Saw several shuttle launches when I was a kid but the most memorable moment was when I convinced some friends to come with me to watch a night launch. We ended up watching from coco beach and it lit up the sky like daylight. It was such an a amazing thing to see.

@masskilla469

Жыл бұрын

I saw a few launches 2 from Cocoa Beach and you could feel the power of those Engines in your chest miles away from the Pad. When my Father took me to my first one I was hooked!! I did not want to go to Space I wanted to be the guy who designed and Build it so I became a Engineer. I now work for a company and we design and build things for The Department of Defense and my Country and I Love My Job. The places I get to go to and the things I have seen help design and Build are Awesome.

@cedricdey

Жыл бұрын

😅😊8

@Freemarkets1236

Жыл бұрын

That must have been a sight to see! I was really lucky to see the first test launch of the SLS from Cocoa Beach this past fall. So brilliant and bright!

@unitedwestand5100

10 ай бұрын

​​​@@masskilla469 It's Cocoa Beach. And the best view was from the West side of the Indian River in Titusville. Fireworks are always fun, but the Shuttle program was a rushed, desperate engineering failure, that was doomed from the first launch. Any successful mission was just luck... Like Mike Mullane says @32:10, they didn't care, they were back in space....

@chrismartin4856

8 ай бұрын

​@@masskilla469 I got to feel that rumble ,too !! Awesome ,eh !!!

I was on holiday in the Florida from the U.K. and saw the take off from of the space shuttle Atlantis in September 1997, we got tickets to go into Cape Canaveral and they had speakers on posts around the area and you could hear the build up and countdown and see clearly the take off. It was really interesting to see it and hear it all, not on the TV but live and in real time. It’s an experience I’ll never forget. I took a cassette recorder with me and recorded the audio, sadly in moves and time I lost the tape but the memory of it all is still with me.

@ajcook7777

4 жыл бұрын

8:50 I'm not too savvy on space grade materials...what's the difference between alumanin and aluminum?

@metam.devad.neimte9212

Жыл бұрын

ادفعلي فتح خطي في سلطنة عمان .البنك الوطني .😎😂🎻

@Bydesign777

Жыл бұрын

He just mistakenly said that. Pretty sure he was trying to say aluminum.

@expls

Жыл бұрын

Saw the last space shuttle launch from the balcony of my winter home in Orlando.

@richardvinsen2385

Жыл бұрын

I was in Florida with a group of co-workers at the time of a launch in the early 2000s. We had meetings in Tampa in the morning and drove at ridiculous speeds back to Titusville hoping to make it in time to see the launch. Eventually we reached a point when every car on the highway came to a stop and everyone exited their cars to look across the water. Soon enough, we heard the deafening roar of rockets followed by the brightest of flames rising into the sky. The shuttle and booster rockets were so far away, they only appeared to be just a few inches tall. While it would have been phenomenal to be closer to the launch, it was still a magical experience.

After all these years, l still remember Challenger and the school teacher's mum a dad watching as it exploreded, soo, soo sad R.I.P you brave, brave people ❤

@mrinvader

2 ай бұрын

It happened on my 10th birthday .. January 28, 1986 .

@thomasbrunn4182

2 ай бұрын

am sure that day was ruin @@mrinvader

@michaelfrost4584

Ай бұрын

@@mrinvader dare oh dare. So sad.

@mrinvader

Ай бұрын

@@thomasbrunn4182 i was crushed.. .everyone in my class was crushed.

I worked on the software database used to track the heat shield tiles under the wings, way back when....

I remember both the Challenger accident and Columbia! With Challenger, I was working as a sales guy for a Major food company about to walk into one of my accounts on a Tuesday. I remember listening to the local talk show host when they cut into a bulletin about Challenger just before lunch. Columbia was a Saturday morning, I had left to take my son to his art lessons. While he was having his lesson, I stopped at a local McDonalds and everyone was glued to the TV they had in there watching the events.

@thomasbrunn4182

2 ай бұрын

i bet tissue sale went up

It really amazes me how dedicated, knowledgeable,passionate and professional all these people were!

@thomasbrunn4182

2 ай бұрын

all programed not one saying should we wait till it warm we never launched on a cold day if we want to send an empty one up wow big decision.

It was a real pleasure to work on the shuttle program from 1995 until 2011. I worked on the SRB FTS system and the hold down bolts to name a few.

@mr5oa1

Жыл бұрын

Do you know Pat Kehoe? He worked on the ring with the slot milled in it that the rubber seal fits into on the SRB , he actually repaired it after the part had slipped out of the slings and wobbled like a giant coin, He tells me it had a gouge that he had to mill out, that changed the spec, the part would have worked had they waited for that part to warm up, he told me when they stared the count down he ran back to try and stop the Challenger launch, he ran into his manager and was in the process of conveying his fear of the intimate failure, the manager had to tell him the part had already failed and that all was lost! I consider Pat to be one of the most trustworthy men I know, and grateful too just to know him, He stops by my house almost every Thursday after he gets off work from Boeing where he works on the Starliner, and we race slot cars and have apple pie and have great conversations.

@ericliu5491

Жыл бұрын

Your work is sadly undervalued by today's generation who is brainwashed by the sick cooperation SSpaceX which is turning space exploration into space exploitation right in front of our eyes. The best thing people like you can do is to urge Congress to reduce military spending and divert the money to NASA.

@misty28882

Жыл бұрын

Wow be nice to be your friend....i like all things NASA!!

@oldflorida2003

4 ай бұрын

Hi, opf1 aft section

I remember when Challenger blew. My submarine had just finished tying up after a patrol. We all stood on the mess decks looking at a small TV, no believing what our eyes just saw. You couldn't have fit one more man on the mess decks and you could have heard a pin drop. I had been home on leave a few months before and drove down to watch Challenger take off. But that launch was scrubbed.

The very fact that man has made these fantastic machines to lift off into space, is a miracle in itself, and to think that the journey has only just begun, I watched the first moon landing in 69, I was a 12 yr old schoolboy. I may not be here when our brave astronauts land on the moon again, or in deed another planet , But I will be watching from afar, and wishing them all the luck in the world. And lastly, just a mention for all those we have lost in the pursuit of space travel. Gone, but never forgotten.

@TheHappySummerGirl

Ай бұрын

Beautiful post!

I was 14 when Challenger exploded so horrifically, and was in disbelief and horror 17 years later when Columbia was lost. Both tragedies could have been prevented, NASA has blood on their hands...I hope all 14 brave astronauts who lost their lives are resting peacefully and will never be forgotten.

@xexyz0xexyl

Жыл бұрын

Oh sure NASA has blood on its hands - in a sense. But not for that! NASA owes space access to the Nazis. If you don't believe me look up Project Paperclip. The funny thing is their website even refers to the infamous location where there was appalling cruelty and death and suffering. They just don't mention the sinister history. But really it would be a disgrace to the memory of all the suffering if the knowledge wasn't used and we actually have gained a lot from space exploration. If you want to imply that every accident means someone has blood on their hands then far more people and entities have blood on their hands. Recently NASA didn't launch a rocket because of safety concerns. More than once. That's doing the right thing. But sometimes things are not noticed until it's too late. Accidents happen. They knew the risks involved. Is it tragic? Yes. But to say that NASA has blood on their hands is going too far. Certainly they've made mistakes but they're human. Just like you and me.

@StickHits

Жыл бұрын

Do you have any idea how many other potential disasters could have happened but didn't? Do you really think that those brave astronauts didn't consider the reality that what they were doing was the extreme cutting edge of humanities capabilities, and had a serious level of risk involved? Is it so farfetched to think maybe NASA actually gave it 100% and even then it was unavoidable that there were going to be a couple accidents?

@louiseprice7755

Жыл бұрын

@@StickHits Absolutely the astronauts knew the risks and were willing to try, they were incredibly courageous. I do think it was a high price to pay but that is just my opinion. The loss of life was so tragic both times, Columbia almost felt worse because they were so close to coming home. It was very sad to see the end of the space shuttle missions. There are a lot of reports on how the disasters could have been avoided including statements from NASA staff so I'm not just randomly blaming NASA, I've always been very supportive but a lot of facts came out afterwards that don't look great. Again, that's just my opinion, based on a lot of research I've done. However, I didn't work for NASA at the time so who knows?

@mikekincaid7412

Жыл бұрын

Nasa made it possible for you to post your comment

@BORAT_211

Жыл бұрын

@@mikekincaid7412 exactly man. These people don't realize that NASA, CERN etc has given so much morr to us. CERN for example led to what we call the internet.

We built the Robotic Arms here in Canada. We Call it Canadarm. Honestly When I see it I Just Feel so Proud to be part of the work. Go Canada. Go NASA. Bless All the Astronauts.

@djpalindrome

Күн бұрын

The contributions by Canadian scientists and engineers are greatly appreciated

Brilliant Engineering and Human Achievement. Look what we can do pulling together as Humankind. Cheers from Michael. Australia.

Very interesting video... very comprehensible to be more precise!

Let's go back to 1981! America was OURS!! And we were all proud to be Americans.

I'm glad I'm able to look back at the sadness at the end of the film and know that spacex pulled through with their crew vehicle.

My Family and I were there that day when Atlantis was rolling back from the runway after landing. Very exciting!

@mohdfahmi8841

3 ай бұрын

//;*;;;*;*;;//.

As an aviation freak at the time the events in 1986 and 1993 touched me deep watching it on TV. I guess it changed all of us. RIP to the ones on board. Condolences to families and friends.

@SniffyPoo

Жыл бұрын

2003

@maryhurd6311

Жыл бұрын

We still have Elon Musk. He could make it safe for space travel.

😢 imagine being a student and see your best known teacher going to space but instead dies 😢 i feel soo bad for those children.

I was a space shuttle mechanic, it was a honor and privilege

School kids all over the US were watching this live and many were traumatized by it. This was before the days of having grief counselors in schools. In my school, the next day was just another school day. There were no notes to parents, no organized time to discuss or vent, just nothing.

@aaron5222

2 ай бұрын

Well that's life.

Living less than an hours drive, my daughter and I went to Huntsville, Alabama to see the Space Shuttle as it landed there en route to California for scheduled maintenance. It was one of the most amazing sites we'd ever seen by mutual agreement. A kind of "thank you" to a town who played a huge role in space exploration seemed entirely fitting.

@AlbertLebel

Жыл бұрын

That must have been wonderful. Wish I was there to see that. My hat is off is to all the men and women that made the shuttle work. IMO it truly is the 8th wonder of the world

@andrew_koala2974

Жыл бұрын

John Werner ? It was one of the most amazing sites we'd ever seen " Should read: It was one of the most amazing sights we saw " Undertake an intensive reading program to better educate yourself and improve your knowledge of the English language - which is at elementary level. Invest in a dictionary. Learn the difference between similar sounding words. Sights and Sites are not the same meaning. Learn to write using paragraphs. The youngest students I taught age 8 academically outclass you. Make a list of similar sounding words and explain the differences between them. Explain the difference between ON / OFF and on / off and in which context they are used, Explain the difference between Passing and Overtaking. -Begin with those examples as it becomes more difficult later. That is your homework for this week. Be a learner Werner.

@AudioFileZ

Жыл бұрын

@@andrew_koala2974 I think of commenting on KZread as casual. I, therefore, do not take ample time to read whatever my thoughts are after this casual approach. I am not attempting to be a writer. I am only noting the almost surreal sight of a huge spacecraft being ferried on top of a huge aircraft. Though "saw" is more compact, the use of "seen:" was used to emphasize all things witnessed over many years until that point. I have ran a business for four decades and am a college graduate . I may not communicate to your liking, but it has always served family,, employees, and customers effectively enough. Saying third grade students are more intelligent in comparison is obviously meant to insult. Your attitude is in no way the spirit of a caring educator as it is reflective of a narcissist. As such, you can edit this reply to your immaculate standards.

The shuttle was an immense achievement, notwithstanding the inevitable compromises imposed by severe budgetary restrictions

Extremely well made historical documentary highlighted by the very tragic loss of so many brave souls. And to some degree resurrected, by so many competent people ... Thank you*

@peterdemkiw3280

Жыл бұрын

The opening statement wasn't great was it? "In 2011 for the first time in it's history A-merica couldn't put a man into space" I think they think A-merica has been putting men into space since 1775..

You missed the sixth and first. Enterprise. Although she never left orbit she was critical in learning how to land them. Enterprise was a prototype built for glider testing

@peterdemkiw3280

Жыл бұрын

None of them left orbit except when landing.

That was amazing to watch!!

I had the honor of seeing both Columbia and Challenger twice in person while I served in the USAF. Every time it was on top of the 747. The first time it was in basic training and it flew overhead. Fantastic to see history. I was at the Davis-Monthan Air Force base’s aircraft control tower when I found out about Challenger. Columbia happened after my enlightenment.

@petrucioci07

11 ай бұрын

Nice? SHAME to see the history its a HOAX

@LoneWolf-wu6yn

9 ай бұрын

That is such a sight to see. I walked as close as I could when that configuration was on my then assigned flightline. I love how in this video the reaction to the size was awe inspiring. Because it was. Unfortunately, when I saw it, smart phones didn't exist yet and I had no camera to take pictures. Edit: Or been allowed to take pics.

I remember This day real well, they stopped our classes and we all watched it on a TV.

Watching the Challenger and Columbia “accident” still gives me goosebumps and brings tears to my eyes. I remember exactly where I was both times, of course,😢

I was in elementary school during this time and remember them having a national contest to name the shuttle.

Once the space shuttle left the atmosphere of earth, it enters the universal story

I Have Watched Every Launch Into Space And Beyond AMASING😀😀😀😀😀

Although they won the contract, It’s interesting to note the blatant admission of not being able to achieve the goal of 50 flights a year is presented. That is astounding to me and a waste of taxpayer money. Even the Artemis rocket is going through this same scenario, but on a much more massive scale.

@DrDiff952

11 ай бұрын

Artemis is a joke compared to super heavy and starship. Not even the mighty Saturn 5 and the mighty F1 can top 33 raptors

@aaron5222

2 ай бұрын

​@DrDiff952 it's a different mission built spacecraft. Like comparing a semi to a suv

I'll never forget sitting in the classroom listening to the teacher tell us this will be the first teacher in space. Then, watching it blow up. They sent us all home after that.

I recall being happy about the Challenger explosion. My elementary school principal came on the loud speaker, and announced it, then dismissed school for the rest of the day. I didn't know the significance, I was just happy to get a day off from school.

@codymoe4986

Жыл бұрын

You're aging pretty well, if that's your photo in your avitar... Just saying, I remember watching the launch and explosion in the school gym, and then going right back to class afterwards. I'm also in my mid 40's..

@kewlztertc5386

Жыл бұрын

@Cody Moe they sent you kids back to class? My school acted like it was the greatest tragedy in history. They had counselors the next day. If you were still emotional you could go home.

I don't think the "dream" stopped. It was realized and eventually concluded. We learned a lot about space travel and we will be forever grateful to those souls who gave the ultimate sacrifice to realize this dream. ❤

It amazes me how those little brackets to hold the the space shuttle holds it to the external tank

Saw Atlantis at Kennedy last may when I visited Kennedy space centre. Was awesome. Never forget that day.

That is why it is very important to do checks and rechecks

I remember sobbing and praying them and their families

What kept that thing oriented properly on re-entry? The forces it had to deal with seem incredible. What a feat of engineering, navigation and airmanship (if that's a word). Still impressive!

@MaynardGKrebs-gv4vy

4 жыл бұрын

It had thrusters. You can see the openings on the nose really well. All of our manned spacecraft had them.

@shawni321

4 жыл бұрын

Once back in Earth's atmosphere do the thrusters really have any influence, though? The friction seems insurmountable. Thanks for the answer!

@djbeezy

2 жыл бұрын

@@shawni321 No. Once the Shuttle got low enough into the atmosphere the aerosurfaces took over.

@stumpedii8639

Жыл бұрын

fly by wire and computers..

@Plato1962

10 ай бұрын

@@shawni321bvx is the

I saw a few launches 2 from Coco Beach and you could feel the power of those Engines in your chest miles away from the Pad. When my Father took me to my first one I was hooked!! I did not want to go to Space I wanted to be the guy who designed and Build it so I became a Engineer.

Amazing engineering. Congrats to all who worked on this amazing craft.

@snuglife599

3 ай бұрын

LOOK! The earth is flat🤔😉😂🤣

@BeaIEngio

2 ай бұрын

​@@snuglife599 It's not like that, the technological developments out of NASA influence your life in ways you don't even know. It was incredible engineering and advancement.

The Best Of The Best

30 years isn't a failure! Also, the Shuttle Orbiters were made for quick, reusable missions, about 112, within approximately 10 years, each. Ergo, those were the perimeters that they were constructed by. In the 90s, NASAs contractors had come up with a solution to the brittleness of the exterior of the shuttles: replace the tiles with a metal composite, at the cost of a few million each! Federal Govt flat out refused NASA. Ergo, we lost the Discovery! We only needed to do two things, to make it safe for the shuttles: replace the tiles, AND paint the center O2 tank! That held the insulation together enough to prevent large chunks from hitting the Shuttles' wings! We could've still had a running Shuttle fleet, until the private companies flights to the ISS was viable, and we wouldn't ever have had to depend on Russia, to pick up the slack! One of many reasons Putin felt he was safe in attacking Ukraine >:(

@andrew_koala2974

Жыл бұрын

Julie Sczesny You wrote - Those were the perimeters that they were constructed? Can you explain what was the diameter of the perimeter ? Neither did Putin attack Ukraine The US funded the overthrow of the legitimate Government in 2014 Staring a proxy war that saw thousands of Ethnic Russians murdered since then - People that had been there for over 100 years. My late mother was of Russian parents and born in Ukraine in November 1920 -- Those Ethnic Russians besides being forced to speak another language - begged Russia for help -= Get that into your head. Educate yourself as you are ignorant of the facts - Or do you want a history lesson ?

@ericliu5491

Жыл бұрын

Private space companies turn space exploration into space exploration, do not trust or support them if you really want space exploration in the future.

@paulbrouyere1735

Жыл бұрын

@@andrew_koala2974 you ‘forgot’ some other issues about tatars but I’m not schooled enough in history. What I do know is you don’t treat people in the way Russia does.

@denjo3131

8 ай бұрын

The Space Shuttle Program was a failure. I'm not going to deny it, it was a beautiful machine, but did it reach it goals? No. The intention was 24 missions a year (*30 = 720 missions), in the end, there were only 135 missions (less than 5 a year), of which 2 resulted in a tragedy (1 in 67,5 flights), this is a horrible statistic. Also the costs were too high. And if you have to do heavy maintenance after each mission, can you call is truly reusable? You can make everything that lands back on earth reusable, as long as you put enough work in it. It wasn't safe at all, and NASA knew the problems

I remember watching the launch of STS-1 as an Navy Petty Officer at RVAW-120 in Norfolk, VA

@RobbyHouseIV

4 жыл бұрын

I remember watching it in Mrs. Fry's class in the 3rd Grade. It was pretty awesome. In fact I still have the drawings I made of the shuttle after they wheeled the television set out of the classroom and regular class resumed. It can be yours for $350.00.

@HooyahPeacock

4 жыл бұрын

I remember my first beer

@BradWatsonMiami

2 жыл бұрын

@@RobbyHouseIV Would you take $345?

I saw enterprise come down late at night for a normal re entry.. wow what an awesome sight. This was northern Calif.. this thing was heading for The Cape and had a fireball like 4th of July

My Mother took me ,with her to watch one in Cape Canaveral ,Florida. My uncle (Don) worked for NASA , and got us in .What a great life !!😅 He lived in Merrit Island.

So in other words, 1981 we lost 16 Tiles off the heat shield from the first flight of Columbia, NASA knew there was a problem with this, and did absolutely nothing for 22 years. In February 2003 we lost Columbia and that is when the heat shield became an issue. Seriously, they had other problems with it during the previous 22 years. One of the missions, Atlantis had19 tiles that were heavily damaged. Endeavor had tiles damaged as well. O rings on boosters were a problem as early as STS-2. COLUMBIA SECOND FLIGHT. it was O-ring burns. There were others from extreme temperatures before challenger was lost but NASA did nothing. Morton thiokol told NASA about these problems in 1984 and they ignored it.

37:45, the documentary forgot to mention that Allen J McDonald tried to stop the launch of the challenger because he had grave concerns with the ice build-up on the shuttle. As usual NASA overruled Allen and told him to keep quite.,

@Kirovets7011

Жыл бұрын

Yes, that's right. I don't know why they are not mentioning it.

I remember watching the challenger explode from the back seat of my mothers car. We lived just south in Port Saint Lucie.

Emotional

I toured the SoCal Rockwell facility where the engines were made in 1982 with my community college engineering class. This exposure to a large scale engineering project and manufacturing facility made quite an impression. I knew I was lucky to get to see those engines and some of the people involved in their production. Like millions of others, I remain deeply saddened by two preventable shuttle crashes.

0:21 - The day when Ted Stryker and Elaine Dickinson brought down the Mayflower 1 safe on Alpha Beta Lunar Base and got congratulated by Commander Buck Murdock. Epic!

It's an engineering marvel.

The dream did NOT fail. It may not have reached all the goals desired, but it was absolutely not a failure. It was, in fact, a magnificent triumph in a great number of ways.

@stumpedii8639

Жыл бұрын

I thought it set back the space program. Don't worry tho Elon seems to have picked up the pieces and moved on. Tiles that flake off? death rate? insanity. in fact nothing destroyed my faith in this country more than the day the first shuttle blew up. I lost faith.. i remembered the thresher and scorpion.. America's infallibility was a lie. The challenger disaster woke me up. Shuttle was a money pit.. corporations profiting.. safety a joke.

@robertmcnearny9222

Жыл бұрын

It was a failure. It went from being a simple shuttle to and from space stations to a overpriced satallite deployment vehicle. That is all it was.

@jeffreyrose4240

Жыл бұрын

@@robertmcnearny9222 once again, failure is the wrong word.. the ISS wouldn't exist without it... so many other projects both amercian and international were only possible because of it... we may never see another heavy lift vehicle like this in our life times

@robertmcnearny9222

Жыл бұрын

@@jeffreyrose4240 of course the ISS would exists without it. Russian side was built without a shuttle. Chinese built a station without a shuttle. You think the US needed the shuttle to build ISS?. Heck without the exorbitant cost of the shuttle program, the ISS would be way bigger and better than it is now. The shuttle was a failure.

@mr5oa1

Жыл бұрын

@@robertmcnearny9222 135 successful missions / failure? if you say so.

What sank that era of spaceflight was perfectly analogous to installing new engines on every 747 after flying to from LAX to China and then again for the next flight..

I was a 21 year old working 3rd shift..that morning .I got home from work went right to bed .around 6:45 a.m. We had been working 10 or 11 hour shifts so free time was minimal...by the time you had 7 hours sleep it was tine to go to work again....same as this late afternoon..just getting up hadnt seen any t.v. or radio...i took a shower...and couldn't stop thinking about the dream i had..the shuttle crashed...but i kept thinking..no it didnt. and i dismissed it..when i arrived at my desk in the dispatch office. I remarked after pleasantries were exchanged that I had a dream the shuttle crashed but i said right away that i know it didnt....this guy turned to me with the most blank cold look Ive ever seen and after a few seconds he says dude not funny you know it did...well I must of returned that same icy blank stare because he said all the hair on his body stood up......till this day this is my story ..It still gives me chills thinking about it...Note: I didnt sleep with a t.v...radio...and for you Joe Biden....a phonograph on..T.Y. ✌️

“Columbia, Houston, UHF comm check.” “Lock the doors.” Chilling words.

I saw a night launh from daytona beach spectacular memory for my son who was 4 at the time

Poor crew of Columbia. So sad

@fangas47210

Жыл бұрын

They probably walk around somewhere, well paid , sworn to never tell the truth,

@peterbothwell9005

3 ай бұрын

@@fangas47210…oh please.

0:50 seconds in ..... Even at the time of making this documentary. Proton comes to mind..

imagine having a 3d printer that can make formed thermal tiles in space.

In uk, came home from school in 86 to find out challenger was no more. 14 astronauts lost, but future of space lives on. Maybe Starfied will become real.

After the Challenger incident, the shuttle launches paused. But, nobody told Morton-Thiokol to stop making solid rocket fuel….in December 1987 100,000 pounds exploded outside of Bringham City UT

Will never forget the Challenger was like 22 back then so it seems like a different life ago.

The dream didn't fail. It was a stepping stone, just like most other human activities.

What dvd title is this,

“For the 1st time in its history America can no longer put a man into space.” Might want to re-phrase that statement 😂

@unownyoutuber9049

10 ай бұрын

no longer, as in they cannot anymore, which has the pretext of the ability to send a man in space in the first place. which they had until the cancelation of the shuttle

And it was a beautiful thing.

Those hero astronauts were doomed right from the start. May they rest in peace.❤❤

I saw the Space shuttle explode in 1986. All the students were in the oval watching at are elementary school in Orlando. I was 12 years old. I knew something wasn’t right and when I looked around and saw all the teachers crying😢 that confirmed to me I just witnessed a tragedy.

I was 7 miles away when John Glen went up

People have really lost interest. Many take for granted the leap in technology over the last 50 years.

@MrDelta88

4 жыл бұрын

MrAubery Flattard detected, permission to engage.

@ssherrierable

Жыл бұрын

They failed 2 times in a row last week to even get off the ground. Supposedly they are going to try to land on the moon for real this time and not just on a Hollywood sound stage built to look like the moon. They were better at doing this stuff 50 years ago than they are today, nasa seems lost and defeated…

RIP Space Shuttle ❤❤

Alunamin? 8:47

@RobbyHouseIV

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I think it's like an isotope of aluminum. LOL!

This makes me so proud to be an American.. yea, some mistakes just like any other endever with a risky project but we did it

PJ DOC MAGOO VIETNAM VET. I was at home watching IT ON TV. Very interesting and informative I like that kind of things for myself. IF ITS UFOS 🛸 OR STRANGE THINGS I LIKE TO CHECK IT OUT.

26:08 Interesting. I can't see any sign of missing tiles on the engine cowling.

I watched the first take off of the shuttle when I was a kid

ISS was brought up in pieces and assembled. I don't quite understand why they would consider the Shuttle a failure in the end, when it was so instrumental in getting the space station setup.

8:24 if that's your reentry trajectory I think aerodynamic forces might become more of a worry.

not "failed" rather the usefulness of the hardware "came to an end" (who drives a Model T Ford in today's world?)

@mystic0maggot401

4 жыл бұрын

Well if you get right down to it it did fail, it was intended to be cheap and launch a lot more then the shuttles did. It failed at what it was originally designed to be.

@ajcook7777

4 жыл бұрын

8:50 I'm not too savvy on space grade materials...what's the difference between alumanin and aluminum?

@mystic0maggot401

4 жыл бұрын

@@ajcook7777 Same thing, just gets pronounced differently around the world.

@drivinmiatas5068

3 жыл бұрын

Kyler Norum task failed successfully

I remember watching the launch at the Kennedy space center. I was about 3 or four years old at the time. At 2:22 I was there but I only remember a giant flash of light and sleeping in my moms car. Also sitting on my dads shoulders.

after watching that, if you still don't have a tear trying to get out, you are not an American.

@DeanFeeneyMusic

2 жыл бұрын

Or human, 1 of mankind's greatest achievements

@peterdemkiw3280

Жыл бұрын

I thank my lucky stars every day I'm not A-merican.

@johnwhittington4209

Жыл бұрын

@@peterdemkiw3280 all 50 of them

They said that was the day the shuttle died.

And actually Challenger did not blow up. What we see in the videos is the right booster. It burned through the liquid fuel tank and the tank blew up. There is evidence to show that the Shuttle crew was alive upon impact with the ocean. They had emergency oxygen devices. Wreckage recovered from Challenger proves at least 3 of 7 were alive because 3 of the devices were activated. Autopsies were inconclusive due to the blunt trauma of impact with the ocean. However, NASA made an error with the Shuttle design, not building an escape system. Something they have built into this new Ares system we are about to start using.

1:00:03 - but they had their own shuttle, Buran, with AI automatic landing stuff.

First comment. Shwinggggg!

5:29 im surprised you weren't mistaken for being jim carrey..wow

The Space Shuttle was cool but very inefficient. Could send far more payload up there with an orbiting maneuvering adapter on the back of it for ISS deliveries and then launch astronauts on a much smaller booster, like SpaceX does with the Falcon 9. The mass of the orbiter was mostly dead weight just for the benefit of glider landings along with a complex and fragile heat shield. Was a defining project but really should've been used for maybe a decade and not relied on so heavily. With a similar launch vehicle (the RS-25s on the back of what they already used) they could've done a lot more and even open up the possibility of Moon bases with multiple launches.

I don't understand why the Shuttle Program was ended before the country had a replacement program either at the ready to enable the ability to carry humans into space. I find it embarrassing that we have to rely on other countries to perform this task which was a routine operation.

@peterdemkiw3280

Жыл бұрын

There's more than that for A-mericans to be embarrassed about.. Having to get a lift into space is the least of your worries. Ignorance and bigotry, violence and crime, and that's just your politicians, the man in the street claims to speak English but that drivel isn't English, in English colour has a U in it. A-merica, the biggest threat to world peace the world has ever seen and you're embarrassed by not being able to get into space. Ignorance is the bigger problem.

The shuttle cost $209 billion over thirty years... Yes, that's a lot of money, but how many billions (well, trillions) have been wasted on endless wars since 2001?

@zaz4667

4 жыл бұрын

Last number I heard was around 6-7 trillion total!

@dkjohnson9631

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@woodie6408

2 жыл бұрын

The shuttle made millions, tens of millions, with each satellite it took up and launched.

@dq1275

8 ай бұрын

@@woodie6408 No. The shuttle repair business was cancelled after only repair 7 satellites. It was a loss for all the investment poured into achieving the capability. An exception was made for continuing the Hubble space telescope.

@Peter-op8by

15 күн бұрын

Agreed,in that light consider we are still infants in space but in war... guess what... boys will be boys AND...they NEVER grow up. However, priorities dictate that resources spent on security, policing, bodyguards, standing armies and all the necessary acutriments,parafrinalia,etc are in my opinion not wasted in that we get better at doing it and the same applies to the growth, development and expertise we will achieve if we keep at it while facing up to the challenges inherent in our adversarial nature. Let us not overlook the progress achieved by cooperation and collaboration in whatever the human brain puts in focus. We are on the brink of a quantum leap forward which will put Earth on the map of a force to be reckoned with... hopefully sooner than later, especially since other world science leaves us playing catch-up...P...

And now in 2022 we can't even get the sls off the ground to the moon..wow

John Young spoke out against that death trap.

It can also be 1. Bald eagle bird 2. Bald eagle America 3. Bald eagle shuttle in the universal story. The Spece shuttle is a worldly story and a universal story

The Dream Failed? i dont agree with that

@SkepticCat-pz1zz

4 жыл бұрын

Chris Reidland I agree the Dream was a massive success! Planes crash but nobody stopped flying. The forces and technologies involved were pretty spectacular for its age. There is nothing safe about going to space......yet!

@rjrj8299

4 жыл бұрын

@@SkepticCat-pz1zz STS 1 reentry was just like Apollo 13 reentry worried scared.

@jjthomas2297

4 жыл бұрын

The dream was cheap, easy access to space. In this, the Shuttle was a MASSIVE failure, costing more than the most expensive unmanned rockets..and 2 of 5 of them crashed killing all of their crews.

@williamcase426

2 жыл бұрын

it did tho

interesting

They should have had extra heat tiles so that the arms coming out of the cargo bay could replace them.

Gud

BTW, Those o-rings were not SIMPLE, They were very complex and Were integral to the flight safety, The space shuttle could not take off without them

@eleventy-seven

Жыл бұрын

NASA forced Thiokol to OK the launch in colder then rated conditions. The engineers refused to sign off but Thiokol's administrator went against their better judgement.

@interwebtubes

Жыл бұрын

@@eleventy-seven yeah buddy, no doubt about it, It’s still very sad that people lost their lives due to massive bureaucracy, No need for that, I really wish that those people involved with this tragedy were locked up for their criminal acts