The Moon: Earth's Celestial Cousin

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  • @geographicstravel
    @geographicstravel  2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Offset your carbon footprint with me on Wren! We'll plant 10 extra trees for the first 100 people who sign up! wren.co/start/geographics

    • @TerryMcQ79
      @TerryMcQ79 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Question....do they take into account the CO2 that comes from the human body?

    • @jezzter4293
      @jezzter4293 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Have you looked at their prices Simon? All just to make people feel like they are doing something with money & no "personal" action? How about personal recycling & wise choices whilst protesting at the Worlds Corporations that are pretending to protect the climate whilst alledgedly, in my opinion, my personal thoughts, is that they continue pollute our planet? Paying someone else to do the good stuff is rubbish, make ones own effort. Sorry, I love your channel .. err ALL your channels :-) Please choose sponsers carefully, maybe Raid thingy Whatsit? :-)

    • @MosheMaserati
      @MosheMaserati 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      These guys again?

    • @tgmccoy1556
      @tgmccoy1556 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      "Coin in the coffer rings a soul from carbon purgatory springs.🙄

    • @josephwilliams7995
      @josephwilliams7995 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      I'm not worried about my carbon footprint. I have real problems

  • @rustyshackleford4918
    @rustyshackleford4918 2 ปีที่แล้ว +133

    Shout out to Phobos and Deimos, the best upstart pebbles there ever were

    • @rais1953
      @rais1953 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Phobos and Diemos? No business calling themselves moons at all. I don't know why Mars bothers to pay their wages.

    • @annoyed707
      @annoyed707 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@rais1953 Mars fears the panic that would ensue if those moons didn't exist.

  • @cynthiasimpson931
    @cynthiasimpson931 2 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    One night back in the late 1980s there was a huge brush fire close to where I lived in Winters, California. I was coming home from church, and noticed that the reddish full Moon was hanging seemingly all by itself in the sky; there was so much smoke in the air that none of the stars or planets were visible. It was one of the eeriest sights I've ever seen in many years of amateur astronomy.

    • @rejvaik00
      @rejvaik00 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Forget smoke on the water smoke on the moon

    • @j.s.c.4355
      @j.s.c.4355 ปีที่แล้ว

      Where I live, a small suburb outside Seattle, there are few if any actual stars visible at night. Just the moon, planets and sometimes satellites. I swear there were more stars visible in Southern california in the 70’s than there are now in the PNW. I’ve seen the sky from the sierras and the high desert, so the sky here is apocalyptic by comparison.

    • @mattiemathis9549
      @mattiemathis9549 ปีที่แล้ว

      When Mt st Helen’s erupted we had the most gorgeous sunrises and sunsets I’ve ever seen. And I’ve seen the sun rise on the Atlantic and set on the pacific…

  • @SmoothOperator739
    @SmoothOperator739 2 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    “Unless you count the 1989 British Expedition code named ‘A Grand Day Out’, Humanity still hasn’t been back”
    A man of Culture.

    • @countofdownable
      @countofdownable 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      First British man and dog on the Moon.

  • @CapNCrix
    @CapNCrix 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Love these videos, I’m a machinist and work 10-12 hour days and these videos help keep me entertained during long cycle times. If I didn’t have the attention span of a goldfish and could actually remember all these I would be a genius

  • @KINGBADASS100
    @KINGBADASS100 2 ปีที่แล้ว +179

    “The secret British mission in 1989 known as The Grand Day Out” I got the reference lol

    • @tonykeltsflorida
      @tonykeltsflorida 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I thought that was a private venture.

    • @babscabs1987
      @babscabs1987 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@tonykeltsflorida it was

    • @fatalfury66
      @fatalfury66 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@tonykeltsflorida a cheesy venture...

    • @pfadiva
      @pfadiva 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@fatalfury66 but not green cheese. I love this little venture.

    • @tonykeltsflorida
      @tonykeltsflorida 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@fatalfury66 yes, very cheesy

  • @michaelclaassen5217
    @michaelclaassen5217 2 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    Your writer deserves a big high five! That was quality writing.

    • @WaywardVet
      @WaywardVet 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Those jokes were on point. Every teacher out there should take notes. Keeps the lesson fun.

    • @anidnmeno
      @anidnmeno 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      >the closest temperature we've ever recorded

    • @godelnahaleth
      @godelnahaleth 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don't know whether he's the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure fan or the writer is. 😆

  • @JohnDrummondPhoto
    @JohnDrummondPhoto 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    If I've calculated correctly, in the 250,000 years that Homo sapiens or our nearest forebears have existed, the moon has moved about 9.5 KM further away from earth. That's not even noticeable from our standpoint. The sun will go Red Giant and engulf the entire solar system before the moon moves far enough away for it to really matter.
    I have to give credit to the script writer. Phrases like "the greatest astronomer name-checked in a Queen song" and "planet-wide dong-measuring contest known as the space race" aren't easy to come by.

    • @jphilb
      @jphilb 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Intend not to worry about things happening a millennia from now.

    • @wingerding
      @wingerding 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      LoL by "your" calculations? Ya bro...I'm sure those were your calculations, not someone else's or something.

    • @JohnDrummondPhoto
      @JohnDrummondPhoto 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@wingerding It's been a month since I saw this video, but I'm pretty sure there was a mention of how many centimeters the moon moves away from the earth per year. The rest is simple multiplication. Perhaps, not simple enough.

    • @wingerding
      @wingerding 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JohnDrummondPhoto he certainly did, and that's the calculation I was referring to. Not the simple multiplication part. Anyways, interesting video. Have a good one.

    • @rejvaik00
      @rejvaik00 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wait I thought the moon was moving closer not further away 🤨🤔

  • @keiththomas1180
    @keiththomas1180 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Yes finally, our video on our own celestial cousin! Gotta love these outer space videos, they're the best. Thanks Simon and the team for all your work

  • @Tom-xd9ys
    @Tom-xd9ys 2 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    I really enjoy your astronomy videos, would love to more of the other planets and moons of planets. Pangea or 7 supercontinents would also be a interesting topic

  • @Replicaate
    @Replicaate 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    I was hoping you'd recall the exploits of the great British moonwalkers Wallace and Gromit!

    • @smelly_elvis
      @smelly_elvis ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The British Space agency never brought my ladder back!

  • @Bighawkeye46
    @Bighawkeye46 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    I really enjoy these astronomy videos and the disease/epidemic videos on Biographics. It gives the channels a nice exploration of something a little different each time

  • @jessicajujubean5004
    @jessicajujubean5004 2 ปีที่แล้ว +221

    I found out recently that one of my coworkers is a big Simon fan. If you can see this - Hi Gage!!!

    • @claytonwilliams2966
      @claytonwilliams2966 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I’m praying that Gage sees this lol!

    • @fireguy98gaming
      @fireguy98gaming 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Hello Gage!!

    • @1itoasif
      @1itoasif 2 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      Hello Jessica.. its me Gage.. please stop stalking me. You're already not allowed to be in 100m of me, don't make be go to the police again !

    • @jessicajujubean5004
      @jessicajujubean5004 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@1itoasif youll never stop me. Wherever you go, Ill be there. You cant ever get rid of me

    • @sazonada
      @sazonada 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Gage will not see this, because Simon has 200 channels

  • @jaytrace1006
    @jaytrace1006 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Due to movies & whatnot, we have a natural concern over rogue asteroids hitting Earth. But, a sizeable asteroid hitting the moon could really cause some problems as well.

  • @Beryllahawk
    @Beryllahawk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Wonderful video! I admit I am Extremely Excited about this renewed interest in moon exploration and building habitats. It's such an enormous springboard for our transition from planet-bound creatures to space-faring beings. I grew up with a lot of sci fi stories just kind of "around" - not just having books by authors like Heinlein and Clarke, but my parents and their friends frequently discussed those books and the ideas that underpinned them. Imagining what it might take to get there, what it might be like living on the surface of another world. Burroughs' Barsoom novels, and Kim Stanley Robinson's Blue Mars, were big favorites with all the grownups too, and I would listen in complete fascination as they debated whether a Moon base was really required before a Mars colony or not.
    I was too little to understand most of the math, and definitely too young to understand the political and social stuff - but I was fascinated nonetheless. Even when I discovered other, much more fantastical stories involving humans in space (McCaffrey's Pern, and her Talent series, were a big deal for me), I never entirely forgot the older notions.
    Even contemplating that in MY lifetime, humans might have stations like those in Antarctica, but on the Moon's surface? Absolutely the most incredible thing that could happen. I wasn't even born yet, when Armstrong stepped onto the lunar regolith. To see people return - and stay - there just aren't words to describe the way that prospect makes my heart swell.

  • @timothythompson3042
    @timothythompson3042 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Should definitely do a video on the UK's A Grand Day Out on one of your channels Simon! Big Fan btw.

  • @ignitionfrn2223
    @ignitionfrn2223 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    1:30 - Chapter 1 - Just the facts ma'am
    6:25 - Chapter 2 - Gods & monsters
    9:20 - Mid roll ads
    10:55 - Chapter 3 - Whispering lunar incantations
    15:00 - Chapter 4 - Giant steps are what you take
    19:30 - Chapter 5 - A lunar odyssey
    - Chapter 6 -

  • @rockylewis5218
    @rockylewis5218 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    So, since the moon is not a geographic location, does that mean you should start a channel called Astrographics?

  • @Discosaturn
    @Discosaturn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    That's no moon...oh wait, it is.

  • @kalvds9345
    @kalvds9345 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Love this one Simon, thank you for making it!

  • @connorirons4542
    @connorirons4542 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I do a paper round really early in the morning. If its dark enough, the moon is bright enough and the clouds are just right, it can create a rainbow ring around it. This is normally quite nice to look at while walking on autopilot.

  • @gord307
    @gord307 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Watching this on a Moonday 👍🏻
    Another excellent video - thank you

  • @MusicalRaichu
    @MusicalRaichu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    unlike other astronomy and science channels, i really appreciate the poetic and human interest aspects of your scripts.

  • @themwuzthedaze
    @themwuzthedaze 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Particularly outstanding, Simon! I enjoyed your dramatic and tasteful presentation of these existential issues of humanity - a detour outside your usual tone. Thank you!

  • @eddiebooth4466
    @eddiebooth4466 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Got to love the Clangers reference.
    That and two of my favourite channels run in moon-related videos close together (Kurzgesagt, if you’re curious)

  • @MrSlicks88
    @MrSlicks88 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Operation grand day out = greatest Moon mission ever

    • @lorib1799
      @lorib1799 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Cheeeese, Gromit!

  • @dennypetrosian8589
    @dennypetrosian8589 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Beginning my day with knowledge. This one gave me chills as well as a yearning to know more.

  • @nicolek4076
    @nicolek4076 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Kudos for the reference to The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy at around 0:50. And at 13:40, Clangers. 19:00 Wallace and Grommit. What gives?

  • @JohnBradyIRL
    @JohnBradyIRL 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Becoming a Bloodborne lore channel, Vaati has a competitor in the game now!

  • @bradyryan5105
    @bradyryan5105 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fun fact: just like all other moons in the solar system, our Moon has a name too. Luna

  • @ethanteige
    @ethanteige 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I really love the space Geographics

  • @EAWanderer
    @EAWanderer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Nice on that Wallace and Gromit reference! 👏👏🌑🌓😂
    Already knew a thing or 2 about the moon. Like reflective cheese in the water. 😁

  • @timothypeterson4781
    @timothypeterson4781 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Ahh, Wren. "Pay us money to not feel guilty."

    • @owenshebbeare2999
      @owenshebbeare2999 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Pretty much the whole aim of the Climate Change religion. The actual science is drowned put by money-grabbing scammers in the Climate Change church.

  • @LC-th3mi
    @LC-th3mi 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The delivery of 'star-spangled butt' was glorious 🤣🤣🤣

  • @YagaYooo
    @YagaYooo ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Your scriptwriter is on another level.

  • @matthewsmith1143
    @matthewsmith1143 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Whoever nasa sends should be most qualified, despite the color of their skin. The skin color doesn't matter. Continuing our understanding of the universe is a win for all humanity.

    • @steventhompson399
      @steventhompson399 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wrong. You probably haven't been to university. It is essential for social justice and social engineering to specifically put at least one woman and at least one person of color, ideally black, on the moon. Haven't you heard about intersectionality, and diversity inclusivity equity? The last thing the world needs is some white male doing something noteworthy by excluding others, history is already full of that. You need to acknowledge your unconscious bias and check your privilege.
      😆 I swear, I have met people who say things like that... 😑🤢🤮

  • @RPIdemon
    @RPIdemon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Simon's description throughout the entire section about the space race was hysterical

    • @rejvaik00
      @rejvaik00 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It was I will not deny
      but then also at the same time it was really humbling when he said there's only been 12 men in the entire course of mankind's history to walk on the moon

  • @tristangreathead5004
    @tristangreathead5004 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "We may soon be going back, to finish what we started. To build the shining lunar cities, that Galileo failed to spot through his telescope, all those centuries ago." I felt that

  • @llamasugar5478
    @llamasugar5478 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Well done, Morris M.! Well read, Simon! 🏆

  • @benpoole2350
    @benpoole2350 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That was the slickest Wallace and Gromit reference I have ever seen

  • @StantonCLT
    @StantonCLT 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The best phrase in this wholly awesome video is "When to plant the children."

  • @TyThePatriot
    @TyThePatriot 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great work as always Simon..

  • @Radrook353
    @Radrook353 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The spark that coded DNA! Wow! That sounds magical.

  • @BaldingClamydia
    @BaldingClamydia 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    It is *infinitely* cool that your Douglas Adams reference begins at 0:42 :D Good job guys, i hope that was just a happy accident

  • @matthewbartley2746
    @matthewbartley2746 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    1989 Secret British Expedition.... to the moon.
    Oh my God Simon. It took me a full 3 minutes to stop and wonder if there was a moon landing.. oh. That's right.
    🧀 we'll go somewhere where there's cheese.
    Sincerely and truly, made my whole week good sir.

  • @twocvbloke
    @twocvbloke 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "A Grand Day Out" discovered that the moon is indeedmade of cheese, tastes like Wensleydale too... :P

  • @thrillbilly41
    @thrillbilly41 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Maybe on this channel can you cover Savannah River Nuclear Site, aka The Bomb Plant, in South Carolina. Birthed from the cold war and the arms race with Russia.
    Still in service for nuclear weapons refreshing. The MOX project was shut down after tons of money was pumped into it promising jobs and growth.
    Also an item of controversy and a federal law suit due to be being a nuclear waste "temporary" storage site, due to some uncertain and understood reason of yucca mountain and other places putting a hault on accepting more waste. from places like New Jersey and other estates who don't want the waste in their precious small areas, but don't mind dumping in a Southern state and it's residence.
    South Carolina just received millions of dollars in a settlement from the MOX project abandonment.
    There is also much rubble from buildings and disasters buried under the ground and covered in concrete there. Many young men got jobs there out of high school in the 60s/70s and had lives shortened from what goes in there, most with oddball cancer and sores on their bodies.
    There is an entire town, Ellenton, SC which was swallowed up by the federal govt due this place being built. The government relocated the people to a different area called New Ellenton.

  • @PositronWeaponD
    @PositronWeaponD 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Okay, everybody keeps talking about references being made in this video’s script, but why is nobody else drawing attention to the use of the phrase “stone ocean” very early on? Although, by now I’m very aware that there are definitely JoJo fans on Simon’s team…

  • @kellyrobinson6663
    @kellyrobinson6663 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The Earth and The Moon together till the end 💕

  • @aidanf1654
    @aidanf1654 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I dont have carbon feet so am all good. No carbon footprint here.

  • @DonBair
    @DonBair 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I really liked the poetic side to this video, Simon.

  • @franl155
    @franl155 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Simon: "1.2 billion years BC." On such a timescale, does the extra two thousand years really make any difference?
    [] I'm old enough to remember the moon landings: what got me even then was that the astronauts were picked up by the rescue boat, taken aboard the ship, and THEN put into quarantine: if there'd been any lunar lurgy it had already had time to escape.
    [] How is the Chinese Rover sending back data if it's on the far side? unless there's an orbital component to pick up the signals and transmit them back to earth.
    [] The moon may have played a very significant role in the emergence of land-based life - apart from its stabilising influence.
    I don't how how much closer it would have been when life first crawled out of the ocean, but the tides it caused must have been tremendous, leaving tidal beaches where marine life could gradually adapt to a semi-dry environment before moving out of the tidal range and on to a fully land-based existence.
    Without the moon, would there have been land-based life on earth at all? I know there are solar tides, but would they have been strong enough to make a difference?

    • @franl155
      @franl155 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Jthomsonhate7 - I meant the two thousand years difference between "BC" and these days.

    • @archlich4489
      @archlich4489 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@franl155 Fair enough. I'm just glad he didn't go with BCE

    • @franl155
      @franl155 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@archlich4489 - lol

    • @TheKazragore
      @TheKazragore 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@archlich4489 Why?

    • @ajstevens1652
      @ajstevens1652 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TheKazragore This guy is probably easily offended by a secular term like BCE.

  • @MonCappy
    @MonCappy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Point of correction needs to be made here. Earth hasn't existed since the dawn of time. The universe was nearly nine billion years old when Earth first formed.

  • @kingjames3949
    @kingjames3949 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I hope someone from the Moroccan Royal Family is watching this

  • @rsflips
    @rsflips 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Haven't watched a Simon whistler video in ages! The beard has grown, nice!

  • @LazarusBaccus
    @LazarusBaccus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Besides letting the moon-cooties loose in the ocean right after landing, they also quarantined the astronauts in a trailer with a hole in the floor.

  • @nickholk3379
    @nickholk3379 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Love all your channels. You do a great job and I appreciate all the content and hard work that goes with it

  • @princessmarlena1359
    @princessmarlena1359 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    🎵🎶”We’re whalers on the moon! We carry a harpoon! But there are no whales, so we tell tall tales! And we sing a whaling toon!”

  • @southron_d1349
    @southron_d1349 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Just four years after the first moon landing, Britain sent some rabbits to the moon, followed by a couple of blokes to check out what happened. There followed the greatly hushed-up "Invasion of the Moon Creatures". Somehow, under a government alien protection program, Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor, and Graeme Garden became common or garden variety comedians.

    • @shadymcnasty5920
      @shadymcnasty5920 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wtf are u on about

    • @southron_d1349
      @southron_d1349 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@shadymcnasty5920 You've never watched "The Goodies".

  • @ferociousgumby
    @ferociousgumby 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    No one gives two hoots about revisiting a dead rock in space.

  • @agent_meister477
    @agent_meister477 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That wedding analogy was some of your best writing ever.

  • @markduffy2035
    @markduffy2035 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nice Wallace and Gromit reference. 😂😂😂

  • @toric6005
    @toric6005 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Apollo 11 quarantine module is free to see at the Dulles Annex of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. Super cool.

  • @LittleRabbit1138
    @LittleRabbit1138 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    GRAND DAY OUT...
    Top secret British moon mission...
    This is why I love your content Simon

  • @TheEvilCommenter
    @TheEvilCommenter 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Good video 👍

  • @gabrielbriones220
    @gabrielbriones220 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Is it just me, or does someone else picture Simon as the next Dr. Who, peeking out of the TARDIS, asking where are all the aliens?

  • @redmondpeters6221
    @redmondpeters6221 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Our beloved Moon. A silvery white orb hanging in the sky. It will be with us for as long as it can. Let's just make sure that Tim Robbins doesn't blow it up before we build a colony up there😁

  • @padawanmage71
    @padawanmage71 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is why I love the alternate history show, ‘For All Mankind’

  • @davidmarques7923
    @davidmarques7923 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love the channel! But would die for an astronomy only channel

  • @eaf888
    @eaf888 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    omg huge beard!! congrats !

  • @atheistmom3591
    @atheistmom3591 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’ve now had an entire conversation regarding Simon’s suitability as the next Doctor Who.

    • @LaurieAnnCurry
      @LaurieAnnCurry ปีที่แล้ว

      @atheistmom3591 a year later and this is still a stellar idea that needs to come to fruition

  • @tristhekid
    @tristhekid 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Fun fact, the moon was once hit by (I think rocket debris from the Apollo 12, not 100% sure) and it rang like a gong for a few moments, then hit on purpose and rang like a gong for longer

    • @EuanWhitehead
      @EuanWhitehead 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Perhaps it's the control centre for the director of earth, like on the Truman.

  • @johnycabs
    @johnycabs 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ahahahahahahahaja star spangled butt hahaha that nearly killed me, simon that was beautiful!! What a line!!

  • @cwf8d270
    @cwf8d270 ปีที่แล้ว

    Any idea what the music used in the background around 12:30 is?

  • @DG121480
    @DG121480 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    "Time to plant the children" F-ing brilliant. 😆

  • @kingjames3949
    @kingjames3949 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I like how this episode is 23:59

  • @DavidJohnson-pv7sl
    @DavidJohnson-pv7sl ปีที่แล้ว

    With Simon being on so many youtube channels now i e found i cant sleep withoit hearing his voice.
    Thats simons real plan

  • @philhogan5623
    @philhogan5623 ปีที่แล้ว

    When I was a kid I assumed that by the 2000s we would have day trips to the moon.

  • @geraldstiling3735
    @geraldstiling3735 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wallace and Gromit unequivocally proving the 🌙 moon is made of Wensleydale 🧀 cheese 😂

  • @dignityrevolution
    @dignityrevolution 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of the best physics books I've read about the moon was 'What if the Earth had no moon?' By Neil F Comins. One of the best writting astrophysicist.

  • @bradhobbs6196
    @bradhobbs6196 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That episode when Simon whitewashes the fact the in 1969, two American Officers invaded the Moon, and then departed about 24 hours later, leaving no survivors in their wake.

  • @bonniehoke-scedrov4906
    @bonniehoke-scedrov4906 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video! Thanks!

  • @FancyPantsFiles
    @FancyPantsFiles 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video! Glad I had sponsor block so it just skipped the boring stuff!

  • @romin7255
    @romin7255 ปีที่แล้ว

    "From where soviet missiles could be rained down on earth... ending the cold war in a sea of fire" I love your not-so-serious-grim humour ! 😁 👍

  • @aimeevanlandingham3844
    @aimeevanlandingham3844 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    "Taking pictures of weird square moon rocks"
    I didn't realize this is why the moon has square rocks in super mario odyssey...

  • @patriciaaturner289
    @patriciaaturner289 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Cracking good vid, Simon🤣

  • @neo-didact9285
    @neo-didact9285 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That's no Space Station...

  • @toddkurzbard
    @toddkurzbard 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    It is an obscure fact that Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first in history to do the moonwalk.

  • @theshadowoftruth7561
    @theshadowoftruth7561 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That 3.5 cm /year is not fixed as the Moon gets farther away the slower it gets as what is happening is the Moon is getting a gravity assisted speed push from the Earth so the farther away the moon gets the push gets smaller.

  • @hair_ofthedog5023
    @hair_ofthedog5023 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yes! This was up there with CC with how good it was.

  • @Veldiirn
    @Veldiirn ปีที่แล้ว

    You got me with the Wallace and Gromit bit

  • @globalheart
    @globalheart 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Super topic Simon!! Fascinating as ever, thank you for your great work and spellbinding delivery!! 😁 🌎

  • @auroradefae
    @auroradefae 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wasn't going to comment on a casual criminalist video where I think you made the comment about going electric. But because of the sponsor for this video, it ends up here: Many cities/countries have apps, google map connections, or other tools to show you where you can charge an electric car. My brother used a combination of them to drive his electric car from Dallas, Texas, to Salt Lake City, Utah. That's across the big empty where all you might see for 7+ hours is a handful of semi-trucks and across the Rocky Mountains (the big mountains, not the small ones). A grocery store across the street lets us charge the family car for free. (And to any nay-sayers, detractors, or just negatives: I have had eco-anxiety for almost 20 years, starting when I banned single-use plastics from my lunch, like any average 5-year-old. And that was only the start...)

  • @artbyjennyray
    @artbyjennyray 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh my gosh! I LOVE the Wallace and Gromit reference!!

  • @ukaszzubertowski4107
    @ukaszzubertowski4107 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I wouldnt say moon os a cousin. Its like cut out tumor in a jar on a shelf. Or , looking on it thru bible, a rib . ;)

    • @steezymarlon1384
      @steezymarlon1384 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      the moon is a luminary it’s a reflection of a bigger earth

  • @BiggsTheOwl
    @BiggsTheOwl 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    4:16 when you're part of the morrocan royal family watching this video

  • @nathanhayes4650
    @nathanhayes4650 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dong measuring contest. That is a great statement. And oh so accurate.

  • @wastelander138
    @wastelander138 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The "digital watch" reference made me smile.

  • @AndyBankside
    @AndyBankside 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wonderful video!!!!

  • @MychalWave
    @MychalWave 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    When SW drops new content you know it’s gone be a great day 👌🏽