There was a generation that was born before any human had ever achieved powered flight and who lived to see us walk on the moon. What does my generation have to show for itself? Facebook? Twitter? A bunch of fucking mental masturbation. We could have been to Mars ten years ago if we really wanted it. What do I have to look forward to? Apparently, the countdown to the day that we destroy our whole species over differing interpretations of bronze age fairly tales. Why am I a humanist, again?
@OlenWhitaker You should look into current, impending and planned probe missions. There's a lot going on. As for Mars, it's not as simple as "if we really wanted it". One trip to Mars would have the same budget as multiple unmanned missions; are you after research and data or just the human satisfaction of seeing humans on Mars? I can see many reasons why going to Mars would be a lot less productive than sending endless probes and rovers around the solar system . . .
@Th1sWasATriumph Yeah, the above post was fueled as much by a 12 pack of beer as actual frustration over what I see as a lack of interest by the general public in space exploration. As you say, there are some great unmanned missions going on that are expanding our knowledge of the solar system almost by the day. Still, there is something uniquely ennobling about actual human exploration of new frontiers. My parents generation saw men walk on the moon; my generation saw the space shuttle...
@Th1sWasATriumph ...The next generation will see what? NASA buying rides to the ISS from Russia? I agree that we are progressing on the science front and I'm thrilled by that, but that isn't the only reason to explore. Climbing Mt. Everest may not teach us much if anything about the universe, but it teaches us about ourselves and that is worth much. The urge to explore for exploration's sake is, IMO, one of humanity's most admirable qualities. We should go to Mars because it's there.
@OlenWhitaker You're deliberately ignoring what is actually happened so you can whine about Mars, it seems. The expense and complication of sending humans to Mars is, well, staggering, especially considering all the unmanned data and image collecting that could take place with the same budget. You want to think that space is dead to us, and it really isn't, and using platitudes like "learning about ourselves" won't change that. Why shouldn't we colonise the Moon first?
One of the great feats of our species, IMHO, is Voyager 1; I do like to think about that little piece of humanity, one hundred and fifty million kilometres into the void.
Quick question: (From the onset, I would like you to know that I'm about as technologically savvy as a trout.) I have an iPod nano 3rd generation, so if I wanted to buy your tracks--which I do--on the website you provided, what format do I choose?
@Th1sWasATriumph If I do choose to buy your altitude piano piece for £0.25, how long does the track last? Is the 0:44 min piece on the web-site just a taster? Or is that the full piece?
@japonizieify No, that short piece really is it. I don't really expect people to buy it. If you want value, Altitude or Limitless are the ones to grab. Whole MINUTES of music for your money!
And why, may I ask, did this video NOT show up in my Subscription Box?! Fucking Youtube. Regardless, I think it's pretty clear that you just won the internet with this video, Th1sWasATriumph. Great music. 'Bout time we heard some of your stuff on here ;)
I was a bit down lately, my study wasn't going well, I was stressed and I was a bit desperate due to the exams fast and I wasn't ready. So I went on YT and stumble on this little piece of beauty.
Thank you, this video, its message, the awesome music you made, they gave me enough inspiration to actually concentrate on my work. I'm studying in physics, I always wanted to do rocket science or something close to it so, yeah, this gave me just a little push, enough for me to get higher :)
And money. Let's not forget money. But I made this video to try and communicate my sense of awe, and I'm gratified that it seems to have worked for a few people. Remember me to NASA when you get there :)
@Th1sWasATriumph Who do you take me for?! Of course, I bought the music! (final exams are always coming faster than we think... naw, scratch that, I just enjoyed it too much not to buy it ;) )
It's about not regressing into stupidity and lack of vision, about doing something close to impossible because that is what we think should define humanity. Striving for more, more than politics, war and petty political rivalry over trivial nonsense.
I was a year-and-a-half old when Star Wars was released, and I've been mad for space EVER SINCE. It causes me daily distress that I wasn't born into a world where we live like "The Jetsons", and that we in the US seem to have lost the will to pursue space as we did before the Challenger disaster.
Beautiful...Inspiring...There are times when I am embarassed by the behaviour of my species, but there are others when I am proud to call myself human. Thank you for reminding me of the latter. Liked, fav'd, sub'd.
It never ceases to amaze me that there's less than 66 years between the first flight and the moon landings. There's no doubt in my mind that the 20th century will be one of the highlights of future history books.
I really hate it when people like Bill Maher speak out against things like space exploration.
If there were no people willing to look beyond the next hill, our species would still be hunting antilopes with javelins in the great savannahs of East Africa.
It was the people who wanted to push the frontiers, challenge our assumptions and not be contempt with not knowing who pushed our species from a hunting pack of walking apes to a civilization exploring space.
I hoped for a bit more flanger in the chip, but then again I'm a huge fan of the C-64 chip sound, so maybe that wouldn't appeal to others quite as well. Enjoyed it much despite that.
It's pretty obvious you have a knack for rhetorical devices and a razor wit from your William Lane Craig, etc. videos. I had expected something of that nature when I saw this in my sub box, but as much as I love your "creationists are morons" videos, I'm quite happy to see something so much more meaningful--and just as entertaining, albeit in a dramatically disparate way.
I get pissed when people say that space programs are a waste of time and money. They say that this or that is impossible, like the many people who thought it was impossible to fly, break the sound barrier, or have a computer that could fit in a single room. No imagination. They say that we need to fix the problems here on earth first. There's always going to be problems. Getting off this rock and not putting all our eggs in one basket IS part of the solution.
@DarkMatter2525 Clarke's First Law "When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right; when he states that something is impossible, he is probably wrong."
You're kind of contradicting yourself by saying we're always going to have problems on earth. It's far from impossible to first help those who suffer from poverty, hunger, war, pollution and disease before we set our sights further. I don't think a majority would characterize space programs impossible, but that we should fix problems we already have. It's easy to look to the stars when you're not the one suffering from problems partly caused by this sort of social prioritizing.
@DarkMatter2525 What the short-sighted people don't realize, is that a large number of the scientific advances that we take for granted today, had their roots either in aviation or the space program.
@DarkMatter2525 I had a discussion earlier today with some friends who had the silly notion in their head that if we expand and move into space, we will be "screwing up other planets after we've messed this one up" I asked how we could possibly "screw up" another planetary body, particularly those that are extremely hostile to life. With so many of our "problems" on earth related to burgeoning populations, I can think of no greater solution than expansion and colonization of the final frontier
@DarkMatter2525 As if we're spending trillions of dollars to fix our problems, but it can't happen because of those few billion dollars from the space budget.
@lordcheetah No, those trillions of dollars are spent to wage war so that the owners of the military industrial complex stay immensely rich. The war in Iraq cost ten times as much per year as entire NASA. Nobody but Cheney needed that war. Just fight one less useless war per decade and you can double your space program, completely budget neutral.
@DarkMatter2525 RE:"They say that we need to fix the problems here on earth first."
The irony is that space based technology and expansion into space could help solve many of our earthly problems. We could mine asteroids for metals and produce our energy in space, greatly reducing polluting activities on earth, for example. We could do that and more right now, we've had the technology for a generation and more, the only problems are engineering and political.
@patienceking I think people are actually UNthumbing for the tunes. But I thank your support. They're just jealous, right? I bet they couldn't mash up fake Daft Punk with orchestral elements.
sir, that was beautiful
nice tune
Fombolo 2 weeks ago in playlist Uploaded videos
I think a popular misconception among the next generation will be that we took space shuttles to the moon.
technicallyabsurd 6 months ago
@technicallyabsurd Yes, I basically just threw everything into the edit.
Th1sWasATriumph 2 months ago
There was a generation that was born before any human had ever achieved powered flight and who lived to see us walk on the moon. What does my generation have to show for itself? Facebook? Twitter? A bunch of fucking mental masturbation. We could have been to Mars ten years ago if we really wanted it. What do I have to look forward to? Apparently, the countdown to the day that we destroy our whole species over differing interpretations of bronze age fairly tales. Why am I a humanist, again?
OlenWhitaker 6 months ago
@OlenWhitaker You should look into current, impending and planned probe missions. There's a lot going on. As for Mars, it's not as simple as "if we really wanted it". One trip to Mars would have the same budget as multiple unmanned missions; are you after research and data or just the human satisfaction of seeing humans on Mars? I can see many reasons why going to Mars would be a lot less productive than sending endless probes and rovers around the solar system . . .
Th1sWasATriumph 6 months ago
@OlenWhitaker . . . and while I think it will be amazing when it happens, it will be to satisfy a different urge than simply discovering things.
Th1sWasATriumph 6 months ago
@Th1sWasATriumph Yeah, the above post was fueled as much by a 12 pack of beer as actual frustration over what I see as a lack of interest by the general public in space exploration. As you say, there are some great unmanned missions going on that are expanding our knowledge of the solar system almost by the day. Still, there is something uniquely ennobling about actual human exploration of new frontiers. My parents generation saw men walk on the moon; my generation saw the space shuttle...
OlenWhitaker 6 months ago
@Th1sWasATriumph ...The next generation will see what? NASA buying rides to the ISS from Russia? I agree that we are progressing on the science front and I'm thrilled by that, but that isn't the only reason to explore. Climbing Mt. Everest may not teach us much if anything about the universe, but it teaches us about ourselves and that is worth much. The urge to explore for exploration's sake is, IMO, one of humanity's most admirable qualities. We should go to Mars because it's there.
OlenWhitaker 6 months ago
@OlenWhitaker You're deliberately ignoring what is actually happened so you can whine about Mars, it seems. The expense and complication of sending humans to Mars is, well, staggering, especially considering all the unmanned data and image collecting that could take place with the same budget. You want to think that space is dead to us, and it really isn't, and using platitudes like "learning about ourselves" won't change that. Why shouldn't we colonise the Moon first?
Th1sWasATriumph 6 months ago
@OlenWhitaker I so dearly love when people mirror my feelings about the world one hundred percent. Well said.
FoldedTapestry 2 months ago
Tell us all what music you like?
Chairmaneoin 10 months ago
Wonderful music Sir
QuantumGh0st 1 year ago
"I stood outside in the field
I was only 8 yrs old then
I'd look at the moon, I'd stare at the moon
I got some pictures of it and hung them on my wall
I told my dad one day I would go out there
with a heart made of plastic and a head full of silicon
and with my robot companions beside me
I'd conquer the universe in the name of Bambi"
BunnyProle 1 year ago
One of the great feats of our species, IMHO, is Voyager 1; I do like to think about that little piece of humanity, one hundred and fifty million kilometres into the void.
DLandonCole 1 year ago
Quick question: (From the onset, I would like you to know that I'm about as technologically savvy as a trout.) I have an iPod nano 3rd generation, so if I wanted to buy your tracks--which I do--on the website you provided, what format do I choose?
CalebAlucardtheHagan 1 year ago
@CalebAlucardtheHagan Mp3 is a safe bet. Best quality you can. Now, buy them all :)
Cheers!
Th1sWasATriumph 1 year ago
@Th1sWasATriumph If I do choose to buy your altitude piano piece for £0.25, how long does the track last? Is the 0:44 min piece on the web-site just a taster? Or is that the full piece?
japonizieify 11 months ago
@japonizieify No, that short piece really is it. I don't really expect people to buy it. If you want value, Altitude or Limitless are the ones to grab. Whole MINUTES of music for your money!
Seriously, I value your support :)
Th1sWasATriumph 11 months ago
And why, may I ask, did this video NOT show up in my Subscription Box?! Fucking Youtube. Regardless, I think it's pretty clear that you just won the internet with this video, Th1sWasATriumph. Great music. 'Bout time we heard some of your stuff on here ;)
CalebAlucardtheHagan 1 year ago
Beautiful! You've made today so much better, and I thank you for that
Raistlin13Majere 1 year ago
"Space isn't remote at all. It's only an hour's drive away if your car could go straight upwards". -- Fred Hoyl
mp478070 1 year ago
I was a bit down lately, my study wasn't going well, I was stressed and I was a bit desperate due to the exams fast and I wasn't ready. So I went on YT and stumble on this little piece of beauty.
Thank you, this video, its message, the awesome music you made, they gave me enough inspiration to actually concentrate on my work. I'm studying in physics, I always wanted to do rocket science or something close to it so, yeah, this gave me just a little push, enough for me to get higher :)
Pollypo66 1 year ago 3
@Pollypo66 Comments like this are my reward.
And money. Let's not forget money. But I made this video to try and communicate my sense of awe, and I'm gratified that it seems to have worked for a few people. Remember me to NASA when you get there :)
Th1sWasATriumph 1 year ago
@Th1sWasATriumph Who do you take me for?! Of course, I bought the music! (final exams are always coming faster than we think... naw, scratch that, I just enjoyed it too much not to buy it ;) )
Pollypo66 1 year ago
It's not about scientific advancement...
It's about not regressing into stupidity and lack of vision, about doing something close to impossible because that is what we think should define humanity. Striving for more, more than politics, war and petty political rivalry over trivial nonsense.
It is the meaning of life.
trefod 1 year ago 3
Brought a tear to my eye, man.
machleid 1 year ago
Somehow one bit of the tunes made me want to revisit "Commandos 2" since the sound was one of the main attractions of that game for me.
maxsnts 1 year ago
@maxsnts in case someone is trying to guess: from 1.04 to 1:19
maxsnts 1 year ago
@maxsnts Never played it . . . so I can't be accused of plagiarism!
Th1sWasATriumph 1 year ago
@Th1sWasATriumph That was not my intention... I liked your tunes, and video (favorite it), it just reminded me of it. Nothing more.
maxsnts 1 year ago
@maxsnts In fact, and continuing my last reply... i just purchase "altitude" :D
maxsnts 1 year ago
@maxsnts Then you are one of the chosen.
You could purchase it twice :)
Th1sWasATriumph 1 year ago
to bad space exploration seams stagnant.
maxsnts 1 year ago
Nice music with the video, a lot of people are interested in space exploration.
thereforeithought 1 year ago
Music sounds quite a bit like 'Surface of the Sun' in some places.
GreyFoxNinjaFan 1 year ago
Bough it. It's awesome <3
rationalw0lf 1 year ago
I was a year-and-a-half old when Star Wars was released, and I've been mad for space EVER SINCE. It causes me daily distress that I wasn't born into a world where we live like "The Jetsons", and that we in the US seem to have lost the will to pursue space as we did before the Challenger disaster.
*psigh* Alas.
BionicDance 1 year ago
Epic!
Ignorantf00l 1 year ago
Beautiful...Inspiring...There are times when I am embarassed by the behaviour of my species, but there are others when I am proud to call myself human. Thank you for reminding me of the latter. Liked, fav'd, sub'd.
OlenWhitaker 1 year ago
Eventually we need to get off the planet or the planet will kill us. Not soon, neccssarily, but eventually.
GriffinPilgrim 1 year ago
Dude, is this your music? Science aside, your music is fan-fucking-tastic!
laflugantabastardo 1 year ago
It never ceases to amaze me that there's less than 66 years between the first flight and the moon landings. There's no doubt in my mind that the 20th century will be one of the highlights of future history books.
ConsciousAtoms 1 year ago 2
Cooool video, great music too.
I really hate it when people like Bill Maher speak out against things like space exploration.
If there were no people willing to look beyond the next hill, our species would still be hunting antilopes with javelins in the great savannahs of East Africa.
It was the people who wanted to push the frontiers, challenge our assumptions and not be contempt with not knowing who pushed our species from a hunting pack of walking apes to a civilization exploring space.
UserNameForYeeTube 1 year ago
I hoped for a bit more flanger in the chip, but then again I'm a huge fan of the C-64 chip sound, so maybe that wouldn't appeal to others quite as well. Enjoyed it much despite that.
Daealis 1 year ago
Awesome!
Puchicas9 1 year ago
Very cool :)
firefly4f4 1 year ago
humanity's destiny lies in space.
We are star stuff, harvesting star light - Dr.Carl Sagan.
FreedomLiberty21 1 year ago 4
I worked for NASA for 5 years and ESA another 5 and yet this video gives me goosebumps. Awesome.
DrivinWest 1 year ago
I like the line, "Our world soon seized to be an island but instead became a stepping stone"
Trinivalts 1 year ago 2
It's pretty obvious you have a knack for rhetorical devices and a razor wit from your William Lane Craig, etc. videos. I had expected something of that nature when I saw this in my sub box, but as much as I love your "creationists are morons" videos, I'm quite happy to see something so much more meaningful--and just as entertaining, albeit in a dramatically disparate way.
ChocoboKillerKanyo 1 year ago
I get pissed when people say that space programs are a waste of time and money. They say that this or that is impossible, like the many people who thought it was impossible to fly, break the sound barrier, or have a computer that could fit in a single room. No imagination. They say that we need to fix the problems here on earth first. There's always going to be problems. Getting off this rock and not putting all our eggs in one basket IS part of the solution.
DarkMatter2525 1 year ago 83
@DarkMatter2525 Clarke's First Law "When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right; when he states that something is impossible, he is probably wrong."
MyPisceanNature 1 year ago
@DarkMatter2525 "Getting off this rock and not putting all our eggs in one basket IS part of the solution."
Or it might be just spreading the problem further to different places out it space. But in the end I agree with you and your reasoning.
Schneboll 1 year ago
@DarkMatter2525
You're kind of contradicting yourself by saying we're always going to have problems on earth. It's far from impossible to first help those who suffer from poverty, hunger, war, pollution and disease before we set our sights further. I don't think a majority would characterize space programs impossible, but that we should fix problems we already have. It's easy to look to the stars when you're not the one suffering from problems partly caused by this sort of social prioritizing.
Esrhan 1 year ago
@DarkMatter2525 What the short-sighted people don't realize, is that a large number of the scientific advances that we take for granted today, had their roots either in aviation or the space program.
Impalamark64 1 year ago
@DarkMatter2525 I had a discussion earlier today with some friends who had the silly notion in their head that if we expand and move into space, we will be "screwing up other planets after we've messed this one up" I asked how we could possibly "screw up" another planetary body, particularly those that are extremely hostile to life. With so many of our "problems" on earth related to burgeoning populations, I can think of no greater solution than expansion and colonization of the final frontier
7othestars 1 year ago
@DarkMatter2525 As if we're spending trillions of dollars to fix our problems, but it can't happen because of those few billion dollars from the space budget.
lordcheetah 1 year ago
@lordcheetah No, those trillions of dollars are spent to wage war so that the owners of the military industrial complex stay immensely rich. The war in Iraq cost ten times as much per year as entire NASA. Nobody but Cheney needed that war. Just fight one less useless war per decade and you can double your space program, completely budget neutral.
grieske 1 year ago 6
@DarkMatter2525 RE:"They say that we need to fix the problems here on earth first."
The irony is that space based technology and expansion into space could help solve many of our earthly problems. We could mine asteroids for metals and produce our energy in space, greatly reducing polluting activities on earth, for example. We could do that and more right now, we've had the technology for a generation and more, the only problems are engineering and political.
Ansonidak 7 months ago
From a distance, the space shuttles look great, but up close, they look old and worn out...
dangerouslytalented 1 year ago
I see you used the old vi-VI-I-V chord progression to good effect.
TheChaosCosmos 1 year ago
Take it up with Howard Shore. For starters.
Th1sWasATriumph 1 year ago
Humans = Challenge Accepted
IdoloR 1 year ago
Great clip, I loved the monologue, gave me goosebumps in the end.
DodoPandemic 1 year ago
Wasn't that clip of the starts rotating time lapse also used in one of DomOne's video's?
304Stephen 1 year ago
The shuttle was a seriously flawed design. But she was also beautiful.
Everything you could do wrong, the shuttle designers did. But oh how she made me smile.
bdf2718 1 year ago
In the words of Bill O Reilly " Sun goes up, sun goes down" ... yes Bill, but there is soooooooo much more if you only care to widen your gaze!!
Great vid, .. loved the close up shots of the Atlantis.
bonnie43uk 1 year ago
These tunes have to be used in tv documentaries about space. I often watch them.
2:45, "Every day we are taken higher." Kudos
dewinthemorning 1 year ago 3
Thumb for the tunes.
patienceking 1 year ago 30
@patienceking I think people are actually UNthumbing for the tunes. But I thank your support. They're just jealous, right? I bet they couldn't mash up fake Daft Punk with orchestral elements.
OH DEAR GOD I HOPE THEY CAN NOT
Th1sWasATriumph 1 year ago 2
Killer tunes braaa.
dookiecheez 1 year ago