That Time When 3 Astronauts Went on Strike in Space

[@KyleLi]

Imagine going on strike in space and mission control saying "Oh, thats alright. We can replace you." and leaving you up there.

[@planktonfun1]

Kyle Li leaving something really expensive, not an option

[@connorfalcon7080]

Kyle Li yeah but you’re on a multimillion dollar space home that belongs to nasa. I guarantee you leave me up there I’d destroy ever single computer. I’m gonna die anyway right? I’d Blow the dam thing up. Thats why nasa complied cause astronauts don’t give a f*ck and are all smart enough to get what they want. They could do way more damage than me.

[@AyedYoutube]

that's elon musk missions after he stops tweeting about mason jars

[@this_is_patrick]

they're kinda replacable, but if they're suicidal they could've threatened to destroy valuable electronics and research data, with research data being even more irreplaceable than they are

[@connorfalcon7080]

This is Patrick exactly.

[@vesteel]

I see you finally upgraded from airplanes to spaceships. Congratulations!

[@6272355463637]

Next: Spaceplanes

[@arwedrv7125]

Marcel Lindner: I bet that is going to blow up.

[@6272355463637]

Heh, only once or twice...

[@rodneyjones1990]

Marcel Lindner we have those they are called McDonald Douglass DC-10s bruh :)

[@6272355463637]

There are actually several spaceplanes (though only three classes have orbital capacity - Space Shuttle, Buran and X-37 - only the first of those ever brought people into orbit). So far, two of them blew up during operation, Space Shuttles Challenger and Columbia with their crews of 7 each killed (though a Buran was crushed when its hangar collapsed - considering its operational history, probably no fatalities (though you can't really be sure - it's Russia after all)).

[@iYrn]

EA: You want to use the bathroom? That'll be $32,400.

[@dingof4147]

Sounds a lot like Ryanair in a decades time

[@andymadden8183]

When the price converts and increases from £1/€1, that is.

[@haweater1555]

There was no bathROOM on Skylab nor a locked stall door to enforce a toilet toll. The toilet seat was vertical on the side of a wall. live.staticflickr.com/2766/4305875730_8ab0593595_b.jpg

[@seanhaydongriffin]

I don’t know, _can_ you?

[@iamarizonaball2642]

I got no beaches, but at least I had the biggest ufo sighting!

[@joetaylor010]

@2:59 "They were also tasked with completing spacewalks, but the astronauts reported there was no pressure during these" Please give your writer a raise, that was glorious.

[@ku8721]

That was one of the smartest jokes I've ever heard!

[@Au16227]

it flew right over my head

[@zachryder3150]

I guess the NASA didn't understand the gravity of the situation

[@mr.boomguy]

The puns 🤣

[@jmstudios457]

No

[@kartsanovfamily8835]

Dundun DUNNnnnnn...

[@daviiiid.r]

You can say they... SPACEd... out when building the schedules

[@hdarken]

Maybe they thought that the world revolved around them.

[@thenotflatearth2714]

Astronauts: strike! Strike! Strike! NASA: have fun staying up there then Astronauts: ok ok I’ll stop now

[@conorgildea1163]

They didn't plan that through now did they

[@FloppyDisk893]

*We'll

[@TheCaptainSplatter]

Lol.

[@Raza_mcgaza]

That would cost billions of dollars if we just abandoned the space station.

[@mehujmehuj2229]

Adrian Gonzaga no need to abandon the space station, food/water/air would run out sometime haha

[@AronBagel]

"They wanted to prove that humans could live for extended periods in space without dying" Yes... that's what living means...

[@youtubeus3rname]

Oh my god these puns are awfully good.

[@Healermain15]

Astronomically good!

[@adhynugroho9424]

sander heutink They're out of this world!

[@rfbricks0606]

You’re profile pic is amazing, A shiba with glasses

[@codeylee8494]

@@adhynugroho9424 damn it, I was a year to late to make that CHEESY pun

[@VictoryAtSea]

This is a great story, but unfortunately, it's not true. While there was a lot of tension around the work schedule, the radio contact was not cut on purpose, and the day they took off was entirely within protocol. Gerald Carr: "So finally, at a point in the mission, I guess it was the third, maybe the fourth day off we were to have. We kind of set up a ten-day week, and the tenth day of each week was to be a day off, and we could do what we wanted on the day off. That was to be our shower day, too, when we could take a shower in the little makeshift shower that we had. Well, we gave back our day off the first three or so times, two or three times. We said, "Go ahead and schedule us, and we'll try to do some makeup." Well, we got to the point where the morale was low. We weren't feeling too good. We were getting tired. So we said, "Let's take our day off and maybe a good day's rest will get us back in good shape again and we can begin to maintain the pace." So we took our day off and did what we wanted to do. We all took a shower. Bill and I did some reading and some looking out the window, doing Earth observations, photographs and things. Ed played at the ATM panel and did some little rough experiments and did some observations ad lib. We had a good day. One of the things we did is we got careless with our radios and we forgot to configure for one of our passes, so when we went AOS [acquisition of signal] over one of the sites, people on the ground called us and we didn't answer them. So the press just thought that was wonderful. They said, "Look at that. These testy old crabby astronauts up there won't even answer the radio now. They've turned off their radio and they won't listen to the people on the ground." So we have lived under that stigma all these years, but basically it was we just got careless and we were busy doing other things and didn't think to configure our radios. For some reason they couldn't get through to us and we missed a pass, and I think it caused a certain level of concern down there." Source: www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/oral_histories/CarrGP/CarrGP_10-25-00.htm

[@lorenzopirozzi7298]

A. A. This need more likes

[@tiresias3342]

This should be pinned

[@bbgun061]

Will Half As Interesting post a correction?

[@philb5593]

Yes, thank you for posting the true story

[@zackhype]

Seconding the pinning request

[@MarkReviews]

"No country has won more Super Bowls". HAHAHAHAHA

[@botigamer9011]

Also, no other country has commited a genocide and brags about it. Australia, Germany and Japan have (tried to) make things better for the victim's descendants. Turkey and China silence the victims and deny the Armenian and Tiananmen Square genocides. Ameica is the only one to commit genocide and proudly mock the victims

[@yaboijoe2080]

Boti Gamer what the fuck are you on about lmao

[@slyseal2091]

@@yaboijoe2080 Hes probably talking about how indians were, like literally every culture that didnt think it was necessary to modernize itself steamrolled when the americans made a theory that their colour tone must come from oil in their blood.

[@yaboijoe2080]

@@slyseal2091 Don't categorize all Americans as people like that. Most of the people I know don't believe in that dumb stuff. It's mostly people that are politically very, very far left.

[@slyseal2091]

@@yaboijoe2080 What did i categorize the americans as? I havent said anything about their motives except for the oil thing which was an obvious joke.

[@ShakeItLittleTina]

Aw, NASA wanted to go to mars in the 80’s. That’s kinda sad.

[@khizaryousuf4243]

Tyler Zellers maybe they're on mars right now who tf knows

[@waltteriheikkinen7694]

Khizar Yousuf They're not. And to answer your question: "who tf knows" Maybe uh... Everyone?

[@speedy01247]

It's almost like they don't have the money to do these sorts of things.

[@kjl3080]

speedy01247 nah that crazy, as crazy as the us spending more on building more guns than exploring space. That’d be ludicrous!

[@yaboijoe2080]

Kyle Lee and right here we see someone without common sense

[@FutureNow]

Space pirates! Arrrrrstronauts.

[@everettb.6347]

FutureNow go home. Get out.

[@rufioh]

I hope you know that sounds like arse-tronauts and arse means the same thing as ass

[@flyinghigh2000]

Har Har har

[@user-rj8pp6br8e]

FutureNow Why.

[@Noah-lj4rz]

Archer:how could I forget the space pirates

[@c4prantik]

4:30 _Mankinds greatest truimphs_ - *another half ass interesting video*

[@ulety4145]

Prantik Chakraborty _half-ass interesting_

[@Ro_Gaming]

Prantik Chakraborty _half-ass insteresting_

[@EstrellaViajeViajero]

I love that transition from the ISS to the logo.

[@TheBigRedskull]

"The U.S. is no stranger to winning, no country has won more super bowls" Lmao

[@itismethatguy]

What is a Super Bowl

[@itismethatguy]

Ik it's a sport but what

[@mahazero]

@@itismethatguy It's the biggest Rugby tournament in the US. But they play it with protective gear. But i'm not quite sure about it. The sentence is funny, because it is a national tournament.

[@darealist690]

@@mahazero nah it's a little different then rugby

[@mahazero]

@@darealist690 Yes, I read a little. The US version is tailored to the US market. Lots of breaks, shorter game, heavier less athletic players. It's nice that the US has developed its own simplified version. And how they market the game it is really impressive.

[@veronicaf7233]

As a student in Paris, I actually spit my water when he mentioned the whole strike despite not being French joke 😂😂 They go on strike on just about anything!

[@accessaf]

France also has higher wages higher productivity and higher standard of living than the USA. . They also have free hospitals. hear that America. Free healthcare free education of a high standard ... They're also not a nation of morbidly obese people. FRANCE IS AWESOME.. Americans love to diss France. You want to Know why. Because USA is jealous.

[@profile2047]

accessaf This is exactly how you convince people to believe of the exact opposite of what you're saying. If it's such a good place you wouldn't have to defend it like an insecure child.

[@johnthegamer4237]

Yeah France surrenders

[@waterdrinkingexpert6797]

The Linux Vector Actually, Americans earn more than the French. Small factual error there.

[@Eli-gn6dr]

@@waterdrinkingexpert6797 Americans earn about ~$2000USD more yearly than the French, but there is a significantly larger poverty rate, which is really the most relevant statistic. France at 8.3% as of 2017, while US was at 17%. While France does have its own problems, and is culturally very different from the US, it is ranked higher on nearly every quality of life scale.

[@dvchel]

0:19 _"The US is _*_no_*_ stranger to winning. No country has won more Super Bowls."_ That comment just made my day haha. The arrogance and self-absorbing attitude is so on point.

[@khangbanh8051]

“The US is not stranger to winning. No country has won more superbowl....” hahahaha

[@skippa.]

No country has lost more

[@FutureNow]

I had to rewatch this video because I kept spacing out.

[@FutureNow]

I should get back to work.

[@c4prantik]

I see what u did there ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@lorenzopirozzi7298]

Dude you typed 3 comments and they 're all at the top

[@mw01720]

I feel you. 😂

[@hannahthesneezingpanda582]

Lol!!

[@thelastcube.]

I love the Animator's Fun Facts

[@mpilosov]

are the typos intentional trolling? There are two misspelled words in today's fun facts. I feel like the Animator is baiting me...

[@klassicneo]

I can barely see them though

[@changyang1230]

Pause the video, then use the , and . keys to go backward or forward one frame at a time.

[@marsilies]

Regarding the numbering, there was one unmanned mission (the launch), and 3 manned mission. The launch was mission Skylab 1. The subsequent manned missions were Skylab 2-4.

[@grahamturner2640]

I find 3 jokes funny: 1: The cost joke 2: The French strike joke 3: The Space Pirates joke.

[@santiagoortizdetaranco1234]

I really don't get how does people not find 2:59 hilarious

[@MarcBerm2]

@@santiagoortizdetaranco1234 I thought maybe I was the only one who noticed! "No pressure." Heh 😀

[@FutureNow]

One thing that is definitely not safe to strike in a space station is a match.

[@FutureNow]

Arsonauts? Anyone?

[@DysnomiaFilms]

But you can find out where it is safe to light a match by signing up for Brilliant.org

[@Tagson]

actually i think it is safe

[@mac_attack_zach]

that's just not true, they are safe with fire up there.

[@Draktand01]

But if you want to find a match, you can create a dating website on squarespace…

[@aaroncui4899]

“They weren’t even French” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@kalebbruwer]

1:00 Shouldn't that be cubic units? It makes an astronomical difference.

[@heronb.4965]

lmao just imagine a 1600 square ft sheet of paper floating on space

[@kalebbruwer]

NiRe yea, doesn't sound all that comfortable.

[@itismethatguy]

Yeah astronomical

[@liamnewman99]

Not sure if I’m the only one to pick up on the “The astronauts were also required to do space walks, but they reported there was no pressure during these” joke, but kudos to the narrator for throwing that in there hahaha

[@adammcgarrity28]

"There was no pressure during the space walks" I'd like to think so.

[@Krissy_Bunnie]

Going on strike in space sounds a like a great way to never see your home again

[@DTanza]

The moral of the story is striking really does improve quality of life and work.

[@ApaceLp]

*>writing a comment how this technically made them space pirates while listening to the end of the video* *>sam explaining how this made them space pirates* *>resignedly deleting the comment* *>writing this comment instead*

[@genericteenager8341]

>Using angle text on KZbin >Using angle text on a non-chan site LOL, really?

[@shadowslayer205]

>using bold on angle text

[@jamcdonald120]

except.... they wheren't space pirates, this act would have fallen more under high seas salvage then piracy

[@sovietunionsmostnotoriousk5031]

The crew flying back to Earth must have felt like what I feel like when I am driving home to my mom when I get a bad grade.

[@geebeedee9509]

Things I learned from the comments: - Space pirates are called arrrrstronauts - Astronauts have full control if they were ever to have a strike, since they can destroy important research data as well as expensive machinery - The whole story of the astronauts going on strike is false, turns out they just took a break (that was allowed in their schedule) and missed a call from the ground.

[@lcc9769]

They probably just spaced out from their work.

[@klassicneo]

LCC nice

[@jackbritt2424]

Half as interesting? These videos are just as interesting.

[@connorneely3458]

Nah man the videos are half the length and half as good

[@Crlarl]

Interesting? Definitely. True? Well, half as true.

[@samgopnik6638]

No country can won the super bowl if you're the only one playing. *Insert the thinking man meme

[@JoMiMi_h]

🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@isaacg1]

R/woooooooosh

[@itismethatguy]

WHAT IS A SUPER BOWL IK IT'S A SPIRT BUT WHATT

[@flyingcabbage3551]

And they weren’t even French???

[@6272355463637]

Certainly not!

[@qwertyuiopzxcfgh]

The French tried to be the first to go on strike in space, but they didn't finish their space station fast enough because the engineers went on strike.

[@lightzpy8049]

Putain de merde XD

[@YMVZ1]

Ca ma fais trop rire quand j'ai vu qui connaissait la mentalite francaise lmao

[@TruFalco]

But I'm le tired!

[@WafflePlaneRC]

"First ever space pirates" Mark Wattney is gonna be PISSED when someone tells him

[@Twiggy163]

Well he never said he was the first. Only that he'd be one.

[@morzee94]

The only channel where I look forward to the advert at the end just to see how you creatively transition into it from whatever you were talking about!

[@evana3813]

*That was a pretty great transition into the ad ;).*

[@roops2277]

The pun level in this video is out of this world

[@jeeveso]

Who else tries to press pause whenever they see the animator put something in the corner?

[@misterharryman]

Amazing editing! Even the squarespace ad was customized (and so marvelously written) This is pure infotainment gold!

[@jingyui264]

that american health care system joke was great :D and so true

[@catman7153]

I loved this! The interesting history coupled with the humor has definitely made me a subscriber! Keep up the great work!!

[@killa78541]

I love the plug for *squarespace* that you did in the end😂😂

[@iThunder]

Ikr 😂

[@TheRealUnconnected]

I love square buttplugs

[@louiehorwood660]

Turns out if you lock 3 people in a metal box for weeks and force them to work 24/7 they'll be angry.

[@calw2939]

Yeah I like that anyone thought this was a good idea and wouldn’t go wrong!

[@aaronrappleyea8202]

been waiting for an upload lol

[@Danielevans2]

3:24 ' the most fascinating part is they weren't even french' 😂🤣. *I FLIPPING LOST IT WHEN HE SAID THAT*

[@jeretoon8350]

I don’t mind buffer I don’t mind ads But when the ads buffer I overuse this joke

[@mohammadzahra2238]

I don't get it

[@orangeguy5374]

@Mohammad Zahra The last line of the joke is "I suffer"

[@mr.boomguy]

Speaking about ads, who else gets KZbin Original ads all the time?

[@coltonmaas]

I'm only at 0:48 and I'm already quenched by your fresh style, yet somehow still thirsty for more. Good pace and subtle humor

[@reborn_silence4054]

0:14 *These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds. To seek out new life and new civilizations. To boldly go where no man has gone before!*

[@zealo90]

no pressure during the space walks. please never stop making videos.

[@mywindowseat]

00:59 What is square meter in space? Every surface could be the ceiling, wall, or floor..

[@maxben3391]

Its nice seeing you loosen up in these video Wendover :)

[@eruno_]

proletarian revolution in space when?

[@sakakaka4064]

Fully Automated Luxury Gay Space Communism

[@alexhunter6222]

Your sponsorship spots are super entertaining and of course your videos are awesome.

[@lordwizrak1905]

I guess you could say that their strike thoughts were... Out of this world.

[@scythal]

Get out. Now.

[@pimcast]

Another smooth quality content-to-ad transition by Half as Interesting.

[@SpencerTwiddy]

For some reason this title made me immediately think of bowling in space... Sounds like it could be super fun, like imagine not needing a lane but being able to send the ball in any direction towards what I guess could be a floating pyramid of pins.... Lol get on it Elon, we're gonna need this for the Mars colony😂

[@andrewidstudent7646]

Crew: "We're going on strike because you suck at making us happy" Mission Control: "The oxygen won't last forever you know" Crew: "Ok what do you want"

[@0cujo0]

Phone books? You mean there’s a book with phones in it? Why am I lugging around this smartphone?

[@rolandguenther3210]

Dude, your videos are getting better and better! Always a blast to watch!

[@DELTAFORCE747HD]

When astronauts go on strike and say they need their own space...WELL GREAT NEWS THERE'S PLENTY OF SPACE UP THERE.. And the government can't do anything about it..because space 😂😂😂

[@MrNizzy999]

Really good work!!! Thank you for creating these videos

[@Thebouldersisyphuspushes]

I thought Mark Watney was the first space pirate.

[@limetheslime1]

I love these videos! I always get too exited when they are released.

[@snowless456]

*THEY’RE NOT FRENCH?!?!?!?*

[@DavidKlemke]

At 0:44 you show a picture of the deployed Skylab, although the one that was sent up actually had 2 solar arrays. The second was lost during launch when the micrometeoroid shield tore away. So, to be horrendously pedantic, the picture of the Skylab they "launched" is a little inaccurate but it is how it was deployed for the vast majority of its life. Anyway, love the videos! Look forward to them every week.

[@johnSmith-tl5gv]

this is NOT Major Tom to Ground Control

[@zachprouty8595]

First time watching this and I can tell this channel is great

[@danielshifron5672]

The Proletarian revolution in Space

[@TheFlexibleMind]

"no other country has won more super bowls" lmfaooooo

[@stevenlittrel2648]

1989 Canceled 1995 Canceled When ever Elon stops tweeting...

[@ethanhayes7038]

Did somebody say _Space Pirate?_ "Mission Control believes we can complete all of their experiments before returning. After several weeks of working, I believe Mission Control has vapor for brains. I've lost eighty hours of sleep to this wretched schedule." -Space Pirate, probably.

[@YunisRajab]

Elon is right about the mason jars

[@baaaconman]

You have become my 3rd favorite KZbinr right up with Destin from smarter every day and CGP Grey. If you've seen any of their content you know that is a huge compliment.

[@starshot5172]

The United States weren't the first ones to them moon. They sent the first *humans* to the moon.

[@theholderscock]

Nice seeing you here

[@TheGarmisch]

These videos get better every week

[@Tart0p0mme78]

FRENCH HERE AND absolutely not triggered in fact

[@TXnine7nine]

So much shade thrown in this video! I love it! 😂

[@JohnRoscoeYT]

They really didn't go on strike. This was a misunderstanding.

[@harshlahoti8368]

Astronaut: Err matey! We have your ship! Mission control: Ok, so your staying up there? Astronaut: Ok whats the next experiment?

[@NoThrottle]

They say if youre early, Half as Interesting will reply

[@tryddle2044]

NoThrottle 2 Really? Have to try this next time!

[@tomhetterscheid4244]

They say if you write the most unoriginal comment in the history of unoriginal comments or maybe ever, you are very unfunny.

[@stefantrandafir1099]

They were lying...

[@NoThrottle]

They also said “If you really cared that much to comment on this and bash me for using a very unoriginal quote, you need more doses of memes”

[@baronvonlimbourgh1716]

A meme isn't funny anymore when you explain it to the clueless.

[@monkeylordofdoom14]

Lol space pirates!! Man that was one slick and funny transition! Best add ever lol

[@briansierzega]

Some people call me a Space Cowboy

[@Crlarl]

Brian Sierzega That's the intro to Neil Cicierega's _Wow Wow._

[@briansierzega]

Carl Siemens Wow...our last names are eerily similar. Have never heard of him till now. My reference was to Steve Millers - The Joker ...which is the song Neil used.

[@Crlarl]

Brian Sierzega Just joshing around.

[@setlerking]

Some call me the gangster of love

[@johnmartyn5631]

I love how the humour this channel has over wendover, love watching wendover but the way these videos are presented are more enjoyable imo

[@LocoFaux]

2:42 Apparently Mr Bean was a stowaway on the Skylab 3 mission. Also what's with the rainbow on the Skylab 4 patch? Were they testing the effects of gays in space? "Come in Houston. We have initiated docking procedure. Engaging trusters."

[@ulety4145]

feeshschticks send in the frogs

[@LordDecapo]

The writing... the cringe... I love it. Please dont stop

[@the_mad_bear3683]

The russian where first on the moon (unmanned)

[@solaireofastora3]

The_Mad_Bear 1096 No they weren’t

[@walpol3]

SpicyBeef Burrito yeah actually, the US landed the first human on the moon, but the Soviets had already sent an unmanned drone to it

[@iesuhernandez3780]

Then it wasnt really the russians that were first, it was a machine. Not that impressive. The united states has sent machines to other planets to (many of which were the first) but nobody cares bc its not that symbolic really.

[@ikie18]

iesu hernandez It's still impressive from both nations. first or not.

[@CoolioXXX52]

No they were not

[@cvr24]

I had the opportunity to hear astronaut Jim Carr speak at Kennedy Space Center. He said that NASA didn't understand the impact of long term spaceflight on the human body that SkyLab pioneered. His team determined that two hours of daily exercise was the optimum amount required to avoid health issues. Without the strike, astronauts health would have been put in jeopardy.

[@ShoelessJP]

Notification Squad!

[@LukeNasti]

HAI makes jokes that I laugh at after a 4 second delay & those are my favorite jokes- this is the best of the youtubes

[@WAMTAT]

So much sass

[@AvrahamYairStern]

Plot twist: HAI writes his own videos, and when he makes fun of the editor, he's just making fun of himself.

[@MinorLG]

Wouldn't they be mutineers and not pirates?

[@drapout]

Same thing. Both are crimes committed at sea.

[@MinorLG]

Andy Anderson Mutiny is going against command/higher rank piracy is actual theft

[@hectorvega621]

How can fighting for your, human basic rights be illegal?

[@MinorLG]

@@hectorvega621 did anyone say it was?

[@hectorvega621]

Minor League Gaming Andy call it a crime to mutiny, even if command is bad.

[@PresidentFunnyValentine]

As always, the ad transition is legendary

[@Marcus51090]

No country has won more super bowls ? That’s because only America care about it no one els does also strike is perfectly legal act I hope they where not punished

[@Marcus51090]

Liam Cornell lol yes I was being sarcastic but legit if conditions ain’t good then i wouldn’t give a fuck about what they said it’s bye bye birdie I’m not working. Lol 😂 also serious question what happens if you quit your job in Space? Lol do you float their till someone gets you or what lol

[@attackofthecraft]

3:24 throwing some damn shade on a national level 😂😭

[@jeretoon8350]

Roses are red Violets are blue e I love half as interesting And so do you

[@kertchoo6831]

this video's puns combined with futurenow's puns are OUT OF THIS WORLDDDD ok i'll float home 🚪