FIRST TIME WATCHING Apollo 13 (1995) REACTION!

[@davidkistler6749]

Thought I'd answer a few of your questions. (1) Yes, the wedding ring thing really happened. Mrs. Lowell got the motel manager to open up the drain pipe and she got the ring back. (2) The discarded rocket stages might stay in space or might fall back to Earth depending on when they're jettisoned. In the case of the one you asked about, it fell. They weren't in orbit yet, meaning that they would have fallen back to Earth if they hadn't continued to accelerate to get into orbit. The part they left behind didn't burn its engines (after that point), so it fell back to Earth. The flight plan was designed so that they would splash down in the Atlantic east of Canaveral, where they sank. Once they get into orbit, everything they discard stays up there unless something other than Earth's gravity accelerates it. (Sorta. Eventually drag with space dust would cause orbits to decay over the course of months, years, decades, or centuries, depending on details.) The stage they extracted the lander from and left behind would have stayed up in space... except it was deliberately left on a course to crash into the moon, where seismology equipment left behind by Apollo 12 registered the impact and NASA uses the readings to calibrate the equipment. (3) Technically there's plenty of gravity in space... but it's affecting the astronauts and the craft equally, so they float relative to each other, rather than in a car or airplane where you have something (ground or air) pushing the craft up and the craft in turn pushes up on the passengers. So, yeah, everything's weightless in a relative sense. Imagine you're in a free-falling elevator or one of those amusement park rides that drop you ten stories. That's what it feels like. Mass still matters though, because even if everything is in free-fall it still has inertia. You have to push a lot harder to get a huge massive box moving, and also to get it to stop. Imagine ice-skating, versus ice-skating while wearing a very heavy backpack. It's a lot easier to change directions without the backpack. So yes, those suits were a pain to move around in because of the mass, even in zero-g. (Also because they're bulky, and because the thick gloves are clumsy, and... look, space suits suck. They just don't suck as much as hard vacuum.) (4) The zero-gravity scenes were all practical effects. They were filmed in a NASA aircraft flying on a parabolic arc simulating free fall and hence zero gravity. It's normally used for training astronauts for space travel, and it's nicknamed the vomit comet for obvious reasons. PS: No apologies for the bad pun.

[@ShreeNation]

Thanks for the info :)

[@Tusc9969]

The crew were expecting to die. People don't realize how bad the situation was for them with all the unexpected compounding issues adding up. Brave men that fought till the very end.The recovery of the Apollo 13 crew was one of NASA's greatest achievements, IMO, and their finest hour. It was a brilliant feat of improvisation, concentration, coolly controlled thinking, technical skill, determination, and tenacity as the crew and Houston flight controllers surmounted one crisis after another. It was a brilliant accomplishment under tremendously trying conditions.

[@dmwalker24]

Steely-eyed missile men. They definitely deserve all the respect we can manage.

[@andrewlustfield6079]

Interestingly, the grandfather of a high school friend of mine had been a general in the Air Force and he had transferred to NASA, mostly to avoid the shambles he knew Vietnam would turn into. Shortly before he passed away, he said this movie managed to capture most of the tension that was in NASA at the time of Apollo 13.

[@AlanCanon2222]

Brief note on "gimbal lock". The way a spacecraft is turned has three axes of rotation, because we live in three dimensional space. But when you do a 180 degree turn, there's going to be a moment when two of those three axes of rotation are pointed in the same direction. The rotation sensors (say, three spinning flywheels ('gyroscopes'), each oriented at right angles to both the other two) can get confused at this moment. The mounting bearings that let the gyroscopes stay in the same orientation while the spacecraft turns "around" them are called gimbals, hence the phrase "gimbal lock". Modern rotation sensors overcome this difficulty through a variety of techniques. If you want to simulate the moment of gimbal lock yourself, imagine standing in your garden with an old video camera (with no auto-rotate) pointed at a bird flying towards you from the north. The bird passes overhead and flies off to the south. If you want to record the bird the whole time, you'll start pointing the camera up to follow the bird. Then, exactly when it's overhead, you have to spin around in place to track the bird back down to the southern horizon, or else the camera will be upside down for the second half of the video. Which way should you spin around, clockwise or counterclockwise? It doesn't matter, one way is as good as the other, but try telling that to the Apollo Guidance Computer: it could get confused at that moment where it has to decide which way to spin its internal idea of the odd axis that's briefly coincident with one of the other two. Left equals right for that brief moment. Anyway, the bird thing was my way of explaining gimbal lock to myself, after looking it up after years of not knowing what it was. Come to think of it, our smart phones sometimes get confused as to which way is up, with auto-rotate turned on. That's something akin to gimbal lock, though not an exact analogy.

[@ShreeNation]

That's interesting, thanks for explaining, the bird example was great👍

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

Mrs. Lovell is an unsung hero in this movie. Can you imagine how strong she had to be through all this, because she was basically helpless. Fun Fact: General Motors gave all the Apollo astronauts a car, and most of them chose Corvettes.

[@MikeB12800]

Wouldn’t say she’s unsung, her scenes and dialogue convey her strength through the movie.

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

@@MikeB12800 True, but most people focus on the astronauts and the ground crew.

[@BedsitBob]

They didn't actually give them cars, because the astronauts weren't allowed to receive commercial gifts, so they gave them special deals on them.

[@Bnio]

There's a lot of good moments in this film showing how much everybody in Mission Control trusted each other. "That's the deal?" "That's the deal." And Gene gives the OK. On Apollo 12 the rocket was struck by lightning and they almost aborted DURING LAUNCH because all the displays shut off, but they still had audio. And one guy, John Aaron, in Mission Control just happens to recognize all the readouts and a similar feeling from a simulation two months earlier. The original audio is great because he tells the flight director "switch SCE to AUX" and people are not sure what that means. He repeats it, and the flight director gives the OK. No debate. The astronauts flip a switch called SCE to auxiliary, and beep-boop-beep, power restored. Basically it was the spacecraft equivalent of jiggling the handle. It was one guy who immediately saw the solution, and 100 other guys who knew Mission Control was built on absolute trust. And a billion-dollar mission was saved.

[@jeffking887]

This movie was so good that even knowing how it ends I was completely consumed by the reentry scene. Most of the tension among the crew and in mission control was exaggerated. They were well prepared and very competent.

[@billolsen4360]

35:15 This is pretty technically accurate according to Jim Lovell's book about this procedure, "Lost Moon" this is pretty accurate, except for the arguments depicted between the astronauts and outbursts among the ground crew. We attended a convention in 1981 where Jack Swigert was a featured speaker and his speech about the mission was fascinating.

[@lazyperfectionist1]

17:11 "Oh. They're doing this _manually?_ Oh my _god."_ It was 1970. Automatic options were _extraordinarily_ few and far between. Doing things manually took up a much larger share of astronaut _training,_ back then. Automating even the _simplest_ thing requires _incredible_ technological sophistication.

[@ShreeNation]

Ah I see :) My bad.

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

Your smartphone, even your car, has FAR more computer power than the computers used in the Apollo program. And they took up a whole room.

[@NewTypeDilemma01]

@@dr.burtgummerfan439 Hell, a Nokia phone from the 80s could rival, if not surpass, the guidance computers used in the CM and the LM. Intel's CPU microprocessor wouldn't even be invented for another year following Apollo 13's events.

[@brandonflorida1092]

To answer your question, when the launch is complete and the engine cuts off, it's very similar to being weightless and I guess we can call it weightlessness, but it's not because they're beyond Earth's gravity - they're not. It's closer to being in an elevator if the cable breaks. This is called being in free fall. They are falling, even if they're still moving away from the Earth. They're falling, but have enough momentum to escape. Their space suits and such are also weightless, but they do still have inertia. That is, it still takes an effort to get a massive object moving, even if it's floating in the cabin.

[@ShreeNation]

Wow, that's interesting! Thanks for the info :)

[@tawogtrailers]

21:14 The oxygen tanks ARE their fuel. The O2 is used for breathing and is also converted to fuel for burning of the engines

[@AlanCanon2222]

One thing I've read as to why Fred Haise contracted his UTI was that Mission Control told them to stop dumping urine right after the accident happened, before they'd figured out what was working and what wasn't. Then Mission Control forgot to tell them that it was okay to resume dumping urine. So the astronauts were "holding it", even though in reality they didn't need to.

[@ShreeNation]

Oh that must've been so painful :(

[@sfcdemonm46]

my ex-wife's grandpa was on the team that worked on the CO2 filter issue. I forget what he did for NASA, but I remember when the movie came out, he and grandma would tell us all about what was going on around town and stuff. What the wives were doing and how people at NASA were really like. they did say the movie was pretty accurate.

[@douglascampbell9809]

My Dad was corpsman on the aircraft carrier that picked up the capsules for the Mercury and Gemini missions. He and my Mom talked about how they knew Gus Grissom; Edward H. White II and Roger B. Chaffee the astronauts who died in the Apollo 1 capsule fire. It kind of sucked his station was changed before the Apollo missions.

[@ShreeNation]

This is amazing, thanks for sharing guys :)

[@MrTech226]

@@douglascampbell9809 One of my friends' father who also worked for NASA during Apollo Program. His father's job was to assist Apollo 1 crew like helping with their suit. Father told me that he was there on that fateful day when 3 Astronauts killed in Apollo 1 capsule. He told me that he can hear them screaming!

[@justmecarter1717]

@@MrTech226 My dad was involved in the Nasa projects, He had warned Nasa about the dangers of using pure Oxygen in the cabin, but they didn't listen. He was so shattered after the tragedy of Apollo 1. I had never seen my Dad cry before then. It broke my heart.

[@MrTech226]

@@justmecarter1717 I bet. That is when NASA went to gas systems since then... 60% Oxygen and 40% Nitrogen systems. In a weird way, I worked for a company that manufacturers Hyperbaric Chambers for medical uses. These chambers are pressurized used pure Oxygen. I assemble electrical and electronics for these chambers. I have to assemble them with care. Pure pressurized Oxygen environment helps healing.

[@BackstageAtTheSmith]

The HBO mini series "From the earth to the moon" is well worth watching and covered the whole Apollo program

[@ShreeNation]

Thanks for the recommendation :)

[@gabsrants]

Yes, you took the words right out of my mouth.

[@AMacLeod426]

I couldn't agree more; such an incredible miniseries, and so overlooked these days. I honestly hold it up there with Band of Brothers.

[@debeerguy007]

@@ShreeNation I wholeheartedly agree with revloki42's recommendation for "From the Earth to the Moon". That series was produced by some of the same people as "Apollo 13". The main distinction one could make between the two is that "Apollo 13" is more or the less the "Hollywood" representation of the space program, whereas "From the Earth to the Moon" could be considered the more grounded/down to earth interpretation. And to be clear, the series does have some fictionalized elements interwoven to the presentation in parts for the sake of dramatization. One of my favorite things about "From the Earth to the Moon" is the majority of the cast is mostly character actors, though there are some familiar faces who'd go on to bigger roles later in their careers (I won't say who 'cuz that'd spoil the fun :P). Lastly, unless I am mistaken I don't believe anyone on KZbin has yet to upload a "first time watching" reaction for "From the Earth to the Moon", so that could be a nice first to accomplish, methinks.

[@AlanCanon2222]

@@ShreeNation Agreed, as someone said above, the series is completely packed with recognizable character actors, many of whom have gone on to become major stars, part of the fun of watching the series 20+ years later. Production values are very high as well.

[@PSPguy2]

For many years I worked in a job that brought me in contact with top box office actors, famous TV actors, royalty and even 2 presidents. But to me the most thrilling person to meet was Neil Armstrong. I remember thinking, I'm speaking with a man who has been on the moon! I recall glancing down at his feet in amazement knowing those feet have actually walked on the moon!

[@ShreeNation]

Amazing 😍

[@BedsitBob]

Nobody, either in the capsule or on the ground, "freaked out" when that number 5 engine shut down early. They're trained to solve problems, rather than freak out.

[@NewTypeDilemma01]

According to my mother, a first-generation immigrant from the former Romanian SSR (she was 13 as of Apollo 11), children even in the Soviet Union deliberately ditched school to watch the Moon Landing live. Apollo 13 was one of the few situations during the Cold War where the East and West were in a state of cooperation; at the time the Command Module was projected to splash down in the Pacific, the Soviets had committed four of their ships to assist if necessary, and other nations offered assistance, as well. Needless to say, a lot of liberties were taken in this film per Rule of Drama, chief among them Jack Swigert's relationship with the rest of the crew. The tension in reality was basically nonexistent, while his relationship in the film is far more standoffish. The raised voices in the mission in the film didn't happen; the real life crew was ice cold in the mission recordings. The coil that sparked the explosion was more than a "defect", too; it was a miscalculation in engineering. No two Apollo space missions were identical, so each rocket and tank was modified for that particular mission. A good film here on KZbin, entitled "Three Men Lost in Space - The Apollo 13 Disaster" goes into further detail with regards to this particular malfunction. I *do* recommend giving it a watch.

[@NewTypeDilemma01]

Also, in reality, Jack really _did_ leave that note telling him not to hit that particular switch. Why? Because the switch in question (the Lunar Module Jettison) was located directly next to the _Service Module Jettison_ switch.

[@ShreeNation]

Thank you for the info, will check the video out :)

[@s.oliver3687]

Two great films: First Astronauts: "The Right Stuff" Tom Hanks flying: "Sully"

[@ShreeNation]

Thank you for the recommendations :)

[@andreabindolini7452]

11:43 "Is that ring thing really happen?" Yep. Thankfully, she was able to recover the ring later.

[@AlanCanon2222]

Regarding the cause of the accident: the tanks containing the oxygen had a flaw in the electric heater thermostats that were used to keep the tanks at the right temperature. NASA had changed the tanks to use a higher voltage rating on all the other components (from 28 VDC to 65 VDC) so that they could be serviced by the higher supply voltage used on earth, but they forgot to upgrade the thermostats, and the ones in the tank that exploded got roasted by the higher voltage on the ground during testing, and no one noticed. The problem was of course corrected for Apollo 14!

[@Rallarbusen]

"Are you boys in the space program too?" Jim Lovell and Buzz Aldrin actually flew together on Gemini 12.

[@ShreeNation]

Nice!

[@BedsitBob]

Jim Lovell was on the first mission to travel to the moon. Christmas 1968, Apollo 8, crewed by Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Andres, performed 10 orbits of the moon. Bill Anders took the iconic "Earth Rise" photo.

[@wackynicolecsu]

So Fred Haise (the guy who is sick) it wasn't the measles it was actually a kidney infection. Thankfully he didn't have any long term effects. Also the rocket was in a ball of fire when coming back to earth, they said when they got out of the ship and touch the outside it was still very cold. I don't know if they still do, but when this movie first came out, NASA used the scene when the rocket was getting ready and going to space as part of the training, cause it was pretty spot on!

[@daniellanctot6548]

Fun fact: Jim Lovell’s wife really *did* lose her wedding ring in that very way, not long before her husband’s Apollo 13 flight; but unlike what they imply in the movie, she did find it later (details aren’t clear as to when and how, but I imagine it was a job for their local plumber) While it is not exact that there is no gravity in space (there is gravity but the pull is near zero), yes: Everything, including clothes are under a condition of near zero gravity. And actually, your clothes are then are more attracted to you, as the wearer, as you are exerting more gravitational pull against your clothes than the Earth (it’s not as though the clothes constricts you because the gravity is still very small but the attraction is there even if you don’t feel it). There are really cool experiments that have been done in orbit when they put stuff like salt or sugar in a ziplock bag and the little grains get attracted to the nearest grains and they look like they a sticking together; held together by their own micro gravity. Also, wet rags being twisted and seeing the water move out of the rag but remain stuck in a layer on top of the rag (or on the skin of the astronaut’s hands) held there again by gravity (and surface tension on the water) You can watch some of it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pWm3pKaYor5gfa8 ; and here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h2HOpZivgqmhrac The Zero gravity in the movie was simulated by filming in an airplane that would climb high in the atmosphere and then would nose dive at the proper speed so that it was falling at the same rate as gravity. Which means that for each scene in zero G, they had only a couple handfuls of seconds to film it as the plane would have to eventually stop falling and climb again to reach a safe altitude to do it again. This is how they also train potential astronauts for future missions; so they know what to expect when they experience the real thing. 54:07 - Other fun fact: The Navy man saluting and shaking hands in that scene with Tom Hanks is the REAL JIM LOVELL (Who Tom Hanks interprets in the movie).

[@ShreeNation]

Holy shit, this is great! 😍 Thank you for the information :)

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

The plane used for zero gravity training is nicknamed The Vomit Comet.

[@tiger4361]

@@ShreeNation We (or the NASA) will be going back to the moon fairly soon as part of program Artemis. The first test launch of the new Space Launch System rocket SLS-1 (more powerful than the Saturn-5 used in Apollo) is scheduled for August 2022 (this year). It will be unmanned. SLS-2 will be manned be a fly around the moon (2024). The first Artemis moon-landing is for 2025. However there may be some slippage in schedule due present events and / or unplanned complications.

[@blaster-vv8so]

Fun fact all the space zero gravity was shot on the "vomit comet" witch uses parabolic curves to simulated zero g. The reason Friday the 13 is senomanmis is because of the French betrayal of the knights templar.

[@BedsitBob]

There are always astronauts in Mission control, not least because the CapCom (full title Capsule Communicator, and the only person allowed to speak directly to the crew), is *always* an astronaut.

[@techrat06]

At the end, while talking about himself, Tom Hanks is greeting the Aircraft Carrier's captain. The captain is played by Jim Lovell. During the launch, Marilyn Lovell is in the visitor stand right behind Kathleen Quinlan (who played Marilyn).

[@ShreeNation]

Nice😍

[@reddevil3387]

When they get back on the aircraft carrier, Tom Hanks shakes hands with the Captain, in reality he is shaking the hand of the man he portrayed in the movie.

[@dmwalker24]

The real events happened almost exactly like they are depicted in the film. Even down to parts of the dialog being taken directly from recordings made at the time. NASA during this period was a collection of truly impressive people who could solve virtually any problem put in front of them. The major exception to the realism was the astronauts losing control and yelling about their situation. To my knowledge that never happened.

[@shainewhite2781]

Nominated for 8 Oscars including Best Picture but won for Best Sound Editing and Best Film Editing.

[@ShreeNation]

Nice😍

[@SpearM3064]

Coincidentally, the part where they said "We have to make this fit in the hole for this using nothing but that"... that's not how it happened. One of the engineers figured it out while he was still in his car _on his way to work._ They just dramatized it for the movie. The zero-gravity segments were filmed in NASA's "vomit comet". Basically, it's a 747 airliner with most of the seats stripped out that flies in a parabolic arc like a roller coaster (up and down and up and down and up and down and up and down). At the top of each arc, they have about 20 to 25 seconds of (simulated) weightlessness. In regards to the temperature in space: Yes, space is very cold. It is also _very_ empty. As a result, there is almost nothing to wick heat away. Space suits don't have a heater. They have an _air conditioner._ Otherwise the astronauts would pass out from heat exhaustion within an hour. The computers on the Apollo had liquid cooling, and even then, there was enough waste heat that the Apollo was kept at an average of 70F (21C) just by body heat and the waste heat from the electronics. Even with everything turned off, it was still just above freezing, just from their body heat. In regards to the re-entry: That's what they have a heat shield for. The heat shield gets up to 5,000 degrees F (2760 Celsius). The capsule enters the atmosphere at a speed of 36,237 feet per second (24,707 miles per hour or 39,762 kilometers per hour). The heat shield is _very_ good at what it does. Inside the capsule, it only got to about 75F (23C)... the only chance that they would've burned up is if that heat shield failed.

[@ShreeNation]

Thank you for the explanation :)

[@jeffsherk7056]

If memory serves, I think the problem with losing oxygen in the tank explosion is their inability to generate electrical power for their space ship. Aboard the Apollo spacecraft, Oxygen was reacted with Hydrogen in fuel cells to make water as a byproduct, and electricity. So, they had oxygen to breathe, but not enough electricity to run the spacecraft, because they lost their Oxygen for the fuel cells.

[@ShreeNation]

Thanks for the info :)

[@personzorz]

They had all the oxygen they could ever need in the lunar module, but no ability to use it to make electricity in the service module

[@goldean5974]

A lot of this incident was dramatized for Hollywood, as much of the real-life drama was very calm and collected, despite the stakes, but this is still one of the best movies of the 1990s.

[@SirPaladin]

Divorce rates in the Astronaut Corps were INCREDIBLY high, for understandable reasons (it's a very high stress job with long hours and lots of time away from home). Jim & Marilyn Lovell were one of the few couples who made it through- they're still together in their 90's....

[@AMacLeod426]

Glad somebody pointed this out. I could be wrong but I believe the Bormans were the only other couple (at least out of the Apollo flight crew members) to ultimately keep their marriage together.

[@liviia305]

My Dad worked as a tool designer-engineer for a company that contracted with NASA (he wore white shirts and skinny ties at work, too), so my family followed the Mercury and Apollo space flights with a lot of interest. It was an incredible time in our nation's history.

[@ShreeNation]

Wow, that's amazing :)

[@swishersweet3756]

The officer shaking hands with Tom Hanks at 54:08 is the real Jim Lovell.

[@elliebell2317]

In real life, Jim Lovell said no one ever blamed Jack, they never questioned his capabilities, and that they didn't argue at all. These guys were all former test pilots, an incredibly dangerous job at the time. Part of the reason they were chosen to become astronauts was their ability to stay calm and focus in the face of extreme stress.

[@vraspir123]

In fact Swiegert was arguably a better person to have in the CM than Mattingly. He actually wrote the emergency procedures manual for the Command Module.

[@philmullineaux5405]

Fun fact....a car made in the mid 80s, it's computer has more speed power and memory, than every Apollo rocket computer, or every computer combined, in the Houston control room!

[@bundywaters5988]

A note on the electrical shorting out: in your house for example the wiring is stripped of the insulation to make connections to switches, outlets etc, but in the spacecraft all of those connections were sealed and insulated as well. It was a very complicated process to do that, but it really helped with safety.

[@dudermcdudeface3674]

The essential titles to watch about real space history are "The Right Stuff", "From The Earth to The Moon" (HBO miniseries), this movie, and "First Man" (biopic of Neil Armstrong). Some other stuff is okay but not mandatory.

[@ShreeNation]

Thank you for the recommendations :)

[@gabsrants]

16:25 - Yes, your clothes would be weightless too, although if you're in a pressurised spacesuit, as in on a spacewalk or moonwalk, you are basically inside a balloon that resists your every movement. It's especially hard on the fingers, doing work in vacuum, bending those gloves that always want to stretch back out like an inflated surgical glove... but as long as you're in a pressurised spaceship, the resistance of moving your clothes would be maybe even less than in 1 g. 23:37 - The oxygen they're losing is not for breathing, it's for creating power in the fuel cells 48:27 - The zero-g scenes were filmed in actual free fall on the Vomit Comet, so they are really weightless

[@ShreeNation]

Thanks for the info :)

[@llanitedave]

Another great space-related movie is "Contact" starring Jodie Foster and Matthew McConaughey. It's based on a novel by the famed astronomer Carl Sagan. It has a more philosophical focus than the ones you've seen up until now.

[@ShreeNation]

Thank you for the recommendation :)

[@doncarlin9081]

I second the recommendation!

[@grumpyoldgraymetalhead2441]

Yes, you must see Contact!

[@ericmiller3755]

Contact was a great movie!

[@lazyperfectionist1]

33:26 Let me just point out a detail about _this_ point in the timeline. It's at this point that the _ground_ crew has identified and started working to develop a _solution_ to a problem that the crew has _not_ identified, yet.

[@jeffshirton7234]

For space travel as well as air travel, after any malfunction there is a detailed investigation, to avoid the same thing happening in the future. That's why there was such a lengthy delay of space shuttle flights after the Challenger Explosion. Check out the 2013 TV movie, "The Challenger Disaster", starring WIlliam Hurt.

[@ShreeNation]

Will do :)

[@richelliott9320]

Gary sinise is so damn good in everything I’ve ever seen him in. The scene where hanks tells him he not going is fantastic

[@JoePlett]

While I love and respect EVERYTHING about this movie (I remember living through those tense days as a space-obsessed kid), my absolute favorite moment is when the two spineless bureaucrats mutter to each other that "this could be the worst (P.R.) disaster in NASA's history" and Gene Kranz (Harris) overhears and butts in "I believe this will be our finest hour". It still chokes me up because everyone went beyond what anyone thought possible, used teamwork and their ingenuity (AND big brains) to take a disaster SO extreme no one even imagined it (Sy (Clint Howard)'s comment - "a QUADRUPLE failure - that's not possible"). They dealt with the facts, wrestled with the unimagined, and dug deep to find a way to snatch victory from an unimaginable confluence of 'disasters'. This film (and the actual documents - because the writers didn't need to make ANY of this up) should be required watching for any new NASA employee. ....or any private industry 'rocket scientist' dealing with the battle of human ingenuity vs the vast dangers of inhospitable space. God, I love this film - and the folks who cared enough to make it and tell the story to future generations. Thanks SO much for watching and sharing this.

[@ShreeNation]

It was my pleasure. Thank you for your comment ❤

[@electronics-girl]

Most of the props for this film were made by the Kansas Cosmosphere, a world-class space museum in Hutchinson, Kansas. It's worth a visit if you're ever in that part of Kansas. Among many other historic space artifacts, the Cosmosphere has the real Apollo 13 command module (Odyssey) on display.

[@ShreeNation]

Damn! I'll definitely pay a visit one day❤

[@Brashnir]

re: leaking oxygen and not being able to breathe. While yes, it's true that the astronauts needed oxygen to breathe, the oxygen in that tank was there to be used as oxidizer for the fuel. The crew cabin wasn't leaking pressure, so there was no imminent danger of suffocation (though as you saw later in the movie, CO2 levels became elevated which could have caused a problem.) Since there is no oxygen available in space, rockets need to carry their own supply in order to burn their fuel - unlike cars or planes which use atmospheric oxygen for combustion.

[@larrybremer4930]

Correct but a couple of additions. The CM did have its own LO2 supply to breath so you are correct that even losing all LO2 from the SM was not affecting breathing O2 availability. The CM LO2 was not an intentional redundancy thought, rather it was to avoid the plumbing that would have been necessary between the SM and CM to carry O2 between the modules (remember the SM and CM need to separate so you want to minimize connections between them). The problem is the fuel cells were in the SM and also relied on the SM LO2 and LH tankage to generate electricity (and drinking water from the fuel cell byproducts) so the loss of all the SM LO2 meant no electricity except what was stored in the CM reentry batteries that is only meant to supply power to the CM for a couple of hours by design (after jettison of SM).

[@Brashnir]

@@larrybremer4930 I wanted to keep my comment as concise as possible, so I didn't want to get into the weeds on the redundant O2 and also the Hydrogen-powered fuel cells, but yes - this is all excellent additional info.

[@ShreeNation]

Thank you for the explanation :)

[@justmecarter1717]

I was always intensely aware of each space flight. My dad worked, indirectly for Nasa. This event took place before there were computers, which I still find amazing. They used slide rules, which I don't understand but my dad could do intricate calculations so very quickly utilizing them. There were people all over the Earth, praying for the safe return of these guys...and deals were struck, even between our enemies, that wherever they landed, they would be given safe passage...in case they landed in enemies waters. Also, I had visited Cape Canaveral in Florida. The warehouse, where the spacecrafts were housed, were huge beyond belief. Plus, much of the films footage of the news coverage was actual footage. Walter Cronkite was a legend! (You ought to KZbin his coverage of JFK's assassination. "It was the best of times, and it was the worst of times". ) I lived through SO much History! It still blows my mind at times.

[@ShreeNation]

Wow, thank you for sharing :) ❤

[@lazyperfectionist1]

44:52 "Ken, well I'm havin' trouble readin' my own writing. I guess I'm just a little more tired than I thought." "No. It's the CO2." Oh, no, Shree. When they jury-rigged the lunar-module scrubbers to work with screens from the _command_ module, they fixed the CO2 situation. But these guys really _have_ been having trouble sleeping. Astronauts have trouble sleeping under _normal_ circumstances. I mean weightlessness is an environment in which, no matter _how_ you orient yourself, you feel like you're falling. Add to that the fact that these guys now have uncertainty about whether they'll even make it _home_ and have them _wait_ for several days, and sleeplessness becomes _much_ more believable.

[@ShreeNation]

Ah i see :) Thanks for the info!

[@reddevil3387]

On the night when Armstrong walked on the moon, my wife and I joined two other couples watching it. After all we could think of to do to commerate it was to all go skinny dipping in the apartment complex's pool. It was magical looking up at the moon and realizing there were American up there.

[@ShreeNation]

Thanks for sharing this momemt :)

[@brianhammil3356]

I was 3 years old when Apollo 13 launched. I still remember our whole family was around the TV. Even though it is plagued with problems, I was so giddy!! when SLS's Artimis 1 launched. I really hope I am around to see someone land on Mars......So many incredible people who have passed through NASA, simply amazing.

[@ShreeNation]

That's beautiful ❤ I'm glad you have those memories and I hope someone lands on Mars as well! 🤞🚀

[@WaywardVet]

That frozen sausage comment made me laugh. That was a trick I used in the military. Tuck your food pouch under your body armor, it's nice and warm when the truck comes to a halt. Still tastes like military chow but at least it's warm.

[@johnnehrich9601]

The movie "Hidden Figures," also based on a true story, depicts the earliest days of the space program. I think of it as a sort of prequel to this movie (and "The Martian" as a sort of sequel). I lived though the events of the Apollo flights so was aware to a certain degree of what to expect with this movie. "Hidden Figures" is so aptly named because I, like so many people, had heard NOTHING about the amazing three women it portrays. I can't recommend it highly enough.

[@ctidd]

Great reaction, thank you. Others have recommended The Right Stuff, I second that. It’s an iconic movie. I’m pretty sure that’s where the imagery of that astronaut walk to the ship came from.

[@ShreeNation]

I would love to check it out😍

[@tvgator1]

@@ShreeNation You will love that movie; ED HARRIS plays astronaut John Glenn in it.

[@Rallarbusen]

54:05 Tom Hanks shakes the hand of the carrier's captain. The captain is played by the actual Jim Lovell.

[@keithmays8076]

1969. The Summer of Love had many milestones that summed up the whole decade. The Beatles break up, Elvis making a come back, Stonewall Riots, Woodstock, The Harlem Cultural Festival, and Apollo 11 landing on the Moon. The 60s were a time of great change. Some good, some bad. But all were great changes that defined a generation and broke the mold for many people after.

[@rachelmap100]

36:15 Haise didn't factor O2 of 3 people because the LEM's purpose is to carry 2 people down to the moon while the 3rd person stays in the CM orbiting the moon. Even though the LEM is a lifeboat for all of them now, Haise still had the unconscious habit of calculating for 2.

[@ShreeNation]

Thank you for the info :)

[@pangkaji]

You wonder how they film this? They flew on a NASA 747 cargo plane with the modules built into it. The plane descended rapidly faster than gravity to simulate 0 gravity. They called the plane the Vomit Comet. For every 0 gravity scene they had to repeat the rapid descend.

[@ShreeNation]

That's fascinating!

[@thomashobday7104]

I like the opening in the house because they're all astronauts and their families, they all lived real close to each other in Houston so these folks know neil, buzz and Mike well. They're neighbours, their kids play together. Its also why they have that chuckle about Neil being with columbus and Lindbergh. Its nice to have a perspective from the folks who are actually there and knew the folks doing it.

[@ShreeNation]

Nice, thanks for pointing it out, i had no idea!

[@thomashobday7104]

@@ShreeNation they don't really point it out but the guy on the right who 'waves off' Neil with tom hanks is meant to be Pete Conrad who would command apollo 12 in a few months (November 1969) Ironically his actor is in the mini-series from the earth to the moon (directed by hanks) where he plays apollo 8 astro Frank Borman (the resemblance between him and the real Frank is crazy) If you want more family life perspective then from the earth to the moon has the episode 'the astronaut wives club'. Its exactly what it sounds like and a great episode.

[@thomashobday7104]

@@ShreeNation also even more connections. Lovell (hanks) and Buzz Aldrin knew each other very well because they both flew on Gemini 12 (final gemini mission, lovell's second, aldrin's first)

[@twoheart7813]

Great reaction Shree, the movie director, Ron Howard, got his start playing the son of a Sheriff in the 1960's series The Andy Griffith Show. Ron's brother played the part of a mission control specialist in the movie..

[@sr71ablackbird]

ron's brother was also on the andy griffith show, he played a little boy by the name of leon who would offer part of his pb & j sandwich to both andy and barney.

[@ShreeNation]

Thank you 🥰

[@leannmiller7153]

@@ShreeNationRon’s brother Clint is the one talking about Jack’s income taxes. Ron’s mother played Jim Lowell’s mother, and his father, Rance, was the priest sitting with Mrs. Lovell at the re-entry. Ron always puts his family in his films.

[@Pixelologist]

Astronauts are especially bad-ass when you consider that they are willingly strapping themselves to the tip of what are basically the largest, most powerful BULLETS ever built. With regard to Jack Swigert, I think the only one who actually seemed to blame him was Jack Haise. He was resented, certainly (and unfairly), for taking Ken Mattingly's spot but Jim Lovell went out of his way to treat Jack as a regular member of the crew.

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

Yep. Riding on top of a massive explosion.

[@ShreeNation]

That's a great comparison. A spaceship/rocket is most definitely like a bullet.

[@danielfortier2629]

Great reaction!!! I was 12 years old when this event occurred. I remember how scared everyone was. Everyone throughout the world was praying! What's stupid is some idiot dropped the oxygen tank in the factory and damaged the coil inside. That's what caused the explosion! Most of the events of this movie were based on Jim Lovell's memoires. It's an inside look at what really happened. Director Ron Howard did a fantastic job in this movie! He has directed many good movies. Ron was an actor as a kid and teenager then became a director producer.

[@ShreeNation]

Thank you :) Can't wait to check out more Ron Howard movies!

[@lethaldose2000]

Fun fact the Navy Captain that greets the astronauts at the end is the real Jim Lovell. He's still going strong at 93! This movie is based on Jim Lovell's memoir "Apollo 13". Gene Kranz wrote a memoir entitled "Failure is not an Option". Both are excellent reads.

[@ShreeNation]

Oh i thought it was based on something called Lost Moon? I was just about to purchase it so i wanna make sure i don't have the wrong book lol

[@BedsitBob]

@@ShreeNation Apollo 13 and Lost Moon are the same book, with different titles.

[@BedsitBob]

Interestingly, Gene Kranz never said that during the mission, but when he heard Ed Harris say it, he liked it so much, that he used it as the title of his autobiography.

[@jameskoralewski1006]

The lunar landing module is a small craft that was only designed to land 2 men on the moon after separating from the command module( which was made to hold all 3 astronauts. The command module has an oxygen leak so they are using the lunar landing module as a life raft to separate it from the damaged command module and to use it to house all 3 astronauts.

[@douglasmurata4945]

Exactly. And Lovell and Haise were supposed to take the Lunar Module to the moon while Swigert was supposed to stay in the Command Module. So when Haise does the math for the amount of oxygen for two people instead of three, he isn’t excluding Swigert because he doesn’t like him. Rather, he’s excluding Swigert because the math he would usually use to calculate the amount of oxygen in the Lunar Module assumes two people. He just forgot to account for the extra third person.

[@TTM9691]

What a fantastic reaction! I actually got emotional watching you watch this movie! Ed Harris is actually in the kind of pre-cursor to this movie, "The Right Stuff" as John Glenn. HIGHLY recommend that movie to you, it's about the Mercury space program, and basically the space race (and also about breaking the sound barrier). It's a more sweeping, epic story, as opposed to a suspenseful nail-biter like "Apollo 13" (although "Right Stuff" has elements of that as well) . "Apollo 13" definitely is in the lineage of that movie, especially going into how it affected the wives and the families. If you like space movies, and you have an interest in this subject (which you obviously do), I couldn't recommend "The Right Stuff" enough (from 1983). I think Ed Harris was cast in this movie partly as a call-back to that movie (since "Right Stuff" is the movie that put him on the map). I LOVE how you could figure out some of the science on your own.....certainly more than I could!!! You're definitely smarter than I! Great movie, great reaction video.....and great reactor!!! LOVE YA, SHREE! See you on the next vid! :D

[@ShreeNation]

Thank you so much, i will definitely watch The Right Stuff soon for my channel :)

[@greeneyesinfl9954]

The Navy officer shaking Tom Hanks hand near the end is the real Jim Lovell.

[@ShreeNation]

Whoa!

[@laurakali6522]

Amazing how this was so suspenseful even though most of us know how it ended. The Martian is a great one too. Not rooted in reality but still a good one with a fun and unexpected soundtrack.

[@electronics-girl]

I would definitely recommend The Martian. And I would say that The Martian is "rooted" in reality, even though it's a completely fictional story. It's extremely accurate and well-researched, even though it imagines what might happen on a future Mars mission.

[@laurakali6522]

@@electronics-girl yeah, I know people liked to pick it apart. But I thought it was great.

[@deires77]

Oh yes please react to the Martian... I'm sure you're gonna love it

[@memnarch129]

As has been said the Oxygen in those tanks wasnt for breathing, that was done through scrubbers that would clean a recirculate what was in the cabin itself. The Oxygen in the tanks was baiscally their batteries. More specifically used to prefire the engines since there is no Oxygen in space to cause combustion. So Freds line of "The ships bleeding to death" was literal. Once the Command Module lost ALL of its Oxygen from the tanks it was impossible to fire either the RCS or Main Engine on the service module. Which meant not Acceleration/Deceleration for Lunar orbit or course correction.

[@ShreeNation]

Thank you for the explanation :)

[@timothystockman7533]

I was at the Cape for the launch of Apollo 11. A historic event.

[@timothystockman7533]

When the first stage of the Saturn V detaches, it falls into the Atlantic Ocean. A few years ago Jeff Bezos mounted an expedition to recover some of the Apollo engines from the sea floor. The spent second stage burns up in the atmosphere like a meteor. The third stage is crashed into the moon.

[@timothystockman7533]

The reason they said they would not have power is because the power in the command module was generated by fuel cells. They use an oxygen / hydrogen reaction to generate electricity. No oxygen means no power.

[@timothystockman7533]

Here's the real broadcast from Apollo 13 reentry: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZ6qgWelZ5xll8U

[@ShreeNation]

Thank you for explaining :)

[@lethaldose2000]

Hey, Shree the beauty of Tom Hanks as an actor is that his combination of determination, strength, and willingness to be vulnerable makes him perfect to portray so many stories. Someone once said, "We could have cast someone else to play his many roles, but would we have cared so much if it wasn't Tom Hanks."

[@ShreeNation]

Tom Hanks is the GOAT

[@alanmacification]

That engine failure on launch was played up. The center engine on both the first and second stages shuts off about half way through their burn. As the rocket burns fuel it gets lighter so it accelerates faster this puts too much g-load on the rocket and crew. The center engine on the second stage cut out a few seconds early. They have plans for losing engines at various points in the launch. The planning in these missions is astonishing. Every space mission is the equivalent of university degree. This was Jim Lovell's third flight.

[@The_Zharan_Colonel]

In answer to your question at around 16:05, technically there's gravity everywhere - people in orbit only seem to lack gravity because they're in constant free fall thanks to the mechanics of how orbits work (basically you're moving sideways and falling at the same time) But yes, even though technically you still have mass, anything in orbit (or traveling without acceleration, i.e. between the Earth and Moon) would appear to float weightless, whether it was you, your fight suit, or the pen you just used to write a letter to your wife back Earthside

[@ShreeNation]

Thanks for the info :)

[@mdpetty53]

The Navy Captain (4 Stripes) that Tom Hanks shakes hands with at then end of the film on the USS Iwo Jima is actually Jim Lovell making a cameo appearance in the film.

[@ShreeNation]

Nice!

[@andromeda331]

Everyone in the movie and in the real life did an awesome job.

[@Fuzz32]

36:00 Haise had to eat his humble pie. He didn’t say it outright but he implied that he blamed him for the situation. Not only that but he questioned his ability to solve a simple, at least for him, math problem. And then he’s the one who messes up his arithmetic. Also Lovell’s mother is played by Jean Speegle Howard, director Ron Howard’s mother. I’ve always liked her character because she seems to have more faith than those big shots at NASA.

[@tylermarchand2996]

@Fuzz32 He didn’t get arithmetic “wrong”; he had calculated it the way it was supposed to be done. The only reason it was off was because the LM wasn’t being used how it was supposed to be used. The scrubbers can take care of two men for a day and a half; with three men, it’s used up after only one day…

[@Fuzz32]

@@tylermarchand2996 I never said he got it “wrong” I said he messed it up. By forgetting that they had three instead of two he calculated it correctly but his calculation DID NOT apply. So yes the arithmetic was correct but the situation was wrong. So yes he messed it up.

[@botwitaprice]

I remember living though these events. All these Astronauts were comrades, there was never any tension, but to put Apollo 13 on film, tension was implied. 🚀

[@volvo145]

I’m quite astonished that you have not heard of this space mission and the genius way that they manage to solve the problem and safely return to Earth it’s going to be very interesting and during the 2020 is when we will start to return to the moon again after about 50 years

[@wwk68tig]

Such an inspirational movie........only "flaw" was (according to Lovell himself) there was no bickering as was portrayed in the movie. With all the drama that the real story provided, I thought it was an odd choice for Ron Howard to make (btw: Lovell does a cameo on the aircraft carrier as one of the officers greeting the astronauts). Wonderful reaction. Thanks for post.

[@mrtim5363]

The one thing that is not accurate is the astronauts in space & in the control center losing their cool & yelling at each other. They don't do that. They are trained to deal with stress in a calm even manner. The rest of it is far more accurate than you can understand.

[@themourningstar338]

Exactly, the yelling never happened, these people are ultimate professionals. Most of the dialogue comes directly from the official NASA recordings, and some of Tom Hanks lines were written from things Jim Lovell had said in later interviews, and overall is very accurate. This film is a masterpiece, and a great tribute to our astronauts and space program. Lucky for us that Ron Howard wanted to stick to the facts and tell the real story. Edit: The other main thing that was made up for dramatic purposes was their doubts in Jack Swigert. There was never any issue with him joining the mission, or doubts in his ability to do the job (otherwise he wouldn't have been at NASA in the first place).

[@electronics-girl]

There's also the minor inaccuracy that Lovell said, "Houston, we've had a problem," not "Houston, we have a problem."

[@gatroy13]

Shree, this was a wonderful reaction. I was 12 years old soon to be 13 when this event happened. in 1970. I am also a Friday 13 baby. 1957. 13 is a wonderful number. 😁 I am not sure if you have watched the movie Friday the 13 yet. Good scary movie series. I also remember when this happened it was one of the few times the world had united in hopes of their safe return. I remember the fire on Apollo 1 and of course the moon landing of Apollo 11. The '60s was an amazing decade to grow up. The news broadcaster that was describing Neil Armstrong's stepping on the moon was Walter Cronkite. He was a wonderful Journalist and I would listen to him on every rocket launch. There are videos on KZbin of Apollo 11 and 13 missions. Thank you for a wonderful 58:32 minutes. I hope you get back to the Star war series again sometime. Stay well.

[@ShreeNation]

Thank you 🥲 I can't wait to check out Friday the 13th, and also Star Wars❤

[@GrouchyMarx]

Since this history interests you watch the "From the Earth to the Moon" (FtEttM - 1995) a 12-part docudrama miniseries also produced by Tom Hanks and Ron Howard of Apollo 13 fame. It's an excellent companion piece to Apollo 13. Covers all of the manned Apollo missions including the first moon landing, and the earlier Apollo 1 tragedy a very interesting episode. Tom hosts each episode and stars in the last one. You will learn a LOT about the Apollo missions, and they start off briefly with the first Mercury mission with the first US astronaut into space (Alan Shepard), and a couple of the Gemini missions before getting to Apollo. I'm not suggesting you do reaction videos on FtEttM series, but please do if you want to! But Shree, even if you don't want to do react videos on it at least watch it someday on your own as I think you'll enjoy it as much as Apollo 13 here and learn a lot about the space program/history. @ 14:03 Watching FtEttM will give you a lot more awe! So will doing a reaction video on the scifi "Interstellar" (2014).... hint, hint. Talk about awesome! @ 15:39 The lower stages were calculated to fall into the oceans and not on land anywhere. @ 16:00 You would feel the mass of objects when moving them or stopping in motion. If someone tossed a bowling ball at you, you would feel its mass (or "weight") as you stopped its motion. Then it would float next to you. If or when you get to FtEttM, episode 10 called "Galileo Was Right!", they will reenact what was done on Apollo 15 on the moon to demonstrate the way differing masses behave in airless environment like the moon, something Galileo predicted. @ 48:22 Look up "NASA Vomit Comet" to see how they did this. Another space drama you may like is "The Right Stuff" (1983) about the formation of NASA and the Mercury missions. A decent movie, more dramatized than Apollo 13 or FtEttM, and I think they were not accurate the way they portrayed Gus Grissom on the second Mercury flight, but it's still a good movie and worth a reaction video on. Oh, and speaking of "2001".... don't forget to do its called "2010: The Year We Make Contact". I saw you liked 2001 a lot and you'll enjoy 2010 even more. Completes the story and was written by the 2001 co-writer, Arthur C. Clarke, who does two cameos in it. Even Kubrick is said to have liked it. 🖖😎

[@ShreeNation]

Since I'm a fan of documentaries, i can't wait to check it out! Thank you for the recommendation :)

[@GrouchyMarx]

@@ShreeNation If you're referring to FtEttM it's really a docudrama much like the Apollo 13 movie, but you'll enjoy it as well. During episode 5 called "Spider" which is about the design and building of the lunar landing modules, they include actual film footage shot by the company constructing the LEMs. Search for actual documentaries about the space program as they are as interesting as the dramas, if not more. Enjoy!

[@SnabbKassa]

So close to the true story that it's barely "based on a true story" at all. It's just the story. The ring falling down the hole was dismissed as corny, but it really happened. I'm not the kind of person who sees the ring as a bad omen, but as the real cause of the disaster.

[@Cerridwen7777]

Re Jack/Kevin Bacon: Haise/Bill Paxton is on the record saying that this film did Jack Swigert dirty. He was as talented and qualified a pilot as Ken, and all the stuff in the film about personality clashes/him being less competent was Hollywood BS. ETA: The weightlessness was achieved partially by camera/filming tricks, but some of it was filmed on board the Vomit Comet, so the actors got to do some of their scenes actually weightless. The behind the scenes stuff for this film is great.

[@klopferator]

Ironically Swigert was the one astronaut who knew the emergency procedures of Apollo the best (having worked to develop them), so it really was a blessing he was there.

[@ShreeNation]

I can't wait to watch the BTS of Apollo 13 :)

[@dneill8493]

Love this movie. Loved how they filmed it in freefall to make the zero G scenes real. I remember watching the DVD commentary on this movie that featured the real Jim Lovell and his wife watching the movie. And from what he said the only real inaccurate bits was the tension between Jack and the other 2 never existed and the course correction burns were done perpendicular to their course. The film writers left out a few other problems that happened because they felt people wouldn't believe so many things could go wrong to the one mission. RIP Bill Paxton.

[@andreabindolini7452]

15:39 depends. The spent first stage usually impacts the sea in a selected area and is destroyed; the second burns up in the atmosphere; the third stage, once the lunar module was extracted, in this specific mission was deliberately sent in a collision course with the Moon. The impact generated a small crater that was observed, and a small quake that helped to calibrate the sismograph left on the surface from the previous mission - Apollo 12. In other missions, the spent third stage was left floating in a large orbit around the Sun. The one from the aforementioned Apollo 12, occasionally returns close to Earth and is observed from astronomers - even after all these years! 15:46 This is exactly what happens in China. And is dramatic also because Chinese missiles runs on toxic propellants... USA launch base is in Florida and they launches Eastward, so... no farmers in the way ;-)

[@ShreeNation]

Thank you for explaining :)

[@nt78stonewobble]

@@ShreeNation When the USSR previously and Russia launched from Baikonur, quite a few of the parts of the rockets would fall on land. The scrap metal from those parts were/are part of the local economy (poor rural areas). It's quite environmentally unfriendly though, since some rocket fuels are highly toxic.

[@walterpanovs]

Check out the multi-Oscar-nominated "The Right Stuff" (1983) for another epic movie about the space program. It's a spectacular film (based on the celebrated Tom Wolfe book) about the first set of Mercury astronauts and the hoopla surrounding them (as well as a back story about the test pilots who set the stage for space travel). It coincidentally stars a younger Ed Harris in his memorable breakthrough role as legendary astronaut John Glenn.

[@ShreeNation]

Sounds like a great film, will check it out 😍

[@alanh.5833]

Yes, This is a must see!

[@trhansen3244]

Maybe my second favorite film of the 1980s.

[@sr71ablackbird]

@@ShreeNation ed harris is in that one also. i think he plays john glenn in it.

[@douglascampbell9809]

You have to remember back then everything was analog not digital. Since you are interested in the space suits and NASA I suggest you check out Adam Savage's Tested on KZbin. Adam used to be on the Mythbusters show on cable tv. He's obsessed with space suits and has built himself a LOT of replicas. Since he's so well known and liked in the science crowd he sometimes gets behind the scenes access to things at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum. Up close looks at things like the suits and re entry capsule along with the curators giving him the actual history of the item and it's creation. I can think of a couple dozen videos off the top of my head.

[@ShreeNation]

Thank you for the recommendation, i can't wait to check out Adam Savage's stuff 😍

[@electronics-girl]

A lot more was analog than today, but the flight computer was digital. There's a series of KZbin videos about some people who found an Apollo flight computer at a junk auction. (The particular computer they found had been used on the ground, but hadn't been sent into space.) They've been working on getting it running again.

[@ShreeNation]

@Patrick that is a great find! I hope they can get it running again.

[@juhawks37]

The role of CAPCOM is the "Capsule Communicator", which was assigned to fellow astronauts (though in this movie the actor Brett Cullen is predominantly shown as the CAPCOM, in real life there were multiple ones, working on teams. In many cases it would have been members of that mission's backup crew) . The idea being that an astronaut should be the sole person talking to the crew since they have a full understanding of the environment inside the spacecraft -- where the controls are, how to relay that information, etc. This way there's not 100 people talking in the crew's earpieces telling them contradicting information. All communication from Flight Control to the crew was funneled to one person, the CAPCOM. Even the Flight Director didn't have a direct line to the astronauts. He had to relay everything through CAPCOM.

[@ShreeNation]

Thank you for the info, that's very intetesting :)

[@AlanCanon2222]

Regarding mass vs weight. Yes, the gear is weightless too, but your intuition is right, you still have all the mass of you plus what you're wearing. The Apollo capsules weren't roomy enough for it really to matter, but on bigger spacecraft like Skylab and the International Space Station, if you launch yourself towards a wall, you need to take account of your mass (inertia) when you brace to connect with what you're aiming at. On the Moon's surface there's only 1/6 the Earth's gravity, but you get back some (not all) of your Earthbound weight because the EVA suits were pretty massive. One speaks of zero gravity, but when you're orbiting a body (earth, moon) and therefore constantly accelerating towards the body (falling around it, at 17,000+ mph) there's a slight "centrifugal force" (really a pseudo force, caused by the fact that you're not traveling in a straight line). So a bunch of peanuts released in the ISS would (neglecting air currents) probably settle on the inside of the wall furthest away from the Earth. Because of this, in orbital operations, one speaks of "microgravity" meaning, there are experiments you could theoretically do (like with the peanuts) that would demonstrate that you're not in true zero gravity, but are in free fall within the gravitational field of the body you're orbiting. This is interesting because according to Einstein's Theory of General Relativity, if you aren't orbiting, and therefore constantly changing your direction of travel, but rather accelerating in a straight line, you can't easily tell (without looking at something outside) the difference between straight line acceleration, and being suspended in a gravitational field. But in a real world situation, there would be a very subtle way to tell: two peanuts dropped from the top of the spaceship would "fall" parallel with each other in the case of straight line acceleration, whereas if they were suspended in the gravitational field of a body like Earth, the two peanuts would hit the floor slightly closer together than when they were dropped, since each one is falling down the leg of a (very very thin) triangle with its faraway point at the center of the Earth's mass.

[@ShreeNation]

Thank you for the explanation :)

[@AlanCanon2222]

@@ShreeNation happy to put my failed college physics major to work! I mentioned Einstein's Theory of Relativity, but all the above was known to Sir Isaac Newton in the 1700s. As long as nothing is too massive (like the sun) or moving too fast (approaching the speed of light), then plain old Newtonian mechanics are just fine. The Apollo scientists knew all about Einstein, but they really didn't need the full machinery of Einsteinian Relativity to do the Moon shots: the "slop" in their calculations and engineering was bigger than the difference between the Newtonian and Einsteinian models, at such modest masses (the Earth-Moon system) and speeds.

[@doncarlin9081]

Hey Shree I am so glad you covered this movie. I love your reaction and comments, I hope someday we watch movies together and we comment together haha. We'd have a blast! I believe this is your first real life space movie. They said over 600 million people watched Apollo 11 moon landing, considering there was only around 3.5 billion people at the time, that's and impressive audience. Fun fact: Neil Armstrong was supposed to say "That's one step for A man, one giant leap for mankind", but he forgot to say "a" and the rest is history. Yeah it sucks we didn't go back, but it looks promising that the US looks to return to the moon, and even China is prepping for manned missions. In those days, astronauts and cosmonauts pissed and shitted in little bags. The very first spaceflights they just went in their spacesuits. I imagine it was gross which is why that aspect of manned spaceflight gets glossed over. Nowadays they have vacuum toilets in spacecraft and aboard the ISS. Lovell's wife had many bad omens, the dreams, the car stalling, her ring falling off (which really happened). This movie makes the flight surgeon look like a loser turd, but he really has a very important role and if an astronaut develops a medical condition while on a mission it is his ass on the line and he gets grilled and why he let it happen. Haha don't worry about Lt Dan's character, Ken Mattingly. The real Ken Mattingly flew on Apollo 16 and spent three whole days orbiting the moon. Indeed Apollo 16 and Apollo 17 were probably the best missions to be on, as they both spent three days on the moon. Astronauts always suit up during launch. The USSR got lax in that regard always launching their cosmonauts without spacesuits and reentering the atmosphere without spacesuits. Then the tragedy of Soyuz 11 happened, their capsule leaked just before reentry and the three cosmonauts died of asphyxiation. Had they worn spacesuits they would have lived, and they to this day are the only humans to die in space. This resulted a policy change in both the USSR and NASA that during launch and reentry all astronauts must be suited up. This applied even to Apollo moon landings that happened after Soyuz 11. Space junk is a real problem, sometimes it burns up in space, dumped in the ocean, stays in orbit, or does fall on land. Shree you are a very smart person! But to answer your question, you feel the contact of the clothing but it feels weightless. Now, more mass an object has, even in zero g, it will require more effort to move around, that inertia thing. That was true, Jack Swigert's peers had very little confidence in him to do his job. Power is almost as important as oxygen in space, without power you can't control anything on the spacecraft. Unfortunately they can only put so many backups of backups in a spacecraft. I think they were suffering more from fear than blackouts, at this point they don't know yet if they will make it back or drift in space forever. The "Dead Elephant" is they command module, they don't want to detach from it until they are ready reenter the atmosphere. The Grumman contractors were not in real life as unhelpful and uncooperative this movie made them out to be, they were as every bit helping in getting the most out of the lunar lander. See, Shree, you figured out the issue about water condensation, lot of people I watched this movie with didn't even think of that. That scene with the tension was also Hollywood creative license; I saw an interview with the real Lovell debunking that right away. I loved that line from Lovell's mother too, classic, don't know if she really said it or it was Hollywood but it was still awesome. They were never going to miss the earth, the concern is the angle. If they have a too shallow angle, they pass through the atmosphere, or skip off it, too steep they hit the atmosphere too fast and burn up or can't slow down enough. The right window is very narrow. What Lt Dan was asking was to transfer electric power from the lunar lander to the command module, so there is enough power for the command module, because if they don't they will have no control of the spacecraft when it reenters. The "no" note was actually to the switch to detach the elephant. Kevin Bacon had to remind himself not to do that until they were ready. Ron Howard filmed the spacecraft scenes inside a "vomit comet" aircraft, which flies real high then dives in a freefall creating zero G during the free fall. It lasts only a minute or so. Yes spacecraft reentering do heat up like that, they are designed to withstand that heat though. If the heat shielding is defective, the spacecraft will be destroyed as which happened with the space shuttle Columbia. Their angle was shallower than normal Apollo reentry so the plasma radio blackout took longer than usual. The old man shaking hands with the astronauts was the real Jim Lovell. Anyway sorry for my ramble and another very pleasurable wasting of time with you, as always. I look forward to future space movies from you. And yes there are plenty information on KZbin on the real Apollo 13. Thunderf00t does a good two part video on it. Wikipedia is pretty accurate about Apollo 13 too.

[@ShreeNation]

Nothing would make me happier than to watch movies with you someday :) I hope that happens soon and i can land on America to visit you, haha :D Thank you for the detailed info. I definitely missed many details and you helped me keep up with it all. I will definitely check out thunderf00t's content❤

[@doncarlin9081]

@@ShreeNation I'm always enjoying your content Shree and I am happy you enjoy my comments. 😍

[@lazyperfectionist1]

30:30 "Can they do some _manual_ shit? Like, remove that elephant up their ass?" Oh, Shree, you don't get it. Fred said, "She wasn't designed to fly _attached,_ like this. Our center of gravity's in the _Command_ Module." And Jim replied, "It's like flying with a _dead elephant_ on our back." The Apollo space crafts were built in two modules; the _Command-Service_ module and the _Lunar_ module. The idea was that the Command-Service module would transport the astronauts from Earth to the Moon while the _Lunar_ module would remain _attached_ but wouldn't really _do_ anything until they reached lunar _orbit_ and once they got _there,_ the mission commander (in this case, Jim) and the Lunar module pilot (in this case, Fred), would float down the tunnel into the Lunar module, detach from the Command-Service module (which would remain in orbit) and travel down to the surface of the Moon. That's how the mission was _supposed_ to go. That "dead elephant" on their back is the _Command-Service_ module. They _dare_ not remove it because they'll _need_ it, later. The Lunar module works for traveling in space and traveling to the surface of the _Moon,_ but for getting through the Earth's _atmosphere,_ it'll be _useless._ You need something with a _heat_ shield to do that.

[@ShreeNation]

I see, thank you for explaining :)

[@tracymiller1149]

There is always gravity, in response to your question around 16:17. The reason they feel weightless is they are in orbit, traveling at orbital velocity, so they are technically always falling, but at the same rate as the earth is falling away beneath them. If they were traveling slower than orbital velocity, they would begin falling back toward the earth. And yes, everything in the cabin is also affected, so their clothes will feel like they're floating on their bodies.

[@ShreeNation]

Thanks for letting me know!

[@russellward4624]

He didn't factor in Kevin Bacon into his math because the mission called for them to be separated. But since the malfunction that was scrapped.

[@bernardsalvatore1929]

THE LUNAR EXCURSION MODULE LEM WAS ONLY DESIGNED FOR TWO ASTRONAUTS!! IF THE MISSION GOES AS PLANNED TWO ASTRONAUTS GO FROM THE COMMAND MODULE INTO THE LUNAR MODULE AND SEPARATE TO GO DOWN TO THE LUNAR SURFACE!! THAT'S WHY HE WAS CALCULATING ONLY FOR TWO INSTEAD OF THREE!! BECAUSE THE SHIP WAS ONLY DESIGNED TO HOLD TWO PEOPLE!!

[@larrybremer4930]

How did they film this? A set was built inside of an airplane affectionately called the vomit comet. By flying a series of climbs and dives they can create zero-g for about 30 seconds (followed by 2G ) every few minutes. If I am not mistaken the scene with Bill Paxton vomiting was not a special effect.

[@ShreeNation]

Haha, vomit comet indeed!

[@gildavis8266]

That was a good question. Oxygen tank two was never upgraded to the new voltage standard set by NASA . Because of this, too much power was applied to it fusing the wiring before the launch. So it was just a question of time before that an arc happened during a regular cryo stir that cause that tank to explode.

[@HiddenWindshield]

11:02 Yes, the real Mrs. Lovell actually lost her ring in the shower. She was able to fish it out of the drain, though. 15:38 At this point in the launch, they weren't moving fast enough to orbit, so everything they left behind reentered Earth's atmosphere and either burned up, or dropped into the ocean. 16:00 One of the biggest myths about space is that there is no gravity. In fact, they are still close enough to Earth to experience more than 90% of what the gravity at sea level would be. The reason it _seems_ weightless is because they're in freefall, which would make _everything_ appear weightless (themselves, their clothes, their food... everything). Everything will still have the same _inertia,_ so you'll still feel resistance when you try to move something heavy, but you're not struggling against its _weight._ 29:49 The LEM has its own life support system, with its own oxygen, that's not attached to the service module's life support. The service module's already lost all its oxygen, it's can't leak any more, but the LEM is fine. 31:23 All the electronics were waterproofed, just in case somebody spilled something. But they didn't have the time to test every single switch, button, and knob to make sure the waterproofing didn't have a flaw, because the odds of someone spilling something was so low. 42:17 A very long, twisted chain of events that's too long for a KZbin comment (even given how long this comment already is). It started with a design flaw back when the Apollo spacecraft was first being built. Jim Lovell's book "Lost Moon" has a great detailed write-up. 48:24 NASA has a specially modified KC-135 airplane that can fly in big parabolic arcs, simulating zero-g (but only for 30 seconds at a time). NASA let the producers borrow it for the movie.

[@ShreeNation]

Thank you for the info! I've been hunting for Lost Moon in all bookstores to no avail :(

[@AlexandriPatris]

When you are in space, your mass does not change. An object in space still has momentum (tendency of an object to remain in motion) and inertia (resistance to change in velocity) based on the mass of the object. A 100 kg mass is still 100 times more difficult to move than a 1 kg mass and is harder to stop once the mass is in motion. If the object were placed on a frictionless surface, it would be just as difficult to move the object across that surface in 1 g as in 0 g.

[@ShreeNation]

Thank you for the explanation :)

[@arraymac227]

Best LOLine: 'Even looking at that cigarette pile gave me cancer.'

[@robertcampomizzi7988]

16:07 without gravity(mass times acceleration - "G's") there is no weight only mass. On earth, gravity is 1 (1G), so your weight is your mass x 1. On the Moon it is times 0.166(0.166Gs) because the moon creates 1/6th the gravity. In 0G's mass times 0 =0 weight. You would feel force(which is technically weight - mass time acceleration) if you bumped/touched something.. how much force depends on how fast its moving compared to you. This is why they need such small boosters to keep stable... think of swinging on a swingset and holding/touching the chain when you're at the very brief point when you're weightless.

[@ShreeNation]

Thank you for explaining :)

[@llanitedave]

Your question about the discarded stages is a good one. The first two stages fell into the Atlantic ocean, breaking up in the atmosphere. A couple of engines have been recovered by a salvage team sponsored by Jeff Bezos. The third stage that gave them the final push followed them to the Moon and impacted the surface.