Roscosmos Mission control is in the suburban Moscow city called Korolyov BTW. I used to teach English there. There are loads of smart English speakers there.
I'm from Russia, and I'm grateful to you that you didn't say anything about the war. Not because I'm for war. I'm not. But because this is an educational video in which you directly say why the Russian language is needed, without unnecessary hatred. Languages are not to blame for what is happening now.
Drasvechia! I haven't talked to a Russian in a long time. Please forgive my bad spelling, but I don't remember much of the alphabet from my one year of Russian. That was nearly forty years ago!
@@Svensk7119 "Drasvechia" doesn't mean anything in Russian, nor does it sound close to anything that means something in Russian. I think you meant to say "zdravstvuytie", but I'm not sure.
@@maxkho00 No, I knew what I was trying to say. I just have English letters to say it! 😉. Drass-vee-chee-ya. That's the closest that I can spell it, as I remember pronouncing it, from junior high. Just as spasiba isn't actually spelled spasiba, but that's about as close as it can be spelled. If you could heat me say it, you would know what I was saying, and if my pronunciation needed polish, I would gladly accept. Looking at what you wrote, that might be right, but I wouldn't try to say it!
@@Svensk7119 Well, I'm just informing you as a native Russian speaker that this sounds nothing like any existing Russian word. If anything, it sounds closer to Hindi to me. Zdravstvuytie's pronunciation can be approximated using English spelling as "ZDRAV-stvooy-tyeh". As you can see, you were way, way off.
@@maxkho00 You were emphasizing syllables. I wasn't. I was just saying them slowly, that is all. What were you trying to say? As I said, I wouldn't attempt to pronounce those English letters. (I only remember maybe four, five letters of the Russian alphabet.) Nor did I mean to imply my accent would not need correction, I was just using the closest group of English letters, without extra unpronounced ones, to the Russian word for "hello", as I remember my ninth grade teacher saying it. He was a native English speaker, but had been to the Soviet Union at least once for some time. I was attempting to spell it phonetically, for an English speaker. Like spelling tsar "zar" instead of "czar" or "tsar". If you heard me, I think you would understand. Basically, I can say it, but not spell it. And perhaps I flatter myself if I think I say it well.
@@MrPip9999 Well, you have to be enclosed in recipient filled with air when you are in space,otherwise it is not common for the dead people to speak.....
Then fight it. Every Language should be eradicated (especially English) by any means necessary and replaced with a new one-world language where everything is spelt as it sounds. The first and only language that makes sense. Irrationnel languages is a sine of cultural degeneracy. Do not tolerate sovereignty or national identity. Answer all opposition with righteous lase fire from orbit.
Well, technically, it should probably be "Rusenglish" because Russian (in Russian) is русский [ROOS-keey], so the hybrid name would sound like this: [roos-EENG-lish] 😉😉
Hi Olly, great video as always on of the most interesting topics in the world. Space is literally the reason I learn Russian. 😂 One idea for speaking to an astronaut: You talk a lot about Nasa which is really coll, however the European Space Agency has amazing astronauts, too and they might be interested in talking to you, too. Or you could contact CSA/ASC to actually talk to Chris Hadfield (I read one of his books, he is really cool).
It makes sense that even with the introduction of the SpaceX Dragon capsule, astronauts continue to learn Russian because half of the ISS is Russian and that the Soyuz is still a way home in the event of a Dragon fault.
What a fascinating video! Thanks for all the hard work of finding all these sources, getting videos, etc. I learned so much about the space program (and Russian, of course).
I am proud that i know russian language . Its so complacating to learn it therefore my parents put me to the russian kindergarten when i was a little young girl .
I watched First Orbit and thought I had lost my ear for Russian, until I heard the news reports from the ground. What made Gagarin's conversation hard to understand was just the space radio.
Surprised to hear that the astronauts consider Russian as the toughest patt of the entire astronaut training. As complicated as it may be it's still merely a language. I find it hard to comprehend how it's tougher than learning hiw to fix and add new parts into the ISS safely.
If you are dyslexic then nothing short of genetic engineering could make it possible for you to learn even 1 language. But astronauts are mostly neurotypical so they should be able to learn any language without any effort what do ever.
I briefly met Tim Peake once. He's such a lovely person. He refused to leave the university campus until everyone waiting in the queue got to meet him.
6:00 the 3 passengers in the Soyuz don't sit where your arrows point at. The Soyuz is a three-piece spaceship. The service module with the engine in the rear, the reentry module with the seats in the middle and the orbital module with cargo and the docking adapter in the front. Your arrow points to the orbital module. Good Video btw. :)
IIRC, going back to the Apollo-Soyuz linkup, there was a joke that with Deke Slayton having an Oklahoma accent there were 3 languages being spoken in the capsules, English, Russian and Oklahomski....
Great video on a subject I have wondered about for a long time. Given that English is the global technical language, one would expect only English would play a major role in this domain; however, Russia’s role is large enough at present that some proficiency in Russian is required as well. Should Russia decide to drop participation in the ISS, then that will change things to only English being mandatory. Regardless, since the ISS will remain international other languages will continue to play a role, albeit a secondary one.
That’s not true, crew dragon hasn’t “taken over” Americans still use Soyuz because there’s like 1 crew dragon per year and it doesn’t carry 7 people, and the ISS has a crew of 7 people, crew dragon brings 4, Soyuz brings the other 3, wtf do you think that Soyuz malfunction was all about if they apparently aren’t being used anymore
That's not a human-composed letter that you got, it's a computer-generated answer full of generalities. Would you describe the interview you wanted as an "event"?
Who needs Russian practice, I can help. Currently I'm learning English. So, it would be great to speak with a native English speaker and help with Russian. Btw, I'm against the war and all that putler-stuff.
"how do astronauts learn languages fast"? I *know* that I am objectively smarter than at least 90% of people. Astronauts are *FAR* smarter than me. To even be an astronaut you're already a pilot/special forces or PhD before they even start training. When you're super smart you learn languages fast... because you're smart.
Intelligence and how much knowledge you know doesn't exactly correlate like that... However once you've gotten a PHD, a degree, etc. then you're already prepped and trained for learning and teaching yourself. So it's not because they're smart, but because they're dedicated
Then fight it. Every Language should be eradicated (especially English) by any means necessary and replaced with a new one-world language where everything is spelt as it sounds. The first and only language that makes sense. Irrationnel languages is a sine of cultural degeneracy. Do not tolerate sovereignty or national identity. Answer all opposition with righteous lase fire from orbit.
What a nice timing to make this video! Just during the genocide committed by russia and supported by the ruzzian astronauts who literally decided to bring a flag of the so-called "DPR" and "LNR" to the space station. It's always the best to talk about some meaningless shit during the literal ethnic cleansing committed by the country you're talking about without even mentioning it. Or is the genocide considered "politics" now? Not even one word was said about the war...
And not only that. In tech, you can work in an international company which has zero offices in English-speaking countries and still everyone is speaking English because it's historically the language of the international communication. So it clearly looks like russia is weaponising the language when it refuses to make interfaces of spaceships and nuclear power plants understandable by vast majority of people. So, for example, if rosatom builds powerplant in third country, in fact only russian stuff is able to run it. Sounds as a security threat to say the least, huh? Not even to mention that Slavic languages are a disaster to learn, even if you're already another Slavic language speaker.
I'm so glad I found this comment. I thought there were educated people sitting here who don't tie politics to an educational video about languages, but finally I found an idiot who did it :)
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Roscosmos Mission control is in the suburban Moscow city called Korolyov BTW. I used to teach English there. There are loads of smart English speakers there.
I'm from Russia, and I'm grateful to you that you didn't say anything about the war. Not because I'm for war. I'm not. But because this is an educational video in which you directly say why the Russian language is needed, without unnecessary hatred. Languages are not to blame for what is happening now.
Drasvechia! I haven't talked to a Russian in a long time. Please forgive my bad spelling, but I don't remember much of the alphabet from my one year of Russian. That was nearly forty years ago!
@@Svensk7119 "Drasvechia" doesn't mean anything in Russian, nor does it sound close to anything that means something in Russian. I think you meant to say "zdravstvuytie", but I'm not sure.
@@maxkho00 No, I knew what I was trying to say. I just have English letters to say it! 😉.
Drass-vee-chee-ya. That's the closest that I can spell it, as I remember pronouncing it, from junior high. Just as spasiba isn't actually spelled spasiba, but that's about as close as it can be spelled.
If you could heat me say it, you would know what I was saying, and if my pronunciation needed polish, I would gladly accept.
Looking at what you wrote, that might be right, but I wouldn't try to say it!
@@Svensk7119 Well, I'm just informing you as a native Russian speaker that this sounds nothing like any existing Russian word. If anything, it sounds closer to Hindi to me.
Zdravstvuytie's pronunciation can be approximated using English spelling as "ZDRAV-stvooy-tyeh". As you can see, you were way, way off.
@@maxkho00 You were emphasizing syllables. I wasn't. I was just saying them slowly, that is all. What were you trying to say? As I said, I wouldn't attempt to pronounce those English letters. (I only remember maybe four, five letters of the Russian alphabet.)
Nor did I mean to imply my accent would not need correction, I was just using the closest group of English letters, without extra unpronounced ones, to the Russian word for "hello", as I remember my ninth grade teacher saying it. He was a native English speaker, but had been to the Soviet Union at least once for some time.
I was attempting to spell it phonetically, for an English speaker. Like spelling tsar "zar" instead of "czar" or "tsar". If you heard me, I think you would understand.
Basically, I can say it, but not spell it.
And perhaps I flatter myself if I think I say it well.
Even in space you can't escape the need to be multilingual.
Languages can unite us wherever we are!!
Not just the need of being multilingual but you also need to be telepathic. Sound doesn't travel in space.
@@MrPip9999 Well, you have to be enclosed in recipient filled with air when you are in space,otherwise it is not common for the dead people to speak.....
@@draculakickyourass : then only U can hear yourself talking and not the other guy.
Then fight it. Every Language should be eradicated (especially English) by any means necessary and replaced with a new one-world language where everything is spelt as it sounds. The first and only language that makes sense. Irrationnel languages is a sine of cultural degeneracy. Do not tolerate sovereignty or national identity. Answer all opposition with righteous lase fire from orbit.
I am surprised Russian mixed with English is called Renglish and not Rysslish.
Well, technically, it should probably be "Rusenglish" because Russian (in Russian) is русский [ROOS-keey], so the hybrid name would sound like this: [roos-EENG-lish] 😉😉
Ru (ssian) + (E) nglish ... I think it makes sense. Suppose it could've been any combo though. :)
Hi Olly, great video as always on of the most interesting topics in the world. Space is literally the reason I learn Russian. 😂 One idea for speaking to an astronaut: You talk a lot about Nasa which is really coll, however the European Space Agency has amazing astronauts, too and they might be interested in talking to you, too. Or you could contact CSA/ASC to actually talk to Chris Hadfield (I read one of his books, he is really cool).
It makes sense that even with the introduction of the SpaceX Dragon capsule, astronauts continue to learn Russian because half of the ISS is Russian and that the Soyuz is still a way home in the event of a Dragon fault.
What a fascinating video! Thanks for all the hard work of finding all these sources, getting videos, etc. I learned so much about the space program (and Russian, of course).
I am proud that i know russian language . Its so complacating to learn it therefore my parents put me to the russian kindergarten when i was a little young girl .
Isn't it rewarding to know it though? 😊
@@APlusRussian yes it is . Well of course thanks to my parents I m fluent .
My condolences
This was so interesting Olly. You are great. Love your videos. 🎉
I watched First Orbit and thought I had lost my ear for Russian, until I heard the news reports from the ground. What made Gagarin's conversation hard to understand was just the space radio.
Surprised to hear that the astronauts consider Russian as the toughest patt of the entire astronaut training. As complicated as it may be it's still merely a language. I find it hard to comprehend how it's tougher than learning hiw to fix and add new parts into the ISS safely.
If you are dyslexic then nothing short of genetic engineering could make it possible for you to learn even 1 language. But astronauts are mostly neurotypical so they should be able to learn any language without any effort what do ever.
So first you told us military linguists , then it was Mormon missionaries, now, astronauts are the fastest language learners?
Great idea for video Olly! I really enjoyed it 👏🏻
Thanks so much! 😊
I briefly met Tim Peake once. He's such a lovely person. He refused to leave the university campus until everyone waiting in the queue got to meet him.
6:00 the 3 passengers in the Soyuz don't sit where your arrows point at. The Soyuz is a three-piece spaceship. The service module with the engine in the rear, the reentry module with the seats in the middle and the orbital module with cargo and the docking adapter in the front.
Your arrow points to the orbital module.
Good Video btw. :)
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Good one!
I love your commitment to the video's title regardless of how inaccurate it is.
Russian is the hardest part? Harder than all of physics and math?!
I can say, "Tang." You know the famous beverage astronauts drink. So I won't die of thirst.
Love the hair at 8:41!
I read about this after reading a book another reason why learning languages is important
It's the brain work out. If you learn russian you prove you can deal with any challange at space. Period.
Can you do early modern English "shakespeare " Course Version,that would be great.🎉🎉🎉😊
Excellent video
Гюстон, у нас проблема 😂😂😂😂
Байконур, у нас решение
At 6:20-22, why are you pointing to the part of the ship which is destroyed in reentry? And also: you showed the Cargo Dragon as the Crew Dragon.
🙄
IIRC, going back to the Apollo-Soyuz linkup, there was a joke that with Deke Slayton having an Oklahoma accent there were 3 languages being spoken in the capsules, English, Russian and Oklahomski....
Great video on a subject I have wondered about for a long time. Given that English is the global technical language, one would expect only English would play a major role in this domain; however, Russia’s role is large enough at present that some proficiency in Russian is required as well. Should Russia decide to drop participation in the ISS, then that will change things to only English being mandatory. Regardless, since the ISS will remain international other languages will continue to play a role, albeit a secondary one.
The rocket science joke was funny as hell 😂😂😂😂😂😂
I was sure they spoke Klingon so I could talk to aliens😢
Now I feel encouraged to continue with my Duolingo lessons in Russian....
I just asked some astronauts this and then I see this video, lol
Serendipity!
Lingua russa davvero utile per andare nello spazio
It is Soo easy techniques,they really want to learn languages.......
I saw a video and Chris Hadfield whilst speaking Russian said “I don’t speak Russian, I speak Soyuz”
Great video, Olly. I suppose they all get along too. No one mentions the "war"? (the current one).
This video topic has nothing to do with the current war, and if the video is to remain relevant into the future, it need not be referenced.
@@sharonoddlyenough You have zero sense of humor!
@@strafrag1 you're not the only one mentioning the war, and I saw no trace of a joke in your comment.
@@sharonoddlyenough Obviously you've never watched "Faulty Towers"?
@strafrag1 I have, I still don't see your joke. I like laughing, me and the guys at work make each other laugh all the time.
@4:30... No, we're not using the Soyuz anymore. Crew Dragon (SpaceX) has taken over.
That’s not true, crew dragon hasn’t “taken over” Americans still use Soyuz because there’s like 1 crew dragon per year and it doesn’t carry 7 people, and the ISS has a crew of 7 people, crew dragon brings 4, Soyuz brings the other 3, wtf do you think that Soyuz malfunction was all about if they apparently aren’t being used anymore
That's not a human-composed letter that you got, it's a computer-generated answer full of generalities. Would you describe the interview you wanted as an "event"?
I'd call it, 'Russlish' and leave it at that. Back to studying my Spanish, not Spanglish.
Who needs Russian practice, I can help. Currently I'm learning English. So, it would be great to speak with a native English speaker and help with Russian.
Btw, I'm against the war and all that putler-stuff.
"how do astronauts learn languages fast"?
I *know* that I am objectively smarter than at least 90% of people. Astronauts are *FAR* smarter than me. To even be an astronaut you're already a pilot/special forces or PhD before they even start training.
When you're super smart you learn languages fast... because you're smart.
Intelligence and how much knowledge you know doesn't exactly correlate like that... However once you've gotten a PHD, a degree, etc. then you're already prepped and trained for learning and teaching yourself. So it's not because they're smart, but because they're dedicated
I hope russian will be as important as chinese
When you go into space you must learn the intergalactic langwich... Esperanto!
Aliens speek Esperanto.
Why do you think NASA invented Esperanto?
Then fight it. Every Language should be eradicated (especially English) by any means necessary and replaced with a new one-world language where everything is spelt as it sounds. The first and only language that makes sense. Irrationnel languages is a sine of cultural degeneracy. Do not tolerate sovereignty or national identity. Answer all opposition with righteous lase fire from orbit.
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I just assumed everyone on the ISS (and other international space missions) just used English.
What a nice timing to make this video! Just during the genocide committed by russia and supported by the ruzzian astronauts who literally decided to bring a flag of the so-called "DPR" and "LNR" to the space station. It's always the best to talk about some meaningless shit during the literal ethnic cleansing committed by the country you're talking about without even mentioning it. Or is the genocide considered "politics" now? Not even one word was said about the war...
And not only that. In tech, you can work in an international company which has zero offices in English-speaking countries and still everyone is speaking English because it's historically the language of the international communication. So it clearly looks like russia is weaponising the language when it refuses to make interfaces of spaceships and nuclear power plants understandable by vast majority of people. So, for example, if rosatom builds powerplant in third country, in fact only russian stuff is able to run it. Sounds as a security threat to say the least, huh?
Not even to mention that Slavic languages are a disaster to learn, even if you're already another Slavic language speaker.
I'm so glad I found this comment. I thought there were educated people sitting here who don't tie politics to an educational video about languages, but finally I found an idiot who did it :)
@@Вродебычеловек so the genocide is the politics in your opinion. No wonder you're ruzzian.
i think they may have started considering to abolish russian language in space