The biggest departure from reality in this movie was the doubts about Swigert’s ability to fly the mission. He was THE expert on the command module and actually wrote a lot of the emergency procedures that they had to implement.
It is my understanding they took a great deal of this movie's dialogue from the recordings at Nasa and the recordings in the space ship. I also understood they did not doubt his ability (even in the movie) but that he was not up on practice - even the best had to keep practicing in the module simulator before a mission and he was about to have a couple of days!
Apollo 13 was just the mission number. The astronauts of Apollo 1 were the only ones lost during NASA's entire space program up until the Challenger explosion. They were not lifting off; it was a flight test on the systems of the command module that sparked the fire, which spread in the module's almost pure oxygen atmosphere.
Apollo program was programed to test ideas that had not yet been tried. Apollo 1 was a launch pad test. 4-7 were uncrewed missions testing the rocket systems. 8-10 were crewed missions testing the proceedures for getting to and landing on the moon w/o actually landing. 11 was the first time landing on the Moon was tried.
And Apollo 1 was intended to do the job that 7 ended up doing. Tragically, the plugs-out launch pad test that went bad preceded the planned launch three weeks later.
The Captain at 47:49 that welcomes Tom Hanks/Lovell back on the ship was the real Jim Lovell. His wife, Marilyn, was also in the launch viewing stand sequence, near the Air Force guy. Also, she did really lose her wedding ring as shown in the movie, although the motel was able to help her retrieve it. About the only fake part of this movie was the conflict between the astronauts about the switch. It was added because, as test pilots, the astronauts were trained to be cool and methodical no matter what, and the director figured that audiences just would not buy that happening. As far as the Swigert/Mattingly crew swap, another member of the backup crew (Charlie Duke, who later flew on Apollo 16) had contracted the measles, and exposed both the prime and backup crews to it. If you've had it before or been vaccinated, you're good, but Mattingly had never had the measles, so risked an active case while in space. In adults, the measles can be very serious. Haise, who DID get sick on the mission, developed a urinary tract infection because of insufficient water intake. The crew had to ration the water in the LM down to no more than half a cup per day per person, far below minimum limits, because the LM had a very limited amount, and they had no way to make more. The fuel cells, which made water as a byproduct of burning hydrogen and oxygen to produce power, also produced normally way more water than they ever needed. With no oxygen for the fuel cells, not only did they have no more than the small re-entry supply in the command module, but the command module also had no power, aside from its re-entry batteries. The LM did have its own supply of oxygen and battery power, but that could not be routed to the fuel cells.
Watch Tom Hanks' series "From Earth to the Moon" about the Apollo program, you are going to love it. My favorite episode was about the construction of the LM.
Apparently the corvettes that the astronauts were given as gifts were notorious for being unreliable and breaking down, which is why they had the scene where his stalled out while he was driving.
This along with The Martian and The Right Stuff makes up my personal top three NASA based movies! Such a classic, I still hold my breath waiting for the astronauts to answer the radio at the end!
Fun fact "consolation prize"...since they did not go into orbit around the Moon on their free return trajectory, Apollo 13 traveled a bit further away from Earth than all of the other flights to the Moon. So to this day, Lovell, Haise, and Swigert hold the record for the farthest distance from Earth people have ever traveled. Also., a terrific quote I encountered recently has to do with Apollo 13..."NASA is absolutely not superstitious, but you can bet they will never launch anything numbered "13" ever again." Not sure if that is a real quote...but it does not seem that NASA has sent anything into space with the number 13 on it ever since, though commercial satellite companies have. I think one of the in atmosphere glide tests of the shuttle Enterprise...which never went into space...did have the number 13 on it, and I believe there were no issues with the test. And, in case you were wondering...the number one reason why people have not returned to the moon to live/work/build a base there is the dust. You can 100 percent look up the harmful effects of lunar dust...but it is a serious issue that NASA and others have been working to address for many years. The dust is invasive and corrosive and it sticks to everything...which is a major issue when it darkens the surfaces that you need to be reflective, and all of a sudden you are absorbing a ton of heat from the sun instead of reflecting it. And that is not even to mention all the health issues of breathing in the dust...so figuring out how to deal with it has been a huge impediment to returning to the moon.
As for the previous iterations of the Apollo program: no, they weren't all failed moon landing attempts. If memory serves, there was an over-arching goal from the beginning of the program to get to the moon, but each mission had a different objective that brought them closer to that big goal. Testing out the design of the vessel while staying in earth's orbit, and thus closer so they could possibly return if something went wrong, was a big part of some of the earlier missions if I recall. I don't know the outcome of all missions, but I do remember that Apollo 1 blew up during a launch rehearsal, so they never even left the ground. As amazing as space and our travels through it are, the fact we made it to the moon at all given the level of technology in the 60's is absolutely mind-boggling. It's a testament to the human drive to achieve our goals, even if those goals are kind of questionable in hindsight. Don't get me wrong; space travel is in no way a waste of time. We just went WAY earlier than we really ought to have, and the main reason we did it was politically motivated. The rush to the moon was basically a big prick-waving contest with Russia (obviously overly simplified, but that's the gist). Sure, we technically won, but a lot of people died in pursuit of what was (in my eyes) basically politics, and I'm never comfortable when we put politics and patriotism above the value of human life. It's unsavory territory for me. Fun reaction as always, Devin! :)
Apollo 1 didn’t blow up on the pad. A short circuit ignited the pure oxygen atmosphere they were using and their seats were made of highly combustible materials. The hatch (mentioned in the movie) was a complicated process to open, requiring a venting of air pressure, the valve to which was behind the wall of flames that had erupted. The astronauts died from inhaling toxic gases generated by the fire when their suits and oxygen tubes melted. Contrary to popular perception, they did not burn to death, though of course their bodies suffered post mortem burns. Apollo 8 flew a CM to the moon because the LM wasn’t ready to fly yet. Apollo 9 tested the LM in earth orbit. Apollo 10 was essentially a dress rehearsal for a”Apollo 11, doing just about everything but landing. Fun fact: NASA did not fully fuel the LM for Apollo 10, partly because it wasn’t needed, but partly to remove the temptation for the crew to “accidentally” land.
wow, that's amazing...never heard that before. I guess they didn't want their family rejoicing only to be crushed with a tragedy if the parachutes didn't work. Geez...
Here for this Classic!! 🖤 Yes bro, I hope you Loved this movie!! Be back for the edit!! Edit: idk if I would've survived but I'd damn will try! The training they went through, just to end as it did, I can't even imagine what they were thinking. Great reaction bro, absolute 🔥 see you in the next one!!
I was in 5th grade when this happened. The entire country was scared, we afraid we were going to see them die. It seemed to go on forever, although it was less than a week.
So apart from Apollo 1, which blew up on the launch pad. Each mission (from my memory) was test how to get to space, testing the Earths gravitational pull, how to get to the moon, test that gravitational pull. But Apollo 11 was the first mission to have humans land and walk on the moon. Of course after that we had Apollo 12, another successful mission. Now on Apollo 13, well as you see what happens. After that Apollo 14-17 were successful too. Also I HATE how they give shit to the doctor in this movie. The dude was only doing his job. He was making sure, everyone was going to be healthy.
Thanks for this reaction. I recommend a good movie The Right Stuff (1983) which is about the start of the space program and From the Earth to the Moon, a1998 miniseries about the Apollo program that also stared Tom Hanks.
The yelling and arguing was just "Hollywood", to drum up the tension. These were all seasoned pilots that dealt with MANY emergencies. And had HOURS AND HOURS in the simulator.
That's a good question to ask, Devin, why isn't it bigger news the fact that they were going to the moon? It's kind of the same as astronauts going to the International Space Station. Because it's happening so often, it's no longer newsworthy until something goes wrong. The same thing happened with space shuttle launches, it was no longer big newsworthy until the Challenger exploded on take off or the Columbia disintegrating during reentry. I was in high school when the Challenger blew up, and had watched it live as it happened. I remember as a child when the shuttle Enterprise was first tested, being on the back of a modified 747 and released on its first test flight to land. I hope after watching this movie, you might delve into the wonderful things that are happening in space now, the mars rover, the JWST satellite, and all of the exploratory missions that are going on right now, and in the future. It is an exciting time to be at this frontier of space exploration and computer evolution. And if we are lucky, we may see the first person landing on Mars in our lifetime. I was too young at the first moon landing, but I hope to see the first Mars landing. I remember watching the very first rover landing on Mars (I actually watched all of the subsequent ones too), and it's exciting. THanks for reacting to this movie. I watched it in the theater when it first came out and I ain't gonna lie, made me teary eyed.
It took 11 Apollo missions, they were all planned test for various systems until Apollo 11, the first Apollo mission that planned to land on the moon. Apollo 8 went to the Moon, swung around it and came back, didn't land (didn't even bring a landing craft, it wasn't finished yet) Only Apollo 1 would be considered a tragic accident or failure. All three astronauts died in the spacecraft on the launching pad during a routine test, as Tom Hank's character explains to his young son with regard to the door that did not open.
Apollo have different test missions before they attempt moon landing in apollo 11, in apollo 8, Jim lovell (tom hanks character) already orbit around the moon, they talked about it after the watch party of apollo 11
According to Commander Chris Hadfield this is the most realistic space movie ever made. It also shows the the most amazing quality in leadership...staying calm and projecting that calm to other people..but at the same time getting fired up and push your people until the problem is solved
they had plenty of chances and time to dock. In fact on the very next mission ( after they did several fixes to the problems on 13 including adding a third oxygen tank away from the other two) they had docking problems where a small piece of debris kept the latches on the tip of the probe from engaging, they tried several times and ended up going forward into it and then hitting the switch to activate the other docking latches that are normally activated only after the ones on the probe are latched in the hope they'd be lined up enough and they were Overall this movie is fairly accurate, but they did feel the need to spice it up a bit: everyone actually kept their cool the whole time ( Jack didn't actually flip out ), and the manual burn didn't have them swinging around that much. 47:52 that admiral there is the real Jim Lovell For another great look at the space program check out the old HBO series From the Earth to the Moon
The last scene where Tom Hanks shakes hands with a Navy officer, The guy playing the officer is the real Jim Lovell. I met Gene Kranz at a fly day at Lone Star Flight Museaum. He was wipeing the oil off the bottom of the engine cowlings of a B-17. I met Deke Slayton at an air race in Conroe, TX. And I met Christopher Craft at a PAMA meeting in Houston, TX. He was showing us Space Shuttle tiles. After the Apollo 1 fire, they almost completely redesigned the Apollo spacecraft. In the process they uped the voltages of some system and a few components like the coil in the Oxygen tank were not rated for the new voltages. This caused the insulation of the wires to overheat and damaged them which caused the explosion.
Reference to your question at 15:20… the movie makes it sound like they only had one chance to dock. However, had they needed to attempt again they could have.
Yeah launch is generally the most dangerous part of the mission, when the vehicle starts picking up speed the aerodynamic forces increase while it's still in the dense layers of the atmosphere, it reaches what is known as 'Max Q', the highest forces the rocket will experience during a time when they can do little to fix it, while also still loaded with fuel. I say 'generally' because Apollo 13 had a whole string of near misses.
The real thing here is how the entire world was drawn into this emergency. Literally, the whole world was watching. We weren't different countries. We were all human beings, praying for those three.
Keep in mind they did all this in analogue mode. They did this with less computing power than our smartphones have now. Tons more teal-time brain power and the finest in mechanical instrumentation and optics. They show a slide rule in use in one scene. And they did fix the issues with the Apollo 1 fire issues.
Great movie! They added a little Hollywood drama for the movie.. swagger was in no way not ready for the mission. And there were no arguments between the crew. Otherwise one of my favorite movies of all time and still a classic
It was Us People who did not care about 13 - it was the News media who thought it would not bring them enough ratings. In those days there were three TV channels not cable - but they really missed the mark on this because people were in barber shops and in the retail stores all over the place watching the take off of Apollo 13 then when we were told it was dying in space everyone in the world was in front of the TV and praying for their safe return. I will never forget the media showing us images of that very thing, people in every country praying for those guys.
NASA never does anything without extensive testing. Some of the missions named Apollo didn't even have people in them, a few missions were them just testing out the rockets without any people on them. The first crewed Apollo mission was Apollo 7, that was just in Earth orbit to check out the spacecraft. Apollo 8 was the first mission sent into lunar orbit, it was just the command service module they didn't have the lunar module yet. Then Apollo 10 was a flight test of the lunar module in lunar orbit, they got as close as 60 km to the moon's surface. Then finally Apollo 11 landed on the moon. Other than Apollo 13 all the rest of the missions landed on the moon, Apollo 17 was the last and it was the only one that actually had a scientist on board.
They could try more than once to dock, but theres a limited amount of fuel so they can't do it much. What Swigert messed up in sim was the re-entry to Earth atmosphere. The space junk eventually returns to Earth atmo and burns up.
I think that it's just human nature; once we felt we'd "been there; done that", it became sort of routine to us laypeople, even though it was anything but that. I guess that we must have taken for granted that it was routine. But, the moment that the world found out that these guys were in trouble, there was deep and genuine concern - around the world - and I'm sure that it was sincere. By the way, I really enjoyed watching with you!
33:21 this argument never happened. None of these guys would’ve needed to be told that arguing isn’t productive. They are already motivated and focused problem solver who understand that the only way through this was together.
The whole thing wth power up is the surge with each system. As you add systems, more power is being used and less is available, so you power up the higher drain systems first, smaller drains later as you have less available. Just like in a portable generator it'll show 10,000 watts surge, 9000 watts continuous. Their problem was even harder as they had no extra power for surge. If they exceeded the limit, it would all crash.
You asked if turning on things in stages is to prevent an explosion. Not really. The idea was that each circuit switched on produces a certain amount of surge before stabilizing at a lower constant level. Depending on the order in which they're switched on, they can draw more or less power in total. And they were dealing with a very tight limit on the number of amp-hours available. So they had to keep total amps below the calculated limit at all times. The fuel cells obviously consume oxygen at a rate determined by the load placed on them at any given moment. And that load increases geometrically (non-linear increase) as the demanded amperage increases. Once the O2 tank pressure equals the ambient pressure, the fuel cells stop generating power and everything shuts off. So they had to figure out how and when to turn things on and off in order to have enough power.
Would I go into space? Would I go into the deep depths of the ocean?............No, I'm a land walking mammal that requires me to stay just where I am LOL!
If the president tried to talk to me about taxes in that situation, i’de fly that spacecraft right into his moms house. “Houston? Where does Nixons mom stay at?”
Not atmosphere. Gravity. They used the moon's gravity for a slingshot boost. They do it with probes to other planets as well. By doing so, they can get there faster often times than if they took a straight line course.
The 1st half a dozen Apollo missions were "Testing" missions to see if we could even get to the moon and to see if the Lunar Module was even feasible in space. Apollo 1 had a critical electrical malfunction and all 3 astronauts died in a fire here on earth. Apollo's 2-6 were "unmanned" due to the deaths of the 3 from Apollo 1. Apollo 7 was the 1st manned mission to see if it was possible to dock the command module with another craft while in orbit. Apollo 8 was the 1st time we sent people to the moon. They didn't land tho. Just wanted to see if it was possible to send a crew, orbit the moon, and return safely. Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks character) was on that mission. Then 9 and 10 same thing pretty much. 11 tho... THAT was the BIG PAYOFF. (Unless you think it was all an elaborate hoax to trick the Russians then whatever)
Not many people associate that The Martian with Matt Damon is a modern version of this movie. This is slightly better with crappy 60s technology and it's based on real events
Everything but the first stage (the lowest, largest part of the rocket at the beginning in FL) and the re-entry capsule (that they splash down in at the end) basically becomes 'space trash' either on the Moon or littering Earth Orbit.
Space is -270 degrees farenheit, give or take. Thats where the freeze comes in. The thing with heat and movement is that it consumes oxygen and produces more carbon dioxide.
It didn't take 11 attempts to land on the moon, the flights before 11 were test flights and the like Apollo 1 was intended to test the Command/Service Module in Earth orbit but it burned up on the launch pad There were no missions designated as Apollo 2 or 3 Apollo 4 was a test flight of the Saturn V and a dummy Command/Service Module to test the launch vehicle and the heat shield Apollo 5 was an unmanned test of a prototype Lunar Module in Earth orbit Apollo 6 was another test flight of the Saturn V like Apollo 4. Notable for having the most failures of any Apollo mission prior to Apollo 13 Apollo 7 did the mission Apollo 1 was meant to do Apollo 8 sent a Command/Service Module around the moon without a Lunar Module Apollo 9 tested the Lunar Module in Earth orbit Apollo 10 tested the Lunar Module around the moon
When they say based on a true story, there can be a lotta stretch in the story. Not so here. This very closely follows the actual events, including many actual newscasts from the time.
No, not 13 times. 1-4 were tests. 5 - 17 were various missions to further test and six of the seven intended ( on 13 they didnt make it) were actual landings. 18-20 were cancelled.
Here's a better question: what happened to you that made you into such a rude person? Were you born this way, did something occur, or is it a conscious decision? I'm just curious what drives people like you to be nasty to someone whose only fault here is not being knowledgeable about a topic and asking questions to expand his understanding of it. This guy may not know much about the space program, but he put time and effort into offering a FREE video for your entertainment, and your response is to shit on him. So, congratulations on being a nasty person to someone who did nothing wrong.
Fun fact. The navy officer at the end that shakes Jim Lovell's(Tom Hanks character) hand was the real Jim Lovell.
@47:49
The biggest departure from reality in this movie was the doubts about Swigert’s ability to fly the mission. He was THE expert on the command module and actually wrote a lot of the emergency procedures that they had to implement.
It is my understanding they took a great deal of this movie's dialogue from the recordings at Nasa and the recordings in the space ship. I also understood they did not doubt his ability (even in the movie) but that he was not up on practice - even the best had to keep practicing in the module simulator before a mission and he was about to have a couple of days!
Apollo 13 was just the mission number. The astronauts of Apollo 1 were the only ones lost during NASA's entire space program up until the Challenger explosion. They were not lifting off; it was a flight test on the systems of the command module that sparked the fire, which spread in the module's almost pure oxygen atmosphere.
Leading to an extensive redesign of the command module, most importantly a hatch that opened outwards.
Apollo program was programed to test ideas that had not yet been tried. Apollo 1 was a launch pad test. 4-7 were uncrewed missions testing the rocket systems. 8-10 were crewed missions testing the proceedures for getting to and landing on the moon w/o actually landing. 11 was the first time landing on the Moon was tried.
7 was a crewed test of the CM in earth orbit.
And Apollo 1 was intended to do the job that 7 ended up doing. Tragically, the plugs-out launch pad test that went bad preceded the planned launch three weeks later.
The Captain at 47:49 that welcomes Tom Hanks/Lovell back on the ship was the real Jim Lovell. His wife, Marilyn, was also in the launch viewing stand sequence, near the Air Force guy. Also, she did really lose her wedding ring as shown in the movie, although the motel was able to help her retrieve it. About the only fake part of this movie was the conflict between the astronauts about the switch. It was added because, as test pilots, the astronauts were trained to be cool and methodical no matter what, and the director figured that audiences just would not buy that happening. As far as the Swigert/Mattingly crew swap, another member of the backup crew (Charlie Duke, who later flew on Apollo 16) had contracted the measles, and exposed both the prime and backup crews to it. If you've had it before or been vaccinated, you're good, but Mattingly had never had the measles, so risked an active case while in space. In adults, the measles can be very serious. Haise, who DID get sick on the mission, developed a urinary tract infection because of insufficient water intake. The crew had to ration the water in the LM down to no more than half a cup per day per person, far below minimum limits, because the LM had a very limited amount, and they had no way to make more. The fuel cells, which made water as a byproduct of burning hydrogen and oxygen to produce power, also produced normally way more water than they ever needed. With no oxygen for the fuel cells, not only did they have no more than the small re-entry supply in the command module, but the command module also had no power, aside from its re-entry batteries. The LM did have its own supply of oxygen and battery power, but that could not be routed to the fuel cells.
You know you have a gem of a movie, when even though you know the outcome, you’re fully stressed and invested.
I have the books "Failure Is Not An Option", signed by Gene Kranz, and "Lost Moon", signed by Jim Lovell. Couple of my more important possessions.
Great re telling of a harrowing moment in our lives. Was a treat @Devin to see you enjoy it as much as you did
For a movie where u didn’t know half the stuff they were talking about, it was so intense. lol. Love Tom Hanks movies. Thumbs up all!
I think Apollo 13 is one of the best movies ever made. Also I'm biased because I've watched it about 568 times since I was nine years old!
Watch Tom Hanks' series "From Earth to the Moon" about the Apollo program, you are going to love it. My favorite episode was about the construction of the LM.
I think the episode on Apollo 12, "That's All There Is" is one of the finest episodes of television ever broadcast.
Great review!
Apparently the corvettes that the astronauts were given as gifts were notorious for being unreliable and breaking down, which is why they had the scene where his stalled out while he was driving.
Im kinda jealous u get to experience all these great movies for the 1st time as an adult
This along with The Martian and The Right Stuff makes up my personal top three NASA based movies! Such a classic, I still hold my breath waiting for the astronauts to answer the radio at the end!
Me too! Absolutely love The Right Stuff!
If you can find it, watch "The Cape". Drama TV show based on astronauts and Cape Canaveral. Not sure if easy to find though.
@ I used to watch that! Loved it.
From The Earth To The Moon is an outstanding miniseries.
havent even started this yet and know this is gonna be so good! LIKED of course, but so looking forward to this reaction
Fun fact "consolation prize"...since they did not go into orbit around the Moon on their free return trajectory, Apollo 13 traveled a bit further away from Earth than all of the other flights to the Moon. So to this day, Lovell, Haise, and Swigert hold the record for the farthest distance from Earth people have ever traveled.
Also., a terrific quote I encountered recently has to do with Apollo 13..."NASA is absolutely not superstitious, but you can bet they will never launch anything numbered "13" ever again." Not sure if that is a real quote...but it does not seem that NASA has sent anything into space with the number 13 on it ever since, though commercial satellite companies have. I think one of the in atmosphere glide tests of the shuttle Enterprise...which never went into space...did have the number 13 on it, and I believe there were no issues with the test.
And, in case you were wondering...the number one reason why people have not returned to the moon to live/work/build a base there is the dust. You can 100 percent look up the harmful effects of lunar dust...but it is a serious issue that NASA and others have been working to address for many years. The dust is invasive and corrosive and it sticks to everything...which is a major issue when it darkens the surfaces that you need to be reflective, and all of a sudden you are absorbing a ton of heat from the sun instead of reflecting it. And that is not even to mention all the health issues of breathing in the dust...so figuring out how to deal with it has been a huge impediment to returning to the moon.
As for the previous iterations of the Apollo program: no, they weren't all failed moon landing attempts. If memory serves, there was an over-arching goal from the beginning of the program to get to the moon, but each mission had a different objective that brought them closer to that big goal. Testing out the design of the vessel while staying in earth's orbit, and thus closer so they could possibly return if something went wrong, was a big part of some of the earlier missions if I recall. I don't know the outcome of all missions, but I do remember that Apollo 1 blew up during a launch rehearsal, so they never even left the ground.
As amazing as space and our travels through it are, the fact we made it to the moon at all given the level of technology in the 60's is absolutely mind-boggling. It's a testament to the human drive to achieve our goals, even if those goals are kind of questionable in hindsight. Don't get me wrong; space travel is in no way a waste of time. We just went WAY earlier than we really ought to have, and the main reason we did it was politically motivated. The rush to the moon was basically a big prick-waving contest with Russia (obviously overly simplified, but that's the gist). Sure, we technically won, but a lot of people died in pursuit of what was (in my eyes) basically politics, and I'm never comfortable when we put politics and patriotism above the value of human life. It's unsavory territory for me.
Fun reaction as always, Devin! :)
Apollo 1 didn’t blow up on the pad. A short circuit ignited the pure oxygen atmosphere they were using and their seats were made of highly combustible materials. The hatch (mentioned in the movie) was a complicated process to open, requiring a venting of air pressure, the valve to which was behind the wall of flames that had erupted. The astronauts died from inhaling toxic gases generated by the fire when their suits and oxygen tubes melted. Contrary to popular perception, they did not burn to death, though of course their bodies suffered post mortem burns.
Apollo 8 flew a CM to the moon because the LM wasn’t ready to fly yet. Apollo 9 tested the LM in earth orbit. Apollo 10 was essentially a dress rehearsal for a”Apollo 11, doing just about everything but landing. Fun fact: NASA did not fully fuel the LM for Apollo 10, partly because it wasn’t needed, but partly to remove the temptation for the crew to “accidentally” land.
Great reaction😊❤ One of my favorite films
Lovell said in his book that they heard Houston on re-entry but didn't want to transmit until they were sure the parachutes would work.
wow, that's amazing...never heard that before. I guess they didn't want their family rejoicing only to be crushed with a tragedy if the parachutes didn't work. Geez...
Here for this Classic!! 🖤 Yes bro, I hope you Loved this movie!! Be back for the edit!!
Edit: idk if I would've survived but I'd damn will try! The training they went through, just to end as it did, I can't even imagine what they were thinking. Great reaction bro, absolute 🔥 see you in the next one!!
Thanks for the video. I enjoyed it.
I was in 5th grade when this happened. The entire country was scared, we afraid we were going to see them die. It seemed to go on forever, although it was less than a week.
So apart from Apollo 1, which blew up on the launch pad. Each mission (from my memory) was test how to get to space, testing the Earths gravitational pull, how to get to the moon, test that gravitational pull. But Apollo 11 was the first mission to have humans land and walk on the moon. Of course after that we had Apollo 12, another successful mission. Now on Apollo 13, well as you see what happens. After that Apollo 14-17 were successful too.
Also I HATE how they give shit to the doctor in this movie. The dude was only doing his job. He was making sure, everyone was going to be healthy.
Thanks for this reaction. I recommend a good movie The Right Stuff (1983) which is about the start of the space program and
From the Earth to the Moon, a1998 miniseries about the Apollo program that also stared Tom Hanks.
I jump on youtube a new DevinG vid i click and relax
The real Jim Lovell can be seen at the end of the movie shaking Tom Hanks' hand
And Marilyn is in the stands in front of Kathleen Quinlan during the launch sequence.
The yelling and arguing was just "Hollywood", to drum up the tension.
These were all seasoned pilots that dealt with MANY emergencies.
And had HOURS AND HOURS in the simulator.
That's a good question to ask, Devin, why isn't it bigger news the fact that they were going to the moon? It's kind of the same as astronauts going to the International Space Station. Because it's happening so often, it's no longer newsworthy until something goes wrong. The same thing happened with space shuttle launches, it was no longer big newsworthy until the Challenger exploded on take off or the Columbia disintegrating during reentry. I was in high school when the Challenger blew up, and had watched it live as it happened. I remember as a child when the shuttle Enterprise was first tested, being on the back of a modified 747 and released on its first test flight to land.
I hope after watching this movie, you might delve into the wonderful things that are happening in space now, the mars rover, the JWST satellite, and all of the exploratory missions that are going on right now, and in the future. It is an exciting time to be at this frontier of space exploration and computer evolution. And if we are lucky, we may see the first person landing on Mars in our lifetime. I was too young at the first moon landing, but I hope to see the first Mars landing. I remember watching the very first rover landing on Mars (I actually watched all of the subsequent ones too), and it's exciting.
THanks for reacting to this movie. I watched it in the theater when it first came out and I ain't gonna lie, made me teary eyed.
It took 11 Apollo missions, they were all planned test for various systems until Apollo 11, the first Apollo mission that planned to land on the moon. Apollo 8 went to the Moon, swung around it and came back, didn't land (didn't even bring a landing craft, it wasn't finished yet) Only Apollo 1 would be considered a tragic accident or failure. All three astronauts died in the spacecraft on the launching pad during a routine test, as Tom Hank's character explains to his young son with regard to the door that did not open.
Devin, watch the most recent Starship launch. It'll blow your mind. History being made.
Apollo have different test missions before they attempt moon landing in apollo 11, in apollo 8, Jim lovell (tom hanks character) already orbit around the moon, they talked about it after the watch party of apollo 11
According to Commander Chris Hadfield this is the most realistic space movie ever made. It also shows the the most amazing quality in leadership...staying calm and projecting that calm to other people..but at the same time getting fired up and push your people until the problem is solved
they had plenty of chances and time to dock. In fact on the very next mission ( after they did several fixes to the problems on 13 including adding a third oxygen tank away from the other two) they had docking problems where a small piece of debris kept the latches on the tip of the probe from engaging, they tried several times and ended up going forward into it and then hitting the switch to activate the other docking latches that are normally activated only after the ones on the probe are latched in the hope they'd be lined up enough and they were
Overall this movie is fairly accurate, but they did feel the need to spice it up a bit: everyone actually kept their cool the whole time ( Jack didn't actually flip out ), and the manual burn didn't have them swinging around that much.
47:52 that admiral there is the real Jim Lovell
For another great look at the space program check out the old HBO series From the Earth to the Moon
Real Jim Lovell in the final scene
The last scene where Tom Hanks shakes hands with a Navy officer, The guy playing the officer is the real Jim Lovell. I met Gene Kranz at a fly day at Lone Star Flight Museaum. He was wipeing the oil off the bottom of the engine cowlings of a B-17. I met Deke Slayton at an air race in Conroe, TX. And I met Christopher Craft at a PAMA meeting in Houston, TX. He was showing us Space Shuttle tiles. After the Apollo 1 fire, they almost completely redesigned the Apollo spacecraft. In the process they uped the voltages of some system and a few components like the coil in the Oxygen tank were not rated for the new voltages. This caused the insulation of the wires to overheat and damaged them which caused the explosion.
Reference to your question at 15:20… the movie makes it sound like they only had one chance to dock. However, had they needed to attempt again they could have.
Yeah launch is generally the most dangerous part of the mission, when the vehicle starts picking up speed the aerodynamic forces increase while it's still in the dense layers of the atmosphere, it reaches what is known as 'Max Q', the highest forces the rocket will experience during a time when they can do little to fix it, while also still loaded with fuel. I say 'generally' because Apollo 13 had a whole string of near misses.
You should watch "From the Earth to the Moon" it's an excellent HBO miniseries that covers the entire Apollo program.
lol you talking bout "showtime at the apollo" it would come on late as hell after jay leno lol
Always enjoy watching movies with ya Dev. As well as date night. Y’all seem like good people.
At the end if the film, you see Tom Hanks shaking hands with a Navy officer. That's the real Jim Lovell.
The real thing here is how the entire world was drawn into this emergency. Literally, the whole world was watching. We weren't different countries. We were all human beings, praying for those three.
Keep in mind they did all this in analogue mode. They did this with less computing power than our smartphones have now. Tons more teal-time brain power and the finest in mechanical instrumentation and optics. They show a slide rule in use in one scene. And they did fix the issues with the Apollo 1 fire issues.
Great movie! They added a little Hollywood drama for the movie.. swagger was in no way not ready for the mission. And there were no arguments between the crew. Otherwise one of my favorite movies of all time and still a classic
When every single astronaut on the Challenger explosion just happened to have a twin.
It was Us People who did not care about 13 - it was the News media who thought it would not bring them enough ratings. In those days there were three TV channels not cable - but they really missed the mark on this because people were in barber shops and in the retail stores all over the place watching the take off of Apollo 13 then when we were told it was dying in space everyone in the world was in front of the TV and praying for their safe return. I will never forget the media showing us images of that very thing, people in every country praying for those guys.
Such a great movie!
Theres an aircraft called the Vomit Comet where they simulated weightlessness. They used it for this movie.
Ironically, had Ken not stayed behind, they might not have made it back. He was instrumental in the simulator to get them back.
They kept astronauts quarantined , even from their families for fear of them getting sick.
NASA never does anything without extensive testing. Some of the missions named Apollo didn't even have people in them, a few missions were them just testing out the rockets without any people on them. The first crewed Apollo mission was Apollo 7, that was just in Earth orbit to check out the spacecraft. Apollo 8 was the first mission sent into lunar orbit, it was just the command service module they didn't have the lunar module yet. Then Apollo 10 was a flight test of the lunar module in lunar orbit, they got as close as 60 km to the moon's surface. Then finally Apollo 11 landed on the moon. Other than Apollo 13 all the rest of the missions landed on the moon, Apollo 17 was the last and it was the only one that actually had a scientist on board.
Born in 1928, Jim Lovell is still alive! His wife Marilyn only died in 2023. Very good genes, I'd say!
They could try more than once to dock, but theres a limited amount of fuel so they can't do it much. What Swigert messed up in sim was the re-entry to Earth atmosphere. The space junk eventually returns to Earth atmo and burns up.
yo Devin W reation u gotta see "Barbarian" from 2022 great watch had me on the edge of my seat the whole time
The typhoon weakened and turned away, luckily.
I think that it's just human nature; once we felt we'd "been there; done that", it became sort of routine to us laypeople, even though it was anything but that. I guess that we must have taken for granted that it was routine. But, the moment that the world found out that these guys were in trouble, there was deep and genuine concern - around the world - and I'm sure that it was sincere. By the way, I really enjoyed watching with you!
33:21 this argument never happened. None of these guys would’ve needed to be told that arguing isn’t productive. They are already motivated and focused problem solver who understand that the only way through this was together.
Each mission tested a different aspect of the trip . . . Apollo 11 was the first scheduled to land on the Moon.
Apollo 1 - 10 were test flights to ensure everything worked and practice the skills needed for success.
I feel I was so lucky to have lived and witnessed all the space launches and landings. How lucky was I?
The whole thing wth power up is the surge with each system. As you add systems, more power is being used and less is available, so you power up the higher drain systems first, smaller drains later as you have less available. Just like in a portable generator it'll show 10,000 watts surge, 9000 watts continuous. Their problem was even harder as they had no extra power for surge. If they exceeded the limit, it would all crash.
If you have a chance, go to NASA in Huntsville AL and see the true size of this rocket. It’s crazy big
You asked if turning on things in stages is to prevent an explosion. Not really. The idea was that each circuit switched on produces a certain amount of surge before stabilizing at a lower constant level. Depending on the order in which they're switched on, they can draw more or less power in total. And they were dealing with a very tight limit on the number of amp-hours available. So they had to keep total amps below the calculated limit at all times.
The fuel cells obviously consume oxygen at a rate determined by the load placed on them at any given moment. And that load increases geometrically (non-linear increase) as the demanded amperage increases.
Once the O2 tank pressure equals the ambient pressure, the fuel cells stop generating power and everything shuts off. So they had to figure out how and when to turn things on and off in order to have enough power.
Would I go into space? Would I go into the deep depths of the ocean?............No, I'm a land walking mammal that requires me to stay just where I am LOL!
If the president tried to talk to me about taxes in that situation, i’de fly that spacecraft right into his moms house. “Houston? Where does Nixons mom stay at?”
Granted, they didnt land as intended, but they gained tremendous info for in-flight disaster and contingency plans.
Not atmosphere. Gravity. They used the moon's gravity for a slingshot boost. They do it with probes to other planets as well. By doing so, they can get there faster often times than if they took a straight line course.
Yes, it was a stick shift. Many of the astronauts had hotrod corvettes then.
The 1st half a dozen Apollo missions were "Testing" missions to see if we could even get to the moon and to see if the Lunar Module was even feasible in space. Apollo 1 had a critical electrical malfunction and all 3 astronauts died in a fire here on earth. Apollo's 2-6 were "unmanned" due to the deaths of the 3 from Apollo 1. Apollo 7 was the 1st manned mission to see if it was possible to dock the command module with another craft while in orbit. Apollo 8 was the 1st time we sent people to the moon. They didn't land tho. Just wanted to see if it was possible to send a crew, orbit the moon, and return safely. Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks character) was on that mission. Then 9 and 10 same thing pretty much. 11 tho... THAT was the BIG PAYOFF. (Unless you think it was all an elaborate hoax to trick the Russians then whatever)
Not many people associate that The Martian with Matt Damon is a modern version of this movie. This is slightly better with crappy 60s technology and it's based on real events
Everything but the first stage (the lowest, largest part of the rocket at the beginning in FL) and the re-entry capsule (that they splash down in at the end) basically becomes 'space trash' either on the Moon or littering Earth Orbit.
2001 a space odisey
Wasn't that show called "Midnight at the Apollo"
No, the tower jet was the rocket firing off the aerodynamic "tower" on the tip of the rocket. The astronauts were not in that.
Space is -270 degrees farenheit, give or take. Thats where the freeze comes in. The thing with heat and movement is that it consumes oxygen and produces more carbon dioxide.
Neil Armstrong, then Buzz Aldrin.
Fun fact: your smart phone has 100,000 times more computing power than the computers on the space ship
There was no way to physically help them. No Coast Guard, so to speak
It didn't take 11 attempts to land on the moon, the flights before 11 were test flights and the like
Apollo 1 was intended to test the Command/Service Module in Earth orbit but it burned up on the launch pad
There were no missions designated as Apollo 2 or 3
Apollo 4 was a test flight of the Saturn V and a dummy Command/Service Module to test the launch vehicle and the heat shield
Apollo 5 was an unmanned test of a prototype Lunar Module in Earth orbit
Apollo 6 was another test flight of the Saturn V like Apollo 4. Notable for having the most failures of any Apollo mission prior to Apollo 13
Apollo 7 did the mission Apollo 1 was meant to do
Apollo 8 sent a Command/Service Module around the moon without a Lunar Module
Apollo 9 tested the Lunar Module in Earth orbit
Apollo 10 tested the Lunar Module around the moon
A lot of the missions were test flights not necessarily failures.
When they say based on a true story, there can be a lotta stretch in the story. Not so here. This very closely follows the actual events, including many actual newscasts from the time.
No, not 13 times. 1-4 were tests. 5 - 17 were various missions to further test and six of the seven intended ( on 13 they didnt make it) were actual landings. 18-20 were cancelled.
React to the BBC deleted show Space Cadets 2012
Had they been on the NASA communications net they could've communicated with their husbands.
Where is steph ds?
Yet another movie in which tom hanks urinates. Strange but true
Do you have some comprehension issues that you didn't have before ?
What Happened ?
Here's a better question: what happened to you that made you into such a rude person? Were you born this way, did something occur, or is it a conscious decision? I'm just curious what drives people like you to be nasty to someone whose only fault here is not being knowledgeable about a topic and asking questions to expand his understanding of it. This guy may not know much about the space program, but he put time and effort into offering a FREE video for your entertainment, and your response is to shit on him. So, congratulations on being a nasty person to someone who did nothing wrong.