Adam Savage Visits National Air and Space Museum's Restoration Hangar!

This was one of the MAJOR highlights of our DC trip: the National Air and Space Museum's Mary Baker Engen Restoration Hangar, where objects conservator Lisa Young gives Adam Savage a tour of the artifacts currently being preserved! In addition to geeking out over an LM cockpit simulator, a "lunar rover, qualification test unit” and the Skylab 4 command module, Adam learns a LOT about the craft of conserving such historic pieces. (We had to practically drag him out.)
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To watch other videos from Adam's visit to DC and Smithsonian, check out our playlist. We had SUCH an amazing time: kzbin.info/aero/PLJtitKU0CAeiJ7tjkIqcrRPfIYZHPW643

[@triwarpcurvature9220]

Adam Savage’s Tested hello people of tested I am a human from the past and I demand a full tool set dipped in glow in the dark laytex for high visibility and comforting grip.

[@navyvet9311]

Adam my grandfather helped build the lem and i have the original decal/ dry rub transfer lettering sheets he used big folder of them.

[@danielvilla4097]

Adam gets whiter with time

[@tjosteltakseraas2865]

Adam I know a guy who was building those wheels for Grumman back in the day. Gerry Nocera, I believe he is living in Queens NY. Contact me.

[@biggestd1161]

Space is fake Adam sold his soul to the devil the Earth is flat no DOUBT about it #flatearth #MUDFLOODS wake up people you are being lied to

[@Chayat0freak]

Watching Adam desperately fight himself to not touch these things is adorable

[@f4u5t00]

Folded arms. You can use a flashlight. Hands in pockets.

[@valiroime]

And you just know that the conservator was fighting the urge to slap his hand away when he would get a bit too close to the equipment.

[@PCJ52]

@@valiroime I had the same thought. I cringed when he go too close.

[@STHFGDBY]

He's also trying to photograph all what he sees with his brain.

[@almostfm]

Hell, I'm sitting here at home wanting to reach out and touch it.

[@joshua.snyder]

Ha! Lisa: "I know you want to sit in it." Her tones suggests she has had to say similar things to Adam several times before. "No, you can't try on the suit" "I am sure you want climb into the cargo bay." "The command module isn't open." Love Adam's enthusiasm.

[@888johnmac]

lol, I get the feeling she isn't giving Adam a tour .. more keeping him off the exhibits

[@tested]

This is the truth; well done. She also became a close friend of Adam and Tested. She's amazing.

[@dangleason9023]

please put that back down sir. lol

[@mashiroikaze]

Lisa's own enthusiasm is just slightly more refined than Adam's - you can hear it sometimes when she's talking about what she's done and discovered and wanting to know more. "I haven't gotten to go inside yet..." My understanding is that on the VERY rare occasions that they open up Discovery her department sends out an email saying, "On this date we will be opening the Discovery for [reason]. There are [X number] people who will have access to the interior of the craft. Don't ask if you can go in and see it - most of us aren't allowed to, either." I'd share more funny stories I heard when I was a volunteer, but I don't want to give Adam any ideas. ;)

[@chuckymcnubbin1518]

I could listen to Lisa Young all day. She's an absolute wealth of knowledge. Keep up the awesome work Lisa and restoration team. kudos. 👍.

[@chgr7025]

She's amazing!

[@ashleighwillis8564]

Lisa's knowledge of every little detail in each piece is just absolutely incredible. It may be her job of course, but It's also one hell of a passion. So much respect!

[@jaecenwhite2590]

“We’re still trying to figure out how this works” - you can literally see Adam’s engineering brain instantly spring to life and start assessing it. LOL

[@negativeindustrial]

I can assure you that function is always on. My girlfriend jokes that I see the inside of opaque mechanisms long before I ever appreciate the exterior concessions to aesthetic value.

[@iamahighlighter012]

16:23 Adam: “that’s crazy!” Whips out mini flashlight out of nowhere lol

[@tpseeker3367]

Bet he wishes he'd rigged a camera in the flashlight if he hasn't already.

[@MrChief101]

That lady has one crowded brain! Neat and interesting.

[@peaceandwealthseeker4504]

Eliot Brown ashame allnof space travel is pure fiction

[@BigDaddy-se7xh]

She should be a national treasure with all that information

[@Melchiar81]

@@peaceandwealthseeker4504 Just put on your tinfoil hat, and go sit in a corner thinking the earth is flat or vaccines give autism or something, but just think it, don't say it out loud.

[@manoflego123]

Lisa Young is/was a neighbor of my friend in the mid 2000s, and she gave us a private tour of this hangar. 12 year old me got to stand right next to Neil Armstrong's space suit.

[@enigma1247]

Liar. She hasn't had it the whole time...smh

[@jamesfarrell8339]

Wow Fantastic story. I guess it would be really different if you go back again. Amazing journey.

[@MJTAUTOMOTIVE]

@@enigma1247, They have had Armstrong's Suit in their possession for over 2 decades. It needed alot of work and a intricate frame made for the interior of it. You should probably do a little bit of research before insulting someone and name calling.

[@deesnutz951]

8:32 Her head snaps up SO quickly when Adam gets close to the antenna.

[@sandibeach3165]

Always fun to watch a kid in a candy store...lucky kid.

[@starshipmechanic]

when I was a kid I told my folks I wanted to be head custodian at the Smithsonian, because Id get to touch and clean the cool stuff, the conservationists have the best job.

[@mashiroikaze]

Fun fact (that crushes your childhood dreams): the custodial teams don't get to touch any of the cool stuff. Though there are teams (not part of custodial) that are trained on specific artifacts, like cleaning the airframes. I really wanted to join one of those teams while I was a volunteer, but the wait list was VERY long (understandably!).

[@starshipmechanic]

​@@mashiroikaze super cool info, thanks, don't worry childhood dream still intact, just moved to the conservationists. I think as a kid I just liked how head custodian at the Smithsonian rhymed.

[@petcatznz]

All of this equipment in any other engineering field would have been at the prototype stage. The fact it was used in a production environment so successfully is a glowing testament to the engineers and fabricators who did such a great job. I take my hat off to them all.

[@MattGratt]

I love that Adam approaches everything with the enthusiasm and excitement of his eight-year old self!! 🙂

[@lkajiess]

Mary does a great job at this outreach stuff, really fun to listen to her.

[@hawkeyeten2450]

The Smithsonian's also getting a WWII B-17 soon (from Ohio). Amazingly, it's the one major bomber from that era they didn't have yet. "Shoo Shoo Baby" I think is its name.

[@williamlattanziobill2475]

There are often times that I despair when I think about our country, but seeing videos like these, and hearing dedicated employees such as Lisa just filled with knowledge and pride...it restores my faith in the government.

[@rogervonschleusingen4603]

RESTORES OUR FAITH IN THE PEOPLE , NOT THE GOVERNMENT !!

[@williamlattanziobill2475]

@@rogervonschleusingen4603 yes, your correction is accurate.

[@davidmudry5622]

Now I know why "Myth Busters" never tackled any 9/11 conspiracy theories --> kzbin.info/www/bejne/gnuzpoqvbtqnqdU

[@dannyh8288]

Keep despairing. Those days of Apollo are LONG GONE. Artemis isnt even close. You KNOW the best and brightest are not working on it or flying it, it will ALL be politically correct BS now. You know...commanded by a women of color, piloted by a Hispanic, a trans will do the science, an illegal will perform a spacewalk...etc etc. RIP the America I kew!

[@elduderino007]

I would love a Tested series following her during a cleaning. I wouldn't even know where to start!

[@TheMikeHunt]

I love seeing Adam geek out on this stuff. He's in my top 10 people that I want to meet. I'd love to pick his brain.

[@mhansl]

Right? He unabashedly shows sincere excitement about these things. Combined with a wealth of knowledge on a wide range of subjects... It's no wonder he has such a large fan base.

[@normandragot9927]

Thank you Adam, for geeking out in the way we geeks would if given the opportunity. You are the perfect avatar for all of us!

[@garnetmiller1482]

I absolutely love your enthusiasm Adam. Thank you.

[@mrmullett1067]

I grew up as a teen during the sputnik mercury gemini saturn era, and now in retirement, watching SpaceX Starship and everything else going on .. wow this history was going to space and paving the way. Incredible talent and skills, where slide rules and log tables ruled the drawing boards. We had great music too !! Thanks for this.

[@FutureMartian97]

Seeing Adam geek out over space stuff makes me really happy

[@peaceandwealthseeker4504]

FutureMartian97 space is purely fiction. There are no curving oceans

[@johnunderwood-hp8rj]

@@peaceandwealthseeker4504 Why does there have to be a space denying troll on every video dealing with sapce? What do you think you're accomplishing besides diminishing the experience for everybody else? You certainly aren't spreadding truth. You wouldn't know truth if it bit you in the rear end. You could choose to display your ignorance somewhere else. I wish you would and leave the rest of us alone wthout your idiocy.

@@johnunderwood-hp8rj Simple. It's a troll. This is their life.

[@johnunderwood-hp8rj]

@ I know. And the moment they find out you do know what you're talking about they run away and hide.

[@iPig]

I could watch this for hours and hours! I've done some WWII aircraft restoration and maintenance but this is seriously the pinnacle.

[@muzzaball]

Thank you Adam, that was just a wonderful behind the scenes view showing just marvellous artifacts of the space program.

[@patricks_music]

It’s amazing to me how much work went into the Apollo program! Simply amazing!

[@SAM-zt2uy]

Huge thanks to them for loaning the London Science Museum the Apollo 10 command module giving us in England the chance to see a piece of this part of space history up close.

[@Celsian]

Tested is so great. I'm especially glad when they post a new Adam video, I learn so much from all of you guys. Thank you!

[@MattHew-dt3hk]

I'm emotional watching this. So happy to see someone who truly enjoys these artifacts

[@simonp5006]

This was probably the coolest video I've seen in my entire life. Thanks for sharing this Adam!

[@Jake-oq8rv]

The cool story of filling each cell of the command module is so great...that’s the stuff missing from tour inside the air and space museum.

[@clanzil]

This is one of the coolest tested videos I’ve seen. My favorite lego sets I have done are the Apollo sets. My favorite part of this video is Adam keeping his hands in his pockets so he doesn’t touch anything he isn’t suppose to; also you can tell he is just totally geeking out and is just a kid living a dream. I’m so happy you got to see all these pieces up close.

[@Swaggscribe]

I could watch a hole show just like this... Watching Adam geek out is the best. The fact that he has his flash light just to see into dark places is very much an adam thing... so cool.

[@connecticutaggie]

Very cool to see all this stuff again. My dad worked at NASA JSC during Apollo. I was in 6th grade when we moved there; so, I grew up with a lot of this. And, yes, they had a label-er. I used it a couple of times for labeling science fair projects. I recall it used some sort of a photographic process and had different wheels for different fonts. I think it may have been made by Kroy - but, that was a VERY long time ago.

[@Farbar1955]

I am so glad this Apollo capsule is getting some love. It is essentially what would have been Apollo 20 if all the moon missions had flown. I saw it at the Smithsonian in 2010 and it was hanging sideways in a hallway with no posted documentation as to what it was for. It looked sad hanging up there and looking like it had been misplaced and forgotten. I assumed it was a Skylab mission capsule but didn't know anything more about it until I did some digging on the internet. I'm happy that it's getting some restoration work done and will be displayed in a new location.

[@stephenwevans]

Wow, what a treat! Such a great opportunity to see this stuff up close and get a personal tour by someone so knowledgeable. Keep taking us along, Adam! We love seeing this stuff!

[@artieb969]

that was beyond cool I could watch that all day. I love that place and getting to see it from that point of view is unreal

[@mikaelagomez5424]

Ok, Lisa Young is easily one of the few people to actually visibly blow Adam's mind multiple times in one video.

[@picklefish74]

After he gets high res photos, how long till Adam builds functional replicas and starts repeating the Apolo missions on the weekends?*

[@almostfm]

There's already software that lets you simulate an entire Apollo mission, and it requires you to do (almost) all of the switch throws and DSKY commands for it to work. I'm thinking that if you had enough time/money/programming skill, you could use actually switch and dial movements instead of mouse clicks, and have the software drive the gauges and other "movables".

[@cocoanightnmare]

I love watching Adam geek out. The man's an inspiration.

[@FryGuyNS]

Such an awesome look at the preservation work being done. Amazing, I could listen to every little detail on this stuff! So fascinating the material science used.

[@destiny-theseries]

She needs to have her own show/channel. She's a delight to listen to.

[@pomegranatechannel]

I know someone who would buy all the collection for a fair price. Rick (of Pawn Stars) would offer $175 considering all the risks he takes.

[@DKHD176]

I don't know anything about Skylab command modules, but I know a guy who does...

[@079lrt]

Great video. I could listen to you both discussing space related topics for days!

[@markmiller6402]

What a lovely lady, very polite and knowledgeable. I could listen to her all day.

[@drewshine627]

I've never been really space obsessed but this video really opened my eyes to it this was flipping awesome

[@jamesfarrell8339]

I have seen the Mercury capsule in Maryland and was totally amazed how small it was. I couldn't even imagine being inside for more than a few minutes by myself. They had three astronaut going into space. It is incredible how far we have come in my life time.

[@michaelszczys8316]

There used to be space center in Jackson Michigan. In it they had a capsule from Apollo. It was crazy trying to picture it hurtling through space and coming into the atmosphere glowing like a hot coal. It was all burnt looking on the bottom heat shield- like a burnt coal.

[@ArgumentativeAtheist]

Lisa was amazing. She's so knowledgeable. Which I guess is to be expected for someone in her position. Adam must have been absolutely giddy to get to have a tour with her, and to be able to ask her all the questions he could think of.

[@brewmorgan8942]

What a great history of the space program....Thank you

[@makerpat]

Next Tested project: Enlisting 100 youtube makers to build parts for a folded-up Lunar Rover replica for the display.

[@5695q]

For the most part, I don't think the museum does replicas for their displays. I may be wrong and they may allow something to go along with another display to make it work out but it will not be the main artifact. If they have to restore something for display they keep everything removed that is original to the artifact.

[@Mythilt]

Visit the US Air Force museum in Dayton one week, and make sure to visit the annex as well, since it is also where they rebuild/repair stuff.

[@cmspet1]

In 1973 when I was 13, the Apollo 11 command module was on display at the Smithsonian when I visited there with my family. I remember a little hole in the clear plastic cover over the heat shield just big enough for me to squeeze my finger tip in and touch the heat shield. It was a thrill actually touching a piece of history.

[@99tym]

Reminds me of the scene of Picard and Data touching the Phoenix in Star Trek: First Contact. ;)

[@TheProjectOverload]

Wow - what a cool behind the scenes look - I've been to the museum but want more of these type videos - Great work!

[@scottdoleac5651]

She seemed really fun and knowledgeable to have with you as a guide

[@TheCatBilbo]

The Lunar Rover is a great illustration of how important it is to properly document & preserve even our recent history. So much is already unknown because manuals are lost, designers & operators die etc. Or, we lose the ability to even read what is recorded: the machines are no longer available.

[@pistonburner6448]

I think you misunderstand, and didn't listen carefully. She said that the restorers don't have access to the manual/archive data, not that they have been lost altogether. She is speaking from the point of view of conservators. Conservators are not rocket scientists who need all the schematics, manuals for everything just to mainly clean up some display pieces. For sure the design data and probably most of the notes and everything is archived.

[@dannyh8288]

@@pistonburner6448 No it isnt. A lot of it has been lost forever. Especially with the LM, Grumman had the last 3 LMs cancelled. The very last was completely scrapped (!!!), and all in house data is pretty much missing now. A lot of data was sent out to other facilities, a lot on data cards that cannot be read now, and thus some data is available, but a LOT is permanently gone. Sad but the way it is.

[@undefined7141]

So I have the data needed for the suspension system. Anyone know a way to contact Lisa?

[@michaelross9782]

This is fantastic, thank you so much for letting us in on this.

[@digitaIgorilla]

I can't get enough of this. I will visit. One day. Or maybe a whole month. In the mean time, more videos please!!!

[@LIamaLlama554]

Digital Gorilla really cool museum. It’s on the grounds of Dulles airport, more or less.

[@tankgrrl]

Me: geeks out on all this awesome space gear Also me: Can't stop staring at the '36 DC-3 in the background

[@timorvet1]

Shes a beaut, and was presented to the Museum by Eastern’s president, Edward V. Rickenbacker the WWI fighter ace.

[@johnwest7228]

I am wondering about the back story of that plane as well...

[@Verlisify]

how did they test the rover on earth gravity in new mexico

[@prepper1013]

they used regular rubber tires

[@rickstam8233]

Nasa is about making money . They are like hollywood making fake space movies

[@Dylan_The_Car_Dealer]

@@rickstam8233 stfu dude

[@stevewhite3424]

@@rickstam8233 thanks for the reminder of what stupid looks like on the internet

[@rickstam8233]

You only have to look in the mirror

[@travelinman70]

What a dream job....I can't imagine the response when she tells people where she works and the items she's worked on...just mind blowing.

[@tifoso4ever]

THAT'S INCREDIBLE!!!!!! Thank you for all those wonderful videos, Adam, and all of you hard working partners. I wish I was a part of your team....Thank you !

[@charlesballard5251]

Apollo's Lunar Rover.... The ORIGINAL TRANSFORMER!!!!!!

[@imnotgoodbye5910]

I visited the air and space a few days ago it was amazing

[@jprezemexi]

ok, I can imagine Adam came back with a million ideas for his builds to replicate items that he wants for his self. awesome vid!

[@martinslagle3061]

Hands jammed firmly into pockets. I'd have to do the same...

[@jdjeep98]

I'd have to have my hands cuffed behind me. LOL

[@mxphxsto8334]

Same ✋💀 i would literally wanna touch everything

[@brinta2868]

He was trying to hide his boner.

[@MrKunstarbeiter]

Best Part was the He 219 in the background ;-) Awesome!

[@ZodZulu]

It crazy to see the little things that have to be thought about in a spacecraft. Great video

[@petermclennan6781]

Two of the geekiest people on the planet and a pleasure to join you both on that tour. Love your EDC, Adam. I'm never without mine.

[@bertlestien2314]

Another Quality Space Video

[@peaceandwealthseeker4504]

Bertlestien space is purely fiction start thinking for yourself. There are no curving ocean

[@tma2001]

@@peaceandwealthseeker4504 kinda ironic the moniker you've chosen there. "There are no curving ocean", remind us again why we can even see a nearby, distinct horizon from the seashore on a clear day ?

[@peaceandwealthseeker4504]

TMA1 your viewing angle. Which is exactly why ships appear to “dip below curvature” at varying distances due to viewing conditions not curvature as physical curvature would not be effected by conditions as it’s permanent

[@peaceandwealthseeker4504]

p m I have read my reply below

[@tma2001]

@@peaceandwealthseeker4504 Sigh. Typical flerfer word salad. I deliberately said 'distinct' and 'clear day' when conditions are not a factor (e.g. in the winter when the air is the same temp as the water). I wasn't even talking about disappearing ships but the fact you can even _see_ a distinct horizon - if it was truly flat it would just fade into an indistinct blur over an ocean. It's that trivial ! even a ten year old could understand this. We all genuinely scratch our heads at how dim you have to be to not get this ! This is why FE'ers attract such invective and disdain.

[@Zelmel]

The Udvar Hazy Center (Air and Space Dulles Annex) is straight-up the best Smithsonian museum. I will take it over the downtown main Air and Space museum any day of the week.

[@jshepard152]

Tragic name.

[@stevearita3267]

This video was totally amazing...thank you so much for doing this and thank you to the curators, what an awesome job!!!

[@lostonwallace1396]

Wow! This was a great video! A chance to be so close to a rover and the Skylab 4 capsule. Incredible!

[@MkmeOrg]

Forget the main displays- Make THESE the area we can go tour.

[@5695q]

Nothing would get done then, they would spend all their time keeping people from touching or taking things.

[@ReedCBowman]

In the background is that the DC-3 that normally hangs in the downtown museum? If so, my grandfather flew it.

[@johnroby6524]

I didn't look closely but if the tail number shows up at all through the video you'd be able to tell.

[@zapp442]

Just loving this. Can not wait to be able to travel again and visit this place.

[@GermanGreetings]

Thank for all these fine details... Wow !

[@103m95g]

Fascinating stuff, makes me wonder where we are now with technology

[@audilicous]

cat videos and porn.

[@xxxgames4458]

All this space shit is lies. But the true reality with technology is literally mind blowing. They will never reveal the true source as its beyond scary and the human population would ceize to be normal. Just ask nasa why nasha is hebrew means deceive or why the logo has the devils tongue and saturns ring, also why the use occult names like saturns rocket aka satans rocket. I don't expect you to understand. Just realize no normal human has ever had a adventure like NASA and never will.

[@foerdie]

XXX GAMES ok flat earther

[@HerbieHerbHerb]

Would have liked to have seen where the ignition toggle switch, that Buzz Aldrin broke, was located on the lunar lander mock-up.

[@almostfm]

It was actually the circuit breaker that provided power to arm the ascent engine-the breakers were push buttons so someone wearing the lunar gloves could push it in to close the circuit, and push it again to open it. What broke off was the plastic extension that made it easier to push. That's why when it was broken off, they could still push the breaker in with a pen. The breaker itself wasn't broken, just the plastic extension. The breaker itself is located on Panel 16 on the right side of the cabin. www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/LM-CB11-16lbl.jpg

[@mcmoose64]

Adam , you are living my dream. Please keep doing what you do and please keep sharing.

[@rocketman48]

absolutely facinating,im blown away.Mary is so clued in.Great stuff.Bill from Ireland

[@imallfordabulls]

“We don’t know how these wheels worked.” Adam was like “Can I work on that full time?”

[@kazikoFPV]

yeah you can see him immediately want to work on it lol

[@SimielBlack]

She's talking about the hydraulics and why they are there, but the reason they're like that is the folding up, the hydraulics lift and then rotate the wheels on two axis so that they can be folded up at 45 degrees, which is the "mindblowing" picture of it folded up that Adam refers to.

[@PetersenFamily20715]

Yeah, I caught that, too. You could tell he was just itching to figure it out.

[@rune12358]

Re: filling up the holes in the heatshield's honeycomb by hand. Yup, they did that. They _still_ do that, on Orion's heatshield. It's a crazy fabbing method, but that's old-school aerospace for you.

[@MagnusTS]

Interesting that SpaceX use NASA derived tech for their PICA-X heat shield and are able to make seemingly quite large tiles. Wonder why NASA wont use the same method. Maybe the Orion is rated for much higher reentry speed?

[@rune12358]

@@MagnusTS Thing is, Orion's heatshield failed some tests quite a while ago, and out of an abundance of caution, NASA fell back to the old 'tried and true' techniques of Apollo, instead of figuring out a new fix, and damn the cost torpedoeos. It's a very showing example of the reasons why that capsule costs as much as it costs. At least one of them.

[@Puppygirl-hj1tn]

Love this one also, again, Adam is so humble.

[@wcareyphoto]

WOW! That was incredible! Thanks for sharing!

[@lokivonbrandis2129]

Adams new project!. Built a lunar rover!.

[@heyimamaker]

Is there a big book of technical drawings from NASA? That would be Amazing!

[@thiesenf]

It should be since everything is in the public domain...

[@mikekell9889]

Adam savage is a lucky man to be abke to see these up close like this. Would love to have been there.

[@corneliuscrewe8165]

One of the great thrills of my life was looking down at those aircraft being restored and realizing I was standing above Flak Bait, an aircraft I had read about and seen pictures of since I was a small boy. One of MANY unexpected joys during my visit there. I will return some day.

[@k001daddy]

Of course, Skylab CM's would not need the same heat shield as those that went to the moon since they were not coming in as fast.

[@MrGlenspace]

k001daddy they did have some different configurations including more batteries for extended Skylab stays.

[@samsignorelli]

They were still hitting the atmosphere at between 16K and 17K mph....they definitely needed the heat shield....I don;t see how a Skylab shield and an Apollo moon mission one would've been much different...they were still going to be hitting temps in the thousands of degrees, and NASA tended to overbuild the safety margins in any case.

[@CrazyChemistPL]

The less bulky heatshield on Skylab CM could probably be a result of a slower reentry speed from Earth orbit than from translunar trajectory.

[@CrazyChemistPL]

@Nature and Physics And less fuel for the SPS.

[@CrazyChemistPL]

@Nature and Physics Ah, Gemini. The often forgotten spacecraft that had really a lot of potential.

[@matthewcoleman8267]

It boggles my mind the shear engineering genius of the people involved with the space programme in the 60’s & 70’s! Utterly fascinating.

[@picklefish74]

Excellent episode. I love all of the space program's minutiae.

[@sandwichanomaly6339]

Lawn chairs for the lunar rover. Hey if it works it works eh... also comfortable and stylish for when you just want to chill on your lunar lawn. Wonder what company made them?

[@EDKguy]

No cup holders though. Not a SUV EVA

[@uatu3021]

Should we take bets on whether or not Adam makes his own Lunar Rover to drive around in some barren desert somewhere?

[@peaceandwealthseeker4504]

Erik Frye space travel is purely fiction which is why him a special effects artist is so interested in these set pieces

[@almostfm]

@xc5647321 xc5647321 It's a pretty safe bet that if anybody who has "truth" as part of their online name, they could't actually recognize truth if it reared up and bit 'em in the ass.

[@musiccitymannn2781]

Such a good video. Wish we could slow down time and keep Adam around forever.

[@olsonspeed]

Fantastic, "Inside the Smithsonian" visit, the engineering of these spacecraft was a huge challenge, thanks to all that endeavor to preserve these treasures.

[@owencanter6355]

Id love to see you do this at the Us space and rocket center in Huntsville AL

[@Mike19737]

The Saturn V display is worth the visit alone!

[@john.brown.]

Was just there few weeks ago and a cool place to see a lot of great stuff.

[@andrewhewitt7483]

Build Lunar Buggy Adam, you know you want to!

[@kh40yr]

Had to come back to this one,,because it Moon Rocks!. Thanks AST and crew.

[@fader2701]

20 minute video, i learned so much! we need more of the behind the scenes with museums.

[@boozekashi]

Richard R Hosted by Adam

[@Mike19737]

Adam thinking after seeing Moon Buggy: "Challenge Accepted."🤓😎