In the series timeline we reach the 2010s, where Scott Manley, CEO of Flight Scrape Ltd, wins yet another military order for advanced anti-air missiles and using the profits, he retires playing Herbal Taste Program, a gastronomy simulation game. Meanwhile, KosmosX lands a returning first stage in front of the Kremlin, to celebrate Putin winning Amnesty International's "Golden Knight" award for the fifth year in succession. Boeing delivers the SLS system six months ahead of schedule.

@zhongxina5627

4 жыл бұрын

Best comment ever.

@TheTeufelhunden68

4 жыл бұрын

so neow body told you to abrpigherd Sntenas. YUR an ecpertt.

@Brixxter

4 жыл бұрын

Nice comment. The SLS part had me dying

@Krzysztof_z_Bagien

4 жыл бұрын

Noone would ever belive something like this. SLS ahead of schedule? Come on, man :D

@CaseyFinSF

4 жыл бұрын

@@Krzysztof_z_Bagien Couldn't have said it better myself👍🏻

"For all Soviet people around the world, for all workers... whatever." - First Russian on the Moon 5:12

@davidwuhrer6704

4 жыл бұрын

It would actually have been "for all mankind". Except in Russian, of course.

@noop9k

4 жыл бұрын

David Wührer of course not for all mankind, capitalists have to be eradicated! :) Soviets were always (officially) saying things like “for the workers of the world” and other such bullshit.

@noop9k

4 жыл бұрын

Tosik Lol, what a bullshit

@lmaoroflcopter

3 жыл бұрын

@@noop9k have you watched the show? Because there is already a plotline developing around that. USA TV reported: "for the Marxist lennenist movement" Russian Astronaut: "it's the moon, like we said, it's for everyone."

@nikolabobic661

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidwuhrer6704 lmao no way

I've seen the first episode and clearly the main cause for all the american space programm failers was the fact, that Gene wasn't wearing one of his lucky white vests

@scottmanley

4 жыл бұрын

A well thought out, intelligent and funny comment from someone who actually watched the show.

The final six episodes were truly awesome, particularly for all the action scenes in space. It's IMO the best show currently on AppleTV+.

SRB's for landing stability, you say...? Time to mock that up in KSP lol

@AM-hf9kk

4 жыл бұрын

That's one way to eliminate the "Minmus Bounce."

@DaveF.

4 жыл бұрын

Could be tricky - see Hajile

@dylanjohnstone5119

4 жыл бұрын

Actually with the suspension on kerbal landing gear it would propably result in a bigger rebound or death by kracken

It seems to me that Gordo and Tracy Stevens are modeled after Gordon Cooper and Trudy Olson Cooper. She was the only astronaut wife who was a pilot and they had a stormy relationship that ended in divorce.

@odysseusrex5908

4 жыл бұрын

That's interesting. the fact that she was a pilot is most definitely not brought out in The Right Stuff, either the book or the movie. That would have been an interesting detail to have mentioned.

@isaachoffman2607

3 жыл бұрын

Odysseus Rex they made Right Stuff into a movie? Damn I should watch that

@minhducnguyen674

3 жыл бұрын

What's she's based on a real person? No wonder why I feel her character so real and unreal at the same time

@lohring

3 жыл бұрын

@@minhducnguyen674 She was a real person. The only information I know of is in the book The Astronauts Wives Club.

You know what the most underrated part of this channel is? Non toxic comments section that has a lot of discussion about germane subjects.

I binge watched it last night and I have to say, it’s awesome! I love how it steadily diverges from our own timeline and leads to technological and social differences. Great show!

I find the idea of von Braun being pushed out because the organization became more militarized a bit incongruous. I don't think he would be ill equipped to readjust back to working under military patronage.

@audience2

4 жыл бұрын

It is very ridiculous

@MollyGermek

4 жыл бұрын

It's amazing they didn't try to find _more_ Nazis in that alternate history.

@scottmanley

4 жыл бұрын

The real Von Braun also drove desegregation programs at NASA www.npr.org/2019/07/22/744023616/as-nasas-apollo-space-program-grew-alabama-was-pressured-to-desegregate

@Swarm509

4 жыл бұрын

I haven't seen the show but was he pushed out because he was a former Nazi or just because he wasn't within the military being just a US citizen/civilian? I would assume the military would still be using civilian companies as contractors so he should still be able to design/work on space program items. I imagine he would still be pushing hard for his Mars mission.

@freezatron

4 жыл бұрын

this show is not shy about denigrating historical figures who did good things ... or at least just the straight white men, because it's ok these days to do that if not indeed applauded ....

Great video! The "technical difficulties paled in comparison to the difficulties to get the teams working together and gaining political leverage" is the best TLDR; of the Soviet (and current ex-USSR countries) engineering difficulties I've heard so far. Besides, as for Appollo X, I believe they were not carrying enough fuel to re-take off in case of landing - specifically to discourage the team to attempt to land before the carefully selected Appollo 11 team was send in.

Funnily enough, I just watched "The Engines that came in from the cold" This is a good follow on 👍🏻

@illuminati.official

4 жыл бұрын

Great documentary. Korolev was a visionary, and a ballsy one.

@motokid6008

4 жыл бұрын

That's on Amazon too! Woot! Always been looking to watch this in decent quality. Last I saw it was on KZread at 480p.

@Astro_Ape

4 жыл бұрын

Was it any good??.... BTW, love your channel Simply Space! Keep it up!!

On the less fictional side, I highly recommend a book "Chasing the Moon" by Robert Stone, which is amazing story about how the dream of flying to space and to the Moon became real.

@jimoberg3326

4 жыл бұрын

Concur, there's a lot to like in the book. The drumbeat of 'what-about-Nazis?' and 'NASA was mean to women and minorities' is a bit tiresome.

The show is awesome!!!!! It’s interesting to see what could have changed in the space race if we weren’t the first to the moon. Looking forward to season 3.

Zefram Cochrane Jacqueline Cochran THERE IS ANOTHER

@dosmastrify

4 жыл бұрын

Ever read the book star trek Federation? Totally different from first contact but still a decrnt read!

@RWBHere

4 жыл бұрын

She might have inspired his name.

@DrumToTheBassWoop

3 жыл бұрын

Watch the space for any scientists specialising in rocket technology with the name Cochran. 👀

Seeing Korolev in the last episode was such a great nerd gem. This series got those in spades, Sea Dragon, alternative Soyuz-Apollo and all, but showing Korolev was the best one so far.

I'm glad you caught that Teddy part because I have a feeling that's going to play into future episodes.

A massive thank You for sharing those pieces of history! (And a special thank You for mention the history around Jerrie Cobb, a realy interesting carracter, in my opinion she deserve better than just be forgotten in the past.)

5:00 That is so cool, and genius. I really want to recreate this in KSP now.

@Psycorde

4 жыл бұрын

People been using similar methods in videogames with vehicle construction to make wall/ceiling crawlers for a long time now, it's pretty cool But only viable with limitless fuel, of course, since you need consistent thrust over a long period of time to be able to move on these surfaces without falling off

Lol, only geeks would pick up on some of those details.... Scott, you are one of my most trusted space news sources.... Keep up the great videos....🤓😎

Rocket scientists of the world, unite!

“Drove his car into a lake” yup, little problem

I loved it. The way it used all the stuff I remember from my childhood in different situations. The nostalgia trip coupled with a great story arc had me utterly hooked.

Thanks Scott. Keep it up.

Learned some fascinating new history!

I love the idea of alternative histories! Asking the question of "what would happen if America lost the space race" is one I've asked myself before and this show seems like something that I'll enjoy a lot. I'll have to check it out some time and thanks for bringing it to my attention!

Just binge watched the whole series and loved it. Great, great... show!

@dallas_barr

3 жыл бұрын

Haha, did the same thing after last Scott's video about using the Space Shuttle for Moon Transfer. Really enjoyed the show also.

Thanks, Scott. Looking forward to this video. I was hoping it was going to be about Voyager 2's news about exiting the solar system. Thanks for this one!

@scottmanley

4 жыл бұрын

How many times has it exited? Duly noted, I'll pencil in an update about that.

@RUNDNB85

4 жыл бұрын

@@scottmanley he's a bit slow on that news, 1 year ago yesterday it reached interstellar space.

@markuop

4 жыл бұрын

@@RUNDNB85 No need to be condescending. "Science" news website are releasing articles about the subject. This person probably hasn't picked up the fact that it was only a confirmation over analysis of data from last year. I'm sure you never make any mistake...

@RUNDNB85

4 жыл бұрын

@@markuop who said I was being condescending, simply pointing out his mistake and he obviously didn't read the article because it would state when we crossed into ism.

Thanks Scott...You are the best...!

Just realized you have the ship from The Last Starfighter in the background, very cool.

@Snuckster2

4 жыл бұрын

one of the most underrated movies of the 80s and the premise came around at the perfect time in my young childhood. The music is CRIMINALLY underrated oh and the Gunstar is similar to Babylon 5 Starfury in that they seem somewhat plausible designs

@odysseusrex5908

4 жыл бұрын

@@Snuckster2 I just loved seeing Robert Preston. He made anything he was in good.

I love that intro

Nice summation, good show. What could have been..., but probably couldn't have been. It makes it more enjoyable in a way, I think.

That moment when Scot talks about watchmen got me to happy. I worked that show as a cop it was so much fun to film

@scottmanley

4 жыл бұрын

Cool.. I guess you're a guy in a yellow mask?

@terrencegoens1582

4 жыл бұрын

@@scottmanley yes sir theres a few episodes that I got to do some arrest and be apart of scenes with cool cg stuff but that's towards episode 5 and 6

The series is great, I really enjoyed it and can recommend, the space scenes are fantastic. If you love space, starships etc you will love it , ps. alternate stories too

@ascherlafayette8572

3 жыл бұрын

I like it but the astronaut training is a joke. They shove people into dangerous vehicles without giving them any training. And the special effects are really bad sometimes.

Great video, very interesting thank you commander Manley

@linyenchin6773

4 жыл бұрын

You his Ensign? Who's in charge of engineering? Where is my Gundam?

@caonabo2

4 жыл бұрын

@@linyenchin6773 Commander Manley is in charged of engineering via Kerbal Space Software. I'm the political officer (for both KGB and CIA) Any more questions and you'll become the first human satellite. Without life support.🔥🚀🛰⛄☄

@linyenchin6773

4 жыл бұрын

@@caonabo2 I'm a Newtype = Spacenoid life is the life for me. You lot on the Earth, your souls are tied down by gravity, that's why you are constantly clashing where cooperation is the better option for mankind as a whole. *Giant Robot Lives Matter!!*

@caonabo2

4 жыл бұрын

@@linyenchin6773 Ok, I'll talk to my guys, we will "suspend" your joyride. For now.

30 engines, wow. Good job on your countin’ Scott, I couldn’t count all of those because of the size of that. Thanks for saying that.

I just started watching for all mankind and it is awesome.

This was uploaded on my birthday

It’s definitely a fun show, and well worth checking out for those of us that enjoy historical “what if’s”.

@bthsr7113

4 жыл бұрын

What ifs are my jam.

@llamallama1509

4 жыл бұрын

@@bthsr7113 But what if they weren't?

I haven’t watched it yet, but it’s honestly the one reason I subscribed to Apple TV+. I’m going to start the series ASAP :-)

I have been replaying the intro for 10 minutes now

Hey Scott, as a huge fan of yours and your work: I am visiting LA in the next two weeks, can you recommend a good bar where i might have a chance to buy you a beer? Love your work!

@scottmanley

4 жыл бұрын

I live in San Francisco which is 500 miles north of LA

I came for the outro music. Thanks and sly fafe.

I've just started watching the show. No doubt I am watching more from an entertainment slant than you might be but I'm really enjoying it. The end of episode one was a real heart stopped. It was like WHAT! What on earth happens now.

I'm still ticked off they stole the title of the movie of the actual footage of the Apollo moon landings for a fictional series.

@lmaoroflcopter

3 жыл бұрын

Why? It's a fictional adaptation of the true story and the phrase is the core plotline for the entire series. That movie, stole it from Neil Armstrong's speech. And he stole it from JFK.

Scott, sometimes the moniker "Loud American" is both earned and deserved, even here in the states. You mentioned the revision of history where Ted Kennedy doesn't drive off the bridge on Martha's Vineyard. Had that actually been the case, there might be less friction between the Deep South of the US and the much more proper New Englanders. Several years ago on a day trip from Hyannis, MA to Martha's Vineyard I paid a fare to ride a school bus around the island that was driven by a summer volunteer. When I hit the first step of the bus the driver asked in a very clipped New England accent where I wanted to go. Without hesitation, I expressed my desire to ride out to Edgartown to visit the Ted Kennedy Underwater Driving School. The cold stare I received instead of the expected chuckle knocked me back off that first step and back into the parking lot!

Nice rocket storage shelf

Got a follow up video in the works for this show? Would be keen to hear your thoughts. Just completed it, far from perfect, but still looking forward to season two.

Did you make that very cool nick-nack shelve behind you? And love the show!

Episode 04 is my favourite so far. The tribute to Jerrie Cobb in the end credits is a very nice touch. P.S. You should have mentioned that this video contains spoilers. Just sayin'😎

Hello Scott, thanks for another great episode, and now, if you will allow, for something completely different. I've been discussing with some people on the LabPadre Discord, the questions posed below and hope that you will find the time to weigh in in your typical pithy style; What do you think about the giant window array shown in SpaceX renders near the nose of Starship? To me this is clearly far more complex, heavy, vulnerable to failure, subject to undesirable thermal and optical excursions and far more costly than a mostly continuous steel hull. I understand the psycological and aesthetic reasons for real windows, but the engineering and economic tradeoffs would seem to argue for using some form of internal display (projetors, screens, head mounted displays, etc) in place of spaceworthy windows, to give passengers the impression of seeing outside without poking a giant hole in the hull to accomodate the large panoramic forward window panels. In Mars transit, I believe there are technical means other than windows that could be devised to provide a sufficiently immersive experience to at least equal that of widows, while also using fewer, more modestly sized transparent windows for direct passive observation where necessary or desirable to minimize costs and risks while serving the needs of the passengers for a sense of connection to space. It is also true that such means could provide an immersive sense of connection to orher places as, such as locales on Earth or Mars or any place else with appropriately formatted video files. This would provide psycological benefits passive windows cannot. In LEO and Lunar excursion modes perhaps there are compelling economic and aesthetic arguments enough to outweigh the risks and costs of traditional spaceworthy windows. Anyway, I would appreciate hearing your thoughts on this. Will the giant window ever fly?

The WAPO podcast "Moonrise" is a very well done series. Main focus is the on the politics and the influence of Science Fiction on the "Space Race"

Haha I was waiting for your opinion on it ^^

I really enjoyed the first episode of "For All Mankind," _especially_ the very last scene. Without giving away any spoilers, I'll just say that it merged a part of real history with fiction and ended up making something that felt like it came right out of Kerbal Space Program. Kind of gets you thinking about how things could have gone.

Love the intro

Amazing intro to this video ngl

I'd like to see this, already so many streaming services I"m on though, can't get yet another. Hopefully it'll come to DVD or something.

Apollo 10's Lunar Module, as well as Apollo 9's, was an early model from before the super weight reduction program and really couldn't be used for a lunar landing.

Your voice was a bit low on this video. Regardless, another great content

Mr Manley, I am questioning your sanity in choosing to come to Illinois in the middle of November. On the other hand I am really looking forward to hearing you speak in person.

@WolfTronix

4 жыл бұрын

When and where?

@RuudErik

4 жыл бұрын

@@WolfTronix www.nise.us/conf-2019-free.html I found out about it through SpaceXcentrics recent video. kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z6B-x8Vmkd3dY5M.html

Just finished Season 2 and really enjoyed it. Buran referenced heavily. Would be interesting to revisit and get your perspective.

Love ya Scott

11:38 "Mission control looks really good but there's all sort of minor things [wrong with it]". I love your videos! The "Creating the World: Season 1" extra offered under the Episode List on Apple TV+ says at 00:50 "[Steve Oster, Co-Executive Producer] ...the Mission Control set... is an exact replica of the original Mission Control at NASA circa 1969. Our art department has made this to the square inch [sic]. [Former? Astronaut Garrett Reisman Technical Advisor] The attention to detail is unbelievable and the accuracy is incredible. Especially in Mission Control. The hinges on the door, the color of the paint, the pens on the desk. It's perfect down to the smallest detail" and goes on even more. So, I'm a fan of the show BUT I BELIEVE *YOU*! *WHAT* didn't they get right?! Inquiring minds want to know!

Scott have you done or will do a video about the 1968 movie "Countdown" where an astronaut goes to the moon in a Gemini spacecraft? He finds a deceased Soviet cosmonaut on the moon and I read that the idea of using Gemini might have been considered for the moon.

@johncrowerdoe5527

4 жыл бұрын

Gemini was a testing and training program for Apollo. It is where they perfected such things as docking the LM to the CM and doing spacewalks. Reusing more Gemini components in Apollo could have been a crunch option if some critical Apollo subproject failed to deliver, but the 1968 movie date suggest that the studio simply lacked ideas of actual Apollo design at the time of writing and filming.

So close to one million

Nice starship model in the background

The N-1 sure is aesthetically pleasing!

@bcubed72

4 жыл бұрын

Yes; it's one hell of an awesome fireworks display!

@snuffeldjuret

4 жыл бұрын

it sure is!

@odysseusrex5908

4 жыл бұрын

I agree, beautiful rocket.

@henrikoskela

4 жыл бұрын

Crude looking but hot staging would have been amazing looking

@sketchesofpayne

4 жыл бұрын

God, no. It looks like a toy.

Can you do a video on things you own that are space related

Show summery: Producers: "We need more space scenes, because the show is supposed to be about going to space" Writers: "We need space suites for space scenes" Producers: "We don't have the production budget for space suites...here is a case of duck tape, make do"

For the happiness of all mankind.

This intro is still the best intro known to life.

I'm surprised scott didn't bring up the Sea Dragon scene.

For more on Jackie Cochran I think Amy Shira Teitel's Fighting for Space is great. I loved that book.

Nice

This is cool

I just love Tracy Stevens and Molly Cobb!Tracy is like the new breed of women astronauts,while Cobb is typical old school,tough as nails no filter. wo them i wouldnt have gone beyond "red moon".

Thanks for reminding me that I have the same small X-Wing

2 Best introns IN A ROW?????????

@Scott Manley did you see the post credit scene at the end of the last episode? It was the sea launch of some giant rocket? Do you know anything about what this would have been based on?

@underman77

4 жыл бұрын

It's the Sea Dragon rocket concept: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Dragon_(rocket)

Королёв is not "ko-ROL-lee-yef", it's "ko-ro-LÖF". Алексей Леонов is not "ah-LEK-si LEE-on-of" but "ah-lek-SAY lee-ON-of"...

@abelzatyko1513

4 жыл бұрын

Isn't it more like ko-rol-YOV? At least they taught us way back when that ë was supposed to be pronounced like that.

@mysterymete

4 жыл бұрын

If you crazy bastards would use real letters, it wouldn't be a problem.

@linarionschonmar1572

4 жыл бұрын

I just think it would sound weird if he did a more russian pronounciation as it would break his speech pattern. For example: If i speak english I never use the german pronounciation for words like Hamburg or Berlin as I find it weird and it causes me to make a kind of mental pause. What i am trying to say is: the way Scott pronounces Korolev and Leonev is much better suited for the english language than if he would stay true to the russian way. I do appreciate the info tho :)

@digitalk68

4 жыл бұрын

@@linarionschonmar1572 it is disrespectful and ignorant not to try speak correct way.

@robgoodsight6216

4 жыл бұрын

@@linarionschonmar1572 Gut gesagt! :D to every language...its pronunciation!

I waited for this video =) I knew that someone is gonna show all the ties to IRL events and history. Thank you. Also, now I have a crippling depression over the fact, that we (USSR/Russia) didn't make it to the Moon and, most probably, never will.

Where can I get that starship model in the background

@rhover

4 жыл бұрын

might be from Oli Braun www.buzzspacemodels.com/

7:24 the race for the BASS!! SLAP LIKE NOW!

Long live Scott Manly !

Had not known about the space walk required to get into/out of the descent/ascent module/lander in the proposed Soviet lunar effort. That is crazy.

@phuzz00

4 жыл бұрын

IIRC the original plan was to to land an unmanned LK first. Then they'd also land a modified Lunokhod to check out the unmanned lander, and make sure it was ok for use as a backup. Then they'd try and get the manned lander as close as possible to the backup, and if something went wrong in the landing (say, too many boulders on the landing site?), the cosmonaut would be driven to the backup lander on the back of the Lunokhod rover. All pretty Kerbal ;) Edit, I've just double checked, and they would have launched TWO Lunokhod's, one to check out the backup landing site before the LK-R landed, and one to check out the intended manned landing site.

@jeffvader811

4 жыл бұрын

@@phuzz00 That's kinda like the Mars Direct plan with the two ERVs.

@aerospacenews

4 жыл бұрын

@@phuzz00 It would have been an epic adventure had they actually made it far enough along to try their plan. Thanks for the additional details.

A video about the ammonia burning xlr99 rocket motor of the x15 would be interesting...not much info about it on youtube.

Good lad Manley.

Can you make a follow up since season has now aired ?

Scott, why didn't you told us you'll appear is s2e9? :)))

I’ll rather watch “From the Earth to the Moon” again.

@justinsisson9864

4 жыл бұрын

Just finished watching from the earth to the moon for the second time recently 👍

@scottmanley

4 жыл бұрын

It's a fine show, but I don't need to keep rewatching the same thing.

@justinsisson9864

4 жыл бұрын

@@scottmanley I may have to check this new show out after all : )

@tomf3150

4 жыл бұрын

I'd rather read the book (J. Vernes) again.

@motokid6008

4 жыл бұрын

Im so glad that finally made it onto Amazon.

I read that they deliberately under fueled the the decent stage of the Apollo 10 LEM so the astronauts could not attempt a landing at all for that mission.

@silaskuemmerle2505

4 жыл бұрын

They probably wouldn't have attempted it anyway, you didn't become a test pilot by disregarding orders.

@jimoberg3326

4 жыл бұрын

It's just not true, they had to reproduce stage mass at the segments they were practicing.

@freezatron

4 жыл бұрын

they could have used other stuff to simulate stage mass... and yeah, they under fueled it but that said test pilots are some of the most disciplined people around take Scott Crossfield for instance, he had the chance to be the first man to fly the X15 into space on his last flight but wasn't in the schedule so he didn't ..

@owensmith7530

4 жыл бұрын

The Apollo 10 LEM was too heavy to land and return to orbit, it couldn't have carried enough fuel to do it. Grumman were still working on getting the weight down.

@odysseusrex5908

4 жыл бұрын

@@freezatron I have never read that they underfueled. It is not mentioned in 'We Reach The Moon" or by Michael Collins in his memoir, 'Carrying the Fire' (Both highly recommended by the way). What is your source for this?

I didn’t realise the Apollo service module used hypergolic propellant, I always thought it used hydrogen.

Check yo lav mic. Was behind a small fold, not great position, and audio was quiet. But good video!!!

that's one small step for slavs, one giant leap for blyat kind

Low volume?

Korolev was 100% assassinated by the KGB. He had spent the better part of the preceding decade at odds with the military, who wanted Soviet space efforts devoted to military projects, and saw the moonshot as a waste of time and money. Glushko had a lot of pull with the military leadership - Korolev didn't. Glushko was notoriously a yes-man who did whatever the Politburo demanded - Korolev wasn't. Getting Korolev out of the way let the USSR focus its' main efforts on military payloads, and killed their moon project in the process.

I doubt Korolev surviving would have brought the Soviets on the moon before the US. It was Korolev himself to struck down the test stand of the N1. The Soviets resolved their Moon plans only in late 1964, by that time the F-1 was ready and the Soviets still did not abandon completely work on a LEO space station. In 1966 when Korolev died a month later NASA flight tested the J-2 while the F-1 had long completed ground testing, conversely the USSR had not sent a man in space since almost a year and would not send one for yet another year after.

I heard somewhere that NASA filled the lunar lander only halfway for Apollo 10, so that they wouldn’t be tempted to land on the moon, because if they did they wouldn’t have enough fuel to leave the lunar surface

I like the last comment by Patricio Brum. Gave up on TV a long time ago

Karma! That's what you get for sending Korolev to the Gulag! What a great man.. Edit: for those that don't know, he died during heart surgery; it is believed that the Gulag played a role in his death. This pretty much ended competent Soviet testing for the N1, among other issues mentioned in the video

@odysseusrex5908

4 жыл бұрын

It was intestinal surgery, but, yeah.

Can you please +++ the sound?