I knew Telstar died because the early electronics was not radiation hard, however I never realised the source of the radiation was from man made nuclear bombs ! excellent video as usual !
Well America science these days is like this. If you multiple genders studies with climate change. How much of a spectrum of rainbows an pronouns do you get? You will get any answer right depending on your skin colour and victimisation mindset.
I'm so glad for your little girl that she's able to still enjoy her dad, thanks to today's and future science. I did not know you were a father and i can hardly imagine how hard it was for you during those hard times. Long life for you and all your familly!
I just adore your daughter Abigail. My kid and I love watching your episodes and always look forward to a new upload. Great Job on this one piece of amazing history.
Something tells me that Abigail is probably the smartest, best educated kid in the UK. Imagine having Mr. Droid as your pop. She was probably studying engineering when she was still in diapers.
Being born a few months before Sputnik One, I grew up with the space age. Telstar One (and its awesome hit theme song by The Tornadoes) is the first non-manned spacecraft I remember. The satellite was discussed in my second grade class and the American news networks often aired brief segments from the UK. It was a BIG deal and an inspiration for elementary school students. Despite my familiarity with Telstar, I learned several new things in this video regarding Telstar's highly elliptical orbit and its unfortunate demise. Thanks for a great video, CD!
My slightly interesting fact was that Telestar was the first US number 1 by a British group and one of the members of the Tornadoes is Matt Bellamy’s (Muse) father.
@@RevMikeBlack that satellite is still out there in space !. I think before we think about driverless cars and whatever else, we need to pull the junk orbiting the planet
Great to have your content back in the Sub feed again Paul, Hope your health is improving and you're doing well sir. Thank you for the great videos as always.
Your daughter is adorable, it was a delight to have met her. She’s very lucky to have such a science/technological minded father. I’m sure she’ll grow up to be a very smart woman. Make your papa proud lol! I love stuff like this where you get a glimpse into your favorite UA-cam creators family and personal lives. It’s silly, but it makes me feel like we’re friends. Shut up everyone, don’t make fun of me lol.
Well said, no need to make fun of you. I'd only remark that the kids shouldn't have to prove anything to their parents and make them conditionally proud.
Clarke didnt just propose satellite communication, he proposed the geosynchronous orbit that would make more advanced communication satellites work. Really groundbreaking stuff!
It's amazing how some prescient science fiction authors can predict the future. Like the atom bomb. The term _atomic bomb_ was coined not by any scientist but by none other than H.G. Wells. The term, and the concept, first made their appearance in his novel _The World Set Free_ which was about an atomic war. Written in 1915 (!) In fact it was the true father of the atomic bomb, physicist Leo Szilard, having just read the novel, who suddenly realized that his own science field made an immensely powerful atomic bomb possible. It came upon him so suddenly and so vividly that he almost walked out into busy traffic without realizing it. And what followed afterwards was the well-known story: Szilard realized that if he had thought of it then without doubt the very smart scientists in Hitler's Germany had also thought of it and were working on it. That caused him to contact Albert Einstein and convince him to add his signature to the very famous letter Szilard wrote and they sent it to the US president and, well, you know the rest of the story. If Clarke is the father of the communications satellite, then H.G. Wells is the father of the atomic bomb. He even coined the term.
Many thanks, Paul. Brought back a lot of memories to those of us of a certain age. Would have been nice to have had a bit of Telstar by the Tornados at the end!
I stood in my folk's living room and watched Telstar's first live TV signals from Europe. The impact on me was profound....because I knew, that on that day, the world had changed. I was then and still am a ham radio guy. Telstar brought a tear to my eyes that day. Bravo Bell Labs....
This is still, by far, one of the top channels on youtube..period! Glad your health is doing well and keep up the amazing content man, I know there are a WHOOOLE bunch of us out there that really really appreciate it!!
Paul, it was very sweet to involve your daughter in the sponsor plug. I'm sure you're a wonderful father, and she a wonderful daughter. Very precious! Best wishes to you and your family.
It's one thing to throw a satellite in orbit, and it's another building a reliable radio transfer device out of transistors that works from orbit. Quite remarkable on all achievements.
Loved the video as usual - so cool of you to include your daughter in the video! If I was blessed with a child, I’d subscribe to that service in a heartbeat. Warm wishes from Houston, Paul!
In the 60s/70s my dad worked on the other end of satellites, the ground stations. Northern Canada and around the equator in Mexico/Carribean. He was the company man on the ground making sure the work got done. Mostly government contracts.
I visited Goonhilly a few years back. The steerable dish antenna used for Telstar is still there - a real monster which moved horizon to horizon in 45 minutes. Most of the dishes there now have minimal ability to move since they are focused on geostationary satellites. Goonhilly is well worth a visit.
As a 30 yr professional coder this history is amazing and forgotten. Most coders nowadays don't need to know that every bit counts. What a fantastic episode. the SpaceX Starlink crowd should re-watch this and consider how great these scientists were. great stuff
Your daughter is beyond adorable. She reminds me of one of my little sister’s best friends lol. And it’s always great when your younger siblings or kids take an interest in what you enjoy.
I remember back in the day having to select from the Telstar and Galaxy satellites for our big ol powered dish... Punch in T#'s or G#'s and the dish would swing around and find that sat... This brings back memories lol
Thanks for including Goonhilly. We celebrated this event for our 60th birthday with a festival. Today, we're the world's first and only provider of commercial deep space communications.
i dont know if there are any Kenyan viewers on your channel but i just gotta say i love the style of your content. Keep up the good work from a random kenyan
I still can't believe we were just shooting nukes into space just to see what would happen. That definitely seems like one of those things where the risk outweighs the reward. What was the reward?
This one of your many videos that answer the question "what good has the space program done?" Aside from the fact that most of the government investment money went directly back in the economy (since those engineers and technicians bought cars, houses and shopped at the A & P), it was definitely government sponsored R & D for private industry that laid the groundwork for most of our modern age. The American economy has lived on the investments made during World War II, the Cold War and in the Apollo program for the last 50 years +. I doubt if even a fraction of that money would have done half the good for progress in living standards if it was just spent on social programs. (I am NOT against Social Programs BTW, just I am realistic about how much money would actually be spent on those programs. I also recognize that we must be challenged to overcome obstacles to achieve progress. I you want to really harness the power of scientists and engineers, just dare them to do the impossible.)
Bruh you spoiling us with 2 uploads in one week, you better be careful or else we might just get used to it! Fantastic shirt, I knew this before you even appeared but even after it still applies!
I remember as a child visiting the Telstar Land Earth Station at Andover Maine US. The newspapers of the day would publish the local time of Satellite transits and the family and neighbors would go out into the yard to watch.
Excellent video as always. Thank you. It's amazing to me, having been born right around the very beginning of the space age; the technology that once seemed like science fiction becoming reality now seems quaint and antiquated. It was however, a pretty cool time to live and to be able to witness all the advances in science and technology (some good, some not so much) that have occurred over the last 60 years or so. Truly amazing.
Hadn't seen any of your videos in a long time, ever since the one you spoke about being unwell. Went looking for you today and found your channel, I noticed the bell wasn't turned on. I hope you are doing better and my condolecense for losing the Queen.
Very nice sponcer segment. Your daughter is very cute. I work in the chemical industry for almost 20 years now and i think its very importent to show kids that chemistry can be fun and fascinating.
Great video, as always, but why no mention of the hit pop/rock song "Telstar" by the British group "The Tornados?" It was emblematic of the popular excitement of this achievement, which I remember (I was 10 when it launched). Of course, the song didn't really, uh, take off until "The Ventures" did a cover of it.
"Telstar" is my favourite (and in my opinion, one of the best) instrumentals ever written and recorded... written and produced by the genius 60's producer Joe Meek and recorded by that sensational 60's band 'The Tornadoes' in 1962.... first heard it as a kid a long, long time ago and still love it ... fun fact - it was reportedly Margaret Thatcher's favourite track too (not that I was ever a fan of Thatcher) :-)
Great video. Thanks for sharing so many interesting facts for this artificial satellite. I knew it was important milestone in space history but I was not aware of such relevant and broad applications this satellite had
Correction, Andover is in Massachusetts, abbreviation for Maine is ME not MA. The plant in Andover Massachusetts is called the Merrimack Valley Plant which was also the location for Mission Control for the satellite, a friend of mine was an engineer on that project and manned mission control.
I knew Telstar died because the early electronics was not radiation hard, however I never realised the source of the radiation was from man made nuclear bombs ! excellent video as usual !
Probably just fake NASA propaganda.
There were some real atomic "coyboys" back in those days.
@@machdaddy6451 Admiral Blandy, notable "atomic playboy" ua-cam.com/video/tRbeZHiN6LA/v-deo.html
…and l thought Tomorrow is Yesterday was just science fiction.
@@machdaddy6451 coyboys .. cowboys but with Kois
Not enough fact based channels and vids out there . Curious Droid is always well made, informative and interesting. Up the droid!
He _is_ the droid you're looking for.
Absolutely agree. Most of the " fact based channels " are " you won't believe" click baits that aren't actual facts but instead a bunch of false hoods
Well America science these days is like this.
If you multiple genders studies with climate change. How much of a spectrum of rainbows an pronouns do you get?
You will get any answer right depending on your skin colour and victimisation mindset.
fact boy has all the channels but he needs better shirts … and a shave
He needs to try and take over the world in the a video.
I'm so glad for your little girl that she's able to still enjoy her dad, thanks to today's and future science.
I did not know you were a father and i can hardly imagine how hard it was for you during those hard times.
Long life for you and all your familly!
I just adore your daughter Abigail. My kid and I love watching your episodes and always look forward to a new upload. Great Job on this one piece of amazing history.
Something tells me that Abigail is probably the smartest, best educated kid in the UK. Imagine having Mr. Droid as your pop. She was probably studying engineering when she was still in diapers.
I remember when TV by satellite was a big thing and they always had "Live via Satellite" or something similar on the screen.
I can remember getting up in the middle of the night to watch Echo pass over. They printed the time and where to look in the local paper!
A new Curious Droid video is always a pleasant treat!
Just to see what kind of shirts he wears 🤓
I can definitely see where they got the inspiration for R2-D2's head after seeing that satellite
Definetly underrated channel, always interesting
been a while
Thank you Paul!!!! Very nice to see you!
Being born a few months before Sputnik One, I grew up with the space age. Telstar One (and its awesome hit theme song by The Tornadoes) is the first non-manned spacecraft I remember. The satellite was discussed in my second grade class and the American news networks often aired brief segments from the UK. It was a BIG deal and an inspiration for elementary school students. Despite my familiarity with Telstar, I learned several new things in this video regarding Telstar's highly elliptical orbit and its unfortunate demise. Thanks for a great video, CD!
For those who want to hear the song.... ua-cam.com/video/YhLxD2-czik/v-deo.html
My slightly interesting fact was that Telestar was the first US number 1 by a British group and one of the members of the Tornadoes is Matt Bellamy’s (Muse) father.
@@captainjohnh9405 What a strange video, especially the musicians and the astronaut.
@@tdolan500 It was on the radio all the time. I liked it so much that my father bought me the 45 rpm record, which is still in playable condition.
@@RevMikeBlack that satellite is still out there in space !. I think before we think about driverless cars and whatever else, we need to pull the junk orbiting the planet
Great to have your content back in the Sub feed again Paul, Hope your health is improving and you're doing well sir. Thank you for the great videos as always.
Your daughter is adorable, it was a delight to have met her. She’s very lucky to have such a science/technological minded father. I’m sure she’ll grow up to be a very smart woman. Make your papa proud lol! I love stuff like this where you get a glimpse into your favorite UA-cam creators family and personal lives. It’s silly, but it makes me feel like we’re friends. Shut up everyone, don’t make fun of me lol.
Well said, no need to make fun of you. I'd only remark that the kids shouldn't have to prove anything to their parents and make them conditionally proud.
Good to see you plugging a learning tool
Thank you so much! If you don’t know me I am paul shillito Daughter
The only sponsor spot I didn’t skip today! What a lovely moment.
Clarke didnt just propose satellite communication, he proposed the geosynchronous orbit that would make more advanced communication satellites work. Really groundbreaking stuff!
Not really. Pretty far from the ground actually. Maybe "skybreaking" though.
@@Ugly_German_Truths What on earth are you talking about?
It's amazing how some prescient science fiction authors can predict the future. Like the atom bomb. The term _atomic bomb_ was coined not by any scientist but by none other than H.G. Wells. The term, and the concept, first made their appearance in his novel _The World Set Free_ which was about an atomic war. Written in 1915 (!) In fact it was the true father of the atomic bomb, physicist Leo Szilard, having just read the novel, who suddenly realized that his own science field made an immensely powerful atomic bomb possible. It came upon him so suddenly and so vividly that he almost walked out into busy traffic without realizing it. And what followed afterwards was the well-known story: Szilard realized that if he had thought of it then without doubt the very smart scientists in Hitler's Germany had also thought of it and were working on it. That caused him to contact Albert Einstein and convince him to add his signature to the very famous letter Szilard wrote and they sent it to the US president and, well, you know the rest of the story.
If Clarke is the father of the communications satellite, then H.G. Wells is the father of the atomic bomb. He even coined the term.
@@nickpike7976 It's not rocket science. Keep *up.*
Honestly you're an adorable dad. Keep up the great content!
Many thanks, Paul. Brought back a lot of memories to those of us of a certain age. Would have been nice to have had a bit of Telstar by the Tornados at the end!
I thought of the Ventures version of Telstar. Just found out the Ventures was a cover of the Tornadoes.
ua-cam.com/video/k-ee6p4z29Q/v-deo.html
Indeed! great song from Tornados. 👍
@@aturegano87 just listened to it. Yep, you're right. Great track
I stood in my folk's living room and watched Telstar's first live TV signals from Europe. The impact on me was profound....because I knew, that on that day, the world had changed. I was then and still am a ham radio guy. Telstar brought a tear to my eyes that day. Bravo Bell Labs....
This is still, by far, one of the top channels on youtube..period!
Glad your health is doing well and keep up the amazing content man, I know there are a WHOOOLE bunch of us out there that really really appreciate it!!
Presentation, editing, research, writing all top notch. He owns this space.
Paul, it was very sweet to involve your daughter in the sponsor plug. I'm sure you're a wonderful father, and she a wonderful daughter. Very precious! Best wishes to you and your family.
It's one thing to throw a satellite in orbit, and it's another building a reliable radio transfer device out of transistors that works from orbit. Quite remarkable on all achievements.
Good to have you back Sir Droid!
Also, I usually swipe past the ads but putting the kiddo in it made it a lot of fun. Nice one!
Loved the video as usual - so cool of you to include your daughter in the video! If I was blessed with a child, I’d subscribe to that service in a heartbeat.
Warm wishes from Houston, Paul!
In the 60s/70s my dad worked on the other end of satellites, the ground stations. Northern Canada and around the equator in Mexico/Carribean. He was the company man on the ground making sure the work got done. Mostly government contracts.
It would be great to have a video on those ground stations!
I visited Goonhilly a few years back. The steerable dish antenna used for Telstar is still there - a real monster which moved horizon to horizon in 45 minutes. Most of the dishes there now have minimal ability to move since they are focused on geostationary satellites. Goonhilly is well worth a visit.
Only sponsored segment I didn't skip, wish I had kits like that as a kid
OMG - What an awesome promo segment! I think that a Curious Droid science spin-off channel is much needed!
Paul's videos never failed to make me stuck to the monitor.
Even the sponsor video. Way to go Abigail! You have the most awesome dad.
As a 30 yr professional coder this history is amazing and forgotten. Most coders nowadays don't need to know that every bit counts. What a fantastic episode. the SpaceX Starlink crowd should re-watch this and consider how great these scientists were. great stuff
I'm pretty sure most coders these days don't even know what a bit is.
What SpaceX is doing is no less amazing.
@@-_James_- Your comment is satire sadly teetering on the the edge of truth.
Your daughter is beyond adorable. She reminds me of one of my little sister’s best friends lol. And it’s always great when your younger siblings or kids take an interest in what you enjoy.
That was fascinating. It is amazing what these men achieved. Today we benefit from the fruits of their labor.
I love your videos, no matter the subject, your delivery is perfection! Thank you for your work! Big Thumbs up!!!
I came for the shirt. I left with knowledge.
Good to see you back and that you're well!
Again, one of the finest videos of all times! I clicked 'Like' before video had started! Thank you, mister'
Glad to see more of your videos man! Even better to see the family get involved! What a blast
This is EASILY one of my favorite channels!
Great content. Love the way you explain everything
I love this channel so much!
Thank you Paul for interesting videos!
Heck yessssss new video! Hope you're well Paul, we all love ya brother.
Great video as always Paul! It's good to see you back to doing what you love! Thanks for making such detailed but concise content.
love your stuff,
out of all science channels u r my fav
Thanks for the content ❤️
Hope you feeling good
Another excellent video Paul keep them coming.
I remember back in the day having to select from the Telstar and Galaxy satellites for our big ol powered dish... Punch in T#'s or G#'s and the dish would swing around and find that sat... This brings back memories lol
oh how freakin awesome!! That was a really amazing introduction to the video, just like usual curious Droid comes out with quality content 💜
i havent heard ur voice in a long time for some reason, nice to see the algorithm showing you some love (but also thumbnail and title on point 🔥)
That was the most adorable in-video ad there ever was.
Telstar really started my space education, along with reading sci-fi which predicted hopefully a new era in worldwide communications.
Oh, and one more thing. The iconic soccer ball, the Adidas Telstar ⚽️
Now you know why 😉
Subbing to this channel has been one of my greatest life improvements
I went to goonehilly once. That satelite dish was so big it used to create piles of dead birds from how much it had to amplify the signal
Now I’ve got that Telstar song stuck in my head.
Thanks for including Goonhilly. We celebrated this event for our 60th birthday with a festival. Today, we're the world's first and only provider of commercial deep space communications.
i dont know if there are any Kenyan viewers on your channel but i just gotta say i love the style of your content. Keep up the good work from a random kenyan
Thanks Paul!
Great video! Hope you are staying well Paul!
By far the coolest channel sponsor products ever!
CD. You are the most accurate as well as interesting of all the Science UA-camrs. Thank you!
Fine work on the sponsor segment. People, stick through the first 3 minutes!
Always love seeing the shirts during each video.
OK, that was a good intro!
Congratulations to your beyond cool scientific assistant!
I still can't believe we were just shooting nukes into space just to see what would happen. That definitely seems like one of those things where the risk outweighs the reward. What was the reward?
Knowledge.
Scaring the soviets so they don’t make the world a better place
Paul! your shirt looks like a Hawkwind album cover. Great vid mate.
It is good to see a man interested what he does
Awwwwww; I can't wait until she has her own science youtube channel!
Your video's do not disappoint always well done this one is no exception
More superb content Paul; thank you. Tracking link is excellent - gone straight in the bookmarks!
This one of your many videos that answer the question "what good has the space program done?"
Aside from the fact that most of the government investment money went directly back in the economy (since those engineers and technicians bought cars, houses and shopped at the A & P), it was definitely government sponsored R & D for private industry that laid the groundwork for most of our modern age. The American economy has lived on the investments made during World War II, the Cold War and in the Apollo program for the last 50 years +. I doubt if even a fraction of that money would have done half the good for progress in living standards if it was just spent on social programs. (I am NOT against Social Programs BTW, just I am realistic about how much money would actually be spent on those programs. I also recognize that we must be challenged to overcome obstacles to achieve progress. I you want to really harness the power of scientists and engineers, just dare them to do the impossible.)
Paul, you better watch out. Abbie will be hosting before you know it! Gorgeous.
Who else immediately had Joe Meek/the Tornados "Telstar" running thru their head?
Yup, great tune. ua-cam.com/video/Q5TB3kUdw-0/v-deo.html
Or The Ventures version of the same song.
Thank you for another well made and super informative video! Had to comment for the ag.
Abigail is lucky to have you as a father, mate. Great video as always.
Thank you!
Bruh you spoiling us with 2 uploads in one week, you better be careful or else we might just get used to it!
Fantastic shirt, I knew this before you even appeared but even after it still applies!
I am learning so much! Thank you!
Nice shout out to N2YO! His website was my favorite satellite tracker when I was big into ham radio satellites.
Amazing content as always!
Super cool video!!
I remember as a child visiting the Telstar Land Earth Station at Andover Maine US. The newspapers of the day would publish the local time of Satellite transits and the family and neighbors would go out into the yard to watch.
You forgot to talk about the song Telstar by the Tornados
Wow this is so crazy, just yesterday I watched the Bell Labs video and wondered if there was a Curious Droid video about TelStar!!
Excellent video as always. Thank you. It's amazing to me, having been born right around the very beginning of the space age; the technology that once seemed like science fiction becoming reality now seems quaint and antiquated. It was however, a pretty cool time to live and to be able to witness all the advances in science and technology (some good, some not so much) that have occurred over the last 60 years or so. Truly amazing.
That is super cute. I love doing things like that with my kids. I can say one thing, kids remember memories like that.
I thought Telstar 1 went down ages ago. It's allways good to watch a video to it's end.
Super video! Nice experiment to boot!!
Reminds me of my Johnny Ball chemistry set as a kid :)
Hadn't seen any of your videos in a long time, ever since the one you spoke about being unwell. Went looking for you today and found your channel, I noticed the bell wasn't turned on.
I hope you are doing better and my condolecense for losing the Queen.
I had no idea it was still up there! Awesome stuff.
Another brilliant video... Keep up the good work ...
Fascinating stuff !...cheers.
Amazing tech for 60 years ago. And look forward to your daughter's channel in 20 years☺
That's adorable to have your daughter in the video!
Was hoping there would be mention of the 1962 instrumental rock hit Telstar by The Tornados
Always very informative and entertaining.
Awwww! What an awesome little girl you have there! She's a lucky little girl.
Very nice sponcer segment. Your daughter is very cute. I work in the chemical industry for almost 20 years now and i think its very importent to show kids that chemistry can be fun and fascinating.
Remember Vanguard, Echo 1 and of course Telstar among others. Space nerd? Guilty as charged. :)
Great video, as always, but why no mention of the hit pop/rock song "Telstar" by the British group "The Tornados?" It was emblematic of the popular excitement of this achievement, which I remember (I was 10 when it launched). Of course, the song didn't really, uh, take off until "The Ventures" did a cover of it.
Paul, Thanks once again for an informative reminder about another little-mentioned technology that brought the modern world to fruition.
Operations starfish prime is such a great project name 👏
"Telstar" is my favourite (and in my opinion, one of the best) instrumentals ever written and recorded... written and produced by the genius 60's producer Joe Meek and recorded by that sensational 60's band 'The Tornadoes' in 1962.... first heard it as a kid a long, long time ago and still love it ... fun fact - it was reportedly Margaret Thatcher's favourite track too (not that I was ever a fan of Thatcher) :-)
Great video. Thanks for sharing so many interesting facts for this artificial satellite. I knew it was important milestone in space history but I was not aware of such relevant and broad applications this satellite had
Correction, Andover is in Massachusetts, abbreviation for Maine is ME not MA. The plant in Andover Massachusetts is called the Merrimack Valley Plant which was also the location for Mission Control for the satellite, a friend of mine was an engineer on that project and manned mission control.