Astronauts Didn't Sleep So Well on the Moon

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[@shawnclark732]

Imagine waking up and forgetting where you are for a minute.

[@fairfaxphil]

or sleepwalking!!!

[@monsterbash9758]

"BWAAAAAAAAHHHH! Oh... yeah. Cool."

[@IIAndersII]

lol must be weird waking up being like "where the hell am I ... oh that's right I'm on the moon."

[@mike8631]

That's a trippy thought Shawn. Mike L, KZbin commenter.

[@romanbernal9157]

Wakes up thinks it's a dream... continuously slaps themselves to wake up and then they remember and they are like "oh shit.. whoops I was sent here"

[@giobikefans]

Sitting in a cramped capsule with impending death just outside the door “Why can’t you sleep?”

[@protheu5]

There are enemies nearby.

[@ChemEDan]

@@protheu5 Turns out dogs were right about vacuums the whole time 👀

[@narajuna]

Keep alive for 2 days?

[@giobikefans]

@@ChemEDan this is the most underrated comment

[@ramairgto72]

When you wake up, walk outside to pee and forget your helmet.

[@jasonmitchell9622]

Lol🤣🤣

[@bubboydarker9030]

i had that one before.

[@granand]

Twist ..bloody there is oxygen on moon

[@justanothergamer7918]

Oof

[@thefreedomguyuk]

You got that one wrong. Most astronauts are ex-forces. We don't go outside to pee at night. We wake up and pee in our helmet...

[@TheTonyMcD]

The Apollo 11 schedule actually called for Neil and Buzz to sleep just a couple hours after landing on the moon, before leaving the LEM. Lol, as you can imagine, that didn't work out as planned. Just think, you are the first people to EVER be on the surface of the moon. And before you can actually go out and explore it, you have to try and fall asleep, what a joke...

[@DreamProphet417]

We never went to the moon, how do u still believe we went ? Are you that gullible????

[@rokerollc2757]

Shut up daniel.

[@spikethelizard2770]

@@DreamProphet417 You non understanding of science isn't a good argument against it.

[@HuntingTarg]

Hollywood made a movie titled _Capricorn One_ - the fact that it was made and watched just proves that people will believe - and 'entertain' - anything.

[@Skyprince27]

Daniel Andre If I ever met somebody who said that to me in person, I would slap them right in the face.

[@carldagroundskeeper]

1969-1972: "Goddam LEM. I can't sleep in here, shit's beepin' all the time!" 2020: LEM ambient sound 3hr loop on youtube for relaxation/study

[@sullivannick]

That still sounds more comfortable than sleeping in economy class on an airplane.

[@KuraIthys]

Huh. Now that you mention it, I don't think I've ever slept on an aircraft even once. And I've flown several dozen times in my life, most of which was long distance, and in many instances trips of 23-25 hours were the norm. (though that typically involves a stop where they force you go get off the plane about halfway through, or even ask you to change planes.) Still, for all those really length trips I've never been capable of sleeping on a plane... Buses, trains and boats, yes, but not aircraft. I imagine the best case scenario for a spacecraft is going to be like an aircraft cabin. (worst case is going to be considerably less pleasant.), so that alone makes it less than surprising that sleep can be challenging...

[@PrintScreen.]

if you know you're gonna sleep on a plane get a buisness class ticket

[@1_2_die2]

A380 economy class and I had no problems getting sleep. Even there was enough space for comfort. @Chad Walker You have to be able to afford that first.

[@robloxgamingdaily5270]

Lol

[@blahfasel2000]

Well, people are different. Since I'm almost 2m tall (about 6'6" for those non-metric hicks ;-), you can imagine that most economy seats are quite cramped for me (I try to get exit row or bulkhead seats if possible, and I've had cabin crew actually trying to find me a seat with more legroom without me even asking, but it doesn't always work out), however I've slept through quite a few flights. The most "extreme" was a late evening flight at about 10pm after I had to get up at 4 in the morning that day, where I fell asleep right after getting into my seat (without legroom, but fortunately a window seat), slept through takeoff and everything, up until the person next to me woke me up on final approach.

[@LouieSmithSenior]

If I was spending 22hrs on the MOON sleeping would be the last thing I did.

[@yammmit]

Louie Smith Well being tired while flying something much more complicated than a car is not exactly safe.

[@AlexiLaiho227]

i just imagined astronauts doing meth to stay awake for 22 hrs

[@im1who84u]

When I was in Cairo I had a beautiful view of the pyramids from my hotel balcony and at night they lit them up. Talk about being hard to go to sleep. I just wanted to sit on my balcony and stare at them all night. When would I ever have a view like that again from my bedroom balcony? I could still see them even from lying in my bed. It was so hard to even close my eyes.

[@coyebunnell7636]

@@yammmit for 2 weeks

[@cobruh836]

be the first man to spooch over the moon?

[@og7189]

That adrenaline bit put a stupid but funny scene in my head; "Goodnight Huston" "Goodnight Eagle" ... "Hey, Huston." "Go ahead, Eagle" "*girlish squeal* We're on the fucking moon!"

[@vincentlukeking]

I'm a tanker in the military and I gotta say this video showed me the part of the job most like mine.... sleeping in confined places, using computer panels as pillows. Seeing Armstrong's and Aldrin's sleeping illustration in the LEM made me laugh pretty hard because of this.

[@MichaelKingsfordGray]

Except for the 1/6th gravity.

[@candykanefpv]

0:42 they look like tourists. "OK Jim, did you get that picture of me?" "Yeah I did Bob, here's the camera, now take one of me!" 😂😭😂😂

[@Gayestskijumpever]

"We're whalers on the Moon, we carry a harpoon. But there ain't no whales so we tell tall tales and sing a whaling tune"

[@ThePremiumChicken]

Simon Harris LOL nice Futurama reference

[@shortycrosgrove6062]

barnacle bill The sailor. very good video as always

[@jessemanning2476]

Simon Harris futurama is great

[@herculesrockefeller2984]

Yeah, well, I'm gonna go build my own theme park.. with blackjack and hookers.. In fact, forget the park

[@easydoz1]

Don't let me catch you with my daughter the Crushinnator....

[@GScottChaosnaut]

I would have trouble sleeping on the moon simply cause I wouldn't want to miss a moment of it!!!

[@unvergebeneid]

ikr

[@simonelson1577]

In selecting the crew I would have stuck my hand up and said "I'll help you save the weight of my bedding etc. I aint sleeping from blast off to splash down."

[@NGC1433]

That's a sure recipe to miss the rest of your life and destroy a bunch of very expensive equipment.

[@nahndeskript]

What exactly do you think you would miss? It's the fuckin' Moon.

[@sanders555]

I wouldn't wanna close my eyes. I wouldn't wanna fall asleep, cause I'd be on the moon, and I wouldn't wanna miss a thing.

[@SightCentralVideos]

Imagine sitting with your buddy, and seeing through the small triangular glass, the surface of the moon, the same surface you no doubt, have seen many times before. You imagine, beyond the walls that you rest your head on, the thousands of miles of white lunar landscape. You know the only things that keeps you alive are the noisy machines that sit below you, and you think of all the people that worked to build these machines, just for you. You think deeper. This whole mission was designed around you. You imagine that all those billions of dollars that were spent, just to get you where you are right now. Could you imagine?!?

[@xxXthekevXxx]

NeOn that was beautiful...

[@alberttatlock5237]

NeOn I'd be more concerned with throwing my arms or kicking my feet out whilst sleeping and hitting button's

[@brokenwave6125]

Yeah...i could imagine. But that's not accurate though. That's just a really egotistical slant on what actually happened. And i don't think the astronauts were as egotistical as you seem to be.

[@FlingGibstopper]

dont u know that the earth is flat and the moons are damn fake!

[@SightCentralVideos]

I described the seemingly white surface.

[@Crushonius]

so a sleeping mask and earplugs would have solved a lot of the problems

[@hunterbruyere5052]

Crushonius weight reduction bro

[@immaculate7155]

How do you propose they put ear plugs in if they kept their suits on for fear of inhaling dust?

[@Lyle-xc9pg]

Hunter Bruyere, god there are some dumb poeple in the youtube the comments section. yeah, a pair of ear plugs and but plugs would totally weigh the spacecraft down

[@slickstretch6391]

@@immaculate7155 If they had to keep their suit on, they could have at least put a black sack over their helmet to block the light.

[@MrDavidh4]

I use a sleeping mask when I sleep here on Earth.

[@GeoDelGonzo]

45min power nap would be a luxury.. Has someone made an ambient sound video of what Apollo 11 Lander would be like?

[@bluenightfury4365]

Now I want to hear that now.. Darnit you got the idea in my head.

[@-A-c]

Lunar lander asmr? I'm down.....

[@abizair1832]

I want ISS ASMR...

[@theCodyReeder]

I guess I would have made a good Apollo astronaut since I only sleep once every 3 days or so.

[@farawfawea263]

holy crap its cody slab

[@2blocksonthewall4253]

Ah yes, the slab of cody.

[@jasonaltham7013]

Thats the meth working.

[@Sarruji]

I have fallen asleep in chem gear with the gas mask on a few times only to wake up not remembering I was in the suit or where I was exactly. It can be somewhat strange, to say the least. Imagine that happening on the moon!

[@DrToonhattan]

I've fallen asleep on the toilet a few times.

[@TheCimbrianBull]

+DrToonhattan Me too! And I had no recollection of where I was. :-)

[@craigcorson3036]

I have never in my life awakened and not instantly known exactly where I was. I just don't understand how it could be otherwise. Maybe I'm some sort of freak.

[@Sarruji]

Ya, its only happened to me in full chem gear. I guess its the lower oxygen for hours of unconscious breathing that may be the culprit.

[@craigcorson3036]

That might explain it.

[@rogerscottcathey]

i' d be laying there awake wondering . . ."did I turn my stove off?"

[@theholderscock]

I fucking love this comment.

[@blackbird8632]

Did i leave the keys in the rover?

[@qetoun]

Did I lock the airlock?

[@qetoun]

@Blair Group Wife knows all.

[@ThinkingBetter]

These people probably went from their worst sleep ever on the moon to their best sleep ever on the first night being back down on earth. Definitely being back and alive must have been such a great sense of relief.

[@edwardpate6128]

Anyone who spent a few months at sea on a destroyer or submarine learns to be able to sleep anywhere or any time. I speak from experience. LOL

[@dennis9707]

Edward Pate Wow never thought of that one, thanks Ed.

[@stevenobrien557]

You had your cushy bunk, stop being lame.

[@Brucev7]

My Father, Korean War Vet, assigned on the USS Valley Forge, could sleep at leisure

[@thefreedomguyuk]

@Phil M The astronauts had spent their lives in the Air Force before being transferred to NASA. So they have learned to sleep anywhere, at any opportunity. And I'm not making this up, I've been on flight decks where we all were fast asleep, the only one awake was the loadie in the back.

[@silkegehtyoutubegarnichtsa892]

That has to be different, eventually you will basically pass out into sleep from exhaustion even with bombs dropping, landing on the moon though, is going through extraordinary measures over a few hours/days. It has to be physically difficult, not as it's uncomfortable, but like she says, there will be a major hormone imbalance exactly matching with the time you're supposed to rest at - jetlag 3.0.

[@mikethompson2650]

The sunlight comment. Remember that it is raw sunlight, it was filtered by atmosphere as it is here on blue marble. It is straight light from the sun.

[@mikethompson2650]

Cannot swear to that. But I do remember seeing on the old videos from the Apollo the sudden searing white light coming into the cabin. It was very bright. No also remember that the Apollo 12 video camera was blinded when Al Bean accidentially exposed the camera to the sun. The sunlight burned out the cameras internals.

[@HuntingTarg]

@@mikethompson2650 Ayep. There's about a 400-degree Fahrenheit difference between noon and midnight on the moon - and not much less than that between shade and sunlight. No air => no convective heat transfer.

[@johnp139]

Their helmets were equipped with sun visors.

[@HuntingTarg]

@@johnp139 Visors cannot filter 100% of all non-visible frequencies, especially including high-energy bands above UV.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

@@HuntingTarg Sunlight doesn't put out anything more than UV.

[@EAPoeProductions]

If i would land on the moon as these guys did i would hardly get some sleep at all. To think of where i am would better keep me awake as the strongest coffee could!

[@psquare2260]

But you need rest to do your tasks correctly that next day.

[@artificialavocado9652]

I was thinking the same thing I can hardly sleep if I have a dentist appointment the next day I don't think I'd be getting any sleep if I was on the moon!

[@EAPoeProductions]

@ P Square You are absolutely correct of course. Maybe that´s the main reason i still am a poet instead of an astronaut... ;-)

[@milboxr9772]

@@Bryan-Hensley lmao imma use that one from now on on grammar nazis

[@berner]

You would get sleep never more, knowing something was from outside your door.

[@LaceyJuk]

How ironic, since the man in the moon is often depicted sleeping.

[@gabrielsteiger5465]

It's much more accommodating in the moon.

[@garyhileman4985]

Hi Amy. I just discovered your KZbin channel and subscribed right away. At 61 Years Old, I am certainly "vintage", but remember watching all of the Apollo missions, especially seeing Neil Armstrong step onto the moon. It's so great to see someone young as you investing time and energy to try to get this amazing history to a younger crowd. I have ordered both of your books and look forward to reading them. Keep up the great work and providing amazing material.

[@taylorjams4845]

I, sometimes, have trouble sleeping in a hotel, at a friends, or any place thats not my home. It's no surprise to hear that anyone would have trouble sleeping in a tiny capsule with little gravity while wearing a bulky space suit on a giant rock a bunch of miles from earth with the thought constantly creeping in your brain that any malfunction/mistake would almost certainly end in death... good video. Never thought about them having to sleep on the moon.

[@AvailableUsernameTed]

Cats would be trouble in the Lunar Module because they'd walk over control buttons and switches causing random stuff to happen.

[@alphega1983]

They would also jump way too high

[@dannysulyma6273]

Never mind the whole litterbox issue.

[@leehauxwell1149]

Pipe2DevNull Hard enough to get a cat into a carry case at Veterinarian time let alone into a space suit.

[@SlyPearTree]

It would have been a great way to keep the public excited and interested. jk

[@NoahSpurrier]

Hair balls.

[@herbbluntman2287]

I've never even thought about the fact astronauts needed to sleep on the Moon. Once again Amy has covered a fascinating subject that never gets mentioned in big documentaries. Thanks again Amy. Wake up PETE!! :-D

[@RCAvhstape]

There is a scene in From the Earth to the Moon in which they show the astronauts using the hammocks inside the LEM.

[@joshuacurtis5523]

Helium Road Good to know someone else has memorized those episodes forwards and backwards too :)

[@rdfox76]

Apollo 12. Conrad and Bean. Something fires up (can't remember what) and Bean just snaps awake and starts looking over the panel and running off what it *isn't*... and Conrad doesn't even wake up as he just says what it was. XD

[@TheGroundedAviator]

Cooling pump/fan.

[@ToranosukeEdo]

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Moon m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpTMdH2cl7mpe5Y

[@ToranosukeEdo]

dyy Fethiiyhn What it shows is the faking of the only "photograph" of earth from space. What it shows is that NASA is a lying criminal organization that fleeces billions off the American taxpayer.

[@im1who84u]

When I was in Cairo I had a beautiful view of the pyramids from my hotel balcony and at night they lit them up. Talk about being hard to go to sleep. I just wanted to sit on my balcony and stare at them all night. When would I ever have a view like that again from my bedroom balcony? I could still see them even from lying in by bed. It was so hard to even close my eyes.

[@mikew735]

This is so cool, It really makes me stop and imagine, emphatically placing myself in the position of sitting in this aluminum foil wrapped strangely shaped metallic container trying to bed down and right outside is the vacuum of space, hearing the metal sometimes expanding or contracting, weird little noises ticking, like a sub but infinitely more final in your options. knowing that just outside is the void and you and the person right next to you are the only humans for quite some distance, keeping yourself focused let alone trying to sleep would be a task. imagine the little bit of light coming through the window of the module like it was sunlight coming under the curtain on a morning you slept in, waking up for that nano second of zero recall until oooo yea, im on the moon. cant wait for humans to go back, gonna be an exciting century hopefully for the better.

[@Cadwaladr]

My cat would have no trouble sleeping in the LM, because not only is he a cat, he's also deaf, so noises don't bother him.

[@raythulhu5143]

Your cat isn't deaf, he's just ignoring you.

[@mickfunny4185]

Cadwaladr your cat sounds like a Trump voter

[@skinny55772]

He'd been freaking out about the 1/6 gravity.

[@AdmiralPreparedness]

Would you be able to sleep if you knew you were ON THE MOON!!!

[@mjbull5156]

Given how strenuous the moonwalks were, you'd have thatb horrible state where you are completely exhausted and wired at the same time.

[@TomLawsonANIMATIONS]

Yeah, the suits were extremely stiff (the latest NASA space suits are still stiff!)

[@heldercapela]

yes I would !!!! by counting the stars...........but the astro-nots had seen no stars , and thats why they didn`t slept

[@Discrimination_is_not_a_right]

Oh come on, you've seen the moon before ;)

[@putnamehereholdmadoodle]

We have to get there first. We nerve been she knows it

[@davidneel2083]

Other than not having a bed it almost sounds like being in a hospital room and having nurses coming in and taking blood every few hours.

[@raidirr7448]

David Neel i hate those fckng days when i was in the hospital for 1 week...

[@democracydignityhumanrights]

raID irR I know what you mean I was in for a couple of multi week periods back when I was 15, i got woke up every morning at 5 o'clock to blood work.

[@homefront3162]

David Neel No shit man!!! Great comment

[@4nd3rzzon]

I used too enjoy it, the nurse was kinda cute too

[@randomlyentertaining8287]

*Me on the moon* Command: You need to get some sleep. Me: Sleep? Boy, I'm on the bloody Moon. I've got much more exciting things to be doing.

[@DidoInFlames]

Randomly Entertaining to be honest there's nothing exiting besides the gravity and the earth view

[@justanothergamer7918]

@DreamZcape big craters and rovers (rovers for later missions of course) and a lot of rocks.

[@deathstroke8639]

@Dylan Stewart oh my

[@hamsterruler]

@Mobley House Video ah yes, the best tax evasion strategy... Going to the moon

[@TimpBizkit]

@Mobley House Video but your lemonade will go flat quickly in a vacuum

[@jeffedwards6920]

Being the first two on the moon, Armstrong and Aldrin must've had so much going through their heads since nobody had done it before and they had never tested the lunar ascent stage before so there was a question of whether or not it would even work. So much anxiety and excitement all at once must have made the whole experience impossible to rest--even if it HAD been comfortable and roomy.

[@paulnelson5314]

I believe they tested the ascent stage in Earth orbit on Apollo Nine, and again in Lunar orbit on Apollo Ten, RIP, Tom Stafford❤

[@acraigdog565scarce6]

Imagine sleep walking and accidentally opening the door outside

[@justanothergamer7918]

Oof

[@thefreedomguyuk]

Not any different than being a submariner...

[@lmccord2995]

@@thefreedomguyuk or a flight attendant on a plane

[@rananarinoglu5008]

Actually nothing would happen because lanar module wasn't pressurized, life support unit was directly connected to astronout's suit

[@Latif.Kakule]

I'll hire the Confin dudes

[@brandonbyers9021]

I was sure she was going to talk about cosmic rays. Apollo astronauts reported seeing bright flashes in their eyes - even when they slept - sometimes happening every 3 minutes or so. Hard to sleep when you're "seeing stars" as the case may be. Experts suspect the cause may be cosmic rays passing through the vitreous humor of the eye, seeing as the astronauts were well outside of the Earth's protective magnetosphere. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_ray_visual_phenomena

[@HuntingTarg]

VItreous humor, or the optical nerves or cortex... in any case, I pray that the next vehicle we send there will have better-shielded crew cabins and spacesuits.

[@rafaelrodriguez1029]

Who is going to be able to sleep well on the moon? When I went to bed the night when Armstrong and Aldrin walked and worked on the moon I could not sleep due to my excitation. I could see the moon from my bedroom and I could not get rid of the idea that 2 Americans were up there and another one orbiting our beautiful LUNA. I told to myself: These fellows are not going to sleep at all. I was right. God Bless America!

[@GodActio]

《The Moon》 is the scientific name of our planet's natural satellite. Two words, yes, literally, T H E M O O N

[@matthewlebo1841]

Master Actio Yes, the name used several times throughout the post.

[@justanothergamer7918]

I wish I was around in 1969 to be able to experience that but it just gets me excited for 2024.

[@kckdude913]

@@GodActio There is no "scientific name" for the moon. Both Moon and Luna are considered to be correct. That's also why we call moon eclipses lunar eclipses, as opposed "moonar" eclipses. You could argue that if the moon were to have a "scientific name", it'd be luna because it's Latin-based.

[@GodActio]

@@kckdude913 Ah, you got me, the generally accepted term and and what is used in scientific papers is . It isn't technically the scientific name(as none have been agreed on), but it is used as the name for all intents and purposes.

[@jojobar5877]

That's amazing they had enough battery power on the LM to run those systems that long, especially the extended stay missions. I worked on multi-engine aircraft for years and you couldn't run everything on battery power on the ramp very long without the voltage dropping too low. You had to hook up a ground power cart

[@randy030363]

Very interesting....I was thinking the same

[@scottfw7169]

@@randy030363 There is a NASA pdf titled "Apollo Lunar Module Electrical Power System Overview" available online. Which, "Objectives: Describe LM Electrical System original specifications; Describe the decision to change from fuel cells to batteries and other changes; Describe the Electrical system; Describe the Apollo 13 failure from the LM perspective"

[@SternLX]

4:05 I've been sleeping with ear plugs for 25ish years now. It does two things. One, it blocks random sounds that could wake you, basically helps with a more natural deep sleep. Two, preserves your hearing by giving your Cochlear nerves a rest. Use care if you do this however. The type of plug you use can cause wax to back up and you may cause an ear infection. I use disposable Foam earplugs which aren't meant to be reused(bacteria loves to grow in foam over time).

[@don312000]

I remember in Mike Mullane's book "Riding Rockets" he talked about how he had trouble sleeping on the space shuttle because "Holy crap I'm on the space shuttle" so I can imagine how much of an adrenaline rush "Holy crap I'm on the freaking MOON" would be!!

[@schwenn001]

Thank you so much for all the videos you are apart of. I love seeing you in dnews and other channels. Amazing smile. Soothing voice. Very well spoken. I hope you get your own show on tv or netflix or something!

[@DSC800]

Yeah, what about the excitement factor? I get a new to me used Hyundai and I can't sleep for two days. I guess I'm not astronaut material.

[@TheCimbrianBull]

LOL! :-)

[@craigcorson3036]

A man's got to know his limitations. :)

[@DougWalp]

Haha I had the same thought. Armstrong and Aldrin were both trained in the military. I have heard that you learn to sleep in just about any situation with all sorts of noise in the military.

[@fallenoffatree]

The reason they couldn't sleep was because every time they tried to place their bed it exploded

[@bluenetmarketing]

I am so happy you young people are picking up the slack in science and space from previous generations. I watched Apollo 11 take off from the Cape as a 14 year old. And now I am watching your generation take off and go farther than we ever dreamed possible in 1969.

[@Nixontheman]

The videos keep getting better, thanks for all your hard work!

[@derptank3308]

WHY DOES EVERY SINGLE PERSON ON KZbin WHO ANALYZES HISTORY OWN A CAT?

[@gallyturndrop5320]

humans do not own creatures, cretin.

[@dof8406]

gally turndrop Welp it's her cat. She owns the cat but the cat can just run away anyway. It's still HER cat tho

[@jimbobojim4634]

Because nobody likes them. That's why they're always at home, with the only thing that will show them affection... Their cat.

[@Awol991]

Why is every single person on youtube who analyzes history supervised by a cat?

[@jimbobojim4634]

@@Awol991 I already explained this, don't be a terrible student.

[@redhairdavid]

i love fur pete so, such a good catstronaught

[@scaprod558]

dave yesiam OOOP. Great pun!

[@dr.a006]

I honestly have never thought about this ever, until now. Interesting. I guess they were up there quite a long time, though.

[@dv_vid]

When I told my flying instructor I had taken a Unisom the night before, he lambasted me for not following FAA rules for not waiting 60 hours.

[@MattH-wg7ou]

Lesson learned. Just say "no!"... when asked if you've taken drugs/meds. Lol. True story.

[@noonespecific9463]

60 hours, omg !!

[@MrJackHackney]

I don't sleep well on overseas flights, camping, and even hotels so this would be expected for Moon walkers. Don't forget to add the huge stress and pressure to complete their tasks! Stuff like that keeps me up at night even in my own bed!

[@CountArtha]

I never sleep better than when I'm camping.

[@floridmonkey2723]

@@CountArtha Ikr, Some of my best sleep ever has been on camping trips.

[@zapfanzapfan]

Happy 200k! I wonder how many years it will be before someone has a good nights sleep on the Moon with a purring cat next to them?

[@TheCimbrianBull]

I'd volunteer for that sleep experiment! Meow! :-)

[@heldercapela]

a million years

[@skinny55772]

I doubt the cat would be able to cope with the weird gravity unless it was born there :(

[@billinct860]

So being on the moon wasn't the cause of sleep problems. It was the cramped noisy Lunar Module. Given a sound proofed cabin with comfortable sleeping mats, most would sleep fine.

It was dexedrine.

[@tobyhendricks9951]

Well they'd have to do way more missions to do an accurate test.

[@AAhmou]

And they have to invest for confort modules.

[@HuntingTarg]

Soundproofing won't do a great deal - with no atmosphere on the moon there's nowhere for the sound vibrations to go except into the cabin air or through the lander legs. I would speculate that earplugs dampened much, but not all the noise, and they still felt things through the floor.

[@thelonecabbage7834]

Now you have me wondering how people manage to fall asleep on the ISS. Worse yet, waking up in freefall for the first time must be terrifying. Yes, I know they're likely strapped down but the sensation is still there.

[@Jacksirrom]

Despite failures under serious circumstances, it is incredible to think that the humble hammock went from pre-historic America to the Moon!

[@thomasjoyce7910]

I've never seen a discussion about being in 1/6 earth gravity inside the landed lunar module. A unique situation that is different from an EVA. If an astronaut dropped a pen, did it fall noticeably slower, for instance? Did any astronaut accidentally jump 3ft in the air and bang his head?

[@davidbagwell3634]

I would be way too excited to sleep

[@milboxr9772]

Id be way too scared

[@tommacbride3654]

Really good show! I can’t sleep in my bed. So what kind of sleeping pills did they take? Thank you, be well, Cheers!

[@hemslonnigum]

I believe it was Seconal… but I am not positive

[@starshipchi-rhostudio7097]

For some strange reason, I think that most people never thought about how difficult it was for the astronauts to sleep in the early years of space exploration.

[@starshot5172]

When you talked about high levels of adrenaline in the astronauts' blood, you reminded me of a sort of deja vu I had a month ago. I invisioned me standing on the moon, and looking at the earth go down the horizon. That memory, or however you name it, made me feel that way too. I don't know, it was really weird. But after that I wanted (and still do!) go to the moon. And knowing that I live in that same lucky era as Elon Musk, I think I will go to the moon once in my life

[@lasersummit7895]

Hahahaha yeah, you need just a ticket of 10 million dollars yeah...

[@lukestrawwalker]

The Earth doesn't go down over the horizon as seen from the surface of the Moon... It hangs in essentially one spot in the sky, forever, because the Moon is tidally locked in rotation with its orbit around Earth... It may fluctuate a bit in size as the eccentricity and slight inclination of the Moon's orbit would cause the distance to Earth to vary (which is why sometimes the full Moon looks larger or smaller, and you can actually see a little bit around the "edges" of the Moon depending on those fluctuations in the Moon's orbit in relation to Earth). Essentially, standing on the near side of the Moon on the lunar equator in the exact center of the nearside, the Earth will always be directly overhead. As you move to the "limb" of the Moon (as seen from Earth) and away from the exact center of the near side, the Earth will be lower and lower in the sky, and either in the northern sky when moving south, or the southern sky when moving north, and closer to the horizon, but always in that one particular spot in the sky, going through the same phases as we see the Moon go through from Earth, just in reverse-- full Moon (seen from Earth)= "new" Earth (seen from the Moon). New Moon seen from Earth= full Earth seen from the Moon. Crescents and gibbous reversed as well. If you kept going around the limb of the Moon as seen from Earth, eventually the Earth would be sitting right on the above the horizon, then permanently "setting" (or rising depending on your point of view and location) on the horizon, wiggling a bit maybe peeking a little more over the horizon at times and dipping behind it more at times with the variations in the lunar orbit, but never moving much... If you kept going toward the far side eventually the Earth would dip below the horizon and NEVER be visible from the surface of the Moon in that location, all the way across the far side til you neared the limb on the opposite side of the far side of the Moon... You'd never see or know there was a planet there AT ALL... (though you could deduce it from observations of the sky and motion of the stars, Sun, and planets, and thus conclude you were obviously orbiting *something* you simply could not see from that vantage point... Later! OL J R :)

[@KarlBunker]

I reckon Pete The Cat could sleep through a Saturn V liftoff.

[@gcewing]

Obviously future space missions should be crewed entirely by cats, so they won't have trouble sleeping.

[@HuntingTarg]

www.imdb.com/title/tt0077305/

[@angelaracino6236]

You do a wonderful job, God bless you ma’am

[@ShiftingDrifter]

My favorite funny story is on Apollo 14 with Al Shepard and Ed Mitchell trying desperately to get some sleep on the Lunar surface in their uncomfortable hammocks. The LEM had a habit of making unsettling creaks, pops and bangs settling on the moon caused by any small shift from the astronauts tossing and turning in their hammocks. Then suddenly they heard a strange BANG - to which Shepard reacted true to character: [Bang!] Al Shepard: "What the hell was that?!" Ed Mitchell: "I don't know..." [Brief Pause] Al Shepard: "... Ed?" Ed Mitchell: "What?" Al Shepard: "Why are we whispering?"

[@k9m42]

That LEM had some serious ass smell by the end....

[@jamesfarnham1976]

Ah the first drugs on the moon...LOL. Good video, nice length, love Pete!!!

[@showguyer]

Umm when you're 238,000 miles away from the earth on a lifeless airless moon and unsure whether you will ever make it back, I don't think I'd sleep very well either.

[@ThePeterDislikeShow]

That kind of reminds me of how I sleep in my car.

[@Doggeslife]

1/6th gravity. Imagine trying to sleep while you feel like you are falling. Some shuttle astronauts use to experience that feeling on their first nights in zero gee for their first few nights.

[@Karl_Sebastian]

Haven't seen this channel before but so far I like it. Came up in recommended today.

[@maxdukhovskoy1406]

"eeeeeeeeewwwwwwww, who farteeeeed?" Oh wait that was me

[@FreelanceDev4life]

There were astronauts who complained about floating poop en route to the moon.

[@thefreedomguyuk]

I'm sure like in the Air Force, they have amphetamine tablets in their medical kit

[@thefreedomguyuk]

@@FreelanceDev4life Not making this up. Nasa has a fridge freezer, door locked with a chain & padlock. You ask the guys in the lab what's inside, they will say "Space shit!" Which is true. The contents of the onboard toilet on all manned space missions are preserved. Apparently, in case of some kind of unknown infections reaching our planet, they can try and trace it that way.

[@ChristopherUSSmith]

Pete slept through the whole recording. :)

[@BomChickyBowWow]

I know for a fact I wouldn’t sleep a second the entire mission. I would be staring out the window obsessively.

[@rifham]

I read a book that said some later crews practiced sleeping before the mission with a tape of the lm systems so they got used to it .

[@patrickkelly9721]

As an OTR truck driver, we do have a decent mattress. But despite curtains, there is a lot of ambient light. We also aren't able to park level, so you may have blood rushing to your head or gravity trying to roll you out of the bunk. Then there's the noise. Other trucks idling needlessly, refrigerated trailers kicking on and off, trucks pulling out, backing up (beeping), driving by, drivers talking loudly outside, often near train tracks. Sleep can be tough here on Earth too

[@AidenAzato]

Science would be my favorite class if she was my teacher

[@adityasamal3720]

Simp

[@littlebruisy394]

Ok simpleton

[@cursedcliff7562]

@Friday Goood id simp

[@FlyingSavannahs]

Septic tank cleaning would be my favorite class if Amy was my teacher.

[@anatikus1050]

All of that.....and incredibly adorable. Wow 👍

[@mangojulie123]

I would have slept like a baby. I love my sleep and I can sleep ANYWHERE when it's time to lay down and rest. I don't care how excited I am or what's coming the next day. I sleep like Pete when it's time to sleep!

[@105C09]

Don't forget the interior temperature. When the LM was powered down during their rest period, it became chilly. Armstrong and Aldring removed their helmets during the rest period and immediately got cold. That combined with adrenaline negated anymore sleep thereafter.

[@YUMA-jz9xx]

Cabin noise? Try being a US Navy Sailor on one of our tin cans! Ventilation noise is non-stop. Ditto for engine noise, the sound and shudder of water slamming against the hull of the ship, aircraft landing/ taking off, the guy in the bunk above yours snoring away, noises you don't know where they're coming from, etc. etc. 24/7 while underway. Maybe that's why a lot of astronauts were from the US Navy. Hmm...

[@MattH-wg7ou]

Ugh, I've heard! I can only imagine. Im a light sleeper too. USAF for me, no thanks Navy lol.

[@coreyzimmerman9782]

AND imagine you are depending on a small engine that hasn't been test fired & only used in space twice!

[@stephenhall3697]

The ascent stage engine hadn't been used in space before lift off from the moon, but they were tested before installation into the LM

[@leonardgibney2997]

And your life support systems bombarded by the Solar Wind!

[@tonyrahme96]

“Many moonwalkers...” RIP MJ

[@JavierChiappa]

Imagine if there were Moon Ghost that haunted them in their sleep.

[@bigmike9128]

Ghost of who or what ??

[@DonnyHooterHoot]

What about the sheer excitement of being on the frickin' moon! LOL Great video!

[@scottyoung5317]

One exception was John Young on Apollo 16 - he evidently never had issues sleeping in space or on the moon. It amazed his partner Charlie Duke, who did have a lot of trouble sleeping.

[@BrentsCardsAndCoins]

I have trouble sleeping in strange places. The moon, forget about it.

[@jasonmitchell9622]

Dam right

[@SuperDigitalArtist]

you want us to sponsor your channel but you never interact with your subscribers, no comments nor answers, nothing!!!

[@jimbobojim4634]

She's a cat lady, they're all socially awkward.

[@MeBallerman]

@@jimbobojim4634 Exactly. Cat woman. They don't understand we aren't interested, only annoyed by their cat obsession lol...

[@fred_derf]

@@MeBallerman, writes _"Exactly. Cat woman. They don't understand we aren't interested, only annoyed by their cat obsession lol..."_ Hmmm, I'm wracking my brain trying to think of a possible reason why Vintage Space wouldn't interact with her subscribers but I just can't think of anything…

[@Finnv893]

Bet some of them just wanted to get out and sleep on the lunar surface, or at least joked about it even if its very unsafe lololol

[@TheCimbrianBull]

They should have brought a tent and picnic equipment with them to the moon and camped on the surface! :-)

[@kendespain9385]

That would have made a good hoax

[@adlerzwei]

If I were on the moon the last thing I'd think of is sleep. I'm on the freaking moon for crying out loud. I wouldn't even want to blink. 😲

[@hunterfranke4833]

Still sleeping in 1/5 the earths gravity sounds amazing

[@favorites673]

Hunter Franke 1/6

[@BobBunch-ownyourlife]

love all your vids. You're an amazing creator my friend ;)

[@TomCooper]

Pete probably knows he really belongs between two pyramids (where he can be worshipped). All cats know that if you remove the sphynx, those big pyramids are nothing but a pile of rocks.

[@bradwooldidge6979]

Hell, I can’t sleep on Earth!

[@RV4aviator]

Vintage Space, you have nailed it again...! Accurate, and interesting content presented very, very well ..! I join you in your love of the Apollo, Gemini, and Mercury Programs. I know a lot about those programs, but you always manage to reveal/educate me just a bit more...!!!! Cheers and thank you...! Keep these vids coming please...!

[@adamburdt8794]

I drove to the coast and I was so excited I couldn't sleep for over 48 hours. Not only the cramped spaces but the excitement must've been too much for them.

[@storminmormin14]

Ya I’d sleep outside in my EVA suit.

[@thatsreallyamoon]

@K1NGofG0DS Terrones run a tube from the lander's life support, like Phineas and Ferb

[@littlebruisy394]

Ok simpleton

[@-A-c]

Add in a "tent" or some other temporary equivalent for extended protection from cosmic/solar radiation/micrometeorites and i think sleeping under the stars in the moon's non atmosphere is looking pretty tempting

[@natureandphysics403]

@@-A-c You'd be sleeping in raw sunlight twice as bright as we see on Earth. You'd need an aluminized quartz dome to stop cosmic rays.

[@Calbeck]

Sleeping in the M1A1 Abrams is very similar, except also done under full Earth gravity.

[@mshotz1]

IN the old M-60A1, the Driver's Night Vision storage box was under the main gun, if the TC was kind enough to traverse the turret forward, it made a nice raise area to use to support your head. Used mu MOPP suit as a pillow.

[@AliHSyed]

university->air force -> test pilot -> NASA

[@bluenotesessions1]

navy*

[@dukecraig2402]

I hope you do it, good luck.

[@jeffreyrobinson3555]

I camp a lot, I do historic trekking and that means I have eighteenth century clothing and equipment. I’m 63 and have done this since the 1970s. Often I find the first night a little restless. Motels and hotels and even moving in to a new house the same, it’s hard to sleep in a new place, and this was the most new place humans ever slept in

[@Afterburner]

Sleeping is one thing. Morning shower and toilet were straight out the window in the LEM. I wonder how that all got handled there on the Moon. Great episode as always Amy.