How to Land the Space Shuttle... from Space

[@John.0523]

It has become tradition to rewatch this every so often

[@marcopohl4875]

same

[@stergiosarampatzis1774]

Same

[@firstlast9731]

s a m e

[@gage2189]

It's actually helpful in KSP...

[@jonathanmoothart8038]

lol dude same

[@TheophilusPWildbeest]

On the latest aircraft they have advanced the fly-by-wire system so much that the crew now consists of a pilot and a dog, the pilot is there to feed the dog, and the dog is there to bite the pilot if he touches anything.

[@wyattjohnson5898]

Anyoldion , as funny as that is..... no dog has been in space..... but add an Ebola infected monkey and that pilot would be the most attentive person ever😆

[@poppys3728]

Wyatt - Actually, there has been a dog in space. The first animal to orbit the Earth, 1957. Russian cosmonaut - named Laika.

[@susanmaggiora4800]

Poppy S Thank you. I named my dog Laika in her honor 🙂 🐕

[@orinpolansky386]

@@poppys3728 More over. Laika was the first cosmonaut ever.

[@cosmiqueorg]

@@wyattjohnson5898 eh, neither funny nor well informed.

[@trashpanda2481]

I'm so glad I found this video, I've been stuck in orbit for 3 weeks.

[@soupman3285]

@@DanyoScribbles r/wooosh

[@joyzahiale2294]

@@soupman3285 dont say that to him/her

[@joyzahiale2294]

@@soupman3285 Its true though. you cant watch videos in outer space.

[@trashpanda2481]

Wow, you got me. You guys are really sharp.

[@damn3966]

You guys know that this is called sarcasm?

[@AdrianColley]

Not only is this informative about the shuttle, it's a masterclass in how to give a talk with slides.

[@jordansean18]

It's especially good for how to give a technical talk where the audience is not presumed to already be very familiar with your subject or even the terminology

[@copebret]

Thank you. A big goal of this talk was to make the subject fun and not overly full of jargon. This style of animation is fun, but also very time consuming.

[@ThatOneBtypeStar]

​@@copebret uhh, I thought you were a dead channel?? Well it's good you're active and still using this account.

[@shelty3178]

@@copebretplease make more videos, this is so good and one of the best shuttle videos on KZbin.

[@ExKArthur]

recently got a space shuttle for Christmas and wanted to learn how to fly it. Thanks for the tips on re-entry. Edit: It’s been a while. Thanks for 4.4K likes and being cool in general! Fly safe and fly high!

[@zaino4601]

Are you a trillionaire??

[@corus4693]

bruh

[@73vennights.]

@everyone its a shuttle control

[@ussrchicken6739]

you wha-

[@zaminionlovera979]

lucky

[@primarypenguin]

This man is somehow extremely nervous and extremely confident at the same time

[@brist8337]

ikr

[@primarypenguin]

@@GiantRock62 dad?

[@QS-si3cq]

I didn't pick up on nerves at any point.

[@joeybulford5266]

I don’t think he’s nervous. I think it’s just part of his presentation.

[@lucasbraem259]

Joey Bulford you can hear it the way he breats and does the thing with his tongue

[@joshuafryer_]

Descending from 37k to the runway in 3 minutes sounds like Ryanair

[@frli4797]

Joshua Fryer 🤣🤣

[@bogdan_n]

That greaser tho... That's on Ryanair's blacklist.

[@MCPilot1201]

Lmao but the preflare is done too late and they just call it flaring.

[@Luminavia]

completely underrated comment

[@amaryazid]

LOL

[@bradcogan8588]

My technique is very different in Kerbal Space Program. Usually involves vague guesswork and over/undershooting the runway and landing in either the sea or the desert.

[@sircalvin]

and flying in backwards, despite looking stupid

[@Violent_Combustion]

RIP jeb: died after the A.I.R.B.R.A.K.E.S burnt in reentry after horribly overshooting the trajectory and hitting the far half of the runway at three times optimal velocity.

[@1EAS1World]

yeah same bro

[@rifqitaqiuddin]

and a healthy amount of Retry button press

[@PicturesqueGames]

Just stick 8 drogues and 8 regular chutes and land wherever.

[@DOITWITHDAN]

Thank you, I was just on my way into reentry

[@johncaldwell1325]

Oh hi Dan fancy seeing you here

[@leandrocosta3039]

Hahahahahahahahaha

[@Wolfsgejaule]

ohhhhh billy :(

[@BiggestNoodle]

Yay

[@ahmedbadr5676]

Lol

[@shayj.603]

They're not flying, they're falling with style

[@brentvettel5343]

To in Infinity and Beyond

[@vitorstreetboys]

*L E G E N D*

[@mgreene1409]

Thanks for that reference Buzz!

[@Wolfie54545]

Buzz.. Aldrin..

[@Wolfie54545]

Wait a minute... I just got something.. I already knew the Buzz joke thing, But.. Lightyear.. How tf did I not get this before

[@technewsfortechnoobs]

"It's one of the longest runways in the world"... Well, now we know where they filmed that last scene from Fast & Furious 6 on now.

[@fkerpants]

I'm glad I'm not the only one to notice that. Stupidest sequence I've seen in a long time.

[@behindthen0thing]

The whole movie's are all the stupidest sequences

[@supisgoated_yt9625]

Push Back ikr

[@behindthen0thing]

@@supisgoated_yt9625 shut up bigot

[@KremitDeFrog]

sorry if I ruined the joke, but for those that want to know the movie trivia behind it, the actual location was Bovingdon Airfield.. and according to the interwebs and movie sequence breakdowns, the FnF6 runway is estimated somewhere between 18~28 miles long.. much longer than the longest airfields in the world..

[@peteheckman13]

This is fantastic. You're awesome, Bret. I started my career on Shuttle, way before you were born. And I worked in a GN&C group and was friends with the fellow who basically wrote the Entry Guidance software. I don't know where you learned all this, but you got it right. Super fun video. I spent 19 years on that program, most fun time of my career. Take care!

[@miguel.facusse]

That's awesome, Pete!

[@szennyvizcsatorna2483]

Sir, that part of the story with the gear down-reversed Gulfstream is NOT a joke? Holy S!

[@imEden0]

@@szennyvizcsatorna2483 it’s not

[@Jaggerbush]

This was for work or something? Can you explain this more pls?

[@peteheckman13]

@@Jaggerbush the gulfstream was a shuttle landing trainer. It had most of the same controls on the flight deck. To match the sink rate of the shuttle they’d literally engage the thrust reversers. There was a ton of other control wizardry to match the handling qualities. Astronauts would fly it around on launch days (in case of an abort) and also on landing days to get a feel for the winds, visibility, etc. hope that helps

[@blooberry856]

He seems like he was Mark Rober’s younger brother.

[@bluetannery1527]

ATAwarrior SS ok really glad im not the only one who thought this

[@fenderstratguy]

Listening to this, I thought it WAS Mark too. Talks exactly like him.

[@beergunsandfunnc]

Literally I thought Rober's presentation got jacked. He sounds like him, looks like him, and has similar mannerisms.

[@jasonpercy184]

Looked through the comments to see if I was the only one that thought that . I guess not .This kids next stop, TED !

[@jyothia3958]

Yup

[@somerandomewan]

Thanks, the shuttle was making some weird noises so I was wondering what I was doing wrong! Solved the issue pretty quickly when I realised I was supposed to reenter with the payload bay doors closed. 100% recommend, would watch again.

[@GeneralSeptem]

Customer states, "grinding noise upon landing". Diagnosis: landing gear not deployed; deployed landing gear and noise went away.

[@FlatEarthKiller]

Same glitch happened to me(Commander) I accidentally entered earth’s atmosphere with payload doors open along with the airlock.. my pilot friend told me that he closed the payload doors when he diagnosed the issue. Also the cabin made weird sounds that sounded like a washing machine. I was apparently mistrained. Also the cabin hatch was open in space so all the pressure was sucked out. I literally had to use airlock pressure just to pressurize the cabin. And the tail was covered in deadly foam.

[@nonovernol3523]

i was flying a space shuttle and i forgot to close the cabin hatch. the passengers complained that they didint get any air, why cant some of their engineers close it for us smh also i need help im stuck. im orbiting around the kuiper belt

[@danzstuff]

@@nonovernol3523 how'd you even get to the kuiper belt?! i thought the shuttle could only orbit

[@nonovernol3523]

@@danzstuff i got a shuttle from china, they seem pretty strong although the half of the shuttle just broke apart

[@dmrxy.]

Why am i watching this? I don’t even have a space shuttle lol

[@markusvuori]

Maybe you should buy one.

[@dmrxy.]

MarkuzzGaming okay, but I’ll pay with ur 💵💵

[@dylanlastname6784]

you never know when it might come in handy

[@VentantoGame]

You can have KSP

[@Zyrdalf]

I may have one in space right now... And our current commander has... had some issues. Anyways looking for someone to land my space shuttle. I noticed that you watched this video, and that makes you qualified enough for my standards. Are you available?

[@ubaft3135]

Pilot: You look good Commander: I agree. That's the level of confidence I aspire to.

[@JeepnHeel]

Talking Hotdog: You're a little high Commander: I agree

[@TornadoTromboss]

@@JeepnHeel "you're lagging a little bit" "i agree"

[@storken756]

im just watching this just in case. If i ever end up in a situation like this.

[@cbf7408]

Yeah me too, heard it’s pretty common these days

[@YourFatherGone]

Bruh

[@jefrymarine3781]

Hahaa

[@V8AmericanMuscleCar]

Me too, you never know... ;-) If I hadn't seen this, I would have relied on fuel-free engines. KZbin just saved my life.

[@sufrimo]

Based off what spacex is doing I think you might

[@UselessDuckCompany]

You have a talent for explaining things in a manner that is clear and entertaining, you need to make more.

[@TheLoobis]

No he doesn't. He's ANNOYING!

[@69incher]

maybe for a kindergarten class

[@a1919akelbo]

henry walter you are subscribed to multiple known conspiracy theory channels and are insulting someone for enjoying a presentations style. I think you need to take a closer look at who's the child here. Take a break from pol bud its starting to affect your lifestyle.

[@a1919akelbo]

henry walter what makes me fake?

[@a1919akelbo]

henry walter the fact a community I used to be a part of is having a negative effect on you in the same way it did on me and i pointed it out and am trying to help you? You probably scrolled through a couple dozen of comments looking for someone to prove wrong or correct, Its pol affecting you buddy. You have to be able to pull yourself out from that attitude and headspace or else it will hurt you. Trust me.

[@oh_my_goshsomeone_commente2498]

Anybody else watch this video 4 times a year, every year? I keep coming back to it for 2 reasons, 1. I find the presentation method fantastic and funny at the same time. 2. Space ROCKS.

[@TuristHar]

Same, same. so amazing.

[@oh_my_goshsomeone_commente2498]

@@TuristHar Your comment made me watch it again, thank you so much. I could watch Bret do this all day.

[@computerjantje]

Yes I watch this video at least once a year. Bret does this absolutely amazing. Lots of understandable information told in a very very clear, enthusiastic and funny way. I only recently noticed he is not the spokesman of NASA. He should be.

[@scaryanarchist1260]

I think you mean space bricks

[@muzzaball]

Yep, and every time it's over and I go to hit Like - l find that I already have!

[@Utonian21]

It’s pretty insane to think about how before the first ever Space Shuttle flight, they had to figure all that out and do all the math to make sure it was possible. The astronauts in that very first flight had balls of steel

[@AnonymousFreakYT]

16:30 - "700, 600, 500..." In a Cessna prop plane, reading altitudes decreasing that quickly would be called "in a power dive." In the Space Shuttle, that is "preflare descent."

[@SteelyEyedMissileDan]

The space shuttle has the glide ratio of a cinder block but the heart of a champion.

[@alexku8452]

@@SteelyEyedMissileDan But it is a quite aerodynamic looking cinder block...

[@elneutrino90]

How to land a brick on a pencil from another room without looking

[@communistcat3240]

while onfire

[@BreakDown1996]

At night.

[@ZzmemeguyzZ]

elneutrino90 in a stuffy space suit

[@medokn99]

30,000ft high

[@WymanandBrad]

elneutrino90 literally

[@BipolarBLKSheep]

Only 1 shot at landing? Um.. have they never heard of holding F9 to reload their quicksave?

[@GamingLover-xp8hc]

Jebidiah would be proud.

[@theogqueenrose]

XD

[@simplifiedmutiny423]

I think their F9 key is always broken.

[@greywolfgaming5300]

@@GamingLover-xp8hc you play KSP aswell? nice boie

[@gregkatkov5513]

60 percent keyboard

[@Utonian21]

It's always nice to see someone talk about and explain something they're clearly very passionate about

[@eyupmerich]

"We can't go in the atmosphere backwards! First off, we would look ridiculous" :) One of the best presentation I've ever seen. Thank you.

[@cdeacious]

Started watching it, thinking I would close it after the first few minutes, stayed for the whole thing. Well done! First comment I have left in years.

[@archdornan4389]

Whenever we break atmosphere, we call out to two more,And beg their benediction on that vast dark ocean's shore.Whose crews did burn like novae where the Earth's blue fades to black,To [Challenger] when setting out, [Columbia] when back.

[@excrafter7419]

lolololol

[@excrafter7419]

also same

[@Ilyasem]

I'll join this crew, same I thought he was an excellent and charismatic presenter who showed real passion for the subject

[@AndreS_the_one_and_only]

Yep same here was recommended to me. But I really enjoyed his presentation.

[@aaronsoto4622]

I feel like a genius all a sudden in 18 minutes. What an incredible presentation.

[@yatinbansal8326]

This man is a true maverick, for him landing a spaceship without any engines is just a minor detail that deserves a one line mention right at the end

[@DJSt3rling]

10:25 breaks my heart that nobody laughed at the CSS joke

[@Teabone3]

lol same

[@nmarks]

I got it!

[@thegreathadoken6808]

Meh. You tailor your act to your audience. They do that show to a room full of developers and web designers and those guys would never fully recover.

[@iamgreezy9327]

@@nmarks i dint got it, can u explain ?

[@andrewjames1366]

Cascading Style Sheets, kurz CSS genannt, ist eine Stylesheet-Sprachen für elektronische Dokumente und zusammen mit HTML und DOM eine der Kernsprachen des World Wide Webs. Sie ist ein sogenannter „living standard“ und wird vom World Wide Web Consortium beständig weiterentwickelt. Wikipedia

[@protonjones54]

instructions unclear, shuttle stuck in cuba

[@jangmi_av8s]

MS Paint

[@imqr]

Doctor Jones how did you get a space shuttle?

[@shaunewales3153]

@@imqr Just rent a shuttle at your nearest NASA space center duh

[@rhyder4life]

you've gotta push the switch forward!!

[@imqr]

Shaune Wales lol

This is one of those videos to which you come back to every half a year but have no clue why.

[@mclz_]

wtf i thought i was the only one lmao

[@mohammadalihussainlaghari1423]

@@mclz_ me too 😂

[@WhoLetTheDawgsOut]

This is my 6th time. I'm stuck in a loop

[@junglejon74]

I went to comment and then saw my comment from a year ago :)

[@Selecticism]

Unasked analysis: 1. Space Shuttle is always an interesting topic 2. The video is dealing with a question that maybe no one really asked himself but gets interested when he sees it, 3. Its just the right mixture of facts/serious explanations and some jokes and funny storytelling. I for myself just watched it, read your comment, and now will watch it right again. Maybe so are you when you're reading this reply ;)

[@etaoinwu]

This is probably one of the best videos on KZbin -- your presentation is golden. I come back to this every so often to learn your presentation, and always find something new. Brilliant!

[@mumblbeebee6546]

Same here. As a teacher and instructor, I have delivered many hundreds of hours and still try to catch up with Bret! What a show!

[@yocheckitman]

In all seriousness, this presentation was dang good.

[@rickroll4038]

,.,.,

[@Gameboy-Unboxings]

S t f u.

[@Gameboy-Unboxings]

In all seriousness.

[@yocheckitman]

@@Gameboy-Unboxings seriously serious

[@MrSimplified]

@@yocheckitman very seriously serious seriously

[@Super1337357]

Kennedy Space Center Tower: STS-135 go around STS-135: ...

[@pjilog5191]

STS-135 WTF I don't have engines mate!!

[@alexanderyayy3318]

sts-135 ah shit here we crash again

[@sourabhpatil7309]

Head back to next life and align with runway after becoming astraunaut again...

[@unflexian]

Mayday Mayday Mayday, this is STS-135 reporting dual engine failure, requesting landing permission at Zulu, Kilo, Papa, Yankee, squawking 7500, good night.

[@benywidodo]

@@unflexian ah those free airshow.

[@Twiggy163]

Not the cost effectiveness they hoped for. Nor did it carry the heaviest payloads. But damn the Space Shuttles were amazing.

[@strts]

one moment of silence for our fallen soldier

[@bebehasbebehas2287]

wait, they are already testing new Skylons, the ships which are able to fly to space and land on their own jet engines.

[@8-bitsteve500]

tbh the Shuttle program was a disaster but that's sadly down to a lot of the things they had to change from the original designs just because the military needed a larger cargo bay. Quite franky I'm glad the Shuttle is retired, perhaps now we can get on with some proper space exploration.

[@DieyoungDiefast]

@@8-bitsteve500 Aye, the original concept seemed good. Shuttle to orbit, dock at space station, transfer to another craft, go to moon and dock with a platform in lunar orbit.

[@wills8288]

Lest we forget . . . and not the safest they predicted either.

[@ELCADAROSA]

(Came here from Scott Manley's page.) Wow! Not only great information presented in easy to understand (layman) terms, but also in an entertaining manner that isn't distracting and doesn't take away from the root of the presentation. Well done, Bret! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@shafaqsharite4633]

Nice tutorial 100% would fly again 5/5 Stars

[@Jadenmyers]

TheRagingCanadian101 lmao

[@corybrayshaw9927]

It's 5:40AM I've not been to bed yet I don't even remember clicking on this video But I watched the whole thing and enjoyed it

[@Jdalio5]

Trust the algorithm!

[@awdrifter3394]

Now land the space shuttle in your dream.

[@ketch10]

Read this at 5 40 am

[@user-rf4vc7mt4d]

5 am here lol

[@Ghostdinosawur]

reading this comment at 5:44 am

[@BigUriel]

Flat Earthers be like "these guys sure put a lot of work into a hoax"

[@Dude0000]

Sérgio Alves true the other way around...

[@mypie2473]

Lmao. I dont know why flat earthers think they would fake all of that. tf is the point?

[@Jonathan-ex3sl]

@@mypie2473 conspiracy theories by definition are not based on rationality

[@hanque4684]

@@Jonathan-ex3sl people like to blame others

[@simonp37]

​@@pintobean4919, even people at that time, knew the earth is a sphere. It seems that "flat earthers" started as an insult, as there's no written history that shows, that people believed the earth is flat during the middle ages or any other time. People are weird.

[@CCD93]

This video will never get old. I watch it like every year

[@erich930]

"The Gulfstream 2 jet, which in order to simulate how un-aerodynamic the shuttle is, flies with its landing gear down and its engines in reverse." That quote KILLED me! That is sooooooooooooo un-aerodynamic!

[@coleroyer4789]

now i know how to land the space shuttle ill keep it in mind if i ever have to land one lol

[@aidanjameson2521]

cole royer yeah. I have no idea why I watched this.

[@madzangels]

xD

[@jongeduard]

It's soo cool to see this in real. I am a very large fan of Orbiter Space Flight Simulator (2010/2016) in which you can fly spacecraft all by yourself.

[@luca199615]

Eduard take a look at Kerbel Space Programm !

[@jongeduard]

luca199615 Yeah, I have seen several videos of people playing KSP, maybe I'll start with it some time. I know the fun things about KSP are the ability to build your own vessels and the great humor of it with the little green creatures. But the special thing of Orbiter is it's amazing realism, which is nice when you love science. And it's for free. Both programs have their unique qualities.

[@geraldleclair3135]

"Space X interview" So what qualification do you have to fly for us? Sir I watched this video twice. !!!!

[@patata9502]

its like 4th time i watch it

[@Invictus173]

@@patata9502 you're hired!

[@patata9502]

@@Invictus173 hehe

[@Hughes500]

Gold!

[@ajmomoho]

Now that I fly turbo-props, it puts into perspective even more how fast they have to fly this. The approaches we do in the metro are at 140 knots, the same as the airliner example he gives, and I thought that was fast. Yet the shuttle does it at 300 knots.

[@stuartgray5877]

They have (had) a special Gulfstream II to train the pilots that were to land the shuttle. To match the descent rate and drag profile of the real Shuttle at 37,000 feet, they had to REVERSE THRUST during approach. Yes, they modified the aircraft to allow THRUST REVERSAL in flight. I have also witnessed a shuttle landing on the strip at KSC from less than 100 yards away. They come in HOT! (Both literally & and figuratively)

[@plane_guy6051]

To be fair, it's doing about 190 knots when the rear wheels actually touch the ground. It is going 300 knots not much before that though so probably pretty harrowing.

[@seantaggart7382]

Yeah you're flying WITHOUT POWER! AT 300 KNOTS to a runway THAT TAKES 6 SECONDS TO PASS! Oh and did i mention you're unpowered? Yeah GOOD LUCK!

[@AllonKirtchik]

@@seantaggart7382no engines, 300 knots, down a 20° glideslope, and with landing gear that can’t go up. That, after an initial descent with a 40° AA In any normal aircraft, any one of these would be considered a terrible emergency

[@seantaggart7382]

@@AllonKirtchik yeah in normal aircraft it'd be a go around a crash or A VIOLATION OF PHYSICS!

[@Loky-xt1lx]

Omg thank you, I’m sick of getting stuck in space inside a space shuttle and wondering how to get down.

[@MrSupercar55]

Not me. I was enjoying it until my oxygen ran out. I had to get down eventually. It was that or die in space.

[@Idkwhaturtalkingabou]

Happens to all of us

[@randomguy-gb9ge]

@@mokabere2506 Colombia disaster then

[@rztrzt]

Thanks for the metric values, very few americans do this.

[@jayit6851]

Science and non-civil engineering is typically done in metric units. Keeps things consistent since this stuff is internationally collaborated on.

[@bosteador]

Engineers use the metric system here in America.

[@warweasel2832]

Nasa, airliners, and the military use metric, so it just makes sense

[@legan8140]

NASA uses the metric system since early 90’s

[@geraldhenrickson7472]

There is a sweeping generalization for the textbooks. Thanks

[@billsmith7129]

"Umm, Atlantis, we're a little congested down here. We're going to have to put you in a holding pattern."

[@Osowiec1917]

looool very funny :))

[@abdulmalikbadamasi3069]

more like death pattern (:

[@MrSupercar55]

Crash, bang, whallop! What a picture! Joking apart, a holding pattern is not possible with a glider of any sort. That's why airports close if a plane has an engine failure. That's bad enough as the plane descends 5 feet for every 20 feet it flies forwards when dealing with a flame-out in all engines. The Shuttle, however, descends faster than that, so they get clearance to land well in advance.

[@PhantomMods4]

Copy, this is Atlantis declaring emergency... first class cabin toilet is clogged

[@dhbroussard89]

No problem, May day May day May day....Atlantis declaring in flight emergency...no engines dead stick from 39,000 requesting runway priority...

[@kemi242]

Educational with a sense of humor. If my physics classes were like this, I'd probably be an aerospace engineer by now.

[@possumGFX]

2 o clock in the morning. KZbin: "I think you should know about how a Space Shuttle lands." Me: "Okay!"

[@Pixel_FX]

3AM :(

[@gavinnace5260]

its 2:18 am rn lmaoooo

[@bruhpolio8427]

Lol its 1:18

[@marekszirdzins]

my man

[@kimberleysmith818]

I googled this at a similar time. I needed to know.

[@SeraphX2]

Wow....not a single laugh at the CSS joke. Not many developers in that room.

[@jeffmediagbr9483]

how is that a joke?

[@SeraphX2]

JEFF Media GbR sorry. "play on words" Mr Semantics

[@mfnalex]

I think he just wanted to prevent confusion :) But the presentation was really good!

[@Merthalophor]

It's only funny to you if you barely know what CSS is and and thought that this was an inside joke. This wasn't a joke at all though

[@choosetolivefree]

It was in fact quite clearly intended as a joke, but even if there were web designers (CSS is not a programming language, therefore I would not use the word "developer" to describe web designers) in the crowd, they didn't laugh because it wasn't funny

[@clintonezeh7556]

Astronaut: My life literally depends on a computer with 1mb of memory.

[@Oof_2nd]

Lmao

[@name_here___4070]

Apollo program astronauts: _My_ life literally depends on a computer with 4KiB of memory and ~67.5KiB ROM.

[@ran_436]

Isn't that high at the time? That's like saying 1petabyte of memory now.

[@miilkbone990]

@@ran_436 plus inflation...

[@diverbob8]

Google: DEC PDP8 and you'll be amazed!

[@SKRUBL0RD]

this video is so good that youtube keeps recommending it every year. to be honest i wish our own commercial flights would be able to fly faster and land sooner like this.

[@leecowell8165]

Not really.. the approach of this guy would be outright SCARY its dropping like a rock! yeah something like a mile/minute compared to a quarter of that compared to conventional jet aircraft. The Concorde flew twice as high and twice as fast. But its landing was pretty much conventional. yeah it had BIG wings compared to this guy.

[@artyjaycayairlines]

What about the G-Force???

[@EvanAviator]

10,000 fpm descent would break apart your average aircraft

[@SKRUBL0RD]

@@EvanAviator you missed the word 'wish' implying fantasy or a desire for future tech in the modern day

[@thanhnguyenviet3382]

@@SKRUBL0RD the insane G force created by that super fast descent might kill someone, or at least bring about some negative effects to the passengers' well-beings

[@bishop2985]

“This isn’t rocket science, Steve.” LOL😂

[@crazydinosaurguy8868]

Micheal

[@crazydinosaurguy8868]

you piece of shit

[@projectCL0UD]

screw you micheal

[@Netkuszkusz]

@@crazydinosaurguy8868 Apperantly you are the piece of shit here. :D

[@Sergio-fu7mv]

Russia hop out damn Russian.

[@zee_bee_23]

Dad: what are you watching? Me: learning how to land a space shuttle. Dad: yeah?

[@vorbai]

KSP be like:

[@GunnerHeatFire]

@@vorbai yes

[@afaz4070]

@@vorbai if u crash but your crew survived. Its a win

[@henryviii2091]

@@afaz4070 You know what they say in flight school right? Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing.

[@kimberleysmith818]

Wanted to be an astronaut from a young age. Remember saying to my dad as a teen about working for NASA (turns out as a Brit I wouldn’t be able to I don’t think so) and he said ‘that’s great but you aren’t good enough at Maths let alone Physics’ Damn him he was right.

[@eugene9852]

I love how chilled the pilot is while he's talking to the commander. They're performing one of the most complex, most dangerous landings that can be done, and he's completely unfazed.

[@pugs6357]

Probably he has already done it before

[@rickkimball6125]

Agreed. Just the knowledge that there are no 'do overs' would be incredibly stressful. Cmdr and Pilot probably got gray hairs just from that landing.

[@MikkoRantalainen]

They were looking good for the whole manouver so it went according to their traning for the whole landing. As they have no "do overs" the only way they can prepare is to train in the simulator again and again for every imaginable situation.

[@dimitristripakis7364]

I admire these people because if I was in charge and they came up to me with this plan, like "we will flare into the atmosphere, then roll around to descent, then come down 37000 feet in 3 minutes, like a glider dropping at 120 mph, etc", I would simply say "I am not putting people inside such a thing!" and it would never have happened.

[@Seb90009]

Thank you for this video, was having some problems landing mine.

[@pablozzz1182]

Cheb made my day

[@mattlawson6975]

lmao

[@futuregodkingoftheuniverse8381]

Lol same, been in orbit for 15 years. I can finally see my kids

[@gokuzoot4482]

Faxxx

[@XXSwaggsterXX]

I like planes But what if Karen toke them already?

[@ryanxie7554]

Now lets try this out on kerbal space program

[@carlosperezdelema]

I built a space shuttle but right now it either blows up because kps loves explosions or I miss the target by a shitload. Up to this moment I havebeen landing it with lots ofparachutes but that feels like cheating

[@TheDanielConsole]

ryan xie Just let Jeb do his thing.

[@simonrano8072]

It is possible. I built a functionnal Shuttle with 2 SRBS, external tank and RCS OMS, correct ascent path, roll program and actual TWR over most of the ascent (1.25 G TO, 0.9 G at SRB jet), 9 t payload with robotic arm. Problem is that stock elevon generate a lot of drag and are not able to raise the nose. B-9 wings were the only solution. Impossible to land with a payload my only regrets. Took me 20 tries to find the correct deorbit burn and reentry path. Auto pilot is mandatory for angle of attack management. 150 m/s touchdown velocity

[@yangyu9990]

we need more struts

[@simonrano8072]

Yang Yu use reinforcment joint mod. The new version struts and parts rigid auto struts are not functionnal. Every aircraft loose its wings on landing

[@xboxdonut1886]

I wonder if space shuttle astronauts hop in regular airplanes and think “too easy!” When they fly haha!

[@magrets]

Lots of astronauts actually fly commercial airlines , but I think you got to become sort of humble when you go to space , so I believe they have less arrogance than pilots usually have and consider they actually have 200+ lives on board that counts on him to deliver brilliantly.

[@chaserATL]

"You airline pilots with your '3 degree glide slopes' and 'working engines' have it so easy."

[@yxeaviationphotog]

@@magrets I haven't heard of any active astronauts flying for the airlines. Astronauts that serve as the Pilot/Commander, are all military test pilots. Most of the time, they fly Nasa's T-38s to maintain proficiency.

[@catwithblueglasses1921]

A A'H woah i have been on a airplane before what if my pilot was an astronaut

[@freezor80]

Lots of astronauts were Air Force pilots prior to being astronauts.

[@dboenish]

13:06 Shuttle entering the flood lights from the black of night with wingtip vortex is one of the best clips of the shuttle landing I have ever seen.

[@orjhyu3v2ehv3h]

-"You look good." -"I agree. "

[@orjhyu3v2ehv3h]

bill kerman 15:55

[@damomguy2801]

Patryk Misilo lol looking for this comment xD

[@nitehawk86]

"You"re a little bit high." "I agree."

[@mlw237]

W I N

[@KutWrite]

"They said you was hung." "They were right!"

[@pranjalfarhan7771]

KZbin: How to land a space shuttle Me at 3 am: I must find out immediately

[@jennashiflet]

7:25 AM for me

[@SilentDrifterGT]

Lol watching this video at 3:11am

[@mixtli1a]

4:42 am for me

[@straenapotheker2985]

3:59

[@straenapotheker2985]

@Georges J. bruh your notification literally woke me up

[@AfroMan187]

I'll likely never be an astronaut, but after watching this video, I'm writing "Capable of Landing Orbital Vehicle" down on every resume I fill out.

[@arkitect5692]

You should play Kerbal Space Program to try your skills with a shuttle ;)

[@pengstirbkuchen5987]

@@arkitect5692 I tried, but I don't even get _into_ space without killing everyone. I should definitely do the tutorials.

[@GewelReal]

Just wait until commercial space flights will kick off

[@KnickKnack07]

I doubt you have to clarify that you LIKELY won't be an astronaut. Unless you are still in high school, you would have had to have made it your life pursuit already to have any shot.

[@Trildin]

@@arkitect5692 Truly amazing game

[@GCOS62]

Stunning presentation. Whenever I watch it, I feel like I'm seeing it again, for the first time.

[@QS-si3cq]

"Changing direction in orbit takes crazy amounts of energy." Facts; I grew up playing Asteroids in arcades in the early 80's and can confirm.

[@dodgeman789]

I ztill play that game bahaha

[@Tracomaster]

"imagine getting on board of a space shuttle during de-orbit burn and hearing these words:"does anyone know how to fly this thing?".

[@SkyrimHod]

The life of everyone on board depends on just one thing: finding someone back there who not only can fly this shuttle, but who didn't have fish for dinner.

[@danthefryingpan963]

"does anyone know how to fly this thing?" Did i hear the words of the 12th doctor?

[@SkyrimHod]

"Fly yes. Land, no."

[@brandongaedke4778]

Grey Squirrel Games HAHAHAHA

[@slugerama]

"Shayna. They bought their tickets, they knew what they were getting into. I say, let 'em crash"

[@abz2000123]

It's like the ground controller is counselling him and having him agree that all's good -as if sudden panic attacks are common or at least a high level of risk at any random moment.

[@notbobgeldof5468]

Shuttle Atlantis go around Skyhawk 172 cleared for landing

[@khalidhebshi5318]

Eastern Spotter 1969 lol :)

[@desperatepsycho]

Nah, it's gotta be an air tractor 802

[@richardsantalone9380]

Aw fuck

[@oubrioko]

Tower, Atlantis: Unable.

[@brennenfitzgerald]

Probably N80991........ who cares about Atlantis... we wanna see Josh.

[@Angel-gn2on]

Pilot: You look good Commander: I agree then they embrace...

[@abdulwasey3506]

Shall I tell the 'G' word?

[@richardsantalone9380]

Gay

[@JoeDoe2]

Brylcream...a little dab 'll do ya!

[@ctakitimu]

@@seanm5670 I know what you mean! Elon Musk stole my ideas

[@sesshomaruhigurashi3379]

almost as gay as the navy haha

[@MIO9_sh]

15:58 basically human GPWS

[@THEMATT222]

Lol

[@DHKim7]

ground proximity warning steve

[@The747Isnotdead]

50 *remembers he’s a brick* 0

[@brucetharpe762]

GPWCF Ground Proximity Warning Chris Ferguson

[@antmanmax1]

It would be nice if GPWS said things like "you're looking good... okay lagging a little bit... looks good... might wanna turn your HUD up if you haven't already... just a little bit high... start settin' it down..."

[@c1ph3rpunk]

This pops up for me a couple times a year, and for some reason I must watch it.

[@proximarem8034]

Question: "How to land the Space Shuttle from space? Answer: "Very carefully..."

[@DBR00]

Most underrated comment.

[@projectretro8243]

Fix the part where it says “How to land the Space Shuttle from space? To “How to land the Space Shuttle from Space”. You forgot to capitalize Space and also forgot to end the “ thing.

[@rick.rollboi]

@@projectretro8243 meh who cares XD

[@ismailnyeyusof3520]

Answer is: start with hard lefts and right and then very precisely and very quickly.

[@mocskoskukorica]

Thanks mate, you have just saved 17min from my life...... !

[@bigidiotdumbstupidguy9329]

This seems a lot like a TED talk. I love this guy so much and I don't know why. He seems like me and a few of my friends. He knows a little about a lot but has that one subject that he just absolutely loves. Instead of knowing everything about one thing you know one thing about everything y'know? The best kind of people imo.

[@copebret]

I'm more of the former. I have a bunch of interests that I go really deep on (this is one), but I'm absolutely horrible at general trivia.

[@bigidiotdumbstupidguy9329]

Bret Copeland C'est la vie. If you know what you love then go for it. That's the reason that I have such a hard time figuring out what my future is gonna look like. I have too many interests. So I'll just work menial labor until I make up my mind. Good on you my friend.

[@copebret]

I also have too many interests.

[@bigidiotdumbstupidguy9329]

Bret Copeland Hey, if you have a lot of interests, I tell people what my grandpa told me. Learn any Chinese dialect. You learn spanish if you want to work for someone, but Chinese to have people work for you. He was just like you by the way you described yourself and that's how he made his fortune.

[@bad_choyces]

I personally found it really patronising, maybe I just dont like the enthusiastic talking but the jokes are obviously forced and maybe it would have been better to say live. still i left a like for the sheer effort

[@vulture4117]

Pilot: Says literally anything Commander: I agree.

[@alwaysopen7970]

Roger

[@briankane5003]

I agree

[@yuanplayx8529]

Hshaahahahah

[@djsonicc]

@@alwaysopen7970 roger, Roger

[@vaclavjebavy5118]

As a retired Space Shuttle Commander, I agree.

[@renerpho]

Coming here from Scott Manley's video about how the Space Shuttle landed before GPS. Great talk!

[@jonathonmcrae5671]

This guy had me convinced he worked for Nasa before I read the description, Nasa, give this man a job.

[@edsonbean5407]

I'm sure he does now someone saw this guy said hire that guy he can explain stuff

[@TheTruthKiwi]

Especially when he said, "I was the pilot". I thought he looked a bit young, considering he must've flown 5 years prior but genuineness is a thing right? Had me hook, line and sinker too.

[@raddydydy]

Me: *watches guitar videos* KZbin: I gotchu. You wanna ride the damn space shuttle. Here's some tutorials.

[@amirfmaster2515]

lol

[@oaguilera81]

That’s exactly what happened 😂😂

[@gbro-cy7jo]

Its probally cuz you watched chris hadfield playing guitar in space lol

[@raddydydy]

@@gbro-cy7jo I recalled, and you got me. LOL

[@gbro-cy7jo]

@@raddydydy lol

[@TheBorathon]

I saw this and thought "pft 18 minutes? I'll just watch a minute and then skip through it." Well I watched the whole thing lol. Very good job at presenting and keeping entertained.

[@fruscai]

hahahah that's exactly what happened to me

[@jeremysargent5037]

I only wanted to build a shed lol

[@Sebastian-Westhoff]

@@fruscai same :D

[@Too13lue4U]

It's 2106 and space shuttles are starting to become affordable. Got one for my 16th bday and thanks for the refresher in how to land from space!

[@theorangutan-1]

2:35 | "Then we just throw them away!" | Elon Musk: What now?

[@Malkus1]

Elon: "lets save 'em"

[@supernova5434]

*Scoffs in starship*

[@randomuser2834]

The space shuttle boosters were recovered and refurbished. They basically just rebuilt them though.

[@sawyernorthrop4078]

@@randomuser2834 still recovered tho

[@catwithblueglasses1921]

elon musk: *cries in falcon heavy and falcon 9*

[@hhscadets0925]

Commander: My wife is hot Pilot: I agree.

[@MetallvmPT]

loooool

[@thinhtranba5352]

Where is it? I can't find it.

[@g2orgogg634]

I agree.

[@arcaipekyun4232]

Mike Lowrey hol up

[@ThatSB]

You have it backwards

[@aashirkhan5650]

I have watched this video probably a dozen times now and every time I re watch, it never gets old. Amazing Video alongside being presented in an amazing way

[@justanotherupscaspirant8837]

After this, i decided to watch a reentry live recording and understood most everything, when earlier it was pure jargon. This is what KZbin was for. This is amazing

[@pop5678eye]

Fun fact: the only space flight of the Soviet equivalent of the Space Shuttle, the Buran was completely unmanned. It was able to do a similar precision landing completely computer-guided.

[@Befuddled_Ostrich]

And then left to rot in a hanger for the next 30 years.

[@zsoltsandor3814]

@@Befuddled_Ostrich well, just like our lives when we go broke at our prime.

[@neurodivtries4101]

@@zsoltsandor3814 Man that's some heavy talk.

[@Syclone0044]

Wait, you're telling me that not only did the Soviets copy our Space Shuttle in the world's all time most obvious dupe, but they never even flew the fucking thing?

[@Wolfie54545]

Hell ya I remember. Their is a video on it.

[@malkodetence]

Instructions unclear: I'm near Saturn

[@stellarx20]

so your a ksp player basically

[@racingmhf9157]

@@stellarx20 KSP with RSS/RO mods

[@meeast1169]

@@racingmhf9157 lmaoo

[@racingmhf9157]

@@meeast1169 ;-;

[@barryhumphreys2083]

Speak for yourself I’m in a different universe in an entire different ecosystem and the only reason I’m still alive is because the locals think I’m a god.

[@minidwarfdude9230]

Thanks KZbin for recommending this to me I really wanted to know how to land a shuttle

[@minidwarfdude9230]

It was really interesting actually

[@jessie8173]

mini dwarfdude I guess except it's fake cuz the earth is flat so...

[@viseberg8527]

+Jessie Of course it isn't. Now go back to sleep.

[@minidwarfdude9230]

Jessie I don't believe that the Earth is flat. However, I have no proof that it isn't flat other than photos from space. However, maybe the photos are photoshopped? Maybe we do live on a disc, or a turtle, or on a stripper's fake tit. I've never been to Africa so I have no proof of its existence

[@mattkrins]

Just go stand on a tall tower and you can see the curvature of the planet.

[@MrBostonrobb]

This presentation is so good that I came back 6 years after my initial comment to comment on this video again. This is excellent.

[@vikkimcdonough6153]

3:47 - And since this isn't Kerbal Space Program _[citation needed],_ we can't just use our engines as a heatshield.

[@jahncarlos7941]

Lmao

[@jidgeanimations6866]

What the hell are you on about, let them explode. We don’t need them, right? Right?

[@donut5818]

Just put the heat shield in the back and the engines on the side. That isn’t possible on the shuttle but is in KSP!

[@EQ33131217]

This is TED talk quality. I wonder where does this genius go.

[@StephenButlerOne]

Better than most ted talk presenters. I was amazed how confident this kid was. Well done to him.

[@rzr2ffe325]

The timing was impeccable

[@jacques4446]

was wondering the same thing!

[@Cookzki]

@@StephenButlerOne Fr though. You can tell he has some nerves, but he rocked this presentation!

[@luisferr2001]

@@StephenButlerOne same here. he´s confident, very well prepared for the talk, and easy to understand, and not boring at all!

[@svenllr]

Bret, that landing at the end was the coolest thing ever! Absolutely amazing. I watched these landings on TV when they would come to Edwards Air Force Base from when I was a kid until the end of the STS program. I always wondered about the process wondering how a brick without fuel ever could land. Thank you for finally giving me the knowledge.

[@msgsgt]

The amount of training these guy go through is on a whole other level. He is not giving a presentation in his mind. He is actually in the shuttle running through what is supposed to be happening.

[@SpicyTexan64]

He's not a shuttle astronaut bro

[@msgsgt]

I’m guessing English is your second language, if not reread carefully what I originally wrote. No apologies needed just read more carefully from now on. 👍🏾

[@breezyprogramstv9443]

I'd like to have this guy as a teacher

[@winnermarcelosc]

he looks like he just sniffed a ton of cocaine before this

[@breezyprogramstv9443]

winnermarcelosc why? I don't think it cuz he was talking like serious during his performance...

[@winnermarcelosc]

well, i'm not judging him, he looks like a young fella btw but he is really anxious on the way he speaks, you can hear him hard breathing at some points, but he is nice af.

[@breezyprogramstv9443]

winnermarcelosc no sure, I'm not saying that you were judging him but I've said that he is very young and he was looking very serious during his performance

[@Williams2809]

I wouldn't want a junkie as a teacher.

[@nadoox]

Thank you, now I'll be able to land my Space Shuttle !

[@Twiggy163]

Thats what I thought so I tried this in Kerbal Space Program. 2 problems: You're limited to the parts given (Im not including mods). KSP's flight system, while ok.. I think, isnt near reality. The only thing that landed was the cockpit module. Trying the S-manouvres ripped the wings off and it all went... downhill..

[@chucksherron]

How long have you been orbiting waiting for an instructional video to be published so you can land?

[@peaveyst7]

@@Twiggy163 try kerbal joint reinforcement. it tightens the joints between each part and prevent wobble and the kraken.

[@Twiggy163]

@@peaveyst7 Good call. So far I've just changed the design slightly and that did the trick. However my space station seems to rip itself apart when I get into physics range so that mod may help fix that.

[@shepherdlavellen3301]

@@Twiggy163 maybe make the shuttle lighter, used to have the same problem with my 60t shuttle but doesn't have problem with another one which is around 40t, plus, don't do too much maneuver when it's too fast in low atmosphere.

[@domestosteron]

2:24 "In our defense, launch is really expensive" *Elon musk kicks in the door* "DID I HEAR EXPENSIVE LAUNCHES?"

[@theholderscock]

MemesDLL haha

[@james-faulkner]

And says " Give me that money!"

[@msjxhjsjwjsxbjsns6726]

Your profile picture goes with this comment really well

[@ItsNotAllRainbows_and_Unicorns]

Launching of the shuttle was expensive, but that was the tech that NASA wanted to help build the ISS. That's bureaucracy for you. Oh NASA. Still, pretty impressive feat considering the first space shuttle "Enterprise" rolled out in 1976, and the last lunar landing occurred in 1972. The ability for SpaceX to land their reusables within a targeted area was helped in part by an aerospace engineer named *Lars Blackmore* . In 2009 he and two colleagues discussed the need for increasing in the accuracy for landers landing on the Martian surface and developed _“Minimum-Landing-Error Powered-Descent Guidance for Mars Landing Using Convex Optimization.”_ That's a mouthful. qz.com/915702/the-spacex-falcon-9-rocket-you-see-landing-on-earth-is-really-a-sophisticated-flying-robot/ So, part of the credit should go to that somewhat obscure name *Lars Blackmore* . Otherwise, we would probably have been witnessing more spectacular SpaceX landing failures. @Sir Eugene Courtney Fake launches? What a F_ing moron. How many millions watched the Saturn V launches and tracked the missions to the moon and back by several nations and a number of private citizens in the US alone. This goes for SkyLab and the shuttle missions as well. As far as the lunar landings, the landings were later confirmed by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), Japanese lunar mission SELENE, and India's first lunar mission with its Chandrayaan-I lunar orbiter.

[@nicewhenearnedrudemostlyel489]

Maybe you should write a column, instead of do this for free. mostly just to put it behind a paywall so i never have to see it. fuck yourselves.

[@ralfoide]

A classic... love this lightning talk. (it's been my habit to rewatch this, apparently every 2 years... it's that good,... kudos for your hard work presenting this).

[@davidstone798]

I do not understand the down votes. This was extremely interesting and incredibly well done. Thank you!

[@patstokes3615]

Flat earths

[@SilentArc]

@@patstokes3615 soviets

[@aspodermousstoplight100]

They have space shuttle and it didn’t work

[@organbuilder272]

David, some people have no sense of humor, possibly hit the wrong button, or are just plain party poopers.

[@MrMartinkimber]

Those are all test pilots that once they went inverted they stayed that way.

[@goldbridge]

Dude you’re really well spoken and you combine your articulate points with humour. Awesome. Thank you from 🇬🇧

[@AnsweringYourThoughts]

I'd love a teacher like him!

[@mrsoon1318]

You have a talent for explaining things in a manner that is clear and entertaining, you need to make more.

[@Gameboy-Unboxings]

Pathetic..

[@Masman40777]

@@Gameboy-Unboxings what

[@collinregner5247]

Haha! You guys drive on the left side of the road over there! That’s pretty silly huh?

[@robertwashburn6879]

I was invited to watch the Discovery land at Edwards. It was the first mission after the Challenger incident. Being as a friend of mine worked at JPL, I was able to stand next to the runway for the event. It was a very overcast day and they were playing all the radio chatter on the outside speakers. "We are just now crossing over Hawaii." 5 minutes later. "We see the coast of California." Now everyone was disappointed that it was overcast because all we could see was clouds. All of the sudden they parted as the shuttle pushing so much air was able to move them and a little dot was in the middle. Within 2 more minutes it was on the ground. That's one of those things you never forget nor need a camera to remember.

[@lukeliam6614]

Thank you I’ve been getting space shuttles for my b-day since I was 16, and I kept on crashing the shuttle and just exploding in space, once it exploded in space and I was orbiting the sun in the shuttle seat for 6 years so this really helped me finally land my 122nd space shuttle THANK YOU for this amazing tutorial..

[@invincabruspoodz1968]

This Camera Man Must be so fucking annoyed.

[@JamboH94]

InvincabruSpoodz he could of just zoomed out