Alan Bean instructing Nichelle Nichols how to fly the Enterprise. Wonderful!

Your uploads (and others) have impressed upon me big time how many close calls the shuttle had in addition to Challenger and Columbia, most notably sts 1 and sts 27

Thanks for the extra footage!

I still have that graphic as a huge poster!

Great job with all your compilations Simon. Dedication to preservation of these documentaries and history that I hope is appreciated and rewarding for you in more ways than one. I have a huge amount of viewing to do but as you know quite some hours ahead of sharing myself too. I've just published my STS-1 Launch video finally - see the notes for the delay nonsense! (aside from the electric iron power cuts that is!).

SR71 Ejection seats and pressure suit. They ditched that system quickly when it was discovered that they only had a very small window in the ascent where it would work (and not get killed). Unfortuanely, the lack really of ascent abort was the worst thing about the system. That said, I can't think of how they would do that, given the design.

Wonderful video series. Watched 'em all. Thank you for marking this historical mission. John mentions the foam coming off the main tank and hitting the windscreen. A warning from the get-go that shedding foam was an issue. They should have found a solution, even if it meant a significant redesign.

@Lurthatgurl

3 жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing.

@robadams5799

3 жыл бұрын

As they say, hindsight is 20/20.

John Young was the coolest human being in history.

The water was more for sound suppression than it was for cooling. I wonder why John misspoke...

0:00 Post flight Presentation 17:19 Columbia - A Remarkable Flying Machine 47:18 Shuttle Overview (1980) 1:08:49 1978 Aeronautics and Space Report 1:23:29 Shuttle Propulsion (1980) 1:33:59 Thermal Protection 1:38:09 1977 Aeronautics and Space Report 1:52:46 SSME Testing 2:23:03 Space (Made in USA) 2:31:08 Rockwell - Design Concept Shuttle 2:37:22 Nichelle Nichols and Alan Bean - Being an Astronaut 2:42:30 Go For SEP - ALT NASA film Awesome content as usual @lunarmodule5 -Hope this helps someone!

@lunarmodule5

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ben

"[In 1967] SL-3, the third and what would be the final test rocket, used a partially submerged nozzle and produced 2,670,000 kgf thrust, making it the largest solid-fuel rocket ever." I have to keep reminding myself that nothing like this has ever been done before. The first time Columbia ever flew, it was a full-on orbital mission. Kudos to John Young for landing so well for the very first time.

44:50 Gene Kranz and Chris Craft😀

99 tons at landing = 198,000 lbs. Four million pounds at launch

The fact that some tiles were missing from the rocket engine fairings was certainly a bit worrying. But I always wondered why, when NASA knew it would use the "Canadarm", it did not take it on board for all missions. John Young and Bob Crippen surely thought of the tiles that could have been missing where it is most dangerous for the shuttle and their lives: the ventral part (the underside) this part which is the most subject to high heat with the nose of the machine and the leading edges of the wings... (as we will unfortunately see during STS-107) However, STS-1 and STS-107 were not equipped with the Canadarm and the verification camera of the state of thermal protection tiles, VITAL for astronauts. So, even long after, I still ask: WHY?

2:21:02 oh god

And of course, 3:01:16 for the sketchy landing... best that it happened in testing :-)

Has ANYONE brought back to Earth anything so big and heavy?

@Ghostshadows306

Жыл бұрын

Not in one piece as far as I know. 99 tons with no engines to help slow down are you kidding me? Remarkable to say the least imo.

Wearing masks 40 years ago too, who would have known...