BepiColombo: The (Near) Impossible Mission to Mercury
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Thanks Megaprojects for making very enjoyable & informative videos, my Saturday evening would have been so boring if i hadn't stumbled onto another of your excellent output .
Your ability to make ANYTHING boring AF never ceases to amaze me.
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Loving the Shatner impersonation...at the end?!
Orbital dynamics are counter-intuitive.
Canada's contribution to the Bepi Colombo mission: The ability to know whether or not the spacecraft is "cold, eh?"
I'm from Canada and as our greatest national hero would say, that's "colder than a vampire's demeanor"
Giuseppe Colombo was a problem solving genius who also solved crime in his off time. Later becoming a tv series Colombo.
That was a great show.
Lol today I learned....
Oh that's the same guy? Damn that's sick
Just the facts....
@@samuelgarrod8327 and there's always just one more thing.
The Full Metal Alchemist reference 😍😍
noticed it too
Yessssss was looking to see if anyone else notice it toi
+1 for the FMA reference
Love the FMA reference in oct. lol
Can you do a video on The Canadian Candu Reactor fleet? Particularly the 8 reactor Bruce Site. They have many unique attributes and are massive facilities. Online fueling, non-enriched uranium, heavy water moderator, unique containment system etc.
I love that question at the beginning, what planet is closest to Earth. Still remember when I first learned that. Cool thing is that works for EVERY planet in the solar system.
Actually that only works for Terrestrial planets. Mercury's distance from Earth varies from about .62 to 1.38 AU (Average distance between Earth and the Sun). Venus is between .28 and 1.72 AU. Mars varies between .52 and 2.52AU. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are the fifth through eighth planets respectively in terms of distance from the Earth - an order that doesn't change even if they are the only planet on the same side of the Sun or not.
Sometimes I think the writers actually write stuff to try and make Simon crack up when he's doing his narrator voice. I bet the outtakes are hilarious :)
I wonder if the full metal alchemist reference went over Simon's head.
I can't find the reference. I googled it but I found some kids show
@@TheSkytherMod when he mentioned Edward Elrich and Alphonse. They're the main characters on the anime (nb it's an anime, not a "kids show)
Well it CAN be a kids show…if you wanna traumatize them lmao
@@TheSkytherModjust because something is animated doesn’t make it intended, or appropriate for, children. Full metal alchemist, full metal alchemist: brotherhood and, the several “movies” featuring the title character and his brother are definitely NOT for children. Basically the story is that the two brother’s mother died. They then sought to use “alchemy” (magic) to bring her back to life. In the lore of the show, an “alchemist” can use “alchemy” to create things, from flames to a radio, to a tank and more. However, you need all of the atomic components of the object first. The most basic rule of alchemy is “the law of equivalent exchange”. There is no free ride. So you exchange your pile of atoms for a working gizmo, plus some of your own energy. So they get together all of the components of a human body and attempt the alchemy. Alfonse ends up losing his entire body. Edward then uses alchemy to tie Alfonse’ soul to a suit of armor, giving up an arm and a leg to do so.
A big price to pay surely, but a small price to being your mother back to life right?
Except what they actually got was their mother’s body inhabited by the personification of one of the seven deadly sins. In this case, Lust. The show follows their adventures to find “the philosopher’s stone”. A powerful artifact they can use to trade for Alfonse’ body.
They find the Stone, but find out that it can only be made by murdering thousands of people, preferably painfully.
Does that sound like a “kid’s show”?
Planet 1 was the first to solidify General Relativity. It is fascinating that this mission revisits that. If General Relativity is correct we will know with even greater certainty. If it is incomplete this mission may crack open the door that leads to new physics.
Understanding more about how, why and when a planet develops a magnetosphere is foundational brickwork for the generations who will go to other planets.
I can guarantee Simon has no idea what that “Edward Elric to alfonze” reference is from.
But with all this hard metal from mega projects and alchemy from decoding the unknown, maybe just maybe he’ll become a full metal alchemist… or a soul in a suit of armour after Danny gets out of the basement
That's a pretty odd assumption considering Brotherhood is the (overall) highest rated anime of all time. Doubly so if you consider that Simon has a history of hosting series like "top tens" and "the science of science fiction". Like, yeah, dude seems pretty busy, but that doesn't mean that he doesn't have hobbies or enjoy the same shit everyone does. To my knowledge, he's still a person.
Simon mentions about how cold Canada is, i would take offense, but he is right, i always tell people it gets so cold that the tires on our vehicles go square, not kidding, the flat spot that is on the tires from being parked all night, go thump, thump, thump when you drive down the road and the tire hits that "flat" spot, takes a few KM's before it heats up enough for a smooth ride.....lol...great video
As an Astrophysicist, I love when you cover cool space missions.
Have you considered a video on the recent DART mission? (Double asteroid redirection test)
The very first planetary defence test - One of those missions that really illustrates how we're gradually becoming the type of civilisation we've become familiar with in various works of science fiction.
Something I learned from a colleague who's part of the DART team is that the momentum of the small probe itself is not responsible for the bulk of the change in momentum necessary for sufficient redirection of the asteroid.
Instead, the probe is designed such that when it impacts the asteroid's surface, the impact creates a large 'splash-back' of material (similar to how dropping a stone in water can create a large splash). The mass and velocity of this material carries a net momentum which is significantly larger than the momentum the probe itself brought to the system - this is the change in momentum that ultimately alters the trajectory/orbit of the bulk of the asteroid.
The more material that gets 'splashed' back from the impact, the larger the net change in momentum, and the more effectively we can alter the object's trajectory.
One of the key learnings we'll take from this test is how large a 'splash' can an impact like this make? There's a NASA briefing coming this Tuesday 1th October with an update on our findings from the mission.
This is so cool! Once again I just have so much fun with space scripts from Simon and team - and this one not just for the genuine excitement about the mission but also all the snark towards Imperial measurement. I also laughed MUCH harder than I should've at "cold enough to make a Canadian cry."
Another neat thing! This craft will arrive just in time for my birthday in that year. How nice of ESA and JAXA to give me such a pleasant surprise!
yes I'm joking, I'm joking!! It's a gift to all the December kids. And humanity!
To quote CGP Grey, Mercury is the mostest closest
"The layest of laymen" That one stuck in my head.
Give the writer with the Fullmetal Alchemist reference a raise. Planets were important in alchemy and that reference in this video was just spot on.
With simons extensive knowledge, im sure he didn't missed IT :)
On anime, I mean
As a Canadian, I approve of this.
On the heating/cooling system: "Described like that, it sounds simple" It ... kinda is? That's exactly how an air conditioner works, just looked at from the other end. (A/C takes the heat from inside and dumps it outside, this takes the heat from outside and brings it in, it's like taking a window A/C and turning it around). I mean, the plumbing of the condenser is probably more complicated, but you have that same system in your car, and also your house if you live in a place where it gets hot.
Your describing a Heat Pump
I can't believe you quoted Full Metal Alchemist. You're my hero!
Love the Full Metal Alchemist reference.
You indicated two ships traveling across the "heaves" to Mercury. My first thought was, "no, they are going to the sun." My slow brain asked my mouth what is meant by heaven?
oh such simple words
5:27 weirdly this is not where the metaphor breaks down. In some velodrome disciplines one can use a technique called the sling: teammates handing off momentum from one to another. This is literally how a gravity assist works.
Or, indeed, cycling down a hill.
Downhill bike. That's pure gravity assist.
@@MurraySteel3.14 ya, but just cycling downhill doesn't fully explain it. When you enter and leave the gravity well of a planet, you're cycling downhill and then equally uphill. Having a net 0 in delta speed (ignoring friction, of course).
With a gravity assist, the way the probe goes through the gravity well, means that the planet and probe exchange some momentum. Meaning big delta speed change for the probe, and a very tiny amount of delta speed change for the planet.
Thanks, I was about to comment exactly that after being taken to SKOL 6 events by my farther at the Wembley Pool in my childhood
@@MurraySteel3.14 not really. A gravity assist is like riding down a hill that is moving in the same direction as you. You have the acceleration of gravity in the local frame of reference (you and the hill) and a pickup of momentum in the solar frame of reference (the hill moving).
A gravity assist does not give you extra speed because you are falling towards the planet. It is because the planet has momentum around the sun and you steal a tiny bit of it.
Nice work. Though I love to watch your Blaze and crime and unknown content, the Mega Projects prove your team's versatility.
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As a Canadian, I try to not venture outside when temps hit -40° (either Fahrenheit or Celsius, as they're the same). I think the coldest I've ever been in is -55°C with the wind chill
You should visit Winterpeg in February… You’ll see what he meant by cold. 😂
@@chnadeau1 no thanks! I'll stay right where I am, in the stupidly cold prairies
We could cover *all* of those projects if there was a dedicated Spacographics channel 😉
Somebody made a machine which can scan a planets composition from orbit and I just gave up on an easy sudoku.
To quote the ESA short movie Ambition released for the Rosetta mission.
"Ambition, Stubbornness. Nothing has changed. We fall. We pick ourselves up again, and we adapt."
So try a different one and get back to it later; I am sure you have it in you to overcome this obstacle. ;)
And I left a dead mouse on the floor for 36 hours.
Engineers rarely do completely original work. It's always built on whatever else has been done before. And it's also done by teams whenever possible, because nobody is perfect.
Groovy and funky.
Really interesting one Simon, thanks.
Simon, thank you for another great video and also sounding a bit like William Shatner at the end of the video. BRILLIANT!! 🖖
Awesome video. Who knew rocket science was so complicated that someone nicknamed Blipo was needed to figure it out?
The name makes more sense now. People might have thought it was the famous TV detective.
And here was me thinking tie fighter was called that because it was shaped like a bow tie
Or the name of a Kung Fu master from Bangkok!
😂😂
Thai 🇹🇭
Fighter! Haha
17:45 I love this script writer. Put another anime reference in that went completely over Simon's head again. Well done 😂
It is cute and that the italian abbreviation for Giuseppe, which is Beppe, have a English translation
Apparently when running checklists for launch it caused several delays because at the last second Colombo would step in and say "Just one more thing." 😇
Wonder how many science points those experiements transfer back.
Very Shatner-esque. The only thing missing was "Khaaaann!
I didn't know about this mission. Very interesting and informative. Please keep us up to date on this. Thank You from Mobile, Alabama (keep looking up)
2:45 - Chapter 1 - So near, so far
6:15 - Chapter 2 - Gravity assist
10:00 - Chapter 3 - Ion engines
14:00 - Chapter 4 - The twin explorers
17:35 - Chapter 5 - Magnetic personality
Simon I’m a truck driver and I listen to your videos while I drive my truck… I actually enjoy all of your videos except for brain blaze and then I hate watch them… As long as you are behaving yourself I really enjoy your videos… You pulled out a Fullmetal alchemist reference on this video and it really took me by surprise… Loved it
you really had to time that FMA shrimpy joke when it came to Mio, good job
You could say that Mercury is the Mostest Closest.
As always good job
Loved the full metal reference at the end 😂
One love!
The Earth doesn't fall into the Sun as it's traveling ~30Km/s sideways. To get close to Mercury or it, as the Parker Solar Probe is doing, you basically have to lose _all_ of that speed.
And to put things in perspective; the ISS, which orbits the Earth every 90 minutes, trundles along at a mere 7km/s
I admire you chap for just shaving it all off... tis a good look!
It won't be an interesting planet till the Traveler arrives to terraform it into a lush paradise.
Ah yes, Mercury... so bloody damned had to get to. Kerbal Space Program has a series of mods, so that you can change to our solar system. That was quite the eye-opening experience, and everything possible to do in that game, sending a satellite to Mercury was by far the hardest I ever did. The dV requirements where just insane.
*11:30**...it's all so technologically advanced when Xenon gas goes whizzing of into space*
3:12 Mercury! Saw it on QI...
edit: OH SH!T I didn't even know about this mission this is awesome!!! I feel like a little kid again! Thank you Simon and Morris!
Awesome video, I had never heard of Bepi Columbo. Its quite a name.
I too am bald, gave up on saving my follicle canopy long ago. I regularly trim what remains @ the equator. I call it the full Picard.
Simon what you have that Bruce Willis does not is that lush face rug, which I can only imagine makes women every where want to frolic & roll about in it naked in front of a log fire.
Beyond 12 days growth, mine becomes itchy & I can't stand it anymore, course & abrasive, only good for striping paint & rust.
Mesmorising, we seldom hear about the planet 🥎Mercury 😮
This is truly incredible!
But what did you think about his 🇨🇦 references?
@@maxdanielj I need to Watch the whole thing again to give you a genuine answer on those specifics bud 😅
Get back to you later
I love Simon. I ponder what his TH-cam empire is worth? 🎉
I wonder why they don't use solar sails to slow a craft down when exploring the inner solar system (I've googled it and can't find anything)? They only talk about them for deep space missions. A solar sail could be used like a parachute to slow the craft down rather than carrying lots of fuel.
That cooling system the probe uses is the same basic tech used all the time in refrigerators and air conditioners. The tech itself is simple enough. It's getting it to work long term in space while getting blasted at point-blank by the sun that is tricky.
Could use a solar powered ion thruster constantly firing forward to help slow it down a lot and maybe get it there a bit sooner?
Yes but the delta V requirements would be insanely high. The specific impulse of an ion engine is high because the energy accelerating the reaction mass isn’t being generated by the reaction mass itself. But it does still require a reaction mass and that much delta V would require too much reaction mass.
"The bits in the shadows will have to shiver at -150° Celsius. For those of you thinking in Fahrenheit, that's really, really cold." 🤣
You might think of the old Roller Derby on TV where two would grab hands and one would change course and speed flinging the other ahead of the pack of opposing skaters.
First the Moon to go down the slope to the Sun. Then Venus to move the Parihelion to Mercury arriving to be captured in orbit.
Object is to not get closer to the Sun than Mercury.
So again it's a choice between captions and running at .75 speed to bring a highly caffeinated Simon's speech down to human-friendly velocity. .75 wins because he sounds slightly stoned at that setting. I can hardly imagine what he would sound like if he really *was* stoned.
Always a thumbs-up for you though, Simon. Your vids are always on the cool stuff.
And here I am thinking he could talk a little faster.
So you could say 2001 was the start of a space odyssey? ;~)
It's been hours since it was posted yet no FMA related comments? 🤖🧙
Great video - thank you!
Do one on Dragonfly mission to Titan, please👍👍😀
I can't wait to see the future discoveries about Mercury! Also, I was really fond of the fma reference in this one 🥰
This better be good, I'm watching this with a friend and she's been working on bits of BepiColombo as a technician for years now.
EDIT:- The vacuum chamber shown is bigger than the one I saw her standing by, which is interesting by itself, but did you know that there are lots of bits still here on earth to test whenever a new question arises.
she better be pretty
Wow. Cool! A twin set that can be used to try to work out what's happening and how to get back on track if needed?
@@allclairesbears I didn’t ask her why, which I should have, sorry. I’ll ask when the opportunity next presents itself. I don’t think she’s allowed to tell me everything I want to ask however so no promises.
3:40 Common sense has never played Kerbal Space Program.
You could make law books interesting and funny with your narration skills Simon....
12:47 xD cant wait for the day when we get rid of the F
Whats interesting is if in the future people were able to adapt to the gravity on mars, they could move to mercury as the gravity is pretty much the same.
Although they would probably have to live in the craters at the poles
nice FMA reference!
Can we crash a comet into Mercury? Currently, it's like a Hilton hotel; absolutely no atmosphere.
I love this mission, but there 2 things here that I think need clarification, first the dificaulty in geting to mercury has to do with orbital mechanics, the problem being that to get the probe to mercury it is leaving from earth, which has a far higher orbital velocity around the sun. The best way to explain this is in terms of delta V.
Perhaps consider explaining delta V to your audience.
The other point is that electric or ion propulsion is highly efficient for fuel economy but give a very power output.
I don't seem to be able to edit my post, but I meant a very low power (as in thrust) output.
Full metal alchemist reference was 10/10
I feel like Simon was thinking of Morgan freeman the entire time he was reading the script
1:15 start of content
2:40 so near so far
6:12 gravity assist
9:56 ion engines
13:58 the twin explorers
17:32 magnetic personality
Why bother , this isnt a mix tape
@@gladlawson61 why bother, this isn't a diary. Cry harder and get over it
12:51 as a Canadian i can say ok, that might be sweater weather. The coldest i've experienced personally is -47c in Fort McMurray
Thank you for the Fullmetal Alchemist reference.
Cyclists do gravity assist. There is duo races indoor where your partner grabs your arm and swings you forward, trading their momentum for yours. Perhaps you should see one of those
Simon you should do a megaproject video on the new nuclear facility in the US. It has been a long, massive, and interesting project that I think would be perfect as a video!!!
I thought it was because they look like Tie's (Bow).....cheers.
Capt. Kirk narration at ending!
Obstinate Imperial ! Oh, please.
can you do a video on russia metro 2 and mount yamantau and the other facility kosvinsky kamen
What ? The Martian ? Pffft. Star Trek IV would like a word with you.
Mercury is also the closest to every other planet, on average.
You've got it wrong, Fact Boi- Bruce Willis wishes he was cool like you.
Sweet
Its journey alone is impressive enough.
Celsius is for Water and Air, fahrenheit is for living creatures, kelvin is for science.
Is it just me or is Simon doing a subtle Captian Kirk impression?
Deep Space 1 went 0.00001494 the speed of light, which is pretty dang cool.
well, I'm disappointed that no-one has suggested avoiding the influence of the sun by sending the mission at night.
That's because between Europe and Japan they couldn't agree when exactly does night start and end.
It sounds like something an Italian person would call an elderly relative
Where did you get that late 70's blue sweater? There is still have a brown one hanging in my parents closet from when I was a teenager.
just going to point out anyone playing ksp since 2013 knows what a gravity assist is so with all due respect to matt daimon, ksp was there first
... but if you were a ProjectRho regular you knew this from 1999.
sadly because I'm retarded I only discovered Chung's site in 2020 and now he's dealing with cancer, of all things.
As a Canadian I would like to say that -150 is only cold if you're from the provinces. People in the territories don't put jackets on until -190 or so.
For real though, thanks for the shoutout, eh.