Why NASA Tried to Launch Big Bird to Space

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  • @nolongerusing7430
    @nolongerusing74304 жыл бұрын

    To quote Sam O'Nella: "There is a timeline not far from ours where Big Bird is a casualty of the Challenger disaster."

  • @josemanuelmurguia8970

    @josemanuelmurguia8970

    4 жыл бұрын

    SG21337 OMFG give the link

  • @javierlatorre480

    @javierlatorre480

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@josemanuelmurguia8970 kzread.info/dash/bejne/pZaKwdJ9p67MirQ.html "There is a timeline not too far from this one where Big Bird is a casualty in the single worst astronautical disaster in history."

  • @zachthewack3583

    @zachthewack3583

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@javierlatorre480 "A small part of me just wishes that to be true."

  • @MrKingkez

    @MrKingkez

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@zachthewack3583 i want to visit the other time line to see the head lines

  • @Kolajer
    @Kolajer5 жыл бұрын

    Is anyone else scared at the thought of the kind of advertising budget square space must have?

  • @moritzl7065

    @moritzl7065

    5 жыл бұрын

    Asking the right questions here

  • @Jesse__H

    @Jesse__H

    5 жыл бұрын

    Seriously. It kind of boggles the mind.

  • @julesquintero1435

    @julesquintero1435

    5 жыл бұрын

    They pay based on referrals, that means they pay when they make money.

  • @zyronltz7494

    @zyronltz7494

    5 жыл бұрын

    Jayce Kaizeen that makes no sense. Source?

  • @julesquintero1435

    @julesquintero1435

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@zyronltz7494 They tweeted about it some time ago (twitter.com/squarespace/status/296306781901168640) , I think its not open to the public anymore (blog.squarespace.com/blog/2007/2/20/new-affiliate-program-through-commission-junction.html), I still believe they use it because the kind of links it generates > (www.squarespace.com/?channel=youtube&subchannel=standardfm&source=halfasinteresting) wich means they track who brings the users, specially the ones that go trough the whole process and pays for a plan then they pay based on the amount of users who paid for the service, this is very normal in the industry. I hope is well explained english is not my native language.

  • @tudorjason
    @tudorjason4 жыл бұрын

    2:37 - "...teachers into space." Oh. Moment this vid turned from lighthearted to tragic.

  • @kz03jd

    @kz03jd

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yup. Exactly the moment I realized also what was coming next :-(

  • @CraftingTableMC

    @CraftingTableMC

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@kz03jd I also had the moment of realization there

  • @Caden_C
    @Caden_C3 жыл бұрын

    Sad fact: that teacher’s entire school and many other schools near her school were watching the take off live. So they all got to see it blow up. I can’t even imagine watching something like that.

  • @jasonjamrs7413

    @jasonjamrs7413

    2 жыл бұрын

    I have never seen so many people go quiet All at once it's a shame because it works against them try to encourage children

  • @batmansuarez3641

    @batmansuarez3641

    2 жыл бұрын

    It was two days before my mom’s birthday and her science teacher was one of the people in DC before it got narrowed down again. Fuckin wild

  • @Mario87456

    @Mario87456

    Жыл бұрын

    That is cool I wish I could have seen their reactions.

  • @I_Love_Learning

    @I_Love_Learning

    Жыл бұрын

    My old Language teacher told us about this and the dangers of not overworking yourself. She was watching it live when it happened.

  • @brianshea2515

    @brianshea2515

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm pretty sure that every US student af the time watched this launch live. Obviously, it is more tragic for those who knew her, and those from near where she taught, but everyone my age can remember seeing this tragedy.

  • @Tsukiko.97
    @Tsukiko.975 жыл бұрын

    Big Bird Almost Dies in Space ( *in the hood* ) ( *gone wrong* ) ( *Astronauts hate him* )

  • @tahmidk1

    @tahmidk1

    5 жыл бұрын

    Learn how this big bird went to Space for FREE! [Astronauts hate him!!]

  • @HeroesOfPepsi

    @HeroesOfPepsi

    5 жыл бұрын

    Now thats a golden comment 😂

  • @Messeee9293

    @Messeee9293

    5 жыл бұрын

    *3 AM*

  • @awddfg

    @awddfg

    5 жыл бұрын

    *_(Free fidget spinner giveaway)_*

  • @judecrosby-mckenna8049

    @judecrosby-mckenna8049

    5 жыл бұрын

    *big birb almost died!* *(Not clickbait) (in the hood)* *(not fake)* *(astronaughts hate him!)*

  • @nahuelgioia4177
    @nahuelgioia41775 жыл бұрын

    The morbid part of me wants to know how did Sesame Street approach Big Bird's death in the timeline where he died.

  • @judecrosby-mckenna8049

    @judecrosby-mckenna8049

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hmm..... 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

  • @taylorverrall118

    @taylorverrall118

    5 жыл бұрын

    @alternatehistoryhub do ya thing

  • @DarkSnideoftheRainbow

    @DarkSnideoftheRainbow

    5 жыл бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/c4yspMqIk5rQdaQ.html

  • @TorreFernand

    @TorreFernand

    5 жыл бұрын

    Is this what you mean? www.nytimes.com/2018/10/17/arts/television/sesame-street-big-bird.html

  • @benhuang2773

    @benhuang2773

    5 жыл бұрын

    Probably in a similar manner to how they addressed Mr Hooper's death.

  • @AndrewMeyer
    @AndrewMeyer5 жыл бұрын

    That's actually a really interesting thought. If Big Bird died on live TV and PBS decided not to try to "retcon" that, then Big Bird the _fictional character_ (not just Big Bird the actor) might have actually been killed by a real-world event. Crazy.

  • @HTPCYMC
    @HTPCYMC5 жыл бұрын

    *NASA confirms Sesame Street 2*

  • @camsons

    @camsons

    5 жыл бұрын

    How come I keep seeing you?

  • @rock3tcatU233

    @rock3tcatU233

    5 жыл бұрын

    The porn parody Semen Street 2 has also been confirmed and put into production.

  • @Boreasrex11

    @Boreasrex11

    5 жыл бұрын

    Electric Boogaloo

  • @jaymatt1569

    @jaymatt1569

    5 жыл бұрын

    I keep seeing you

  • @user-kx2ht6mo1b

    @user-kx2ht6mo1b

    5 жыл бұрын

    WHY ARE YOU EVERYWHERE

  • @h.m708
    @h.m7085 жыл бұрын

    I was going to make a joke but this got sad really quick :(

  • @KeithBoehler

    @KeithBoehler

    5 жыл бұрын

    Dont let that stop you.

  • @maxi8168

    @maxi8168

    5 жыл бұрын

    tell me the joke, im not gonna say it to nobody i swear.

  • @Deontjie

    @Deontjie

    5 жыл бұрын

    Let the first lady in space drives the space shuttle, what can go wrong?

  • @JaKingScomez

    @JaKingScomez

    5 жыл бұрын

    @h.m you're soft af

  • @xiotyc

    @xiotyc

    5 жыл бұрын

    h.m say it the internet loves dark humor

  • @MohammedIqlasUddin
    @MohammedIqlasUddin5 жыл бұрын

    Orbital Paperweights is such a weird term to use when talking about objects that are weightless -The Animator

  • @ethanbrown4656

    @ethanbrown4656

    5 жыл бұрын

    *p a p e r w i g h t s*

  • @baronvonlimbourgh1716

    @baronvonlimbourgh1716

    5 жыл бұрын

    Well. Orbital objects aren't weightless. They are falling down to earth at terminal velocity just like something that was dropped out of a plane for example. It just has so much forward velocity that it goes forward faster then it fals down and thus continually keeps missing the earth while falling down.

  • @MohammedIqlasUddin

    @MohammedIqlasUddin

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ethan haha just noticed the vid has typo

  • @MohammedIqlasUddin

    @MohammedIqlasUddin

    5 жыл бұрын

    Baron ikr.. I understand a lil bit of space stuff though not a pro.. it was reference to 1:03

  • @mrtannzr

    @mrtannzr

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@baronvonlimbourgh1716 weightless but not massless, actually. Weight is a measure of earths gravity on an object where mass is the measure of material. A weight scale would show different results on the moon and earth, a mass scale would not.

  • @thejesuschrist
    @thejesuschrist5 жыл бұрын

    Big Bird>Barney = Evolution, it's real.

  • @wetasspaddington

    @wetasspaddington

    5 жыл бұрын

    Jesus Christ BARNEY IS MY CHILDHOOD

  • @adriansookai

    @adriansookai

    5 жыл бұрын

    But your jesus

  • @theworldoverheavan560

    @theworldoverheavan560

    5 жыл бұрын

    Sup Jesus

  • @bionacle11

    @bionacle11

    5 жыл бұрын

    Mr blobby>Big bird>Barney

  • @heypassthecheesecake4413

    @heypassthecheesecake4413

    5 жыл бұрын

    Jesus Christ Lord plz forgive me for all my sins, I pray

  • @Galistarwater
    @Galistarwater5 жыл бұрын

    I was going to make a cute joke about Big Bird breaking world record for bird who flew the highest...then I got depressed when you mentioned the tragic deaths of those on board the Challenger...*sniff sniff*

  • @SlamABanana401

    @SlamABanana401

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@masondipperpines5009 ok

  • @tomaspietravallo3832
    @tomaspietravallo38325 жыл бұрын

    “It turns out they didn’t plan to fly grotesquely oversized canary birds when designing the space shuttle” they flew someone from Florida soo...

  • @JustAnotherNamelessGuy

    @JustAnotherNamelessGuy

    5 жыл бұрын

    XD

  • @breck1637

    @breck1637

    5 жыл бұрын

    From Florida, can confirm

  • @nicosmind3

    @nicosmind3

    5 жыл бұрын

    Dee Renolds

  • @jcw4969

    @jcw4969

    5 жыл бұрын

    Agree mate. Source: am from florida.

  • @idk-oe7tk

    @idk-oe7tk

    5 жыл бұрын

    Tomas Pietravallo So u Florida peeps r big?

  • @iamnotarobot2832
    @iamnotarobot28325 жыл бұрын

    "Mommy, where's big bird???" "You see child, He go fly fly and fly fly go BOOM" ok im really sorry but rip to the crew who diedp

  • @masahirosakurai64

    @masahirosakurai64

    4 жыл бұрын

    "Is that what happened to dad?"

  • @laurelcook9078

    @laurelcook9078

    4 жыл бұрын

    I am not a robot I am so going to hell for giggling

  • @Ro_Gaming

    @Ro_Gaming

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@laurelcook9078 I will remove your sin if Kim kardashian gets more plastic surgery

  • @MegaFPVFlyer
    @MegaFPVFlyer5 жыл бұрын

    "Fun" fact, the Challenger (technically) didn't explode. In short, one of the solid rocket boosters had an O ring seal fail due to the low temperature (and a combination of other factors). The hot gasses burned a hole in the side of the booster, then burned through the rear strut that holds the booster to the fuel tank. The booster pivoted, put huge loads on its front mounting point, and ultimately made the tank's structure fail completely. What you're actually seeing is the cloud of liquid hydrogen and oxygen dispersed from the fuel tank, which looks like it's on fire because of the light from the boosters (and shuttle's maneuvering fuel) burning inside. The shuttle disintegrated entirely by aerodynamic forces after the fuel tank failed.

  • @thomas.02

    @thomas.02

    5 жыл бұрын

    so "ripped apart" is a better description than "exploded" I believe...

  • @marcoseduardocastro781

    @marcoseduardocastro781

    5 жыл бұрын

    another fact:The crew of Challenger didn't die in the explosion they died some 10 minutes later after hitting the water

  • @MegaFPVFlyer

    @MegaFPVFlyer

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@marcoseduardocastro781 that's a myth that has evolved and stretched massively over time. From what I've gathered, they probably fell unconscious from cabin depressurization within a few seconds (their pressure suits weren't sealed due to overconfidence in the shuttle's capabilities) and died of hypoxia some time later. They most certainly were dead before, or upon impact with the water.

  • @marcoseduardocastro781

    @marcoseduardocastro781

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@MegaFPVFlyer I tough their pressure suits were sealed guess i was wrong

  • @MegaFPVFlyer

    @MegaFPVFlyer

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@marcoseduardocastro781 I thought the same thing! It's crazy, NASA basically deluded themselves into thinking the shuttle was fully operational, even though it was still very much a work in progress. The program was in a very weird place with poor management at the time.

  • @affinityforanime
    @affinityforanime5 жыл бұрын

    The title of this video should have been, "How NASA almost killed Big Bird."

  • @invaderzak8441

    @invaderzak8441

    3 жыл бұрын

    𝗺𝗲:𝗗𝗢𝗡𝗧 𝗧𝗢𝗨𝗖𝗛 𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗕𝗜𝗚 𝗕𝗜𝗥𝗗 𝗡𝗔𝗦𝗔! 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗺𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲

  • @georgeandrews1394
    @georgeandrews13945 жыл бұрын

    As soon as he said 'send teachers into space instead', I got a really bad feeling...

  • @FutureNow
    @FutureNow5 жыл бұрын

    Not the best headline to promote space travel funding: "NASA Murders Big Bird"

  • @KirbyLinkACW
    @KirbyLinkACW5 жыл бұрын

    I remember watching a documentary on the Challenger in middle school (around 2009), and the went through the series of events as if it was actually happening, so the kept the explosion a surprise. When they played the actual footage of the incident, you can probably imagine the shocked look on all of our faces.

  • @tommyl.dayandtherunaways820

    @tommyl.dayandtherunaways820

    9 ай бұрын

    That’s kinda messed up honestly. Would be like showing kids live footage of 9/11 and not telling them what’s about to happen to the towers.

  • @ScottRothsroth0616
    @ScottRothsroth06164 жыл бұрын

    Caroll Spinney died Sunday, December 8th, 2019. R.I.P.: 1933-2019.

  • @user-jj7uc9gg7b

    @user-jj7uc9gg7b

    4 жыл бұрын

    Scott Roth WAIT, SERIOUSLY?? Oh my god! I'm so sad now :(

  • @pegeonpera
    @pegeonpera5 жыл бұрын

    I dont know... would the Challenger accident still have happened if he was on board? Consider Butterfly effect...

  • @LastBastion

    @LastBastion

    5 жыл бұрын

    Probably not, they must delayed the launch and may evade the tank rocket coldness problem

  • @theophrastusbombastus8019

    @theophrastusbombastus8019

    5 жыл бұрын

    Considering training and figuring out the fitting of its suit in the Shuttle would probably have changed the date of launch or be assigned to a completely different mission and the o-rings snapped due to a severe cold for Florida that day I think it's unlikely. But sooner on later the problem wuold have probably had caused the loss of a Shuttle just maybe not that one.

  • @IaCthulhuFthagn

    @IaCthulhuFthagn

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@theophrastusbombastus8019 Or maybe, if the political pressure from putting on a show for the public wasn't as immediate, the specific problem, and the multiple alarms raised about it before the disaster, might have been adressed rather than ignored, alongside a host of other known problems that they never had time to fix without delaying launch. The next few shuttles might not have catastrophically failed either. We will never know.

  • @theophrastusbombastus8019

    @theophrastusbombastus8019

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@IaCthulhuFthagn possible although the decision to not delay wasn't only for the presence of the teacher onboard, the shuttle was still underperforming and delays cost money, time and Congress attention so I have no idea. Moreover I don't see how it would have saved Columbia.

  • @howardbaxter2514

    @howardbaxter2514

    5 жыл бұрын

    Theophrastus Bombastus Columbia was doomed from the start. There is no saving Columbia.

  • @gabrielvarig
    @gabrielvarig5 жыл бұрын

    The timing of the Teachers in Space program gave it away and that made me sad. But I believe you also like to remember the STS program for all the progress it helped us achieve and so this tribute is very much welcome. Thank you for remembering and honoring the astronauts in Space Shuttle Challenger.

  • @dannypipewrench533

    @dannypipewrench533

    2 жыл бұрын

    The Space Transport System produced very little progress. It was a jobs program. A lot of decisions were made in the interest of Congress, not NASA. The whole program was somewhat inefficient, and the vehicle itself was largely impractical for the payloads it was originally designed for. The Apollo program should have continued. THAT would have produced progress. We should have been on Mars by 1979. BUT NO, Nixon did not like space, so he chose the Space Transport System.

  • @peabody1976
    @peabody19765 жыл бұрын

    I remember this. My third-grade teacher was a semi-finalist but she got pregnant and withdrew. When Challenger went up, we were supposed to watch it. Thankfully, we were at recess. (It was also my classmate's 10th birthday.)

  • @doubleflores8350

    @doubleflores8350

    11 ай бұрын

    She lucked out.

  • @kumatoni5245
    @kumatoni52455 жыл бұрын

    I don't they ever actually explained how to get to Sesame Street.

  • @theworldoverheavan560

    @theworldoverheavan560

    5 жыл бұрын

    What do you mean?

  • @MrWalksindarkness

    @MrWalksindarkness

    5 жыл бұрын

    the theme song asks "won't you tell me how to get, how to get to sesame street" but doesn't tell you how to get there

  • @FairyCRat

    @FairyCRat

    5 жыл бұрын

    Since then it's been the single most burning question in the history of modern civilization.

  • @fangabxyfangabxy8563

    @fangabxyfangabxy8563

    4 жыл бұрын

    Maybe the entire show is slowly teaching you how to look up directions?

  • @Warrka4

    @Warrka4

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@fangabxyfangabxy8563 "Hey Siri!"

  • @BaileyChap
    @BaileyChap5 жыл бұрын

    Just a note on just how horrible the crash of the shuttle big bird almost went on was, the investigators found that some of the astronauts, (apparently including Christa's) manually operated emergency oxygen supplies were activated, suggesting that after the explosion, some of the Astronauts were not only alive but also conscious as they fell to their death, if only they were given parachutes. :( RIP Challanger

  • @xOwlK
    @xOwlK5 жыл бұрын

    This took a turn...

  • @williamfall2214
    @williamfall22145 жыл бұрын

    I want be an 8 foot anthropomorphic bird now 😪 is that what it takes to be sent to space?

  • @cumaproto9466

    @cumaproto9466

    5 жыл бұрын

    I want to be an anthropomorphic wolf! (Yes I am a furry)

  • @thejay8963

    @thejay8963

    5 жыл бұрын

    Legik Wolf Anthro Fox here. Furry pride! But no yiffs. Yiffs are bad.

  • @deep.space.12

    @deep.space.12

    5 жыл бұрын

    The bird is too tall. You have to be a square.

  • @George-pp4vr

    @George-pp4vr

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@thejay8963 salt.mp4

  • @Keaton0801

    @Keaton0801

    5 жыл бұрын

    No, just sign up with space X. They will send you up eventually when they hire people to go on missions for them.

  • @tekwizwa
    @tekwizwa5 жыл бұрын

    Me watching video: so if they cancel the flight why would big bird almost die? Video: then they invited teachers Me: OH NO

  • @yihuiang3165
    @yihuiang31655 жыл бұрын

    Goodness! I grew up in the 90s - how different my childhood would have been if my Sesame Street didnt have Big Bird in it!!

  • @RapierNeedleCrime
    @RapierNeedleCrime5 жыл бұрын

    Why are my suggested videos filled with russian and arabic videos?

  • @envisci_bi

    @envisci_bi

    5 жыл бұрын

    Same here whats going on

  • @casperbarens8605

    @casperbarens8605

    5 жыл бұрын

    Same

  • @indiegum1694

    @indiegum1694

    5 жыл бұрын

    It happens almost all the time with newly uploaded videos, probably KZread's algorithm or something

  • @myla9140

    @myla9140

    5 жыл бұрын

    Lmao i didnt notice wtf

  • @kyanclaessens4777

    @kyanclaessens4777

    5 жыл бұрын

    I have normal videos reccommended but it are only 2

  • @b.t.burton5000
    @b.t.burton50003 жыл бұрын

    That Mr. Rogers video of him testifying to the Senate, that's a real tear-jerker.

  • @nikkustikku281
    @nikkustikku2815 жыл бұрын

    Someone who lives in Concord, NH here! Christa McAuliffe has a school here named after her. It's pronounced Christa Mick-Aw-Liffe, not Christa Mick-Ah-liffe. Its also a common misconception that Concord is pronounced Con-Cord, like a wire, it's actually Con-Cerd. (sorry bout that but my small town got featured in a HAI video and im cryin)

  • @Ginglees

    @Ginglees

    5 жыл бұрын

    nikkustikku Same here same here

  • @Ginglees

    @Ginglees

    5 жыл бұрын

    He seems to like our state too he did a video on it

  • @mynewaccount2361
    @mynewaccount23614 жыл бұрын

    "NASA turned to a new initiative where they'd send teachers into space" Oh... oh no...

  • @AndrewBrown-xr8pn
    @AndrewBrown-xr8pn5 жыл бұрын

    Challenger last flew on Jan 28, 1986, not Jan 26 as the video says at 3:09.

  • @mikefuquay9903
    @mikefuquay99035 жыл бұрын

    I've been refreshing my screen today waiting for the video of the week. Thanks!

  • @acarbon-basedlifeform982
    @acarbon-basedlifeform9825 жыл бұрын

    Last time I came this early I became a father

  • @cup_check_official

    @cup_check_official

    5 жыл бұрын

    I hope she said "Thank you, come again."

  • @rodigoduterte9192

    @rodigoduterte9192

    5 жыл бұрын

    A Carbon-Based Lifeform how's your family? Well

  • @craigkingdon4424

    @craigkingdon4424

    5 жыл бұрын

    Last time I was this early this joke was original.

  • @ArturoCabello

    @ArturoCabello

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hahaha. Thanks for the laugh.

  • @139nene

    @139nene

    5 жыл бұрын

    D..Dad?

  • @JoMiMi_h
    @JoMiMi_h5 жыл бұрын

    Why SpaceX tried to launch a Toyota Corolla into space

  • @kalebbruwer

    @kalebbruwer

    5 жыл бұрын

    wrong channel

  • @r.ilhamsastronegoro5397

    @r.ilhamsastronegoro5397

    5 жыл бұрын

    Sorry, wrong channel.

  • @CoffeeSuccubus

    @CoffeeSuccubus

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@kalebbruwer r/wooosh

  • @JoMiMi_h

    @JoMiMi_h

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@kalebbruwer r/woooosh

  • @JoMiMi_h

    @JoMiMi_h

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@r.ilhamsastronegoro5397 r/woooosh

  • @IvailoStoychev
    @IvailoStoychev4 жыл бұрын

    I watched Sam O' Nella, I saw this one before.

  • @gab_v250
    @gab_v2505 жыл бұрын

    The Challenger Disaster had consequences also on musical world. One of the astronauts, Ron McNair, was going to play a saxophone part (as planned on Jean Michel Jarre's Rendez-Vous album), but after that accident, the last track of the album ("Last/Dernière Rendez-Vous") has been recalled "Ron's Piece"

  • @thrawn01
    @thrawn015 жыл бұрын

    I love your Segway into the square space add at end. It got a huge laugh at our house.

  • @mywindowseat
    @mywindowseat5 жыл бұрын

    @1:29 “Being from Utah and Florida” 🤣🤣🤣

  • @matttravers153
    @matttravers1535 жыл бұрын

    Can you imagine how Sesame Street would react if big bird died tho?

  • @Jehty_

    @Jehty_

    5 жыл бұрын

    It's just a prank bro.

  • @user-jj7uc9gg7b

    @user-jj7uc9gg7b

    4 жыл бұрын

    I guess we'll find out soon, considering the actor died.

  • @maxrosenberg7058
    @maxrosenberg70585 жыл бұрын

    Always a good day when a new HAI vid comes out

  • @lizapiashko9105
    @lizapiashko91054 жыл бұрын

    0:40 this could be taken as either big bird is a costume, or he ate a guy. The former is true, but I like the latter better

  • @michaelhowell2326
    @michaelhowell23265 жыл бұрын

    I wonder how we would look at it today if Spinney had been on that flight. Would we mourn Spinney or Big Bird more?

  • @mikefuquay9903
    @mikefuquay99035 жыл бұрын

    When I was a kid, I always thought Paul McCartney sang a song called, "Letter B".

  • @Merennulli
    @Merennulli Жыл бұрын

    This one has me shaken. I was watching Sesame Street the previous year, and Star Trek the following year, so this was an intersection of interest I almost certainly would have been caught up in and it's horrifying to me to think about a young me having to have it explained to me that Big Bird had died in the shuttle accident.

  • @robertwoodall4330
    @robertwoodall43305 жыл бұрын

    That was a good sponsorship seque! Great video Wendover.

  • @DoctorSwagatron
    @DoctorSwagatron5 жыл бұрын

    @3:07 you have a mistake. It was *JANUARY 28TH*, not January 26th. Trust me- I did a report on this in 8th grade. I'm basically an expert.

  • @lemao_squash4486

    @lemao_squash4486

    5 жыл бұрын

    Jaunuary?

  • @itzthedude971

    @itzthedude971

    5 жыл бұрын

    Kevin Davis Tell us about it

  • @DoctorSwagatron

    @DoctorSwagatron

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@lemao_squash4486 thx

  • @gotrees4

    @gotrees4

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yep. It's my birthday. Can confirm.

  • @tncorgi92

    @tncorgi92

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yep, the 28th. I watched it live.

  • @OhKingJulian
    @OhKingJulian5 жыл бұрын

    They made a movie about the challenger and my mom played one of the lead roles.

  • @stella7794

    @stella7794

    4 жыл бұрын

    Secksey_Beest what role did she play?

  • @user-jj7uc9gg7b

    @user-jj7uc9gg7b

    4 жыл бұрын

    Wait what movie

  • @CEOdawg
    @CEOdawg5 жыл бұрын

    The transition to the plug was brilliantly funny. Keep it up.

  • @Yui_187
    @Yui_1875 жыл бұрын

    I like how half as interesting always sneaks in his sponsor in djffrent ways every vid

  • @mdd08
    @mdd085 жыл бұрын

    So funny thing is I watched wend over and hai for a good 4 months thinking wow these guys sound similar they should collaborate but it’s the same person bamboozling

  • @FlameRat_YehLon

    @FlameRat_YehLon

    5 жыл бұрын

    Well, at least they are separated for good reason. Wendover is for serious topics while HAI is for trivial facts.

  • @mdd08

    @mdd08

    5 жыл бұрын

    野龍 haha yea I definitely get why I just never dawned on me

  • @IaCthulhuFthagn

    @IaCthulhuFthagn

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@FlameRat_YehLon Ah yes, nothing serious about the Challenger disaster.

  • @FlameRat_YehLon

    @FlameRat_YehLon

    5 жыл бұрын

    I'ä Cthulhu Fthagn If this was on Wendover it will be a lengthy video explaining what exactly went wrong in the Challenger that led to the disaster, rather than just having a single line of comment on it.

  • @wetasspaddington
    @wetasspaddington5 жыл бұрын

    Wtf I got a CSA ad before this (not the rascist one, the Canadian Space Agency one.) it even had Chris Hadfield in!

  • @caboose9364

    @caboose9364

    5 жыл бұрын

    I’m_Dank_Don’t_Judge CSA isn’t inherently racist. The democrats, the political party, were the side which the confederate states were.

  • @user-gd5dj2nj6c

    @user-gd5dj2nj6c

    5 жыл бұрын

    The CSA wasnt racist

  • @breck1637

    @breck1637

    5 жыл бұрын

    Caboose Southern conservative Democrats who believed in the right to own other humans (specifically black ones) and who later formed a little organization known as the KKK, which was opposed to Reconstruction and emancipation( 1st iteration), then immigration and Catholicism (2nd iteration), and finally Civil Rights and integration (3rd iteration). How exactly were they not racist?

  • @theworldoverheavan560

    @theworldoverheavan560

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@breck1637 yep i am a Republican

  • @KanyeTheGayFish69

    @KanyeTheGayFish69

    5 жыл бұрын

    BR enslavement of black people was racist

  • @BlindingLight
    @BlindingLight4 жыл бұрын

    The challenger accident always reminds me of my middle school. It was named after one of the people on the explosion

  • @8BlackHawk8
    @8BlackHawk85 жыл бұрын

    3:15 Just a quick correction. It wasn't the external tank that exploded initially, it was one of the SRBs.

  • @ivlivscaesar5898
    @ivlivscaesar58984 жыл бұрын

    Let me reiterate: There is a timeline not too far from this one, where *Big Bird* is a casualty on the single worst astronomical disaster in history.

  • @txzk26

    @txzk26

    2 жыл бұрын

    A man of culture, I see

  • @greybeard29
    @greybeard295 жыл бұрын

    Imagine living in a world where this actually happened

  • @allenwollesen2375
    @allenwollesen23755 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, Half as Interesting, for making me cry in the middle of class

  • @SuperMarioJustin4
    @SuperMarioJustin44 жыл бұрын

    Glad to know that he lived to see his retirement. Thanks for entertaining and educating children for half a century, Spinney.

  • @Rival-Sama
    @Rival-Sama5 жыл бұрын

    If sending Big Bird to space would inspire kids, what would they try next?

  • @casperbarens8605

    @casperbarens8605

    5 жыл бұрын

    Jake paul, that would not be a tragedy

  • @policemanmojo2751

    @policemanmojo2751

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yes send the Paul brothers to space in a faulty spaceship rigged to explode.

  • @Imedge6

    @Imedge6

    5 жыл бұрын

    Running for president.

  • @TurboRTM

    @TurboRTM

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@casperbarens8605 Dude, I came here to comment the same thing, lmao

  • @samfeldstein4498

    @samfeldstein4498

    5 жыл бұрын

    Barney the Dinosaur

  • @primus0348
    @primus03485 жыл бұрын

    Big Bird was gonna die On the Challenger!?!!?!?! Damn......

  • @TacticalGooseYT
    @TacticalGooseYT Жыл бұрын

    I can tell this will be very informative

  • @jaclynzinck4241
    @jaclynzinck42414 жыл бұрын

    I already learned this from a Sam O Nella video but I watched this anyway

  • @sarawalker1384
    @sarawalker13845 жыл бұрын

    As a person from New Hampshire, the way you pronounced McAuliffe and Concord personally offends me

  • @Ginglees

    @Ginglees

    5 жыл бұрын

    Sara Ford ikr

  • @colinsheehan2063

    @colinsheehan2063

    3 жыл бұрын

    Same

  • @dameygamey9167
    @dameygamey91673 жыл бұрын

    December 8, 2019 rip carol spinney died in his home

  • @round5soundsfetchmetheirso827
    @round5soundsfetchmetheirso8274 жыл бұрын

    Big Bird would have survived the Challenger disaster. He has god mode on.

  • @matthewcecil8552
    @matthewcecil85524 жыл бұрын

    Dr. Mike Reynolds was one of the 10 candidates selected for further training. Decades later he would continue to tell the story of Challenger to his college students at Florida State College at Jacksonville. He loved everything to do with space travel, asteroids, and eclipses, but he loved teaching most of all.

  • @newslayer
    @newslayer5 жыл бұрын

    *BIG BIRB*

  • @cup_check_official
    @cup_check_official5 жыл бұрын

    wtf is up with the big bird and lil waynes. Why is it always big or lil. Why can't it be a normal or medium bird

  • @bobhope4288

    @bobhope4288

    5 жыл бұрын

    It's the same with clothes. There's extra small and extra large but there's no extra medium. It's a conspiracy.

  • @mordirit8727

    @mordirit8727

    5 жыл бұрын

    Sesame Street, starring: Extremely Impressively Average Not-at-all- unexpected-sized Bird!

  • @avi12
    @avi125 жыл бұрын

    The end transition was perfect

  • @rhysthomas7102
    @rhysthomas71025 жыл бұрын

    The whole story of the teachers in space project is so tragic, it just breaks my heart. R.I.P 😔

  • @xMDawg19x
    @xMDawg19x5 жыл бұрын

    Big Bird Almost Dies in Space ( gone wrong ) ( gone sexual ) ( Astronauts hate him! )

  • @Ethan-ok4mj
    @Ethan-ok4mj5 жыл бұрын

    Breaking News! NASA announced that they will be sending every Sesame Street character to space.

  • @woetroe29
    @woetroe295 жыл бұрын

    This was a wild ride from beginning to end

  • @dreamscapeai7
    @dreamscapeai75 жыл бұрын

    Your videos are very interesting,

  • @RubySapior
    @RubySapior5 жыл бұрын

    Hey, my middle school is named after her

  • @adambud11
    @adambud115 жыл бұрын

    Yo the town christa McAuliffe taught in isn’t pronounced like the grape. It’s con-curd! Sorry it’s my home town had to mention it lol.

  • @MattapoisettinLA

    @MattapoisettinLA

    5 жыл бұрын

    & HAI you should take another crack at pronouncing Christa McAuliffe’s name as well

  • @t65bx25
    @t65bx255 жыл бұрын

    3:15 No, it wasn’t. The fuel tank had no problems. That was Colombia. Challenger had a failure in the left solid rocket booster (SRB) where one of the O-rings became brittle and cracked due to the cold weather mentioned. This resulted in the engine both firing upwards but also sideways, ripping it away from the shuttle, but simultaneously striking the fuel tank and causing an explosion.

  • @RogieWoah
    @RogieWoah5 жыл бұрын

    Imagine being a kid watching Big Bird fly up in a spaceship and explode.

  • @Jesse__H
    @Jesse__H5 жыл бұрын

    How dare you compare gorgeous, varied, clean, friendly Utah to frickin _florida_ 😅

  • @FutureNow
    @FutureNow5 жыл бұрын

    He suit too big for he goddamn space shuttle.

  • @GogetaXR4
    @GogetaXR45 жыл бұрын

    It wasn't the ET that exploded, but rather a SRB leak that caused Challenger's untimely demise

  • @JM-jv7ps
    @JM-jv7ps5 жыл бұрын

    If you want to be sad, they actually survived the explosion. It was the impact with the ocean that killed the crew.

  • @SPEEDYNOOB
    @SPEEDYNOOB5 жыл бұрын

    🅱️ig 🅱️ird

  • @kingsofserbiangameplay1623
    @kingsofserbiangameplay16235 жыл бұрын

    If Jake Paul was there it would be an a unfortunate sadness that he missed the challenger

  • @edenli6421

    @edenli6421

    5 жыл бұрын

    kingsofserbiangameplay 162 LoL ikr

  • @edenli6421

    @edenli6421

    5 жыл бұрын

    Wait are u a Logan fan?!

  • @kingsofserbiangameplay1623

    @kingsofserbiangameplay1623

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@edenli6421, no

  • @Turtlel-xu8qu

    @Turtlel-xu8qu

    5 жыл бұрын

    Paul family + Challenger = Prevent Adpocalypse

  • @pilot_doggo
    @pilot_doggo5 жыл бұрын

    One of the teachers at my school almost went on the Challenger but he turned it down a few months before he would have gone on it.

  • @pantherj62
    @pantherj625 жыл бұрын

    Wow thank for the info m8. Very interesting

  • @a75k29
    @a75k295 жыл бұрын

    *Birds arent real*

  • @seigeengine
    @seigeengine5 жыл бұрын

    The comedy of this show does not mix well with tragedy. Do not repeat this mistake.

  • @itzthedude971

    @itzthedude971

    5 жыл бұрын

    seigeengine What comedy?

  • @6023barath

    @6023barath

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yes, they paid more attention to Big Bird and Sesame Street instead of the serious nature of the Challenger tragedy. The usual tone of sarcasm and comedy, I agree, didn't mix well here..

  • @larsniklas
    @larsniklas5 жыл бұрын

    I liked this video because of the excellent segway into the ad.

  • @liverthebeaver8565
    @liverthebeaver85655 жыл бұрын

    Amazing ad transition :P

  • @SuicideBunny6
    @SuicideBunny65 жыл бұрын

    0:39 No thanks Mr. Animator, no tearing up for me today

  • @brianholmes1812
    @brianholmes18124 жыл бұрын

    Now I want a hard hitting space drama akin to something like gravity, about big bird dying on the space shuttle challenger

  • @JamieJosef
    @JamieJosef5 жыл бұрын

    3:56 have you always been this smooth? Because damn

  • @na195097
    @na1950975 жыл бұрын

    Damn. As soon as I saw the title, I knew it was Challenger. 😢 I watched that happen live in elementary school.

  • @Toast4tw
    @Toast4tw5 жыл бұрын

    **Big Bird died on his way back to his home planet.**

  • @ccleake1
    @ccleake15 жыл бұрын

    This is the content i susbscribed for

  • @earnestbrown6524
    @earnestbrown65245 жыл бұрын

    The actor who does Big Big retried back in October after 50 year of great service to all.

  • @deltaflamestorm7400
    @deltaflamestorm74004 жыл бұрын

    I remember in middle school we had to write school we had to write a paper on an important person in history and I chose an astronaut and when I discovered that she died in a space shuttle explosion I began to view space as terrifying instead of mystifying and amazing