. Not to mention the loudest. The only thing louder is a thermonuclear bomb.
flybywire09 7 months ago
such an amazing place, space
spidey20 8 months ago
ok man this is weird. apollo 13 lifted off on my birthday, april 11 1970 and i turned 13. and that was the one that messed up. lucky me.
pinboyjorf 8 months ago
When do they re ignite the SIVB for TLI?
tlages 8 months ago
It amazes me to live in the 21st century, and still see remarks from people claiming that the moon missions couldn't possibly have happened and must have been faked. To me, these statements are reminiscent of people trying to argue that the Earth couldn't possibly be round, or that we're at the centre of the universe with everthing else orbiting around us. These beliefs are so archaic and narrow-minded that they demonstrate a complete lack of understanding in the scientific universe.
ferlymoney 8 months ago 2
you rotten few that deny we went to the moon are almost as annoying as holocaust deniers
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Argh.. My science assignment is based on this shit movie and I still don't get the stupid principles and facts behind it.. She didn't even bother explaining it to us and just left it for us to look up. I can't even find a decent place on the internet to watch this stupid movie again let alone any of the scientific shit behind it.. Especially when half of it is the wrong answer according to the teacher.. :@
Shanisse96 8 months ago
Argh.. My science assignment is based on this shit movie and I still don't get the stupid principles and facts behind it.. She didn't even bother explaining it to us and just left it for us to look up. I can't even find a decent place on the internet to watch this stupid movie again let alone any of the scientific shit behind it.. Especially when half of it is the wrong answer according to the teacher.. :@
Shanisse96 8 months ago
@Shanisse96 Rent the movie in Blockbuster. BTW, this isn't a shitty movie.
sparta139 8 months ago
@Shanisse96
Your teacher may be sh.t, but this movie is great!
kocsogarc 8 months ago
@Shanisse96 What exactly is 'shitty' about this movie? It's based on the most documented events in human history, and very well retold in this movie; and the film makers went through pain staking efforts to make it as acurate as possible minus the drama (they even went as far as shooting all their in-space scenes in real zero-gravity aboard NASA's KC-135 Vomit Comet trainers to show actual weightlessness rather than resort to CGI, and built to exact-specification props). THAT isn't 'shitty'.
helljumpr5150 8 months ago
@Shanisse96 Besides, if you really want to watch a 'shitty' space movie, watch Armaggedon.
helljumpr5150 8 months ago
2:31 I keep hearing "We're all completely bitchin'!"
Kaikumach 8 months ago
@Kaikumach roll complete we are pitching, its speaking about the crafts movements on the x y and z axis
xtremepackfan 8 months ago
@Kaikumach Haha nice find.
tlages 8 months ago
when I watch this movie I can see God's Help and Mercy upon the Astronauts and the engineers
JJ2422 8 months ago
Epic jinx at 4:28.
zulu45 8 months ago
This must've been a balls to the wall rush, I can't even imagine.
I'd kill to be able to go into space. I can't imagine anything greater than viewing Earth from the Moon's surface. That must be the ultimate feeling. Ah well, maybe in my next life.
rekunta 8 months ago
the Apollo missions did go to the moon
but how did they survive the van Allen radiation belts?
bugoutbag2012 8 months ago
@bugoutbag2012 Because they passed through them too quickly to suffer any noticeable or dangerous radiation damage. The van Allen belts aren't exactly a death ray.
Astroholic007 8 months ago 19
Its a shame that everyone can't pursue their dreams. I'm sure almost everyone has had the glorious dream of orbiting the earth or even just simply working for NASA.
trechan 8 months ago
Great sequence from a great movie. I never get tired of it.
We know Apollo could not have been faked because the Rooskies would never have let us get away with faking it. They were tracking all our missions and listening to the radio transmissions; they'd have blown the whistle if any of it was untrue.
Truly amazing what they did with the available technology of the time. They went to the moon wih less computing power than your cell phone.
JugSouthgate 8 months ago
Killer shots: 1:07 2:07 3:05 4:44
3:30. Pogo oscillation causes early engine 5 shutdown. I swear to god, if the CSM hadn't blown up, then the guy who designed that would have been fired.
DarkGodCthulhu 8 months ago
God, the fact that anyone can claim that space flight is a hoax is the epitome of ignorance and skepticism. How can you even watch this film clip and claim that? Apollo 13 was one of the most dramatic missions in NASA history, and this movie and a wonderful testimony to it. If you honestly sat there, watched Apollo 13, and didn't feel in the least bit reflective, you have dehumanized yourself to the point of unjustified cynicism.
Lupehkun 8 months ago
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LetItBeFormerlyX 8 months ago
3:49 The guy who kicked Clooney's ass?
deathfalk 9 months ago
@deathfalk lol stay out of the woolsworth
Erik0072 8 months ago
@Erik0072 lol
deathfalk 8 months ago
ACE TO AUX ?
spikeri812 9 months ago
If the moon landing was really a hoax, why would they waste their precious money on a craft "pretending to fly to the moon" and come back? Thats just stupid.
ThaHappySauce 9 months ago
Love this scene. Love the Apollo legends (in the positive Aussie sense of the word) and just wish we'd do them or something like them but even better and bolder again.
Astrostevo 9 months ago
the succesful failure
NEOCUBEST 9 months ago
Great movie!
Sidewinder9877 9 months ago
13 - Stand by for mote 1 bravo.... wwwuuuuuuussshhhhh!!!! Scene that just makes up your day, as well as level 1 separation.
CodeGreen47 9 months ago
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CodeGreen47 9 months ago
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AndyHarglesis is a frustrated nutcase.
Rob260259 9 months ago
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So fake...
Here's what the government DIDN'T/DOESN'T want you to know... The ship secretly lands safely in some pond in a secret base where nobody is allowed. The falling body of the mass of the ship is claimed to be "space junk" or "weather balloons" when, in reality, it's just the ship returning back to Earth, never leaving the atmosphere because the moon landing was all a hoax. We've never ever LEFT the atmosphere of Earth to date. It's all BS they're feeding you and you're eating it all.
AndyHarglesis 9 months ago
@AndyHarglesis You can see the space station and space shuttle pass overhead with your own eyes. I have witnessed people launching into space firsthand. I was there and you can never tell me that didn't happen.
Astroholic007 9 months ago 41
@Astroholic007 When it reaches a 35,000ft altitude it comes back down to a government base that hides it's landing. Don't give me that crap, you must be an astronaut from the government A.K.A. NASA trying to convince me of your bullshit. There is only one truth... No one has been to space. Lucky enough they've managed to get satellites and cameras up there, but this training of astronauts, all this shit, is government pawn business to depict real space travel to the mass. It's all a joke.
AndyHarglesis 9 months ago
@Astroholic007 And they also train morons like yourself(likely an "astronaut")to lie to the public while you get paid the big bucks to hold your tongue and live in paradise... On EARTH. No space flights, nada. Cut the chase, my friend, I already know about this whole plan of the federal government. You don't have me fooled, and yes, I can tell you it didn't happen and doesn't happen because that's reality.
Enjoy your life being a pawn. Your lies aren't working with me.
AndyHarglesis 9 months ago
@Astroholic007 of course, this andy man is not very intelligent. Do you think that years and years of science to get our rockets into space was for nothing? I'm willing to bet him anything that he has not a clue even how ships get into space. Matter of fact, he's probably one of those morons who think you go straight up and don't do any sort of Prograde or retrograde burns to get to space.
trechan 8 months ago
@AndyHarglesis Wow.....I think you need a padded room.
SChaos1701 9 months ago
@AndyHarglesis
You don't stop talking a load of crap Andy. Most people are smart enough to believe reputable scientists, engineers, physicists and astronauts from across the globe who, based on actual empirical evidence, state that the moonlandings are a fact. Only delusional self-absorbed fools have their own 'twoof".
Give a few names of scientists that support your theory. Oh.. you can't.
Rob260259 9 months ago
@AndyHarglesis FOR YOUR FUCKING INFORMATION YOU FUCKWIT I WAS ON BOARD STS-93 AND I THINK I FUCKING KNEW WHEN I WAS IN FUCKING ORBIT! WHATS THE NEXT THING YOUR GOING TO SAY? THAT THE EARTH IS FLAT? THAT NIGHT BECOMES NIGHT BECAUSE THE SUN IS TURNED OFF LIKE A LIGHT BULB!? THAT THE SUN IN THE SKY IS A GIANT SPOTLIGHT FLYING ACROSS BY A PLANE!
SuperTennis3 9 months ago
@SuperTennis3 calm down you need to say words less than 2 syllables for the dumb shit to understand
NEOCUBEST 9 months ago
@AndyHarglesis Kid, shut up if you don't know what you are saying.. We never left the atmosphere? Do you know what atmosphere is? You obviously don't. As for the Apollo 13. It is very possible to get to the Moon using strong rockets. Once you leave the Earth's orbit, there's nothing preventing you of going forward. So inform yourself before throwing such comment.
CodeGreen47 9 months ago 4
@AndyHarglesis Go ahead and tell that to the 6 people currently in orbit around Earth aboard the ISS. Or the seven astronauts who died in the Challenger disaster. How about the seven people who died aboard the Columbia nearly 20 years later. Go ask Gus Grissom, Ed White, or Roger Chaffe about how all space travel is a 'lie'.
tuxthepeng 9 months ago 2
@AndyHarglesis Here is what the conspiracy theorists DIDN'T/DOESN'T want you to know. The ship does make it through the atmosphere, lands on the moon, or in the case of 13, does not due to a damaged heating coil on the oxygen tank causing an explosion. Everything the conspiracy theorists say is a ploy to make money because retards like you will eat all the BS they feed you. In fact 13, due to the free return trajectory, went further away from Earth than any other manned ship.
DarkGodCthulhu 8 months ago 2
@AndyHarglesis some ppl just cant except history..
98RandomTV2 8 months ago
@AndyHarglesis Wait, you think all space travel is a hoax? You're an idiot! Look at the ISS footage...
yesiamawizardjonny 8 months ago
@AndyHarglesis A pond??? The Saturn V landing in a pond?!?!?! HAHAHAHAH!
yesiamawizardjonny 8 months ago
@AndyHarglesis haha ok is this comment just for the movie or for the actual thing... cause for the movie i can understand this...
dreamerz416 8 months ago
@AndyHarglesis haha ok is this comment just for the movie or for the actual thing... cause for the movie i can understand this comment
dreamerz416 8 months ago
@AndyHarglesis That's one opinion, but if you can believe in stars why wouldn't you?
MiniDress360 8 months ago
@AndyHarglesis
Yo don't say
CK2012 8 months ago
@AndyHarglesis Dude you need to hook me up with some of the shit you're smoking
Rangerpl1322 8 months ago
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@AndyHarglesis of course there's absolutely no evidence to back up your claim...
ballsy101 8 months ago
@AndyHarglesis Actually 27 men have left the bounds of earth and orbited the moon. You're the one with no proof to back up your assumptions. If we really faked the moon landings, the Soviets would have called foul because they were watching our every move.
flybywire09 7 months ago
@flybywire09
Strictly speaking not 27, I think one or two from Apollos 8 & 9 got to make a second flight up to the moon. Jim Lovell was on Apollo 8 and 13
TheSpiritof1969 7 months ago
@TheSpiritof1969 Ahh. You got me on that one. For example Lovell, Cernan, Young and Stafford all flew to the moon twice. Conspiracy theorists get me so worked up sometimes I lose it.
flybywire09 7 months ago
@flybywire09
Conspiricy theorists are not interested in facts, only a beleif. Most have not got a clue how it was done and don't want to know ... just rant about shadows, wires and no stars.
TheSpiritof1969 7 months ago
@AndyHarglesis lol your a dumbass
zZStun3dZz 7 months ago
@AndyHarglesis what would motivate the government to lie about it?
Bernardatious 7 months ago
and houston did not get a space shuttle but new york did and they had the nerve to tell us get over it
jimg0007 9 months ago
haven't seen this in a while
skordijhl 9 months ago
lol at 0:16-0:17, if i was going into space, i will be looking for the abort lever too.
statetrooper012 9 months ago
@statetrooper012 Just don't pull it unless you realy have to! :(
SuperTennis3 9 months ago
@TheAugustine17 no appollo 13 was a universal production.,
TheLillyandfriends 9 months ago
I just dont understand why the US Government should use the Saturn V and the Saturn IB as the worlds largest ICBM that could hold 28 warheads on the Saturn V and at least 15 on the Saturn IB to at least scare the Soviets off. Not for launch so that the Cold War would've ended 15 years earlier than in 1989. Like this if you think this is logic enough or makes sense.
jarhead565 9 months ago
@jarhead565 that would have looked bad from a pr point of view. the soviets would have said "look, those americans are going to weaponize space" and it would have made the space program seem provocative. on a technical side it sounds like it would have worked out well. i sure as hell wouldn't like to be facing 131 tons of nuclear weapons headed my way :).
joshatkins94 9 months ago
@joshatkins94 lol as do we all :)
However, idk how old you are but im bet you remember the 1980's weapons program that Regan proposed to be like Star Wars-like weapons and it gave the russians a scare, but wasn't long til 1989.
But do you know what im talking about basically?
jarhead565 9 months ago
@Clayton240183-If he had turned it, that rocket that was like a needle on the top (tower jet) would have fired and carried the capsule away from the rest of the rocket. But after they fired that top rocket in a non abort way, I don't know what the handle would have done then.
WillyRay23 9 months ago
What exactly would the abort handle do if he twisted it?
Clayton240183 9 months ago
the people arguing here are getting there information from Wikipedia and they truly belive that its correct and they feel super smart about it hahaha
juanrocks2001 9 months ago
what year was that?
ahriman46 10 months ago
@ahriman46 The movie came out in 1995 the actual Apollo 13 mission was 1970
Dancing88Mike 9 months ago
@Dancing88Mike oh thanks, so in that mission they just went out of the orbit.. what year did they land on the moon?
ahriman46 9 months ago
@ahriman46 if you were still wondering, they landed on the moon in 1969. It was Apollo 11
underfirefly 9 months ago
@ahriman46 The first moon landing was in July 20, 1969. Apollo 11 you can google and wiki it
Dancing88Mike 9 months ago
20 exceeded 20 amps
reniisgod 10 months ago
Go,Go,GO !
runwax 10 months ago
We need to go back to the moon.
88Mobius 10 months ago
@88Mobius Such limited imagination.
Puzzoozoo 10 months ago
that is not what i said . I sad that the wire on apollo 13 , was wrong that is what i saed , and it was the lox , the o ring has be com brittle that is what i said
rudy5742 10 months ago
that is not what i said . I sad that the wire on apollo 13 , was wrong that is what i saed , and it was the lox
rudy5742 10 months ago
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The Apollo moon missions were faked in a studio. Here's a link to some of the evidence.
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Cosmored 10 months ago
One of the last movies Hanks made before he started drinking the kommie koolaide and went batshit leftist socialist wacko.
ThunderAppeal 10 months ago
@ThunderAppeal Say what?
Antimoron2 10 months ago
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moviesmagicandmore12 10 months ago
@DumbYankies thanks that answered my question also thanks to mbenzsl2000 i did not know that and that is very interesting thank god it never to be used
A10fighter95 10 months ago
Can anyone tell me what is galling off tge rocket and why it is there?
A10fighter95 10 months ago
@A10fighter95 are you talkin about the rocket "tip" at 3:24? If so...thats called the LES (launch escape system). I use to think it had something to do with the aerodynamics...but in actuality, its a small rocket system(4 nozzels) that is attached directly to the capsule. In case theres a problem such as fire to main part of the rocket, or explosion...they can activate the LES which was seperate the capsule from the rest of the rocket...kinda like an ejector seat.
mbenzsl2000 10 months ago
@A10fighter95 but once in space..they wont need it, since it will get in the way of docking with the lunar module..
mbenzsl2000 10 months ago
@A10fighter95 what is falling off the rocket is ice. The ice is cause by condensation on the rocket on the outside that has frozen as the liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen that is inside the tanks in the upperstage is very very cold. When the rocket initially takes off, the ice which has formed cracks up and falls off, due to vibration and air rushing past. The same happens with the shuttle tank. In fact a block of ice and foam is what lead to Columbia to be destroyed in 2003.
DumbYankies 10 months ago
@DumbYankies In fact a block of ice and foam is what lead to Columbia to be destroyed in 2003.
The External Tank is insulated with foam to prevent ice building up .The leading edge RCC panels on the left wing of the shuttle was hit by a piece of foam alone no ice as far as i'm aware.
ATPL74 10 months ago
@DumbYankies no it was the wiring was the wrong one . the . the Challenger it was the Iceing on the o ring
rudy5742 10 months ago
@rudy5742 Challenger was the o-ring was frozen. When heated up it simply burned rather than expanding normally if not frozen. With Columbia the problem was a lump of ice/foam came of the external tank near the front mount point and hit the leading edge of one of the wings and probably cracked or punched a hole through the tiles and the leading edge. Upon reentry that basically burn through and the wing eventually failed structurally over texas. Apollo 13 was wiring inside the fuel cell.
DumbYankies 10 months ago
QUESTION TO YOUTUBERS AND APOLLO 13 MOVIE BUFFS! : In the shot at 2:34 (in this clip), is the guy in the left (farthest from the camera) seat of the command module the real Jim Lovell?
sparky577 10 months ago
@sparky577 not sure
but the Admiral on the Navy ship (end of the movie) is the real Jim Lovell for sure ;)
sksShadow1987 10 months ago
@sksShadow1987 he is. But i think he wears a captains uniform as lovell never wanted the promotion, even in the movie!
DumbYankies 10 months ago
@sparky577 ok, that seat should be TOM Hanks. If you look at the 1st stage separation sequence he is obviously in the left hand seat (if your facing forwards). But the guy in that seat at 2:34 looks different from the guy at 2:56, and much older. I cant even say if the one at 2:56 is hanks. And the one at 2:34 does look mighty similar to pictures of jim lovell on the internet in older age.
DumbYankies 10 months ago
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Science flies you to the moon. Religion flies you into buildings.
timelabor 10 months ago
I love this film :) thanks for uploading
1993DaVinci 10 months ago
But trolling a Christian is one the easiest things to do, plus the LULZ that result never get old.
IlovemyGlock21 11 months ago
Here's some advice for Ilovemyglock21, courtesy of George Carlin ........... Never argue with an idiot! After only 30 seconds, the bystanders won't know which one is the idiot.
rockyracoon1947 11 months ago
poor Gary =[ let's launch him into space
mobcat40 11 months ago
does anyone know where to get the apollo 13 launch theme?
A10fighter95 11 months ago
@A10fighter95 - Check out the pirate bay dot org
IlovemyGlock21 11 months ago
Don't mess with America folks ;)
UpForDanceroid 11 months ago
"It gives me 2,000 years of history and culture" HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!! You actually take all that bullshit as true!?
What do I have? I have a very close approximation of how the whole universe came in existence. I know how galaxies formed, how stars formed, how planets formed, and how life evolved. I know I am built of star dust.
You "know" that God said "TA-DA!!!!" and then Adam and Eve's kids fucked each other until we got you.
Being rational with people like you always hits a brick wall
IlovemyGlock21 11 months ago
i would love to see this movie in theaters again...
mbenzsl2000 11 months ago
We haven't been back to the moon because the launch architecture is so incredibly expensive. First there is the fuel that the F1 engines and J2 engines consume...its alot of fuel... millions of gallons of expensive shit. Then the most expensive parts are single use only... the Command Service Module, and the Lunar lander. The SIVB is also pretty damn expensive too.
tlages 11 months ago
@tlages yeah very true, with around 6 million combined parts in the Apollo/Saturn stack plus ground maintainence etc. the costs are extreme.
I think so many assumed we'd be farther along by now might be due to the fact that the technological jump from 1960 to 1970 was huge -the publics perception was pretty much "wow, wonder what the next 10 years will bring".
Of course we made that tremendous leap due to an almost war-like mindset where money was less important then winning
MightySaturn5 11 months ago
did Nixon do fucking anything right while in office?
oldmanwithers1 11 months ago
OHHH NOOO!!! According to "ewtng" the movie wasn't absolutely perfect!! Well that does it. No more movies are to be shown untill "ewtng" checks it out and put his "I'm perfect and so is this movie" seal of approval on it first.
zarniwoop42 11 months ago
The central light is shown to blink on and off. In reality, it simply changes from on to off or vice versa.
Dave Scott, from 1998 correspondence - "In Apollo 13, the movie, the light was purposely made to blink to get the viewers attention - the movie-makers knew the actual operation, but chose to take this license for dramatic effect (actually a pretty good license, as otherwise, the viewer would have missed the point!
ATPL74 11 months ago
@ATPL74 Agreed ...music, lights etc. help add to a movies drama however I'm at a loss to explain why the most dramatic portion of any Apollo mission (the launch) was done in such a subdued manner -from 4 miles away (first Saturn V launch) Walter Cronkites press building was shaking so bad he commited the ultimate narrators sin and was stunned into silence for almost 10 full seconds, plus its well known the Saturns flame length was longer then the rocket -in that regards the launch scenes a joke
MightySaturn5 11 months ago
Good special effects and great actors. I miss the 90's.
2000VR 11 months ago
@2000VR 90s had some great action movies....The Rock, along with this movie are among my favs
mbenzsl2000 11 months ago
does anyone know what is the name of the song? I mean .. during liftoff
Franzz9 1 year ago
@Franzz9 "All Systems Go, The Launch", from the original soundrack of Apollo 13 by James Horner.
edoardomanzireloaded 11 months ago
I saw this when they re-leaeed it in IMAX it was WOW
CK2012 1 year ago
Will u go to Heaven when u die? Quick test.Ever lied,stole,used God's name in vain?Jesus said if u look w/lust you adulterd in ur heart.Looked w/lust? Will u be guilty on Judgment day?God sees u as a lying thief,blaspemer & adulter at heart.Bible warns u WILL go to Hell if guilty.God's rich in love & mercy. Jesus suffered & died on the cross for guilty sinners & rose 3 days later.He paid our fine.Please repent (turn from sin),trust Jesus (like a parachute) as Lord (Master of ur life) & Savior.
sluggo06 1 year ago
@sluggo06
Go hasten your renunion with your god lord thing then, and stop fuggin up our internets with your sorry-ass preacher shit.
krakenwave 1 year ago
@sluggo06 I Hope Jesus knew how to spell, because you certainly don't!!!
QED1964 11 months ago
here we are with this god shit again!!! god has fuck all to do with getting men to the moon, nuclear phisycs, laws of phisycs, gravity, and plus, (he dont exist) sory to burst your bubble my fellow religious people
tiagandremo 1 year ago
I’m sure the Brown Note is on the LFE.1 mix of this incredible dts soundtrack! The launch on dts THX laserdisc is like WoooooW!
EmpireLS56KW 1 year ago
If you find any flaws in this movie, please let me know. Movies just do not capture like this anymore.
TheRydaddyops910 1 year ago
@TheRydaddyops910 Just a tiny one: the ignition sequence actually started 7 seconds prior to launch, it came a little too late here, and the lift-off was immediately at T-0.
Director84 1 year ago
@TheRydaddyops910 the only flaw i have found in this movie is that they are looking out the wrong window during the course correction/boost burn. And that the zero gravity is a little unstable sometimes, but that is because they used real zero gravity onboard a plane. No other movie uses that.
joachim2464 11 months ago
@joachim2464 Also, apollo 13 actual launch time was 1413, not 1313?
lolvks 11 months ago
I love this country
bsg1206 1 year ago 3
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samubabe101 1 year ago
Frustrations about this movie's Launch. The Engines start up at 0 seconds.
The clock starts before the Saturn V lifts off the pad. The White room retracts at 0 Seconds. The ambilical arms retract 1 after the other. This is all wrong.
Apollo16 launch (copy/paste)
ewtng 1 year ago
@ewtng you know what dude go crawl in a hole and die this movie is epic
Abigplant 1 year ago
@ewtng This just in:noone gives a fuck.
w4rr0ckm4st3r 1 year ago 11
@w4rr0ckm4st3r This just in...a lot of people give a fuck...moron!
ASkywalker1 11 months ago
@ASkywalker1 nou
w4rr0ckm4st3r 11 months ago
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ewtng 1 year ago
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ewtng 1 year ago
I always enjoyed this scene for it's use of movie score. You see that less and less in movies anymore.
klaitu2 1 year ago
At 3:12 was when the Launch Vehicle had to gain a lot of speed to remain in orbit around the Earth, when the SII stage fired. At that time was the peak of acceleration the astronauts felt. The "Little Jolt" was around 5 g-forces for about 2 seconds.
Anarchemitis 1 year ago
Video is very good ! Always make questions and research for truth...Also watch "Wonderful electric energy-Tesla wireless" by HorizonDelta for surprising (hidden) things on energy
HorizonDelta 1 year ago
If there is another scene in all of movie history that better symbolizes & epitomizes the true Greatness & Glory of America than I have yet to see it! Also, the technological quantum leap made between 1960-1970 (within the sphere of computer & rocket technology) was simply unprecedented, amazing & jaw-dropping, as Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin walking on the moon in 1969 (along with the launch of Apollo 13) superbly demonstrates! For it was during the late 60's that we leapfrogged the Russians!
sxlfkta 1 year ago
I can watch this over and over and I still get a lump in my throat. The Saturn V was the most powerful object ever created for good by man. This was a time when we felt we could do anything. Oh, for leaders who believe that and instill that belief in the people again. Out best days are ahead of us.
jtkirkfan2002 1 year ago
@jtkirkfan2002 not that im saying they cover there face with jeans but they wear them asian robes and have jeans and nike trainers on underneath, EITHER BE ENGLISH OR ****OFF.
(again not racist its FREEDOM OF SPEECH as you cant wear shorts and t-shirt in there country and thats how a terrorist escaped using them robes pretending to be a woman, AND there allowed to burn poppys insulting the english and american soldiers but we cant have english flags in cars on the world cup ****you)
rezzadee 1 year ago