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GAH! What a time to A: Not have a Quest headset (or any other HMD for that matter), and B: Absolutely despise Meta as a company. Sorry, Adam; understandably, I have reasons to that aren't related to this video. Otherwise, it sounds like it'd be an amazing experience to watch the VR version of this and get a sense of the actual scale of the shuttle!
Love your content. I've been watching for many years. I respectfully ask your team to release this on SteamVR or offer a work around. Thanks for all of the awesome content. Cheers.
I was an Ops Engineer for Discovery (OV-103) and spent many an hour in, on and around her in the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) as the various technicians worked to reconfigure and refurbish her between flights. It's good to see her again, but a bit sad too knowing she'll never fly again. Thanks for sharing this, Adam. It brought back a lot of good memories.
I was a shuttle astronaut on Columbia, Atlantis, and Endeavour. I still remember hearing the “de rotate” command. Brings back many memories. I sadly never got the chance of flying on Discovery but she is a magical ship. Thank you for sharing it brings back many memories.
Well, if the moon starts falling, maybe they will come pull the shuttle out of the museum to launch in it. Because of course it sits in the museum ready to go.
Astronaut Cady Coleman is such a joy to listen to. So knowledgeable, and her love and passion for the shuttle is so evident. I would want no other tour guide. Thank you for your service!
Well said, I could just sit and listen to her talk about the shuttle for hours and not lose attention. Adam is a great listener, but he may have been just as hypnotized as we are.
The US Air Force beat Adam! They built a full-size replica of the Space Shuttle based around one of the crew trainers which itself is a full-scale replica with all the switches and the main door of the space shuttle cabin. This replica shuttle is at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, OH. The advantage of this replica is that the Museum planners built an incline/ramp walkway so that you can walk THROUGH the shuttle exhibit. You can see the cabin and examine the payload bay and other parts in detail. The Enterprise, Atlantis, Discovery, and Endeavour are nice to see in person but you can only observe from THE OUTSIDE. Of course, you can't have the public walk through an actual shuttle because just the act of walking will dirty the flight articles -- and then you have to also deal with vandals and crazies who will wreck the artifacts!
Adam's an intelligent person, he probably knows an awful lot about the shuttle; I love how he let's Cady talk her story and not talk over her like so many other so called presenters in similar circumstances.
They’re both so smart. They both probably already know that the other knows the answers to some of these questions, but they’re aware that there are a lot of viewers who don’t and they’re keeping it interesting for newbies, shuffle enthusiasts, etc etc. They’re both incredibly smart and incredibly public presenters.
Not to mention but some of his questions weren't about the technical aspects of the shuttle but about the experiences and little quirks of the crew and assembly.
@@martijn9568 @Martijn Although he seemed to not know that the three big main engines are only used during launch. Nothing wrong with that, most people wouldn't know that. But it is sort of Shuttle 101. Unless he was just pretending to not know that which is possible also. Or that the payload bay doors contain radiators and have to remain open the entire time in orbit. But I'll bet he's the first person who ever noticed that Discovery's name was stenciled on, that was pretty cool. Cady was like "How can you tell?"
I can listen to Cady all day. She has always been great at explaining the program. I loved when she would visit us at MSFC and give mission reviews. Amazing person.
Seeing the shuttle so up-close gives me a Princess Leia moment ("You came here in that?"). From afar (on SD TV) it always looked smooth, gleaming, and manufactured, but up close you see all the detail, wear, and imperfections. As you said it drives home afresh what a painstakingly intricate feat of engineering this craft is and represents. Truly awe-inspiring!
For me especially what nails that is the spray-paint-stencilled name that Adam points out. These weren’t just state of the art manufactured objects, they were state of the art *hand assembled* objects that retain evidence of everyone who’s ever worked on and in them.
It's amazing that Cady Coleman is a chemist, material engineer and robotics engineer. Adam and her can have so much fun playing together with science projects. Hope to see more of her explaining science with Adam.
Loved Cady's stories about getting used to gravity again. I still recall a story Senator Garn told in interviews about how when he was on orbit, he got in the habit of just letting go of an object at arm's length in front of his face so that he'd remember where he left it. Back in his office, he did it once with a pen, and stared at it for about 15sec after it clattered on his desk. "Oh, yeah. Right."
You can tell Adam would love this visit even if it wasn't filmed for the channel. Just literally being a kid in a candy store and truly wanting to learn every detail he can
My Grandmother worked for Rockwell and built components for the Space Shuttle Program. She built the tiles and these round wafer-looking discs (I was a kid and cannot remember what those were for). She bought me all of the die cast models of the Shuttle that were available at Rockwell/NASA at the time. She would bring home the used white, “clean room,” suits too. I always made ninja suits out of mine with the hood, etc. She passed in 1996 and the Shuttles are a part of her legacy. Every time I visit one in a museum I look at the tiles and wonder which ones are “hers.” This helps keep her alive for me. She was an amazing woman. A WWII “Rosie the Riveter,” (her name was actually Rose) who continued to work in airplane manufacturing after the war and eventually joined the aerospace industry.
I used to work at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston (photography group, bldg 8). There was a bar not too far from site called the Bayview Duck. It looked like an old English pub inside and out. I was there one night with friends and there was a Celtic band playing. They were doing traditional songs (Whiskey in the Jar, for example). Cady Coleman was on the flute.
What is most impressive is while its delicate in certain areas, even moreso than aircraft, the shuttle was designed to survive some really extreme environments. Something that not only endures re-entry, but effectively 'flies' during it, with all the associated stresses. Then it has to transition to flying in an atmosphere, which is a whole bunch of different stresses and requirements. It makes capsules look truly simple in comparison.
Yes - the Orbiter was a bunch of compromises which made it not such an efficient spacecraft and a very inefficient aircraft. I like the fact that Adam noticed some overspray on the "Discovery" logo. There speaks a model builder. One of my ambitions is to get to see Discovery at Udvar-Hezy - plus all the other stuff they have on display there.
The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum is a must see! I was visiting Alexandria and when I found out the shuttle was onsite a few years back I knew I had to see it in person. Growing up and watching the launches in the 80's was such a treat. When you walk into the museum you can immediately see the nose of the shuttle. I rushed over and to stand before this beauty just brought me to tears. it was an overwealming experience and would recommend to any Shuttle fan to go see!
I thought it was just me. My first time seeing the Discovery at the Smithsonian nearly brought me to tears and I couldn't quite understand why. It's a feeling that I imagine someone would consider a religious experience. Good to know I'm not alone.
I used to go to Uvar Hazy every three , to four months a year while I lived in NoVa. It truly is a must see. It is an absolutely amazing place. When they brought Discovery in, and kept it in it's post mission state, it made an amazing place even more incredible.
My grandfather worked on Discovery. He was part of the reason it flew so many missions. He was pretty high up the chain, I think he was in charge of processing the orbiter. Recently passed away last year. I’ll miss him greatly! He’s part of the reason I’m a maker today. But his legacy won’t be forgotten!
Mine was working on the Saturn. Still lives in Huntsville not far from the space and rocket center. Amazing how much of this stuff gets passed down generation to generation and we keep the building legacy going.
@@timothypryor7952 Thats awesome. It's nice to see stuff passed down like that. To me building space vehicles or rockets etc. is the for front of engineering and building. Space is literally our final frontier so remembering the people that make it possible is important.
My late uncle worked as a safety inspector at NASA and he took me to watch a shuttle launch in the early 90s and the guided tour of the NASA facilities in Cape Kennedy. I still get emotional when I see the VAB
My dad had the same experience viewing the shuttle in the orbiter processing facility! My grandfather was in charge of orbiter processing for discovery. So he walked in and asked him “where’s the shuttle?” And it was above us!
I remember when they first rolled out the Enterprise shuttle demonstrator and I thought "oh, how the heck will that possibly get into space?" But then almost 10 years later I watched as Columbia leapt into the sky. I had such a mixture of emotions, of pride, and awe, and just utter amazement. Seeing Adam talk to Cady Coleman was such a great experience and treat.
This conversation is so natural and authentic. Lovely to feel like one was really there with both of you, having a conversation like this. Beautifully done.
The pride, amazement & wonder from both Cady & Adam is almost over whelming & they are the ones who have experience with the shuttle, I think it might be to much for me to see in person(maybe one day) Adam please do more of these videos even though I miss the maker Adam. Thank you Cady Colman.
I'm so glad youtube improved the zoom feature, cuz now I can really zoom in and see some of those details Adam pointed out about the stencil spray painted Discovery logo
What fantastic production quality! The opening shot really captured how intimate and humbling it is to be around these massive machines. This truly is a sacred place, thank you for sharing this with us! Astronaut Coleman is awesome!
I was just there two weeks ago for the first time and I was in total awe of how big it was. Seeing it on tv doesn’t covey how big the shuttle is. My kids and I spent a total of three hours at the museum, and I spent two hours just looking at it, and they had to tear me away from it to see the rest of the museum. Absolutely a stunning piece of technology.
My fiancees grandfather was blessed enough to be awarded with a Silver Snoopy Award. It was amazing to have met him a few times before he passed away a few years ago. Edit: With Cady mentioning the return to flight after Columbia I realised she may have worked with him and the SRI
I worked on all 100 B1-B aircraft, I know that plane inside and out. So years ago I went to the Air Force Museum and walked around their B1-B on display I thought about all the work I did on those aircraft, Engine runs, landing gear retractions, Wing sweep testing etc. You just stand there and say to yourself "Hello Friend."
This is a great watch. Adam Savage make it more fun because he is like big kid. But his knowledge base to ask really great questions is awesome. He should be given a talk show where he goes to the guest and interviews then in there environment. It would be a huge hit.
The adaptability of the human body is amazing. I remember watching a science show many years ago where they had this woman volunteer who wore a special pair of goggles on her head for several days that flipped the world upside down. They wanted to see how difficult it would be for her to do simple things like write her name, thread a needle and ride a bike. of course at first none of those things were simple! But after about 3 days she was able to do all of them with ease. But here's the interesting part: When the experiment was over and they removed her goggles, it took her ANOTHER 3 days to re-adapt to how she was doing it before!
Understand that images appear upside down on the retina (simple optics) and the brain then translates them as right-side-up. So what those goggles were doing was present the world as our eyes see it. Seems like I also remember reading that infants actually do see upside down for the first few(?) days before their brain accomplishes that flip. If true, hats off to whomever devised the experiment proving it.
@@marcmcreynolds2827 Good point about our brains flipping the images we see. About infants' brains, I remember another case where an 18 month old was having between 50 and 100 seizures a day and they discovered that she had a massive tumor occupying about one half of her brain. So, they took the radical step of doing a "hemispherectomy" where they remove half the brain. Because of the plasticity of the brain at that age she was able to adapt and ended up having no severe impairments growing up. She walked with a very slight limping gait but other than that she was a typical (in this interview) 5 year old girl. If she had been older when they did the operation things would have been much different.
At 15:30-ish, Cady Coleman mentioned that when she went up in the shuttle for the first time, that everyone was so exited. The image of Kerbals popped up in my mind at that point, as they are always excited to be launching. Well, they are ALWAYS excited, period.
Discovery, A true workhorse, and the first shuttle/rocket I saw launch in person, She has a special place in my heart. I'm glad she got to rest in a place as prestigious as the Smithsonian
I just got to see Endeavour at the California Science Center last week. Simply amazing. Just being in the same room with it is impossible to describe. Pure awesomeness.
I've been to the Smithsonian a few times. Never get tired of it. I highly recommend Wright Patterson AFB museum, the US Space & Rocket center in Huntsville, AL (and space camp and the astronaut training annex) and Cape Canaveral and all of it's wonderful sites. Didn't get to attend space camp 🥺 but mom made sure I saw a lot. Even saw one of the shuttles on a launch pylon with the tank and boosters just a day or 2 before launch. She had hard time explaining that we couldn't stay because you can't just change trains and added hotel stay without huge cost.
The greatest spectacle I've ever seen, The shuttle launch. Maybe 10 miles away and still the sense of Power, ferocity it used to go up. It's the coolest firework I've ever seen.
I was fortunate to visit the NASM about 20 years ago but only for about 4 hours, not nearly enough time to fully absorb everything that there is to see and learn. Seeing these artifacts in person is unforgettable. But having Mr. Savage and Ms Coleman as guides, Adam to ask the right questions, and Cady, a truly engaging and knowledgeable expert, able to answer them from personal knowledge and experience adds depth and breadth to the artifacts that is beyond compare. I would wish for a series of programs where Mr. Savage and the Tested crew find engaging experts on each of the artifacts and do a deep dive into them from conception, through their service life and place them in the context of how they exemplified the state of the art in their time and brought technology forward. Several of these videos do that well and I look forward to more, but I would pay handsomely for a boxed set of DVD's that covered the Kitty Hawk Flyer, the Spirit of Saint Luis, etc all the way through to the future of space travel as exemplified by the NCC 1701 Enterprise and beyond.
The Udvar Hazi was my entire childhood. I would go there practically every month as a kid, and seeing the space shuttle and learning about how far humans can actually go was integral to forming my love of science. I loved seeing this footage of you in such a familiar place. This video taught me a lot and I can't wait to see more from you all at Tested! Y'all do such a great job with the videos, thank you!!
I literally almost cried the first time I saw the shuttle up close. I was just imagining the science, ingenuity, and manpower that went into designing and building such a device, amazing! overwhelms me.
I had the distinct pleasure of meeting a man through my job who worked on the shuttle program. He showed me 2 ceramic tiles of the skin of the shuttle. One new and one after re-entry. The amount of material burned away from re-entry is about 5 inches! So cool!
10:12 - Oooooh, that's a good shot! That's good lighting! Ooof, makes me tear up! The walk-up shot at the beginning was really cute, clearly staged, right, but it was heartwarming too. But THIS moment, wow! BIG ups to the camera operator who got to record this angle, it must have felt GREAT!
I was lucky enough to see this shuttle land at Dulles and came back days later to already see in its final display space. I love that place. But I have to say I love the shuttle that is displayed at the KSC. If you haven’t seen that display it’s breathtaking
I love this show. So informative about the shuttle. I built 3 of them in my teens. 1 with the 747, 1 on the tractor unit that takes it to launch pad and 1 single shuttle. Please make more like this Adam. Xx
Thank you for sharing so many things I didn't know! I'm working towards my aircraft maintenance license and the fact that I'll never get to work on the space shuttle makes me sad, it truly is the most incredible machine we've sent to space.
13:10 The STS-93 launch is a fascinating story all on it's own. The pin ruptured 3 of those lines. If it had ruptured 5 then it would have been an abort. Also two of the engine controllers failed at T-5s, and they flew to orbit on the secondary computers. Overall they were 4.6 m/s slower than they expected, within the margin for the smaller orbital maneuvering engines
What an awesome video with so many details! My father has a Silver Snoopy award and I'd never heard or seen them mentioned elsewhere until this video! Cool to hear some more little details about the piece of history on his wall.
She's wonderful! It still boggles my mind how the people that created these machines were able to figure out what was needed material wise etc to support it going into space. It's just insane. Total respect and adoration to all whom have been a part of the space program.
I have never before in my near 50 years been instantly silent and awestruck as I was finally getting to see the Shuttle (in Florida) last summer. I loved the Shuttle as a 8-10 year old. The Challenger disaster is the 1st live calamity I witnessed on television. The reveal in Florida of the ship is stunning and the memorial to the Columbia and Challenger crew will stop you in your tracks
Wow this was truly fascinating from an astronaut perspective and valuable insight into things I haven't heard until now . The overall weight of the shuttle itself of great interest to me. I would have to take plenty off just to scale it to my dynamics and add quite a few more options. It won't be easy , I'm just hoping that the materials and composites required will bring that weight down significantly
its great to see Adam totally fanboying on this one. As in many of the Tested vids he's excited but here he's in awe of all things NASA and that is infectious, it carried us along with him.
That shuttle up close is scary. If this was sitting on the back lot of some property, people would say "that's the cheapest looking shuttle replica I've ever seen! What did you make it with? Chicken wire and canvas? lol The textures are a crazy patchwork that is lost seeing it in orbit or when it's landing.
I actually had the privilege of holding a space flown shuttle tile. I can't emphasize just how lightweight these things are. Also, the exterior portion feels almost like porcelain but with a matte finish. The inside is very fibrous, kind of reminds me of asbestos. I didn't realize they don't have any available for the public to experience.
My grandfather took me to a nighttime shuttle launch... Saying I was blown away is an understatement. You can feel the ground shake 3 miles away... It was like the sun came out as it gained altitude.
When I was in 6th grade, we had a field trip to Marshall Space Center in Huntsville Alabama. It was early 1978, not long after the piggyback test had been done with the Enterprise. They led us into a small room with curtains on three walls. They pulled back the curtain on the wall I was standing beside, and just on the other side of the glass was the nose of the shuttle. It was sitting at a shallow angle so you could see the side of the vehicle. I literally gasp. It was an awesome sight.
You really ought to show Adam the Veritasium video "The Genius of 3D Printed Rockets". I think he'd love the things they're doing, making things that couldn't be made by traditional methods or that are ridiculously hard to do traditionally. The rocket nozzles mentioned in this video are what made me think he hadn't seen it because that gets touched on in the Veritasium video. The shuttle nozzles were hand welded laboriously with incredibly intricate metal tubing where every weld has to be near perfect. As she mentioned, it's vital to warm the fuel to the temperature for burn, and it's also vital that the cryogenic fuel takes up the heat from the nozzle so that the nozzle doesn't melt. It's so inspiring to hear Cady Coleman talk. Many of us have problem solving in our jobs that seem like looming disasters, and to some extent they are, but hearing someone very professionally talk about how preparation got them through with the only possible help is a radio connection to someone 200 miles below at the closest pass. I woke up terrified this morning when an email from work came in timestamped 6am from a server that shouldn't have been doing anything (for context - wee hours of the night on a holiday are when an organization or business are most vulnerable because hackers know we're off work) and that's only a 10 minute drive with breathable air the whole way.
I visited the Shuttle Endeavour in LA a couple of years ago. I was so impressed about this great piece of history. Great experience watching it in real in a touchable distance 👍👍👍
She seems like a super chill and good person. I like that these astronauts have to learn this aircraft inside and out. It's a different world than I'm used to being around 4th and 5th gen fighters for the last 16 years where the pilots don't have a clue what's going on.
The Shuttle may not have been close to perfect, but it was what we had. And they did amazing things with and in these. Easily one of my favorite objects on this planet.
I love that sign on the outside that says, "Cut here for emergency rescue." It's announcing to the whole world that this vehicle was thoroughly thought out to a science.
I agree that seeing the discovery logo was spray painted is heart warming. Smartest minds in all or aeronautics and no one could beat pressurized paint in a can. Some things just work
Years ago I was at a purchasing conference in Houston. The astronaut Story Musgrave came to speak and brought hundreds of slides he had take from his 6 flights. He told stories of launch and the roar. He said that launch scare the sh#t out of him everytime. He had amazing stories and footage of the flights. We forget that these may be trained astronauts, but people first. There personal thoughts and reactions are truly awesome to hear. I don't remember much from the conference, but I will never forget his talk.
I'm from the UK and visited the US to see my sister and didn't realise that this museum was there until I arrived at the airport for my departure! - I was lucky I had 4 hours free and was able to have a long visit and have some amazing photos and videos I took, it's such an amazing museum with some iconic aircraft like the Concorde, and Blackbird (the one seen in Transformers) as well as the shuttle.
Adam, your best piece ever, in my opinion. I could’ve watched you and Cady Coleman all day. I get to visit there often as it is only an hour away. And, yes, the Shuttle is small and huge at the same time… something I’ve always said!
Excellent video and great to have a first-hand account of life in space! For me, the most impressive part of seeing the shuttle at this museum was noticing the machine is hand-built. We are accustomed to perfection in manufacturing in modern devices like phones and cars. The shuttle, though magnificent, is imperfect. It is pieced together with the utmost of care, and one can see the human craftmanship. it was not put together by a machine. It was put together, in many places, by hands. Hands that were alive. Hands that were not a machine.
2:35 I do hope at some point he takes a closer look at that rogallo wing on the gemini, for those who dont know, it was a deployable inflatable hang-glider style wing for the gemini capsule to allow it to land on a conventional runway. Or, in other words, the physical embodiment of what happens when you take test PILOTs and turn them into astronauts - they are absolutely determined to FLY something, somewhere, at some point.
at the 22:18 mark, Adam says something I WISH I got to be so casual as to say... "Every time I come here..." I would be totally SMACKED, to get ONE visit to that place, especially with a Guide like Cady; and to get to do it several times, as Adam has, is truly amazing.
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did you guys hear Allen pan owns the mythbusters logo now?
20:02 "Close the pod bay doors HAL"
Dungeonmaster huh? Red Letter Media informed me about this............
GAH! What a time to A: Not have a Quest headset (or any other HMD for that matter), and B: Absolutely despise Meta as a company. Sorry, Adam; understandably, I have reasons to that aren't related to this video. Otherwise, it sounds like it'd be an amazing experience to watch the VR version of this and get a sense of the actual scale of the shuttle!
Love your content. I've been watching for many years. I respectfully ask your team to release this on SteamVR or offer a work around. Thanks for all of the awesome content. Cheers.
I was an Ops Engineer for Discovery (OV-103) and spent many an hour in, on and around her in the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) as the various technicians worked to reconfigure and refurbish her between flights. It's good to see her again, but a bit sad too knowing she'll never fly again. Thanks for sharing this, Adam. It brought back a lot of good memories.
Thank you for your service to humanity. Where did you end up once they retired her?
I was a shuttle astronaut on Columbia, Atlantis, and Endeavour. I still remember hearing the “de rotate” command. Brings back many memories. I sadly never got the chance of flying on Discovery but she is a magical ship. Thank you for sharing it brings back many memories.
Well, if the moon starts falling, maybe they will come pull the shuttle out of the museum to launch in it. Because of course it sits in the museum ready to go.
@@sambassmanstoner I also worked Space Station and Orion.
Thank you for your service to humanity
Astronaut Cady Coleman is such a joy to listen to. So knowledgeable, and her love and passion for the shuttle is so evident. I would want no other tour guide. Thank you for your service!
They’re propagandists dummy. They take acting lessons.
That’s almost verbatim what I was about to post!
Well said, I could just sit and listen to her talk about the shuttle for hours and not lose attention. Adam is a great listener, but he may have been just as hypnotized as we are.
YES, this!!! I've never really had that 'awe' about space but listening to her talk... Wow. I get it now.
I couldn't have said it better
Having Cady on the channel is such a wonderful bonus!
Adam's next project......... A full scale replica of the Space Shuttle.
As a one day build!
Working replica
@@rickybobby7285 Right! Because he's going to use it.
The US Air Force beat Adam!
They built a full-size replica of the Space Shuttle based around one of the crew trainers which itself is a full-scale replica with all the switches and the main door of the space shuttle cabin.
This replica shuttle is at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, OH.
The advantage of this replica is that the Museum planners built an incline/ramp walkway so that you can walk THROUGH the shuttle exhibit. You can see the cabin and examine the payload bay and other parts in detail. The Enterprise, Atlantis, Discovery, and Endeavour are nice to see in person but you can only observe from THE OUTSIDE. Of course, you can't have the public walk through an actual shuttle because just the act of walking will dirty the flight articles -- and then you have to also deal with vandals and crazies who will wreck the artifacts!
I hope you mean a working model LOL
Adam's an intelligent person, he probably knows an awful lot about the shuttle; I love how he let's Cady talk her story and not talk over her like so many other so called presenters in similar circumstances.
Yes! It just feels like two friends hanging out, so lovely to evesdrop on
They’re both so smart. They both probably already know that the other knows the answers to some of these questions, but they’re aware that there are a lot of viewers who don’t and they’re keeping it interesting for newbies, shuffle enthusiasts, etc etc. They’re both incredibly smart and incredibly public presenters.
Not to mention but some of his questions weren't about the technical aspects of the shuttle but about the experiences and little quirks of the crew and assembly.
@@neovo903 Adam really seems to know what information isn't commonly out there
@@martijn9568 @Martijn Although he seemed to not know that the three big main engines are only used during launch. Nothing wrong with that, most people wouldn't know that. But it is sort of Shuttle 101. Unless he was just pretending to not know that which is possible also.
Or that the payload bay doors contain radiators and have to remain open the entire time in orbit.
But I'll bet he's the first person who ever noticed that Discovery's name was stenciled on, that was pretty cool. Cady was like "How can you tell?"
I can listen to Cady all day. She has always been great at explaining the program. I loved when she would visit us at MSFC and give mission reviews. Amazing person.
Seeing the shuttle so up-close gives me a Princess Leia moment ("You came here in that?"). From afar (on SD TV) it always looked smooth, gleaming, and manufactured, but up close you see all the detail, wear, and imperfections. As you said it drives home afresh what a painstakingly intricate feat of engineering this craft is and represents. Truly awe-inspiring!
For me especially what nails that is the spray-paint-stencilled name that Adam points out. These weren’t just state of the art manufactured objects, they were state of the art *hand assembled* objects that retain evidence of everyone who’s ever worked on and in them.
It just makes it all the more impressive. Like, she may not look like much, but she's got it where it counts, kid.
It's amazing that Cady Coleman is a chemist, material engineer and robotics engineer. Adam and her can have so much fun playing together with science projects. Hope to see more of her explaining science with Adam.
Loved Cady's stories about getting used to gravity again. I still recall a story Senator Garn told in interviews about how when he was on orbit, he got in the habit of just letting go of an object at arm's length in front of his face so that he'd remember where he left it. Back in his office, he did it once with a pen, and stared at it for about 15sec after it clattered on his desk. "Oh, yeah. Right."
You can tell Adam would love this visit even if it wasn't filmed for the channel. Just literally being a kid in a candy store and truly wanting to learn every detail he can
My Grandmother worked for Rockwell and built components for the Space Shuttle Program. She built the tiles and these round wafer-looking discs (I was a kid and cannot remember what those were for). She bought me all of the die cast models of the Shuttle that were available at Rockwell/NASA at the time. She would bring home the used white, “clean room,” suits too. I always made ninja suits out of mine with the hood, etc. She passed in 1996 and the Shuttles are a part of her legacy. Every time I visit one in a museum I look at the tiles and wonder which ones are “hers.” This helps keep her alive for me. She was an amazing woman. A WWII “Rosie the Riveter,” (her name was actually Rose) who continued to work in airplane manufacturing after the war and eventually joined the aerospace industry.
This is literally one of the very best, most informative, and funniest interviews with an astronaut I've ever seen.
I used to work at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston (photography group, bldg 8). There was a bar not too far from site called the Bayview Duck. It looked like an old English pub inside and out. I was there one night with friends and there was a Celtic band playing. They were doing traditional songs (Whiskey in the Jar, for example). Cady Coleman was on the flute.
Our astronauts are truly national treasures and I'm so excited about the future of space exploration. Thanks for this video
What is most impressive is while its delicate in certain areas, even moreso than aircraft, the shuttle was designed to survive some really extreme environments. Something that not only endures re-entry, but effectively 'flies' during it, with all the associated stresses. Then it has to transition to flying in an atmosphere, which is a whole bunch of different stresses and requirements. It makes capsules look truly simple in comparison.
Yes - the Orbiter was a bunch of compromises which made it not such an efficient spacecraft and a very inefficient aircraft. I like the fact that Adam noticed some overspray on the "Discovery" logo. There speaks a model builder.
One of my ambitions is to get to see Discovery at Udvar-Hezy - plus all the other stuff they have on display there.
The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum is a must see! I was visiting Alexandria and when I found out the shuttle was onsite a few years back I knew I had to see it in person. Growing up and watching the launches in the 80's was such a treat. When you walk into the museum you can immediately see the nose of the shuttle. I rushed over and to stand before this beauty just brought me to tears. it was an overwealming experience and would recommend to any Shuttle fan to go see!
I thought it was just me. My first time seeing the Discovery at the Smithsonian nearly brought me to tears and I couldn't quite understand why. It's a feeling that I imagine someone would consider a religious experience. Good to know I'm not alone.
I used to go to Uvar Hazy every three , to four months a year while I lived in NoVa. It truly is a must see. It is an absolutely amazing place. When they brought Discovery in, and kept it in it's post mission state, it made an amazing place even more incredible.
props to the camera guy for doing all kinds of shoots and seamlessly balancing between seeing their faces and their backs facing the shuttle.
My grandfather worked on Discovery. He was part of the reason it flew so many missions. He was pretty high up the chain, I think he was in charge of processing the orbiter. Recently passed away last year. I’ll miss him greatly! He’s part of the reason I’m a maker today. But his legacy won’t be forgotten!
He's a hero in my books. sorry for your loss. His work will live on though.
Mine was working on the Saturn. Still lives in Huntsville not far from the space and rocket center. Amazing how much of this stuff gets passed down generation to generation and we keep the building legacy going.
@@timothypryor7952 Thats awesome. It's nice to see stuff passed down like that. To me building space vehicles or rockets etc. is the for front of engineering and building. Space is literally our final frontier so remembering the people that make it possible is important.
Two of the most lovable, amazing people ever. Good to know there are still people like this on a world in so much trouble.
My late uncle worked as a safety inspector at NASA and he took me to watch a shuttle launch in the early 90s and the guided tour of the NASA facilities in Cape Kennedy. I still get emotional when I see the VAB
My dad had the same experience viewing the shuttle in the orbiter processing facility! My grandfather was in charge of orbiter processing for discovery. So he walked in and asked him “where’s the shuttle?” And it was above us!
Was your granddad also related to darth vader?
@@user-vo7tj4bv1z Nah, he'd be Darth Opa.
So many things you'd never begin to imagine without an expert like Cady to tell us about them. Great video!
I love it how it feels we're walking along earing our friends talking about all this awesome stuff. Love. It.
11:24 Canadarm! 🇨🇦💪
Cady Coleman is the astronaut who did a flute duet from space with Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull. Delightful event!
I remember when they first rolled out the Enterprise shuttle demonstrator and I thought "oh, how the heck will that possibly get into space?" But then almost 10 years later I watched as Columbia leapt into the sky. I had such a mixture of emotions, of pride, and awe, and just utter amazement. Seeing Adam talk to Cady Coleman was such a great experience and treat.
Can't help but smile when listening to those two! The pride, the joy and pleasure, so wholesome!
This conversation is so natural and authentic. Lovely to feel like one was really there with both of you, having a conversation like this. Beautifully done.
Astronauts should be celebrated more, great video
unfortunately the mass is more inclined to watch garbage stuff.
The pride, amazement & wonder from both Cady & Adam is almost over whelming & they are the ones who have experience with the shuttle, I think it might be to much for me to see in person(maybe one day) Adam please do more of these videos even though I miss the maker Adam. Thank you Cady Colman.
I could listen to Astronaut Coleman speaking for hours!
I love shuttles and she is super knowledgeable and engaging!
I'm so glad youtube improved the zoom feature, cuz now I can really zoom in and see some of those details Adam pointed out about the stencil spray painted Discovery logo
What fantastic production quality! The opening shot really captured how intimate and humbling it is to be around these massive machines. This truly is a sacred place, thank you for sharing this with us! Astronaut Coleman is awesome!
I was just there two weeks ago for the first time and I was in total awe of how big it was. Seeing it on tv doesn’t covey how big the shuttle is. My kids and I spent a total of three hours at the museum, and I spent two hours just looking at it, and they had to tear me away from it to see the rest of the museum. Absolutely a stunning piece of technology.
My fiancees grandfather was blessed enough to be awarded with a Silver Snoopy Award. It was amazing to have met him a few times before he passed away a few years ago.
Edit: With Cady mentioning the return to flight after Columbia I realised she may have worked with him and the SRI
The joy and excitement in between these two is amazing to watch and enjoy.
I worked on all 100 B1-B aircraft, I know that plane inside and out. So years ago I went to the Air Force Museum and walked around their B1-B on display I thought about all the work I did on those aircraft, Engine runs, landing gear retractions, Wing sweep testing etc. You just stand there and say to yourself "Hello Friend."
This is a great watch.
Adam Savage make it more fun because he is like big kid. But his knowledge base to ask really great questions is awesome.
He should be given a talk show where he goes to the guest and interviews then in there environment.
It would be a huge hit.
The adaptability of the human body is amazing. I remember watching a science show many years ago where they had this woman volunteer who wore a special pair of goggles on her head for several days that flipped the world upside down. They wanted to see how difficult it would be for her to do simple things like write her name, thread a needle and ride a bike. of course at first none of those things were simple! But after about 3 days she was able to do all of them with ease. But here's the interesting part: When the experiment was over and they removed her goggles, it took her ANOTHER 3 days to re-adapt to how she was doing it before!
Understand that images appear upside down on the retina (simple optics) and the brain then translates them as right-side-up. So what those goggles were doing was present the world as our eyes see it. Seems like I also remember reading that infants actually do see upside down for the first few(?) days before their brain accomplishes that flip. If true, hats off to whomever devised the experiment proving it.
@@marcmcreynolds2827 Good point about our brains flipping the images we see. About infants' brains, I remember another case where an 18 month old was having between 50 and 100 seizures a day and they discovered that she had a massive tumor occupying about one half of her brain. So, they took the radical step of doing a "hemispherectomy" where they remove half the brain. Because of the plasticity of the brain at that age she was able to adapt and ended up having no severe impairments growing up. She walked with a very slight limping gait but other than that she was a typical (in this interview) 5 year old girl. If she had been older when they did the operation things would have been much different.
Smarter Every Day did that with a backwards steering bicycle.
ua-cam.com/video/MFzDaBzBlL0/v-deo.html
At 15:30-ish, Cady Coleman mentioned that when she went up in the shuttle for the first time, that everyone was so exited. The image of Kerbals popped up in my mind at that point, as they are always excited to be launching. Well, they are ALWAYS excited, period.
When I got to see Endeavour for the first time, I got choked up. So beautiful, and filled me with childlike awe.
Discovery, A true workhorse, and the first shuttle/rocket I saw launch in person, She has a special place in my heart. I'm glad she got to rest in a place as prestigious as the Smithsonian
I just got to see Endeavour at the California Science Center last week. Simply amazing. Just being in the same room with it is impossible to describe. Pure awesomeness.
I've been to the Smithsonian a few times. Never get tired of it. I highly recommend Wright Patterson AFB museum, the US Space & Rocket center in Huntsville, AL (and space camp and the astronaut training annex) and Cape Canaveral and all of it's wonderful sites. Didn't get to attend space camp 🥺 but mom made sure I saw a lot. Even saw one of the shuttles on a launch pylon with the tank and boosters just a day or 2 before launch. She had hard time explaining that we couldn't stay because you can't just change trains and added hotel stay without huge cost.
The greatest spectacle I've ever seen, The shuttle launch. Maybe 10 miles away and still the sense of Power, ferocity it used to go up. It's the coolest firework I've ever seen.
I want to hear Adam's commentary on all sorts of space craft now, not just the shuttle. Cady elevates these chats from awesome to beyond awesome.
Such a great vibe in this video, you can really sense how respectful and appreciative Adam is in the presence of both the Space Shuttle, and Cady!
I was fortunate to visit the NASM about 20 years ago but only for about 4 hours, not nearly enough time to fully absorb everything that there is to see and learn. Seeing these artifacts in person is unforgettable. But having Mr. Savage and Ms Coleman as guides, Adam to ask the right questions, and Cady, a truly engaging and knowledgeable expert, able to answer them from personal knowledge and experience adds depth and breadth to the artifacts that is beyond compare. I would wish for a series of programs where Mr. Savage and the Tested crew find engaging experts on each of the artifacts and do a deep dive into them from conception, through their service life and place them in the context of how they exemplified the state of the art in their time and brought technology forward. Several of these videos do that well and I look forward to more, but I would pay handsomely for a boxed set of DVD's that covered the Kitty Hawk Flyer, the Spirit of Saint Luis, etc all the way through to the future of space travel as exemplified by the NCC 1701 Enterprise and beyond.
The Udvar Hazi was my entire childhood. I would go there practically every month as a kid, and seeing the space shuttle and learning about how far humans can actually go was integral to forming my love of science. I loved seeing this footage of you in such a familiar place. This video taught me a lot and I can't wait to see more from you all at Tested! Y'all do such a great job with the videos, thank you!!
I could listen to Astronaut Cady talk all day. Just love learning every detail
I literally almost cried the first time I saw the shuttle up close. I was just imagining the science, ingenuity, and manpower that went into designing and building such a device, amazing! overwhelms me.
I had the distinct pleasure of meeting a man through my job who worked on the shuttle program. He showed me 2 ceramic tiles of the skin of the shuttle. One new and one after re-entry. The amount of material burned away from re-entry is about 5 inches! So cool!
Adam, thank you. You make the experience so genuine that I feel almost as if I were there. Your comment "it looks so handmade" really touched me.
This episode and the one where they were building an Apollo capsule hatch are two of my favorites from the Smithsonian. Well done!
10:12 - Oooooh, that's a good shot! That's good lighting! Ooof, makes me tear up! The walk-up shot at the beginning was really cute, clearly staged, right, but it was heartwarming too. But THIS moment, wow! BIG ups to the camera operator who got to record this angle, it must have felt GREAT!
If I ever get to visit I wouldn't want any other guide than Cady, such passion and devotion.
I was lucky enough to see this shuttle land at Dulles and came back days later to already see in its final display space. I love that place. But I have to say I love the shuttle that is displayed at the KSC. If you haven’t seen that display it’s breathtaking
I’d love to buy a few beers & spend the afternoon talking with you both. About all of the above & more. A very engaging conversation.
Thank you for these museum tours Adam, LOVE em!
I love this show. So informative about the shuttle. I built 3 of them in my teens. 1 with the 747, 1 on the tractor unit that takes it to launch pad and 1 single shuttle.
Please make more like this Adam. Xx
Thank you for sharing so many things I didn't know! I'm working towards my aircraft maintenance license and the fact that I'll never get to work on the space shuttle makes me sad, it truly is the most incredible machine we've sent to space.
I love that these two have such friendly on screen presence. Would love to see more Astronaut Coleman!
13:10 The STS-93 launch is a fascinating story all on it's own. The pin ruptured 3 of those lines. If it had ruptured 5 then it would have been an abort. Also two of the engine controllers failed at T-5s, and they flew to orbit on the secondary computers. Overall they were 4.6 m/s slower than they expected, within the margin for the smaller orbital maneuvering engines
You can also listen to the controller's audio loops on this awesome video : ua-cam.com/video/L1_wKb4iL1M/v-deo.html
Astronaut Cady Coleman is one of my favorite astronauts. Wonderful to see her and Adam enjoying the Shuttle up close.
What an awesome video with so many details! My father has a Silver Snoopy award and I'd never heard or seen them mentioned elsewhere until this video! Cool to hear some more little details about the piece of history on his wall.
She's wonderful! It still boggles my mind how the people that created these machines were able to figure out what was needed material wise etc to support it going into space. It's just insane. Total respect and adoration to all whom have been a part of the space program.
I have never before in my near 50 years been instantly silent and awestruck as I was finally getting to see the Shuttle (in Florida) last summer. I loved the Shuttle as a 8-10 year old. The Challenger disaster is the 1st live calamity I witnessed on television. The reveal in Florida of the ship is stunning and the memorial to the Columbia and Challenger crew will stop you in your tracks
Wow this was truly fascinating from an astronaut perspective and valuable insight into things I haven't heard until now . The overall weight of the shuttle itself of great interest to me. I would have to take plenty off just to scale it to my dynamics and add quite a few more options. It won't be easy , I'm just hoping that the materials and composites required will bring that weight down significantly
its great to see Adam totally fanboying on this one. As in many of the Tested vids he's excited but here he's in awe of all things NASA and that is infectious, it carried us along with him.
That shuttle up close is scary. If this was sitting on the back lot of some property, people would say "that's the cheapest looking shuttle replica I've ever seen! What did you make it with? Chicken wire and canvas? lol The textures are a crazy patchwork that is lost seeing it in orbit or when it's landing.
I actually had the privilege of holding a space flown shuttle tile. I can't emphasize just how lightweight these things are. Also, the exterior portion feels almost like porcelain but with a matte finish. The inside is very fibrous, kind of reminds me of asbestos. I didn't realize they don't have any available for the public to experience.
My grandfather took me to a nighttime shuttle launch... Saying I was blown away is an understatement. You can feel the ground shake 3 miles away... It was like the sun came out as it gained altitude.
When I was in 6th grade, we had a field trip to Marshall Space Center in Huntsville Alabama. It was early 1978, not long after the piggyback test had been done with the Enterprise. They led us into a small room with curtains on three walls. They pulled back the curtain on the wall I was standing beside, and just on the other side of the glass was the nose of the shuttle. It was sitting at a shallow angle so you could see the side of the vehicle. I literally gasp. It was an awesome sight.
You really ought to show Adam the Veritasium video "The Genius of 3D Printed Rockets". I think he'd love the things they're doing, making things that couldn't be made by traditional methods or that are ridiculously hard to do traditionally. The rocket nozzles mentioned in this video are what made me think he hadn't seen it because that gets touched on in the Veritasium video.
The shuttle nozzles were hand welded laboriously with incredibly intricate metal tubing where every weld has to be near perfect. As she mentioned, it's vital to warm the fuel to the temperature for burn, and it's also vital that the cryogenic fuel takes up the heat from the nozzle so that the nozzle doesn't melt.
It's so inspiring to hear Cady Coleman talk. Many of us have problem solving in our jobs that seem like looming disasters, and to some extent they are, but hearing someone very professionally talk about how preparation got them through with the only possible help is a radio connection to someone 200 miles below at the closest pass. I woke up terrified this morning when an email from work came in timestamped 6am from a server that shouldn't have been doing anything (for context - wee hours of the night on a holiday are when an organization or business are most vulnerable because hackers know we're off work) and that's only a 10 minute drive with breathable air the whole way.
Yes yes yes! Best video on the internet this year. Well done Adam and Cady
When I open a Tested video page, the first thing I do is click "like", then I watch the video. Just know I'm going to enjoy them.
I visited the Shuttle Endeavour in LA a couple of years ago. I was so impressed about this great piece of history. Great experience watching it in real in a touchable distance 👍👍👍
She seems like a super chill and good person.
I like that these astronauts have to learn this aircraft inside and out. It's a different world than I'm used to being around 4th and 5th gen fighters for the last 16 years where the pilots don't have a clue what's going on.
This was amazing! So awesome to get a first hand perspective from Cady!
The Shuttle may not have been close to perfect, but it was what we had. And they did amazing things with and in these. Easily one of my favorite objects on this planet.
I love that sign on the outside that says, "Cut here for emergency rescue." It's announcing to the whole world that this vehicle was thoroughly thought out to a science.
I love watching these two just completely geek out with each other.
My daughter and I visited this museum this past weekend, it is AMAZING!!
This was an amazing interview.
Could listen to Cady's passion for the shuttle for hours. Incredible video. Thank you Adam and thank you Cady!
I never tire of listening to Cady, not only is she a font of information she's just plain fun.
I agree that seeing the discovery logo was spray painted is heart warming. Smartest minds in all or aeronautics and no one could beat pressurized paint in a can. Some things just work
What a fantastic talk/interview with this former astronaut. Great video.
Years ago I was at a purchasing conference in Houston. The astronaut Story Musgrave came to speak and brought hundreds of slides he had take from his 6 flights. He told stories of launch and the roar. He said that launch scare the sh#t out of him everytime. He had amazing stories and footage of the flights. We forget that these may be trained astronauts, but people first. There personal thoughts and reactions are truly awesome to hear. I don't remember much from the conference, but I will never forget his talk.
Iirc he once stood up during the whole reentry just to record through the windows. Balls of steel.
Thank you Adam. Good questions and a nice production!
I'm from the UK and visited the US to see my sister and didn't realise that this museum was there until I arrived at the airport for my departure! - I was lucky I had 4 hours free and was able to have a long visit and have some amazing photos and videos I took, it's such an amazing museum with some iconic aircraft like the Concorde, and Blackbird (the one seen in Transformers) as well as the shuttle.
Adam, your best piece ever, in my opinion. I could’ve watched you and Cady Coleman all day. I get to visit there often as it is only an hour away. And, yes, the Shuttle is small and huge at the same time… something I’ve always said!
A USAF Colonel, UMass Ph.D in Chemistry, two shuttle flights and 159 days on the ISS. Now that is amazing. Well done.
Excellent video and great to have a first-hand account of life in space! For me, the most impressive part of seeing the shuttle at this museum was noticing the machine is hand-built. We are accustomed to perfection in manufacturing in modern devices like phones and cars. The shuttle, though magnificent, is imperfect. It is pieced together with the utmost of care, and one can see the human craftmanship. it was not put together by a machine. It was put together, in many places, by hands. Hands that were alive. Hands that were not a machine.
Two of the best representations of humanity right there!
I have been to this museum and it is honestly breathtaking.
Super cool. Priceless experience to have a real live astronaut share intimate details about the shuttle 👍🏼👍🏼
2:35 I do hope at some point he takes a closer look at that rogallo wing on the gemini, for those who dont know, it was a deployable inflatable hang-glider style wing for the gemini capsule to allow it to land on a conventional runway. Or, in other words, the physical embodiment of what happens when you take test PILOTs and turn them into astronauts - they are absolutely determined to FLY something, somewhere, at some point.
at the 22:18 mark, Adam says something I WISH I got to be so casual as to say... "Every time I come here..." I would be totally SMACKED, to get ONE visit to that place, especially with a Guide like Cady; and to get to do it several times, as Adam has, is truly amazing.