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All staged folks...and here's just one of many proofs: Apollo missions supposedly provided astronot breathing air for 2 weeks at a time of 5psi and under of pure oxygen. Sea level atmosphere where we evolved to breathe is 14.7 psi of 21% oxygen and the vast remainder nitrogen. Every low earth orbit space capsule since the apollo farce has provided near earth's atmosphere pressure and oxygen/nitrogen content (space station, skylab, space shuttle). There is zero independent evidence of humans breathing pure O2 at 5 psi and 3.4 psi (space suits) for days and weeks at a time.....and a human would develop H.A.P.E. (high altitude pulmonary edema) and die breathing such. It is a fact that one cannot except for short periods of time breath low pressure pure O2, or deadly HAPE develops as well as oxygen toxicity. It was staged fool.
I have a 15 AC (pedestal mount) since I was 6 y.o. Yes it its unstable, but I love it! I still fire it on 4th of July and New Years Eve. Much to the neighbors chagrin. As a kid we had an apple tree in the yard and by July 4th the apples were just the right size to jamb in the barrel and shoot. Its a shame you didn't us real Bangsite for the demonstration, it makes a big difference. If too much calcium carbide it used (the problem with the demonstration I believe) it put out a big flamey flash but only a funny 'BLOOP' sound.
Me in the 60's: Mom, I need more Bangsite. Mom: NO! Me, a little later: Dad, I need more Bangsite. Dad: Okay, let's go to the hobby store!
That "giggity" absolutely broke me
Notification Squad!!! :D
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14:44 Today I learned: the surface of the moon has UXO (unexploded ordnance) left behind. 🤔
Carbide gun. We used to make it out of pipes.
It's weird how smartphones these days are so useful for physics experiments that physics exams are like the only exams where you're allowed to use them. A lot of their features might seem kinda pointless but they're genuinely useful in a lot of physics experiments.
Apollo astronauts were carrying Plutonium on there mission to the moon. I love the 60s
EXCEPT WE NEVER LANDED ON THE MOON
Another book you might like to check out on the Recon pilots of WW2 is called " Eyes of the Eighth" a story of The 7th photographic Reconnaissance Group 1942-1945. There alot of there missions that the pilots flew and some of those the where shot down along with the photos they came back with and where are in the photos. My father was one of those pilots and one of the most highly decorated recon pilots in the 8th Air Force 7th photo group
So many abbreviations!
wow, this the best breaking down of the moon trips. GOOD JOB
I still have my cannon, from 1967. It’s the smaller model with rubber tires. The neighbor kid had the “Big” cannon, much envy on my part😅
Yoooo they made dune thumpers real.
I still have my grandfather's. Havent used it in a few years.
Border guard…. Anything to declare? You…. A cannon Border guard….. move along
aeiouaeiou John Madden
A fellow I once worked with years ago made several of the corner reflector cubes for an LRRR array. Turns out they were something that good amateur telescope makes could produce. Remembering that something you made with your own hands sits on the moon, reflecting the occasional laser beam back to earth seems pretty cool.
And will still be in exactly the same spot in a million years. I hope he signed it.
It really is remarkable how much scientific data the Apollo missions yielded over such a short time. Sad that so many people have forgotten, or never learned what was done there. Even worse that professional science deniers have made a business of lying about the details, dismissing it as "playing golf and riding dune buggies" or even worse, claiming that nobody went at all.
I mean if you take away all the video evidence, the people that witnessed it live, other countries confirming it (even enemy countries), the scientific equipment that we left there that we still use today, the photographs, and moon samples that we brought back, is there really any evidence that we actually went to the moon?
Usually when you do a story on a device I will go to Ebay and try to buy one. E.G. The Minox spy camera. I cannot find a used ALSEP set !? Can you believe it;;? Great viddy!
Never knew the details of the moon tests.
I remember in the 90's visiting the Davis mountains in West Texas and seeing the part of Apollo that still functions where they go out and use some of the telescopes to laser range the moon!!! 🌙🤠👍
16:41 Sound drops out.
the Government sure does love their acronyms lol
The name of the "lander" proofs that there was never a moon landing. They called it "eagle" - a bird. And as we all know, birds aren't real.
I know(believe) we/they went there. They had a car and played golf and picked up some rocks and crashed shit into the moon. That echoed for an unusually long time l
5:43 they function because all they got to do is reflect.
870 years? Not my problem. 4:00
Thanks for this. As a kid then I never knew.
Thanks for a great look into the experiments conducted on the moon. Fascinating.
The best quote from the Moon must be "That may have been a small step for Neil, but it was a big one for me."
Say what you will about NASA, but they’d be damned if they were going to be out-acronym-ed by the military
I grew up during the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo era. I had not realized until this that the active Lunar experiments were power by a SNAP thermal generator. Fantastic overview.
Nice information thank you. Did you watch live apollo websites. it has full voice recording of eva activities.
Can't understand your speech. Would be great if you announce better!
After that superb presentation, I had a problem. My brain really, really hurt. What happened to the gum molecular regurgitating tritium powered sock dispenser ?
All these failures but made it there first try no problems Yeah right
Which is EXACTLY they tried the ideas ! Honestly is that the best you have . Oh and of course you forget Apollo 1 and 13
minor audio issue at 16:40 ish; the name of the LSG is skipped. Keep up the good work
We used the Tektronix equivlent with a pack fil;m back. Later on we had a small epson plotter that ran over GPIB and had 4 pens so you could plot in color.
Very interesting video. I was breathless, as I watched the Apollo 11 landing in my Squadron Day Room at Keesler AFB, Mississippi. I think the Moon landings constituted one of the greatest engineering feats of the 20th century. It's all the more astounding when you consider it was mostly done with slide rules & brilliant, seat of the pants engineering. The Apollo missions are a proud monument to human ingenuity.
I was six years old and watched it live on TV from our home. I was bit confused because they said it was the first time someone went to the moon but I remembered earlier moon mission. The young brain didn't realize the earlier mission hadn't landed on the moon. It was still an amazing thing to watch.
At 17:54 we see the proof that the landings were staged and actually shot on Earth. Joking of course. Excellent presentation Gilles as always.
Great video! Very, very interesting. Didn't know they fired mortars on the moon.
Set up a multimillion dollar experiment Trip over a cable and render it useless Literally the story of my entire work life
Firstly; an excellent presentation. Secondly; I'm annoyed that, yet again, after spending 10 minutes researching and writing a comment regarding the technicalities of Project Apollo that had zero contention or problematic language my comment was removed! There is no incentive to add comments to your videos if you or more probably KZread are deleting them!
It is a waste of time to write long comments on KZread, because the risk is so high that either the KZread algoritm or the creator's "banned word list" somehow decides your comment has to be removed.
@@Rob2 Lesson learned! Thanks.
Regarding the discovery the Moon is slowly drifting away from Earth at the rate of 3.8 centimeters per year, since the end of the Apollo program in 1972 to now [2024] the Moon has drifted about 197.6 centimeters further away from Earth {if I did the math right}. Not particularly Earth-shattering, but still fascinating.
Starting at about 12:48 in this video: _"Thumper"?_ They were trying to find _Lunar Sandworms._ 😉 {Great video, Gilles...👍}
Fascinating! I hadn't learned any of this before. THANKS
Huh? This has been in productin longer than the M1911? Cool👍