Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - Eyes on the Moon

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    We're going back to the moon hopefully in 2024 but compared to the 1960's we need to know a lot more about the moon than we did then if we are to make permanent bases there. So to this end, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter was created to map the moon in greater detail than ever before and in the process, it did what no other orbiter has managed to do and that find and image the Apollo sites after 5 decades of being out of sight to us.
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  • @mboiko
    @mboiko 3 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    Crazy days...my Mom would take my brother and me to the beach in the Summer then later swing by Grumman in Bethpage NY to pick up my Dad who worked on the LEM (Lunar Excursion Module) Program. White shirt and tie and in the Summer...and it was long sleeve white shirt and tie in the Winter. During an Apollo mission, he would occasionally have to stay at work where they had a mock-up/simulator. He later went to Fairchild/Republic in Farmingdale NY to work in the A-10 (Warthog) Program. I was there when the first A-10 prototype was loaded on a C-5A watching from the fence. They are all gone now Rob died in 94...Dad Aug 21, 2019, and Mom from COVID Nov 4 2020... When I watch a video like this many of the memories come back....those sure were crazy days.

    • @cameraop8210
      @cameraop8210 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Great memories... sorry to hear about your mum and covid...

    • @mboiko
      @mboiko 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cameraop8210 Thanks...

    • @followthegrow108
      @followthegrow108 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Awe. May they rest in peace. Hope all is well. Sending prayers your way

    • @gregsayles9253
      @gregsayles9253 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank's for your dad's work!--& Sorry for your losses over the yrs... At least you have the memories & can help testify to us going to the moon in the first place, along with this video, which helps put to rest the nuts out there saying we never went😅!

  • @thegreatafrican3367
    @thegreatafrican3367 3 ปีที่แล้ว +732

    This channel is the very definition of quality over quantity

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      @Mr.Deleterious 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      You are not alone in your line of thought. 😉

    • @DeathValleyDazed
      @DeathValleyDazed 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Agreed, Paul is masterful with his productions!

    • @bretthullrampage
      @bretthullrampage 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Hopefully Paul knows how much we appreciate his content.

    • @DeathValleyDazed
      @DeathValleyDazed 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@bretthullrampage- Paul’s content is as colorful as his shirt collection!

    • @LiquidAudio
      @LiquidAudio 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Couldn’t agree more, love it!

  • @xray86delta
    @xray86delta 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    As a child, I loved the moon missions! What a treat to see the artifacts after all these years!

  • @spacecatboy2962
    @spacecatboy2962 3 ปีที่แล้ว +184

    wow, go all the way to the moon and miss seeing a crater by 30 feet

    • @S1nwar
      @S1nwar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      i would be so scared if everything looks the same and the one feature you got a direction for just doesnt show up and you only got a few hours

    • @spacecatboy2962
      @spacecatboy2962 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@S1nwar one thing about it though, as long as you could look down and see a trail of tracks, you could find your way back since no one else had ever left any tracks there before

    • @mojoblues66
      @mojoblues66 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      6:29 it was 30 meters. nobody doing science is using your funny ancient units.

    • @aemrt5745
      @aemrt5745 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@mojoblues66 Actually the US aerospace industry still uses Imperial units.

    • @aemrt5745
      @aemrt5745 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@spacecatboy2962 Yep. Though their major concern was having enough oxygen to get back.

  • @ionicdog5860
    @ionicdog5860 3 ปีที่แล้ว +142

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    • @connor1424
      @connor1424 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Honestly. He deserves to have so so many more subs. There are channels with 10’s of millions of subs who don’t make as high quality videos as this

    • @NSPlayer
      @NSPlayer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Needs more videos

    • @matthewdevenish1106
      @matthewdevenish1106 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Agreed. Happy to help.

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      @eduardomedina5794 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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  • @elitely6748
    @elitely6748 3 ปีที่แล้ว +109

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  • @yamclam
    @yamclam 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Imagine being a landing denier

    • @okiwatashi2349
      @okiwatashi2349 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      They’ve become photograph deniers!

    • @sunnyjim1355
      @sunnyjim1355 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      C'mon man, some people are brilliant with photoshop. You're so gullible.

    • @TheblueTraxxasRustler
      @TheblueTraxxasRustler 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@sunnyjim1355 didn’t know photoshop existed in the 60’s

    • @TheblueTraxxasRustler
      @TheblueTraxxasRustler 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@9233267 exactly

    • @Chris-hx3om
      @Chris-hx3om 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This pretty much crushes the arguments used by deniers. th-cam.com/video/_loUDS4c3Cs/w-d-xo.html

  • @2handsomeforlaw
    @2handsomeforlaw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    "!the resolution was low"
    Well, that must be the best understatement so far in 2021! :D

  • @tylerwickwire1522
    @tylerwickwire1522 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I still want them to re visit apollo 11 on live TV so I can see one of my favorite moments in history. That'd be amazing.

    • @TechNed
      @TechNed 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's an historic site. Everything about it, every footprint needs to be preserved. Humans first footprints on another world can't be trampled over and erased for a 21st century stunt.

    • @oldlincolnpipewelder
      @oldlincolnpipewelder 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Me too… I’d love to see it up close to make sure “Other rovers from hostile countries” didn’t stop by to desecrate it..
      If you catch my drift.

  • @jangoofy
    @jangoofy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    01:17 "Things have changed a lot since the mid 60's" - but not the shirts ;-)
    Great video as always.

    • @enjibkk6850
      @enjibkk6850 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I do not think shirt printing technology from the 60s could handle this shirt though 🤔

  • @ChaJ67
    @ChaJ67 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It is pretty crazy to think that back in the 1960's all of this tech was invented and built from the ground up to make Apollo work. We have benefited greatly from this. The technology has transformed our society. This is why when we do this again now and in the upcoming years, we can do it a lot better because from the Apollo program catalyst and even ideas voiced back then by engineers and scientists, but just not pulled off back then, people have been refining and evolving this technology for everyday use on Earth as well as many more missions to space, providing us with much better tools and instruments now we can use for these missions without inventing it from scratch.
    Getting back to doing long term crewed missions to other places like Luna, to really do this right we have to invent a bunch of new technology and deepen our understanding of both human biology and biology in general to make self sustaining systems elsewhere in the solar system. This is a grand challenge problem. The things we can learn could be what we need to transform our society here on Earth into a self sustaining one as we will have to solve these problems for reals for it to work elsewhere in the solar system. There is something else really important and that is while Wernher von Braun wanted to recover the first stage of the Saturn V and the USA successfully tested a nuclear thermal rocket engine meant to be the Saturn V 3rd stage before the program was cancelled in the Nixon administration, we have been recovering Falcon 9 first stages for a while now, SpaceX is working on recovering both stages of the Starship rocket, of which Elon Musk states has a slightly higher delta-V than a hydrogen rocket due to methane being more dense and warmer (still cryogenic) and thus a lower ending mass due to much lighter fuel tanks while also producing a great deal more thrust than hydrogen, plus there has been a renewed interest in nuclear thermal. So we could bring the cost of getting into LEO and even going back to Luna way down to the point where it starts making sense to try to send people back to Luna.
    So consider this model:
    1. SpaceX Starship using 3mm 30X stainless steel alloy, which is stronger than titanium, and a stable oil rig platform in the ocean to land on without the mass of landing legs and doing on a ballistic trajectory like the Falcon 9 uses with drone ships, lifts somewhere on the order of 150 metric tonnes to LEO per launch. As some stripped down Starship second stages would be handy in space, lift some over-sized space station modules into LEO Falcon 9 payload fairing style shaped mounted on top of a cut off, stripped down Starship second stage making a one way trip to LEO. The idea being you may be able to get somewhere around 350 metric tonnes into LEO this way and then refill that stripped down second stage for other missions.
    2. A large new space station in LEO supplied by many reusable Starship launches every year carrying loads of people, supplies, fuel, and projects to the station. A lot more science happens as well as space based manufacturing and commercial activities. There will be a big focus on figuring out sustainable human activity in the solar system by using this space station as a test bed of ideas and technologies. This will encompass a wide range of processing raw materials in space, space based manufacturing, and both small scale and large scale experiments and projects in biology such as radiation shielding, what are the real parameters needed for artificial gravity (we don't know how big of a radius or how much gravity is needed), sustainable food growth, and how other life forms on Earth can handle various environments we can create on the space station, at least a sufficiently large one. With manufacturing happening at the space station, maybe you fabricate new large structural modules at the space station using say inflatable modules to house the main work space for each project while say 3D printing and other machine shop modules attach to it. For say a very large space based telescope, you get the main structure built at the space station and then ship up all of the smaller, more complicated parts from Earth. Another commercial manufacturing may be making ZBLAN fiber at the space station.
    3. With all of this activity at a space station in LEO, it becomes the hopping off point for going to Luna. For the actual trip to Luna, a nuclear thermal module is added to a modularized Starship, which has its Raptor engines removed and is turned into a nuclear thermal rocket with fuel tanks to carry LOX/LNG propellant to Luna as well as other cargo / people to bring to Luna. As the delta-V to go to LLO (low lunar orbit) and aerobrake on the way back is easy enough for nuclear thermal (using LH2) where otherwise with chemical (reactions as opposed to thermal heating) it would be pretty bad, a dramatic improvement in cost to go to Luna is achieved as well as allowing large shipments to Luna via this transfer ship. This modularized nuclear thermal Starship would need to have adequate heat shielding to aerobrake, however you only need the modules in place when returning to Earth, so this opens up some possibilities for ferrying oversized loads to Luna.
    4. Once the transfer ship makes it to LLO (low Lunar orbit), it transfers its stored LOX/LNG fuel to say a Lunar optimized Starship as well as its payload over. There could be a few different Lunar optimized Starships such as crew, cargo, combo, and stripped down sky crane. The sky crane is of particular interest because for dropping off stuff on the Lunar surface, it could potentially set something very heavy down with basically nothing more than fuel tanks, some vacuum optimized Raptor engines, maybe scaled down for Luna appropriate thrust, and a tether (basically the stripped down Starship mentioned earlier), and then fly back into LLO.
    5. With a large carrying capacity to the surface of Luna, the next step for a base is to build a maglev launch and landing track. This way instead of carrying a large amount of LOX/LNG for a rocket to descend to the surface of Luna and then fly back to LLO, only a very small amount of extra propellant is brought along to line up with the track for landing and then to circularize the orbit when being slingshotted back into orbit. Such a maglev launch system could also do point to point long distance trips around Luna to other bases as gravity is low enough and there is no atmosphere.
    This fairly straight forward mission profile to Luna that nuclear thermal would allow with a relative handful of tanker Starship launches per main payload launch from Earth would allow for a potentially large base on Luna or even multiple bases.

  • @whatdoiput807
    @whatdoiput807 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    This is insane. This whole video gave me goosebumps. To be on the moon in the sixties in a goofy little car, driving for hours away from the goofy little ship that got you there to get rocks and hope you can make it back. And now we can go back and see where they were and what they missed out on. This is unreal.

    • @nigeldepledge3790
      @nigeldepledge3790 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Well, kinda. The traverses in the LRV were limited in distance by what was termed the "walk-back limit". As its name suggests, they were not allowed to travel farther from the LEM than the distance they could walk (based on the amount of O2 in their PLSSs).

    • @gyozakeynsianism
      @gyozakeynsianism 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Totally agree.

    • @johnroby6524
      @johnroby6524 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@nigeldepledge3790 That is also the reason the different "stations" they went to always started out furthest from the LM.

    • @nigeldepledge3790
      @nigeldepledge3790 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@johnroby6524 - Yes, exactly. Because the walk-back limit decreased as the astronauts consumed the oxygen in their PLSSs.

  • @MaidenHell1977
    @MaidenHell1977 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Absolutely beautiful..stunning to say the least. Thank you CD for some of the absolute best content on the web. ♥️

  • @catlee8064
    @catlee8064 3 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    Another awesome shirt there Paul....you must have a secret stack somewhere...

    • @NoOnesIdea
      @NoOnesIdea 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lord Varys at his best.

    • @Noukz37
      @Noukz37 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I remember that he used to be sponsored by a shirt boutique before.

    • @Gitarzan66
      @Gitarzan66 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      A stack? never, you must always put them on a hanger.

  • @jw3505
    @jw3505 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Those who say we should just send robots instead of astronauts misunderstand the real value of space exploration. It’s not just scientific research, it’s also a representation of what humans can achieve. The inspiration provided to all of humanity when Armstrong set foot on the moon has an enormous value. How many problems in the world have been solved by people inspired on that day to believe that nothing is impossible? No rover mission will ever connect with us all in the same way a human mission does.

  • @youerny
    @youerny 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I love your contents! The quality of documents and information is incredible. Thank you, Curious Droid!

  • @kUNCHRIS
    @kUNCHRIS 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    the video of the Saturn V hitting max Q always gives me Goosebumps ... incredible

  • @christopherrasmussen8718
    @christopherrasmussen8718 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I remember all the Apollo missions. I just hope I live long enough to see us on Mars.

  • @jefffiore7023
    @jefffiore7023 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Paul you are my favorite TH-camr; you keep my love for science kindled and burning brightly with your informative and well organized videos.
    Thank you for what you do; I hope you’re doing well after your treatment ❤️
    Love from space city Tx!

  • @hangie65
    @hangie65 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Excellent video. A very nice summary and explanation of what LRO is all about, including the stunning images of the Apollo landing sites.

  • @urielhernandez5266
    @urielhernandez5266 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Yes, this is quality.

  • @relevantinformation6655
    @relevantinformation6655 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Meteorites through no atmosphere, solar flares, - perfect let’s put a base here 💥👍

    • @ifell3
      @ifell3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Lol was just about to say the same!!!

    • @craigduncan4826
      @craigduncan4826 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Guess we will need to send up a giant tunnel digger from Elon musks boring company to dig underground and build it there. Vertical integration and all that...

    • @yamclam
      @yamclam 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same as the iss

    • @dogwalker666
      @dogwalker666 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      As long as the girls wear purple wigs

    • @Doc_OLDGUY_Savage
      @Doc_OLDGUY_Savage 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@dogwalker666 SHADO Moonbase. Might actually need those lasers to deflect large objects from facilities.
      When asked about women in the space program: "We welcome them with open arms." Neil Armstrong.

  • @IrrationalCharm
    @IrrationalCharm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    There are tons of space related videos on youtube, but yours are for real the best and most interesting ones. Been following you for quite some time now. Keep it up!!

  • @_The_Worst_
    @_The_Worst_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I can't wait until we're back on the Moon again in 2024...🚀🌕

  • @johnladuke6475
    @johnladuke6475 3 ปีที่แล้ว +119

    Doesn't matter how good the imaging is, LRO's never gonna get a picture of Apollo 13's landing site.

    • @NorthDicks
      @NorthDicks 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @John La Duke
      Yes you are right John. At 4.20-4.23 the images of the moon crater was so sharp. But when it turn to shoots those apollo's junk/debris the images suddenly becomes BLUR nor only a dot pixel... 🤔🤔🤪

    • @DanSlotea
      @DanSlotea 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@NorthDicks you know 13 never landed, do you?

    • @mikester1290
      @mikester1290 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@NorthDicks Yes, like the man said Apollo 13 never landed on the moon, however if your talking about the site where they did land, I think the orbiter was at much higher altitude when it took those shots so it does explain the lower res.

    • @robertmiller9735
      @robertmiller9735 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      That's 'cause the only Apollo 13 landing site is on Earth.

    • @DanSlotea
      @DanSlotea 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @Hell N Degenerates we don't think, we know. It's not a matter of debate, it's a fact. Unless you are a paranoid schizophrenic, in which case go hide in a cave with a tinfoil hat, I heard it blocks the 5G signal that is spreading the coronavirus.

  • @Novasky2007
    @Novasky2007 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I Like that the JPL Engineering department has an addendum to the motto.
    You dare mighty things. We build them.

  • @Hobbes746
    @Hobbes746 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    One chapter in our history of exploring the moon is missing from this video: After the Ranger missions, NASA ran 5 missions in the Lunar Orbiter program, which systematically mapped the entire surface like LRO would do later.

  • @ashleylee4446
    @ashleylee4446 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is the best information I’ve ever seen about the moon landings. Well done Paul, keep up the great work, thanks for all the hard work you put in to everything on your channel. Superb.

  • @danielbrowniel
    @danielbrowniel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I love this channel, You deserve as much love as scott manley.

  • @drewmurray2583
    @drewmurray2583 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wow thanks for clearing this up. I am no longer a conspiracy theorist. There is absolutely no way those photos could be altered or fake!

    • @IdoZatTimeInaVan
      @IdoZatTimeInaVan 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yayyyyyy 🤣😂😅🤩

  • @TAR3N
    @TAR3N 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I wish there was a video from you posted every hour ! :(. I know how much you put into each video and we all appreciate it ! I just enjoy them so much ! I wish you a happy and successful 2021 !

  • @ClassyJackBF
    @ClassyJackBF 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hold up!
    I did not know Apollo astronauts visited an earlier launched probe and brought back bits from it. That is amazing.

  • @rikdeleeuw1751
    @rikdeleeuw1751 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    One of the best channels🙏🚀

  • @stile8686
    @stile8686 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great video. Good to hear the LRO is still doing good work. These longer missions tend to get less noticed as time goes on. A bit surprised you didn't mention the Lunar Orbiter program in 1966-1967 which had a similar goal to the more recent LRO and the previous Ranger although a lot of concentration on potential landing sites. Five orbiters produced images with resolutions between 60m up to as little as 1m. LRO is far in advance of them but it is unfortunate that they are forgotten between the more dramatic Rangers and Apollo landings. Still you did a great job on the LRO.

    • @T_Mo271
      @T_Mo271 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Indeed. The Apollo landing sites were surveyed by the Lunar Orbiter cameras. I don't think that landing site surveys were the primary Ranger mission.

  • @atulagrawal3428
    @atulagrawal3428 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    one of the best channels on youtube , i spent most of my lockdown watching your videos.

  • @josephstevens9888
    @josephstevens9888 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What about the NASA's Lunar Orbiter Program of 1966 - 1967? Five very successful orbiters, starting with Lunar Orbiter 1 in August 1966 and ending with Lunar Orbiter 5 in August 1967. The first three mission scouted potential Apollo landing site, and were placed in and equatorial orbit. The last two Lunar Orbiters were placed in a polar orbit for a Moon-wide mapping mission.
    Of NASA's 1960's unmanned lunar missions; Ranger, Surveyor, and Lunar Orbiter; the Lunar Orbiter Program was by-far the most successful with a 100% mission accomplishment rate.
    LRO, however, is downright fantastic!

  • @NoOnesIdea
    @NoOnesIdea 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Extremely interesting topic. Also - no politics, which is great.
    Thank you CD!

  • @shanemize3775
    @shanemize3775 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Absolutely fascinating stuff. Thanks so much for sharing!

  • @richardbrayshaw570
    @richardbrayshaw570 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Really great video, as always, Keeps the Apollo programe alive. Thanks, Paul.

  • @TheCloakedTiger
    @TheCloakedTiger 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love coming to this channel. I have learned so much about space and space exploration. :)

  • @98wolfpack98
    @98wolfpack98 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Smart, timing the release on a Friday afternoon!~

  • @abbaszaidi8371
    @abbaszaidi8371 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    6:00. Now I see the frustration of getting so close to cone crater

  • @gigteevee6118
    @gigteevee6118 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is an amazing research job and production, great to see everything laid out in time and place (plus space).

  • @jppitman1
    @jppitman1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    As a kid it was fun to watch the Ranger pictures on TV as they got closer and closer to image things we`d not seen before. It was exciting. You have to start from somewhere and can only use the technology of the time which itself was developing very rapidly as Surveyor landers did eventually make it safely to the surface. And now we are driving on Mars. Absolutely mind-numbing!

  • @corneliusjames4312
    @corneliusjames4312 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Im subscribed and havr the notification bell clicked, yet youtube never notifies me of new videos for this channel. Its Frustrating (shaking fist at youtube) was such a nice sight seeing a curious droid vid on the feed today :)

  • @ohareport
    @ohareport 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    thank you, paul!

  • @sccjono
    @sccjono 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You sir are a gift and your videos are such a pleasure to watch.

  • @angelarch5352
    @angelarch5352 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    thank youuuu for this vid!!! I have been waiting all my life to see images of the lunar landers from a follow up mission to the moon, and finally got it plus more! So cool!:)

  • @qtig9490
    @qtig9490 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Really outstanding work on this video! Best explanation yet of LRO and some of the great things it has found though unexpected. You do such a good job explaining things in an interesting yet accurate way that NASA and ESA should pay you a stipend!

  • @AnonAnonAnon
    @AnonAnonAnon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This should be used in schools all around the world. First to inform, and second to show that the Apollo missions were never faked.

    • @curiouscat8457
      @curiouscat8457 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wouldn't help... These photos are, obviously, faked too... :-)

    • @AnonAnonAnon
      @AnonAnonAnon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@curiouscat8457 Double yawn. If any of this was faked, the Russians would be shouting from the tallest building with evidence.

    • @curiouscat8457
      @curiouscat8457 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@AnonAnonAnon I should have known there there will be one who takes it seriously :-).

    • @danger2719
      @danger2719 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@curiouscat8457 You guys destroy the world.

    • @CRAZYHORSE19682003
      @CRAZYHORSE19682003 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I firmly believe 99% of the people who claim the moon landings were faked are just trolling.

  • @Midlandsgoat
    @Midlandsgoat 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Curious Droid is constantly on my watch list, great content and well presented. Thank you 👍

  • @CausticLemons7
    @CausticLemons7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Always a pleasure seeing a new video from Curious Droid!

  • @jr8870
    @jr8870 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Photos of landing sites, and idiots still say we were never there!!!

  • @jacekt8161
    @jacekt8161 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    A new Curious Droid video published 5 seconds ago?! Yes please 😁

    • @100brucebrown
      @100brucebrown 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Indeed

    • @JonatasAdoM
      @JonatasAdoM 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      45 Minutes for me. Not too bad.

    • @jacekt8161
      @jacekt8161 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JonatasAdoM No matter when, it's always great to see a new video on this channel 😁

  • @shadowraith1
    @shadowraith1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thoroughly enjoy your presentations. Thanks for sharing. :)

  • @Yosemite_Sam
    @Yosemite_Sam 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video. Watch every one you produce. Thanks.

  • @BLD426
    @BLD426 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    That was a good one. TKS.

  • @FlyWithMe_666
    @FlyWithMe_666 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    I really hope they can find proof that the moon really exists.

    • @Alb-Patriot
      @Alb-Patriot 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      It's cheese man , how many more times needs to be said

    • @illustriouschin
      @illustriouschin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The sad part is that with the sensors on board the results can only be inconclusive at best.

    • @relevantinformation6655
      @relevantinformation6655 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      🤣👍 . But where does it go in the daytime? 😂

    • @terrypussypower
      @terrypussypower 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@relevantinformation6655 I can see the moon in the daytime. That’s because I live on the moon.

    • @madzangels
      @madzangels 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      i'm not entirely convinced of this 'moon' theory either - seems like a lot of pseudo mumbo jumbo 'science' talk to me

  • @dougmacdonald3770
    @dougmacdonald3770 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This should end the debate "Did we land on the moon" (Opps the deniers would say NASA faked these pictures) Thanks for the great videos.

  • @lorensims4846
    @lorensims4846 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I remember watching those Ranger approaches live when I was a kid. It seemed a shame to crash the probes but I couldn't think of any other way for them to get the pictures they needed.
    Surveyor was a big step forward.
    The UAE has a similar probe orbiting Mars for a detailed study of its atmosphere and weather.
    Robots like these are critical pioneers to these new worlds. We absolutely need to have as much information as we can before we actually go there.
    Neil Armstrong still had no idea how deep his foot would sink into the Lunar dust. The estimates at the time were still anywhere between a fraction of an inch to a foot or more.
    As our robots become more capable, we need to let them learn as much as we can before we go, and maybe even prepare a place for us when we get there.

  • @ScottRedstone
    @ScottRedstone 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Ok. I’ll comment to grab the attention of The Algorithm and because each post is fascinating whether historical aircraft or futuristic space travel.

  • @1977Yakko
    @1977Yakko 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Cheaper unmanned missions or manned missions?
    Manned. We're explorers at heart I believe.

    • @tsilb
      @tsilb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ++ No robot will ever tell us what it feels like there, nor feel the inspiration to take the "Pale Blue Dot" and "Earthrise" photos.

    • @vovical
      @vovical 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      We need both. Unmanned for the first steps and reconnaissance or for places that are simply too unrealistic to currently reach with humans.

    • @1977Yakko
      @1977Yakko 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@vovical Unmanned certainly has its uses. I agree with your example. I just don't want it to replace human exploration entirely where it's feasible. Obviously we're limited by our technology. Going to Mars is about the extreme limit of our capabilities and even that might be a tragic one way trip if something goes wrong. Until we have a massive advance in propulsion technology then we're not leaving the inner planets any time soon let alone exploring the whole solar system and beyond. Maybe if we get to something semi-practical like the sci-fi show and book series, The Expanse, which seems fairly grounded in realistic physics and not Star Trek or Star Wars techno-babble and space magic. .

    • @driftability
      @driftability 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      We need both

    • @cokeforever
      @cokeforever 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      unmanned only; we're just here to evolve into next phase of evolution: not bound by body, pure thought with no constrictions of space nor time

  • @02markcal
    @02markcal 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    WOW, Curious Droid you did a GREAT job on this video and honored all the hard work each county has accomplished!

  • @foxtrotromeo25
    @foxtrotromeo25 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic video, Paul. Absolute quality work.

  • @EarlHare
    @EarlHare 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    5:08 Where you care really is when you forget where you parked.

  • @theJellyjoker
    @theJellyjoker 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "not point one percent"
    "not point five meters"
    It could be anything!

    • @theJellyjoker
      @theJellyjoker 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @MichaelKingsfordGray All right, don't get your panties in a naught.

    • @user-vo8io9zk4g
      @user-vo8io9zk4g 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@theJellyjoker knots, please!

    • @theJellyjoker
      @theJellyjoker 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@user-vo8io9zk4g How could I-naut?

    • @aemrt5745
      @aemrt5745 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This conversation has become knotted, but thankfully is not naughty, but perhaps is a tad nutty!

  • @pegasusted2504
    @pegasusted2504 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    As always, another good informative video. Thanks

  • @albertjackinson
    @albertjackinson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's so amazing things are coming together like in the 1960s. The components and technical skills required to go back to the moon are absolutely insane--yet here we are; we have people working on it.

  • @brianvdwesthuizen
    @brianvdwesthuizen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    well those pic's just f'ked the conspiracy guys !!

    • @a10warthog4
      @a10warthog4 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      pHoToShOp

    • @fernandoaldekoa2436
      @fernandoaldekoa2436 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@a10warthog4 FE's non-stop answer.

    • @BobbyDazzler888
      @BobbyDazzler888 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Unless i set foot on the moon myself, i dont need to believe it

    • @thomashiggins9320
      @thomashiggins9320 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BobbyDazzler888 Nice. And since your bizarre delusions render you unqualified to find your own ass with both hands, there's no way anyone will ever pay to send you up there, which means you can maintain your delusions.
      Too bad you have a computer though. I'd prefer you weren't able to pollute the bandwidth with such drivel.

  • @flexable9256
    @flexable9256 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    10:20 - Naaaa, that was just Saitama :)

    • @NoOnesIdea
      @NoOnesIdea 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hagemantou*!

  • @mkhachfe
    @mkhachfe 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for another great episode. You are one of the best on TH-cam mate.

  • @avejst
    @avejst 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Impressive video as always
    Thanks for sharing your experience with all of us👍😀

  • @guillermoelnino
    @guillermoelnino 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    i wish i was optimistic enough to think humanity will invest enough into space to be able to colonize it.

  • @Renagade5150
    @Renagade5150 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great content as usual CD! Keep up the good work. As for whether or not people should replace semi-autonomous probes the answer would be absolutely! There is simply no substitute for the amount of work a human can get done in any given time frame compared to a robot. I have even heard the individuals who BUILT the probes and rovers comment on how much more a human could accomplish. Space is for the human race. We need it, and it needs us. It is quite simply our destiny!

  • @hypernate1481
    @hypernate1481 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    You are one of the best presented and informative youtubers I have seen.

  • @RedLP5000S
    @RedLP5000S 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I learn something new with every video. Thank you!

  • @ijustpostedth1s724
    @ijustpostedth1s724 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    73 people still think Kubrick filmed the Mun landing in a Burbank Studio.

    • @robertpearson8798
      @robertpearson8798 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      False. Kubrick was such a perfectionist that he insisted it be filmed on location.😉

  • @stmichaelsjunction
    @stmichaelsjunction 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Brilliant I know the moon landings were real xx I was 8 years old in 69

  • @TheFlashSpeedforce
    @TheFlashSpeedforce 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks a lot.
    As with all your preeceding video-presentations, once more you were impeccable.

  • @MorellioBenoir
    @MorellioBenoir 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    It took a while but I really do like this man. The shirts got me at first, but the deeper you go, it just gets better.

  • @arbCannons3395
    @arbCannons3395 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I hope during my lifetime I will be able to look up and see man made light coming off the moon

    • @Max50ww
      @Max50ww 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That would be cool.

    • @janettesessions
      @janettesessions 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You are a dope! They can't keep the lights on here!!

  • @JeremyBorkat
    @JeremyBorkat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Goddamn this is a good video. Had me grinning the entire time.

  • @hans85
    @hans85 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love your video's! Very interesting and in depth information

  • @uglystrawberry
    @uglystrawberry 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i just bought a telescope and watching this videop really pumped me up. SUBSCRIBED

  • @bdazzler1
    @bdazzler1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    So if there are consistent meteor strikes on the moon (and they look sizeable in some cases), how feasible (safe?) is it to set up a base there and how would you protect against a strike on the base?

    • @QueenetBowie
      @QueenetBowie 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Was wondering the same thing

    • @wtfbros5110
      @wtfbros5110 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      *anti meteor lasers*

    • @revidual
      @revidual 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Knowing the sites of strikes allows knowledge of the least hit areas.

    • @ann_onn
      @ann_onn 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      *@bdazzler1* There are consistent meteor strikes on the Earth too, but we manage, eh?

    • @bdazzler1
      @bdazzler1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ann_onn difference being there is no real atmosphere there to slow them down or burn them up unlike on earth ( nightmare to detect them inbound also). So taking a breeze block sized meteor between the eyes on a lunar base which is manned or has chemical production ongoing is likely to mean complete destruction of the base in a space vacuum. Obviously better to protect in advance rather than rebuild.

  • @surviver5738
    @surviver5738 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Flat earthers and moon landing deniers need to grow up

    • @jpaulc441
      @jpaulc441 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That's what I hate the most about them. They seem to be deeply unpleasant people all with the same disgusting, childish attitude. I just don't believe it's possible to be a flat earther or moon hoax proponent and be a decent human being. I haven't met many of them in the real world but the few I have encountered behave exactly how I expected them to be.

    • @jzk3919
      @jzk3919 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It is a flat cheese in case of the Moon. Swiss cheese-hole makers practice on it.🌒⚡🧀

    • @MrBarrynicholas
      @MrBarrynicholas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@jpaulc441 You’d sooner believe an organisation that has made billions from telling lies. It has all been faked because they never had the technology to go to the moon. You don’t have to wear a tin foil hat when seeking the truth.

    • @TheChico868
      @TheChico868 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MrBarrynicholas All those Apollo missions along with the USSR hiding the truth too. U really believe that shit? USSR had the most to gain proving it was fake.

    • @MrBarrynicholas
      @MrBarrynicholas 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheChico868 Russia went through two years of crop failure at this time (some say the CIA contaminated it) So to keep Russia from spilling the beans on the Apollo Mission, America supplied them with grain.

  • @BoHolbo
    @BoHolbo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    At 10:15 you mentioned the speed, mass, and size of the meteor, as estimated by NASA.
    I think it would be worth your time to make a separate video, explaining how scientists determine these things, and what tools they use to verify (within a reasonable margin) their results!
    Thank you for yet another intriguing video. And I couldn’t agree more, with what my fellow viewer “The Great African” mentioned. Your Quality over Quantity approach is well worth the wait.
    Cheers 🍻 from Denmark

  • @bradleyokane
    @bradleyokane 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Superb content as always, still trying to convince my Granddad whos in his 60s that men have walked on the moon this will help a ton haha. Thank you for you continued quality videos and presentation, I rewatch alot of your videos as they are brilliant

  • @francessimmonds5784
    @francessimmonds5784 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Landing near Apollo 11 wouldn't prove naysayers wrong, they'd just claim it was a film set again.

  • @Cheka__
    @Cheka__ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Moon landing hoaxers: "These pictures are fake."

    • @markfryer9880
      @markfryer9880 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They will come out with any excuse to not believe that the Moon Landings happened.

    • @khaccanhle1930
      @khaccanhle1930 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The cool thing about denying the moon landings is you get to feel like a genius by rejecting all evidence, despite having no evidence of your own.
      Pseudo intellectual.

  • @joehodgson2815
    @joehodgson2815 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fascinating, as always: keep up the excellent work! :)

  • @nicksalvatore5717
    @nicksalvatore5717 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing work as always

  • @mike8631
    @mike8631 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    "But the resolution was low"
    Shows a picture of a literal potatoe.......

    • @phileas007
      @phileas007 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      dark side of a potato

  • @khaccanhle1930
    @khaccanhle1930 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    "The moon landing were faked, show me some photos of the landings."
    Here are the photos.
    (pause) "Umm, The photos were faked."
    Any assertion which can't be falsifiable, is irrational.

    • @AsifKhan-nv1op
      @AsifKhan-nv1op 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Show me Neil n Buz there.
      😁

    • @robert48044
      @robert48044 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      how is it were led to believe they can read lic plates from space but couldn't image the lander until now? I'm not denying I'm asking a question.

    • @corwinchristensen260
      @corwinchristensen260 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@robert48044 It's simply the extreme distance involved. Per your example, let's say that a satellite can see a 1 foot plate from 300 miles away (lots of assumptions here). That same camera turned toward the moon which is 230,000 miles away can only see an object roughly 766 feet across. Obviously a LM decent stage that is only 13 feet in diameter would most likely not be visible at all.

    • @robert48044
      @robert48044 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@corwinchristensen260 Seems like it should be a goal for anyone wanting to make cameras. Distance and limitations of tech being problems I'm not forgetting about. Would it require a lens the size of the telescope in Puerto Rico that just fell apart or is it a matter of physics, you can only see so far? I'm also keeping in mind that no Gov is gonna want to admit the distance and detail of their cameras, since they can be used for spying like nations don't like to admit anything about their radars effective distance.

    • @Bruce-vq7ni
      @Bruce-vq7ni 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@robert48044 That was just a myth - Nobody has ever read a licence plate from space.

  • @TheFreshSpam
    @TheFreshSpam 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video. Loved the detail on all the sites

  • @bertholdfehn1422
    @bertholdfehn1422 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hochinteressant, zu einem Zeitpunkt wo nur über Coronaviren und deren Varianten geredet und darunter gelitten wird. A bit of fresh air thank you!

  • @therealzilch
    @therealzilch 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    All faked, just like the Apollo missions.
    Oops, never mind, I forgot I had a brain. Nice work as usual.

  • @596858
    @596858 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Why does this high tech satellite (LRO) have such a bad camera? 🤔

    • @samsonsoturian6013
      @samsonsoturian6013 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Your phone wouldn't give any picture at all under these conditions

    • @JohnV170
      @JohnV170 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It has a great camera lol

  • @74360CUDA
    @74360CUDA 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    My favorite Presenter talking about one of my favorite subjects!!!

  • @Rbrt92
    @Rbrt92 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    finally some space related content! not to say that I don't enjoy your other uploads, but the space ones are the best :)