I loved Space: 1999 as a kid! This was so well done! I especially loved seeing the Eagle's landing pads retract and extend. That was cool, and something I don't remember ever seeing in the series.
Wonder if some tourists ask, 'Say... can we see the old SHADO base?' 'Uh... there's no SHADO base...' "But we flew over it...' 'THERE'S NO SHADO BASE!'
If it were remade today, I’m sure a collection of tourists would certainly be among the residents of Alpha blasted out of earth orbit. The movie star, the billionaire and their spouse, etc…
Good work. Enjoyed this. The detail of retracting the landing pads was excellent. The limitations of the original series didn't allow them to show that, but looking more closely at the Eagle models (I had one) it's clear that it was part of the design. It was an ambitious TV show, with many hardware details that couldn't be fully realized in the original series.
Fabulous!! Was one of my faves back in the 70s when I was but a young-un. Only thing I would say is, you got the red and green nav lights the wrong way round. Port (left) is red and Starboard (right) is green.
Including the Moon Bus from _'2001: A Space Odyssey'_ was a nice touch. I had asked for a model kit of the Moon Bus for Christmas as a child and my parents not realizing the difference gave me an Eagle model kit. Fortunately, all these decades later, the Moon Bus kit was produced again. So I now have one in my collection.
This was great! This is what the internet was made for! I even recognize the three astronauts as Bergman, Koenig, and Helena on the Moon's surface. I also liked the new view of the Moon speeding away from Earth after the explosion and the surface glowing orange. My only nit-picking comment is that the Moon's surface should have had more craters on it. But the Eagles and Alpha were perfection!
When this show first aired, I was 12. It was my favourite show on TV at the time. A good friend and I used to have a few models, and tried making home movies... that would have been on 8mm film, long before CGI software. Thankfully, the explosion on the moon pushed it away from earth, rather than towards it 😁
no moon means no more tide, no moon light, all that dust probably hampers stargazing and asteroid detection. initial blast may have created enormous tidal wave ...
Beautiful work, excellent CGI!! I grew up on this amazing TV series....After learning more about the Moon, post 1969, however- I think the Eagle space craft would need to add protective 'socks' on the hydraulic leg mechanisms. Moon dust is very abrasive over continued exposure. Like Off road vehicles, ex: Jeeps use dust covers for shock absorbers. I also think the Eagles would coast a lot of the time. No air resistance, Engines off, except occasional sleight boosts to keep altitude from the low moon gravity.
Magnificent! A truly good piece of animated cinema. I was truly impressed with the attention to detail. I've been a longtime fan of the show and couldn't wait to see its debut as a youngster. Thank you so much for this work.
I've notice that quite a few of the fan films of the Eagle have incorporated the retracting landing gear that was *originally* supposed to be used on the TV show models but the budget didn't allow it, apparently. It's amazing that so many quality 'fan' productions are turning out such a high level of professionalism - and this is right up there. My only suggestions: the stock Apple SFX don't really do this justice, but hey - one uses what one has, right? And perhaps, just a tad more ease-in, ease-out when the ship changes maneuvers. The changes are a bit abrupt; not a real issue but it's just enough to notice. And something this good shouldn't let anyone notice anything a bit off. Great work; please keep 'em coming!
I loved this. The end was so stupid crazy. I won't share the ending. I want others to be as pleasantly and amusingly shocked as I was. All I can say is GREAT VIDEO vacation travel video. I'd be proud to share these vacation movies with my friends if I experienced this. Loved it! LOL! Thank you for the fan art it was on point and well done!
I wonder whether the eagle design could ever be made into a proper spacecraft, ie the technology needed , materials and fuel type . Would be interesting to see what people think …….
You can actually make a real eagle spacecraft. But the major problem with it is the artificial gravity that is used in the series. NASA did a lot of research on something called NERVA Engines. Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application. Although not strong enough for use on the surface of the Earth, everything else is possible. At least that's what I have heard. So check it out with the NERVA and see. And now NASA is supposedly starting more research on nuclear rocket engines for a better engine for Earth to the Moon transit. And they are also looking into a different form of engine for Earth to Mars transit. With a really good engine for Mars transit you could possibly reduce the amount of time required, considerably. It might be possible to include Both types of engines, Nuclear and ION.
@@paulwollenzein-zn1lh Many thanks for your comment, I will have a look at the NERVA engine and ION engine as well . Yes artificial gravity, that could be a sticking point , and there have been many theories on that too , plus if there where a Moonbase Alpha gravity control would have to be there as well . Those three problems alone would take a few years to sort out and some of the best minds to problem solve . But at least I know that an eagle in theory could be possible, now that would be a wonderful thing to see in the sky ……. Once again many thanks 👍
I like the 2001 Moon bus and the soundtrack I recognized from the movie Moon.Very nice. I also noticed the changes you made that's actually a better idea. On my channel I show custom space 1999 mattel and dinky upgrades and I've seen where there could have been improvement.
Beautiful really gives us an idea of scale Eagle is actually quite large and it would have been nice for the original series to give us a shot of the landing area just a distant shot where it works roped off it would have been cool
Great ! love navigation beacons. Only nit pic is the rear thrusters - the thrust would not converge into spikes since there's no atmosphere - The lifting thrusters looked more accurate. Great job!
Pretty awesome video! Love all things Space: 1999. I've got to ask though... Why did you have the hatch open that particular way on the passenger pod when the astronauts disembark? The hatch typically slides open horizontally and the stairs to leave the pod are located in a fixture below the hatch. The hand rails are in recessed panels on opposite sides of the hatch. Just curious is all, as I have seen some of the original design artwork by Brian Johnson and Martin Bower which shows this.
I have been inspired by a Ted Rivers’s animation : th-cam.com/video/s8uIoghrrjo/w-d-xo.html His space 1999 animations are very impressive. I have found a lot more infos and documentation on the Eagle and space 1999, unfortunately after the job was done :) Cheers
@@animated_rays I think your design fixes the major scale flaw of the side doors, which are 5.5' for no reason. I know you could scale the Eagle above the actual model 97 feet to 118 feet, but then the beak is just monstrous and the inner doors are too large... A space walk by Allan also scales to precisely 97 feet... You depicted airlocks at the side doors, which is another problem I have with those side doors: Extremely space inefficient, and only for about 3-4 astronauts at a time. I reasoned that the airlock should be the forward corridor to the cockpit, with the exit through the hatch at the bottom of the beak, going through the wide floor hatch space between the pilot seats. This means the cockpit is part of the airlock, which normally would require the pilots to be in a cosmonaut suit as standard (the show often actually follows this requirement). This allows 7-10 astronauts in one airlock cycle without wasting a huge amount of space in the module.
??? Because you can not use the main engines for landing. Try picturing the Eagle coming in to land. This type of spacecraft has a Vertical Take off and Landing because it has no wings, no atmosphere on the Moon. No wings or no atmosphere you need vertical take off and landing. This type of spacecraft was supposedly going to spend all most all of its time in the hard vacuum of space. So that is the reason for the design that they came up with.
Great animation but wondering why you have the landing legs retract? Never shown on the show as far as I can remember. It's not like there's air resistance or drag on the moon.
Yes, atmospheric drag would be an insignificant problem on the moon. But the landing gears could be retracted to shield them from collisions with dust and large particles. They're probably robust parts - but they're also critical parts, and they're also moving parts so they are "prone" to failure. Retracting them also concentrates the mass of the vessel along a centerline, maybe better thrust-efficiency for maneuvering, especially over long flights.
@@pwnmeisterage and the feet would have to retract when entering a planet’s atmosphere. They just lacked the animatronics to do it in camera on the show.
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I don't understand something why can't NASA make these spaceships these Eagles imagine having an eagle made like a rocket and launching it like a rocket ship straight up and then detach the panels and you have the eagle flying in outer space
There are a few reasons why. (1) The Eagles have anti-gravity thrusters and artificial gravity on board. We have neither of those technologies. (2) The Eagles are powered by compact nuclear fusion engines. We don’t have those either. (3) The Eagles have shields to keep the passengers safe from space junk and radiation. We don’t have those shields.
@@mitch4527 right but as a conventional rocket the rocket part would get you into outer space and then detach the panels and it would be an eagle in space
My first intention was to make a kind of Las Vegas on moon. I have kept the Sphinx, it’s a little joke. You have to wait until the very last frame of the end credits to understand (or not ;) Honestly, I was not too sure about it
Yeah, probably….. but it’s not like the rest of the stories were a model of scientific integrity….. lol. It was a great TV show with great sets and effects.
The sets, ships and the moon's surface were excellent, the story lines bloody awful, it could of been so much better, the same goes for Battlestar Galactica...story and most of the actors were a joke.
I loved Space: 1999 as a kid! This was so well done! I especially loved seeing the Eagle's landing pads retract and extend. That was cool, and something I don't remember ever seeing in the series.
Wonder if some tourists ask, 'Say... can we see the old SHADO base?'
'Uh... there's no SHADO base...'
"But we flew over it...'
'THERE'S NO SHADO BASE!'
If it were remade today, I’m sure a collection of tourists would certainly be among the residents of Alpha blasted out of earth orbit. The movie star, the billionaire and their spouse, etc…
Awesome....
What we need is a
SPACE 1999 VIDEO GAME 🎮
Good work. Enjoyed this. The detail of retracting the landing pads was excellent. The limitations of the original series didn't allow them to show that, but looking more closely at the Eagle models (I had one) it's clear that it was part of the design. It was an ambitious TV show, with many hardware details that couldn't be fully realized in the original series.
Fabulous!! Was one of my faves back in the 70s when I was but a young-un. Only thing I would say is, you got the red and green nav lights the wrong way round. Port (left) is red and Starboard (right) is green.
Including the Moon Bus from _'2001: A Space Odyssey'_ was a nice touch.
I had asked for a model kit of the Moon Bus for Christmas as a child and my parents not realizing the difference gave me an Eagle model kit.
Fortunately, all these decades later, the Moon Bus kit was produced again. So I now have one in my collection.
This is so beautiful! I love it! One of the finest sci-fi TV shows ever ..
Awesome! Space 1999 was one of my favorite shows being a kid in the 70's. Great animation.
Love love love this!
But the feet never retracted in the series...
This was great! This is what the internet was made for! I even recognize the three astronauts as Bergman, Koenig, and Helena on the Moon's surface. I also liked the new view of the Moon speeding away from Earth after the explosion and the surface glowing orange. My only nit-picking comment is that the Moon's surface should have had more craters on it. But the Eagles and Alpha were perfection!
Thank you :) Any “nit-picking“ comments are welcome, and this is also what the internet was made for! ;)
This what we need.
When this show first aired, I was 12. It was my favourite show on TV at the time. A good friend and I used to have a few models, and tried making home movies... that would have been on 8mm film, long before CGI software. Thankfully, the explosion on the moon pushed it away from earth, rather than towards it 😁
no moon means no more tide, no moon light, all that dust probably hampers stargazing and asteroid detection.
initial blast may have created enormous tidal wave ...
Awesome. Great video. Thanks for sharing...!!!
An incredible amount of hard work went into this. That said, I will always prefer models and claymation over CGI.
Beautiful work, excellent CGI!! I grew up on this amazing TV series....After learning more about the Moon, post 1969, however- I think the Eagle space craft would need to add protective 'socks' on the hydraulic leg mechanisms. Moon dust is very abrasive over continued exposure. Like Off road vehicles, ex: Jeeps use dust covers for shock absorbers. I also think the Eagles would coast a lot of the time. No air resistance, Engines off, except occasional sleight boosts to keep altitude from the low moon gravity.
Well done. I love the addition of navigation lights to the Eagles and the remnants of the Apollo moon landings as a tourist attraction 🙂
Magnificent! A truly good piece of animated cinema. I was truly impressed with the attention to detail. I've been a longtime fan of the show and couldn't wait to see its debut as a youngster. Thank you so much for this work.
Maybe they have T shirts: I went to Moonbase Alpha... and got trapped when it was blasted out of orbit!'
So cool and next to Lost in Space and the Jupiter 2 I loved Space:1999 and the Eagles...Great job!!!
I've notice that quite a few of the fan films of the Eagle have incorporated the retracting landing gear that was *originally* supposed to be used on the TV show models but the budget didn't allow it, apparently. It's amazing that so many quality 'fan' productions are turning out such a high level of professionalism - and this is right up there.
My only suggestions: the stock Apple SFX don't really do this justice, but hey - one uses what one has, right? And perhaps, just a tad more ease-in, ease-out when the ship changes maneuvers. The changes are a bit abrupt; not a real issue but it's just enough to notice. And something this good shouldn't let anyone notice anything a bit off. Great work; please keep 'em coming!
Great job. Ignore the negative comments.
I loved this. The end was so stupid crazy. I won't share the ending. I want others to be as pleasantly and amusingly shocked as I was. All I can say is GREAT VIDEO vacation travel video. I'd be proud to share these vacation movies with my friends if I experienced this. Loved it! LOL! Thank you for the fan art it was on point and well done!
1:16 Moon bus from _2001: A Space Odyssey._
Excellent work.
Thank you :)
WOW! Merci pour ce court métrage! Bravo!
I wonder whether the eagle design could ever be made into a proper spacecraft, ie the technology needed , materials and fuel type .
Would be interesting to see what people think …….
You can actually make a real eagle spacecraft. But the major problem with it is the artificial gravity that is used in the series. NASA did a lot of research on something called NERVA Engines. Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application. Although not strong enough for use on the surface of the Earth, everything else is possible. At least that's what I have heard.
So check it out with the NERVA and see. And now NASA is supposedly starting more research on nuclear rocket engines for a better engine for Earth to the Moon transit. And they are also looking into a different form of engine for Earth to Mars transit. With a really good engine for Mars transit you could possibly reduce the amount of time required, considerably. It might be possible to include Both types of engines, Nuclear and ION.
@@paulwollenzein-zn1lh
Many thanks for your comment, I will have a look at the NERVA engine and ION engine as well .
Yes artificial gravity, that could be a sticking point , and there have been many theories on that too , plus if there where a Moonbase Alpha gravity control would have to be there as well .
Those three problems alone would take a few years to sort out and some of the best minds to problem solve .
But at least I know that an eagle in theory could be possible, now that would be a wonderful thing to see in the sky …….
Once again many thanks 👍
Its pulled from our LEM, so yes we can.
Brilliant piece of work
Terrific! More please.
“More“ means more work ;) …maybe.
This was awesome!!
Thank you :)
Bravo !
Nice use of the Moon Soundtrack :)
Super boulot ! Bravo
Well done!
Oh my!! I would like to know that as well!
Fantastic!!!
Good job fair
Excellent!! 😃
beautiful!
Well done.
Wonderful!!!
I like the 2001 Moon bus and the soundtrack I recognized from the movie Moon.Very nice.
I also noticed the changes you made that's actually a better idea. On my channel I show custom space 1999 mattel and dinky upgrades and I've seen where there could have been improvement.
Great video...👍👍
Beautiful really gives us an idea of scale Eagle is actually quite large and it would have been nice for the original series to give us a shot of the landing area just a distant shot where it works roped off it would have been cool
Thumbs up…. Great stuff
Love it excellent job
Great job!
Excelente !!!!!!!!!!
Very good job ,I think so software Light Wave.
De mis series favoritas a fines de los 70...una serie infravalorada, adelantada a su época.
Amei! Essa série não tem pra ninguém!
Outstanding! Thanks for sharing.
Nice!
Great ! love navigation beacons. Only nit pic is the rear thrusters - the thrust would not converge into spikes since there's no atmosphere - The lifting thrusters looked more accurate. Great job!
So how realistic was the Sphinx?
A wonderful work! But I am not sure if eagles have retractable landing gears. Since moon has no atmosphere, landing gears cannot create drag.
Excelente
素晴らしい
Pretty awesome video! Love all things Space: 1999. I've got to ask though... Why did you have the hatch open that particular way on the passenger pod when the astronauts disembark? The hatch typically slides open horizontally and the stairs to leave the pod are located in a fixture below the hatch. The hand rails are in recessed panels on opposite sides of the hatch. Just curious is all, as I have seen some of the original design artwork by Brian Johnson and Martin Bower which shows this.
I have been inspired by a Ted Rivers’s animation : th-cam.com/video/s8uIoghrrjo/w-d-xo.html
His space 1999 animations are very impressive.
I have found a lot more infos and documentation on the Eagle and space 1999, unfortunately after the job was done :)
Cheers
@@animated_rays I think your design fixes the major scale flaw of the side doors, which are 5.5' for no reason. I know you could scale the Eagle above the actual model 97 feet to 118 feet, but then the beak is just monstrous and the inner doors are too large... A space walk by Allan also scales to precisely 97 feet... You depicted airlocks at the side doors, which is another problem I have with those side doors: Extremely space inefficient, and only for about 3-4 astronauts at a time. I reasoned that the airlock should be the forward corridor to the cockpit, with the exit through the hatch at the bottom of the beak, going through the wide floor hatch space between the pilot seats. This means the cockpit is part of the airlock, which normally would require the pilots to be in a cosmonaut suit as standard (the show often actually follows this requirement). This allows 7-10 astronauts in one airlock cycle without wasting a huge amount of space in the module.
Para quando o filme numa sala de cinema?
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👏👏👏👏😻😻😻😻
Please ! A Space 2049 movie with the actors of Space 1999 still alive 😊
A Space : 2099 movie.
There’s not many around these living these days
@@MarkMeade-e1y Barbara Bain is still alive 🥰
Why would landing need bottom thrusters, seemed like same strength as to lift the eagle up.
???
Because you can not use the main engines for landing.
Try picturing the Eagle coming in to land. This type of spacecraft has a Vertical Take off and Landing because it has no wings, no atmosphere on the Moon. No wings or no atmosphere you need vertical take off and landing. This type of spacecraft was supposedly going to spend all most all of its time in the hard vacuum of space. So that is the reason for the design that they came up with.
Saw a 2001 moon bus
Great animation but wondering why you have the landing legs retract? Never shown on the show as far as I can remember. It's not like there's air resistance or drag on the moon.
You’re right, but I just thought it was cool to animate this landing gears, my videos give me the opportunity to learn and test some technics.
Yes, atmospheric drag would be an insignificant problem on the moon.
But the landing gears could be retracted to shield them from collisions with dust and large particles. They're probably robust parts - but they're also critical parts, and they're also moving parts so they are "prone" to failure.
Retracting them also concentrates the mass of the vessel along a centerline, maybe better thrust-efficiency for maneuvering, especially over long flights.
@@pwnmeisterage and the feet would have to retract when entering a planet’s atmosphere. They just lacked the animatronics to do it in camera on the show.
I think you have the RED and GREEN lights backwards. Red should be on the Port side not Starboard.
Yep. Since I come from a family with both pilots and sailors in it that error really stood out.
I was hoping no one would notice ;)
The white font (Data 70), the number 1 is upside down, why did they do this in the TV Series?
1:53 ... une opération de déchet nucléaire , loin de la base Alpha . C'était juste pour rire , la beauté des couleurs boréales . Aurora Boréalis !
Une demi Lune . Comme un bon vin , un blanc , un doux . Non pas trop doux , et pas un demi sec , je veux un demi doux . o 0
Je ne rappelle pas d'un sphinx sur la Lune. C'est dans quel épisode ?
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I don't understand something why can't NASA make these spaceships these Eagles imagine having an eagle made like a rocket and launching it like a rocket ship straight up and then detach the panels and you have the eagle flying in outer space
There are a few reasons why. (1) The Eagles have anti-gravity thrusters and artificial gravity on board. We have neither of those technologies. (2) The Eagles are powered by compact nuclear fusion engines. We don’t have those either. (3) The Eagles have shields to keep the passengers safe from space junk and radiation. We don’t have those shields.
@@mitch4527 right but as a conventional rocket the rocket part would get you into outer space and then detach the panels and it would be an eagle in space
@@daleflannery7667 I agree, Eagles are EXCELLENT Moon vehicles. Gerry Anderson had some really good Technical advisors.
I want a full size eagle, can anyone buy me one as a gift?
Tis a thing of beauty!
Got to ask thou ... why is there a Sphinx?
My first intention was to make a kind of Las Vegas on moon.
I have kept the Sphinx, it’s a little joke. You have to wait until the very last frame of the end credits to understand (or not ;)
Honestly, I was not too sure about it
An explosion powerful enough to send the moon of a solar escape velocity and get the moon into another system, would blow the moon to bits.
Yeah, probably….. but it’s not like the rest of the stories were a model of scientific integrity….. lol. It was a great TV show with great sets and effects.
Next time try using your imagination. You know, like Gerry and Sylvia Anderson did.
Space 1999, the moon “landings” are the same thing…science fiction.
I am not sure that the Earth would do particularly well if the Moon were to be removed from orbit.
@@peterjf7723 You are right and that was addressed in the show more than once.
Yeah ain't no Sphinx on the moon....
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The sets, ships and the moon's surface were excellent, the story lines bloody awful, it could of been so much better, the same goes for Battlestar Galactica...story and most of the actors were a joke.
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@@billhosko7723 You first Hilda.
always could have, would have, should have; NEVER could of, would of, should of.
Fake!
What was the first hint?