After the Sigma 7 mission, Nikita Khrushchev got caught shipping nuclear missiles into Cuba. This brazen act ignited "The Cuban Missile Crisis" and for thirteen days the world wondered if it was going to end in a nuclear war. Thankfully, cooler heads prevailed and Khrushchev shipped his missiles home. Boy, that was close.
A few months before MA-8, there had been some nuclear warheads detonated in space as part of Project Starfish. Tgey caused artificial auroras and an EMP that took out part of Hawaii’s electric power grid. There was one concern that the charged particles and fission products would pose a radiation hazard but from the flight report, there was no significant radiation dose.
Notice Schirra uses the word capsule as a description of the vehicle. Do think that the horrible movie "The Right Stuff" was way off base in emphasizing "spacecraft" and that is in addition to the multiple errors of the film such as the maligning of Grissom making the production a work of fiction very loosely based on history.
It was unfortunate that Gus was held accountable for the hatch incident. It wasn't until years later when they retrieved his capsule that they did find it was a malfunction and not his error. I actually got to touch Grissom's spacecraft when it was on display here at the Arizona Science Museum in Phoenix. They successfully refurbished it, and it was an awesome thing to see up close and personal. People don't realize that the astronauts were not very tall to save weight and crew space. They were all shorter than 5'11" and less than 180 pounds. When I went to a Spacefest convention in Tucson, and were next to them, I kind of towered over them. I'm 6'5".
Great stuff but as always, the “AI upscaling”, or whatever you call it, is absolutely awful. Why content creators continue to use this immature, crappy technology, which takes perfectly reasonable historical film or video and turns it into a visual abomination, is absolutely beyond me. I guess there is sponsorship money involved.
If you include "or whatever you call it" anywhere in a critique, anything you had to say, is now null and void... How can you be so upset by something that you can't even properly identify?? LOL!
Camera is very rigidly attached to the capsule structure so it’s vibrating in the same frequency and phase as the capsule. Schirra is strapped in tightly so he is also moving in sync with the hardware. At least that’s my amateur analysis!
@@patrickunderwood5662 So when astronauts claim that the launch process was very violent and shaky, they're not telling the truth? BTW, having worked in film for 25 years, attaching a camera rigidly would produce all the vibration the rocket experienced. Who operated the camera? Did he turn it on with his gloves? For such a small camera to be in the capsule, a very short amount of film would have been available. Fake AF.
@@patrickunderwood5662 So then why do astronauts always speak about how rough launch is for them with the vibration? And, having worked in the film industry for 25 years, tightly attaching a camera to a rocket wouldn't stop the vibration...it would enhance it. Did the brave astronaut with his space gloves turn on the tiny camera with a limited amount of film at just the right time to capture everything? No. Way. Fake AF!
Coming Monday, the Boeing Starliner with Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams takes flight.
After the Sigma 7 mission, Nikita Khrushchev got caught shipping nuclear missiles into Cuba. This brazen act ignited "The Cuban Missile Crisis" and for thirteen days the world wondered if it was going to end in a nuclear war. Thankfully, cooler heads prevailed and Khrushchev shipped his missiles home. Boy, that was close.
My mother told me while she was at work on the last day of the crisis she wondered if she would see the end of the day.
A few months before MA-8, there had been some nuclear warheads detonated in space as part of Project Starfish. Tgey caused artificial auroras and an EMP that took out part of Hawaii’s electric power grid. There was one concern that the charged particles and fission products would pose a radiation hazard but from the flight report, there was no significant radiation dose.
Other than my quibble about the video upscaling, this is an EXCELLENT production. Thank you Retro Space!
It does muddy everything doesn't it. I think the original would be clearer, the film can't be in that bad of condition.
So which one is it?
Amateur? Awful? Only doing it for the sponsorship dollars?
Or great?
I doubt you even care, at this point.
@@minirock000 The images were probably made from a contact print. How many generations until the transfer to digital is unknown.
Notice Schirra uses the word capsule as a description of the vehicle. Do think that the horrible movie "The Right Stuff" was way off base in emphasizing "spacecraft" and that is in addition to the multiple errors of the film such as the maligning of Grissom making the production a work of fiction very loosely based on history.
It was unfortunate that Gus was held accountable for the hatch incident. It wasn't until years later when they retrieved his capsule that they did find it was a malfunction and not his error. I actually got to touch Grissom's spacecraft when it was on display here at the Arizona Science Museum in Phoenix. They successfully refurbished it, and it was an awesome thing to see up close and personal. People don't realize that the astronauts were not very tall to save weight and crew space. They were all shorter than 5'11" and less than 180 pounds. When I went to a Spacefest convention in Tucson, and were next to them, I kind of towered over them. I'm 6'5".
Awesome video as usual!!
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Great stuff but as always, the “AI upscaling”, or whatever you call it, is absolutely awful. Why content creators continue to use this immature, crappy technology, which takes perfectly reasonable historical film or video and turns it into a visual abomination, is absolutely beyond me. I guess there is sponsorship money involved.
If you include "or whatever you call it" anywhere in a critique, anything you had to say, is now null and void...
How can you be so upset by something that you can't even properly identify?? LOL!
No shaking in the capsule. No camera vibration in the capsule. Seems...nominal...?????
Camera is very rigidly attached to the capsule structure so it’s vibrating in the same frequency and phase as the capsule. Schirra is strapped in tightly so he is also moving in sync with the hardware. At least that’s my amateur analysis!
@@patrickunderwood5662 He is a flat-Earther - Flerfer.
@@patrickunderwood5662 So when astronauts claim that the launch process was very violent and shaky, they're not telling the truth? BTW, having worked in film for 25 years, attaching a camera rigidly would produce all the vibration the rocket experienced. Who operated the camera? Did he turn it on with his gloves? For such a small camera to be in the capsule, a very short amount of film would have been available. Fake AF.
@@patrickunderwood5662 So then why do astronauts always speak about how rough launch is for them with the vibration? And, having worked in the film industry for 25 years, tightly attaching a camera to a rocket wouldn't stop the vibration...it would enhance it. Did the brave astronaut with his space gloves turn on the tiny camera with a limited amount of film at just the right time to capture everything? No. Way. Fake AF!