My personal favourite moment from this documentary is at 44:19

@rogerkearns8094

3 жыл бұрын

Mine's 42:31 - nice knees, Maggie! ;)

@lunarmodule5

3 жыл бұрын

@@rogerkearns8094 lmao

@thomasfholland

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah Young finally showed how human he really was.

@lunarmodule5

3 жыл бұрын

@@thomasfholland i always thought that this video showed a different, real side to John than usually portrayed

@Esteb86

10 ай бұрын

@@lunarmodule5 The laughing at then end about his epitaph was so genuine. Like he's thinking, " why would anyone write anything about me?" He was always portrayed as extremely serious, which he was when needed to be. But he was also a human being who loved what he did, and just wanted to do it right.

John Young “Superstar” Yet the most humble, down to Earth of all the astronauts.

A shame he’s often overshadowed by other astronauts who did less than him, but that doesn’t distract from the incredible things he did. He’s in my opinion, the greatest American astronaut. RIP, Mighty John Young.

@djbeezy

2 жыл бұрын

By who? I can think of a few that overshadow him but their credentials are just as impressive. Neil Armstrong, Story Musgrave, John Glenn etc. I do agree that he is the least talked about of all that deserve recognition.

@wilfred8326

Жыл бұрын

@@djbeezy Bill I think Young's accomplishments are equal to those mentioned. What about Charles "Pete" Conrad? His Apollo 12 flight to the moon was amazing with it's amazing pinpoint landing near Surveyor 3. His crewmate Alan Bean.... both went on to Amazing accomplishments in Skylab. Skylab proved that man had a place in space and could perform meaningful repairs and activities ON A SPACECRAFT NOT DESIGNED FOR IT. If NASA hadn't rescued Skylab in 73, (Conrad's crew), and regular servicing of Apollo Telescope Mound by all 3 crews proved that men could meaningfully later service Hubble (which unfortunately needed glasses). I also think of Joe Engle, who already had Astronaut Wings when selected due to his X-15 work, as well later work on Enterprise w/the Approach + Landing Tests and Columbia.

@djbeezy

Жыл бұрын

@@wilfred8326 For me personally I would also mention John Blaha. 2 times as a shuttle pilot. 2 times as a commander. Spent time on MIR. He is in the hall of fame too. I am biased since he is my cousin lol.

@pietervandenkeybus6542

Жыл бұрын

That was part of his greatness. Only the greatest achieve so much without identifying their performance with their ego. For him, he did everything with the powers nature provided him with. He understood that this is a humbling position. Very ordinary people - even with a dysfunction - might do everything in their power to achieve all that is possible within their limits as well, but there will be no applause, no statue and no record in the books of history. Some of ego’s might have overshadowed him in terms of attracting attention with their performance. What I believe his biggest achievement was, is that - if you look very closely to the interviews he gave - he deliberately minimized his abilities and kind of normalized the insane complexity of what he was working on. I believe that was his transcendent contribution to his natural capacities in order to bring the general public more involved - as if they might consider themselves to be involved in such unimaginable tasks. I remember he replied once to a reporter in an interview after STS-1, that he simply wasn’t smart enough to comprehend everything about the operation and the shuttle and had to rely on what other people told him. It we would discuss the contrast between John Young and Alan Shepard regarding ego, we would soon be talking on cosmic scales.😂 Nevertheless when it was showtime with Shepard, I loved him for that ability just as well. His godlike “act” made him to one of the better stand-up comedians ever. It’s sad to see that our society - at least seems - to be incapable of reproducing these heroes with grand personalities. It’s all down to money, with achievements that don’t inspire anyone on a larger scale. To finish this message and to honor what people are capable of in a stimulating environment, I close with a quote of Charles Bukowski that better suits todays ways and shortsightedness; “It’s all so boring. People are so boring that I even can’t stand talking with them anymore. Let it die I say. Let’s make way for a new beginning. It’s awfull.” Charles Bukowski

@Esteb86

10 ай бұрын

I don't think Young is overshadowed. I think he flew under the radar to fame, which is how he wanted it. Those within NASA, and those who follow human spaceflight understand his significance. Neil was just like John. Quite, reserved, highly capable. He didn't like the limelight, but the moonlanding thrust it upon Neil.

My favourite astronaut !! Humble and brilliant and super experienced !! Legend !!!!!!!

@sergei6572

Жыл бұрын

I fully agree with you in assessing the human and professional qualities of John Young. At my home in St. Petersburg, his autographed photo, sent to me as a souvenir in 1995, is carefully kept.

This man shaped my whole adult life and the way i do things perhaps even the way i think about everything. Thank you

@lunarmodule5

3 жыл бұрын

Welcome..hope u enjoyed it

Much appreciated LM5 - John Young was a remarkable man - NASA was indeed fortunate to have someone of his calibre at the critical periods of manned spaceflight development !

@lunarmodule5

3 жыл бұрын

You are more than welcome John

I learnt about the amazing career of John Young just some months prior to his death and remember being so saddened when he passed away 😢. One of a few

I’ve been waiting for this! A top bloke indeed. NASA’s most experienced astronaut.

@lunarmodule5

3 жыл бұрын

He was my hero as a young person and still is 40 years on

@michaelmangano1732

3 жыл бұрын

@@lunarmodule5 I deducted that from your comments. It’s funny how, since my dad left growing up, I really took to these men as role models in character and interests.

@lunarmodule5

3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelmangano1732 interesting, I was the same, perhaps in retrospect I was doing that too 40 years ago. I also think my passion for all things spaceflight fueled a deep administration of these men, amazing to think about what they accomplished .. and still amazes me today

I was lucky to meet this great American in Clear Lake, Texas, and I can say with certainty, that he was a true American hero!

What an extraordinary man!

Never gets old. Forever Young, indeed. Thanks for this Simon. Not a bad second of film to be found in this one.

@lunarmodule5

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jim, this is one of my favourite docs. And is taken directly from my original VHS recording 38 years ago

@jamesfrangione8448

3 жыл бұрын

@@lunarmodule5 fantastic stuff!

Best astronaut ever? What an absolute legend. His book is amazing too

This was a British doc and this guy was the real-life Action Man to me. Who are the male role models of this calibre for kids today?

Rip JOHN Young (1930-2018) my 5 of 12 favorite astronaut RIP

@ApolloVIIIYouAreGoForTLI

3 жыл бұрын

I just wrote out my 1 & 2 favourite Astronauts in a comment above & almost deleted it thinking it’ll read like a kid listing his favourite Pokémons...... Glad I’m not the only one with a “My favourite Apollo/Gemini/Mercury astronauts list”

His autobiography is awesome. All John Young fans should read it.

He was one of a kind. Fair well and following seas John Young.

Bro, i thank you, i salute you, i respect you, and i certainly appreciate everything you do for us!

@lunarmodule5

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you are enjoying the week, its a wonderful thing to look back at this flight

John Young is my favorite astronaut since i watch STS-1 in 1981 and starting to learn about this amazing man!

With the Space Shuttle, the spaceship became the superstar and the Astronauts were supporting actors

What John Young did at NASA will never be duplicated.

At 26:23 he finally put on a big smile!! “You could barely lift your big toe”. So thankful you uploaded this documentary about Young! 👍👍👍❤️

@lunarmodule5

3 жыл бұрын

Welcome Thomas

The most decorated aviator the general public has hardly heard about, that's a shame.

The astronaut with the best CV.

My favorite astronaut

Just amazing he doesn't realise how amazing he is!

@lunarmodule5

3 жыл бұрын

As he used to say.." not too bad for government work!"

He is an astronaut to the astronauts. God blessed him to be an extraordinary person in this world and beyond the earth.

He saw it all, amazing!

Met him on Rice campus in Houston. He could only speak about impacts and associated threats. Man with focus and purpose. Despite all the space flights always remained grounded.

Thanks for finding this old documentary, and didn't Maggie have a great pair of legs..👌

It was such an injustice that he was removed from the hubble space telescope deployment flight

@lunarmodule5

3 жыл бұрын

Agree

@pateva2003

3 жыл бұрын

I have to search for the article but from what I understand it was because he was very vocal about the safety of the space shuttle program that caused the Challenger failure and the suits upstairs did not appreciate that.

@incargeek

3 жыл бұрын

Patrick Veljanovich His famous memo, that caused a stir at the time, was an accurate prediction of how attitudes, and the shuttle program, actually matured. Basically, everything he suggested in the memo became SOP in the manned program, and was solidified even more after Columbia in 2003. Its a fascinating memo.

@djbeezy

2 жыл бұрын

He was? I didn't know that. I thought he had long since retired before Hubble was launched.

@wilfred8326

Жыл бұрын

@@djbeezy Hubble was due for 87 if memory serves..... but shuttle was grounded due to Challenger in 86.... Young was Chief Astronaut and very experienced Test Pilot/Engineer. In aftermath I remember reading a newspaper quoting Young as well as other senior Astronauts I think they critiqued managers for putting to many eggs in the "shuttle" i.e. Human Risk to launch communication 🛰 Satellites etc where a simple Delta or Atlas or Titan would do.... He also looked at the Rogers Report too and wrote a memo 📝 about that.... He was "chief" and as chief you are are like a Military Commander or NCO in Charge, responsible for the welfare of your troops, the Astronaut Corps were his Troops.

I was a bit off a space geek when I was in school and although I thought all the astronauts were fantastic John Young was my ultimate hero.

John Young was one of the greatest of all the astronauts. He did it all.

So modest but incredible achievements.

I love this man.

@lunarmodule5

3 жыл бұрын

Coolest astronaut ever

It's almost an understatement to say that John was an exceptional human being (Ref: kzread.info/dash/bejne/fZmu2aafdsasmLg.html). It's comforting to know that people like him have existed (and still exist) since they are the rolemodels the new generations really need in order for our species to survive on this lonely spec of a planet.

He had a subtle, yet very sharp wit.

I just finished a marathon over the last few months of listening to all available radio communication for Mercury, Gemini, & Apollo missions...and I think John Young missions always sounded the most professional & focused on the task at hand, while also enjoying the work. So decided to see if there were any John Young docs available....and now I'm here, about to start watching this.

@lunarmodule5

2 жыл бұрын

Enjoy!

@PowerScissor

2 жыл бұрын

@@lunarmodule5 I sure did. Great job. I figured I knew all there was to know about those missions after so many hours of listening to all communications...but this had a lot of the behind the scenes info about Young's thoughts in all those moments.

Although Neil and Buzz were the first on the moon and rightfully heroes John Young is my favorite out of that group of astronauts. My senior trip we went to Houston Texas and although our senior trip was”organized” I did talk my senior sponsors into me forgoing a trip to Astro World and they got me a visit to the Johnson Space Center. Me and another sponsor took the visit and there to greet us was none other than John Young and Gene Kranz. What a memorable tour and the stories I got to hear of these 2 pioneers talking the glory days of Mercury Gemini and Apollo.

@lunarmodule5

3 жыл бұрын

You lived my dream moment which can never happen now..awesome thing to happen...tell us more of that day

@soonerlegendspodcast

3 жыл бұрын

It was an awesome to say the least. Me being a space junkie I was asking like a 1000 questions a minute lol but they talked to me and answered my questions. I asked Gene about the lunar decent on Apollo 11 he said that tension was so high in mission control you could cut the air with a knife. He said as soon as the LEM touched down their was really no time for celebrating and he had to calm the controllers down from the excitement and that’s about the time he called for the go/ no-go to stay. I asked John what it was like to be around Gus. He said him and Gus were really good friends he was probably the smartest person he was ever around. He even told me away from Gene about him sneaking a corned beef sandwich on Gemini 3 which he and Gus shared. He said they almost got grounded for good over the incident but Gene and Kris Kraft went to powers to be to keep them on flight status. He said all of his flights were special in their own way but his favorite was STS-1 because like Gemini he got to be the first to fly a new space craft. He said the only thing about the flight he didn’t like was how long he and crip had to stay in the orbiter before they let them egress. I still have all the mementos John and Gene gave me plus the pictures they let me take with them.

@lunarmodule5

3 жыл бұрын

@@soonerlegendspodcast wow, i am so envious but so very glad you got that experience...what an amazing day that must have been..thank you for sharing

@soonerlegendspodcast

3 жыл бұрын

@@lunarmodule5 no problem I love sharing this moment and thank you for sharing my favorite Astronaut with us

@lunarmodule5

3 жыл бұрын

@@soonerlegendspodcast you are more than welcome

R. I. P. John Young September 24, 1930-January 5, 2018

@kellyweingart3692

3 жыл бұрын

and Gene Cernan

@Jake-rc4xi

2 жыл бұрын

@@kellyweingart3692 March 14, 1934-January 16, 2017

GREAT work, LM5!!!

@lunarmodule5

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot!

@spacemanski

3 жыл бұрын

Sad his prediction for 50 years on isn't near yet.

@lunarmodule5

3 жыл бұрын

@@spacemanski yes indeed..it didn't span out the way he wished

Perseverance.

@lunarmodule5

3 жыл бұрын

To finish that quote from the video....."If you're the oldest guy there, they let you fly"

I’m REALLY curious to know what piece of music is playing at 17:07, I’ve heard it many times but don’t know the name!

Oh man!! I forgot how cheesy the music was on these 80's documentaries!!

We all have our fave Mercury /Gemini/Apollo Astronauts & USN Capt John Young is my number Two right after USN Capt Jim Lovell as my number One..... can’t wait to watch this as soon as I’ve done my big boy chores 😂

@lunarmodule5

3 жыл бұрын

Hope u enjoy it when you get your chores done!

@Gypsynyc10

3 жыл бұрын

Jim Lovell is my favourite astronaut also !

@wilfred8326

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking about favorite Programs.... Gemini and Skylab are overlooked. Favorite Gemini Missions: GT-6/7; GT-10. I like The two Gemini flying in formation from the same pad in Formation and having GT-7 having long duration. GT-10 the Double Rendezvous of GT-10 w/own + docking + boost by Agena 10 to find Agena 8 and then an EVA by Collins while Young Station kept w/Agena 8 for Collins to retrieve sample package. Bold stuff!!

Very geeky documentary but loving it

Not a superstar?! That man walked on the moon!

Something for the soon 60th anniversary of Gagarine flight ?

@lunarmodule5

3 жыл бұрын

I am not planning any video presentation for Vostok 1 mainly because I do not have any footage etc that would be good enough to make such a tribute

@SpaceResources

3 жыл бұрын

@@lunarmodule5 ok !

Amazing to think about being strapped into that shuttle on game day. No practice swings, no mulligans, no do-overs. Courageous guys. Gotta work.

09:35

Imagine the bravery been to moon. Then strap into a flying experimental bomb👍

what a career!

@lunarmodule5 >>> 👍👍