I remember watching reel to reel videos like this one when I was little. I'm glad they're being archived. Dick Truly went on to be the administrator of NASA.
It just great to see Major Isaac T. Gillam IV who was the number one scientist in charge of the Apollo missions from drawing board to blast off. Thank you for having his name and face. Without him there would have never been an apollo program. Thank you again.
I remember those Flight and landing tests of the Enterprise summer of 77. Being broadcast on tv....thats how special the Space shuttle was at the time.
If you want something somewhat similar and reminiscent of that era... know that there is a company called Boom Technology currently designing a new supersonic airliner. They have permission from the FAA to go supersonic over the United States, and expect supersonic flight of a one-third-scale model by the end of this year. 35 firm orders from American and United Airlines. Expected to enter commercial service in 5-6 years.
@@kurtfrancis4621 Yes it was. When they launched Columbia the first time in 1981, I stayed home from school... Ticked my mom off when she saw I was glued to the tv and said I wanted to stay home to watch the launch... I was in high school at the time, but I just knew I had to watch the first space shuttle launch live.😄
From the animated logos, to the music, the clothing, and production values, this film SCREAMS 1970's US government film. Aged better than the shuttle did.
The economic clams didn't quite materialize. The original plans might have been better value, but the end result was an expensive and unsafe boondoggle. If they'd stuck with Apollo and improved that design, imagine what would have been achieved.
If you want something somewhat similar and reminiscent of that era... know that there is a company called Boom Technology currently designing a new supersonic airliner. They have permission from the FAA to go supersonic over the United States, and expect supersonic flight of a one-third-scale model by the end of this year. 35 firm orders from American and United Airlines. Expected to enter commercial service in 5-6 years.
0:50 "... nearly completed spacecraft." No wonder I was confused as a kid having seen Enterprise on the news with glide & landing tests and then a few years later hearing about the delays due to the tiles. Maybe this is where Musk learned the art of overselling?
D'oh!! @03:44 Was that Nimoy there, toward the end? Now, I "get" the connection with naming conventions etc., but what does a real life actor have ANYthing to do, in relation, with a real life space craft? OTHER than just basic psychological manipulation and mind-foo@kery, that is?! XD I'd have thought that a real life aeronautical engineer or "astrophysicist" would have a better real life impact over an "everybody knows this face" actor?? Then again, probably not... Interesting, to say the least. Great find!! : ) Thanks for sharing.
I think having popular culture involved in science makes it more appealing to the general public. It was named Enterprise as a result of a letter writing campaign to NASA back in the day.
@@RickTheGeek Yeah, that's about it. Now let's just take the next, progressive step in that line of thinking. That's about where I think I left off. Because something as mind-blowing and phenomenal as "space travel," isn't really "appealing" enough!? Sure! That ALMOST doesn't track. : / They just had to "sell" it THAT much more... Right!? And which audience are they targeting in this instance anyway? The ones who already think sci-fi is lowbrow hogwash, or the ones that have already bought into the premise and already associate this Nimoy character with "space" already? One is a crap shoot and the other is simply doubling down on a sure bet and solidifying the ideal and image into their collective conscious. So again, back to my initial and assessment above. As for the name-game thing, I think that was prefaced and touched on above also. But sure, why not!? : ) Thanks for your input an RE. Always appreciated.
Although the name Enterprise has a long naval history, the shuttle was named specifically for the ship on Star Trek, so that is a huge honor for the cast of the show. Nichelle Nichols was contracted by NASA to help recruit the women and minority astronauts, since the Shuttle would be the first spacecraft with crew roles that did not require a military test or fighter pilot prerequisite to astronaut training. Leonard Nimoy also appeared decades later for the shuttle Enterprise's delivery to museum display in New York City, the only member of the Star Trek cast to be present at this vehicle's rollout and final destination.
The space shuttle shpuld be remembered as a complete failure, it has very limited capabilities, it killed more astronauts than any other launch vehicle and while it was designed to be cheap it had a per launch cost nearly equal to the saturn V dispite economies of scale.
@TheAlabamaWildman False. The shuttle program failed at everything it set out to do. -It was the most expensive way to put anything into orbit - Extremely dangerous with 1 of every 90 launches ending in disaster and several more near misses -Could only go to low earth orbit -Delays in the program caused skylab to de-orbit People think that it was some sort of engineering marvel because of how obscenely complex it was but as an engineer I can assure you that complexity is not a virtue and insane shit like 30,000 unique tiles that take 30 hours each to replace is unbelievably wastefull that only the government would go along with it.
@brianw338 For the heat shield tiles I would cancle the entire shuttle program. The requirements were all wrong, and the program was doomed from the beginning.
Right, it was a mistake to dump the Saturn V. If the USA maintained and perfected this booster, like the russians did with the Soyuz, americans could have a permanent Moon base by now. The Space Shuttle played with the american fantasy of having a car at home that you can ride whenever you want. Unfortunately, space travel is not like this.
Good catch getting this digitized before it faded completely. I'd like to see a restoration.
I remember watching reel to reel videos like this one when I was little. I'm glad they're being archived. Dick Truly went on to be the administrator of NASA.
It just great to see Major Isaac T. Gillam IV who was the number one scientist in charge of the Apollo missions from drawing board to blast off. Thank you for having his name and face. Without him there would have never been an apollo program. Thank you again.
lucky you got this film in time.
Howd this comment get left a month ago
End part has seen better days.
@@choossuck7653👀🤔
@@choossuck7653
*This proves it.*
_My entire life is a lie!!!_
I remember those Flight and landing tests of the Enterprise summer of 77. Being broadcast on tv....thats how special the Space shuttle was at the time.
If you want something somewhat similar and reminiscent of that era... know that there is a company called Boom Technology currently designing a new supersonic airliner. They have permission from the FAA to go supersonic over the United States, and expect supersonic flight of a one-third-scale model by the end of this year. 35 firm orders from American and United Airlines. Expected to enter commercial service in 5-6 years.
@@sturmovik1274
Sounds cool, I'll have to keep check with that.👍
Same here. Just old enough to remember the last Apollo missions, Skylab, then Apollo-Soyuz, then the wait was for the Space Shuttle. Good times.
@@kurtfrancis4621
Yes it was.
When they launched Columbia the first time in 1981, I stayed home from school... Ticked my mom off when she saw I was glued to the tv and said I wanted to stay home to watch the launch... I was in high school at the time, but I just knew I had to watch the first space shuttle launch live.😄
@@DigbyOdel-et3xx I wasn't even born for another 8 years, but I completely agree.
From the animated logos, to the music, the clothing, and production values, this film SCREAMS 1970's US government film.
Aged better than the shuttle did.
3:45 Leonard Nimoy and DeForest Kelley
I'm surprised they're not smoking cigs
The Space Shuttle program made science cool for us kids in the 70s and 80s
Great post!!!!! Thank you!
Nixon wanted this. There is some footage of him playing with a model somewhere.
Businessman: 'Hi, I'm Jack Burton from the Ace Tomato Company; would you gentlemen like a Pepsi?'
NASA:
The economic clams didn't quite materialize. The original plans might have been better value, but the end result was an expensive and unsafe boondoggle.
If they'd stuck with Apollo and improved that design, imagine what would have been achieved.
If you want something somewhat similar and reminiscent of that era... know that there is a company called Boom Technology currently designing a new supersonic airliner. They have permission from the FAA to go supersonic over the United States, and expect supersonic flight of a one-third-scale model by the end of this year. 35 firm orders from American and United Airlines. Expected to enter commercial service in 5-6 years.
Major Dharma Initiative orientation video production vibes.
Ah, this is the occasion where the original Star Trek crew/cast took a photo in front of Enterprise.
Not the arm, it’s the CANADA ARM…
Sweet... The year of my birth 😅
0:50 "... nearly completed spacecraft." No wonder I was confused as a kid having seen Enterprise on the news with glide & landing tests and then a few years later hearing about the delays due to the tiles.
Maybe this is where Musk learned the art of overselling?
Must have used some of that hi tech space film.
D'oh!! @03:44 Was that Nimoy there, toward the end? Now, I "get" the connection with naming conventions etc., but what does a real life actor have ANYthing to do, in relation, with a real life space craft? OTHER than just basic psychological manipulation and mind-foo@kery, that is?! XD I'd have thought that a real life aeronautical engineer or "astrophysicist" would have a better real life impact over an "everybody knows this face" actor?? Then again, probably not... Interesting, to say the least.
Great find!! : ) Thanks for sharing.
I think having popular culture involved in science makes it more appealing to the general public. It was named Enterprise as a result of a letter writing campaign to NASA back in the day.
@@RickTheGeek Yeah, that's about it. Now let's just take the next, progressive step in that line of thinking. That's about where I think I left off. Because something as mind-blowing and phenomenal as "space travel," isn't really "appealing" enough!? Sure! That ALMOST doesn't track. : / They just had to "sell" it THAT much more... Right!? And which audience are they targeting in this instance anyway? The ones who already think sci-fi is lowbrow hogwash, or the ones that have already bought into the premise and already associate this Nimoy character with "space" already? One is a crap shoot and the other is simply doubling down on a sure bet and solidifying the ideal and image into their collective conscious. So again, back to my initial and assessment above.
As for the name-game thing, I think that was prefaced and touched on above also. But sure, why not!? : ) Thanks for your input an RE. Always appreciated.
@@RickTheGeekYou are correct. Before the write in campaign, it was originally supposed to be called the Constitution.
Probably a gimmick to garner more interest and funding.
Although the name Enterprise has a long naval history, the shuttle was named specifically for the ship on Star Trek, so that is a huge honor for the cast of the show. Nichelle Nichols was contracted by NASA to help recruit the women and minority astronauts, since the Shuttle would be the first spacecraft with crew roles that did not require a military test or fighter pilot prerequisite to astronaut training. Leonard Nimoy also appeared decades later for the shuttle Enterprise's delivery to museum display in New York City, the only member of the Star Trek cast to be present at this vehicle's rollout and final destination.
I love the psyop
Thanks man, I dig your psyop too
You ever shave those porkchop sideburns off?
Back when you could trust boeing....
The space shuttle shpuld be remembered as a complete failure, it has very limited capabilities, it killed more astronauts than any other launch vehicle and while it was designed to be cheap it had a per launch cost nearly equal to the saturn V dispite economies of scale.
that has to be the Single Most-Ignorant comment ever posted on TH-cam !!
- - Bravo !! !!
@TheAlabamaWildman False. The shuttle program failed at everything it set out to do.
-It was the most expensive way to put anything into orbit
- Extremely dangerous with 1 of every 90 launches ending in disaster and several more near misses
-Could only go to low earth orbit
-Delays in the program caused skylab to de-orbit
People think that it was some sort of engineering marvel because of how obscenely complex it was but as an engineer I can assure you that complexity is not a virtue and insane shit like 30,000 unique tiles that take 30 hours each to replace is unbelievably wastefull that only the government would go along with it.
@@mbox314: what is your alternative for the tiles ?
@brianw338 For the heat shield tiles I would cancle the entire shuttle program. The requirements were all wrong, and the program was doomed from the beginning.
Right, it was a mistake to dump the Saturn V. If the USA maintained and perfected this booster, like the russians did with the Soyuz, americans could have a permanent Moon base by now. The Space Shuttle played with the american fantasy of having a car at home that you can ride whenever you want. Unfortunately, space travel is not like this.
Space Shuttle program = $200 billion waste
Fred Hayes - Apollo 13
Spelled "Haise" - the "Hayes" you're thinking of is a brand of computer modem. Both very influential names!
@RickTheGeek Thank you, Mr. Autocorrect. I'd be more impressed if you had noticed and mentioned it first.
he better be alive