I know he’s a fictional character, but I was still heartbroken by the season finale. Both actors did a wonderful job portraying these heroic characters.
The shuttle was partly forced upon NASA by the Air Force, who wanted the vehicle to be significantly larger than originally intended, making the resulting system WAY more expensive and less reusable than the original designs.
Gordo left Jamestown broken, delusional, and depressed. He came back happy, confident, full of life and on a mission to get the love of his life back. I should've known the series will break my heart by the end of the season.
When gordo went to Tracy’s fiancé’s house and told him her was going to the moon to get his wife back I cheered out loud. This was the defining moment that gordo became my hero.
Those are not background music, the awesomeness of this scene just makes the vacuum of space start generating AC/DC also spoiler alert. the last words between the two bobs: E: I am proud of you man. G: Thanks, couldn't do it without you. (slap in the face) E: God speed. time for the tear work
@@johnneveu1718 especially after in season 1 where the Apollo rocket blew up and killed Gene Krantz. After that scene, I realized that this show isn’t scared to kill anyone off.
Gordo by far had one of the greatest character arcs of the series. From a guy testing the limits of man in space, to a depressed veteran of the space race, to a Phoenix rising from his failures and facing that which he feared for so long: space
@@Perserra Totally agree. FAM is da bomb. I remember watching it in real life as a kid. I was 5 years old when Armstrong stepped onto the moon. Watched it on TV!!! He has captured that era beautifully....
It's also used for Passenger transfer only. Cargo goes by Sea Dragon. So they can use much of their payload capacity for additional fuel. They also refuel both in Earth and Lunar Orbit.
@@Exodon2020 they might refuel in lunar orbit but that would need to be from the LSAM since the Moonlab station wouldn’t be deployed until the 1983-1992 time jump where it was delivered to orbit by a Pathfinder shuttle
The space shuttles reaching lunar orbit are probably one of the biggest cases of the writers ignoring some realities of spaceflight. You do not ever spend the deltaV to send wings to the moon..ever ever ever and the space shuttles couldn't have gotten even close to lunar orbit.
@@BadOompaloompa79 It’s still a cool concept that I wish we could’ve gotten to have in real life. But yes, in terms of real world physics it’s just not possible.
@@electrohalo8798 Yes, I would think that it would work, and I do agree with you that that would be what they would use, but there are numerous potential problems that could occur with restarting the SSMEs on orbit. If the shuttle program were ongoing, I do believe that it might be possible with a refuel from a Tanker Starship.
@@bramborovyastronaut yeah hated how before they find them frank gets word they made it back to airlock and they represuried the airlock and molly lets out a huge sigh of relief during the the handshake in space scene
Maybe in this timeline, the shuttle does not deposit its external tank and instead they both head to some kind of orbiting refueling depot which refuels the ET completely, which gives it enough fuel to get to lunar orbit.
@@SofieBrink also when it gets to the moon, without the ET, it probably uses its Retro rockets to slow down into lunar orbit, and it gets refueled in moon orbit by the LSAM over time, and then it returns to earth, either it re-entry skips a few times to reduce loads on the heat shield tiles, or the tiles themselves are upgraded dramatically to cope with the much higher re entry temperatures they endure from a much faster reentry
One of the best comeback in the show. From a depressed to a hero. God speed Gordo, God Speed. I hope they commemorate his legacy by naming one of the station or the crater to his name. Also. What did he really saw in the moon? That red blinking light, has they answered it for us in S2?
The Shuttle was never designed for operating anywhere outside of LEO (Low Earth Orbit). The highest the Shuttle ever got was 600 KM in altitude. (For launching and servicing of Hubble Space Telescope)
@@anthonykearney608 are you aware of the engineering limitations of going further? Any higher than that and fuel cells start experiencing issues, as well as a multitude of other technical issues
@@bee5440 your assuming the shuttles in the show have the exact same specs as real shuttles. The show shuttles were obviously designed to get to the moon
The really unrealistic part is that the lunar dust didn't instantly cling to his suit and glove like superglue, ruining both with that static cling cranked up to 11. He takes off that glove, and it's suddenly in the metal air gaskets. Nasty stuff. The Apollo missions had a horrible time dealing with it.
Gordo’s story was by far the most interesting aspect in the show and it’s sad that he and Tracy had to die during the finale. Excited what they’ll end up doing now that two of its main characters were killed in season 3 and 4
Truthfully though, from that moment on Jamestown. Any future for Gordon and Tracy would have been a water down. They ended that arc perfectly. Fucking sucks Danny is such a psychopath though. Kelly is becoming my favorite of the next Gen
The most transformative and inspiring charachter for me, in 'For All Mankind'. He doesn't by any means do that alone. A great friend, friendship there too. But 'Gordo's' journey, redemption, the lows and the highs, is a brilliant fictional example, inspiration.
Obadiah: "TONY STARK WAS ABLE TO BUILD THIS IN A CAVE!!! WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS!!" Me: "Gordo was able to save Jamestown!! With a suit made of duct tape!!"
@@dragoninthewest1 If SpaceX's Lunar Starships become fully certified in real life, perhaps naming a pair of them after Gordo and Tracy might be a good thing to petition for.
In season 4 Ed is in the same spot Gordo was in at the beginning of season 2. He really needs someone to help him. Hopefully Dani recognizes what’s going on and decides to help him. I think she’s the only person that can do it.
It's from the Apple TV show "For all Mankind" - taking place in an alternate reality where the Soviets beat the US to the moon, causing the Space Race to never end.
@@SuburbaniteUrbanite He's received one hell of a redemption arc this season. He went mad during his first stay on the moon and lost his wife due to his constant cheating but ultimately got his act back together when he got scheduled for a second mission.
Okay, I just started watching this series. I have a couple of questions. > What is Von Braun doing in Houston, and in the context of the series, whose job is he performing? Mueller? Siemans? Kraft? Who's that haughty woman lording over the astronaut's wives? > If Apollo 10 had landed, what could be done? The crew didn't have EVA equipment (such as PLSS backpacks). It would be land and lift off. > Anybody else notice that the astronauts got to keep their Corvette Stingrays? > Nitpick. A still of what was supposed to be SA-205, Apollo 11, was actually SA-201 Apollo 4. The stark white paint sprayed over the black striping on the S-1C intertank stringers and 8 ullage motors on the S-1C forward interstage (a.k.a. the engine skirt) are dead giveaways.
Q#1: von braun is the head engineer, although his position is not officially announced. Q#2: that is deke's wife. as deke is the overseer of the astronauts, his wife is the leader of the spouses. Q#3: this is not clarified, however it is my observation that the excuses of "insufficient fuel"/"excess weight"/"not in the mission plan" that nasa gave to the public were decided to be the ones that the vast majority of the public could understand, instead of saying "we just didn't". bust yes, i agree that it would have been a touch-and-go mission, and that no, edward baldwin could NOT have been the first man on the moon.
@@johnhenrymills4517 Jesus Christ, I just watched "Rupture." Damn, that was difficult to watch. Makes you want to open up a vein. Ron Moore was good at this on Battlestar Galactica.
The external tank was kept, a docking port was added in the show. This allowed the shuttle to dock in orbit, refuel, preform TLI, then ditch the tank. Edit: upon farther inspection of different scenes, I believe that they did ditch the tank, but instead got another tank from a different location. (Skylab?) It wouldn’t make much sense, but plenty of shots show the shuttle in LEO without the tank. It’s the only explanation. Or possibly (considering the LSAM) they made a modified shuttle with a tank in the cargo hold. Allowing it to just be refueled from Skylab.
2:37 Just a slight nitpick: Columbia was the only orbiter which had black TPS tiles on the top side of the wing leading edge extension just in front of the “bend” in the delta wing. Also had extra black TPS tiles on the tip top of the vertical stabilizer as well. Challenger through Endeavour lacked these features as they were completed after STS-1 which demonstrated these were not necessary. It is nice to see on orbit images of the Columbia (there are no exterior on orbit images of that orbiter as it was deemed too heavy to go to a space station, Mir or ISS.) There are several images of Challenger in orbit taken by McCandless, and possibly a payload camera, too. So there are exterior on orbit photos of every shuttle except Columbia. It wouldn’t be too hard to create with photoshop. Unfortunately, with these slight oversights, we still don’t have an accurate image of what Columbia looked like in space during her 28 orbital missions.
@@johnhenrymills4517 Of course I know that. Guess they would have to put everybody on a rope to mimick the 1/6th gravity. It would have been cool though.
This is badass. They used footage from the Atlantis shuttle launch. I wish Gordo was still on the show. Would’ve been awesome to see him, Ed and Danny on mars.
Did they ever address if the voyager probes exist in this universe? Or was all the focus on the race that all those missions that taught us how the universe works never happened?
This is the only other show that I've seen that captures body weight on a character as the years go because a lot of shows just have them retain the same body physique the entire show running unless it's for like a special episode or something the only show that I know other than this that is pulled that off was it's always Sunny in Philadelphia where it was intentional for the character to get fat To the point where the actor/director of that show really did build-up weight for the character
In real life: The LM (Lunar Module) upper stage was launched from the ground, allowing it to dock with the commanders module. In this show: For All Mankind uses a different type of lander called the LSAM (Lunar Surface Access Module). It’s able to fly up and down from Lunar Orbit and may be refueled.
Recién encuentro estos videos y la serie esto es genial y seguramente un reconocimiento a esos antiguos astronautas que dieron su vida por la exploración
Man I miss Gordo and molly the most, they were just such good characters and so likeable. It’s also bonkers the actor who plays Gordo actually put on and the had to quickly get off the weight all in one season. Like the difference in him here compared to the first episode. Like it even changed his voice. Anyway I’ve love molly since “al love ya Penneh” in lost but now I’m also a fan of the Gordo actor, saw tons of recommendations for his show patriot and he is barely recognisable as being the same person and it’s soooo good too.
@description: Not without the ET, it wouldn't. Even if the shuttle's cargo bay was converted to a fuel tank, there isn't enough volume for the required amount of hydrolox, even refueling in Earth and lunar orbits.
This dude went from giving depressed speeches at the local rotary club to saving the future of space exploration with Tracy. RIP
Best comeback ever, well maybe except for the sacrifice :(
I know he’s a fictional character, but I was still heartbroken by the season finale. Both actors did a wonderful job portraying these heroic characters.
Spoilers!
Gordo und Tracy Stevens my favorite actors. RIP 😱🙈 🎆😋
He dies? I haven’t gotten to that bit
"Hahaha - I'm back baby, I'm back" - the joy of a man who knows he's fought his demons and won.
Also a term often used by both George and Frank Costanza - Ron Moore is a huge Seinfeld fan
Gordo's redemption is my favorite story line from this show so far.
Me too
Me too too. they went to great lengths to describe these characters for viewers. the stevens are so human, you just have to like them.
Damn, I really miss Gordo and Tracy 😢
@@yosogut8075 didn't age well lmao
The man, the myth, the legend, the FUCKING BADASS: Gordo Stevens.
Little did he know, he would never leave again
@@tuga_ace :(
@@tuga_ace whilst his body may have died, his spirit and legacy will forever continue as the pioneering guide of Mankind.
Godspeed Gordo, Godspeed.
Seeing Columbia in all her glory brought a tear to my eye... I watched her take the maiden shuttle voyage live in ‘81. RIP crew!
@Gallentean yeah, and also the fact it hangs on the side of the rocket
@Gallentean you're describing what affected the Challenger orbiter.
I can totally feel it
RIP Both Columbia and Challenger and their crews.
@Gallentean that's challenger
This series really does give you a good idea on how far our space program could've gone if we kept our eyes on the goal!
@Hunter Paulauskas So is Facebook, UA-cam, and Twitter
The shuttle was partly forced upon NASA by the Air Force, who wanted the vehicle to be significantly larger than originally intended, making the resulting system WAY more expensive and less reusable than the original designs.
Hopefully spacex will keep the dream alive
So true...lucky we have Elan Musk to help play catch-up for over 50 years of Lost time. Lousy corrupt politicians!
@@Bearmauls Not just the USAF, but also the CIA.
Gordo left Jamestown broken, delusional, and depressed. He came back happy, confident, full of life and on a mission to get the love of his life back. I should've known the series will break my heart by the end of the season.
And he left Jamestown as a fucking legend...
I already miss him, man
@@talv5399 same :(
Wouldn’t be surprised that Mars base or something to do with expansion on moon ain’t Grodo something
@@TheMelbournelad Fort Stevens or Stevens Base
@@dragoninthewest1 good one as kinda honours them both
When gordo went to Tracy’s fiancé’s house and told him her was going to the moon to get his wife back I cheered out loud. This was the defining moment that gordo became my hero.
dude still cheated like no tomorrow on her. that's not forgivable. but yeah, i liked his redemption arc.
Don't ever meet your heroes...
@@chrissinclair4442 I met Buzz Aldrin and he was cool AF.
Those are not background music, the awesomeness of this scene just makes the vacuum of space start generating AC/DC
also spoiler alert.
the last words between the two bobs:
E: I am proud of you man.
G: Thanks, couldn't do it without you.
(slap in the face)
E: God speed.
time for the tear work
Watching Gordo’s shuttle launch in this episode for the first time on release ngl had me anxious, especially since it was the space shuttle Columbia.
Every single launch gets my heart racing. The show isn't afraid to just fucking kill people so the tension is sky high!
@@johnneveu1718 especially after in season 1 where the Apollo rocket blew up and killed Gene Krantz. After that scene, I realized that this show isn’t scared to kill anyone off.
I thought that as well until they started playing Roll With the Changes by REO Speedwagon. At that moment I knew this would be a good launch.
Why though?
It’s Colombia not Challenger.
@@x808drifter did you know what happened to Columbia?
Gordo by far had one of the greatest character arcs of the series. From a guy testing the limits of man in space, to a depressed veteran of the space race, to a Phoenix rising from his failures and facing that which he feared for so long: space
Love this sequence. Right now, he is the happiest man in the universe.
REO Speedwagon, space shuttles, corvettes, Eagle’s, American Flags, Cape Canaveral , ignition and lift off.... hell yes America
It’s awesome
It’s the NASA we deserved but never got.
Yo, what is the first song dude?
@@quentinf5994 Roll with the Changes~ REO Speedwagon
@@GallowsPole805 thank you a lot ❤️ godspeed!
This was the last time Ed talk with Gordo 😥
Little did Ed know that he was sending up the one who would save everyone on the moon 😭
Rest in peace Gordo, end of season 2 too sad
Do not remind me that scene 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
Bye bob
Perfect ending for Gordo.
@@johndoe-xg8gv And Tracy. They died together, they would not have wanted it any other way.
@@paulmichaelfreedman8334 i agree, still gutted though, they were both awesome
Godspeed, Gordo. This was the last time they saw each other. Fuck it gets me everytime.
Ron Moore is a total badass. This show, like Battlestar Galactica, before it, is a work of art. Magnificent...
I'm a big BSG fan, but For All Mankind blows it out of the water. BSG had some great moments, FAM is end-to-end great moments.
@@Perserra Totally agree. FAM is da bomb. I remember watching it in real life as a kid. I was 5 years old when Armstrong stepped onto the moon. Watched it on TV!!! He has captured that era beautifully....
You can see that the shuttle has some extra fuel tanks in the cargo bay earlier in the show which helps explain how it goes to the moon
It's also used for Passenger transfer only. Cargo goes by Sea Dragon. So they can use much of their payload capacity for additional fuel. They also refuel both in Earth and Lunar Orbit.
@@Exodon2020 they might refuel in lunar orbit but that would need to be from the LSAM since the Moonlab station wouldn’t be deployed until the 1983-1992 time jump where it was delivered to orbit by a Pathfinder shuttle
This scene now has more context since we know the outcome 🥲
Dont remind me😭😭😭
What’s the outcome?
Yep
@@Alecmoseby watch the end of last season 2 ep. I ain’t going to spoil it for you.
Holy shit that's the last time he saw his best mate.
The US navy will name a ship in honour of him
I think they will name the Mars base Stevens base or something in honour of Tracy and Gordo
Why? It's a fictional character. May as well use "Buzz Lightyear"...
Course they will! Maybe a carrier!
@@mylesid or a shuttle
@@starlord2112 OP meant in the continuity of the show...
Something about the launch scene is so joyful beyond words. Such a happy scene. The sights, the sounds, the music. It just makes me feel good. 😁
I feel the same, It's easily one of my favorite scenes of this show
Couldn't help thinking of this scene when Artemis took off recently!
Me too! Hence why I made this 😁ua-cam.com/video/rYFbg3GCblw/v-deo.html
Columbia goes to lunar orbit. Something that I wish I could have seen in real life.
The space shuttles reaching lunar orbit are probably one of the biggest cases of the writers ignoring some realities of spaceflight. You do not ever spend the deltaV to send wings to the moon..ever ever ever and the space shuttles couldn't have gotten even close to lunar orbit.
@@BadOompaloompa79 It’s still a cool concept that I wish we could’ve gotten to have in real life. But yes, in terms of real world physics it’s just not possible.
@@aerospacematt I disagree, could always pack extra fuel tanks in the cargo hold along with orbital refuelling
@@electrohalo8798 Yes, I would think that it would work, and I do agree with you that that would be what they would use, but there are numerous potential problems that could occur with restarting the SSMEs on orbit. If the shuttle program were ongoing, I do believe that it might be possible with a refuel from a Tanker Starship.
gordo def thinking nice day for a white wedding . . . with tracy lol
Don't do this man, I didn't cry at end of Titanic but when I saw them dead in that airlock I cried out a whole river.
@@bramborovyastronaut 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
@@bramborovyastronaut me too
@@bramborovyastronaut yeah hated how before they find them frank gets word they made it back to airlock and they represuried the airlock and molly lets out a huge sigh of relief during the the handshake in space scene
@@bramborovyastronaut I was fully expecting them to die, it was time...plotwise.
Michael Dorman is a wonderful actor. Depression is not easy to play
The emotions I feel for Gordo Stevens are too real-such a well written character who is sorely missed.
This is the song that plays during the launch btw: ua-cam.com/video/nEidbkibsiE/v-deo.html
bye bob
bye bob..
bye bob
Bye bob :(
Bye bob
Bye bob 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
Maybe in this timeline, the shuttle does not deposit its external tank and instead they both head to some kind of orbiting refueling depot which refuels the ET completely, which gives it enough fuel to get to lunar orbit.
Bang on
@@SofieBrink also when it gets to the moon, without the ET, it probably uses its Retro rockets to slow down into lunar orbit, and it gets refueled in moon orbit by the LSAM over time, and then it returns to earth, either it re-entry skips a few times to reduce loads on the heat shield tiles, or the tiles themselves are upgraded dramatically to cope with the much higher re entry temperatures they endure from a much faster reentry
and using seadragon to keep the orbital fueling station full.
they did say that their shuttles needed refueling in low earth orbit in the show before it could go to the moon
its mentioned that they used skylab to refuel later on in the show
Gordo has the be one of the best characters in TV history, so much humanity packed into one depiction. Whenever he won it felt like WE won 💯
One of the best comeback in the show. From a depressed to a hero. God speed Gordo, God Speed.
I hope they commemorate his legacy by naming one of the station or the crater to his name.
Also. What did he really saw in the moon? That red blinking light, has they answered it for us in S2?
I believe him seeing the red blinking lights was a hallucination as part of his mental state breaking down
hallucinations from the stress of repetition and isolation probably
ants, red lights, etc.
This is where i thought space shuttles flew. I really thought they flew all the way to the moon 😅
this is where they should have flown, instead of the gimped space program we got
The Shuttle was never designed for operating anywhere outside of LEO (Low Earth Orbit). The highest the Shuttle ever got was 600 KM in altitude. (For launching and servicing of Hubble Space Telescope)
@@HawkeyeCR52322 exactly. Gimped. Lol
@@anthonykearney608 are you aware of the engineering limitations of going further? Any higher than that and fuel cells start experiencing issues, as well as a multitude of other technical issues
@@bee5440 your assuming the shuttles in the show have the exact same specs as real shuttles. The show shuttles were obviously designed to get to the moon
definition of Like a Boss entrance
The really unrealistic part is that the lunar dust didn't instantly cling to his suit and glove like superglue, ruining both with that static cling cranked up to 11. He takes off that glove, and it's suddenly in the metal air gaskets. Nasty stuff. The Apollo missions had a horrible time dealing with it.
Not to mention that lunar dust is composed of tiny super sharp fragments because there's no wind or water to smooth it out...
"Forget the hearse because I never die" as Gordo looks out like that is so goddamned good
Gordo’s story was by far the most interesting aspect in the show and it’s sad that he and Tracy had to die during the finale. Excited what they’ll end up doing now that two of its main characters were killed in season 3 and 4
Truthfully though, from that moment on Jamestown. Any future for Gordon and Tracy would have been a water down. They ended that arc perfectly. Fucking sucks Danny is such a psychopath though. Kelly is becoming my favorite of the next Gen
The most transformative and inspiring charachter for me, in 'For All Mankind'. He doesn't by any means do that alone. A great friend, friendship there too. But 'Gordo's' journey, redemption, the lows and the highs, is a brilliant fictional example, inspiration.
The slow zoom in shot with ed and his car looks amazing 🤩
Gordo Stevens. American hero.
He felt himself like Tony stark
gordo is ironman . . . really thou the story and self sacrifice is very similar to stark
Obadiah: "TONY STARK WAS ABLE TO BUILD THIS IN A CAVE!!! WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS!!"
Me: "Gordo was able to save Jamestown!! With a suit made of duct tape!!"
@@h.cedric8157 Gordo: Trace, I love you 3000
Tracy: 3000, Gordo what does that mean?!😆
Gordo: IDK 🤷♂️
@@dragoninthewest1
If SpaceX's Lunar Starships become fully certified in real life, perhaps naming a pair of them after Gordo and Tracy might be a good thing to petition for.
@@h.cedric8157 now that they are I will start it
Edit: I read that wrong, but when they do I will
Just got into this show, Gordo is hands down one of the best recent TV characters. I wish they didn’t write his kids they way they did
1:52 - 1:55 when you get your old job back.
I love this scene so much.
In season 4 Ed is in the same spot Gordo was in at the beginning of season 2. He really needs someone to help him. Hopefully Dani recognizes what’s going on and decides to help him. I think she’s the only person that can do it.
sadly she's too busy busting strikes this season :/
NASA can only dream of being this capable.
As they have astronauts stranded at the space station.
"stranded"
and yet starliner is still capable of reentry, NASA just doesn't want to risk it
This showed up in my recommended feed and I could not be more confused.
Soviets made it too the moon first
It's from the Apple TV show "For all Mankind" - taking place in an alternate reality where the Soviets beat the US to the moon, causing the Space Race to never end.
@@Exodon2020 ah and I assume Gordo is a huge chad among the space colonists?
@@SuburbaniteUrbanite He's received one hell of a redemption arc this season. He went mad during his first stay on the moon and lost his wife due to his constant cheating but ultimately got his act back together when he got scheduled for a second mission.
@@SuburbaniteUrbanite I recommend you this series so bad dude, you right. gordo is the absolute chad of this series and you will see why at season 2
I really can’t put into words just how much I love and appreciate this scene.
Really manages to capture the 'HOLY SHIT, MAN WALKS ON FUCKING MOON' enthusiasm of real-world space exploration.
Okay, I just started watching this series. I have a couple of questions.
> What is Von Braun doing in Houston, and in the context of the series, whose job is he performing? Mueller? Siemans? Kraft?
Who's that haughty woman lording over the astronaut's wives?
> If Apollo 10 had landed, what could be done? The crew didn't have EVA equipment (such as PLSS backpacks). It would be land and lift off.
> Anybody else notice that the astronauts got to keep their Corvette Stingrays?
> Nitpick. A still of what was supposed to be SA-205, Apollo 11, was actually SA-201 Apollo 4. The stark white paint sprayed over the black striping on the S-1C intertank stringers and 8 ullage motors on the S-1C forward interstage (a.k.a. the engine skirt) are dead giveaways.
Q#1: von braun is the head engineer, although his position is not officially announced.
Q#2: that is deke's wife. as deke is the overseer of the astronauts, his wife is the leader of the spouses.
Q#3: this is not clarified, however it is my observation that the excuses of "insufficient fuel"/"excess weight"/"not in the mission plan" that nasa gave to the public were decided to be the ones that the vast majority of the public could understand, instead of saying "we just didn't". bust yes, i agree that it would have been a touch-and-go mission, and that no, edward baldwin could NOT have been the first man on the moon.
@@johnhenrymills4517 So, there is no Christopher Kraft, George Mueller, or Robert Seamans?
Thank you for the clarifications.
@@dalethelander3781 well, they aren't mentioned, so probably
@@johnhenrymills4517 Jesus Christ, I just watched "Rupture." Damn, that was difficult to watch. Makes you want to open up a vein. Ron Moore was good at this on Battlestar Galactica.
@@dalethelander3781 I will admit that it has its low moments, but it’s about to pick up REAL quick
The music was spot on for these scenes. 👍
I sitll wondering how they get the shuttle orbiter to the moon
They don’t ditch the external tank, then refuel it at a modified skylab, which gives them enough DeltaV to perform TLI and a bit of the capture burn
Imagination
@@SofieBrink Was that explained in the show? Idk I dont have appleTV
The external tank was kept, a docking port was added in the show. This allowed the shuttle to dock in orbit, refuel, preform TLI, then ditch the tank.
Edit: upon farther inspection of different scenes, I believe that they did ditch the tank, but instead got another tank from a different location. (Skylab?) It wouldn’t make much sense, but plenty of shots show the shuttle in LEO without the tank. It’s the only explanation.
Or possibly (considering the LSAM) they made a modified shuttle with a tank in the cargo hold. Allowing it to just be refueled from Skylab.
@@veritateseducational217 yep
RIP Gordo
That's the last time Ed and Gordo meet in person.
Soviets could not win space race because they lacked one single component: Rock.
Soviet rock came too late and then the USSR collapsed. Always decades behind. Even a pair of jeans was considered contraband.
2:37 Just a slight nitpick: Columbia was the only orbiter which had black TPS tiles on the top side of the wing leading edge extension just in front of the “bend” in the delta wing. Also had extra black TPS tiles on the tip top of the vertical stabilizer as well. Challenger through Endeavour lacked these features as they were completed after STS-1 which demonstrated these were not necessary.
It is nice to see on orbit images of the Columbia (there are no exterior on orbit images of that orbiter as it was deemed too heavy to go to a space station, Mir or ISS.) There are several images of Challenger in orbit taken by McCandless, and possibly a payload camera, too. So there are exterior on orbit photos of every shuttle except Columbia. It wouldn’t be too hard to create with photoshop. Unfortunately, with these slight oversights, we still don’t have an accurate image of what Columbia looked like in space during her 28 orbital missions.
Entered a legend, left as one. Godspeed, Gordo
What a great scene. One of my favorites from the entire series so far.
Hoping in season 4 someone wakes up and says, Wow! What a dream. Then all the people we like that they killed off on the series come back.
I cannot watch this clip without getting emotional.
The second half might be my favorite sequence of anything ever.
Inside a moon base, they just walk as if on earth and outside they walk like 1/6th g.
it would be a nightmare to act as if in 1/6th g all the time. cut the show a *little* slack, man
@@johnhenrymills4517 Of course I know that. Guess they would have to put everybody on a rope to mimick the 1/6th gravity. It would have been cool though.
@@Richard-bq3ni yeah, but I think it was for the best
If they are going to spend that much money to make that work they might as well fly to the moon to film it.
@@jadennelson7886 Now THAT would be awesome.
Is this because of that guy who requested it on another one of your videos lol
I am truly glad that Gordo and Stacy got their commemorative statue for their sacrifice. God speed Gordo
02:34 a Space Shuttle docking with an Apollo Lunar Module?! Wait how is that even possible when the Shuttle wasn’t meant to be going to the Moon?!?!
In this universe, the shuttle was modified for lunar operations, and that is a LSAM, not a LM.
Love when the REO Speedwagon kicks in. Great tune.
Gordo's arc was soooooo satisfying... Even the end, in a brutal way.
I’m glad Ed did this. He would’ve been completely had he not sent his best friend off.
Gordos shuttle made him 2x more badass
Absolute mad lad till the end.
Gordo: “ I left a part of myself up there…. I’m like a ghost, ever since I came back….”
Ed: “ Well, you better go back up there and get it then…”
Lol
This is badass. They used footage from the Atlantis shuttle launch. I wish Gordo was still on the show. Would’ve been awesome to see him, Ed and Danny on mars.
Couldn't kill anyone else huh?
I got up and cheered first watch! Easily my fave scene so far! Yeah Gordo!!!
He was a very likeable character.
Great song choice.
Did they ever address if the voyager probes exist in this universe? Or was all the focus on the race that all those missions that taught us how the universe works never happened?
All of those end up happening
Season 3 didn't had moments like these...
Girls: he didnt cry during titanic, Does he have emotions at all
Boys during the last minutes of season 2:
That is some Serious POWER!! BOOOOMM! liftoff baby!
Very 70s haircut! 🙂
To Gordo🥂🍻
To Gordo!
@@thefurrybastard1964 he and Tracy will be in our hearts forever
Gordo is the GOAT
Got to watch 2 shuttles go about the far away. Was AD on CCAS. Was a trip. Like someone grabs your guts a shakes hard
This is the only other show that I've seen that captures body weight on a character as the years go because a lot of shows just have them retain the same body physique the entire show running unless it's for like a special episode or something the only show that I know other than this that is pulled that off was it's always Sunny in Philadelphia where it was intentional for the character to get fat To the point where the actor/director of that show really did build-up weight for the character
What rocket did they use to launch the LEM into lunar orbit?
In real life: The LM (Lunar Module) upper stage was launched from the ground, allowing it to dock with the commanders module.
In this show: For All Mankind uses a different type of lander called the LSAM (Lunar Surface Access Module). It’s able to fly up and down from Lunar Orbit and may be refueled.
@@veritateseducational217 yep, its bigger and has more engines and we saw that on the moon, there is a way to refuel it.
Thanks for this moment, I loved it
The last time Ed would see Gordo alive....but a hero's send-off regardless.
I almost wanted Ed to say a little "Bye bob" while he was watching the shuttle launch.
Shuttle with the moon is what I imagine starship is going to be like in the next few years
Recién encuentro estos videos y la serie esto es genial y seguramente un reconocimiento a esos antiguos astronautas que dieron su vida por la exploración
Man I miss Gordo and molly the most, they were just such good characters and so likeable. It’s also bonkers the actor who plays Gordo actually put on and the had to quickly get off the weight all in one season. Like the difference in him here compared to the first episode. Like it even changed his voice. Anyway I’ve love molly since “al love ya Penneh” in lost but now I’m also a fan of the Gordo actor, saw tons of recommendations for his show patriot and he is barely recognisable as being the same person and it’s soooo good too.
That sign should be "Welcome back bob"
I think that's kind of an inside joke between Ed, Danielle and Gordo
Me logging onto a shitty gmod rp server for the first time in months just to fuck around with people
What a legend! "Good time" Gordo!
@description: Not without the ET, it wouldn't. Even if the shuttle's cargo bay was converted to a fuel tank, there isn't enough volume for the required amount of hydrolox, even refueling in Earth and lunar orbits.
Season 3 and the future is going to miss him
Gordo was such a fucking G.
Buddy standing by the car was waaay inside the danger zone and would have had his eardrums blasted right out there.
The sound of the booster ignition. Don't watch with earphones in lol
Amazing
Any suggestions on how they could get a space shuttle all the way to Lunar orbit?