JPL and the Space Age: Sky High

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Publicado 2022-04-21
Think "NASA," and what comes to mind? Astronauts? Mars rovers? Voyager and the Golden Record? How about Earth?

In fact, NASA has been studying and monitoring the health of our home planet for decades, using balloons, aircraft, satellites, and even the International Space Station in the effort.

“Sky High,” the 16th documentary in the series “JPL and the Space Age,” traces the efforts of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to measure greenhouse gases, from the pathfinding science instrument AIRS, through to today’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory 3 aboard the space station.

Documentary length: 60 minutes
Todos los comentarios (21)
  • @TaoWangJPL
    So proud to say that I work at the JPL AIRS group.
  • @REAR_rockets
    This whole series is really well done. Keep up the good work, JPL!
  • @pcz5233
    Carl Sagan. Legend. I love hearing him explain his thoughts.
  • @wizzardofpaws2420
    When I was a little kid, I lived in FL. We would get out of school and go to the playground to watch all the rockets go up. I remember clearly seeing John Glenn's rocket go up.It was so exciting.
  • @CarlosSilva-td3nn
    So very inspiring to see a generation of humans dedicated to better undertand life as we know it. Such a glorious gift! Thank you ever so
  • @mgrth
    Thank you for being so honest. In a day and age where there is so much bravado, it has really helped to watch these honest, humbling accounts of all the failures and mistakes that went into making impressive accomplishments. Thank you.
  • @chiluco2000
    The words of Carl Sagan summarize it perfectly. Even despite our best efforts it might not be enough. Our best chance is to act fast and maybe the use of technology that might not have been invented yet.
  • @ariahaneul
    I really love this JPL produced content (even that retro one from the 1960s with Carl Sagan was cool!). I hope you guys continue releasing this content on YouTube, the platform is better for it. I've seen Moustafa Chahine featured in other content but hearing the story of how he started his career trajectory was great. Seeing the tributes released when he died showed me how valued and respected he was by his colleagues.
  • @sharonwheeler2879
    I cannot wait to work at NASA JPL!!! Such genius minds that I would love to be a part of
  • @ilya_95
    Amazing episode. Very important one.
  • @deepquake9
    What a fantastic and informative video! Cheers on the openness!
  • @Chazz155511
    What a great documentary. I have really been enjoying this series. A thought on what we can practically do now to reduce our CO2 emmisions. While I love forests, they are no the answer to reducing CO2 levels. In fact we would need to plant 20 million trees a day to offset the United States emissions alone. If we want change fast within our life times Nuclear is the least material, and land intensive way to do it. It is the only source of energy where we get capture all the byproducts and choose how to store them.