Apollo 8: Nasa's biggest risk - 13 Minutes to the Moon Season 1, Episode 6 - BBC World Service
War, riots, assassinations; it was described as “the year that shattered America”.
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And then Nasa took the biggest risk in its history with Apollo 8, as astronauts went further from Earth than anyone had ever gone before and changed the way we look at our home forever.
Presented by: Kevin Fong
Starring:
John Aaron
Bill Anders
Frank Borman
Jerry Bostick
Michael Collins
Jim Lovell
Poppy Northcutt
Katherine Johnson (Courtesy of WHRO)
Chris Kraft (Courtesy of the Johnson Space Center Oral History Project)
Theme music by Hans Zimmer for Bleeding Fingers Music.
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The first few minutes are hard for me to watch, and I wasn't even born in 1968. What a year.
The part about the assassinations brought tears back to my eyes (I was 9 then). But this series is SO fascinating my sadness lifted right away and I was hooked. So well done! It's like a wonderful podcast. Then again, it's the BBC and they are known for good work.
Interesting title. I lived through that terrible year, and I never really thought about it that way, but I guess Apollo 8 did allow 1968 to end on an up note.
best Christmas present ever.
Very nice and rare footage, thank you for sharing this 🙏.
@BBCWorldService
3 жыл бұрын
We're so pleased you like it. You can watch other episodes of Season 1 of 13 Minutes to the Moon here 👉 kzread.info/head/PLz_B0PFGIn4f0xYPhOk0wIASOYE8-1Wbz
This is awesome!
You can watch other episodes of Season 1 of 13 Minutes to the Moon here 👉 kzread.info/head/PLz_B0PFGIn4f0xYPhOk0wIASOYE8-1Wbz
I'm not very versed in physics so i plead dumbass ignorance as I ask this question. "Why not do the braking burn just tangent to the moon? "Set the lunar orbital velocity BEFORE initiating lunar orbit?"
@smeeself
Ай бұрын
In not EXACTLY sure what you're asking, but maybe if you think of it like this. Velocity IS orbit. If you want to be at a certain orbital height there is only one velocity to do that. ( In a circular orbit, obviously the more elliptical, the more varied the speed. But again that does the same thing; closer is faster, slower is more distant) Sorry if this doesn't clear it up, but perhaps it was just me, not understanding the question properly. And failing KZread playing the game KSP ( Kebab Space Program ) will give you a quite intuitive grasp of orbital mechanics. All the best.
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Amen! Praise our LORD JESUS! Beauty in His creation and reality of HIS Grace upon us!
Le son...
I want to happy if "The Return to Mawson's Antarctica" deserving for KZread as well.
@AndrewBlacker-wr2ve
Жыл бұрын
Were you very drunk when you posted this?
@LeoNardo-cm6ch
Жыл бұрын
@@AndrewBlacker-wr2ve no, I was not drinking alcohols. I drank coffee a lot