Why is it Still So Hard to Land on the Moon?

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  • Опубліковано 24 бер 2024
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    A new race for the moon has started but 55% of the landers have failed even though we have known how to land on the moon for nearly 60 years and the technological advances since then should have made things better, shouldn't it? For example, it took a few years to get the landing techniques right the first time around but then there were no manned failures of the Apollo program on the moon apart Apollo 13 failed well before it got there, so why are we back to crashing on the moon, this video looks into this question.
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  • @kipandcop1
    @kipandcop1 2 місяці тому +615

    When youtube is filled with low quality, repeated AI generated "content" like the ones of your sponsor, the platform will become unuseable for finding high quality informative videos like yours. I don't see a world where fully AI created content is good for anyone except people trying to get rich quick

    • @Sonnell
      @Sonnell 2 місяці тому +24

      hopefully such AI generated crap will not make anyone rich. As these tools are close to be free to use, it is already filled youtube with crap content, so it will be difficult to make standout content with them. I think for AI it is the most difficult to create something unique and standout, since it works by repeating things that is already existing.

    • @kievbutcher
      @kievbutcher 2 місяці тому +20

      Honestly. I found myself asking out loud what benefit this type of service provides. Seems like it will only make the content farm problem worse.

    • @andrewn7365
      @andrewn7365 2 місяці тому +35

      This is why I'll be unsubbing if I see another AI content generator sponsorship. It'll be sad because I've followed this channel for years, but I can't support that

    • @voodoonights1671
      @voodoonights1671 2 місяці тому +3

      Yup. Awful in places

    • @Wayoutthere
      @Wayoutthere 2 місяці тому +4

      @@andrewn7365 Same. Fk A.I

  • @SkulShurtugalTCG
    @SkulShurtugalTCG 2 місяці тому +276

    You can EASILY get better sponsors than AI generators. Don't sell yourself short next time.

    • @rikrikonius1301
      @rikrikonius1301 2 місяці тому +6

      Like Raid Shadow Legends (not kidding on that comparison)

    • @BazilRat
      @BazilRat 2 місяці тому +9

      @@rikrikonius1301 I'd rather Raid than AI

    • @JakeTheBear1
      @JakeTheBear1 2 місяці тому

      Realest

    • @Brock_in_the_North
      @Brock_in_the_North 2 місяці тому +8

      We need to pushing back on AI that takes away from human creativity not promoting it

    • @Omnius777
      @Omnius777 2 місяці тому +10

      I really like this channel, but this sponsorship threatens to dismantle credibility for Droid as well as every other good science channel. I will not stay subbed if you keep up this sponsorship.

  • @orenashkenazi9813
    @orenashkenazi9813 2 місяці тому +234

    I thought I could accept just about any sponsorship ad if it meant my favorite youtubers could get paid, but appearently AI ads are a step too far for me. I don't want to judge anyone for trying to earn a living, but I also can't watch videos that promote the very software plagiarizing them.

    • @deejaymalta
      @deejaymalta 2 місяці тому +13

      how could a hard working youtuber be so tone deaf?

    • @OnionChoppingNinja
      @OnionChoppingNinja 2 місяці тому +11

      AI generated content (I REFUSE to call it art) makes a mockery of human emotion and inspiration (the two things needed to make real art and both is a computer incapable of) and is an insult to creativity.

    • @viccie211
      @viccie211 2 місяці тому +5

      ​@@OnionChoppingNinja I get where you come from. Though it can help with creativity in my experience. I've used AI image generators many times as a DM in my Dungeons and Dragons campaign. I use it to generate illustrations for my players that I otherwise would never be able to create. I generate scene illustrations, character portraits, images for props (for instance, news paper headline images) and many more things. The creativity comes from me knowing what I want to prompt the generator. The actual result is what the computer makes. Now I'll never say that it's better than a good artist could do, but I'm not a good artist (I'm trying to get into painting, but It's a long road) and even then I could never out put the amount of images I use in an evening session.
      It's a tool and I use it as such.
      Then again there is a lot of plagiarism involved and that needs to be sorted out.

    • @glennac
      @glennac 2 місяці тому +6

      @@viccie211 Using tools like this for your own personal use is one thing. Using them to quickly flood the market with “low effort” content, or worse, venal profit is another thing entirely. 🤔

    • @andrewn7365
      @andrewn7365 2 місяці тому +5

      The only thing to do is to unsub if it happens again. I'll miss CD, but I cannot support those sponsors.

  • @photog.prince
    @photog.prince 2 місяці тому +239

    You need to drop that sponsorship ASAP. I just walked past an older coworker of mine and I'm 99% positive she was unknowingly watching a fully AI created video on Facebook. That technology is a scammer's dream come true.

    • @andrewn7365
      @andrewn7365 2 місяці тому +4

      That's why I made the decision to unsub if there's another AI content generator sponsor, even though I really like Paul and his channel, and have been watching it for years.

  • @trevormugalu3797
    @trevormugalu3797 2 місяці тому +215

    Running an ad for a science video creating AI yet you are a science communicator yourself feels like you've just shot yourself in the foot.

    • @sebrassino
      @sebrassino 2 місяці тому +8

      It's so stupid. Sorry to say.

    • @trevormugalu3797
      @trevormugalu3797 2 місяці тому +1

      IKR@@sebrassino

    • @trevormugalu3797
      @trevormugalu3797 2 місяці тому

      IKR@@sebrassino

    • @andrewn7365
      @andrewn7365 2 місяці тому +8

      It's not just shooting himself in the foot, it's pushing and legitimizing a harmful product that will be embraced by the likes of scammers troll farms. It's a shame, and even though I really enjoy CD's videos, I will unsub if there is another AI content generator sponsorship.

    • @Susu986
      @Susu986 2 місяці тому

      Agree. We want human creativity.

  • @SicilianDefence
    @SicilianDefence 2 місяці тому +43

    The sponsorship’s choice was terrible 👎

  • @jake9705
    @jake9705 2 місяці тому +285

    Just design the landers to land on their side!
    God, do I have to think of everything?!

    • @gerogyzurkov2259
      @gerogyzurkov2259 2 місяці тому +24

      More like have all sides be able to land on.

    • @originalmin
      @originalmin 2 місяці тому +63

      That's what the Japanese lunar spacecraft SLIM was designed to do. Then it landed upside down.

    • @samsonsoturian6013
      @samsonsoturian6013 2 місяці тому

      All I can think of is a robot bouncing off the surface LoonyToons style@@gerogyzurkov2259

    • @PrimeRibb69
      @PrimeRibb69 2 місяці тому +13

      The country of (pick one you want to slur) designed a lander that could land upwards, upsidedown and sideways. It ending up landing in Detroit.

    • @davidsoom1551
      @davidsoom1551 2 місяці тому

      Or just show us some more fake sh*t like they did before. Its proven, everyone will buy it.

  • @profil4e
    @profil4e 2 місяці тому +202

    As much as I've loved your channel, and followed through with it for years, the AI generated video plug left a bitter taste.
    Especially knowing that Science/Documentary AI generated content are on the rise on youtube.
    I love your channel because it's not "Content", but because it's interesting.
    The AI part really makes me want to stop looking at it, however.

    • @windowboy
      @windowboy 2 місяці тому

      Meh. Just fast forward ya knob

    • @andrewn7365
      @andrewn7365 2 місяці тому +6

      Its painful, but I plan on unsubbing if I see another AI content generation sponsorship. I cannot support that.

    • @Wayoutthere
      @Wayoutthere 2 місяці тому +4

      Same here, A.I will end channels like this. The Real Ones will be drowned out in a torrent of A.I nonsense.

  • @fastertove
    @fastertove 2 місяці тому +106

    Sponsors can impact credibility. I agree with what others have already written.

  • @boredgrass
    @boredgrass 2 місяці тому +267

    @ video AI: please don't. Videos like this sample, make me run for the hills screaming.

    • @cmdraftbrn
      @cmdraftbrn 2 місяці тому +3

      makes great comedy though

    • @stevenkelby2169
      @stevenkelby2169 2 місяці тому +3

      ​@@cmdraftbrnI disagree 👎

    • @ehjones
      @ehjones 2 місяці тому +8

      That demo short was utterly awful

    • @andrewn7365
      @andrewn7365 2 місяці тому +4

      You can show Paul it's an unacceptable line to cross by unsubbing if it happens again

    • @Gurumeierhans
      @Gurumeierhans 2 місяці тому +7

      Thats exactly the way the science spam clickbait channels on youtube operate...

  • @Hobbes746
    @Hobbes746 2 місяці тому +42

    Before Apollo 11, NASA ran these missions to the moon:
    8 Pioneer missions, all of which failed
    9 Ranger missions, 6 of which failed
    7 Surveyor missions, 2 of which failed
    5 Lunar Orbiters, 1 of which failed.
    That’s 29 unmanned missions to the moon, 17 of which failed. They kept trying, and every failure improved subsequent attempts.
    They also ran the entire Gemini program to test procedures for Apollo, then 6 unmanned Apollo missions to test the spacecraft. Apollo 7-10 were manned missions to test the spacecraft and procedures again.

    • @FrankyPi
      @FrankyPi 2 місяці тому

      There were only 3 unmanned Apollo tests, Apollo 4, 5 and 6. If you only count Saturn V then it's only Apollo 4 and 6. If you count all other components going back to Saturn I launches, and ground tests, then there were 23 tests in total not involving crew.

    • @MrKen-wy5dk
      @MrKen-wy5dk 2 місяці тому +2

      But the American taxpayer was footing the bill with an unlimited checking account.

    • @MagicRoosterBluesBand
      @MagicRoosterBluesBand Місяць тому +5

      Too bad they never went. What a waste.

    • @FrankyPi
      @FrankyPi Місяць тому +5

      @@MagicRoosterBluesBand Yeah, they never went 6 times and 9 times in total, it takes a special kind of irrational and ignorant to unironically think this.

    • @markst.germain9286
      @markst.germain9286 Місяць тому +2

      I think they realized it was never gonna happen and had no choice but to fake it.

  • @casinodelonge
    @casinodelonge 2 місяці тому +255

    Where are the moonbases I was promised as a kid!

    • @STho205
      @STho205 2 місяці тому +29

      At Pinewood Studios

    • @TheChipmunk2008
      @TheChipmunk2008 2 місяці тому +2

      On the moon, have you checked them out ? (kidding)

    • @sparrowbe4k802
      @sparrowbe4k802 2 місяці тому +9

      Yep!!! I actually had the two model Space 1999 "Eagles". I don't know what became of them but they were over-engineered for what is effectively a childs toy. In fact, I think those toys were better than the original film props. And they were heavy.

    • @TheChipmunk2008
      @TheChipmunk2008 2 місяці тому +9

      they hired stanley kubrick, he insisted it was done on location

    • @Aveance94
      @Aveance94 2 місяці тому +2

      In my dreams and until my demands are met they'll stay there.

  • @josephd.5524
    @josephd.5524 2 місяці тому +189

    Ask your sponsor how they trained their AI and whether or not they just fed it UA-cam videos.

    • @derkeksinator17
      @derkeksinator17 2 місяці тому +7

      I love how it went full canadian first!

    • @Pelmenji
      @Pelmenji 2 місяці тому +6

      Obviosly if you want an AI to make videos that fit a certain platform, you train it on videos from that platform.
      Or is there more that you mean by "just" feeding them UA-cam videos?

    • @M0ToR
      @M0ToR 2 місяці тому +5

      why does it matter? should Google be paid for the videos or is “watching” ads (and training on them too) enough as it is enough to let you watch youtube?

    • @ragnoxis05
      @ragnoxis05 2 місяці тому +1

      ​@@Pelmenji He probably means "Is it woke?"

    • @D.Jay.
      @D.Jay. 2 місяці тому +1

      If the sources used to "feed" the AI are open or free, then how is that any different from you or I "feeding" it to ourselves.

  • @marckyle5895
    @marckyle5895 2 місяці тому +23

    Waiting for the Captcha that demands I click all the craters before letting me see my card balance.

  • @bwjclego
    @bwjclego 2 місяці тому +22

    Minor correction. The software patch on the IM-1 lander failed, so Odysseus actually landed with *no* working altimeter at all. It landed with an IMU and optical navigation, within it's targeted landing zone, with only a 100m error in the expected altitude at the time of landing. That error is why it landed a bit fast and a bit sideways, it thought it still had 100m to go. Quite astonishing.

    • @MrKen-wy5dk
      @MrKen-wy5dk 2 місяці тому

      All that stuff worked, until it didn't. Scratch 8 astronauts stranded on Mars. Next idea!

  • @Haddley333
    @Haddley333 2 місяці тому +96

    Skipped 2 ads then an ai ad embedded.

    • @beckerod777
      @beckerod777 2 місяці тому +11

      You see ads? How quaint.

    • @Petertronic
      @Petertronic 2 місяці тому

      Sponsorblock. Works like a charm.

    • @jnhkx
      @jnhkx 2 місяці тому

      use sponsorblock extension. Saved me hundred of hours in YT.

  • @mtheory85
    @mtheory85 2 місяці тому +30

    Institutional knowledge.
    It's called institutional knowledge. No matter how well documented a project might be, knowledge is lost one retirement at a time. Everyone who worked on Apollo is retired or deceased.

    • @benjamindover4337
      @benjamindover4337 2 місяці тому +3

      Or, maybe we never went there.

    • @simongeard4824
      @simongeard4824 2 місяці тому +6

      Exactly. Documentation helps, but you can't build a moon lander just by reading the plans left by someone who did it 50 years ago.... *nobody* is that good at writing documentation. You can learn by working closely with someone who already has the experience - and as you say, they're all retired or dead - or you can learn the hard way, by making a lot of mistakes. Having the documentation should help you avoid some of them, but there's always stuff that never got written down...

    • @Hobbes746
      @Hobbes746 2 місяці тому +4

      @@benjamindover4337 We did go there, many times. Ample evidence proves this beyond reasonable doubt.

    • @mtheory85
      @mtheory85 2 місяці тому +4

      @@benjamindover4337 No, we definitely did, as overwhelming evidence and common sense indicates.

    • @DasAntiNaziBroetchen
      @DasAntiNaziBroetchen 2 місяці тому

      @@benjamindover4337 FYI: This is the same guy that complained about pronouns and diversity hires.
      Go outside for once, will ya?

  • @Vednier
    @Vednier 2 місяці тому +9

    Seeing Curious Droid endorsing AI videos is very sad thing. Its just means that even more soon then we expected UA-cam will be filled with low quality meaningless AI crap. Even today is more and more hard to find good stuff like this channel. Well, maybe Droid really is working for robots. Sooo sad...

  • @VincentNajger1
    @VincentNajger1 2 місяці тому +179

    Uuurrgh .... InVideo AI .... we're already inundated with AI dross on YT. This will totally kill the platform.

    • @tonyzed6831
      @tonyzed6831 2 місяці тому +22

      Yup. We don't need that.

    • @sunnyjim1355
      @sunnyjim1355 2 місяці тому

      No it won't. All the best channels on YT don't use anything like that, or certainly not reliant on such. Just the dross does.

    • @patreekotime4578
      @patreekotime4578 2 місяці тому +8

      ​@sunnyjim1355 and what happens when the AI videos crack the code of appeasing the alghorythm and that is all we see?

    • @VincentNajger1
      @VincentNajger1 2 місяці тому +1

      @@sunnyjim1355 They will probably say something like "97% of the great Artworks were painted/assembled not by the famous artist who's name is on it, but by the students toiling underneath them, but it's about the concept and finished piece, not about the physical act of creation"..... but then they also argue massively that art is ALSO about the physical act of creation....either way, art is now about money laundering, so the analogy may not transfer.....but it probably will.

    • @quistador7
      @quistador7 2 місяці тому

      It's astonishing he accepted this bullshit. Especially after the video Kyle Hill made.

  • @humanitarianb0mbing161
    @humanitarianb0mbing161 2 місяці тому +24

    Thank you Paul!! Now I dont need to wait or watch your videos ever again!
    JUST need a nVideo and can make my own video and chill every day THX BUDDY!!
    😎😎😎

  • @j777
    @j777 2 місяці тому +13

    When asked why we can't just repeat Apollo, I always say the odds of death would be unacceptable today. Apollo was not 99.9% safe..

    • @mortson978
      @mortson978 2 місяці тому

      True. The risk was high and well understood, and there were contingency plans in place for potential mission failures.
      President Nixon had speeches prepared if the astronauts were stranded on the moon, and perhaps most disturbingly of all, nasa planned to cut communication with the stranded astronauts to preserve their dignity. They didn't want recordings of the men panicking and lamenting as they faced their lonely demise.
      I think people really forget the guts these guys had to risk it all like that. A different breed for sure.

    • @MervinM123
      @MervinM123 2 місяці тому +1

      Not sure why Apollo was not 99.9% safe, there were 9 crew missions and all came back including Apollo 13, statistically speaking it is 99.9% safe.

    • @j777
      @j777 Місяць тому +3

      @@MervinM123 the survival of 9 missions is not enough to demonstrate 99.9% with a useful margin of error. For example, the safety rate required for 50/50 odds of surviving 9 missions is around 90%.

    • @MagicRoosterBluesBand
      @MagicRoosterBluesBand Місяць тому +2

      It never happened anyways, so your point is mute. Can't go today, let alone 56 years ago.

    • @j777
      @j777 Місяць тому +1

      @@MagicRoosterBluesBand whatever flat earther

  • @ehjones
    @ehjones 2 місяці тому +45

    If I see another ad for AI content generation I will unsub. Which would be a big shame, but this crosses a line.

    • @andrewn7365
      @andrewn7365 2 місяці тому +3

      I'm with you on this. It's a real shame!

    • @maxstr
      @maxstr 2 місяці тому

      Welcome to 2024

    • @basedaf5580
      @basedaf5580 Місяць тому

      god i love UA-cam vanced

    • @soundtrancecloud5101
      @soundtrancecloud5101 Місяць тому

      Take a chill pill 💊

    • @deano023
      @deano023 Місяць тому

      The sponsor of this video truly triggered me enough to instantly unsubscribe, as much as I love curious droid videos I refuse to support a content creator who supports such a product.

  • @hagerty1952
    @hagerty1952 2 місяці тому +9

    The "new move fast and break things" development model? That's the way the Soviets did it in the '50s and '60s. It resulted in the R7, the descendent of which is still used today. They were on the way towards making the N-1, a version of the Space X Starship (shown at 5:15 in your video), operational but ran into two problems: 1) the chief designer, Sergei Korolev died before the first flight, and 2) his successor, Vasily Mishin, did not have the political skills of Korolev to stop rival designer Valentin Glushko from shutting down the program. It's a shame since the fourth, and last, N-1 flight came within a few seconds of staging. Since the only truly experimental part of the design was the first stage, the rest would probably succeeded. The fifth flight, which would very likely have been successful, was already on the launch pad undergoing fueling tests when the program was cancelled.

  • @maan7715
    @maan7715 2 місяці тому +16

    Oh very good timing! Glad we are still getting videos from you.

  • @RCAvhstape
    @RCAvhstape 2 місяці тому +16

    We don't need AI to land on the moon, we just need more practice.

    • @seaskimmer
      @seaskimmer 2 місяці тому

      Yep, A.I will never be a perfect substitute for human "feel" of a situation.

    • @FrankyPi
      @FrankyPi 2 місяці тому

      It's definitely needed for robotic landers, but for human landers it would be part of the automated program, there would still be a manual option so the pilot can take over if needed or if he wants to for final descent.

    • @mikepatton8691
      @mikepatton8691 2 місяці тому

      ​Eventually no living being will be able to come close to the abilities of an AI controlled craft, in space or an atmosphere. The US Air Force put experienced combat pilots against an AI controlled opponent in a simulator, the humans didn’t stand a chance. You can yell at the AI all you want to get off your lawn, but the field of artificial intelligence is improving by huge leaps and bounds at a relatively insanely fast pace. AI is the future, no matter how anyone feels about it. Personally I am profoundly curious to see how things turn out.

    • @RCAvhstape
      @RCAvhstape 2 місяці тому +1

      @@mikepatton8691 Even if you're using AI (which is a misnomer anyway) you still need to practice building, programming, and operating vehicles that land on alien surfaces. AI isn't magic.

    • @tabascoraremaster1
      @tabascoraremaster1 Місяць тому

      Practice for what?
      For making better fake footage so we can't see trough the lies?

  • @breuilly66
    @breuilly66 2 місяці тому +15

    Great video as always! As many other have said. You can do so much better sponsorship wise!

  • @digysdosdiy9113
    @digysdosdiy9113 2 місяці тому +12

    As soon as I saw your sponsor, I assumed that this video was artificially generated and left

  • @robertmartin1116
    @robertmartin1116 2 місяці тому +5

    The ads are insufferable.

  • @JordanAF808
    @JordanAF808 2 місяці тому +6

    “Move fast and break things” could also accurately describe a toddler

    • @NACAM42
      @NACAM42 2 місяці тому +1

      And you can bet toddlers are learning from it too.

  • @TheBigExclusive
    @TheBigExclusive 2 місяці тому +13

    I'm still waiting on my jetpack and flying cars I was promised as a child.

    • @SpaceCoast_
      @SpaceCoast_ 2 місяці тому +1

      First they just need to deliver the Hoover board from Back to the future.

    • @sunnyjim1355
      @sunnyjim1355 2 місяці тому

      We already have both those things. Jetpacks aren't commercially avialable because the human body is simply not suited to that mode of flight. Hence why they are only used for stunts, etc. And we have 'flying cars' - they are called planes. It's just that they function poorly as cars. But you can get one if you want one.

    • @johnjimmies8256
      @johnjimmies8256 2 місяці тому

      ​@@sunnyjim1355they have those flying cars that just look like giant quadcopters

    • @benjamindover4337
      @benjamindover4337 2 місяці тому +2

      Well at least we have mandatory pronouns and diversity hiring.

    • @user-dh6bj2me5p
      @user-dh6bj2me5p 2 місяці тому +1

      Who promised you ANYTHING?

  • @ThePhilosophyOfNature
    @ThePhilosophyOfNature 2 місяці тому +12

    Thank You Paul.

  • @FirstLast-vr7es
    @FirstLast-vr7es 2 місяці тому +3

    Thank goodness UA-cam provided that helpful "Context" link under your video.

  • @vilefly
    @vilefly 2 місяці тому +5

    "How did you land the craft safely and cheaply?"
    "We dragged an anchor, then landed."

    • @David-yo5ws
      @David-yo5ws 2 місяці тому +3

      Oh aaarrr, so when they land in the 'Mare Crisium' ( Sea of Crises: found to the northeast of Mare Tranquillitatis ), it should be plain sailing for the crew. Hoist the flag and claim the victory. ⚓

    • @vilefly
      @vilefly 2 місяці тому +3

      @@David-yo5wsYa bloody well right!

  • @padawanmage71
    @padawanmage71 2 місяці тому +7

    When you say we can’t use what was used before during the Apollo missions because the tech has leapfrogged for the last few decades, i do wonder if anyone has taken the basic designs of the Surveyor or even the Apollo tech and just upgraded it? The computers alone would’ve weighed so much, that an iPhone could probably do all the computing needed.

    • @thesteelrodent1796
      @thesteelrodent1796 2 місяці тому +3

      Your average modern washing machine has more processing power than the Apollo command module og lunar lander combined, but the difference is, on Apollo the computer merely helped the people land the craft, it didn't really do anything other than calculate the values they needed to fly. Now that they're using new unproven technology and trying to land fully autonomously, the computer has to do a lot more than just calculate where the craft is at

    • @Hobbes746
      @Hobbes746 2 місяці тому +2

      The Surveyors landed blind: no terrain avoidance at all. They’d happily try to land with one foot on a boulder or in a crater. NASA got lucky with the Surveyors.

    • @padawanmage71
      @padawanmage71 2 місяці тому

      @@Hobbes746 I didn’t know that, thanks. These days, a basic radar and even a computer would fit in the frame, to give it added ability to land safely?

    • @Hobbes746
      @Hobbes746 2 місяці тому +5

      @@padawanmage71 Yes. The modern landing systems are pretty good, actually. Several of the recent attempts were let down by dumb mistakes (IM1: they forgot to switch on the altimeter, SLIM had an engine failure 50 meters above the surface), but e.g. Chandrayaan-3 and the Chinese landers showed these obstacle avoidance systems do work and allow accurate landings.

    • @padawanmage71
      @padawanmage71 2 місяці тому

      @@Hobbes746 It's hard not feeling like we are trying to reinvent the wheel. In the 60s it was just a solid rubber tire, but still a tire. These days the tire would be steel belted, with better traction and a rim made of space age metal. But in the end, it's still a tire.

  • @MikeVDrumming
    @MikeVDrumming 2 місяці тому +4

    Another fantastic, consise, and well researched video. Keep up the amazing content Paul!

    • @David-yo5ws
      @David-yo5ws 2 місяці тому

      I second that. And I liked Paul's little plug at the end, for peace.

  • @toxlaximus3297
    @toxlaximus3297 2 місяці тому +4

    People were is such a rush to get to the moon that they never realised it was a waste of time, there is nothing to do on the moon except build regolith castles.

  • @arashputata
    @arashputata 2 місяці тому +5

    thank you for your final message

    • @TucsonDude
      @TucsonDude 2 місяці тому +2

      Yeah, I used to work in the Defense industry and even we asked the same question(s).

  • @jonboy4329
    @jonboy4329 2 місяці тому +3

    the men that made the moon missions possible were absolute mad wizards.

  • @billpugh58
    @billpugh58 2 місяці тому +5

    The worst thing about moon landing videos are the tin foil hatters it attracts😂

  • @TioDeive
    @TioDeive 2 місяці тому +6

    Thank you for just another wonderful video.

  • @onieyoh9478
    @onieyoh9478 2 місяці тому +6

    5:40 There was an interesting short sci-fi story I read years ago that was about tour "boats" that cruised around on the moons dust because it was too soft to walk on. The boat sinks and the story follows the crew, passengers, and rescue team. Pretty fun little story. If anyone knows the name please let me know because I can't remember. 🙃

    • @fastertove
      @fastertove 2 місяці тому

      I'd be interested to hear that as well.

    • @pyr0b1rd
      @pyr0b1rd 2 місяці тому +4

      I remember reading that a few years ago, though I had to look up the name.
      'A Fall of Moondust' - Arthur C Clarke
      if I'm not mistaken that is

    • @fastertove
      @fastertove 2 місяці тому

      Listening to the BBC Night Theatre version now.. Not bad :)@@pyr0b1rd

  • @wings9925
    @wings9925 2 місяці тому +2

    Great to see your content again. Thanks 👍🏻

  • @eckridium
    @eckridium 24 дні тому +1

    No matter how many times I see a SpaceX
    rocket booster return on its own, my first thought is always “That’s playing in reverse!” Though it’s not. It’s just at odds with what you’d normally expect.

  • @DLWELD
    @DLWELD 2 місяці тому +10

    All the new landers sure look top heavy compared to the early successful ones.

    • @simongeard4824
      @simongeard4824 2 місяці тому +1

      You can't accurately judge mass distribution by looking at the outside.

    • @raytrevor1
      @raytrevor1 2 місяці тому +2

      Top heavy and narrow track of the lander legs. Hello SpaceX.

  • @knoxduder
    @knoxduder 2 місяці тому +5

    This channel is the best!

    • @Endidixknsej
      @Endidixknsej 2 місяці тому +1

      Literally I love every video

  • @TTURocketDoc
    @TTURocketDoc 2 місяці тому +1

    Well done. As someone who worked on a couple of these projects I want to say thanks for your effort to report complete and accurate information.

  • @bobwoolcock
    @bobwoolcock 2 місяці тому +2

    Thanks Paul for the detailed comparison of how we did it in the sixties (with a much bigger budget) and how they’re doing it now. One thing that I still don’t understand about the latest attempt a couple months ago though is why the communication was so sketchy as they approached the moon. Seems like that would be better now. I’m also unclear on why the toxic chemicals used back in the day can’t be used today - at least in the vacuum of the lunar surface.

  • @Clone683
    @Clone683 2 місяці тому +11

    A problem is NASA in the 60s was very much the wild west, they took risks that would just be unpalatable now. I think Neil Armstrong himself said he thought he had a 50/50 chance of making it back.

    • @samsonsoturian6013
      @samsonsoturian6013 2 місяці тому +6

      They also had orders of magnitude more budget

    • @hockeyguy820
      @hockeyguy820 2 місяці тому +3

      This is very true. Chuck Yeager's autobiography gives a great account of what things were like in the 40's, 50's and 60's, the prevailing attitudes, and the risks taken. Muroc air force base (now Edwards) ran out of streets to be named after dead test pilots.

    • @davidsoom1551
      @davidsoom1551 2 місяці тому

      He also said he couldn't see stars in cis lunar space. We live in the Milky Way by God!

    • @raytrevor1
      @raytrevor1 2 місяці тому +1

      I thought he said that it was a 50/50 chance of success. ie. they may not be able to achieve the landing.

    • @hockeyguy820
      @hockeyguy820 2 місяці тому

      @@raytrevor1: One of their abort contingencies was to fire the ascent engine of the LM in case they got into trouble during descent. For example if fuel ran out in the descent stage tanks and they were starting to drop. I believe the only time that maneuver was actually performed was during Apollo 10 when an intentional partial descent to within a certain distance of the lunar surface was done. Luckily it was not needed after that.

  • @boredgrass
    @boredgrass 2 місяці тому +6

    Without intention to complain! I'm delighted to see you back! I was getting a bit concerned! Hope you are well!

  • @sydtreasure8305
    @sydtreasure8305 2 місяці тому

    Marvellous video with an excellent ending. Thankyou so much for your time 😊

  • @royharkins7066
    @royharkins7066 2 місяці тому +2

    Well done on that superb closing , I wonder where we’d be now ❤

  • @gbot9000
    @gbot9000 16 днів тому +4

    I came here entirely for the comments……

  • @robsin2810
    @robsin2810 2 місяці тому +4

    Loved the bit at the end… Spending too much money, on how to kill each other. So true.👍🇦🇺🙏

    • @sunnyjim1355
      @sunnyjim1355 2 місяці тому

      Yes, because if only we'd 'give peace a chance' we'd all live happily ever after. 🙄 Classic liberal delusion based on an utopian fantasy.

  • @Hugging_Cactus
    @Hugging_Cactus 25 днів тому

    miss this channel. i hope you are recovering well sir. great work!! ❤

  • @EgonSorensen
    @EgonSorensen 2 місяці тому +2

    Objective AI: Land on the grund with the right side up.
    Operational AI: I apologize for any confusion....

  • @Firkinnel
    @Firkinnel 2 місяці тому +11

    I wonder why they haven't tried landing on the Sun.

    • @Firkinnel
      @Firkinnel 2 місяці тому +15

      I know it is hot but they could do it at night !

    • @willywonka4340
      @willywonka4340 2 місяці тому +1

      ​@@Firkinnel Ba-Dum-Tss!!

  • @prodelboy2743
    @prodelboy2743 2 місяці тому +1

    Well said at the end. Great vid. Much love from Northern Ireland

  • @captainzac24
    @captainzac24 2 місяці тому +5

    I'm not gonna unsub because of one ad read but I can't keep watching videos that are helpinng make the internet worse. I'm not saying AI tech is evil but it's being used to flood the internet with low quality trash

  • @majoraccentr
    @majoraccentr 2 місяці тому +3

    Usually I like these videos but the sponsor kills it for me. You can do better in the sponsors you choose.

  • @ruud9767
    @ruud9767 2 місяці тому +2

    Very interesting. Thanks!

  • @thorin1045
    @thorin1045 Місяць тому +1

    "like we forget how to do it after so much spent on it"
    in part yes, we forget that it needed massive support and insane amount of money. the current ones that tries and fails (or succeed) are made on the budget of an ant farm compared to the apollo and similar projects. and most tries it without much prior knowledge on their own, yes, we have the general knowledge on how to do it, but very little practical one, with almost no budget for anything. the few who make it work are the strange ones, not the failures.

  • @stur5170
    @stur5170 2 місяці тому +4

    Excellent video as always!
    One thing though - as far as I'm aware, that $4.2 bil fee for Artemis 1 statement is a little bit dubious, as it includes R&D cost of the Orion-SLS.
    Not unlike saying the first shuttle launch costed the whole shuttle programme's R&D cost to that point; which isn't a fair assessment.

  • @kenon6968
    @kenon6968 2 місяці тому +5

    it blows my mind that they did all this essentially with slide rules

  • @jackaroo85
    @jackaroo85 2 місяці тому +1

    Thank u for the statement at the end!

  • @Allan_aka_RocKITEman
    @Allan_aka_RocKITEman 2 місяці тому

    Great video, Paul...👍

  • @carbon_no6
    @carbon_no6 2 місяці тому +4

    In my opinion Curious Droid makes the best videos on UA-cam!

    • @fishstix4209
      @fishstix4209 2 місяці тому +2

      Or apparently, he may be very descriptive to an ai....

    • @Wayoutthere
      @Wayoutthere 2 місяці тому

      Nope, A.I will and he advertised them... Talk about shooting yourself in te foot.

  • @sirvivor_1974
    @sirvivor_1974 2 місяці тому +10

    UA-camrs accepting AI video generators as sponsors seems like digging your own grave happily. Sad to see that on this reputable channel.

  • @johnhuldt
    @johnhuldt 2 місяці тому

    Great video. Thank you!

  • @loddude5706
    @loddude5706 2 місяці тому +1

    I'd like to see AI's take on 'Duck & Cover' . . .

  • @rauladdams5709
    @rauladdams5709 2 місяці тому +4

    AI companies are a bad sponsor. Bad faith, inherently.

  • @serious_filip522
    @serious_filip522 2 місяці тому +6

    I can't believe you're promoting Ai crap

  • @45NUTS_PART_DEUX
    @45NUTS_PART_DEUX 2 місяці тому +38

    AI will never taste in cloths selections you wear .

  • @AlainSylvestre
    @AlainSylvestre 2 місяці тому

    very good explanation. Thank

  • @campsitesweden
    @campsitesweden 2 місяці тому

    Interesting perspective!

  • @jackrabbithmb
    @jackrabbithmb 2 місяці тому +3

    Echoing a lot of the comments i am seeing about your sponsorship choice. As a science communicator who works hard to educate your audience, and does a great job of it, why promote the thing that is used so widely for disinformation?

  • @silvanski
    @silvanski 2 місяці тому +3

    We need a new batch of cool-headed testpilots like Neil Armstrong.

  • @TreyVaswal
    @TreyVaswal 2 місяці тому +1

    Oooh, kangaroos not trash bins. For a few moments I was like, 'An experimental trash bin? And why does it get up and move around?'

  • @andymouse
    @andymouse 2 місяці тому +3

    Even after what you said, which was great by the way I still can't understand why there are so many fuckups ? a modern car can back into a garage and tell you the distance to the bloody wall !!.....cheers.

    • @David-yo5ws
      @David-yo5ws 2 місяці тому +1

      As I am an unemployed and nearly retired person, who holds a sLiGht grudge, I would suggest the young business managers are not smart enough to get 'Grandads' input on the design at the early stages. "Look here son, get rid of the complexity and just have two lights shining down from each side on the surface. When it's a dot, the camera has the height. Just like they did on the Dambusters in 1945." 🤔"Think that will work pop?"

    • @andymouse
      @andymouse 2 місяці тому

      :)@@David-yo5ws

  • @MarcoRoepers
    @MarcoRoepers 2 місяці тому +3

    The succes of Apollo is not only due to the incredible amount of money but also showing a great ability to organize . I have some doubts if we have today the same ability.

  • @Dr.Schlitz
    @Dr.Schlitz 2 місяці тому +2

    Um, they should just add a pneumatic ram to right the lander when it tips over. I’m sure there’s some spares left over from Battlebots.

  • @A3Kr0n
    @A3Kr0n 2 місяці тому +2

    The farther you stray from where you should be, the harder it is to get there. Otherwise you would be there already.

  • @CerdurTV
    @CerdurTV 2 місяці тому +11

    if you need an AI video bot, then you don't have anything insightful to contribute to society

  • @spunkmire2664
    @spunkmire2664 2 місяці тому +3

    We did it a number of times in the 60s-70s with only 4 LANDING LEGS and fraction of the compute cycles. perhaps less is more when it comes to over complicating machines. Thats why the human element was a fight to keep in program at first.

    • @Hobbes746
      @Hobbes746 2 місяці тому

      IM-1 failed because of a dumb mistake during final assembly. NASA had its fair share of dumb mistakes in the late 1950s, and learned from them.

  • @NovaDeb
    @NovaDeb Місяць тому

    Very interesting video!

  • @bondisteve3617
    @bondisteve3617 2 місяці тому +1

    Wow Droid! thanks.

  • @baslifico
    @baslifico 2 місяці тому +4

    You could at least mark a timestamp to skip past the adverts...

  • @STho205
    @STho205 2 місяці тому +5

    There was a time China were the greatest navigators in the world....then they stopped.
    There was a time when Italian and Portuguese sailors were the envy of all Europe.
    When Norwegians were the great explorers of the Americas
    There was a time The Netherlands was the largest commercial commonwealth.
    There was a time Norwegian expeditions got to big international trophy targets.
    All of that passed over time. Nobody forgot how to do it, like the fall of Rome is celebrated by historians (not by engineers and architects though who know knowledge continued).
    Eventually times change and objectives do too.
    We're going back because the Chinese are....that is the only reason....just like the 1960s because the USSR were going.

    • @patosentado9665
      @patosentado9665 2 місяці тому

      Spanish did nothing?

    • @frederickvondinkerberg7721
      @frederickvondinkerberg7721 2 місяці тому

      The Chinese also stopped inventing things after paper and china tea bowls

    • @STho205
      @STho205 2 місяці тому

      @@patosentado9665 Spain borrowed Portuguese and Italian sailors to get going after 1491. England and Scotland borrowed Dutch design and navigation.

  • @gregbrookman
    @gregbrookman Місяць тому +1

    Fantastic video as always Paul. Your last point about developing ways to kill each other rather than carrying on the lunar projects was especially poignant.

  • @chriskelvin248
    @chriskelvin248 Місяць тому +1

    For All Mankind. We somehow skipped off the atmosphere of that reality into this one. Fkn bean counters without an appreciation of the achievements.

  • @will891410
    @will891410 2 місяці тому +4

    People need to land more on the Moon.

  • @christodoulosst
    @christodoulosst 2 місяці тому +4

    “Nasa is using subcontractors... ". oh, boy(eing)...

    • @Hobbes746
      @Hobbes746 2 місяці тому +3

      NASA has always used subcontractors.

    • @ArKritz84
      @ArKritz84 2 місяці тому +2

      That's what the last A in NASA means.

  • @ScottLahteine
    @ScottLahteine 2 місяці тому

    Since we apparently can't manage to slow down enough laterally, all future lunar landers should have longer and more springy legs that splay out much wider to eliminate any possibility of tipping over. Or just make the lander spherical with most of the weight concentrated on the bottom of the sphere.

  • @CujoHyer
    @CujoHyer 2 місяці тому

    I like to imagine I'm sitting in the lobby of a doctor's office waiting for my appointment, and the person to come out and get me, and this guy sits down beside me, and just tells me the entire story in this video without asking me if I'd like to hear it or not. Including the Ad portion, as well. Then the person calls my name, and I just kinda get up and slowly walk away to go get checked up.

  • @weshard1
    @weshard1 2 місяці тому +5

    Please don’t endorse that AI shit. I’m disappointed by that.

    • @michaeldunham3385
      @michaeldunham3385 2 місяці тому

      It's the future

    • @norgeek
      @norgeek 2 місяці тому +2

      So is the extinction of humanity, doesn't need to be celebrated or expedited though

  • @neogenmatrix6162
    @neogenmatrix6162 2 місяці тому +4

    There is a reason behind this because the computer is not good enough to land on the moon a human pilot is 10 times better as they have reactions that surpass computers. That is why every moon landing was perfect or almost perfect. It was not done by computer it was done by hand with a joystick and thruster control. A computer overcompensates where a human would be that's just enough. And vice versa.

    • @peterhaan9068
      @peterhaan9068 2 місяці тому +1

      That's "now" thinking! In a couple of years, once the AI's start designing and building themselves, humans can go back to what they were best at and that is picking small tasty insects off of each others skin!

    • @Hobbes746
      @Hobbes746 2 місяці тому

      Nope. The computers are good enough. IM-1 and SLIM both suffered major hardware failures that would have doomed a manned landing attempt.

    • @gunternetzer9621
      @gunternetzer9621 25 днів тому

      Indeed. The computer was ‘blind’ and couldn’t compensate for sudden increases in gravity fields, it could put the lunar module down in a crater or on a steep slope, so the commander always took manual control in the last minute or so to ensure as safe a landing as possible.

  • @overkillphil514
    @overkillphil514 2 місяці тому +1

    I just tried Invideo AI with a specific script and instead of using what I wrote, it made up a bunch of other lines all by itself and even repeated itself. Then I told it to remove the generated ad-libs and stick to the script provided. Then it made another video with even more made up parts and changed the original script with alternative adjectives. Very odd.

  • @meyou6556
    @meyou6556 2 місяці тому

    I like your Farscape reference in the splash page

  • @Bora1333
    @Bora1333 2 місяці тому +33

    Come on man, I like AI as much as the next guy, but don't advertise that shit as a self respecting creator.

    • @extragoogleaccount6061
      @extragoogleaccount6061 2 місяці тому

      It will suck when AI videos flood platforms....but everyones response is still pretty harsh. Am I missing something?

    • @mondodimotori
      @mondodimotori 2 місяці тому

      @@extragoogleaccount6061The platform has been flooded by shitty contents for more than 10 years.

    • @Wayoutthere
      @Wayoutthere 2 місяці тому +1

      @@extragoogleaccount6061 Because at this time you can still tell the difference. In 2 years time you cannot and most ppl are just not savvy or critical enough, and stop caring.

  • @petterlarsson7257
    @petterlarsson7257 2 місяці тому +2

    15:38 we will not have bases on mars.

  • @firestorm755
    @firestorm755 2 місяці тому

    Great vid