Hubble is Falling Back to Earth

[@IcariaMaru]

I do hope that if they manage to preserve it upon landing they can at least put it at a museum so that this important piece of history could be kept alive for years upon years to come.

[@kernalrom]

It will disintegrate in the atmosphere. Basically burn up due to friction.

[@nightrous3026]

Good luck getting it in a building. Its about the size of a school bus.

[@LooneyJuice]

Dang it, Mars! Did it again! It's gotten to the point where I see the notification and I go all giddy and start woopin' and hollerin'. Fantastic presentation, man, pushing it up a notch with every video. Integrating the animations and all in was just perfection. Anxiously waiting for the next project. Very inspiring. Much love and respect.

[@GhostGiraffe]

Aww thanks pal! Really appreciate it

[@Zaznayka74]

Sometimes it is sad to realise most of the big and famous space exploration missions happened in 70's and 80's... Right now either they are covered worse, or there is nothing this grand happening anymore... Or maybe it seems like this, because when we look back we can see the events together at the same time, but for those who lived through them it had the same amount of time passing like for us between Curiosity, Pluto photos and falling into Saturn... Hmmmm

[@GhostGiraffe]

Actually it’s a golden age of space exploration at the moment. Check out these probes and space telescopes Juno, Cassini, New Horizons, Dawn, Chandra, Spitzer, Hayabusa 2, Parker, TESS, Rosetta, Huygens, these are just from the top of my head but never before have we gone to so many planets, planetoids, asteroids, and comets before. Also we are using different spectrum of light to look further back into time than Hubble ever could. We are also imaging other solar systems and proto-systems for the first time. I think it’s just not as well promoted as the original voyager, Viking and pioneer days. Back then it was the first time doing all that stuff and now that we do it with such regularity and detail people aren’t as interested. But that’s where we come in. We want to share all this cool stuff that’s going down and get folks excited about it.

[@toninhosoldierhelmet4033]

media ins't insterested on space stuff man so many cool space probes going around and finding beutiful things but yes nobody gives a fuck and that sucks, any time i head to the school and ask people about pulsars, they have no fucking idea of what it is neither how it works.

[@CaptPatrick01]

The real problem is NASA's severe underfunding. Nowadays it is private companies like SpaceX that's taking the brunt of the work. It is the start of a completely new era.

[@GhostGiraffe]

Private companies are doing the heavy lifting but the payloads are still NASA or ESA.

[@SavagelyAttack]

Good news for space exploration, we launched two astronauts to the ISS on a reusable rocket. Hopefully more amazing stuff like this happens

[@djcamp0426]

Fantastic information Mars! I will say it again.. I love your videos! Keep up the great work!

[@GhostGiraffe]

Very glad we still entertain you after all this time :)

[@Ashleigh_Johnson]

The Hayabusa footage was amazing! Science always finds a way to observe and discover new things. It's exciting! Lol.

[@GhostGiraffe]

Yeah and the new Hayabusa is almost at its target asteroid to take a sample and return it to earth all over again!

[@GhostGiraffe]

Also wow nice red hair. Love the mix with dark colors

[@leonida257]

Rest in pieces a great telescope, a progenitor of the astronomic photografy.

[@davidkennedy6208]

Thanks for these info videos, they really feed my space exploration obsession. Plus you make us, your audience, just that bit more intelegant. I look forward to what you have in store for us next o7!!!

[@GhostGiraffe]

Thanks so much =)

[@whyis45stillalive]

Anything, in orbit, is falling. That's the definition of orbit.

[@taifungepard6337]

We will all miss you Hubble you did so many great things for us!

[@alexhndr]

Hubble.. we'll miss u. _Sleep tight now_ Go gentle... *into that good night*

[@iuliateodora8371]

I am so sorry for Hubble space telescope. Because of its images I began to love space. Hubble was a source of inspiration and dreams and of course the time and effort that has been put in its construction and proper functioning is immense. I feel sad that it will fall back on Earth but, on the other hand, it might bring a new era in astronomy with new planets and exoplanets discovered. In the end Hubble space telescope will always have a special place in my heart and it will be a source of inspiration.

[@cmdrsparrowblack2572]

Wow, nice vid! Wasn't aware till now of the fact that the outer atmosphere has such a big radius variation! Also, it reminded me of the rather ridiculous story how the mirror got polished with the wrong focus point :-) And... the end nearly gave me some tears. I definitely will shed some once our eye in the sky will go on its final journey. :.-)

[@GhostGiraffe]

Thanks so much for sharing pal :)

[@johnbent62]

Please do more of this Mars, you have a passion for it that's infectious. That was just excellent.

[@GhostGiraffe]

That’s really uplifting to hear thank you!

[@Q3ark]

It’s like Apollo Skylab all over again. The Skylab space station had the same problem, the atmospheric drag had increased in the same way and was bringing it down, they had retired all the Apollo hardware that they could have used to reboost it, space shuttle wasn’t ready in time and it reentered in 1979 near Perth Australia.

[@TairnKA]

At first I was going to be sarcastic about "Freefall" but even with Hubble's tough early history it would be unfair, considering its accomplishments.

[@Whyiseverynameinuse]

Someone better catch him.

[@GhostGiraffe]

lol!

[@theyeendigo]

I'll get my fishing net

[@TurjanStarstone]

Nice recap! All the important bits to know, right where we need them =)

[@GhostGiraffe]

Glad it came across well enough XD

[@kiowa21]

You have a great presenting style. These videos are an interesting and easy watch, keep em coming.

[@GhostGiraffe]

Thanks so much! Working on the next one :)

[@biohazardfur9630]

Dude nice info and a nice a face behind the ghost keep it up great work

[@GhostGiraffe]

Thanks! We'll keep the face around for the next one then ;)

[@talonfire1640]

Face behind the.... GHOST GIRAFFE????

[@Kujatalp]

Great video Ghost. Keep them coming dude!

[@GhostGiraffe]

You got it pal!

[@CMDRKoo]

I know i'm like a month late but i love these NASA videos. Keep them coming. Really interesting and well done. :)

[@GhostGiraffe]

Thanks pal! :)

[@mobiuscoreindustries]

To be honest i kind of wanted us to at least go through the troubles of bringing the thing back down so it could continue its mission of inspiring us to look towards the unknown and discover its mysteries and it's beauty. This is going to be the loss of a great symbol.

[@GhostGiraffe]

True

[@joeironshield6027]

While yes it is a great loss, its mission was so well done we will not forget the hubble anytime soon, it forever changed our view on our universe. It won't be forgotten. Least not if i have my say on it

[@BRIANOCASIO]

This is the video that make me subscribe. Good Job man

[@GhostGiraffe]

Thanks so much we appreciate that lots :)

[@Fish-ub3wn]

Funny narration, it reminds me a bit of tierzoo. Nice choice of animations, great edit. Also, the t-shirt :D

[@GhostGiraffe]

Ha thanks!

[@Cragified]

Of all the things we put in orbit that deserved to be recovered was Hubble. Shame the end of the Space Shuttle meant it is doomed to be lost

[@gogamarra]

I did get a chance to see the Hubble ST in storage just out of San Francisco at Lockheed (Next door to NASA Ames Research Center) back in 1989. It was stored vertically. It’s as big as a train box car rather than a school bus. That just my opinion, but then again, I was standing below it and it was very intimidating. Then I saw the Space Shuttle up close at KSC. Having seen this, I can appreciate the resources it took. Way cool!

[@NikoDG]

i love these information videos, keep up the good work!!!

[@GhostGiraffe]

Thanks pal! Glad to know they are being enjoyed =D

[@NikoDG]

No problem, i really enjoy them :D

[@wheelmangames5366]

Really great video bud!! I have loved Hubbel all my life and have been awaiting the arrival of JWSS for a large chunk of that time. That said, how are the Laser Cops doing?

[@GhostGiraffe]

They are great but are awaiting the latest Space Tourism episode to be finished first

[@atomsorcerer8356]

I was not prepared for this video to give me a rollercoaster of emotions, holy shit-

[@EnricoUniverse]

You are becoming the Vsauce of space videos and that's awesome!

[@GhostGiraffe]

That’s an awesome compliment and we hope to make that true one day ;) thanks

[@SledgeFox]

Very interesting and well and friendly presented, thank you very much! Subscribed

[@GhostGiraffe]

So happy to have you aboard! Hope you’ll enjoy our sillier videos from time to time.

[@marcusporter7565]

If it somehow fails, do they have an idea to where it 's going to land?

[@GhostGiraffe]

Since the atmosphere fluctuates so much there is no way of telling where exactly it break apart and crash. The recent loss of the Chinese space station is prime example of what chaos an uncontrolled re-entry can bring.

[@marcusporter7565]

Ghost Giraffe Okay, well I can only hope it doesn't land on Hawaii or in the Middle East.

[@mobiuscoreindustries]

Especially since at least some things, usually those made out of titanium, will survive and impact the ground. And having a fuel tank hitting a building at reentry velocities is going to hurt a lot.

[@AgentWaltonSimons]

Given how much of the HST orbit is over ocean, that's where any debris that survives re-entry is most likely to end up.

[@mobiuscoreindustries]

Jeremiah Fieldhaven Well, it goes for most things we put in orbit. But we cannot rely on probabilities without a control descent the ttving an land on 1/3rd of the globe and with some bad luck actually land somewhere densely populated.

[@lordwontner3936]

Great video but when is sparks and mars back 🤔

[@GhostGiraffe]

Very soon! We are finishing up a new Space Tourism Episode

[@Nabekukka]

Ghost Giraffe YOU ABSOLUTE MADMEN.

[@fymkhaled]

2:54 what is this footage of?

[@troy4096]

I work at Boeing on the Commercial Crew program and I was discussing this with some of my coworkers that have been in the industry for a while. Apparently Boeing pitched the commercial crew vehicle as a multipurpose craft that could perform a safe de-orbit of the Hubble, but NASA was not interested. I don't know details as I was not on the program back when that pitch happened, but from what I can tell, NASA might just be winging it and waiting for the problem to get worse to address the situation. Obviously I don't know for sure, just water-cooler type of chatter at the office.

[@GhostGiraffe]

interesting

[@MnemonicHack]

Let it burn up? Are you kidding me? It might cost millions of dollars, but I figure we have a duty to retrieve it. Or, failing the ability to do that right now, we push it into HEO and out of the way, so that in the future when we have good enough space infrastructure, we can retrieve it then.

[@GhostGiraffe]

It’s a part that our cultural heritage. There is work being done to do something about it too.

[@angelusmortis8142]

But it might eventually get cheaper to just let it re-enter. That is unless Elon Musk invents cheap and efficient space flight and proceeds to colonize Mars.

[@karlmax1112]

you should have your own TV show dude, thanks for your great vids. Are you still responding to every Comment?

[@GhostGiraffe]

Yeah I think so ;)

[@heyitswesty]

another great and edifying vid from Mars the Great! Thanks man.

[@GhostGiraffe]

Thanks a bunch dude that means a lot =D

[@PESKYWAABBIT]

An absolutely amazing video. Keep it up.

[@GhostGiraffe]

Thanks so much! So happy you’re liking this sort of content from is

[@chrissyanne4480]

mars should of had a mike since the start of g.j . he is a nice presentator :) more vids like this please

[@GhostGiraffe]

Thanks pal! Will do =)

[@cmdrxla1107]

Good video, perhaps you should use your influence the put Hubble and other Assets in Elite Dangerous. We need more than just Voyage

[@GhostGiraffe]

That would be great if we had that kind of pull ;) thanks pal glad you enjoyed it !

[@GhostGiraffe]

Oh and they did recently put in the New Horizons probe in game

[@hermaeusmora345]

NICE SHIRT!

[@jobsteegh8847]

Wow you got a Zelda T-shirt, that is Amazing!

[@GhostGiraffe]

;) I have several thanks for noticing

[@Brandlin]

Hubble has been falling towards earth ever since it went into orbit. That's how orbits work. What you mean is that hubble's orbit is decaying.

[@GhostGiraffe]

Lots of people don't realize that. At some point you also learned it for the first time.

[@nightrous3026]

Theres no way those tiny reaction wheels could stabilize it in reentry

[@Ban00]

Amazing coverage

[@rayvotyn2196]

Aaaaahhhh i love this

[@GhostGiraffe]

Love that you love this! =D

[@siriusscepter]

Great video. Thanks

[@GhostGiraffe]

No prob! ;) thank you!

[@mustafakemalo5585]

Nice video keep it up bro

[@GhostGiraffe]

Thanks so much!

[@honkatatonka]

Very informative and well done! Thanks for this great video! I still need to understand the AI part in Raven.

[@GhostGiraffe]

They are working on getting AI to not only recognize other Space craft but make problem solving decisions on how I dock.

[@lunokhod3937]

God I hope James Webb's launch goes smoothly.

[@GhostGiraffe]

Yes it’s so important:)

[@CaptRico]

wow, thanks for the informative video and I can't wait for a new tourism video and I hope to see another police video too! 😀

[@GhostGiraffe]

New Space Tourism coming soon. But also more NASA stuff as it pertains to gamers and games too :)

[@bunglung]

Amazing video! 10/10

[@GhostGiraffe]

Thank you!!

[@martindrengenxbox360]

NASA is epic.

[@wraith1977]

Great video!

[@GhostGiraffe]

Great comment!

[@Dragonfyre.]

0 dislikes! 300 likes!

[@GhostGiraffe]

Well now you’ve done it ;)

[@mutt9418]

my left ear enjoyed this

[@oscarrodrigo1846]

Habrá que hacer algo

[@GhostGiraffe]

Yep

[@Keklord_]

Great video, Thank you :)

[@GhostGiraffe]

Always happy to hear you liked it =D

[@nightrous3026]

Nice shirt dude

[@GhostGiraffe]

Thanks

[@Ramotttholl]

Thanks Mars! :)

[@GhostGiraffe]

Any time bud

[@LordsOfElite]

MARS!!! HOW YA DOIN BUDDY

[@GhostGiraffe]

Prettty good how about you?! :)

[@LordsOfElite]

Ghost Giraffe hahaha, rhetorical question. I watch so many of your videos I feel that I kind of know you. Just meant to say it's good to see your face. I really enjoy your videos and the information you provide. Keep up the great work

[@GhostGiraffe]

Aww that’s really reassuring to hear since we post about once a month.

[@nightrous3026]

Nice shirt

[@digi-i]

Angry Joe has chilled out recently :D

[@benjackson8731]

shame to hear about the deorbit. would be nice if they could bring it back or put it at a higher orbit for preservation

[@SWEArcher]

I LOVE YOUR VIDS!!!!

[@GhostGiraffe]

Love your comments ;)

[@SWEArcher]

Ghost Giraffe omg thank you so much :D your my favorite youtuber

[@SWEArcher]

Ghost Giraffe by the way is space taxi coming back?

[@zat-1-fury]

Wat why !!! I can’t believe it I’m sad 😔😔😔

[@stgnsw]

It has to get up there first

[@LarryH54]

A pity antigravity ships were denied to us by the Military/Industrial Complex in the 1960's, you KNOW they won't save it for us.

[@benmohatun]

Shit I did not know :'( Excellent video as always Mars, thanks.

[@GhostGiraffe]

Happy to hear that! Thanks!

[@brutlern]

Oh yeah... 0 thumbs down... I'm sure someone will eventually press the dislike button, maybe they genuinely dislike something about the video or they are annoyed by the fact that no one has pressed it yet, or someone will just press it to say "FIRST!". But until then, feels john goodman.

[@GhostGiraffe]

Or they read this comment lol

[@shannonbaker2069]

Why are you not doing storyline vids anymore..just subbed,Spawrks and Mars are way fun to watch doing dumb shit

[@GhostGiraffe]

Haha yes we do have more coming up. Our videos take about a month to make so they come along slowly. But rest assured the next video is a classic Spawrks and Mars adventure. Thanks so much for subbing! We appreciate that so much

[@yassinet5]

NOOOO not hubble!

[@cmdrblp]

Gee ! No, not Gee. Well actually "Gee, great video" but what I meant was 'G'. Science humor Thursday. If it's not a thing it should be. Although I guess technically that should be 'g'.

[@belowasmelashgebremariam]

Entay malet eyu ,aykonen

[@cmdrpausanias2332]

Great video again. Send me a friend request in that game we own, if you would be so kind.

[@franklehtla5341]

Legend says you guys read every single comment

[@GhostGiraffe]

I wouldn’t believe everything you hear. ;)

[@SWEArcher]

Hiiii

[@patwick7351]

if we were to colonize mars who would go? I know I would anyone else?

[@marcusporter7565]

PatWick Maybe, if we develop terraforming technology.

[@patwick7351]

...you know what I mean...

[@DJTachanka]

fucc

[@GhostGiraffe]

yep

[@madmechanic7976]

1990.....I think we can do better now

[@GhostGiraffe]

About 6x better

[@belowasmelashgebremariam]

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[@scottygdaman]

Lol of course it is

[@brocken_dead1546]

Not hubble it's Japanese spacecraft

[@Greytest]

[@GhostGiraffe]

Thanks pal =D

[@davidmurphy563]

I appreciate you'd like your channel to grow but did the title really have to be so clickbaity? Also, we're approaching solar minimum which combined with increased carbon dioxide means the upper atmosphere is cooling so your "density increasing" argument is false. It's absolutely true that Hubble is coming to the end of its life and that's worth an episode but as a popular science channel you have a duty to report to the layman accurately.

[@GhostGiraffe]

Density increases when affected by solar flares and decreases again over time just like you’re saying. Sorry if it sounded like densities in the upper atmosphere are continually increasing. Yes I agree it shouldn’t be such a click baity title but it’s not to grow the channel it’s to get younger viewers to watch and hopefully learn something new. Folks like us already know this stuff or just avoid titles like this like the plague. :)

[@davidmurphy563]

Ghost Giraffe Ah, don't sweat it dude. I do like your content and correcting errors is the height of intellectual honesty.

[@GhostGiraffe]

It really is! We were super embarrassed at a few errors in our Colliding Moons video, but sometimes you just got to get a video out and move on. Thanks for the help =D

[@davidmurphy563]

Ghost Giraffe Ah for sure, at some stage you have to 'publish and be damned' and we all hold hand to shaking head occasionally when a blooper gets through. A 'corrections' section in the description would make all the difference. Most won't see it but you've set the record straight.

[@vistaero]

Clickbait. By this title, I was expecting it to fall anytime "soon" but I checked its orbit for the past year and it didn't even lose a single kilometer. How can you say this if we have to live centuries to see that.

[@GhostGiraffe]

Earliest estimate is 2028 not centuries. Solar activity is super low at the moment but as it cycles back up we will see a ramped up descent. But besides that its systems will definitely die out before that. But I agree with you. To get anyone’s attention these days and even in print, titles are ridiculous. Good job on doing your homework and checking sources not a lot of people do that these days :)

[@djcamp0426]

Fantastic information Mars! I will say it again.. I love your videos! Keep up the great work!