Engineering Connections (Richard Hammond) - Space Shuttle | Science Documentary | Reel Truth Science

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Published 2018-06-27
Richard Hammond reveals the engineering connections in NASA's Space Shuttle - the world's first re-usable space craft. He goes backstage at Kennedy Space Centre, in Florida, to discover how an organ pump, tram tracks, a WWII anti-sonar device, a camera iris and a cannonball all helped create the most technologically advanced machine ever engineered by man. Conceived in the early 1970's as the successor to the Apollo Moon missions, the Shuttle is a delivery system, designed to transport payloads such as the Hubble Telescope, and most of the International Space Station, into orbit, and return for its next cargo. The delivery van is the Orbiter - what most people call the Shuttle - which is mated with a huge external fuel tank and rocket boosters which are all jettisoned. Surviving the huge destructive forces of travelling to space and returning in usable form called for ingenious engineering compromises. The Shuttle is a rocket for the first part of its life, then morphs into a plane for the return journey.

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All Comments (21)
  • @stiimuli
    and now its time to see how fast it gets 'round our track
  • @yocheckitman
    This dudes style is the definition of 2005 and it’s great
  • @cleverusername9369
    I miss documentaries like this. A charismatic host we know, simplification of complex concepts and how they connect to other concepts to make it all digestible, as well as a bit of fun, well done Hamster.
  • @marnoi8754
    17:50 Hammond timidly asking "..can we have a race" Guy: "Yes" - Clarkson hidden in the bushes finally shows himself - SPEEEEEEED AND POWEEEEEEEEEEEEER
  • @JamesJansson
    "The red one was a lot faster" - car show presenter.
  • @I_Crit_My_Pants
    "37million horsepower" DAMN! I need to get that in my Civic
  • @KuntaKinteToby
    I saw the shuttle take off in person when John Glenn returned to space. They are not in any way downplaying the power of the engine. You could feel it hit you like a wall when the shockwave reaches the viewing stands, and its louder than anything you have ever heard in your entire life. It can't be described how unreal it is.
  • @dr.dreamy3489
    Most informative, easily understandable , creative documentary i have ever seen. Thanks to the presenter for making rocket science so interesting and easy. 👌👌
  • @pyrusrex2882
    I've been a rocket enthusiast for years, and even I learned something. It's a good thing they didn't have Jeremy trying to explain. "Ooiohh and this cold stuff goes into the burner thingy and then comes out the back of the bellish bit like a stabbed rat."
  • @goatie1822
    Richard is great in these programmes and his sense of humour makes it far less boring. These programmes should be shown in science lessons at school to get the young ones really interested in science
  • @JonatasAdoM
    I love Hammond's voice, I wish I also had a presenter like voice, so I could have my own Hamster show too.
  • @jovi___
    At 37:19 those robot noises are added in. Killed that whole scene for me.
  • @kennyduarte783
    “Well, it works better then our Reliant Robin shuttle!”
  • @corneliuscrewe677
    For all the flaws of the STS program, the startup sequence of the RS-25 SSME is one of the most beautiful things man has ever created.
  • @lemartip
    The narration from 3:28 about the main engines make chills run down my whole body....
  • @Leppalimes
    The most remarkable thing about the space shuttle is that Hammond hasn't crashed any of them.