Journey to Apollo - Engineering Space - S01 EP01 - Space Documentary

I never tire of watching these documentaries. I was a kid during the Space program and loved every minute of it. I still try to watch and read as much as I can about this achievement. The skill and intelligence of the engineers, then add the cajones of the astronauts to actually say, yeah, we got this. Amazing still.

It really is a total shame that Jack Kennedy never got to see his words come to fruition

What I find remarkable is the fact that the Saturn 5 was the only rocket to have a 100% success rate!

Interesting that this program says that it was Vron Brauns idea to change to the rendeview system. In fact it was a young engineer that persuaded him.

I'm obsessed with this rocket.. Saturn V 🥺

I grew up on Appollo... I was six years old at the time of the pad fire of Appollo One. I knew something wasn't right, but six-year-old brains think only in black and white, as their caporal skills do not kick in until the age of eight or nine. By the time of Appollo Seven, it was the stuff of childhood dreams. Everyone I knew, including myself, was eating space food sticks and drinking Tang. We loved this program.

God Bless you Sonny Morea you are an icon and true living egend Sir as are all of you engineers who are still around. You should be so proud you're all heros in my world. 😊 And, God Bless and RIP to.all who have flown the big 🚀 to heaven. And as far as I'm concerned nothing has topped the Saturn V to date especially considering the accomplishments and miracles constructing such a beautiful mammoth powerful beast on the 1960s technology of the day.

I see. As a kid at time, I thought it was going to saturn. Lol

I followed the space propgramme from the start I hope I will see the moon base up and running , I am 82. Thank you for the film .

25:10 ... No, not in a matter of minutes, but in a matter of just seconds !! In a 100% oxygen environment, everything burns, fast and wild.

Frank Borman, the commander of Apollo 8, the first to orbit the moon, just died yesterday. (March 14, 1928 – November 7, 2023). United States Military Academy (BS), California Institute of Technology (MS), fighter pilot, test pilot, astronaut, airline CEO, Distinguished Flying Cross, Congressional Medal of Honor.

Werner Von Braun is the true visionary here.

Thank you for uploading this series.

At the time it was designed the F-1 turbopump was the most powerful pump in the world for its weight. At 2,500 lbs it produced 55,000 brake horse power (41 megawatts). It pumped 42,500 gallons of rocket fuel into the combustion chamber per minute. Designed at a bar on a napkin by engineers from Rocketdyne over a beer after work, it spins at 5,500 rpm and uses the engine fuel to lubricate the bearings, removing the need for a separate pressurized lubrication system.

It was too expensive..obscenely so…but as an Englishman locking through my space books as a kid, this was the America we all loved…the mantra - we can and we will…what an achievement 😊it was a magical time, this rubbed off on people all over the world, especially those whom had an interest in engineering

Thank you very nice great documentary thank you ❤

Thinking about the Rocketdyne F-1 engines helps me sleep at night. Something about having a free spirit.

It was no mistake John Kennedy chose the moon.. As they told him the Soviets would have to start from scratch. It's was one reason the Soviets failed. They could not produce Large Rockets Engines. So they had to try and make 30 Nk33 work.. And they couldn't, it induced 30 points of failure. So it kept blowing up. That was just one hurdle the Soviets had to deal with..

awesome

I love the Saturn V, rocket engine tests. It's a 2+ Megaton Bomb. Coming out a couple of nozzles! So yeah. Some damage miles away. At least everybody didn't get, Crispy Fried. I love the story about the cameraman turning and running. You suppose it was a bit loud? That poor boy didn't know what to expect? He thought he could handle it. I bet he couldn't even get it up after he got home! He probably went limp for days. If not weeks? So funny! I'm sure after that he never went to any Rock Concerts, either. They are just as scary! In fact. Scarier! Yes when I was in FM DJ. I had to represent the station. And I was assigned. To go to the, KISS Concert at the Baltimore Civic Center. (Now the Mariner Stadium). Bob Seeger, from Detroit was the opening band. From my hometown. And they were Superb! The sound was great! And then…… KISS came on. The crowd went absolutely wild. And the volume got turned up. To such earsplitting levels. That I and the other DJs from the other stations. We all sank down to the floor behind the seats. And I brought with me. A pocket full of cotton balls. To stick in my ears. When all of the other guys saw me doing that. They all stuck out their hands! And I doled out what I had. After the concert was over. I couldn't hear what anybody was saying! I was profoundly deaf! My career as an, Audio Engineer, Over! Before it could really begin! Oh my God! I'm deaf! I was like that for over a week and 1/2! I thought I was a goner. It seemed like it took forever. Before my hearing got back to normal. Or what I think is normal? And I vowed. I would never subject myself to that kind of Sound Pressure Level, again! And I never did. Later. I went on to make Recording History. And garner multiple major music award nominations. By always having control. Of my volume. And at 68. My hearing is better than most. My hearing is still, Exceptional. And flat out to 15 kHz! Better than most. I also never played electric guitar nor drums. I played French Horn. Not in a rock band. But I love recording rock 'n' roll. It's just plain fun. It doesn't have to be perfect. Like my, Operatic Recordings. Which are about as close to perfect as one can get. And it requires a very different Technique. Also from that of the, Evening Network World Wide News. Which I also did for a couple of decades. For a big, National Broadcasting Company, type place. Called NBC. The first. The original. The biggest. The best. The one that designed and built all the equipment. So we could use it for them. It was a lot of fun. And I learned so much about Politics and how our Government, runs. And others, don't. Very well. Not that our USA is perfect. It certainly is not. But it's the best one in the world! And that's why we need to Protect. What we have here. Not destroy it and tear it down to make it better. That's the wrong way to do it. Because? The right way to do it. Is, to charge the proper taxes. And provide for all Americans. An extension to, Public School Education. To include. A Free, 4 Year, College Degree. If you should so choose to accept it. That or a Trade School.. Of your choice. Free. And that's how we, Make America Better than just Great, Again. DUH! But of course a poor little rich kid. That never listened in school. Would ever think of anything this stupid. Because Thinking is, Fuddy-Mental. Yeah. We know. But nobody's talking about this.. They are only talking about removing rights from Americans. Rights they have had throughout their entire lives. Now no longer Constitutional! Really? Or do you mean no longer, Cons--Titutional? Which is it? I think it's the latter. As it certainly is not the Former Formal, Constitution. Which was very well thought out. By actual Thinkers who Founded Our Country.. And these Republicunt's are an, Abomination! To our US Federal Constitution. They've taken their Q. To the next level. Of Hatred. Toward Americans, THEY DON'T LIKE! And they must be stopped. There is no other way. RemyRAD