How One Man Won The Space Race For America (Apollo Program: Saturn V Documentary) | Spark

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52 years ago, In July 1961 President Kennedy put a man on the moon. To win the space race, the United States had to establish a multi-billion dollar space program. What a first seemed like an impossible dream soon became a reality thank to one man, Werner Von Braun. He believed he had the knowledge and vision to make Kennedy’s dream a reality.
With the American public galvanised and the expertise of over 200,000 scientists and engineers, Von Braun masterminded the development of the Saturn V; the rocket that flew 24 men to the moon and launched the greatest adventure in the history of exploration. Using visual effects, stunning NASA footage and expert interviews with Apollo Space Scientists, this inspirational film tells the story of the colossal challenges NASA faced to fulfill Kennedy’s pledge. With the accolade of flying 24 men safely to the moon, the mighty Saturn V will always be considered one of mankind’s greatest technological achievements. This is the story of the most powerful machine ever built, and the men and women who believed it could fly.
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  • @jopsball-turret6969
    @jopsball-turret69692 жыл бұрын

    Well made doc. One of the best I’ve watched on the tube

  • @lucasRem-ku6eb

    @lucasRem-ku6eb

    Жыл бұрын

    Same as killing JF Kenney, the NAZI rocket guy. winning ?

  • @denniscortez5560
    @denniscortez5560 Жыл бұрын

    My brother Romo V Cortez the first Filipino born Engineer hired by NASA in 1964 to work for the Apollo Program during the US Spce Race with Russia. He graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo CA with major in Electricsl Engineering and Mathematics. Before NASA, he worked as Instrumentation Engineer for the Polaris Nuclear Submarine at Mare Island, Vallejo CA. At NASA he worked for both Apollo and Saturn Program. He retired as Program Manager for Computing at the NASA Headquarters in Wash. DC.. He passed away in 2009 at age 77.

  • @killerbeat2003
    @killerbeat2003 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you, Wernher von Braun!!! 🇺🇸🇩🇪🇺🇸🇩🇪

  • @dickfitswell3437
    @dickfitswell34372 жыл бұрын

    My dads boss at Northrop Grumman Ellington Field ( Across from Johnson Space Center) was Fred Haise. His name may not ring a bell but think Apollo 13 and Bill Paxton. I met a guy who flew around the moon. Saw his personal pics of the moon. Not many people can say they met a man who flew around the moon. Those men were some of the bravest to walk the face of the earth. Great documentary

  • @jackyboi8832

    @jackyboi8832

    2 жыл бұрын

    Wow your so lucky 🍀

  • @raymondmejias8071

    @raymondmejias8071

    2 жыл бұрын

    You mean a "astronaut"... 🤣🤣🤣

  • @user-vp1vl6yp9t

    @user-vp1vl6yp9t

    2 жыл бұрын

    The astronauts are on the front stage; the director and author in the back is one man, Mr. Werner Von Braun, who did it. No American engineers did much of anything or only did very little. Evidence: None of the American Apollo Program engineers wrote any memoirs for having very little to remember and memorable to talk about, and none of their names worth mentioning for having done little, except one man, Werner Von Braun, a German Apollo Program engineer.

  • @rodneydickson784

    @rodneydickson784

    2 жыл бұрын

    I learned to fly at Houston Gulf airport in the 80s. Now a subdivision 🙄 met and flew with several astronauts. Mr. Haise included. Deke Slayton let me fly PIC in his 2 place cricket. John Young, Robert Crippen and Robert Overmeyer with his orange stearman come to mind. Good times and true heroes.

  • @arcburn3364

    @arcburn3364

    2 жыл бұрын

    His name does ring a bell, loudly. 👍

  • @hectorkeezy1499
    @hectorkeezy14992 жыл бұрын

    I was born in June 1957, and grew up with the Gemini and Apollo program. My farther told me a lot about it. As i learned to read, I got the newspapers myself. I cried all day when I read about Grissom,White and Chaffee. What a price to pay. Rest in peace. You really were the right stuff. The first live pictures I saw, was the actual landing. My Dad woke me up, at 7 in the morning, and I got to see Niel taking the giant leap for Mankind. Had I lived in the U.S.A. and not Denmark, it would probably have been, a different story. What a great Era it was. I could go on, and on. “If I see you no more in this World, see you in the next one. And don’t be late”. I think Elon Musk has picked up, where Apollo left off. America is still the place, where everything is possible.🇩🇰🙋🏻‍♂️🪐👩🏻‍🚀🇺🇸

  • @brianrobinson1259

    @brianrobinson1259

    2 жыл бұрын

    I live about 30 miles north of Virgil I “Gus” Grissom hometown and my grandmother was from there as well. Mitchell, Indiana. We have tons of memorials of him around here. She taught us all about him and the space program. I’ve studied my entire life on the space race and everything surrounding it. It’s fascinating to see people such as yourself that has been impacted by a man from such a small place and a program from halfway around the world. I’ve visited a lot of the places that enabled and helped build the mighty Saturn V! It’s difficult to find anyone under 40 that believe we actually went to the moon. It’s appalling to me that we have an entire generation of morons that believe other Morons that put out that information on KZread that don’t know anything of substance and seem to be putting out dumber people. It’s like witnessing the movie idiocracy playing out in real time!

  • @garryclelland4481

    @garryclelland4481

    Жыл бұрын

    @@brianrobinson1259 Well said

  • @KU-jh1dw

    @KU-jh1dw

    Жыл бұрын

    America - The land of Dreams

  • @ronwhite6719
    @ronwhite6719 Жыл бұрын

    I worked at Hamilton Standard 1976 to 1980 working on the new spacesuit for the space shuttle system. I was one of 6 picked from 300 designers to got to NASA JSC Houston for 6 months. So many great memories to be a part of history.

  • @KU-jh1dw

    @KU-jh1dw

    Жыл бұрын

    ❤️

  • @coasti6718

    @coasti6718

    Жыл бұрын

    you can be so proud ! my deepest respect goes out to you sir :)

  • @tiffanypennington1987

    @tiffanypennington1987

    9 ай бұрын

    Can you tell me how the spacesuit keeps them alive? No comments saying im stupid please.. want to hear it from someone that was there!

  • @Pretermit_Sound
    @Pretermit_Sound2 жыл бұрын

    3:56 15 tons of paperwork. Amazing to think that all of that information could probably fit on a half ounce flash drive now. You really have to appreciate the effort past generations put in to the accumulation of knowledge that got us to where we are today.

  • @wolfitirol8347

    @wolfitirol8347

    2 жыл бұрын

    And where is the space programm today?

  • @Pretermit_Sound

    @Pretermit_Sound

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@wolfitirol8347 Well, 2 of the more well known projects being worked on are the Artemis program which will eventually establish a permanent base on the Moon. Another pending mission is the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, which has been delayed several times for troubleshooting. NASA has a website. Most of what they do is public information, so if you’re truly interested, the comment section on KZread probably isn’t the best place to look. ✌🏻🇺🇸

  • @wolfitirol8347

    @wolfitirol8347

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Pretermit_Sound thanks for the good answer 👍

  • @user-vp1vl6yp9t

    @user-vp1vl6yp9t

    2 жыл бұрын

    One man, Mr. Werner Von Braun, did it. No American engineers did much of anything or only did very little. Evidence: None of the American Apollo Program engineers wrote any memoirs for having very little to remember and memorable to talk about, and none of their names worth mentioning for having done little, except one man, Werner Von Braun, a German Apollo Program engineer.

  • @johnconner4695

    @johnconner4695

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@user-vp1vl6yp9t completely wrong. Von may have had the idea but a whole team of “Americans” worked and developed and solved problems with the whole project. Don’t be ignorant it looks bad.

  • @takudzwamashamba7453
    @takudzwamashamba7453 Жыл бұрын

    The most impressive part was dealing with the combustion issue without CFD. this type of diligence is wild incredibly inspiring

  • @lucasRem-ku6eb

    @lucasRem-ku6eb

    Жыл бұрын

    Fluid Dynamics, he did calculations, Computational Fluid Dynamic he did not needed, he did all the calculation on his old calculating tool by hand, all scientist did that. Der Schreibt, der Bleibt !

  • @sonnyburnett8725
    @sonnyburnett87252 жыл бұрын

    Geez, some of the best audio files and comments I’ve ever heard. There’s nothing better than knowledgeable people telling it exactly as it is/was.

  • @scottculver
    @scottculver2 жыл бұрын

    Bravo! A spectacular tribute to the Saturn V and the Apollo space program.

  • @rogelioefernandez5775

    @rogelioefernandez5775

    Жыл бұрын

    The heroes

  • @peterprokop
    @peterprokop Жыл бұрын

    This is more a general video on the space race; not much information about the impact and contributions von Braun actually made and how much of a mastermind he really was.

  • @myownboss1

    @myownboss1

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes! No offense, they presented the material very well; however, the headline was ‘clickbait-ish’ because I was hoping to see more or less a biography of Von Braun, but I guess they really didn’t want to get into his life in Germany? I’ve seen other docs with him being interviewed on TV, etc so I don’t know why this doc didn’t do that….

  • @allgood6760
    @allgood67602 жыл бұрын

    Awesome... I saw Buzz Aldrin speak for an hour here in NZ in 2010 about his experience ON the Moon.. Thanks 👍🇳🇿

  • @michaelrmurphy2734
    @michaelrmurphy27342 жыл бұрын

    July, 1969. I remember when it happened. And the Revell Saturn V rocket model I had then.

  • @sonnyburnett8725

    @sonnyburnett8725

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hope you still have it. I have mine by blind luck and gotta say it makes the lego model look a bit less than what the current crowd thinks. But that’s just my opinion. I’m just happy they’re interested in the Apollo program again.

  • @jimpappas4244

    @jimpappas4244

    Жыл бұрын

    I had one...loved it...but it's gone 😭

  • @RIVERINE
    @RIVERINE2 жыл бұрын

    Big Apollo fan here. This is one the really good docs out there.

  • @lucasRem-ku6eb

    @lucasRem-ku6eb

    Жыл бұрын

    What do they tell you needed, why so political and weird? Hate communists, love the NAZI's .... really good ? You never needed any school, why Apollo fanboy then ?

  • @johnkaminsky1657
    @johnkaminsky16572 жыл бұрын

    One of the best documentiaries about this marvelous wonder of engineering I have ever seen. Thanks for the upload!

  • @burst345
    @burst3452 жыл бұрын

    Back in the 1960s, digital computing and integrated electronics were quite primitive and still under development. Handheld scientific calculators were inexistent, as well. Advanced simulation programs were not to be found anywhere. Sophisticated instantaneous communication systems, such as the Internet or cellular telephony, could only be the subject of a dream. The sheer idea of all these scientists and engineers being able to achieve such a momentous feat with the tools available at that time can be quite a sobering thought.

  • @godswill2260

    @godswill2260

    2 жыл бұрын

    and yet they lost and or destroyed all that historical evidence

  • @burst345

    @burst345

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@godswill2260 I heard so. And is so sad. Trashing all that enormous amount of knowledge.

  • @godswill2260

    @godswill2260

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@burst345 but why is the real question...seems the data would be a treasure for any future endeavors or proof of falsehoods. Bottom line is it was done with intention. It most certainly was not a accident that all the data to include hardware terminated. What say you?

  • @apolloskyfacer5842

    @apolloskyfacer5842

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@godswill2260 HOW COME NOT ONE PROFESSIONAL SPACE FLIGHT EXPERT AGREES WITH YOU ''MOON HOAXTARDS ? Were all 400,000 scientists, engineers and technicians who were involved in the Apollo Moon Program bribed or threatened into silence ? How did that world-wide cover-up work exactly ? Did everyone who earned a degree in aerospace engineering, or became an astronaut get a visit from the Men In Black, warning them not to talk about the Apollo fakery ? And what happened to those who refuse to cooperate ? Were they murdered ? Were they zapped by that little flashy thingy the MIB used to stealthily reprogramme their memories ? And how come NASA was so inept when producing all those photographs ? So clumsy in concealing the ‘fakery’ ? How come only people with no significant aerospace qualifications see all those alleged ‘anomalies’ in all those video recordings, film and photos ? While those who actually worked on the Apollo Moon Program have no doubt whatsoever about the reality of the SIX Moon Landings ? Is it really believable that unskilled amateurs can find real anomalies that the experts in the field have failed to notice ? And isn’t it rather arrogant for Moon Hoax theorists to imply that by watching a few KZread videos and looking at a few low-quality photos, they can outsmart an astronaut or an aerospace engineer with years of practical experience ? Talk about being self-delusional! Get real ! Paolo Attivissimo author of MOON HOAX: DEBUNKED.

  • @user-vp1vl6yp9t

    @user-vp1vl6yp9t

    2 жыл бұрын

    Only one man, Mr. Werner Von Braun, did it. No American engineers did much of anything or only did very little. Evidence: None of the American Apollo Program engineers wrote any memoirs for having very little to remember and memorable to talk about, and none of their names worth mentioning for having done little, except one man, Werner Von Braun, a German Apollo Program engineer. 2019 Israel failed an unmanned moon landing. The only reason I could think of is that the Israeli space program has no Germans. So did India, which failed an unmanned moon landing, has no Germans.

  • @Novak2611
    @Novak2611 Жыл бұрын

    This is like the movie Prestige. A lot of people think the moon landing happened from nowhere just like, like USA decided, today we will go to the moon and bam. That's why some people think it's fake. But in reality a lot of hard work, failures, suffering and sacrifices for more than 12 years were behind such a success.

  • @gargar1573
    @gargar15732 жыл бұрын

    I wasn't born that time but my grandparents where there in that time and they remembered it. I think it is very awesome to remember and know what happened in that time and era for the space program.

  • @gen.curtislemay8461
    @gen.curtislemay8461 Жыл бұрын

    I ❤️ Wernher von Braun

  • @bwithrow011
    @bwithrow0112 жыл бұрын

    Great documentary. Very well produced, professional in every way.

  • @MrBanzoid
    @MrBanzoid2 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant video. I remember it like it was yesterday.

  • @harmankardon478
    @harmankardon478 Жыл бұрын

    Shepard didnt go into orbit and the commentator who stated that Gagarin "only" did one orbit clearly does not understand what an achievement that was compared to shepards later flight...

  • @brianchristie2149
    @brianchristie2149 Жыл бұрын

    No contest...hands down the best video on KZread I have ever watched and I have watched 20,000 +videos covering everything in life good and bad and again can say THE BEST!!!!

  • @lucasRem-ku6eb

    @lucasRem-ku6eb

    Жыл бұрын

    Love the Nazi, hate the communists ? why you like this, not a science guy ? Army fanboy ?

  • @sonnyburnett8725
    @sonnyburnett87252 жыл бұрын

    Great video! Thank you.

  • @michaelkovalenko1429
    @michaelkovalenko1429 Жыл бұрын

    I love watching space exploration documentaries. This is one of of the best.

  • @vanveenmatt
    @vanveenmatt2 жыл бұрын

    What a great documentary about a time I wish I could have witnessed! Thanks! It's truly amazing what these people who worked on the Appollo program had accomplished.

  • @user-vp1vl6yp9t

    @user-vp1vl6yp9t

    2 жыл бұрын

    One man, Mr. Werner Von Braun, did it. No American engineers did much of anything or only did very little. Evidence: None of the American Apollo Program engineers wrote any memoirs for having very little to remember and memorable to talk about, and none of their names worth mentioning for having done little, except one man, Werner Von Braun, a German Apollo Program engineer.

  • @distantthunder12ck55

    @distantthunder12ck55

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hopefully in the next decade you can witness something similar if Space X make it to Mars. :)

  • @user-vp1vl6yp9t

    @user-vp1vl6yp9t

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@distantthunder12ck55 FYI, Israel Jews failed to land on the moon in 2019. Hopefully, Israeli Jews in the next decade can land on the moon. Of course, American Jews are much more Israeli Jews. :)

  • @badmarshall5556
    @badmarshall55562 жыл бұрын

    Spectacular and remarkable...why is tears in my eyes though?

  • @jpeterson303
    @jpeterson303 Жыл бұрын

    ✨ The God of Space Exploration ✨

  • @RJM1011
    @RJM10112 жыл бұрын

    Great to see thumbs up and thank you.

  • @MisteriosGloriosos922
    @MisteriosGloriosos9222 жыл бұрын

    *Thanks for sharing!!!*

  • @violetxiv367
    @violetxiv367 Жыл бұрын

    great documentary really fun to watch in midnight.

  • @QueenDaenerysTargaryen
    @QueenDaenerysTargaryen2 жыл бұрын

    Rocket🚀🚀 launch :: reminds me of dragon fire🔥🔥 I'm impressed👍 🔥🔥🔥🔥🐉🐲🐉🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @scottweems7420
    @scottweems742011 ай бұрын

    Earth rise! What a beautiful gift the astronauts gave us on that Christmas.

  • @abbmichael866
    @abbmichael8662 жыл бұрын

    I was 11 years old watching at midnight ( in Germany) on TV ,Armstrong and Aldrin walking on the moon, breathtaking for me...why didn't NASA go back to the moon and build a station there, to get knowledge before they want to go to Mars ?

  • @Agarwaen

    @Agarwaen

    2 жыл бұрын

    lack of money

  • @frankfahrenheit9537

    @frankfahrenheit9537

    Жыл бұрын

    The money can be spent better. E.g. educating all the MAGA fans, flat earthers , climate change deniers etc. Hmm. The climate change deniers are so quiet these days. Right, draught in California, China, Europe : this is just the weather.

  • @Amehdion
    @Amehdion2 жыл бұрын

    One of the things that they never tell you is that we are no longer able to make the F-1 rocket engine. We have the designs, the blueprints, the calculations, the materials, everything. But the skills and techniques needed to machine and create the massive parts by hand were not passed on to the next generation. Newer computer aided design and CNC techniques took over the industry and those skills were lost to time. The devil is often in the details. Maybe we can make better, more advanced, engines now but recreating these Iconic bohemoths might forevermore remain out of our grasp.

  • @davidswift9120
    @davidswift91202 жыл бұрын

    I really liked this. Still more stuff to have learned from the Apollo program.

  • @Three_Random_Words

    @Three_Random_Words

    2 жыл бұрын

    I knew a David Swift back in high school. May I ask where you went to HS? Just delete your reply/answer once I've seen it and reply back. > if there's any anonymity concerns. All I'll say for now is that it was/is a west coast state, the city starts with an S, the HS's initials are SA. We both (the DS I knew) participated in CC and maybe T also. My initials are PH, Class of '85. What are the chances, 1 in 300? 600? I looked at your channel, your taste in other channels > I sub to a lot of those to. Science-E stuff, SpaceX, etc - that fits at least.

  • @cynthia7564
    @cynthia7564 Жыл бұрын

    German engineers and physicists were also taken into the Soviet Union. They created Soviet space tech. Wernher and his team made a very good choice.

  • @uniqtraveller2162
    @uniqtraveller21623 ай бұрын

    The best documentary ever

  • @WakefieldTolbert
    @WakefieldTolbert Жыл бұрын

    Long ago, but it seems like last Thursday, I recall seeing the last Saturn V on the pad. I didn't get to witness the launch, but just seeing it in the distance was spellbinding.

  • @jb-vb8un

    @jb-vb8un

    Жыл бұрын

    I remember seeing it on a black & white TV

  • @vkorchnoifan
    @vkorchnoifan Жыл бұрын

    What an excellent docu video of the rockets that USA launched in the 1950s and 1960s. A real video history.

  • @dwightlarson6449
    @dwightlarson64492 жыл бұрын

    Thank you

  • @ivanfisher9301
    @ivanfisher9301 Жыл бұрын

    always intrigued me what state the launch pad is left in and how much work is involved to repair it for another launch

  • @Redmenace96
    @Redmenace96 Жыл бұрын

    Stage 1 and the F-1 motor is just incredible. Well said, "it is an explosion, just on the edge of precise control." You can't just trial and error a piece of equipment that expensive. The Boys had to use big brains and imagination to make that work.

  • @timespent1043
    @timespent1043 Жыл бұрын

    Werner von Braun

  • @sirmicro
    @sirmicro Жыл бұрын

    Those J2 engines/fuel choice on the 2nd and 3rd stages deserve some credit for making it possible to leave low earth orbit with any substantial mass.

  • @user-ik6ws2rp4n
    @user-ik6ws2rp4n7 ай бұрын

    The Jenias man in this world Mr. BROWN. 🙏

  • @hughmoore786
    @hughmoore7862 жыл бұрын

    Some day people will muse and say . . . The Model T Ford was truly a great automobile and an inspiration to all auto makers ! ! !

  • @Agarwaen

    @Agarwaen

    2 жыл бұрын

    some day? people have been saying that for nearly a century at this point

  • @hughmoore786

    @hughmoore786

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Agarwaen 🙊®©™ Well it was ! ! ! Unfortunately . . . we cannot all be as (lucky) Henry was ! ! !

  • @harrietharlow9929
    @harrietharlow9929 Жыл бұрын

    This was great! Absolutely gorgeous documentary, I was a chid in the early years of the space race. I remember how excited we all were as the Mercury,Gemini, and Apollo programs proceeded. And how happy and proud we were when Neil Armstrong made that first step onto the surface of the moon. It was thrilling to watch him actually taking the first step on another world! I still am awed at the Saturn V and all those flawless launches. And the hard work and dedication of a who worked on the effort to get our astronauts to the moon, everyone working to solve the problems and achieve Kennedy's dream of putting men on the moon by the end the 1960s. i'm nearly 70 now, but I hope to live to see astronauts back on the moon. It truly is time we went back.

  • @hs0zcw
    @hs0zcw Жыл бұрын

    i was watching the launch from across a little water, 9 miles away and I could hear crankle fire like in my ear. But I was standing there was not as shread of doubt where the man would walk on the moon.

  • @JamesOberg

    @JamesOberg

    Жыл бұрын

    That 'crackle' behind the thunder, and the brilliance of the flame, are surprises to most first-time experiencers of big rocket launches. Thanks for sharing.

  • @hs0zcw

    @hs0zcw

    Жыл бұрын

    @@JamesOberg I lived nearby and heard or saw several launches some from my backyard For this one, I was really surprised by the length of the fire plume out the back. As it went up the rocket is standing on a length of bright orange fire longer than its own length. That is what surprised me

  • @bakdiabderrahmane8009
    @bakdiabderrahmane80092 жыл бұрын

    just Imagine how the SLS and the StarShip will look when lunched.

  • @YDDES
    @YDDES2 жыл бұрын

    Von Braun wasn’t the only German rocket designer. He wasn’t even the only rocket designer working on the Saturn V.

  • @AnilSharma-ch2lj
    @AnilSharma-ch2lj Жыл бұрын

    I was in School in 1969 . Great success of mankind. It was declared a holiday and we played a football match

  • @Minihawk734
    @Minihawk7342 жыл бұрын

    Does anyone know what the background music is at 36:00

  • @TeW33zy
    @TeW33zy14 күн бұрын

    People forgot without that captured German Scientist there is no Apollo program. The F-1 Saturn V imploded during testing they couldn’t get the fuel instability right. However they used the German Scientist idea on his original rocket to maintain fuel stability and boom Saturn 5 was born.

  • @charlesvillegas2446
    @charlesvillegas2446 Жыл бұрын

    I wouldn’t say he was the only one but he was the centre of the project

  • @nandupatil6416
    @nandupatil64162 жыл бұрын

    Humans were on the moon before we had digital watches.

  • @emmasprout
    @emmasprout5 ай бұрын

    Von Braun's modest grave marker refers to one of his favorite biblical passages: "The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmaments showeth His handiwork."

  • @JamesOberg
    @JamesOberg Жыл бұрын

    Just to put the V-2 in perspective -- it helped us win the war sooner, saving millions. Here's why: “But as fearsome as the V-2 was, it had little strategic impact…” Freeman Dyson and other historians have written persuasively that the net effect of the V-2 program was Germany collapsing six months or more sooner due to the crushing demand for high-tech equipment and rare hi-energy fuels, that if applied to more conventional weapons could have lengthened the war leading to millions more fatalities in Europe and tens of millions in the Pacific -- including inter alia my father and uncles. So be GRATEFUL the von Braun team diverted Hitler from far more effective weapons [Speer in his memoirs confirms this ‘mistake’]. I’ll take any such happy result, inadvertent or not - and we don’t have to forget the V-2’s victims in London and the slave cave factories. The non-existence of the V-2 wouldn’t have saved such losses, it would have multiplied them. Every V-2 built was a dozen fighter jets not built, a hundred anti-aircraft rockets not built, a squad of Tiger tanks not built. The cold-blooded calculus of casualties is morally complex.

  • @jenswilke3600

    @jenswilke3600

    Жыл бұрын

    What you are writing is correct. The resources that went into the Nazi rocket programs would have caused many more deaths if spent in another fashion. I am German, and i'm a huge fan of NASA and Star Trek and the Final Frontier dream etc. I sure dont mind using the smartest rocket scientists on earth in that decade to advance development. Although it wouldnt hurt if the US was a bit more truthful and transparent about the fact that they used German engineers (i am not using the word Nazi because they were not).

  • @JamesOberg

    @JamesOberg

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jenswilke3600 -- Thanks for the reply, I worked at NASA for 20 years, met folks from all over the world.

  • @killerbeat2003

    @killerbeat2003

    10 ай бұрын

    True.

  • @silverismoney
    @silverismoney Жыл бұрын

    29:30 yeah, look into "Dr David Baker" there. See what you find.

  • @illinoisgospelfan650
    @illinoisgospelfan6508 ай бұрын

    Let's clear this up once and for all....Von Braun's name and how to pronounce it. When he was in Germany, his name was pronounced (phonetically) 'Verner Fon Brawn.' When he relocated to North Alabama, he became (phonetically) Werner Von Brown.' (his attempt at Americanizing in the American south where the southern dialect could more easily adapt). It's not truly 'Brown' or 'Brahn,' sorta a mixing of the two. Eva Braun (Adolf Hitler's wife) had the same last name and it was never pronounced 'brown.' It's more 'brawn.'

  • @jeromeprater183
    @jeromeprater1832 жыл бұрын

    31:40 ST124 Platform

  • @sandilemfeka4658
    @sandilemfeka46582 жыл бұрын

    It's a German who made it possible, without him it would have failed.

  • @loveydovey4u

    @loveydovey4u

    Жыл бұрын

    That dude was very, very smart!

  • @andym9571

    @andym9571

    8 ай бұрын

    ​@@loveydovey4uand responsible for the deaths of thousands of innocent people in Europe

  • @itzblitzyv3664
    @itzblitzyv36642 жыл бұрын

    🤯

  • @SpoopySquid
    @SpoopySquid Жыл бұрын

    Some have harsh words for this man of renown, But some think our attitude Should be one of gratitude, Like the widows and cripples in old London town Who owe their large pensions to Wernher von Braun.

  • @JamesOberg

    @JamesOberg

    Жыл бұрын

    Or the millions who did NOT die because the V-2 program bankrupted Nazi war industry, ending the war a year or more sooner.

  • @jayspik6498
    @jayspik6498 Жыл бұрын

    Story should say, ”How the Nazi’s got America too the Moon.” That would be more accurate, and truthful..

  • @Afrocanuk
    @Afrocanuk2 жыл бұрын

    Werner Von Braun made it possible for American astronauts to get to the moon, but it was John Houbolt that made sure no one got stuck there.

  • @belvert1

    @belvert1

    Жыл бұрын

    Beat me to it. If it was up to WVB, NASA would have pushed the direct ascent mode and would have failed. He built great rockets but did not create the vision; he was not the one to ‘win’ the space race. Houboult was the one who convinced WVB and everyone else to use LOR. Quite the unsung hero outside of NASA; folks within know.

  • @marcjohnson7515
    @marcjohnson75152 жыл бұрын

    Can we please put Bezos safely on Pluto?

  • @TX_BoomSlang
    @TX_BoomSlang2 жыл бұрын

    July 20 1969- nobody will ever believe this November 03 2020- hold my beer

  • @pow1983
    @pow19832 жыл бұрын

    So glad the WWII element was not glossed over

  • @chuckenomics
    @chuckenomics4 ай бұрын

    It's Braun..not Brown..js..lol..it's kind of like time team (great show btw) hearing Tony Robinson say GLACIERS

  • @sciencefaction2646
    @sciencefaction26465 ай бұрын

    Werner Von Braun - He aimed for the stars, but he kept hitting London.

  • @robsmith400
    @robsmith4002 жыл бұрын

    It's really an awesome thing that we are on the verge of Starship with its 16,000,000 lbs of lift more than double Saturn 5 but it's been half a century. edit:" thrust " not lift.

  • @fumblepizza
    @fumblepizza2 жыл бұрын

    Boeing didnt make the f1 engines Rocketdyne did they were bought by Boeing in 2013.

  • @user-yf2hv5eq8v
    @user-yf2hv5eq8v9 ай бұрын

    One Man...

  • @charlessomerset9754
    @charlessomerset975411 ай бұрын

    NASA must stop Pogo. I want that t-shirt.

  • @philippeannet
    @philippeannet Жыл бұрын

    Outstanding doc !!! Fortunately not going into this useless debate about Von Braun's nazi past... (especially as those who addressed this, did not put in the required nuances, and the complete historical context...) It's just insane what skills and leadership he must have had to overlook such a program... 370K+ people working on the same project, that's just beyond imagination !!!!

  • @sharoncassell9358

    @sharoncassell9358

    Жыл бұрын

    Politics has no place in teamwork.

  • @andym9571

    @andym9571

    8 ай бұрын

    Thousands of V1's and V2's killed thousands in Southern England. Thousands of slaves died building those rockets. What more evidence do you need ?

  • @zukijantjies1359
    @zukijantjies13592 жыл бұрын

    The real America of love, peace, progress and the best in the world, how i wish we can go back to those days of engineering for peace and human progress not the mess of casino economy. Then there was the SHUTTLE spacecraft, that was a cherry on top.

  • @Agarwaen

    @Agarwaen

    2 жыл бұрын

    peace? this was literally the vietnam era

  • @SpoopySquid

    @SpoopySquid

    Жыл бұрын

    "of love, peace" They literally used smuggled Nazi scientists

  • @trihasta4229
    @trihasta4229 Жыл бұрын

    Sunday 20 November 2022

  • @desmonddwyer
    @desmonddwyer Жыл бұрын

    Great German engineering 🤔🤔

  • @chientatuong7921
    @chientatuong7921 Жыл бұрын

    Mỹ tiếp tục triển khai tầu vụ trụ bay lên quý đạo mới

  • @RBZfun_yT
    @RBZfun_yT Жыл бұрын

    Artemis to the moon and beyond.

  • @replica1052
    @replica10522 жыл бұрын

    (to surrect planets is how to live in a universe - mars belongs to life)

  • @malcolmclayton6651
    @malcolmclayton66514 ай бұрын

    Its difficult to explain a scientific project to the general public . Many people were bewildered by its complexity and pushed for affirmative action but the project was the beginning of Americas decline . All the best .

  • @raderator
    @raderator Жыл бұрын

    The designer of the Saturn V was deported.

  • @marsspacex6065
    @marsspacex6065 Жыл бұрын

    Starship is now the most powerful rocket ever. Also it’s much larger than the nova lander.

  • @wicked1172
    @wicked11722 жыл бұрын

    Correction; Verner Von Braun put a man on the moon.

  • @Bandi582
    @Bandi5822 жыл бұрын

    "How One Man Won The Space Race For America"? The answer is that the man never had to run.

  • @fckptn5566
    @fckptn556610 ай бұрын

    I ❤️ Wernher

  • @Kxr7hik
    @Kxr7hik2 жыл бұрын

    This was uploaded earlier.

  • @SparkDocs

    @SparkDocs

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hi this is a 4K reupload as it states in the description

  • @jamiegroves5155
    @jamiegroves51554 ай бұрын

    I'm The grandson of Of General Leslie Groves, the man who built the Pentagon and The head of the Manhattan project and he always told me that He was inraged by I think he was a general Marshall he built the areo space medical facilities in Texas He tried to get a few of the really bad natzi scientists not to be brought over here He was really annoyed with the treatment of these real murderous natzi scientists I'm going to be writing my family book about my grandfather was my hero when I was born he raised me when I was a baby until he died he was practically with me All the time because He retired and when my father was a boy he was doing this stuff but He is a great piece of an American patriot and American hero

  • @edwingan1988
    @edwingan1988 Жыл бұрын

    That honour should go to Stanley Kubrick

  • @user-ly3nv2gc7g
    @user-ly3nv2gc7g2 жыл бұрын

    pointed one well how do too moon or sun . becoos love moon menbers 3th. moer stafe is it today.

  • @shazash1
    @shazash12 жыл бұрын

    On the day Grissom died, he stuck a lemon on the command module cockpit door, implying the mission was a joke and a failure. Go check out this fact.

  • @steverodgers8425

    @steverodgers8425

    2 жыл бұрын

    Another lie fool. Grissom hung a lemon on the CM simulator and not on the day he died, shit for brains.

  • @apolloskyfacer5842

    @apolloskyfacer5842

    2 жыл бұрын

    Typical 'brain dead' comment by a Troll.

  • @neilarmstrongsson795

    @neilarmstrongsson795

    2 жыл бұрын

    I read somewhere that grissom was becoming something of a concern for nasa. It's no surprise that 'things happen' to people, especially back then, when cover ups were rife.

  • @steverodgers8425

    @steverodgers8425

    2 жыл бұрын

    son you lie! I have over 40 books about the Apollo program. And I've read many more. Nowhere I have encountered an assertion the NASA was concerned with Grissom's demeanor. If there were concerns it would have come through Gus's best friend Deke Slayton. You are a creator of mythology. A lie to create a perception that NASA was a progenitor of plotting and executing members of it's astronaut Corps. It is a shameful contention designed to buttress your absurd assertions of subterfuge. Get over yourself Skippy, you are nothing more than a third rate troll. Your shit is all fucked up!

  • @neilarmstrongsson795

    @neilarmstrongsson795

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@steverodgers8425 Well then all those books you read must have had quite a few pages missing as there was beef between nasa and grissom concerning the opening of a hatch that was dropped into the ocean. On that basis I don't think you know the subject matter very well and I have to question your credibility. I believe you are one of those who specifically infiltrate comment sections using vile terminology such as 'troll' to somehow try to validate yourself and your beliefs. You should be ashamed of yourself as truth is something you should seek, not hide from.

  • @jaydelrosario8119
    @jaydelrosario81192 жыл бұрын

    Torch tip end ceramics

  • @aaronlee4323
    @aaronlee43232 жыл бұрын

    52min 52years

  • @justinvines7577
    @justinvines75772 жыл бұрын

    Buy QBLAQ, its at .13 cents and we could boom it up big!! invested on SoFi

  • @lawrencestrabala6146
    @lawrencestrabala6146 Жыл бұрын

    Poor Laika

  • @setituptoblowitup
    @setituptoblowitup Жыл бұрын

    🗽🇺🇲🚀⚙️

  • @peterdollins3610
    @peterdollins3610 Жыл бұрын

    The Americans were terrified out of their wits, how could anyone forget such mad hysteria?

  • @joemag6032

    @joemag6032

    3 ай бұрын

    I was born in 1950. Neither I, nor any of my friends, nor our families, were terrified out of our wits. Gosh, if only you could have been there to instruct us, Doctor Delusional .

  • @paulpark1170
    @paulpark1170 Жыл бұрын

    One man....no way...millions of men and women made it happen. Von Braun was one of nmany.

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