There Are No Pictures of Neil Armstrong on the Moon

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  • Опубліковано 25 січ 2024
  • Former astronaut Mike Massimino describes to Adam Savage what it was like for him on his very first spacewalk, including the first thing he did upon exiting the space shuttle and the first thing he thought when he saw the Earth. Do his stories make you reflect on your answer to the question "where are you from?" at all?
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  • @tested
    @tested  3 місяці тому +55

    How Mike Massimino Turned Three No's From NASA Into a YES: ua-cam.com/video/t6eftfDJ9fQ/v-deo.html
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    • @TELEVISIONARCHIVES
      @TELEVISIONARCHIVES 3 місяці тому +2

      "There Are No Pictures of Neil Armstrong on the Moon". Not true. There are 16mm video stills of Neil Armstrong on the surface plus one or two partial Hasselblad photos taken by Buzz Aldrin

    • @Boycott_Wendys
      @Boycott_Wendys 3 місяці тому +1

      This guy's not an astronaut, he's far too tall. They only sent very little men in order to conserve

    • @goldenpacificmedia
      @goldenpacificmedia 3 місяці тому

      @@TheSvector The story is true that Neil took more photos of Buzz Aldrin. I don't think Neil Armstrong cared about the photo op. I think the CDR was more concerned about the mission objectives and getting things done.
      URL For the photo discussed by Svector is here:
      www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/images/print/AS11/40/5886.jpg
      I appreciate Mr. Massimino's work and his stories though. I think he was speaking generally and not being literal.

    • @RonLPitts
      @RonLPitts 3 місяці тому

      Thats not true there is a single picture of Armstrong on the Moon. He has his back to the camera though

    • @TheSvector
      @TheSvector 3 місяці тому

      @@RonLPitts There are actually more, but they are only partial shots of Neil. Thousands though if you include the 16mm DAC still frames.

  • @lestranged
    @lestranged 3 місяці тому +487

    "This is so beautiful, we aren't supposed to see it." I legit teared up when he said that. I kinda wish everyone, especially world leaders could have that experience and have an epiphany of like "let's take better care of this place."

    • @mrm8850
      @mrm8850 3 місяці тому

      world leaders are liars too no diff.

    • @ananda_miaoyin
      @ananda_miaoyin 3 місяці тому +10

      How weird. This comment section is on a nianfo live stream Buddhist chanting but I did see the interview you are referring to. Agreed. Very cool. Unfortunately I think most "world leaders" would be unmoved at such a sight.

    • @HarryNicNicholas
      @HarryNicNicholas 3 місяці тому +4

      my thought too, please, keep it clean.

    • @markmarco2880
      @markmarco2880 3 місяці тому +7

      No human being would be unmoved by seeing that, assuming all world leaders to be human.🌿

    • @insederec
      @insederec 3 місяці тому +2

      It is such a profoundly beautiful thought. One I can barely comprehend.

  • @rickhshepard
    @rickhshepard 3 місяці тому +248

    I'm in awe of Mike Massimino and grateful to Adam for arranging for this interview. Two class acts.

    • @spankie63
      @spankie63 3 місяці тому +1

      I agree 100 %

    • @goosenotmaverick1156
      @goosenotmaverick1156 3 місяці тому

      Agreed! Immediately needed no intro as soon as I heard his legendary voice. I love how much he shares with everyone about his experiences.

    • @snowman374th
      @snowman374th 3 місяці тому +2

      YEAH TWO BIG LIARS IN THE SAME ROOM WOW

    • @RideAcrossTheRiver
      @RideAcrossTheRiver 3 місяці тому +4

      @@snowman374th We can see and photograph the ISS. Why aren't you allowed out at night? Millions of us own and use telescopes.

    • @snowman374th
      @snowman374th 3 місяці тому

      @@RideAcrossTheRiver
      Who cares about the ISS. That's in LEO.. LOL No RADIATION belts are crossed to reach it. lol.. It is not in question. everything done in 1969 placed them in LEO.
      = NOT ON THE MOON

  • @jeffreyhaines
    @jeffreyhaines 3 місяці тому +146

    This is exactly the kind of person you want to send on this kind of experience - able to retell it in a humble, insightful, thrilling way. Wow. What a great video.

    • @redditsucksyo
      @redditsucksyo 2 місяці тому +6

      A psychopathic liar is more like it.

    • @richardgaines9450
      @richardgaines9450 26 днів тому +1

      The propaganda keeps flowing.

    • @deanhall6045
      @deanhall6045 25 днів тому

      Painted pictures like this belong in comic books. Please, stop selling this rubbish as real.

    • @MrNinjaman63
      @MrNinjaman63 3 дні тому +1

      @@deanhall6045 you drank a little too much of your fingerpaint

    • @deanhall6045
      @deanhall6045 3 дні тому

      @@MrNinjaman63 you have nothing constructive to add? Go back to your Disney movie and leave reality to the adults, mate. Taking a swipe at someone who thinks critically is unproductive. All NASA photos are enhanced by artists who get paid good money. They freely admit this and proof is readily available. Self educate.

  • @cleverusername9369
    @cleverusername9369 3 місяці тому +82

    "It's a conflict of your senses that leads to vertigo" is such a beautifully succinct and digestible way to describe the complicated feeling brought about by experiencing vertigo, it's a hard thing to describe but "a conflict of the senses" wraps it up and puts a bow on it.

    • @jeromethiel4323
      @jeromethiel4323 3 місяці тому +7

      I can't do VR or even 3d movies for this very reason. My brain is confused, because i am seeing something in 3d, but my eyes are focused at a fixed distance, and my brain cannot deal with that without giving me a splitting headache or nausea (vertigo).

    • @daffidavit
      @daffidavit 3 місяці тому

      It is similar to instrument flying training with an "instrument hood" over your eyes. Your eyes are focused on the true instruments, not the outside of the airplane. But acceleration forces tell you that you are in a left descending turn when in reality you are in a right climbing turn. Nausea is common initially, but after a while, your body adapts and learns to trust the instruments. Try MS Flight Simulator someday and compare it to a real instrument flight. You will instantly see the difference.@@jeromethiel4323

    • @TheDirtymikenation
      @TheDirtymikenation 5 днів тому

      I like to describe it as the worse feeling on earth

  • @Coentjemons
    @Coentjemons 3 місяці тому +112

    Man, never heard of this dude and I'm mesmerized by how he tells stories.
    You feel like you are there with him. ❤

    • @tested
      @tested  3 місяці тому +34

      He's an amazing storyteller as well as a lovely human being, truly.

    • @StuMcD1989
      @StuMcD1989 3 місяці тому +1

      Watch Tbbt it’s where I seen this hero first, hardly any NASA coverage in the shitty UK

    • @anaclark5751
      @anaclark5751 3 місяці тому +5

      Have you ever watched ‘Big Bang Theory’? Where Howard goes to the Int space station? He was in those episodes playing himself. Lived it.

    • @atvalleau
      @atvalleau 3 місяці тому +1

      Yes, Mass gave Howard the nickname "Fruit Loops"😂

    • @NabsSpeaks
      @NabsSpeaks 3 місяці тому +1

      Great actor.

  • @corrinastanley125
    @corrinastanley125 3 місяці тому +246

    Mike is a great storyteller. Thanks for the interview Adam and the Tested team.

    • @sauhamm3821
      @sauhamm3821 3 місяці тому

      www.nasa.gov/history/alsj/a11/a11.5886.html
      you two made a whole video without doing any research?

    • @spilsmilkandcrys
      @spilsmilkandcrys 3 місяці тому +3

      He really is. I could listen to him speak and answer questions all day!

    • @gjclark2478
      @gjclark2478 3 місяці тому +5

      Stories is all they are.......... Glad he went through the van Allen radiation belt unscathed..........🙄😂

    • @RideAcrossTheRiver
      @RideAcrossTheRiver 3 місяці тому +4

      @@gjclark2478 Apollo missions mostly avoided the Van Allen torus. Even amateurs tracked Apollo lunar missions, though. Also, at least two Apollo lunar astronauts died of bone and blood cancers.

    • @mrollins4684
      @mrollins4684 3 місяці тому +3

      That's precisely what he is. A storyteller.

  • @KenPurcell
    @KenPurcell 3 місяці тому +76

    Mike Massimino is a super cool guy. I was working for NASA doing outreach events. We had an event on the USS Intrepid in New York when they were placing the Shuttle Enterprise on the top deck. Mike was scheduled to give a talk in the hangar deck. Things were running a little late and Mike gave an impromptu talk to the waiting visitors. He was so knowledgable, nice and engaging that it really made a lasting impression on me. At this point I had met most of the astronauts and they are almost all very outgoing and super nice. Mike is top notch and a favorite astronaut of all time. Please have him in for a chat about makerspaces.

    • @TheChzoronzon
      @TheChzoronzon 3 місяці тому +1

      @@mrm8850 wat

    • @RowePK
      @RowePK 3 місяці тому +3

      @@mrm8850 Oh no here we go ...

    • @mrm8850
      @mrm8850 3 місяці тому

      @@RowePK there is no go but total lies.

    • @mrm8850
      @mrm8850 3 місяці тому

      @@TheChzoronzon Nasa fake all of it.

    • @RowePK
      @RowePK 3 місяці тому +2

      @@mrm8850 what's the truth then?

  • @waltersassano4294
    @waltersassano4294 3 місяці тому +36

    More Mike Massimino please! He's awesome and Adam is so enthusiastic in their conversations.

    • @tested
      @tested  3 місяці тому +23

      We have one more video of him from this shoot -- stay tuned!

  • @CineSoar
    @CineSoar 3 місяці тому +44

    "My space walkin' buddy" has got to be one of the hippest ways to be introduced. :D

  • @Interstellar-in5wb
    @Interstellar-in5wb 3 місяці тому +13

    Wish this interview was an hour long. I could listen to Mike talk about his experiences all day.

  • @edthegoomba
    @edthegoomba 3 місяці тому +22

    "I thought I wasn't ready, but they wouldn't let me go if I wasn't" love that

    • @jimmycricket5366
      @jimmycricket5366 2 місяці тому

      Huh?

    • @jimmycricket5366
      @jimmycricket5366 2 місяці тому

      After a simple operation my doctor won't allow me to do certain stuff until he thinks I'm ready. I don't go, "Oh I love that..."

    • @edthegoomba
      @edthegoomba Місяць тому +2

      @@jimmycricket5366 it's ok Jimmy I don't expect someone of your intelligence level to understand

  • @franciscooctavius5957
    @franciscooctavius5957 2 місяці тому +9

    I absolutely love the perspective change of “home” he has. The thing is I really don’t think you can appreciate that until you’ve experienced spacewalking. Simply because here on the ground it feels so large you forget everyone everywhere who’s ever been is on this ground with you but I think you get more appreciation for that from orbit. It really must put you in awe your first time. Going from pictures and globes to actually seeing the African continent flying by behind your shipmate is nuts.
    Awesome interview.

  • @pendarvis
    @pendarvis 3 місяці тому +42

    Wow. That's actually an amazing reaction. "We aren't supposed to see this. It's too beautiful."...

    • @cjmllvv
      @cjmllvv 3 місяці тому +2

      Sounds made up

    • @RideAcrossTheRiver
      @RideAcrossTheRiver 3 місяці тому +3

      @@cjmllvv We can see and photograph the ISS. Why aren't you allowed out at night? Millions of us own and use telescopes.

    • @cjmllvv
      @cjmllvv 3 місяці тому

      @@RideAcrossTheRiver what

    • @RideAcrossTheRiver
      @RideAcrossTheRiver 3 місяці тому +2

      @@cjmllvv We can see and photograph the ISS. Millions of us own and use telescopes.
      Why aren't you allowed out at night?

    • @cjmllvv
      @cjmllvv 3 місяці тому

      @@RideAcrossTheRiver how is that relevant. More on

  • @ChefSarah4104
    @ChefSarah4104 3 місяці тому +29

    Please do more of these "chats," Mike and Adam are both wonderful storytellers. Simply fascinating.

  • @my3dviews
    @my3dviews 3 місяці тому +194

    There is a 70mm color photo of Armstrong on the moon in his space suit. Photo AS11-40-5886 is of Armstrong. Aldrin had the camera for a short period of time and shot that photo of Armstrong. I'm surprised that people still think there aren't any photos of Armstrong on the moon, when that was disproven a long time ago.
    Plus, both astronauts are on the 16mm film shot from the LEM, through the window.

    • @jpsned
      @jpsned 3 місяці тому +14

      Thank you for pointing this out!

    • @my3dviews
      @my3dviews 3 місяці тому +7

      @@jpsned You're welcome. :-)

    • @MrJm323
      @MrJm323 3 місяці тому +21

      Plus there's all that t.v. footage.
      The first television images of man on the Moon are of Armstrong, pulling a lanyard to activate the t.v. camera, climbing down the ladder, etc.
      After Armstrong gave the Earth a 360 panoramic view of the lunar landing site and then finishing by pointing it toward the LEM, he left the t.v. camera on its stand and went to work. They both paused and faced the camera when Mission Control patched them through to Nixon sitting in the Oval Office.

    • @my3dviews
      @my3dviews 3 місяці тому +23

      @@MrJm323 They are referring to "no photos" of Armstrong, not video. But, like I said, even that isn't correct.
      People used to think that every 70mm photo with an astronaut on it was of Aldrin, until it was pointed out that Aldrin had the camera for a period of time and Armstrong was captured on a few photos. Some just partially, but fully on the one I mentioned.

    • @Haywood-Jablomie
      @Haywood-Jablomie 3 місяці тому +39

      I was at the studio while the moon landing was being filmed. I'm surprised that we still don't have the technology to ACTUALLY go to the moon though.

  • @LochNessHamster
    @LochNessHamster 3 місяці тому +93

    "I can't imagine any place more beautiful than where we are"
    I wish more people could feel this way. All anyone ever focuses on is what's wrong with the world. There's so much about life and the world we live in that we all take for granted.

    • @1pcfred
      @1pcfred 3 місяці тому +3

      Depending on where you are you can take it for granite and not be wrong.

    • @samlawrence4670
      @samlawrence4670 3 місяці тому +2

      It’s not that we don’t appreciate it it’s that we are fucking it up rapidly that is the problem.

    • @laletemanolete
      @laletemanolete 3 місяці тому

      One Strange Rock series portaits this exactly

    • @1pcfred
      @1pcfred 3 місяці тому +1

      @@samlawrence4670 things are not as bad as some like to make it out to be. Humans still only inhabit just 6% of the land mass on the planet. So how bad could we be making it? There's plenty of wide open spaces left. Where we have zero impact.

    • @samlawrence4670
      @samlawrence4670 3 місяці тому +3

      @@1pcfredbut we are impacting over 90% of it with farming, mining, deforestations, pollution, and extinction. There is literally not a mammal, fish or reptile species we are not having an effect on, on the whole planet. How much land mass we actually live on is irrelevant but 6% is absurdly high for any animal let alone a large predator. The fact that you can’t understand what we are doing to the only place we have to live gives me even less hope for the future than I already had. Lucky I’m old I’ll be dead before the worst of it happens.

  • @MelloBlend
    @MelloBlend 3 місяці тому +11

    Wow this was an incredible interview. The best first person interview I've seen of any astronaut. Good job!

  • @01FozzyS
    @01FozzyS 3 місяці тому +30

    You just get engaged when Mike tells his stories. Always love listening to his experience as an astronaut. Keep Mike coming,Adam!

  • @linodisalvo1427
    @linodisalvo1427 3 місяці тому +11

    I was raised in Franklin Square, Long Island as well. When I moved to Los Angeles, I thought it was as different and as far away as one could be from Long Island. But then Mike went to space... Yeah, that's pretty far from Franklin Square as well ;) From one Long Islander to another, we're really proud of you Mike Massimino.

  • @easternyellowjacket276
    @easternyellowjacket276 3 місяці тому +13

    Couple of notes for this fantastic interview that struck me. Mike was on the flight before the Columbia accident. Also, his explanation of doing his first spacewalk was amazing. It made me think about the 1st crew of Skylab a little over 50 years ago, that had to go up and put a fabricated heat shield on the outside of vessel to save Skylab. That was back in 1973 and must have been an incredibly harrowing, yet exciting event for the astronauts that had to do it. They had little practice as they had learn a fix for something they didn't know would work on short notice. Balls of steel.

    • @stevenserna910
      @stevenserna910 3 місяці тому +6

      Very true. ISS is the current station, but lots of folks don't remember that Skylab taught us how to work on ISS. I was a teenager during the Skylab missions and It was astonishing to me to think that there are people, actually up there, in orbit...now, looking down at us. It was like Star Trek, where they show the Enterprise orbiting a planet. Also, Skylab was the first time we had a "cooperative" visit from the Soviet Soyuz Cosmonauts. Boy that was a James Bond moment. Everyone was saying stuff like, "If anything goes wrong its those Soviet bast**ds fault! Nuke 'dem sums a' benches". Fortunately all went well.
      I think later on after 3 years in space they put Skylab on return trajectory over the Indian Ocean, where it disintegrated on re-entry, & sunk.

  • @preiter20
    @preiter20 3 місяці тому +25

    I followed just about every minute of Mike's EVA on Hubble. One of my favorites to follow. Great stories Adam!

    • @nicolasroy8481
      @nicolasroy8481 3 місяці тому

      @@mrm8850 ??

    • @RideAcrossTheRiver
      @RideAcrossTheRiver 3 місяці тому +1

      @@mrm8850 Why aren't you allowed out at night? We can see and photograph the ISS. Millions of us own and use telescopes. Can see surface curvature here at the Great Lakes. Even schoolkids put upo cameras to 25 miles. Why aren't you allowed out at night?

    • @user-sv1lm5gi5g
      @user-sv1lm5gi5g Місяць тому +1

      Man stop lying

  • @MeAndMyRoyalEnfield
    @MeAndMyRoyalEnfield 3 місяці тому +8

    Charles Lindbergh wrote, The Spirit of Saint Louis. I had been flying since 13 and many times had been in awe at how beautiful the sky and the earth are from above. I read that book as a teen and these words he wrote moved me and I’ve never forgotten them. ”Sometimes, flying feels too godlike to be attained by man. Sometimes, the world from above seems too beautiful, too wonderful, too distant for human eyes to see, like a vision at the end of life forming a bridge to death.” At 6:10 Mike echoed those feelings and it brought a tear to my eyes. I hope you can share this with him.

  • @JimmyZNJ
    @JimmyZNJ 3 місяці тому +7

    Had the pleasure of meeting Mike when we hosted him and his team at our high power rocket club in NJ. Great respect for the man and always love hearing him recount his experiences in space.

    • @RideAcrossTheRiver
      @RideAcrossTheRiver 3 місяці тому

      @@mrm8850 Are you saying the entire night sky is "CGI"? We can see and photograph the ISS. Millions of us own and use telescopes.

  • @richardcary978
    @richardcary978 3 місяці тому +12

    Another great interview with Mike. Always interesting and informative. Thank you

  • @BananaTie
    @BananaTie 3 місяці тому +7

    So cool to hear Mike talk about this. He brings the enthusiasm to all of us. Thank you for a great interview!

  • @Buzzkill-wn7tf
    @Buzzkill-wn7tf 3 місяці тому +10

    He always tells the best stories. Love with enthusiasm.

  • @blainemoyer7065
    @blainemoyer7065 3 місяці тому +9

    Always enjoy hearing Mike speak of his experiences…

  • @vonoostenstein
    @vonoostenstein 3 місяці тому +5

    I'm so excited to see this interview with Mike Massimino. I have been saturating myself in space exploration and NASA these last few weeks. I just got into For All Mankind and have completely binged it every second I've had. I hope Adam and the Tested team does a collab with the production team of For All Mankind. Would love to see his take on their spacesuits and the science behind the show.

    • @mrm8850
      @mrm8850 3 місяці тому

      nasa is totally bad acting school total fake.

  • @stevengabalis4986
    @stevengabalis4986 3 місяці тому +105

    If we could all adopt Mike's feeling of being "from Earth", there'd probably be a lot less conflict and strife among us.

    • @moshymosh
      @moshymosh 3 місяці тому +6

      Among us

    • @kodinamsinh1267
      @kodinamsinh1267 3 місяці тому +1

      soos

    • @DiggitySlice
      @DiggitySlice 3 місяці тому +1

      Yeah that's what every 101 IQ armchair intellectual says. In reality, right and wrong still exist, some values are better than other, and some systems are obviously wrong.

    • @PeterKnagge
      @PeterKnagge 3 місяці тому +1

      I'm from the other side of the planet & not trying to put Americans down, but I wish their culture had a more "universal" perspective. Does anyone understand what I am saying?

    • @QuantumHistorian
      @QuantumHistorian 3 місяці тому +4

      Eh, maybe. But there are also quite a few astronauts who've had that experience, and come back just as nationalistic and tribal as before. There's more than one cosmonaut who vocally supports the Russian invasion of Ukraine for example.

  • @MrHeroicDemon
    @MrHeroicDemon 3 місяці тому +4

    Amazing, love this. I'm so happy you made this channel. Words can't express.

  • @seaninness334
    @seaninness334 3 місяці тому +6

    Kudos to the trainers and the people who designed the training.
    "I'm not crying, you're crying."- Mike Massimino. Lol

  • @kevinlucas8437
    @kevinlucas8437 3 місяці тому +15

    It's always amazing to hear stories from Mike !!! Loved him on big bang theory !!!

    • @ronaldwilson9525
      @ronaldwilson9525 3 місяці тому +3

      Froot loops!

    • @RideAcrossTheRiver
      @RideAcrossTheRiver 3 місяці тому

      @@mrm8850 Are you saying the entire night sky is "CGI"? We can see and photograph the ISS. Millions of us own and use telescopes.

  • @thegodofhellfire
    @thegodofhellfire 3 місяці тому +12

    I sure hope there's more of Mike to come!

    • @tested
      @tested  3 місяці тому +3

      One more video from this shoot!

  • @harbl99
    @harbl99 3 місяці тому +34

    "He's kinda up there where Han Solo is, and behind his head is Africa. And I'm thinking, how am I gonna get anything done out here?"
    I could listen to Mike for hours.

    • @tested
      @tested  3 місяці тому +8

      Right?!

    • @user-lf2jh2ru9f
      @user-lf2jh2ru9f Місяць тому

      @@tested I have a challenge for Adam, put on a moon space suit, spend as much time on the X-ray machine as Armstrong spent on the surface of the moon, and tell us your impressions afterwards.

  • @BrianBuonomo
    @BrianBuonomo 3 місяці тому +3

    What an incredible interview. Amazing to hear his experience. Thank you!

  • @mstorey83
    @mstorey83 3 місяці тому +3

    This was an amazing interview! Thank you so much for sharing this!! Thank you Mike Massimino just wow!!

  • @PaulThePhotoGuy
    @PaulThePhotoGuy 3 місяці тому +6

    Mike , thank you for sharing part of an experience only a privileged few ever will 😎

  • @katemiller8113
    @katemiller8113 3 місяці тому +2

    Thank you, Adam…and thanks to Mike for his awe inspiring story of his first real acknowledge of the spectacular moment he was privileged to witness. Thank you for sharing with us.

  • @jameshowland7393
    @jameshowland7393 4 дні тому +1

    Mike tells stories in a non-technical, personal way. He's so good at it!

  • @Saybia1
    @Saybia1 18 днів тому +4

    I feel like this guy could do a kick ass Peter Griffin impersonation

  • @cswoody879
    @cswoody879 3 місяці тому +36

    Talking about a change in perspective, I had that just from meeting a Moonwalker, Gene Cernan, a week or so later there was a full moon and it felt different to me than it ever had all my life it was a very surprising feeling. It stopped being this distant unreachable mythical heavily thing and felt now more like looking up at Spain or something, like oh there's that place over there, I've met someone who went there once.

    • @1pcfred
      @1pcfred 3 місяці тому +1

      People that have been to the Moon remains a very small club. Only 12 were ever there. We've no compelling reason today to go back either.

    • @deanhall6045
      @deanhall6045 3 місяці тому

      @@1pcfred seriously? If any country could have minesites pumping ore right now, they would be there. The facts are that no human can go through the Van Allen radiation belts. The rest is rubbish. You know nothing of what you speak. No reason to go back ? You need to seriously wisen up. There's 5 countries trying their best to get there and notice, no humans on board. No human has been there, no human will ever go there. Artemis postponed again, September 2026, already talk of scratching it and returning to Apollo style mission.... as they did 20 years ago and scrapped that then went Artemis.....etc. rinse, repeat. No human is leaving inner space, low Earth orbit, 350 miles maximum. Wake up.

    • @charliekempf
      @charliekempf 3 місяці тому +1

      Leif Erickson had no compelling reason to cross the Atlantic

    • @1pcfred
      @1pcfred 3 місяці тому +1

      @@charliekempf yes and the fact that he made it just shows how trivial the task he accomplished really is. Hugo Vihlen crossed the Atlantic solo in a craft with a 5' 4" beam. Apollo on the other hand represents the most ambitious achievement our species has ever undertaken. It was literally impossible to do at the outset. Whole new technologies had to be developed to manage it. So a bit different scale.

    • @deanhall6045
      @deanhall6045 3 місяці тому +1

      @@1pcfred very small club. Like,zero.

  • @weirdoregonadventures2469
    @weirdoregonadventures2469 3 місяці тому +8

    This is by far my most favorite episode ever. Absolutely fascinating to hear about how it felt for him being in space and seeing earth from space.

  • @andrewparkin4036
    @andrewparkin4036 3 місяці тому +4

    Aleays cool to see Mike on, its such an easy listen. Thanks guys for everything.

  • @benjaminhanke79
    @benjaminhanke79 3 місяці тому +3

    Awesome! I could listen to Mike's astronaut stories 24/7!

  • @hippityhoppityw
    @hippityhoppityw 3 місяці тому +4

    That was making me emotional just to hear, dang.

  • @KLowe-of5yz
    @KLowe-of5yz 3 місяці тому +1

    I love listening to interviews of Mike Massimino - must admit my first intro. to him was when he was on BBT - googled his name and surprise, he was for real. He's such a great storyteller, so enjoy him. :)

  • @CharlieTechie
    @CharlieTechie 2 місяці тому +1

    Best interview yet! I took the shuttle ride at the KSC and when the bay doors opened it was unbelievable, breath taking. I can’t imagine what it looks like in real life.

  • @peckenstein
    @peckenstein 3 місяці тому +3

    That was a fantastic question and response!

  • @LEFTOVERDISHES
    @LEFTOVERDISHES 8 днів тому +5

    There are no pictures of Neil Armstrong sitting on a toilet, therefore he never used it. Great logic

  • @pipedemon28
    @pipedemon28 3 місяці тому +2

    That was just lovely. What a great interview. Thanks

  • @lorawaring883
    @lorawaring883 3 місяці тому +1

    Cool. I hope you have LOTS more with MIke. Thank you!

  • @elcorado83
    @elcorado83 3 місяці тому +9

    I got choked up watching this when Mike talked of his view of Earth from space. Wonderful talk and a wonderful man.

  • @kaljr82
    @kaljr82 3 місяці тому +15

    But do we have pictures of Louis Armstrong on the moon?

  • @djmini2numpty141
    @djmini2numpty141 3 місяці тому

    this is an a beautiful, awe-inspiring interview, thank you both for sharing. Frank from the land down under

  • @Dave-gf3kd
    @Dave-gf3kd 3 місяці тому +1

    What I beautiful interview! Thank you for sharing this! Fascinating…

  • @100oracle
    @100oracle 3 місяці тому +4

    What an amazing interview. Adam i hope to see you go to space someday

    • @RideAcrossTheRiver
      @RideAcrossTheRiver 3 місяці тому

      @@mrm8850 Why aren't you allowed out at night? Millions of us own and use telescopes. We can see and photograph the ISS.

  • @jeantesc812
    @jeantesc812 3 місяці тому +4

    ...and I'm crying now.

    • @RideAcrossTheRiver
      @RideAcrossTheRiver 3 місяці тому

      @@mrm8850 We can see and photograph the ISS. Why aren't you allowed out at night? Millions of us own and use telescopes.

  • @wino4340
    @wino4340 3 місяці тому +2

    Adam ...I love hearing these astronauts talk about their time in space. Listening to Mr. Massimino talk about his space walk it made me think about Bruce McCandless and his untethered space "walk". ... I've never seen an interview with him about that, but I always wondered what his heart rate was when he was out there...floating in space...not connected to anything....alone.

  • @fotticelli
    @fotticelli 3 місяці тому

    What a great interview! My thanks to both of the gentlemen for it.

  • @sgtommyc
    @sgtommyc 3 місяці тому +3

    The beauty of Earth, the curvature and all of cosmos around it is mesmerizing, but what gets me every time I see pictures from space flights is the thin blue line around our planet that makes all the difference between all of us and a whole lot of nothing (the atmosphere), I'm always looking at it when ever I see a picture taken from high altitudes, space ships or the U2 plane :)

  • @ArmedAngryAtheist
    @ArmedAngryAtheist 3 місяці тому +12

    Based on the way the lucky few describe what it is like to look back at Earth from space makes me think we need to send a few world leaders to space, see if we can change their perspective.

    • @Cosmodjinn
      @Cosmodjinn 3 місяці тому +5

      Maybe run out of fuel for the return trip for a few of those few.

    • @DankasorusRex
      @DankasorusRex 3 місяці тому +2

      @@Cosmodjinnor just “miscalculate” the fuel needed to get to orbit and overshoot? I remember an idea some leaders had to launch trash at the sun, maybe we test it out?

    • @spaceshot5289
      @spaceshot5289 3 місяці тому +1

      No. Evil never changes

    • @mrm8850
      @mrm8850 3 місяці тому

      Nasa and leaders are the same a bunch of liars.

    • @renerpho
      @renerpho 3 місяці тому

      @@Cosmodjinn And turning them into space debris? Nah. Just forget to install the parachute.

  • @briantaylor5371
    @briantaylor5371 3 місяці тому

    The perspective he gives gave me deep pause to consider everything and gave me goosebumps

  • @briannolan
    @briannolan 3 місяці тому

    Down to earth, logical yet poetic and heart achingly emotional all at the same time.
    Wonderful guest and a fantastic interview.

    • @joelsavoie8641
      @joelsavoie8641 2 місяці тому

      Unlike most people, you can say he's come down to earth

  • @archstanton1628
    @archstanton1628 3 місяці тому +4

    I could listen to this man all day.

    • @RideAcrossTheRiver
      @RideAcrossTheRiver 3 місяці тому

      ​@@mrm8850 We can see and photograph the ISS. Why aren't you allowed out at night? Millions of us own and use telescopes.

  • @spiercephotography
    @spiercephotography 3 місяці тому +4

    6:29, so overwhelming, but a beautiful sentiment! Thanks to Mike for sharing his experiences. Delightful to listen to! I've had a few (on earth, obviously) encounters where the view was so beautiful/breathtaking that i started crying too. It can get sort of overwhelming if it takes you unawares

  • @muleskinnerfilms6719
    @muleskinnerfilms6719 3 місяці тому +2

    Great interview as always!

  • @ancient_history
    @ancient_history 3 місяці тому +1

    Thank you for sharing these beautiful experiences!

  • @TheSvector
    @TheSvector 3 місяці тому +7

    re: 3:38 of course that's incorrect. There are several shots taken by Aldrin that show Armstrong on the lunar surface: AS11-40-5886, AS11-40-5894, AS11-40-5895 plus of course hundreds of still frames from the 16mm DAC that recorded Neil and Buzz setting up the flag and other gear during their EVA.

    • @joebeezy9471
      @joebeezy9471 2 місяці тому

      Sure. You would know more than him.

  • @billkimewanalecbenbecker757
    @billkimewanalecbenbecker757 3 місяці тому +8

    Actually there are pictures/film of Armstrong on the moon. Buzz Aldrin filmed him from inside the LM at the start of their EVA prior to Aldrin descending the ladder to the lunar surface.

    • @RobertPilla
      @RobertPilla 3 місяці тому

      He was on the EVA which was on the moon. He was not photographed actually on the moon.

    • @EliasSchnetzer
      @EliasSchnetzer 3 місяці тому +3

      @@RobertPilla Then you could also say no one was actually on the moon because they were in their space suit which was on the moon. If you are inside your car, aren't you on the street though?

    • @supermexicanroboninja3116
      @supermexicanroboninja3116 3 місяці тому +2

      ​​@@EliasSchnetzer
      If you take a photo of someone in the woods, and then take a photo of them in their log cabin in the woods, only one will be a picture of that person in the woods, because there are no woods to be seen in the cabin.

    • @paulcochran1721
      @paulcochran1721 3 місяці тому

      And the Apollo 11 Data Acquisition Camera from inside the LEM window, It took time lapse pictures.

    • @my3dviews
      @my3dviews 3 місяці тому +2

      @@RobertPilla There is a 70mm color photo of Armstrong on the moon in his space suit. Photo AS11-40-5886 is of Armstrong. Plus, both astronauts are on the 16mm film shot from the LEM, through the window.

  • @sonnyburnett8725
    @sonnyburnett8725 13 днів тому +2

    Actually Buzz took one picture of Neil removing equipment from the LM but it was his backside. Other than that there is movie film taken through the LM window as he began picking up soil samples.

  • @michaelrafales2782
    @michaelrafales2782 3 місяці тому

    Absolutely amazing. I want this interview to never end

  • @scottbrown8604
    @scottbrown8604 3 місяці тому +5

    His description of Earth reminds me a lot of Sagan's Pale Blue Dot. If you have never listened to it, do yourself a favor and do a search on Carl Sagan Pale Blue Dot.

  • @garyowen9044
    @garyowen9044 3 місяці тому +4

    I think Mike started to tear up just remembering the event.

  • @Clickspring
    @Clickspring 3 місяці тому

    What an awesome interview, thank you

  • @edwinrodeo
    @edwinrodeo 11 днів тому +1

    This was an awesome interview, Great job 👏🏻.

  • @farpointgamingdirect
    @farpointgamingdirect 3 місяці тому +4

    The only full-body photograph of Neil Armstrong on the moon shows him working at the Apollo 11 lunar module "Eagle." The first man to set foot on the lunar surface was inadvertently captured on film by Buzz Aldrin, who was tasked with taking a series of panoramic photos.

    • @-mike-8134
      @-mike-8134 3 місяці тому

      There was a story/rumor from Neil's biography that Neil had first use of the camera and then he handed it off to Buzz. Buzz had lobbied long and hard to be the first man on the moon but was turned down whatever angle he tried. So Buzz took photos of everything but made damn sure to not get a single one of Neil except the one small one by accident. As I said this was from the book but really only Buzz knows for sure though.

    • @Digibeatle09
      @Digibeatle09 3 місяці тому +1

      Just a “friendly query” - a guy called Bill Kaysing was - for a number of years - treated as a “bit of a nut” for questioning whether those missions really happened (or, at least, as regards getting as far as the Moon and landing) - he said - “Show me a reasonably close up photo of the remains of the descent stage of the LEM, the “planted” Stars and Stripes, etc. - and I’ll shut up and never speak another word on this subject”. Since he spoke those words, all we have is photos taken about 50 miles above the Apollo 11 “landing site” by the Lunar Orbiter - yet - just a day ago - I saw NASA close up shots of rocks on Mars - like Bill Kaysing (and I’d be happy with NASA shots as long as the digital file was available for download), if the type of shot he mentions can be provided, that’s the end of any doubts I - and many others - might have !

    • @blueskies8834
      @blueskies8834 3 місяці тому +2

      Armstrong was assigned to have the Hasselblad camera attached to his chest. That is why no/few pics of Neil. In Deke Slayton’s book he outlines how Buzz lobbied to be first out the door. He Buzz Aldrins Book “Magnificent Desolation” he does not tell the same story as Deke.

  • @mikebrophy
    @mikebrophy 3 місяці тому +11

    Mike has an every person's way of talking about his experience and science much like the great Richard Feynman did. Thanks for this fantastic conversation!

  • @CBDisney
    @CBDisney 3 місяці тому

    I could listen to him talk all freakin’ day. Amazing!

  • @duncan-rmi
    @duncan-rmi 3 місяці тому +2

    loved his book. great story-teller.

  • @jcortese3300
    @jcortese3300 3 місяці тому +3

    I've always felt like doing a spacewalk is a bit like being born -- unbelievably dangerous and overwhelming. Being born (and giving birth) is vastly underappreciated as the single most dangerous thing any human being will ever do. NOTHING any of us will ever do, and that includes going to space, will ever rival that for its life-threatening danger.
    So you go to space or you get born, you take your life in your hands to get to where you're going ... and then you turn around and for the first time, look into the face of your mother. And you are completely overwhelmed by it. Nothing in the world could speak to you more deeply and be more beautiful.

    • @martijnp
      @martijnp 3 місяці тому +1

      Lol being born is not as dangerous by miles

  • @PJV1990
    @PJV1990 3 місяці тому +6

    There is one photo of Neil Armstrong on the moon. It's the one taken in the shadow of the LEM where he is deploying one of the science experiments from the cargo bay of the LEM. All you see is the back of his EVA suit though.

    • @monkeyboy4746
      @monkeyboy4746 3 місяці тому +2

      Yes, that is the only one I have ever heard of. I think later they had the astronauts who were commanders wear a red armband so they could tell them apart in photos.

    • @GSMSfromFV
      @GSMSfromFV 3 місяці тому +1

      There's also a photo of Armstrong at the UniverseToday website. View is from an upper-level LEM camera looking down, showing a three-quarter partial front view of Armstrong's face.

    • @my3dviews
      @my3dviews 3 місяці тому

      There is a 70mm photo of Armstrong on the moon. Photo AS11-40-5886 is of Armstrong. Not to mention the 16mm film camera showing the EVA from out the LM window.

    • @monkeyboy4746
      @monkeyboy4746 3 місяці тому

      Neil Armstrong was determined to become the "Matthew Brady" of the Moon.

  • @alejandronan607
    @alejandronan607 3 місяці тому +1

    This made me smile big time ❤

  • @sergiplanas6427
    @sergiplanas6427 3 місяці тому +1

    I'm loving Adam doing these interviews

  • @jrpipik
    @jrpipik 3 місяці тому +5

    The video of Neil Armstrong climbing down the ladder onto the Moon is picture enough for me!

  • @xXESproductionsXx
    @xXESproductionsXx 3 місяці тому +4

    I recently took my first flight last year and it really changed my perspective on the world seeing myself fly through the clouds. I can only imagine how it must feel to be out in space, orbiting earth.

  • @christopherhuber2517
    @christopherhuber2517 3 місяці тому

    Thank you for sharing such a wonderful experience mike

  • @paulnyman6739
    @paulnyman6739 18 днів тому

    Thank you Mike & Adam!
    Must feel stronger than visiting a new foreign country, you anticipate the excitement and yet seeing the view of Earth and vast field of space around it...our little island we all must share and call home!

  • @crumpred805
    @crumpred805 3 місяці тому +3

    “There’s no crying in space-ball!”

  • @rgg6322
    @rgg6322 3 місяці тому +3

    If Rodney Dangerfield was an astronaut

  • @SweetChuckPi
    @SweetChuckPi 3 місяці тому +2

    The sound of the jets flying over for Fleet Week is just so perfect for this discussion...

    • @tested
      @tested  3 місяці тому +1

      RIGHT?!!!!

  • @shanewoolsey940
    @shanewoolsey940 3 дні тому

    Just the description of your first space walk "behinds his smiling face I could see Africa" gave me that full body tingle of fear like teetering on the railing of a 50th story balcony.

  • @AsteroidTVGaming
    @AsteroidTVGaming 3 місяці тому +12

    astronauts are really a walking inspiration

    • @AsteroidTVGaming
      @AsteroidTVGaming 3 місяці тому +1

      @@mrm8850 Thats the cool thing about science, it does not take into consideration what you or anyone believe or not.

    • @mrm8850
      @mrm8850 3 місяці тому +1

      @@AsteroidTVGaming that is true a total stage a total lie.

    • @RideAcrossTheRiver
      @RideAcrossTheRiver 3 місяці тому

      @@mrm8850 Flerfs and hoaxheads aren't quite human.

    • @mrm8850
      @mrm8850 3 місяці тому +1

      @@RideAcrossTheRiver you live that lie.

    • @RideAcrossTheRiver
      @RideAcrossTheRiver 3 місяці тому

      @@mrm8850 Why aren't you allowed out at night?

  • @markcliffe7
    @markcliffe7 5 днів тому +3

    No photos for a reason, 50 plus years later, no return?

  • @JAIMELUIS
    @JAIMELUIS 3 місяці тому +2

    This is a really cool guy! Great interview Adam!!!

  • @SCWgreg
    @SCWgreg 3 місяці тому

    Beautiful! ❤ The Overview Effect.

  • @captain_fuzzieness3582
    @captain_fuzzieness3582 3 місяці тому +6

    this is why I just do not understand flat earthers. Imagine being so ignorant to the truth of the most beautiful place in the universe.

    • @Riley_Mundt
      @Riley_Mundt 3 місяці тому +1

      "but the fisheye lense hurdurhur"

    • @RideAcrossTheRiver
      @RideAcrossTheRiver 3 місяці тому

      @@Riley_Mundt "But the sky is CGI derpderpy"

  • @AsbestosMuffins
    @AsbestosMuffins 3 місяці тому +7

    neil never took a picture of himself but there are pictures of him reflected on buzz's helmet

    • @antonliakhovitch8306
      @antonliakhovitch8306 3 місяці тому

      ...As was discussed in this video

    • @user-fb5ef3jh3r
      @user-fb5ef3jh3r 4 дні тому

      From his chest, I bring the glamour shot of the century, a reflection of such magnitude. 🤔

  • @henrycarlson7514
    @henrycarlson7514 3 місяці тому

    Interesting, Thank You for that magnificent interview

  • @22nola
    @22nola 3 місяці тому

    Great interview. Mike really personalizes the experience.