As you can tell, the audio quality in this video leaves a little to be desired, and it probably won't improve for the next few videos I post. This is one of a backlog of 10 total videos that I recorded back in the summer & I'm only now getting around to editing and releasing. I was really figuring things out as I went along - I'm a total newborn with video & audio editing. There'll be another few weeks of videos at this quality level before I start making and releasing videos with the advice all my commenters offered me on my previous video (the Utah fake town). Thank you all for helping me with this, and with your help, I'll work things out! Like the OTRAG rocket, Tor's Cabinet of Curiosities is gonna blow up!
Keep up the good work dawg I’m willing to watch 10 videos with subpar audio (genuinely not that bad actually) if it means you keep making videos as good as the Utah one and I’m sure this one is good too I haven’t finished yet. I love the theme song thing you have after your intro
This is great! You're gonna make it big with this one, kiddo. 😊 I love the little bubble with the related pictures, but could you make it like double size, so I don't have to squint my old dry eyeballs bc God forbid I have to put the glasses on bc I can't find them and the wife is away and I can't find that button that make th
These seem very high quality and well researched, but it feels like there's a distinct lack of cited sources. I don't think you're doing a plagiarism or anything, but when you have stories as wild and interesting as these ones, its super nice to have a list of sources as a baseline for doing more research. Like, "Bringing Christianity to Martians is one of the main missions of the program" is a banger quote that deserves a citation.
Sure! Here are some of my sources: www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/zambian-space-programme www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-zambian-afronaut-who-wanted-to-join-the-space-race (by far the most in-depth source, written by Namwali Serpell, who I cited in the video) blogs.bootsnall.com/theglobaltrip/updates/DSC00988marsprogramV.JPG (an op-ed by Nkoloso himself in which he talks about bringing Christianity to Martians)
@@kateapple1 yeah I HEAVILY doubt the original commenter set out to be a troll, they likely just wanted to see the sources to do their own research into the topic without any type of ill will towards Tor
I find it interesting that having animals on board was for keeping the afronauts company where as every other space program uses them as expendable test subjects. If this was satirical then I see it as a lovely bit of commentary.
i am very in love with these videos, they're all so interesting and i can't quite put my finger on what exactly it is, but the homemade feel/editing style/general vibes are great. also enjoying the long intro and outro music :3
Great stuff man. I've never seen anyone talking even remotely this deeply about the Zambian space program before. All I've ever seen is people covering the surface level facts and poking fun at it (Granted it's not like I've sought out content relating to it before). Regardless, you've got some great potential here, keep making videos.
At first I could go either way on this because there's some pretty crazy people in this world with some pretty crazy ideas, who don't care if reality cooperates or not. But then I got to the second half of the video going into Nkoloso's life. Really great job.
Frankly, all 13 people involved there probably looked back on it in the way of "you know, that was a great time" Whether it was a serious endevour to reach Mars, or a satirical play on the great powers, the people involved probably had fun along the way, in what otherwise may have been difficult or uninteresting lives. To me at least, no matter how successful they were in their goals, it seems at least somewhat worth the time.
You’re seriously one of the best storytellers I’ve ever seen. From choice of topic to script writing to emphasizing the humanity of the people you cover, you got it all. This is the third video of yours I’ve teared up at, and I’m ready for so many more to come ❤ (also love to see another Portlander in the wild)
I think it's likely that we will never really know 100% fore sure. I feel like he might have been resentful of how much colonialism had prevented Zambians from being able to pursue science (idk I think about the reported comment he made while on the plane, and people today might think that he was stupid, but they should consider that he literally grew up as a second class citizen in an apartheid state). Space travel was clearly something that would not be able to be prioritized in the country until long after the main space race had ended, which may have been a factor too. I'm not really sure, and it's possible he had very conflicting feelings and motivations himself. I don't think it was ultimately a 100% legitimate, serious program but I do think that his interest and passion for science and space were real.
Lol yeah “colonization” is what kept them from pursuing science. They had such a rich scientific history full of discovery and invention before the evil colonists took it all away
I was trying to figure out why there was a cross on his portrait like wad that the only pic you could find of him until I figured out you tapped a green speech bubble to the wall 😭
Quality Note: I run ALL my audio through the FREE Bandlab Mixer App. 1: upload mp4 to free bandlab app. 2: use the 5 band graphic EQ. 3: Adjust volume AND Gain. 4. Save File. 5. Publish and make private. 6. Download. 7. Add "mixed" audio file BACK onto the mp4 video. A 1 hour spoken file would take me aprox15 mins to mix and fix. Many examples here on my youtube of spoken word vids and music videos. OR: Move that microphone to where it goes. Ie: about a foot in front of yer mouth.
It looks like bandlab uses the opensource ffmpeg on the backend(pretty much every audio program does). You could look thru their github and figure what settings they use. then you could do the exact same thing with a single line on the command prompt.
Here in the 2020s we’re definitely in the dawn of the age of the charismatic space programs-or as I like to call them, the Rocket Barons-but it’s kinda nifty to hear that Africa came up with the idea way before the western world did 😅
Didn't realize until you mentioned it. Saw the utah video and loved it. I've been interested in zambias space pogram since I've first heard of it 6 months ago.
Who are you? Who’s this kid, what’s he gonna do? Look, like many I subscribed when the phantom cities video showed up on my feed unannounced. Today I was looking for a good story well told. One hour later, I’m floored. The amount of research and, even more importantly, the combination of intelligence and heart you apply to your stories are a rare thing. I got emotional at several points in this video. Can you just please age a little so I can say, hey, I spotted that phenomenal mind when he was a young UA-camr with a Formica table and a durian.
Toe to toe Dancing very close Barely breathing Almost comatose Wall to wall People hypnotized And they're stepping lightly Hang each night in rapture Back to back Sacroiliac Spineless movement And a wild attack Face to face Sightless solitude And it's finger popping Twenty-four hour shopping in rapture Fab Five Freddy told me everybody's fly DJ spinnin' I said, "My my" Flash is fast, Flash is cool François c'est pas, Flash ain't no dude And you don't stop, sure shot Go out to the parking lot And you get in your car and drive real far And you drive all night and then you see a light And it comes right down and it lands on the ground And out comes a man from Mars And you try to run but he's got a gun And he shoots you dead and he eats your head And then you're in the man from Mars You go out at night eatin' cars You eat Cadillacs, Lincolns too Mercurys and Subaru And you don't stop, you keep on eatin' cars Then, when there's no more cars you go out at night And eat up bars where the people meet Face to face, dance cheek to cheek One to one, man to man Dance toe to toe, don't move too slow 'Cause the man from Mars is through with cars He's eatin' bars, yeah wall to wall Door to door, hall to hall He's gonna eat 'em all Rapture, be pure Take a tour through the sewer Don't strain your brain, paint a train You'll be singin' in the rain Said don't stop to punk rock Well now you see what you wanna be Just have your party on TV 'Cause the man from Mars won't eat up bars where the TV's on Now he's gone back up to space Where he won't have a hassle with the human race And you hip-hop, and you don't stop Just blast off, sure shot 'Cause the man from Mars stopped eatin' cars and eatin' bars And now he only eats guitars, get up
The whole ‘we need to go to mars and convert the natives there’ as an aspect of the program certainly reads as satirical to me coming from an anti-colonial activist.
futuretor wouldn’t have missed the opportunity to joke that “space cat training” likely involved chucking the poor guys in oil barrels and fliging them around
Oh yah, new video about the Zambian space program! Well not new new but I haven't seen it before. feel like I've seen this program mentioned on another video somewhere, though it may have been a written article. Wish I could remember where that was.
The only thing that gives it away is a joke is the band. They had a band. Otherwise, people are ridiculous, and it could absolutely be true. The world is filled with flat earthers and other equally delusional people. That isn't Africans, that's people everywhere. At least this one understood that space is real and people can go there, even if he was serious. Which I don't think he was at this point, rather an absolute master of tomfoolery The racism is probably more thinking anyone else is immune to that kind of ridiculousness
Secretly training guérilla freedom fighters against colonial control while also taking the piss out of said colonizers as a cover sounds so cool I choose to believe it’s true
Great video Zanesville Ohio is a really beautiful place I used to live there. The y bridge is awesome and the place is just good vibes from what I can remember.
So, now that space travel is becoming (relatively) more affordable, is there any discussion of reviving the Zambian Space Program? Presumably there is now a larger number of educated personnel available to work on such a project. A partnership with a private sector company may be an option to consider to finally move this forward.
@@lettuceshredder9225 Dezik (Дезик) and Tsygan (Цыган, "Gypsy") were the first dogs to make a sub-orbital flight and successfully recovered on 22 July 1951
It's a matter of semantics. Laika was the first to *orbit* the earth, but Tsygan and Dezik were the first on a suborbital trajectory that reached the karmen line
@@OutbackCatgirl the difference between orbital and sub-orbital is if it goes around the earth at least one time to complete at least one orbit. They are both space flights. In space.
Toe to toe Dancing very close Barely breathing Almost comatose Wall to wall People hypnotized And they're stepping lightly Hang each night in rapture Back to back Sacroiliac Spineless movement And a wild attack Face to face Sightless solitude And it's finger popping Twenty-four hour shopping in rapture Fab Five Freddy told me everybody's fly DJ spinnin' I said, "My my" Flash is fast, Flash is cool François c'est pas, Flash ain't no dude And you don't stop, sure shot Go out to the parking lot And you get in your car and drive real far And you drive all night and then you see a light And it comes right down and it lands on the ground And out comes a man from Mars And you try to run but he's got a gun And he shoots you dead and he eats your head And then you're in the man from Mars You go out at night eatin' cars You eat Cadillacs, Lincolns too Mercurys and Subaru And you don't stop, you keep on eatin' cars Then, when there's no more cars you go out at night And eat up bars where the people meet Face to face, dance cheek to cheek One to one, man to man Dance toe to toe, don't move too slow 'Cause the man from Mars is through with cars He's eatin' bars, yeah wall to wall Door to door, hall to hall He's gonna eat 'em all Rapture, be pure Take a tour through the sewer Don't strain your brain, paint a train You'll be singin' in the rain Said don't stop to punk rock Well now you see what you wanna be Just have your party on TV 'Cause the man from Mars won't eat up bars where the TV's on Now he's gone back up to space Where he won't have a hassle with the human race And you hip-hop, and you don't stop Just blast off, sure shot 'Cause the man from Mars stopped eatin' cars and eatin' bars And now he only eats guitars, get up
As you can tell, the audio quality in this video leaves a little to be desired, and it probably won't improve for the next few videos I post. This is one of a backlog of 10 total videos that I recorded back in the summer & I'm only now getting around to editing and releasing. I was really figuring things out as I went along - I'm a total newborn with video & audio editing. There'll be another few weeks of videos at this quality level before I start making and releasing videos with the advice all my commenters offered me on my previous video (the Utah fake town). Thank you all for helping me with this, and with your help, I'll work things out! Like the OTRAG rocket, Tor's Cabinet of Curiosities is gonna blow up!
Keep up the good work dawg I’m willing to watch 10 videos with subpar audio (genuinely not that bad actually) if it means you keep making videos as good as the Utah one and I’m sure this one is good too I haven’t finished yet.
I love the theme song thing you have after your intro
This is great! You're gonna make it big with this one, kiddo. 😊
I love the little bubble with the related pictures, but could you make it like double size, so I don't have to squint my old dry eyeballs bc God forbid I have to put the glasses on bc I can't find them and the wife is away and I can't find that button that make th
@@Projectdarke yeah, making the talk bubble bigger is definitely an improvement I already had in mind. It's not as visible as I hoped.
I hope the best for this channel. You've got a ton of potential. Can't wait to see how this develops.
These seem very high quality and well researched, but it feels like there's a distinct lack of cited sources. I don't think you're doing a plagiarism or anything, but when you have stories as wild and interesting as these ones, its super nice to have a list of sources as a baseline for doing more research. Like, "Bringing Christianity to Martians is one of the main missions of the program" is a banger quote that deserves a citation.
Sure! Here are some of my sources:
www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/zambian-space-programme
www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-zambian-afronaut-who-wanted-to-join-the-space-race (by far the most in-depth source, written by Namwali Serpell, who I cited in the video)
blogs.bootsnall.com/theglobaltrip/updates/DSC00988marsprogramV.JPG (an op-ed by Nkoloso himself in which he talks about bringing Christianity to Martians)
22:22
@@torscabinetofcuriositiesway to smack an internet troll down 😂 👏 where yer sources, mannnn 🥴
@@kateapple1 yeah I HEAVILY doubt the original commenter set out to be a troll, they likely just wanted to see the sources to do their own research into the topic without any type of ill will towards Tor
@@kateapple1like the zambian space program this comment is too absurd not to be a joke but no matter how much i think about it i still dont get it
I find it interesting that having animals on board was for keeping the afronauts company where as every other space program uses them as expendable test subjects.
If this was satirical then I see it as a lovely bit of commentary.
'The Afronauts' would make an excellent psychedelic rock band name.
It's diabolical, truly.
It exists, The Shaolin Afronauts!
I was thinking it sounded like a '70's Blaxploitation movie lol
this is quickly becoming one of my favorite channels ily tor
You know…he probably said the thing about mars needing Christianity thinking churches would donate.
Great videos, interesting topics! It would be nice if the "thought bubble" with footage was a little bigger :)
i am very in love with these videos, they're all so interesting and i can't quite put my finger on what exactly it is, but the homemade feel/editing style/general vibes are great.
also enjoying the long intro and outro music :3
also appreciating the subtitles!
Great stuff man. I've never seen anyone talking even remotely this deeply about the Zambian space program before. All I've ever seen is people covering the surface level facts and poking fun at it (Granted it's not like I've sought out content relating to it before). Regardless, you've got some great potential here, keep making videos.
now this is peak youtube
I agree I love this kid
At first I could go either way on this because there's some pretty crazy people in this world with some pretty crazy ideas, who don't care if reality cooperates or not.
But then I got to the second half of the video going into Nkoloso's life.
Really great job.
Frankly, all 13 people involved there probably looked back on it in the way of "you know, that was a great time" Whether it was a serious endevour to reach Mars, or a satirical play on the great powers, the people involved probably had fun along the way, in what otherwise may have been difficult or uninteresting lives. To me at least, no matter how successful they were in their goals, it seems at least somewhat worth the time.
You’re seriously one of the best storytellers I’ve ever seen. From choice of topic to script writing to emphasizing the humanity of the people you cover, you got it all. This is the third video of yours I’ve teared up at, and I’m ready for so many more to come ❤
(also love to see another Portlander in the wild)
your narrative is so goooood.
I came for the fake town and stayed for this
7 minutes in and this is already the greatest thing I've ever seen.
honestly amazing video. i love you!
I think it's likely that we will never really know 100% fore sure. I feel like he might have been resentful of how much colonialism had prevented Zambians from being able to pursue science (idk I think about the reported comment he made while on the plane, and people today might think that he was stupid, but they should consider that he literally grew up as a second class citizen in an apartheid state). Space travel was clearly something that would not be able to be prioritized in the country until long after the main space race had ended, which may have been a factor too. I'm not really sure, and it's possible he had very conflicting feelings and motivations himself. I don't think it was ultimately a 100% legitimate, serious program but I do think that his interest and passion for science and space were real.
Lol yeah “colonization” is what kept them from pursuing science. They had such a rich scientific history full of discovery and invention before the evil colonists took it all away
I really like your videos, these have all been great.
I was trying to figure out why there was a cross on his portrait like wad that the only pic you could find of him until I figured out you tapped a green speech bubble to the wall 😭
I love your videos!!
your channel is just great, man, keep it up!!
Quality Note:
I run ALL my audio through the FREE Bandlab Mixer App.
1: upload mp4 to free bandlab app.
2: use the 5 band graphic EQ.
3: Adjust volume AND Gain.
4. Save File.
5. Publish and make private.
6. Download.
7. Add "mixed" audio file BACK onto the mp4 video.
A 1 hour spoken file would take me aprox15 mins to mix and fix.
Many examples here on my youtube of spoken word vids and music videos.
OR: Move that microphone to where it goes. Ie: about a foot in front of yer mouth.
It looks like bandlab uses the opensource ffmpeg on the backend(pretty much every audio program does). You could look thru their github and figure what settings they use. then you could do the exact same thing with a single line on the command prompt.
Here in the 2020s we’re definitely in the dawn of the age of the charismatic space programs-or as I like to call them, the Rocket Barons-but it’s kinda nifty to hear that Africa came up with the idea way before the western world did 😅
Checked out a couple of your vids, and really enjoyed them. Looking forward to how your channel improves in the future. Good luck!
Didn't realize until you mentioned it. Saw the utah video and loved it. I've been interested in zambias space pogram since I've first heard of it 6 months ago.
Who are you? Who’s this kid, what’s he gonna do? Look, like many I subscribed when the phantom cities video showed up on my feed unannounced. Today I was looking for a good story well told. One hour later, I’m floored. The amount of research and, even more importantly, the combination of intelligence and heart you apply to your stories are a rare thing. I got emotional at several points in this video. Can you just please age a little so I can say, hey, I spotted that phenomenal mind when he was a young UA-camr with a Formica table and a durian.
Toe to toe
Dancing very close
Barely breathing
Almost comatose
Wall to wall
People hypnotized
And they're stepping lightly
Hang each night in rapture
Back to back
Sacroiliac
Spineless movement
And a wild attack
Face to face
Sightless solitude
And it's finger popping
Twenty-four hour shopping in rapture
Fab Five Freddy told me everybody's fly
DJ spinnin' I said, "My my"
Flash is fast, Flash is cool
François c'est pas, Flash ain't no dude
And you don't stop, sure shot
Go out to the parking lot
And you get in your car and drive real far
And you drive all night and then you see a light
And it comes right down and it lands on the ground
And out comes a man from Mars
And you try to run but he's got a gun
And he shoots you dead and he eats your head
And then you're in the man from Mars
You go out at night eatin' cars
You eat Cadillacs, Lincolns too
Mercurys and Subaru
And you don't stop, you keep on eatin' cars
Then, when there's no more cars you go out at night
And eat up bars where the people meet
Face to face, dance cheek to cheek
One to one, man to man
Dance toe to toe, don't move too slow
'Cause the man from Mars is through with cars
He's eatin' bars, yeah wall to wall
Door to door, hall to hall
He's gonna eat 'em all
Rapture, be pure
Take a tour through the sewer
Don't strain your brain, paint a train
You'll be singin' in the rain
Said don't stop to punk rock
Well now you see what you wanna be
Just have your party on TV
'Cause the man from Mars won't eat up bars where the TV's on
Now he's gone back up to space
Where he won't have a hassle with the human race
And you hip-hop, and you don't stop
Just blast off, sure shot
'Cause the man from Mars stopped eatin' cars and eatin' bars
And now he only eats guitars, get up
Zambia has some of the best rock music. Comment reader, I compel you to look up 'zamrock.' My favorites are Witch, Salty Dog, and Crossbones.
Fantastic vid!
I love the idea that Nkoloso was trolling 😂
The timing of that mouth click 😂 5:11
The whole ‘we need to go to mars and convert the natives there’ as an aspect of the program certainly reads as satirical to me coming from an anti-colonial activist.
Awesome Job man
futuretor wouldn’t have missed the opportunity to joke that “space cat training” likely involved chucking the poor guys in oil barrels and fliging them around
Now he only eats guitars.
Absolutely astronomical bro
Oh yah, new video about the Zambian space program! Well not new new but I haven't seen it before.
feel like I've seen this program mentioned on another video somewhere, though it may have been a written article. Wish I could remember where that was.
afronauts?? thats badass wtf
It hasnt mattered for a lot of videos. But with this one I had to keep pausing to go look up those tiny little speech bubble pictures.
fascinating. thank you.
The only thing that gives it away is a joke is the band. They had a band. Otherwise, people are ridiculous, and it could absolutely be true. The world is filled with flat earthers and other equally delusional people. That isn't Africans, that's people everywhere. At least this one understood that space is real and people can go there, even if he was serious. Which I don't think he was at this point, rather an absolute master of tomfoolery
The racism is probably more thinking anyone else is immune to that kind of ridiculousness
The entire lyrics to "Rapture" by Blondie!
He probably always was a little crazy and when given authority and freedom to do whatever his mind went off(to the mars).
Secretly training guérilla freedom fighters against colonial control while also taking the piss out of said colonizers as a cover sounds so cool I choose to believe it’s true
what song is that at the very beginning of the video i must know
hi! it is tiyende pamodzi - kenneth kaunda ^_^
@@luckymackerel777 thank you :D
Good video
the entire lyrics to "Rapture" by Blondie
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I wouldn't go to space if they paid me for one lol
Great video Zanesville Ohio is a really beautiful place I used to live there. The y bridge is awesome and the place is just good vibes from what I can remember.
Echos .... of the past. Subbed
*dab* just came from mystery town :3c right on time
He sounds more like Africa's Johnny Knoxville
Post-irony, take the joke so far it becomes almost real
So, now that space travel is becoming (relatively) more affordable, is there any discussion of reviving the Zambian Space Program? Presumably there is now a larger number of educated personnel available to work on such a project. A partnership with a private sector company may be an option to consider to finally move this forward.
In an extremely poor place? It's unlikely. The money would better be spent on infrastructure.
This
The real Wakanda
laika is not the first dog in space and is not commonly cited as such. she is commonly just called that by people not using citations
what dog was?
Everything I’m finding online still says Laika.
@@lettuceshredder9225 Dezik (Дезик) and Tsygan (Цыган, "Gypsy") were the first dogs to make a sub-orbital flight and successfully recovered on 22 July 1951
It's a matter of semantics. Laika was the first to *orbit* the earth, but Tsygan and Dezik were the first on a suborbital trajectory that reached the karmen line
@@OutbackCatgirl the difference between orbital and sub-orbital is if it goes around the earth at least one time to complete at least one orbit. They are both space flights. In space.
Hey brother no hate, but you’re giving Edna from the incredibles. Please consider adjusting your style.
Spread love. Not your legs.
I agree, although I don’t see how strange yellow bumps and bizarre, engorged lips says “Edna” anyway the guy with glasses looks just fine to me
Forget that, rock the 70's vibe!
@@Tinyshinysnakeno time like the old times
We goin to mars with barrels Karbala time
Toe to toe
Dancing very close
Barely breathing
Almost comatose
Wall to wall
People hypnotized
And they're stepping lightly
Hang each night in rapture
Back to back
Sacroiliac
Spineless movement
And a wild attack
Face to face
Sightless solitude
And it's finger popping
Twenty-four hour shopping in rapture
Fab Five Freddy told me everybody's fly
DJ spinnin' I said, "My my"
Flash is fast, Flash is cool
François c'est pas, Flash ain't no dude
And you don't stop, sure shot
Go out to the parking lot
And you get in your car and drive real far
And you drive all night and then you see a light
And it comes right down and it lands on the ground
And out comes a man from Mars
And you try to run but he's got a gun
And he shoots you dead and he eats your head
And then you're in the man from Mars
You go out at night eatin' cars
You eat Cadillacs, Lincolns too
Mercurys and Subaru
And you don't stop, you keep on eatin' cars
Then, when there's no more cars you go out at night
And eat up bars where the people meet
Face to face, dance cheek to cheek
One to one, man to man
Dance toe to toe, don't move too slow
'Cause the man from Mars is through with cars
He's eatin' bars, yeah wall to wall
Door to door, hall to hall
He's gonna eat 'em all
Rapture, be pure
Take a tour through the sewer
Don't strain your brain, paint a train
You'll be singin' in the rain
Said don't stop to punk rock
Well now you see what you wanna be
Just have your party on TV
'Cause the man from Mars won't eat up bars where the TV's on
Now he's gone back up to space
Where he won't have a hassle with the human race
And you hip-hop, and you don't stop
Just blast off, sure shot
'Cause the man from Mars stopped eatin' cars and eatin' bars
And now he only eats guitars, get up