I was just about old enough to understand it was real when it happened. Everything I've learned about it since gives me again that glorious wonder. This video, and this commentary tops it all. I can't say why.
I remember watching this lift off from my parent's black and white TV in the summer of 69. I was starting high school that fall. I was totally stoked about the entire space program, and had model rockets in my room of the saturn v, a titan, and also a delta rocket.
Humans at our best. How anyone could doubt our commitment to achieve this marvelous accomplishment. How and why could anyone look at this and think everything after is a fake?
What cannot be conveyed, even in this awesome video, is the sheer SIZE of the Saturn V launch vehicle. For example, the exhaust nozzles on each of the five F-1 engines was a little over twelve feet in diameter-- about the size of the average room in a house or apartment. The two white-hooded service towers are probably about as tall as a two-story house. I have heard that, at the time of launch, the nearest human beings (other than Messrs. Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins) were huddled in a specially reinforced concrete bunker a mile and a half from the pad-- and perhaps praying earnestly for their own safety. The public viewing stands were about eight miles away. No human being could have operated this camera and survived. (I'm surprised the camera and film survived). Thank you for sharing this.
After your comment I can literally hear theire prayers in my ears... "Please understand floating-points, please understand floating-points, please understand floating points..." XD
The main computer in the command module occupies only one cubic foot. While an automobile has less than 3,000 functional parts, the command module has more than 2,000,000 not counting wires and skeletal components. The command module uses only about 2000 watts of electricity, similar to the amount required by an oven in an electric range. The honeycomb aluminum used in Apollo's inner crew compartment is 40-percent stronger and 40-percent lighter than ordinary aluminum. The tanks which hold the cryogenic (ultra-cold) liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen on the Apollo spacecraft come close to being the only leak-free vessels ever built. If an automobile tire leaked at the same rate that these tanks do, it would take the tire 32,400,000 years to go flat. There are approximately 2-1/2 million solder joints in the Saturn V launch vehicle. If just 1/32 of an inch too much wire were left on each of these joints and an extra drop of solder was used on each of these joints, the excess weight would be equivalent to the payload of the vehicle. [ Home | Saturn V | Saturn Ib | Apollo Spacecraft | LC-39 ] [ References | Links | CASI | Facts | Library | Update Log | This site ] Copyright 1997, 1998 by John Duncan Comments and questions welcome. All photographs contained on these pages are the author's, unless otherwise noted. No unauthorized reproduction without permission. Last update: March 1, 1998
" the command module has more than 2,000,000 " Uhm... to be fair; the core-memory alone consisted of multiple thousands of wires and iron-rings. If you allow "moving parts" for individual transistors in automobiles, the CPU alone would easily jump 16 million "fuctional parts".
Would be neat to see the first minute or so with a little overlay in the lower left showing the thrust from each engine. It started with 5, then 1.3 together and 2,4 together - so as not to give a sudden load increase to the rocket. history.nasa.gov/ap11fj/01launch.htm
Wow, that's almost an entire 400ft mag (about 11 minutes at 24 fps) zapping through in just 30 seconds! I wonder why the frame is cropped top and bottom. 16mm high speed is/was usually recorded with a 1:1,33 or 1:1,37 aspect ratio. I'd love to know what camera model was used. The Mitchell 16 only goes up to about 128 fps, I think (at least the 35mm models do). 500fps? Probably a rotating prism system. Anway: awesome footage and great narration!
i think the average smart phone today has more processing power than was used on this mission. too bad we waste so much time just texting when we could be doing so much more epic stuff as this.
Lets keep the smart people doing stuff like this. Check out NasaEyes to see all kinds of neat stuff. Lets leave the phone whores to the pokemons and texting, cuz if unintelligent people were to try the stuff the smart people do, you'd see more tragedies.
Commentary was a nice touch
in my 58 years this is the only man made object that has ever been worthy of the word AWESOME.
J Barnell 👍👍👍
I was just about old enough to understand it was real when it happened. Everything I've learned about it since gives me again that glorious wonder. This video, and this commentary tops it all. I can't say why.
I remember watching this lift off from my parent's black and white TV in the summer of 69. I was starting high school that fall. I was totally stoked about the entire space program, and had model rockets in my room of the saturn v, a titan, and also a delta rocket.
Humans at our best. How anyone could doubt our commitment to achieve this marvelous accomplishment. How and why could anyone look at this and think everything after is a fake?
I remember watching this launch as a kid. Thanks for describing this in detail, very informative
What cannot be conveyed, even in this awesome video, is the sheer SIZE of the Saturn V launch vehicle. For example, the exhaust nozzles on each of the five F-1 engines was a little over twelve feet in diameter-- about the size of the average room in a house or apartment. The two white-hooded service towers are probably about as tall as a two-story house. I have heard that, at the time of launch, the nearest human beings (other than Messrs. Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins) were huddled in a specially reinforced concrete bunker a mile and a half from the pad-- and perhaps praying earnestly for their own safety. The public viewing stands were about eight miles away. No human being could have operated this camera and survived. (I'm surprised the camera and film survived). Thank you for sharing this.
the narrator said it was housed in an enclosure.
After your comment I can literally hear theire prayers in my ears...
"Please understand floating-points, please understand floating-points, please understand floating points..."
XD
Incredible!.. I saw Buzz Aldrin speak for an hour here in NZ in 2010 about his experience ON the Moon and in space and I was in awe! 👍🚀🇳🇿
This is one of the coolest (well hottest) videos I’ve ever seen. The perspective is great and the descriptive commentary made it that much cooler.
Thank you for the detailed explanation !!
Less than a million views? Shame on humanity.
The main computer in the command module occupies only one cubic foot.
While an automobile has less than 3,000 functional parts, the command module has more than 2,000,000 not counting wires and skeletal components.
The command module uses only about 2000 watts of electricity, similar to the amount required by an oven in an electric range.
The honeycomb aluminum used in Apollo's inner crew compartment is 40-percent stronger and 40-percent lighter than ordinary aluminum.
The tanks which hold the cryogenic (ultra-cold) liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen on the Apollo spacecraft come close to being the only leak-free vessels ever built. If an automobile tire leaked at the same rate that these tanks do, it would take the tire 32,400,000 years to go flat.
There are approximately 2-1/2 million solder joints in the Saturn V launch vehicle. If just 1/32 of an inch too much wire were left on each of these joints and an extra drop of solder was used on each of these joints, the excess weight would be equivalent to the payload of the vehicle.
[ Home | Saturn V | Saturn Ib | Apollo Spacecraft | LC-39 ]
[ References | Links | CASI | Facts | Library | Update Log | This site ]
Copyright 1997, 1998 by John Duncan
Comments and questions welcome. All photographs contained on these pages are the author's, unless otherwise noted. No unauthorized reproduction without permission.
Last update: March 1, 1998
Fuck me, after reading all this one has to wonder that it was indeed fortuitous they had a plentiful supply of duct tape on board.
Eh?
NA$AbastardsChev4206 You can fix anything with duct tape! : )
Can't fix corrupt data. ... or can it?!
" the command module has more than 2,000,000 "
Uhm... to be fair; the core-memory alone consisted of multiple thousands of wires and iron-rings. If you allow "moving parts" for individual transistors in automobiles, the CPU alone would easily jump 16 million "fuctional parts".
Fantastic commentary! Thank you.
Flame Trench is my new band name.
So awesome!
EETFUK I remember the "and Justice for All" guitar EETFUK!!! White ESP Explorer ! Hell Yea! Hetfield Metal King !
RexallMetal fuk YE-HEAAAAH!!!
Thanks for description, cool info, neat to know some of the real small details they had to accomplish just for a launch.
I kept expecting Phillip glass to start playing.
Koyaaaaanisqatsiiiii!
Agreed. It's great to learn more about these little but significant details of history. I've always wondered what happened to the pad during launch.
Your burgerswould be veeeeerry well done...
holy shit... from 3:26 onwards... class looking
No wonder Boris the animal got burnt, no joke this is amazing I was 5 years old when this happened I can remember it
very nice
awesome!
Gobsmacking... Brilliant achievement.
Did anyone notice how some of those surfaces were red hot?
Those arms were red hot @ 5:22
This Video fits nicely with Metallica's "Jump in the Fire" perfect!
Would be neat to see the first minute or so with a little overlay in the lower left showing the thrust from each engine. It started with 5, then 1.3 together and 2,4 together - so as not to give a sudden load increase to the rocket. history.nasa.gov/ap11fj/01launch.htm
Wow, that's almost an entire 400ft mag (about 11 minutes at 24 fps) zapping through in just 30 seconds! I wonder why the frame is cropped top and bottom. 16mm high speed is/was usually recorded with a 1:1,33 or 1:1,37 aspect ratio. I'd love to know what camera model was used. The Mitchell 16 only goes up to about 128 fps, I think (at least the 35mm models do). 500fps? Probably a rotating prism system. Anway: awesome footage and great narration!
the dynamic range of the film is truly amazing considering the exposure is fixed here.
Holy shit. 400ft in 30s means it was pulling 13.3ft of film per second.
I'd like to see this footage for the Delta IV
Towards the end of the video, the platform seemed to be bouncing up and down. Was this a result of camera or mirror movement?
+Wayne Farmer Probably the tower/structure the camera is attatched to shaking from the shockwave of the rocket launching.
Go to the NASA website and it says over a half a million gallons of water was dumped and sprayed during this phase of lift off. Awesome!
Does anyone know how far away this camera was located and what compound the sticky burning fuel was?
ah yes like my kerbal space program one :D
i think the average smart phone today has more processing power than was used on this mission. too bad we waste so much time just texting when we could be doing so much more epic stuff as this.
Lets keep the smart people doing stuff like this. Check out NasaEyes to see all kinds of neat stuff.
Lets leave the phone whores to the pokemons and texting, cuz if unintelligent people were to try the stuff the smart people do, you'd see more tragedies.
- Narrated by Tim Heidecker.
really?! lol
Cool beans! THIS WAS THE PINNACLE OF AMERICAN INGENUITY. Look around today and you will find nothing that comes close!
Lol 19 69
Global Warming at its worst.
lol