The Last Moon Landing: Why Did We Stop Going To The Moon? | Apollo 17 | Spark
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- The remarkable story of the determination and courage of a generation. A tribute to three brave astronauts and the thousands of men and women behind them during the final days of NASA's Apollo program.
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I was living and growing up on the Space Coast during the Apollo program. An Air Force brat, my father was stationed at Patrick AFB just south of Cocoa Beach. I remember watching Apollo 11 lift off with my Mom standing in our front yard. A couple years later for 17 we had a car pass to get out on “Three Mile Road” to watch the night launch up close and personal. After several delays and us beginning to doubt it actually going up...they finally lit the candle just around midnight. The brilliance of that miniature sun that Saturn 5 emanated when it lit was phenomenal. Forever emblazoned in my minds eye. What an incredible few years to be a middle schooler growing up when and where I did.
Wow that is amazing, I don't think there is one single Utd fan that is from Manchester.
Then, why did they tell that lie about, not having enough fuel to make it back to Earth. I was 17 years old then and when they were supposedly communicating back and forth, this is what one of, the Astronauts said. Why would he say that?.
@@carolynedwards2689 do elaborate?
Man, what I would give to see a Saturn V launch in person! The most powerful rocket ever made, and over 50 years later, NO currently operational rocket has surpassed its awesome power. I became a bit of a space nerd about a year back and I’ve watched livestreams of Falcon 9 launches, SpaceX’s Starship test flights, and me and my girlfriend watched the livestream of the Perseverance rover landing on Mars together. We were nearly crying when we heard “Touchdown confirmed, we’re safe on Mars.” With how amazing it was watching livestreams, I can’t even begin to imagine how amazing it would be to not only see a rocket launch in person, but to see a Saturn V launch.
@@nobover one right here, bless ya
I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Cernan back in the late 80's. He had an office in a building I went to several times a week for my job. Very modest and unassuming. Always had a kind word or a friendly hello. RIP Captain. You will be missed.
Yeah, I met him a bunch of times also. He was the perfect speaker about Apollo. He was always able to fine-tune his answers for whatever person/people he was speaking with. And, he had a remarkable ability to read people, and intuitively knew exactly what level of detail to go into. For the people with less engineering knowledge, he would make the answers more simple. But, if you were a major techie, he could speak at a very deep engineering level about how everything worked. It's funny, a day or two ago, I was just looking at a photo of me, my wife, and Gene Cernan together. I was just laughing a bit because he had his arm around my wife in that photo, which was his personality also (he gravitated to the ladies as much as the ladies gravitated to him... but, yeah, in a friendly way, not creepy). Once upon a time, I very nearly bought his personal Corvette that he was selling. It was blue, and I believe it was a 1974 model, if I recall correctly. But, I already had a few Corvettes, one of which was a 1972, and didn't need another one so close in year/model. So, I passed up on the chance.
I never had the honor of meeting Gene Cernan but I have a fond memory of watching him, Frank Reynolds and Jules Bergman on WABC back in 1981 broadcasting the first launch of Space Shuttle Columbia. I distinctly remember Cernan’s awe-inspiring description of the sunrise seen from space.
HE IS A WORLD CLASS LIEAR!
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@@tuttt99 LOL! The dont has Turbo Fan TF ENGINES. iTS IS A SOUPERSONIC NOZZLE. WHAT universityy did youe fluink out from...LOL!!!!!! Cernan = KING KONG seized LIARS just loike YOUE is!
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My mom has explained to me how literally unbelievable it was to be a kid and watch actual human beings walking around on the moon each night on TV, and I almost can't fathom what that was like for her, a child so full of wonder at the time.
I can sense her sense of wonder about it, even after all these years, and I can enjoy it vicariously, through her, but to be a kid in the 70's and watch people actually walking on the very same moon we see in our sky each night is just so far outside of my grasp. What a profoundly, indescribably awesome thing that must've been to experience.
I think, as someone who was born after all of the biggest moon missions, the moon landings are something that I kind of necessarily take for granted. I was never alive at a time when humans hadn't done that yet, and had only walked on one body in this solar system.
I only hope that one day I'll get to experience a similar step in tech evolution, and get to watch people walk on Mars for the first time, so I can know what that sort of astonishment and wonder is like. I'll never get to do that as a kid, so it'll be a different experience for me than it was for her, but it's as close as I think I can probably get to what she described experiencing with the first moon landing.
Sorry you missed it. I'm sorry a lot of youngsters missed it. If they could've just been there at that moment; they would realise how spoiled-rotten and stupid they are in todays world. That's all I got to say. And nobody will ever change my mind.
@Steven Thompson : That's your opinion and your entitled to it. But I don't see nothing "clearly faked." Your just repeating what others say. You're being a parrot! I've been hearing people say that since the 80,s. But nobody can ever prove it. And they can't ever explain what part is fake. They try. But then there is always somebody with an explanation.
I watched these moon missions live in 1972. I was 8. Nobody thought it was fake then! Not the Russians, not the Chineese and not The rest of the world. And Russia and China still never claimed that these missions are fake! Even today. You would think that these two powerful Countries would come up with evidence that PROOVES America faked the moon missions? But nope! Nothing!
So actually; I think your foolish making a claim like that with 0 proof. Other than conspiracy! Pfft.
Nick C you will never see anyone walk on Mars. Or the moon. Unfortunately,neither did yoyr mum.
@@freddyferrillo9704 not saying I believe it was real or fake but if technology has advanced 100 times what it was in 1980s why can't we go to the moon now ? They say the technology they had at the time was somehow "lost" even if it was lost with the technology we have now we should easily be able to put man on the moon . What's your thoughts on that ?
@@trevorallen8514 They built atomic weapons in the 'primitive' 1940's, without even the tech of the Apollo era. Yet, even now, with all the tech and knowledge of the 21st century at their disposal, it's almost impossible for other countries to make atomic weapons of their own. The scientists and engineers of the Apollo era weren't uneducated, unskilled, thickos, they were the best of the best, which is why they were able to achieve what they did, especially since they had virtually unlimited funding and the backing of the whole of America's industrial and technological might behind them. Given the same circumstances, we could have gone back to the Moon easily, and probably gotten to Mars years ago, as well.
"I went to Europe last year. What did you do?"
"I went to the moon and back". Outstanding video! Kind thanks for the memories of that truly wonderful event.
I was in space for three days over the weekend with Elan Musk.
You tit🤡🤛🏻whack
We were in Wales on holiday for the moon landing. Dad got us out of bed to watch it. Only a couple of other people in the hotel bothered to get up. Looking back, it was a major moment of my childhood. I also watched one of the last Space Shuttles take off from Cape Kennedy, another awe-inspiring sight, especially when the massive wall of sound hit you!
They stopped going because it was diminishing returns at huge cost. It was said at the time that had the moon been made entirely of pure gold, it still wouldn't have been cost-effective to go and get it.
I wish I could have experienced the Apollo Program.
Good thing Elon found a solution to the mentioned problem. ^^
Greetings from Germany
Two things I regret not doing taking a flight on Concorde and seeing a shuttle take off my girlfriend saw a shuttle launch and said it sounded incredible and made the ground shake must have been an awesome sight.
@@mw8653 My brother, who I watched the Space Shuttle launched with, was an RAF pilot, and he did a 'job-swap' with British Airways. He took a BA Captain up in a Harrier, and Steve got to take Concorde up past Mach 1. So he did both!
(And he met John Lasseter, the Toy Story director, on the flight )
@@terencejay8845 What a lucky guy to experience that, my brother lived in Penzance round about 7:00pm most evenings you would hear a dull thud bit like distant thunder it was Concord breaking the sound barrier as it was speeding up to cross the Atlantic. I also remember as a teenager seeing a space shuttle flying piggy back on a jumbo jet, The jumbo was banked over so you could see the shuttle flying slow and quite low.
I was on the beach in St Ives Cornwall am pretty sure if flew right around the UK coastline to show off the yet to fly Shuttle.
@@mw8653 I recall the Shuttle on the Jumbo! Flew over Stockport. What a sight.
Thank you for a great documentary, so much that I had missed. I was a small part of recovery team. I had fueled the Helo that recovered the men. I also was on the fire watch while the capsule was defueled of the hydrozene. I have met Gene a couple of times again at the Reno air races and he signed a couple of my pictures I had taken of the recovery. One of the high lights of my Navy time. RIP Gene we will miss you.
Wow that's awesome. Thx for your service.
great
@Mr. Sarcastic I beg to differ with you as I was on the recovery ship that picked up the astronauts. Apollo 17 was the last and July 1973 we were picking up the astronauts from Skylab. I looked for the video you reference and do not find it listed on TH-cam. There is no Apollo 20 listed. The last three Apollo missions 18-20 were canceled, At one million dollars a minute played a large factor in their being canceled.
Its impossible for men to cross the "Van Allen radiation belt"....good night...
Robert if you do a little more research you will find out you picked up a “space capsule” 🚀 that was ejected / jettisoned from the back of a C-130 aircraft and had never achieved any time outside of earths atmosphere. I’m sorry Sir, you have been lied to.
My aunt called me over to the TV and said pay attention to this,
You're going to want to remember it,
Man on the moon, I was born in 66, I don't remember what was on the screen but I'm glad she did that.
Me too also born in 66
Yes my dad made us watch the first moon landing. I was 8. So glad he made us watch it. Grateful.
Super cool I’m jealous hope to see it in my lifetime
Me too, only it was my mother that sat me in front of the TV, I asked why they had gone there? to me it looked like the cement quarry a few miles away from our village and they could have saved themselves a long journey, later my father who carried me on his shoulders on a walk over to my grandparents house which was only 150 yds away from ours, in a full moon I remember asking him if they were still on the moon, they were not this was 3 months later.
@ Whereas, in reality, they had never been on the moon at all.
I sort of remember this i am 75 i married 69 so this was there with other memories of that time but this was the first time that i have listened in depth to any interviews or discussions regarding that first flight round the moon i do remember praying that they would land back on earth safely and the wait for the response by radio when they emerged from the dark side thank you to the families of those brave men
For one priceless moment. All the people on this earth are truly one ☝️. That was the most powerful statement of the era.
Nixon. These days, Nixon looks benevolent compared to "The Former Guy."
Yep! Yet they are lying trying to make you believe they never went back after 1972 because the public had no interest! First of all, and most importantly, the government has never in history required the public's interest to determine how they spend the federal budget. The public have never had that power, to vote on where funding goes. *NASA IS CLEARLY LYING ABOUT WHY WE HAVE NEVER BEEN BACK!*
Yep, yet the government wants you to believe they stopped going because it wasn't in the publics interest!
Weren't we still in Vietnam? We were supposed to be doing so much for mankind, but we were still in Vietnam.
@@Emy53 INDEED !!!!
I still feel the awe I felt as a kid watching this. The greatest human achievement in my book.
I was only 4 1/2 years old in 69 but i do remember the latter missions including Apollo 17. Was always fascinated with the space program and NASA.
Mr. Cernan was a customer for many years of the ac company I worked for, got to meet his lovely wife and dogs, we were able to replace all 5 ac systems in his home, he was very nice but was a straight shooter he would let you know what and how he wanted things. Glad to have met him.
Cool to have met the man -
Can you imagine what could've been accomplished if spent money on important stuff, instead of the trillions on war? How far could we have furthered mankind ? I remember when I was young everything was supposed to change at the year 2000, for the better, shit has only got worse.
They did without us.
Who the hell told you things would change in the year 2000? Why? Just because if the arbitrary number on a calendar? You, as a now adult, are disappointed that it didn't work out?
@@robbarnes9047 Shit just got worse
@@robbarnes9047 He was naive. Aren't we all when we were young? He's just being honest. HOPE bruh! :)
@@boldsonthongam9464 I agree. I was too. I guess my question is, as an adult, does he not see that he was just being naive? From his post it appears that he is still upset about it. On the other hand, I could be misreading that. It's hard to tell these days.
i remember that mission,i was 16 at the time, not a lot of t v time on the mission, the orange dirt was i don't believe ever mentioned. or putting his daughters initials on the moon. that in it's own right is one of the GREATEST BRAGGING RIGHTS IN THE ENTIRE WORLD. LUCKY YOUNG LADY!!! great video, learned a heck of a lot, and still in awe of the people, planning, and achievment of N A S A and the american spirit.long live america!!!!!
Fantastic. Informative, relevant and so great. Thanks Spark
Just over 8 years from first man in space to landing on the moon is just amazing in terms of engineering and men and woman who made the machines to get the job done. Lets not forget that the USA government gave uncapped money to accomplish it.
Project Apollo will always be the most extensive engineering wonder that men ever dreamed up.
indeed!!!!
And 60 years later we don't know how to do it again?..... or how they made it through the van Allen radiation belt... just minor things that were "lost"
I was 15 then, and remember following the entire moon landing project. It was an exciting time... there has been nothing to come close to matching that in the 50 years since! That's when "America was great"... We have nothing like that to offer kids today.
Now all we care about is money. But if people realized the return on investment the Apollo program had we would be on Mars today. Most people think there’s more to life than quarterly reports.
Apollo moon landing was made in the same studios as movie gone with the wind. 🎥😅😅😅😅🎥🎥🎥🎥🎥🎥🎥
Amen to that
You idiot
We are the same old ❗😃⏳
"The most hazardous & dangerous & exciting adventure which man has ever embarked" said President John F Kennedy
@@sincerelandry2810 so why did you do that? A little insecure or some gut feeling telling you somethings not right?
Really superb undertaking...thank you so much.
Little did I know that Brits were part of this program. Thank you for your contribution. And thank you for posting this video. Every year I learn something new about the program and am in awe of the magnitude of the effort to make it happen.
You should have come to the conclusion that the moon landings and space past low earth orbit cannot be traveled by humans. Just listen to what NASA says they tell you that themselves
Mark Clark And why should I have come to that conclusion? You should have come to the conclusion that Alizarin Crimson, Ultramarine and. Yellow Ochre makes a pretty good black. Why didn’t you?
I was there when Apollo 17 lifted off. I and my family were about a mile away when it lit up the night sky. The earth shook beneath our feet, and I could FEEL the crackle of those giant engines in my body! I was so excited and so proud! I will never forget it!
were you also at the studio with stanley kubrick filming astronauts walking on the moon in a studio setting...check it out dude! aint´cha proud to be a merican!
@@TheMikelikus ?
@@TheMikelikus debunked
Best memories of my childhood, the Apollo moon missions....thanks for taking me back again!
Sorry to burst your bubble, but they never went to the moon.
And it would appear you still haven't grown up if you still believe this shit!
@@sharpuslf hey troll, your wrong...not only did they go to the moon but they came back from it..
@@flyingcatsofthesalishsea. Christmas is coming soon...sorry to do this again, but Santa isnt real either.
Idiot.
@@sharpuslf you say sorry alot..am just having coffee with elvis, he told me to tell you, you have no content and credibility and you should have stayed in school..and a job may help u..
We simply stopped going because we never went in the first place
yep all theses missions were faked...
Fake orbital missions
Apollo 8 Frank Borman, Bill Anders, Jim Lovell Dec 1968
Apollo 10 Tom Stafford, John Young, Eugene Cernan 5/19/1969
Astronauts who faked walking on the moon Date Film Location
Apollo 11 Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin, 7/16/1969 Area 51
Apollo 12 Charles Conrad, Alan Bean, 11/13/1969 Area 51 (Surveyor 3 mockup)
Apollo 14 Alan Shepard, Edgar Mitchell, 1/31/1971 Nevada desert
Apollo 15 David Scott, James Irwin, 7/30/1971 Nevada desert
Apollo 16 John Young, Charles Duke, 4/16/1972 Devon island
Apollo 17 Gene Cernan, Harrison Schmitt. 12/7/1972 Area 52
Astronauts who pretended to orbit the moon in the Command module
Apollo 11 Michael Collins
Apollo 12 Dick Gordon,
Apollo 13 Jack Swigert, Fred Haise, (Jim Lovell) 4/11/1970 Hollywood studio
Apollo 14 Stuart Roosa
Apollo 15 Al Worden
Going to the moon was one of the biggest lies ever told but if you stupid enough to let them sucker you to go you would be the first one but you would never get the credit
As great as the "Apollo 11" documentary was (I watched it three times this summer) I hope that this mission gets it's own IMAX treatment as well. This was the most extensive lunar mission of them all, with the astronauts spending three whole days on the moon's surface. The pictures are so much more high definition than the ones from Apollo 11 and they did way, way more research.
They havnt been the moon u fool. Sheep 🐑 🐏 🐑 🐏 🐑 🐏 🐑 🐏
This is lovely...not being alive when this happened is to look back at those who came before us with respect and reverence. I thank all nations for the lessons they bring to the current earth civilization
Having watched it all unfold on TV, newspapers , books and magazines of how we went from Mercury to Gemini and then Apollo, I can tell you it was an exciting time of hope and exploration in the uncertain age of an endless and pointless war in Vietnam, street protests, and the ever-present threat of going up in a nuclear fireball in a war with the Soviets. Even with today's insipid news mongering over presidential phone calls, cancel culture and "social" media, those were mighty uncertain times compared to now. But NASA was always there with more triumphs than tragedies, and they did it in the open (for the most part) -- unlike the USSR's space program, which only reported their triumphs and space exploration firsts, of which there were many. *But, we got to the Moon first.*
Are you really that stupid?
james keith this comment section is un- believable! ( just like NASA) have none of these morons actually watched the video? Wake up folks,no- one ever went to the moon,get over it! Sheeesh!
@@supertramp6011 Were did they go in rocket , nowhere , why was it built , for no reason , If they said it was mars , it would be fake , because the tech in 1969 would never get them there but moon in 3 days is believable .
I was in my early 20s in the late 60s and watched the moon landings intently and loved all of it. Always interested in astronomy since I learned to read, I wanted to be an astronomer as a kid. However, I was not aware that excellence in physics and advanced mathematics were requirements that were beyond my abilities. My brain was geared toward high abilities in reading, English, history, music, sciences and creativity. I loved exploring and learning new things and still do, even in my 70s. I never learned, until the last few years, that the government hid so much from the public with the “ridiculous” idea that we couldn’t handle the knowledge! I saw UFOs high in the sky when I was 12 years old and in junior high. This site made an indelible mark in my brain that would only grow stronger over the next 50 years!
Could you tell us about your ufo experience? I find the subject absolutely fastinating, and I love hearing people's ufo experiences. Where did it take place?
@@alspencer3826 Me included :)
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Such agencies do NOT need 3D thinking individuals that would question orders or be able to solve and process different ideas. They just need linear thinking math solving computer brains. Smart, not wise. That is what they need to keep their lies going, and the human ability to imagine and dream...Thats all....And so it went. How do you see the edu system now?
@@philindeblanc thank you ! For your comment probably the most underrated comment ever read on TH-cam! You are correct I myself will fully educated when I was in high school sophomore year or doubted that I could do quantum physics and calculus, trigonometry etc etc.. but this was in the 90s and I was a very good athlete, so I received scholarships to be educated, at prestigious schools , some of the top schools in the whole world. Now I myself was more of a middle letter and always thought that I could not do anything besides read at a high level and right at a high level because it's my brain was more geared to that that was more my talent. But my teachers in professors would tell me no you can there's ways of meditate not to say meditating but making a brain concentrate and being taught to be able to do a high level of mathematics like you said this is a major difference between smart and being wise!! I feel bad for the somebody that's older; that's sold themselves short, doesn't think they have the brain the good Lord , God gave, to do anything in the world that has to be done we can learn anything! Anyone can be taught quantum and physic mathematics! This is just one of the secrets the amoxicillin elite keep from the world to keep you down!
I loved this, it kept me hooked, all the way through. It was very emotional. I was born in 1964, and I wish I could remember these things! My family must have been watching. Perhaps I watched with them, but I can't remember a single thing. Perhaps I didn't realise the significance of it, with being so young. Such a shame.
Almost made me tear up. Such bravery and stunning pictures amd video. The best i've watched so far.
almost made you tear up...until you realized how fake it was?
@@matthewsecrest9818 Nothing fake you idiot , USA spent billions in 10 years ..
@@matthewsecrest9818 nothing fake about the moon landings.
The "evidence" offered by conspiracy theorists is as solid as wet paper.
Their claims do not stand up to scrutiny.
@@matthewsecrest9818no one has the eyes to see 🫂
I've been fascinated with NASA since around 1968 and actually watched the Apollo 11 from takeoff 'til splash down. I was so excited, but when they landed and walked on the moon is one of my most exciting days of my life.
Love this kind of stuff, I could watch it all the time.
PS. I'm 62 years old this month "September" born in 1958
It's always a pleasure to read enthusiastic comments from those who appreciate this magnificent achievement. Thanks :-)
Everything you saw between the moment they left earth and splashed down was seen on a grainy television screen and narrated by newsmen that barely more believable than orson Welles war of the worlds radio drama.its called fiction sheeple
@@markr.devereux2713
It was more entertaining than watching you being born on live television, when you come out of an @sshole. Is that how your 'nickname' come about ?
@@steveng1624 you probably dream about being Harry Potter and stay in your parents basement. That's all I can conclude
July 16 1960 I came upon this world, and to this date I still remember even that some people don't but seeing history being made on a black and white TV. Furthermore to the publishers of Avation Week and Space Technology I got to see the blue marble as seen from Apollo 17 with all it's grandeur. Thank you for this video
Wow I was born 2 days before you and share the wonders and excitement of the whole space program of the 60’s. Well, maybe not the Mercury era but certainly Gemini through Apollo.
I have always been a space 🌌🚀 fanatic. I always loved learning anything and everything about space. The moon landings have always fascinated me. I sort of experienced Apollos 16 & 17. I was only a baby when they took place. Obviously, I don't remember it while it was happening, but I still find it neat to think I was here on Earth while men were walking on the Moon at the same time. I wonder if people 50 years ago thought for sure we would've made it to Mars by 2022 (or even earlier.)
I can clearly see these guys had the most fun on the moon.
They were just jazzed about being there! 🖖
Yeah, I love how they were joking around, just having the time of their lives on the moon
@@markbeames7852 zq151tt¹
John Young and Charlie Duke had quite a bit of fun too
@@justinwallace8236Yeah fun without ewen caring if their spacesuit may damage from scratches or direct sunlight or whatewer. Todays spacesuits are fragile... and has no radiation protection for that place it seems and how happy they are knowing gas prices are cheap while today nasa wont ewen find the money for gas 😅😮😢 😂 i dont know if its sad or funny 😢😮😅😂
Thank you for this wonderful documentary. I was 11 for this Apollo and remember watching on tv. Now I have a new appreciation for all that they did.
My teacher got chosen to ride and and. But never seen her aging the must have feed her to. The ailan
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@@cammrendevilbiss5134 can you make your "sentence" coherent?
I so wish I had been alive during the time that all this was going on. I would have been all in to it. Still, I'm glad that there are these documentaries to show people like me what happened and how we did it. I can literally sit at the computer for hours at a time watching videos like this and I do. Thanks to all those at NASA who did all the work and put their lives and passion into achieving such a monumental goal.
With an awful war going on around the other side of the world we were involved in, the Apollo program was a positive achievement--one with which we could take a nice dollop of pride in having accomplished and something universally significant to future generations who choose to study our immediate environs. I can tell you this, it was indeed an exciting program to experience (even as only a kid)!
Hey,Jordan...like documentries? Try " a funny thing happened on the way to the moon" Then get back with "us".
heres some real history of space men. watch viper tv / dttv, on sumerian tablets..the earth was visited long before we came around. if these tablets are tru,they made us..''in there image'',.dna engineering..long vids,but a lot of info you wont find anywhere else..if you get into indian vedas,the earth was fought over by 3 races with nuke weapons. same that destroyed sodom & gomorrah..here in aus,at the parks observatory,its said they picked up a transcript,which nasa couldnt delete,,which said,,theres 3 huge ships,just sitting on the crater rim,,,beep..look that up..
What a lovely thing to say and so refreshing as so many young people have fallen for the hoax theory. I was very lucky and privileged to have witnessed this incredibly exciting time and watched the 1st moon landing in 1969 at school. Can't believe where those fifty years have gone.
Conversely you now have access to infinitely more information about it all than anyone back then could ever have dreamed of
I remember as a nine year old looking up at the moon at Christmas 1968 and thinking there were men going round it at the time. Awe inspiring stuff indeed. Then, just a few months later I watched man walking on the moon and again looking up in wonder. When even as a kid I knew there would be no Apollo 18 I was devastated. I am lucky enough to have Frank bormans and Gene Cernan's actual written autographs one on a photo of Apollo 8 Saturn V and one By Gene on a framed poster on my living room wall of which I got just before he died. I never had the same interest in Skylab, the Shuttle or the ISS. They to me seemed so trivial in comparison to Apollo. I know how sad Gene was towards the end of his life, just as I am now. God bless you guys, all of you and Rest In Peace.
You know, I just watch this and realized that we don't do great things like this today! How sad it is that here we are Christmas Eve 2020 and not even come closed to even matching great things like we did then. We have prisoned ourselves, killed ourselves off for what, to get richer and fatter. We've let the great things slip through our fingers, what a shame! What a waste! What a shameful waste!
Yes, but this has happened repeatedly throughout history. After Magellan sailed around the globe, it wasn't repeated for 50 years. After the Egyptians built the great pyramids, nobody even attempted to make buildings that size/weight/height again for thousands of years. Hell, it's been almost 20 years since someone could buy a supersonic airliner ticket across the Atlantic. Yes, history is riddled with many such examples of extraordinary feats for a short while that don't get repeated for a long time.
@@rockethead7 very nicely put 👍👍
Same with Rock Music in my opinion. So much incredible weird and wonderful music was actively encouraged by major recording companies ( giving the bands as much time as well as money ) resulting in stuff which is played by even trendy 23yr olds nowadays ! Boundaries were there to be crossed which appears the opposite to the mainstream world they call “ diverse “ nowadays ! From English posh boys Genesis & Pink Floyd to Californian Freak Powered Frank Zappa & Co )
My Personal Experience of Apollo 11 was it being the first time I had been GOT OUT of bed instead of getting sent there - as a 5 yr old and at about 4in the morning ...👍🐢new forest pixies
@@rockethead7 China are on the moon. China are on Mars.
@@Nautilus1972
And, you know this, how?
Thank You NASA and all the ASTRONAUTS I was there and seen all the Apollo blast offs am from Florida!.
@NIHAREEKA K Ya I lived in Fla all, over since 1965 to 1997 I came from Germany I use to live on the Atlantic coast Beach use to go to the CAP Kennedy Space Center many times NASA said the shuttle wasn't to get off the ground until 1999 in 1970 they had a big model of the shuttle on ground and the date when this project gets started in 1999 even from Orlando you can see and the Gulf Coast you can see it blast off from the Atlantic side that's 361 mi (582 km) away from Saint Peters-burg Fla on the Gulf side you could see the flames and smoke trails.But I was in 1969 I was about 3 miles away from the launch pad the whole ground shook like a earthquake I thought dam.
Mom woke us up early on the 16th of July 1969. I had forgotten that we had passes to view the liftoff at the new visitor center. But we didn’t plan for the enormous enthusiasm of the the entire population of the US and we did not make it even on the NASA causeway. We ended up watching off US1 in a neighborhood on the west side of the Indian river. We had seen launches before, but even at 12 years old, I knew how important this launch was. I had grabbed my grandmothers old tv out of the storeroom and had it set up in my bed room and four days later, I watch it all night long.
Thank the Germans that came from rocket projects after the war,and youll notice loads of english in the documentary too
That would have been amazing I just hope one day I’m lucky enough to see a space mission to the moon again to blast off
The old America was stunning and a juggernaut of admiration. Wish I was around then.
I'm 64 years old and I got to tell you it was really something . and it still is otherwise people from all over the world want you risking their lives to get here . fight with your last dying breath to keep this a great country don't let the left poison you your mind and your children's Minds
Ah such admiration for the Vietnam war
@Voodoo Child criticism of this guys admiration of not such a great country during these times. Vietnam war is an example
It certainly isn't log ago, not long ago at all. In the grand timeline, it is nothing but a blip or speck on an otherwise immense line. That said, from retold stories of my grandparents, my grandfathers who were both Marines and moved several times across the country due to war time and economic issues, this country was something entirely different. The sense of love and pride of country that was profound from these men, and women, the selflessness, is something that is literally absent from society today. The respect, the reverence, the significance of not only our nations capital but simply our fellow neighbor - it all starts at home. We are capable of so much, and have done so much, and when we come together, achieve so much. Going back to as early as I personally can remember from the very early 80's and always always always being that pestering kid asking a question about every single thing I came across, I am thankful for every minute I was able to talk with my grandparents about what life was like "back then", the country, and the world, before our modernized revolution. My one surviving grandmother says right now is the worst of her memory. She is 96. Man, all you boomers immediately make things political. I did not make any reference nor inference that what I am saying has ANYTHING to do with a political viewpoint or party. It doesnt. Its an observation of the times. I am in no way saying things were just peachy back, in say, VIETNAM. But relax, not everything is political.
@@sirclarkmarz I respect you and you have a right to believe whatever you want. Try not to conflate what you believe with anything other than WHAT YOU BELIEVE. lol its not fact, it's not anything, its just your opinion, as what I wrote, IS MY OPINION. I wasnt alive for what obviously this video is showing, however, my comment was more about how this country, and its citizens, can achieve what was once impossible, come together, and be respected together as one nation. Was there dissent and derision. Probably if not definitely. But, I like to believe anything is possible. Humans everywhere working together towards a common goal. The possibilities are endless. There is no need to politicize, every, single, thing. Going to the moon or beyond is a mission for humanity, not a political party.
Little did these astronauts know that the age of space exploration for our voyager probes and our discoveries of other solar systems and galaxies, the moon is what brought us humans out there into space and exploring our solar system, thank you moon for being our first world beyond our earth, and like what Neil Armstrong set, one small step for man, onegiant leap for man kind.🌌🌕👨🚀🌎
Edit: Yes, I liked my own comment
Its great that 'Robbie Williams' took the time to provide commentary at the beginning of this documentary.
I was 19 that year....Im 67 now, and I still get goose bumps when I watch these incredibly brave people who accepted Kennedy's challenge, and did what most thought impossible. I plan to still get goose bumps when American's walk on Mars, led by the vision and drive of Elon Musk, Spacex, and Nasa.
What ever we have the vision, drive and bravery to attempt, we can achieve.
@Cam : Your ignorance is way more impressive.
@Cam : Tell me in which way I'm gullible. Thanks.
@Cam What`s your level of education?
@Cam My question to you, Professor Van Allen, is this. I have read that you have "denounced" the conspiracy theorists' claims that radiation in the Van Allen belts would have killed the astronauts. I have also seen a quote from you about what utter nonsense the Fox special was. Could you please, if possible, point me to any sources in print or on the web where you have been extensively quoted? If there are none that you know of, and it wouldn't be too much trouble, I would appreciate it if you could reply with a brief statement on the subject. In all my recent studies about the moon-conspiracy theories, the cornerstone of most arguments appears to be that radiation is what makes interplanetary space travel impossible. I feel that there is no person better qualified to debunk this absurd claim (and no one more likely to be taken seriously) than you. Of course, some conspiracists will say that you are in on the conspiracy yourself, but we can never hope actually to convince them.
Professor Van Allen's response:
Dear Mr. Lambert,
In reply to your e-mail, I send you the following copy of a response that I wrote to another inquiry about 2 months ago --
* The radiation belts of the Earth do, indeed, pose important constraints on the safety of human space flight.
* The very energetic (tens to hundreds of MeV) protons in the inner radiation belt are the most dangerous and most difficult to shield against. Specifically, prolonged flights (i.e., ones of many months' duration) of humans or other animals in orbits about the Earth must be conducted at altitudes less than about 250 miles in order to avoid significant radiation exposure.
* A person in the cabin of a space shuttle in a circular equatorial orbit in the most intense region of the inner radiation belt, at an altitude of about 1000 miles, would be subjected to a fatal dosage of radiation in about one week.
* However, the outbound and inbound trajectories of the Apollo spacecraft cut through the outer portions of the inner belt and because of their high speed spent only about 15 minutes in traversing the region and less than 2 hours in traversing the much less penetrating radiation in the outer radiation belt. The resulting radiation exposure for the round trip was less than 1% of a fatal dosage - a very minor risk among the far greater other risks of such flights. I made such estimates in the early 1960s and so informed NASA engineers who were planning the Apollo flights. These estimates are still reliable.
* The recent Fox TV show, which I saw, is an ingenious and entertaining assemblage of nonsense. The claim that radiation exposure during the Apollo missions would have been fatal to the astronauts is only one example of such nonsense.
James A. Van Allen
Its impossible for men to cross the "Van Allen radiation belt"....good night...
Im glad to see these videos . i grew up during the Apollo program and was mesmerized seeing that giant rocket lift off, oh what a sight. Thanks for the memories.
The technology you're reading this with now GREW from the technology developed for the Apollo and other Space Race missions. Enjoy!
Thought the internet was invented during WW2
Wonder Wheels - Falkirk it was invented during the civil war
@@m1abrams1776 I want proof
Being there for a Launch is epic. You *feel* it. It physically batters you. The Air moves.
I enjoyed every moment of this video! It has restored the sense of pride I have always held for these Apollo missions. What a fabulous group of brave and intelligent men that gave their hearts, minds and souls to accomplish their particular roles in such a superlative manner!! Makes me proud to be an American again!!!
LOL, you actually believe this BS?
Thank you AMERICA and to NASA Members for the Unforgettable Moon Landing history.. I wanted to be an Astronomer since I was a Kid but just only my ambition not anymore now.. Only to watch your Videos i am Happy enough😁👌
WE ARE U.S. CITIZENS. CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES. THE UNITED STATES IS A COUNTRY BUT AMERICA ITS NOT A COUNTRY AMERICA ITS A CONTINENT. THE WHOLE ENTIRE CONTINENT WAS NAME AMERICA 269 YEARS WAY BEFORE THE UNITED STATES BECAME A NATION.
@Dick Johnson I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS? 1: WHERE OR HOW THE U.S. GOVERNMENT GOT THE NAME AMERICA FROM? 2: WHAT HAPPEN 1ST? THE AMERICAN CONTINENT OR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA? 3: WHAT GOVERNMENT ADDED THE NORTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA AND SOUTH AMERICA TO THE AMERICAN CONTINENT?
How cool is it to have your initials written on the Moon!!! What a great idea/gift to your daughter💯Its a one of a kind priceless gift! Thank the astronauts for their bravery for these voyages👍👍👀☝
My Grandfather at that time worked for Grumman who helped build the LEM , They put a plate on lander part that has everyone at Grumman that worked on it names on it ..So my Grandfather and his co workers names are on the moon too..😎👍
@@christhevancura9113 That's awesome 💯I believe we have been there before that and have been there ever since! At least 1954 when we mastered antigravity according to Dr Greer! Thanks for the info 💯 I never heard that! Keep safe 👍👍👀👆
Kind of cool for me because my initials are TDC as well!😁
@@curtishill6490 so you think that there are anti gravity machines because a 66 year old physician told you so?
Good documentary. The Saturn 5 lift off was the most unsettling, frightening, unnerving but awesome experience one could have. I was at the Cape for 17. The ground shook like a rockin and rolling M5 earthquake, the pulsing shock wave took your breath away, the ripping and tearing sound and spectacle overwhelmed your senses. I swear you could feel the heat a couple miles away. It was as bright as noon with a erie orangeish campfire like glow at midnight. You wanted to explode with pride. To this day, the Saturn 5 is the most energetic, powerful machine ever created by man rivaling a 30 second long atomic bomb blast. Something one cannot forget or begin to explain to someone who hasn't seen and experienced it for themselves...
That's a great description and story, i pray humans can learn to build together ships that carry humans across the universe instead of tearing eachother apart.
I think you did an excellent job of explaining your experience. Thank you for sharing. This sounds like something I wish I could put on my bucket list.
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@J squirrel damn if UR a squirrel I DEF want one for me!
Thanks to your description I got as close as one could get to experiencing it as you did. Thank you!
If you are one of the crew on any of these missions you may have known my grandpa Bruce Lokke.
He's the guy you may have given one of these Apollo patches on the left he had framed over his lazyboy until he passed a couple decades ago.
God I miss him. He made it to 96 and passed shortly after his wife grandma Esther.
Godspeed.
A truly wonderful and awe inspiring film. Thank you
That big beautiful blue marble sure looks round to me!! And I love our ROUND EARTH !
@Joseph McCormick aaaaaaàaaaaaaaaaaaàaaaaaaaa
It looks flat though.
There are flat earther's all a-round the Globe!
Tortilla shaped???? Just ask'in...
It’s pear shaped
This would definitely of been the best mission to be on. Apollo 11 stayed for a few hours while Gene Cernan got to stay for days and drive to different places.
They were all lucky to avoid the Moons weather version of -rain-.
@@ckdigitaltheqof6th210 doesn't rain in the desert bud. Which is where they were. On earth. Research. If not for me do it for yourself
@@matthewsecrest9818 ? What thread at are you talking about? rain? What about it, on Earth? ....and you want me believe you assume rain never happens in a desert. You'll need far more research to catch up with that, on the Moon astriods rain down faster then a military weapon shell. Forget your umbrella or desert shoes.
@@matthewsecrest9818
It does rain in the Desert. It just doesn’t rain *enough*.
Yeah but, Apollo 11 was the First.
My favorite mission to watch, loved the humor. Three days! Wow. Nice job, astronauts. Most productive mission and it shows!
Most post production or just productive? They never went 🤪🤣
@@seanmccurry3734 lol, what a beIIend you are.
@@dirkdiggler8260 cant attack the message so u result to this 🤡
@@seanmccurry3734 We know for a stone cold certain fact that they went, as we know that you hate seeing success as it reminds you that you are not a success.
@@rozzgrey801😂😂😂😂😂😂 no, you don't!
This should be mandatory viewing for every human on Earth. It proves that even in our darkest hours, we can and have achieved great things.
You mean 55 min's of people talking up how good they were at acting and how absolutely no moon footage was put in this program at all
@@secondhandsock3086 Have any of you stopped to think about what anyone would have to gain from acting out the moon landing. It's not like they had a movie to sell or some product to push. It was the culmination of years of work, ending with successful science experiments and a safe trip home, and it was broadcasted for "free" over TV for everyone to watch. People have died trying to go back into space, why would they fake it?
@@kody1654 because we saw a coke bottle kicked on to the set here in australia and they quickly cut the feed as for what they would have to gain ? Ummmm unlimited amounts of unexplored mining materials unchallenged by any one and a cancellation of the push to ever actually go because in the mind's of the public we already achieved it and you really think we went to the moon in a tin can with a malfunctioning calculator motherboard? Okay believe that if you want but tell me why we've never set up a colony or a mining operation and why only a select handful of people get to go to the ISS and why Neil Armstrong couldn't answer any questions about it besides what it was like in the lunar module and why did buzz aldrin go the complete opposite way after being questioned so many times about it and why did they tell the press they couldn't see any stars and then go into a cold sweat in front of the cameras and how did they use the Hasselblad camera in a vacuum? And how did they lose all of the most important and inspiring moon footage from the NASA headquarters? Why don't people see the gaping holes in this story is patriotism really that blind?
@@secondhandsock3086
YOU SAID: "because we saw a coke bottle kicked on to the set here in australia"
== Get real. Does that even make sense to you? No. That's an old story from an old and senile woman who says that's what she saw. But, it's completely unfounded.
YOU SAID: "and they quickly cut the feed as for what they would have to gain ? Ummmm unlimited amounts of unexplored mining materials unchallenged by any one and a cancellation of the push to ever actually go because in the mind's of the public we already achieved it"
== Wait, what are you talking about? What "mining materials"? On the moon? What are you talking about? I mean, good grief. Yeah, there are precious metals deep in the Earth's depths also. But, when it costs more to acquire it than you can ever sell it for, yeah, kind of doesn't matter. The same is true of the moon. It costs more to retrieve stuff from the moon than you can ever sell it for.
YOU SAID: "and you really think we went to the moon in a tin can with a malfunctioning calculator motherboard?"
== You have no idea what you're talking about.
YOU SAID: "Okay believe that if you want but tell me why we've never set up a colony"
== A COLONY!?!?!? What ARE you talking about? They spent today's equivalent of $200 billion to put 12 men on the moon for a few hours each. They stretched the envelope of Apollo's hardware to the limit, with a maximum stay of 74 hours on the lunar surface. You want a "colony" there??
YOU SAID: "or a mining operation"
== Because it would cost more to retrieve anything from the moon than you could ever sell it for.
YOU SAID: "and why only a select handful of people get to go to the ISS"
== As opposed to what? Opening a line for everyone to ride, as if it's Disneyland?
YOU SAID: "and why Neil Armstrong couldn't answer any questions about it"
== He has answered thousands of questions. What exact questions are you talking about?
YOU SAID: "besides what it was like in the lunar module and why did buzz aldrin go the complete opposite way after being questioned"
== Opposite as what? Most people in the astronaut corps didn't get along with Bull Aldrin very well. Yeah, he was going to go a different way, whatever that means.
YOU SAID: "so many times about it and why did they tell the press they couldn't see any stars"
== From where? The lunar surface? From orbit? Which EXACT conditions are you asking about?
YOU SAID: "and then go into a cold sweat in front of the cameras"
== This is too ridiculous to fathom.
YOU SAID: "and how did they use the Hasselblad camera in a vacuum?"
== Point and click.
YOU SAID: "And how did they lose all of the most important and inspiring moon footage from the NASA headquarters?"
== They didn't. You don't know what you're talking about.
YOU SAID: "Why don't people see the gaping holes in this story is patriotism really that blind?"
== No, but you are.
@@rockethead7 well there you have it you have an answer for everything and none of it was backed up by anything,( you can't just say you have no idea what you're talking about and make no counter argument to most of the subjects, no alternative facts or ideas where do you think all our black budget money goes? Let alone the rest of the hidden GDP of countries and billion dollar corporations and I'm sorry but if we can't do it now with trillions then they didn't do it then with piss poor technology even if you write everything else off one talk with buzz aldrin will set you straight but just saying no to all my points makes you nieve and having nothing to back you up or any valid facts to prove I'm wrong you're not using your noodle you're just being a five year old child sticking your fingers in your ears and refusing to think you're restricting yourself because you don't want to look at the truth you want to live in your bubble of beliefs and that's alright if you feel safe in your bubble but you can't learn anything new if you live in a bubble
The son of man is adventurous, but most importantly, born to conquer. Well done to the guys that put their lives on the line and the entire crew that made it possible. Cheers!
The son of man is Jesus . My Lord , My strength, my redeemer!!
Well said Richard. The capabilities and accomplishments of my fellow man never ceases to amaze me. Just watching what he's going to get up to next in space exploration ect really gives 'meaning' to existence.
I have watched this twice, and as I look out my window, I can see our moon.
It's incredible that man has walked, hopped like a kangaroo, driven a rover (busted a fender) laughed and joked on that little rock.
Can't wait for Spacex and Nasa to land back on our moon.
I would LOVE to see artifacts from those previous journeys returned to Earth one day.
Thousands of people knew that they were going to get laid off as soon as Apollo 17 splashed down. In the months leading up to the flight, Gene Cernan had to work double-duty as a cheerleader to keep their morale up. This was especially tough because he had ditched a helicopter in Florida while having some fun with it; he secretly consulted his own private physician about the resultant burns and other injuries (to avoid getting bumped from Apollo 17).
Yeah, and he had to beg the physician to even stay on the mission with his injured leg.
After Engle was bumped off The Apollo 17 crew, he got to pick his next mission and chose the shuttle, being a test pilot and having flown the X-15, it was his area of expertise.
Thank you for that documentary!
@@HolyRollerTV No, documentary.
LETS NOT FORGET HOW SPECIAL EARTH IS AND HOW SPECIAL WE ARE.
How special Earth is for sure. I can remember hoping that after we've seen up close images of the other rock piles in our solar system that we'd have a new appreciation for our beautiful planet. Unfortunately that hasn't happened in fact there's been massive environmental damage done in the fifty years since Apollo 11.
Especially it's shape... right, Ritchie? LOL!
@@HarryOrchard-hb5nx HaHaHa! That’s possible HAIRIE!!! LOL!
I'm so happy I lived through the space age thus far, as a 15 year old at the time of Apollo 11, I just had to go into engineering, now retired but still as enthusiastic as ever about space travel. Just hoping I live long enough to see man travel out of earth's orbit again.
Ofc you are. Your generation took everything and left nothing but problems for the next 🫡
'we're all just on a big spaceship and we'd better get along'
How do we all get along when we have evil controlling freaks with a goal to enslave humanity?
obviously the generation that came right after them and all the people up until now didn't give a damn to those inspirational words...
Eh we've only been murdering each other since day 1, im sure we can just stop
Well,, the producers of a perfectly good video have gone and screwed it up once again by putting false audio into the launch scene. Beginning at 12:46 they use the sound track from Apollo 11 with Jack King. Jack King did not call the launch of Apollo 17. The truth is, Chuck Holingshead was the launch voice for Apollo 17. What is the point of using audio from a whole other launch? Then at 13:57 you hear the voice of an astronaut saying "I've got a pitch and a roll program ad this baby is really going". THAT voice is NOT Gene Cernan, NOT Jack Schmitt, and NOT Ron Evans. That is PETE CONRAD from the launch of Apollo 12. It just makes no sense. I mean, here they are trying to tell the story of the LAST flight to the moon, but they are using audio from other flights. Ya know, there are many of us out here who are actual NASA nerds who have a lot of this stuff memorized. I've heard these launches for over 50 years and I know which mission is which just by listening to them. Did the producers of this video actually think no one would notice? What the hell?
It's all FAKE....(ala Walt Disney and Stanley Kubrick)....so what does it matter? It's all for entertainment. "NASA nerd...indeed!" I was very entertained by the "Apollo 13" movie...the first few times I saw it.
Musicman81Indy thank you for pointing out those details and sharing your expertise. Given your knowledge and assuming the number of times you have tried to enlighten folks who have their doubts, I completely understand your disappointment in these inaccuracies. However, from the perspective of this pieces editor's these add lib modifications are to supplement public interest in this hour long documentary. I think we can both agree while inaccurate these small changes don't give room to the doubters unless they are completely without sense. Again, thank you for shedding light on these details.
lol
No wonder people think the whole thing is fake. Production value over historical accuracy, what a shame. Thanks for your insight, sir, nerd.
Try not to use to much common sense, logic, or truth around the NASA cult members, they will get mad and call you names. Take care Brother....We have a lot of people to WAKE UP.
An amazing achievement and the music is so fitting. We are truly such privileged to have witnessed this.
How can their telecommunications work that far from the Earth but do not have the technology to go back to the moon now
A bunch of mfn lies
@@dexternorwood4657 I believe in a few year time the final proof that man really went to the moon will be shown live on the next moon landing whenever they will happen. Satellites orbiting the moon from different countries have already photographed the landing sites so I cannot understand all these conspiracy theories. We do however allow people their own opinions.
watching the boys playing soccer with the rock on the moon "Rock Rolling" was so exciting. Million thanks.
I watched every launch and every splashdown. Truly amazing!
Me, also. A triple blu-ray is available of the history of the space program. I have it. Excellent! Called, 'When we left earth'. Discovery Channel put it out I believe.
Excelent , they were the real bits
I'm more interested in what they were really doing between the launch and splashdown. The area around this remote location was supposed to be cleared of all vessels for "safety reasons" prior to the expected splash down of capsule. Unfortunately on one of the apollo missions a freighter strayed close enough to witness the capsule dropped from a large military helicopter. It was squashed from all newspapers in the west but appeared prominently in some foreign countries.
I envy you! Amazing! Still the greatest achievement of mankind! And you were witness!
@@markr.devereux2713
I did not witness nothing but I have heard that twice in my life.
How can people not think we have been to the moon watching this? People just blow my mind!
@Stan Gilbert
Social media didn't create idiots. Social media has merely emboldened them. "Back in my day" (ugh, I hate that term, but I gotta use it here), there was no social media, and the silly people who thought silly things were embarrassed to admit it. They'd suffer immediate blow-back by expressing dumb things. Today, with social media, they can live in their echo chambers (online), and quickly find others who believe the same claptrap they believe. They ignore all input from the sane people, and stick with their social media echo chambers of only listening to each other. That's one of the down sides of today's technology. I mean, if you were to tell most people (decades ago) that the entirety of human knowledge would be at their fingertips, a mere few seconds away from finding just about anything they want to know, it would sound like a paradise. But, what has happened, now that we have that, is that the uneducated ignorant people have found circles of others just like them, and they flock to it. Instead of a big melting pot of knowledge, the internet social media sites have created pockets of nonsense and ignorance, which these people run to, in order to bolster their delusions. I have yet to meet a single moon conspiratard who is open to input, and I've engaged thousands of them over the years. They simply won't do it. They only PRETEND to ask questions. But, what they really want, is to spread their own delusions so they can feel better about knowing absolutely nothing. And, they don't actually seek the knowledge they pretend to ask for.
@@rockethead7 social media is the end run around the control media propaganda so don’t dismiss it..it’s hard to get truth and as a result some errors have been made but at least it has no incentive to lie compared to the ruling elites that enslave us all.
Read up on the global banking system if you really want to understand what an open scam these people can get away with, oh they also own the media and thus your washed brain.
@@joedoe-sedoe7977
Make an idiot of yourself all you want. I'll just never understand why you think it's a good idea.
@@rockethead7 Hey,, if you can’t address the points I made (because you know you can’t )and pathetically resort to name calling ,guess what your the idiot
@@joedoe-sedoe7977
Well, to be honest, I did address it. But, TH-cam's filters have gone absolutely crazy for the past few months, blocking messages for absolutely silly reasons. I mean, for example, I posted something (unrelated) in a different video that said, "my car got wrecked" (among other stuff written in the message). It got blocked. I changed just those few words to "my car was wrecked," and it let me post it. That's how crazy TH-cam's algorithms have been lately. And, it often takes a lot of time to hunt down the words or phrases that TH-cam is blocking. And, then, it lets you post those exact same words or phrases elsewhere. TH-cam's comment department must have lost their minds. Things were always bad, comments and notifications often don't work correctly, but these last few months have been off the charts madness.
Anyway, I just didn't find you to be worth hunting down what TH-cam's problem was with the message I posted that addressed everything you said line-by-line. So, I didn't bother. You're a nutcase. That's all there is to it. And, not a very bright nutcase at that. After all, anybody who replies with "your the idiot" .... (Sigh, if you can't even spell your insults, while attacking someone's intelligence... yeah, just backfires in your face.) You can remain useless the rest of your life, or you can make something of yourself instead. Choose one. But, if you think that social media comments are more reliable than a proper education, your mind is already lost, and there's probably no hope for you.
i was crying and grateful at the same time.
Go Orion...Go Artemis...We must go Back.!
Why cause they lied and keep lying
It’s 2:00am and I’m stuck on space videos lol. Love it!
So true. These men are the MOST well traveled people on the moon. Stayed the longest, drove and walked the furthest. By far, they had THE COOLEST moon mission ... my bad... THE MOST SUCCESSFUL AND COOLEST moon mission that has ever left the earth. 3 days on Luna and HOURS at a time just roaming around, coolin' out on the surface of one of the most important gifts that the most HIGH gave to us.
I see a lot of people sharing their memories of the Lunar landings. I wasn't alive yet but I do love, respect & enjoy studying this era of space exploration & NASA's Lunar program. I do appreciate your stories & experiences that you share. I was a kid in the 80's & the big memory I have of NASA is a sad one being the Challenger disaster. The Hubble telescope, however, is the main bright spot that really peaked my interest. I am so glad they were able to repair & save Hubble back then! Here's to future missions to space & the discoveries yet to come! 🌎🚀💫🌟
the Apollo moon missions, nothing comes close... still the peak of human achievement
@Danne Cuttler some people just don't have enough intelligence, often combined with psychological issues, it's just sad
Imagine us going back with all our tech now.
@@JAYJay-qd7ov Other then computers the tech is and would be the same. Technology maxes out based on physics, and our physics have not changed in 100 years.
@@livefire666 I was thinking like camera tech
Justin Johnson Oh ya we could do 8k video from the moon streamed live to VR head sets with only a 1 sec delay, would be awesome in that regard👍!
It's crazy to think we look at the moon in wonder. These men looked at earth from the moon in wonder. Human history in the making in those missions.
I grew up just south of Cape Kennedy and could watch the launches from my front yard. My father was a aerospace engineer who wrote the mission Manuel for Apollo 11 mission among lots of other things. Most of the kids that I went to school with had parents who also worked on the Lunar Missions. We were all so proud of them. I love the fact that we are going back to the moon and beyond.
We did NOT go to the moon.
@@charleswest6372 Prove it. We're not going to take your word for it.
@@charleswest6372 - Exactly, especially back in 1969. Today's goons will believe anything, no matter how fantasized it is.
*an aerospace engineer. *Mission *manual not a person named Manuel 😉 we cannot go to the Moon as it is a light. 🤦🏼♀️
@@rozzgrey801every single thing about the "lunar landing" is a bunch of b*******. 😅
I remember that day as if it was today. I came to the United states in 1962. I loved president Kennedy so much. My family and I were always watching the events on television in those days. It was very exciting.
noone cares.
and the kennedys were garbage.
I'm just finding out they landed on my 1st birthday...... Now Apollo 17 will have even more meaning to me. I'll be 49 this year.
Happy 49th
Slice it any way you want, we simply didn't have the technology in 1969 to send man to the moon, land there and bring them back alive.
Really? Yet, you can't manage to name the exact technology they lacked? Sorry, saying "technology" as a blanket term just doesn't mean anything. What EXACT technology was lacking? And, why didn't any of the thousands of engineers working on it ever realize that they failed to build things that could do what they were designed to do?
The ____ONLY attempt___ NASA made at putting a man in a vacuum chamber NEARLY killed the guy and the manmade vacuum was at LEAST a million times less than the moon's 1x10-12th TORR.
No successful experiment was conducted here on earth under SUPERVISED conditions and yet we are "ready" to send men out into a much more harsh vacuum? Yah...NO!!!
Fifty years from now people will say iPhones were fake because we didn’t have the technology in 2024 to make them.
Your village is missing its idiot.......
@@rockethead7still at it rocket man.
"A symbol (rock from moon) that mankind can live in peace & harmony in the future" well said // Astronaut Eugene Cernan
Just a shame it turned out to be petrified wood though huh 😆😆😆
Fascinating ❤️👍🏼👏🏼👏🏼 hope now 55 years old Little girl on moon TDC doing well😀 proud daughter..
I have a new found love for that last Apollo mission. Thank you for making this video.
Me too.
I had no idea just how busy and important that last Apollo 17 Lunar mission was. I’m glad TH-cam served this up to me out of the blue. This was indeed practically the most important and productive mission of all the Apollo Lunar flights! Wonderful!
Research apollo 18-20 you cant be that much in love with it hollywood sucked you in good.Research people...instead of believing everything you hear, jesus
@@matthewsecrest9818 Someone has been sucked in good. What's your idea of research, watching TH-cam videos and Conspiracy websites?
@@matthewsecrest9818 We have done our research. This is why we know it is real, and Hollywood did have nothing to do with the moon landings.
I don't see men playing with expensive toys. I don't see the waste of billions of dollars. I see the glimpse of human future. Apollo was a unifying era, an era of exploration, discovery and scientific progress. But mostly, it was the seed to what hopefully one day brings us to what my mind tells me when I watch Star Trek. A space faring species exploring worlds beyond our wildest imaginations. To peaceful coexist and work as a species, to settle our differences once and for all and to work towards that common future. President Kennedy realized that this is exactly what our species needs. We need frontiers, new goals even wild ones. It is the driving force of what makes us human.
We've only survived as a species because of our ability to explore the unknown and adapt to it. That is our trait, our strength that we should nourish in every way possible. Let history never forget nor diminish the people who planted this first seed and inspired generations to come.
I remember all of this, I was a teenager when all of this took place from the very beginning with the Russian satellite Sputnik, which also inspired me to take up Science, and yes, people who had TV's were watching as John Glenn was orbiting the Earth for the 1st time, and the Apollo Astronauts were venturing into space and onto the moon. This was a time of great leaps of technology and innovations. Ever since the 1st Russian Sputnik went into orbit, I watched as a Nation came together, putting new discoveries and technologies to work, while other ventures shaped our imaginations, and plus with the newer technologies, and which we now have and enjoy, becoming more technical and smaller in content.
When we truly see our planet from above in space, then we can also see how small we really are in comparison to the vastness of the Universe, our Earth is an Oasis of life in a desert of Stars and Planets, there are NO borders upon it and we realize we all live together upon our world, sharing the same air, land, and water. Then why does HUMANITY keep wanting to destroy itself with the destruction of Hatred and Wars instead of living together as equals..???
John F. Kennedy's statement..."Ask not what your country can do for you, but ask what YOU can do for your country.".....inspired teenagers in my era into doing more, getting involved in social functions and many were joining the Peace Corps of its time, they became involved and were helping others and especially people, those in poorer nations, giving HOPE, and in struggling to survive by helping them with the growing of food and utilizing of medical care and cleaner water distribution. This is what makes any Nation great....by helping those in need and thereby creating a better society for all, one of DEMOCRACY with Freedom and Equality for all, instead of one harboring Hatred, Greed and Wars, Totalitarianism and Anarchy, which only leads to our own downfall, and therefore, becoming a lesser being than all of the life upon our world....isn't is about time humanity changes it attitudes towards each other and towards all life upon our world...??? All life upon our planet is precious and unique. We are the caretakers of our world, NOT the boss, and we are doing a very poor job with what we have left upon our world.
This is the type of person that era made. Look at some of the people in the current era denying science and saying everything is fake with their brains of mush
Amazing ! Amazing ! Amazing! Never to be underestimated .
We couldn't do it today and we sure as hell didn't do it in 1969. Total hoax
There are a lot of people in the comments who think space in real life should look and behave like the version of space that lives in their imagination. Houston, our educational system has some problems.
They've watched too much Star Trek.
I weep for all humankind, as we've lost our way. These men pointed the way, yet none have truly followed....
Lmao...good joke.
How much are you weeping? Like, a lot? Do you weep every day or like once or twice a week?
I cried.. This was beautiful, I'm so glad to be alive to witness this
@333piercingtruth Please elaborate your intentions.
@333piercingtruth You think you're smart aren't you? You deny the moon landing too probably right?
8 years from drawing board to the Moon. 51 years on I thought we would have made Mars by now. Something just does not add up.
Correct, the money doesn't add up. Back in the 1960s, during the peak of Apollo spending, NASA received about 4.5% of the entire federal budget. Add to that the "soft costs" (tax breaks to contractors, free land given out, etc.), and it's more like 5% or 5.5% of the entire federal budget. Add to that the international support for Apollo, and you're talking about even more money than that. And, a vast majority of NASA's money went straight into going to the moon.
After Apollo, congress pulled the plug on that level of spending. Nowadays, NASA operates on about 0.5% of the federal budget, and has many more programs to operate. They are not allowed to sink all of their money into a single program. No, instead, they have hundreds of programs to manage, both in space, and aeronautics, as well as weather experiments and other things like that (which you would never know were part of NASA). And, they do this with very little international support.
Yes, the main thing that "doesn't add up" is the pile of cash they'd need to go to Mars. Nobody is adding up any funds for anything like that.
You didn't think NASA gets to pick and choose what it wants to spend its money on, did you? You do know that congress controls how every dime of NASA's money is spent, right?
A trip to mars has an other side than economy, namely a human cost. A trip to mars would be a one way mission. Are we, as humans willing to take those ethic problems?
We've never even put men back on the moon sense then...todays technology is a thousand fold when compaired to 50s and 60s technology. I watched a whole space shuttle program come and go yet a manned lunar landing was never duplicated.......??
@@kenamaro3942 Nasa pisses away money on fake global warming programs.
And just think it was shown on live TV. Analog TV in 1969
34:03 Is so nice. The grown man acting like a child in the new environment. You can really feel how joyful they were
An Actor perhaps ?
@@eilidh771 if they were an actor, wouldn’t they want to act as serious as possible?
Great watch injoyed thanks 🌴🙋
America and her people were super great. we have fallen. I hope not forever.
@Martin Andersson don't know how old you are, but if younare rich you'll be able to do it in 10 years.. So, save money. Space turism to. The moon will. Be raging before 2030
There's a first stage of the Saturn 5 down the road from my house in Mississippi, its a awesome sight to behold!!!
Most of us had to witness the fraud on TV.
@@smartin1601 How about the million people on the beach in South Florida who watched the launch live? Did they imagine it?
@@tyharris9994 No Sir. they watched a racket launch just like I have done; what we didn't realize was that the rcocket went to about 120k feet then it arched over the ocean unt it was out of our sight. Once the vehicle recached a cretian point it simply fell back to earth where it either sank or was partially recovered. Russia, China, the EU, all do the same thing. It is rocket science with a twist. God bless you. WWG1WGA
@@smartin1601 Your comment show lack of history, and your stupidity.
@@michaelthomas7898 These people are deliberate poop-stirrers. Some of them don't really believe the garbage they type - but tragically some do. Some of their belief systems - flat earth or the Earth is just a giant snow globe with no space and stars - their belief system is *LITERALLY* impossible and untrue, not to mention a waste of time. It's tragic...
The rover incident proves the #1 rule of success: Never leave home without a roll of duct tape!
Duct tape - Check
Balaclava - Check
Chloroform - Check
Cable Ties - Check
Hunting knife - Check
amazing, bringing duct tape on a moon mission, who would ever think like that, absolutely brilliant!!!
Held various previous cars together many times.
Cernan used to somewhat comically say that during public talks...
@@rothbj1 Mk2 Ford Mondeos had a plastic rear bumper that was as fragile as an eggshell. Lots of owners drove round for years with them held back together with duct tape after a minor shunt. I had silver duct tape on my dark blue Mondeo too. I used to call it my 'invisible repair'
These scientists must have had an amazing experience👍👍
The blue marble So delicate and vulnerable is our home and still we didn’t managed to make a vital impression on the people convincing them taking good care and deeply appreciate that gift from the universe
We need to act now and protect mother Gaya.
How exactly ? By pretending that the 3% of CO2 man is contributing is the cause ?
Seriously ?
My great uncle John Glenn said to me....
"There are things alive in space" "not human at all"
Here on Earth surface, I tell you there are alive things, that are "not human at all" as well.
@@robbedontuesday Nephilim ;)
@John Blaze no a Astronaut lol before your time sonny lol
@John Blaze how many actors would see space? Are people who go to space actors lol. I'm sure this question lacks investigation on the subject matter.
@@greenmedicinetm299 ...was it J.G..who filmed the space snake...
Or was it cooper...cannot remember who....????
20:23 showing footage of Ron Evans in Mission Control when he’s actually orbiting the moon.
My father said he remembers that the popularity simply fell away, it was common, moon landings were almost taken for granted in the end. Just like how spaceX launches are today
You father is correct. For Apollo 11, everyone knew the names of the astronauts, and it got massive press. They could barely leave their homes without being mobbed by the press and public. By the end, almost nobody knew who was on the next flight. And, none of the major networks bothered to broadcast the missions. They'd say a few words on the news or in the morning shows, and that was about it.
I watch all the spacex launches I can when I'm not working. There was millions that watched 6 yesterday live and even more on just the highlights. I'm sure it will fall off somewhat but what spacex is doing is nothing anyone has ever done or even attempted. With his mission to send people to Mars elon is making sure America I first to the moon regardless if they did or didn't do it in the 60s/70s...
@@rockethead7 yea cuz if they showed too much footage the people would figure out it was all fake
@@fitgiddlin21
Are you PROUD to know absolutely nothing?
34:45: Another one bites the (moon) dust... Many firsts during this mission: the first duet, the first car repair shop...
Yeah, it's strange, but, all three rovers (Apollo 15/16/17) lost fenders. But, I think this was the only time they attempted to "fix" it. I think the others lost fenders that weren't quite as bad to lose (like, front fenders instead of the back ones on Apollo 17, which was too close to all of the equipment that they didn't want to get too dusty).
Watching this brings tears to your eyes. The massive accomplishment we have made as humans is just our of this world, literally! I wish we were still going to the moon today. Watching this makes me want to be there with these men as they were acting like children again. Love it!
We will get there mate, SpaceX will get us there
Excellent documentary. Thank you very much for the great fantastic documentary which I really missed so far . I watched fully with great pleasure . Love and best wishes all the way from Belfast city- UK . 20-09-2020 .
Yes, I'm reminded of the seeker and the findings in his message:
"What you are looking for is what is looking"
This world and life we live is truly amazing in America, I hope we can stay as a truly free nation for all people to enjoy.
Go America 🇺🇸
It’s very nostalgic to watch the documentary in the pandemic times as all those brave men and women who worked on the mission to the moon had one thing in common that they believed it can be accomplished and we all have one Mother Earth 🌍 that was 52 years back since then the world has never been the same again. God save us all and bless everyone on this beautiful earth 🌍👍👍⭐️🙏
we'll be fine.
The Earth is flat.
@@111highgh so's your head.
"those brave men and woman" who worked on the mission to the moon... ..., are you so sure they are not con men and con women?
@@zengpang3177 yep. My father was one. He wasn't a con man.