Meet the Lunar Worm

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[@williamquiroz7899]

Someone got high reading DUNE in 1965 and said. "Hear me out, WORMS man!" “Bless the Maker and His water. Bless the coming and going of Him. May His passage cleanse the world. May He keep the world for His people.”

[@Packless1]

...the spice must flow...! ;-)

[@TheBryanScout]

“Fear is the mind-killer”

[@thhseeking]

If you don't walk with rhythm, you won't attract the worm :)

[@darkwinter6028]

So, instead of Sand Worms; Regolith Worms?

[@allwaizeright9705]

MMMMMMMMMMMMMM.... Shai Hulud...

[@slowpoke1315]

I was just a kid when the astronauts first landed on the moon. Shortly after their return my dad told me that they had found insects there. Wide eyed I looked and him and said “really” and he said “yeah, Luna-tics”. The dad jokes had begun.

[@robierobinson4741]

My dad told me that they found bones on the moon and much like you I was wide eyed and excitedly asked him really he said yeah the cow didn't make it lol

[@PoliticallyInCorrect1]

​@@robierobinson4741proof otherwise it's hearsay

[@Perktube1]

The thumbnail looks like a cross between a fifties space horror flick and Dune.

[@poruatokin]

Deep seas of dust were the premise of Arthur C Clarke's 1961 novel, "A Fall of Moondust". Even though we now know different, it is still a worthy read.

[@back2babylon513]

Some NASA engineer thought to himself, "We're gonna get TO the Moon in a giant phallic object, but how can we move around on the Moon itself in something incredibly phallic?"

[@grogery1570]

I had no idea Jeff Bezo's was involved in the Apollo program.

[@LikeTheBuffalo]

The Head of Moon Emperor Al Gore: " *_I HAVE RIDDEN THE MIGHT MOON WORM!!_* " Fry: "Good for him!"

[@Statsy10]

Great reference!

[@brandonlink6568]

You beat me to it

[@charliebigbear1630]

Legendary

[@EuelBall]

Well, somebody *had* to say it! 😁

[@stevechance150]

GOHORSE

[@bazoo513]

It turned out that planners, on one hand, worried too much, but on the other, dust did prove to be unexpectedly troublesome, even though there is just a thin layer of it. There are no "sure bets" in space... BTW, this is the first time I ever heard about these concepts. Thanks!

[@cdstoc]

I grew up during the Mercury-Gemini-Apollo programs, and avidly tracked their progress, but never heard of this. Fascinating! I love the originality of the thinking.

[@kennyhagan5781]

Jack Vance, the sci-fi author, used a centipede styled vehicle in his adventure novel The Killing Machine. It is the second book in a series of five. Vance had served in the Navy during WW2, and is best known for THE DYING EARTH,a group of stories and novellas set in a future so distant that science and magic are basically the same thing. His work is vastly entertaining, so if you ever want to read some classic sci-fi,and have the time, Vance is a good place to go. I was born in 63 and vaguely remember hearing about this when they were showing off the lunar Rover. Great video... you have cool niche thing happening here and I expect you to do just fine on KZbin.

[@waylontmccann]

Michael Jackson was all about space apparently, moon walk, the worm, the robot... I'm surprised he didn't have a dance called Lunar Orbital Rendezvous. Great video as always Amy, thanks for sharing!

[@m1abrams1776]

I’m sure MJ has done quite a few trans lunar injections in his time.

[@poruatokin]

The Moonwalk move that Jackson did was actually ripped off from other artists and specifically was taught to him by Jeffrey Daniel of the band Shalamar.

[@Pygar2]

The Fleischer cartoon "Dancin' On the Moon" shows the main character "moonwalking" while dancing...

[@NoahSpurrier]

Lunar Orbit Rendezvous (LOR) was more of a ballet. Not sure if that was in MJ’s oeuvre.

[@Pygar2]

@@NoahSpurrier His style was less 2001, more "Close Encounters With the Third Grade"...

[@stevenclarke5606]

Hi Amy it’s nice to see you back again, I hope that you and Pete are good and staying healthy during these difficult times. Another great video, thank you.

[@stellarsub-orbital9922]

Amy I'm glad to see one of your videos pop up in my recommendeds again after MONTHS of nothing. Always a pleasure listening to you talk about space, and you're so polite and friendly.

[@Vector_Ze]

Amy, you've once again made me feel ancient, LOL. I couldn't recall exactly when the first soft landings occurred, so I looked it up. 1966, dayum, I was in the 6th grade, I thought it was earlier than that. Yeah, I'm a living fossil, the entirety of the space age within my living memory. In elementary school, we had the Weekly Reader. It always highlighted the most recent accomplishments; although the Soviet efforts were lowballed due to the cold war. Always enjoy your videos! Cheers!

[@rodgerrodger1839]

Excuse me "fellow fossil". I use to feel that way about how old we are. We lived through the greatest times, witnessed some of mans greatest achievements and the best music. The only problem "fellow fossil" is what we've done to the air,water,soil, oceans, etc, etc. I live in northern California and its now a pig stye and I'm probably gonna die by " enraged millennial" because I honked at " it" for texting on the freeway at night and driving at 45 mph. I love Amy and this channel. It only brings back wonderful memories as I was a total space nerd and still am. My uncle helped put them on the moon. Be safe " fellow fossil" and honk at millennials every chance you get. They go nuts.

[@WarblesOnALot]

@@rodgerrodger1839 G'day to the pair of you. Vintage 1961 here... When I was in Primary School they taught us that we were too young to be "WW-2 Baby Boomers" because they were ALL born in the 10 years from February 1946 (9 months after VE-Day) to May 1956 (10 years & 9 months after VJ-Day)... Whereas the "Silent Generation were born between 1930 & 1945, thus comprising an ACTUAL "Generation", the "Boomers" were only ever a Decade-long Demographic Anomaly. The "Millenials" who came of age in time to worry about the Y2K-Bug followed us-all ; and I consider that we are the Space Cadets - born between Sputnik-1 and Apollo-17... It isn't our fault that the Millenial Marketing Sociologists attempted to extend Boomers Start/Stop dates by 10 years, the young Fools know not what they do. Personally, I started Prepping for WW-3 back in 1980 ; and for the past 31 years I've paid the Council Rates on the hundred-acre Endangered Species Sanctuary within which I reside. So, do not blame me for breaking the Planet...; I'm still waiting for the Consumerist Norms and the Sheeples to disapparate in a Skyful of Pyro-Cumulo-Mushrumps. If Reagan& Andropov had only nuked the Northern Hemisphere in 1984..., then 65% of all the Fossil Carbon we've put into the Sky since 1750 would today be still safely under the ground - and Anthropogenic Global Warming would have largely ended 12 years ago. True story, too ; all that. Such is life, Have a good one... Stay safe. ;-p Ciao !

[@tarmaque]

No matter how old I get, I'll always be younger than you. (1967 baby.) That said, some days I feel old too. Most days. To-day.

[@billythekid3234]

@@WarblesOnALot i BEING A BABY BOOMER APPROVE THIS POST AND MESSAGE! AND I;M NOT TO BLAME EITHER FOR OUR PROBLEMS! JSYK! PEACE,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[@randolphwhitely6552]

I was in 4th. But dude, only old as you feel. 😆

[@johnwang9914]

As the regolith is unweathered, it has many hard sharp edges. Chances are the flexible outer hull of such a vehicle would be quickly shredded.

[@scottfw7169]

That is a good point; it has turned out to be highly abrasive.

[@thhseeking]

At 08:30, all I could see was "Dougal" from "The Magic Roundabout" :P

[@petequintanilla4237]

Amy, you are incredible! My only hope is my daughters grow to be as amazing and intelligent as you. I greatly enjoy your shows. Good for you!!!

[@garyschraa7947]

Excellent Amy . Using the data you dug up about this , and then thinking back to that time ....e.g. Every guy had a buzz cut , wore a tie , glasses and was a conformist . Can you imagine the fear of push back these guys went through brainstorming these ideas ?? Of course following natures lead is always a safe avenue ; but any further out than that and you're liable to be eating your lunch alone . Very conservative times back then , and your channel takes me right back to it

[@bobuk5722]

The early landers established that there was a good chance the manned LEM would not simply sink out of sight but even so the surface variation was still a known unknown. I remember the initial concern and indeed worry. Fascinating seeing some of the approaches considered.

[@brianszymanski2971]

So glad KZbin suggested this video, my father spent 38 years with the space program as a computer flight designer and as computer flight engineer who worked on and trained any and all astronauts who flew the missions from Gemini thru the Apollo and shuttle missions retiring in the early 90s .

[@NigelDixon1952]

Thanks so much for this video Amy. In all my 69 years I've never heard of the Moon Worm. Which goes to show you're never to old to learn! Well done and keep safe.

[@billybot3000]

tEhe 69 fuNnY nUmBer!!11!!1!

[@beesod6412]

This would have by far been the cutest vehicle ever. love it!

[@kmac5682]

Thank you Amy! This is an awesome bit of lunar exploration history that seems to have been all but forgotten I'm so happy that you pulled it back out of the dark recesses of misfiled papers and dusty boxes to share with us.

[@KorbinX]

I absolutely love this channel. Thank you ma'am for your passion for all things Space ^-^

[@toowhitegangster5941]

Thank you for your dedication in this field.

[@starshipchi-rhostudio7097]

Thank you for this video. This is one of the most original space exploration concepts that I have ever heard of.

[@bruce92106]

Hey Ms Shiera-Teitel good to see you're still doing what you do! ✨

[@johnc.bojemski1757]

Nice to SEE you back "ON THE AIR" Miss Amy! Always look forward to your EXCELLENT reports. I'm "old" and was born when JFK was our POTUS and called for the "MOON SHOT". It always amazes me that a youngster like yourself, born during the last year we flew APOLLO to the Moon, is so wonderfully interested and versed in this unique era's history. Very much appreciated and GOOD FOR YOU!

[@awesomeferret]

I suspect there are more of us that you think. ☺

[@painbreedsstrength]

Thank you. You always brighten the day. God Bless

[@michaelgreenfield6146]

Another wonderful video thanks for putting out this great content

[@Arglefaster]

"How to get around on the Moon". The thought of a horse in a space suit bubbled up in my head, and now I can't get it out!

[@christobalcolon6601]

'Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle, the cow jumped over the moon' 'The little lamb laughed to see such fun, and the dish ran away with the spoon'

[@dsc4178]

It's always useful to brainstorm and listen to other's opinions. Strong diversity of thought sure made successes happen.

[@RV4aviator]

Thanks again Amy...! Your posts are inspirational and educational. Reminds me of the Archimedes screw concept of Lunar vehicle, that would turn itself over and over on the Luna terrain. An example of Engineering elimination process...! Love it... Cheers...!

[@labattomy]

Interesting topic, I had not heard of the other methods proposed for mobility. I have heard one nugget of interesting info. This came from a professor I had in college in the mid 1980’s. He worked on the Apollo project and specifically the Lunar Module. He taught a class on the biology of senses, and when we discussed vision, he mentioned his role in the mission. He explained how certain colors are more visible than others due to rods and cones in our retinas. He said that blue is easier to see for us in the 450 nm wavelength, and it is more visible than red. The only problem with blue light is that it is hard to focus on (try it). His team wanted to design the dashboards and warning lights for emergencies to blues from red. Blue is more visible in smoke as well. The idea was rejected mainly because all the astronauts were fighter pilots and well trained that red means warning. Wonder if anyone else had ever heard this? I remember the discussion from many years ago. He also said that they experimented with that ugly yellow-ish paint on fire trucks you sometimes see. This is because that color is way more visible reflected at night and that red fire trucks turn black at night and caused a few accidents.

[@KOZMOuvBORG]

Try looking at blue LED (single wavelength) Christmas lights from a distance and see if you can focus on them. As much city lighting is (still) from mercury lamps, which don't emit much red, objects that color don't show up well at night.

[@bobblum5973]

I remember friends and I nicknaming the first of those non-red firetrucks in our area "The Chartreuse Goose"!

[@hermannabt8361]

Reminds me of the Blue Alert from Red Dwarf.

[@Tuning3434]

@@hermannabt8361 atleast you didn't have to change the lightbulb

[@truthsayers8725]

yay! youre back on the air! i hope you werent sick or dealing with some adverse events that had you tied up because i love your videos and expertise... great example of brain storming in the face of very limited knowledge

[@catman8965]

V.S. still produces impressive videos - GREAT CONTENT and PRESENTATION. Also, Amy still looks just as LOVELY as she did when her channel first started.

[@MyelinProductions]

Great Videos - useful information, history, and technology ~ Thanks for SIS Systems ~ Peace & Health {we have used some of your videos for training}

[@benjaminriches9736]

Hearing the KSP music is nice. Haven’t heard it in so long (had it turned off in game)… I should turn it back on in game tomorrow 😅

[@paulhaynes8045]

Fascinating stuff! Thanks Amy.

[@zweibrucker]

Thanks Amy, I find your analysis most enlightening. These mid 50's technology "guesses" are so human. Keep it up!

[@matthewdwatrous]

Taking this ideas from the 1960s and incorporating modern design modifications, technology, and materials could make the Lunar Worm a reality. Fascinating!

[@nairbvel]

I remember watching the first lunar landing on TV while we were living in South America (Dad was in the US Foreign Service; I'm keeping location non-detailed for privacy's sake). For several weeks after that, a number of members of the US diplomatic community had the experience of people coming up to them on the street and congratulating them on the amazing achievement of the US safely landing men on the moon. We also had a housekeeper who blamed her headache one day on the dust that astronauts had kicked up with their feet which was now (in her mind) drifting down over the Earth and clogging her sinuses.

[@mgcamp85]

I’m always impressed by the pieces of space history you find. Great research and presentation as always. Thank you

[@GCubedProductions]

Simple comment to say I appreciate you, these videos and the research you put in. Happy New Year

[@paultraynorbsc627]

Excellent Amy. Great to see you back 😻

[@michaeljamieson3582]

The meetings on this idea must’ve been hilarious. Great video Amy, definitely obscure, I know I’d never heard of it before.

[@LIOTBs]

Awesome! Thank you! You always do a great job!

[@TheGalacticGrizzly]

Thanks for including metric units in your video!

[@EtzEchad]

That is really cool! I kinda wish that they had deployed the worm. I've been a space enthusiast all my life (I actually saw Apollo 11 take off with my own eyes) but I'd never heard of this concept. It's too bad that NASA has become so focused on the past that they would not consider something this radical these days.

[@RobertLenior]

Always soo pretty in your sixties look.. ! And of course stunning interesting subjects.

[@nomoss9600]

Excellent, as always. Why anyone would downvote this is beyond my comprehension.

[@luckystriker7489]

Amy is riding the algorithm like the Fremen rides a worm. Well done!

[@grantmiller6570]

I am pleased the rover idea worked out in the end, much cooler.

[@jimmyshrimbe9361]

Awesome video!!! What a cool worm! You're the best, Amy!! ♥️🫀😍🫀♥️🤖

[@daveleeds8682]

Thanks again Amy, your videos are always fascinating, looking forward to the next one!

[@albertofernandez6814]

Very..very..cool topic...as always you did a wonderful video!!

[@fixedguitar47]

I loved the nay sayers that said they knew FOR A FACT that the lander would sink ten feet into the dust. Same for the doctors that said FOR A FACT that a human couldn’t survive in zero gravity. I love it when people eat their words.

[@Jarhead6322]

I could listen to this woman talk about paint drying. She is the most contagiously enthusiastic lecturer I've ever seen. Why no videos lately? Is everything okay?

[@TypoKnig]

What a fascinating bit of history! I’d never heard of this before, either. I remember the concerns that the lunar surface might not support a lander.

[@smac4749]

Just when I thought Amy couldn't find anything more obscure - here comes a video on "The Lunar Worm"!!! Beautifully written, produced and presented as always and, for once (since the content isn't too technical for my layman's brain) I was able to keep up all the way through :-)

[@KsNewSpace]

Everything that does not involve boring wheels gets my upvote!

[@randomcarbonaccumulation6478]

There is no way the astronauts wouldn't have put googly eyes on it.

[@robdi4585]

I love watching this video, it was very educational and informative however, something was keeping me distracted hehe😂

[@mannedspace1187]

Thanks for more great content Amy!

[@T_Mo271]

That's a new bit of space history for me. Thanks!

[@andrewnaylor3965]

yet again a very interesting show Amy, All the things I thought about and just wondered who made up there minds to do it THAT WAY thanks

[@Jatheus]

You have found another fascinating thing I had never heard of. Thank you so much!

[@TheUltimateDestroyer]

*This channel has great content.*

[@paulbirch1210]

I love the line " Everything mid-century that interests me" JS

[@AaronIzzard]

I am so glad you talked about this, the Lunar Worm is one of my favourite concept vehicle for the early days of space travel. I would have loved to see one of these things in action, even if it was just a prototype here on earth. Keep up the good work.

[@keithplymale2374]

The blog No Shortage of Dreams had an article up on an Engineering Study of the Moon in 1961 talking about what Amy is talking about here. This was before much was known and it largely was proven wrong but it is part of the pre-Apollo history.

[@beez1598]

As always, thank you for all the hard work and research bringing this information to us in an efficient and entertaining manor.

[@docholiday41colt3]

Your awesome miss, I love this stuff you keep it going 👍🇺🇲

[@raedwulf61]

The lunar worm would have freaked out the ant-men living there.

[@eyecomeinpeace2707]

And The Catwomen of the moon living in the lunar caves.

[@aerialarboreal9005]

Hello from Toronto! ... Or well, I'm actually in Peterborough but close enough!!

[@fsworldfamous7914]

She is soo pretty what a dream girl!!

[@MrSN99]

Weirdo

[@NigelDeForrest-Pearce-cv6ek]

Brilliant and Beautiful!!!

[@keithfrost1268]

Never heard of this, very cool. Thank you

[@raysoucie489]

As a kid, our Grade School Newsletter has a Story about this-- GOOD Times

[@nicollaney]

That is definitely interesting since I’ve never heard of it and now I would love to see it pop up in a TV series or a movie just for the visual aspect of it.

[@bobblum5973]

I know I'd read about the "Moon Worm" concepts back in the late '60s or early '70s, had really forgotten them until now. Thank you! I remember reading about the design of the Ranger moon probes, where they described the vehicle and a typical mission. If I recall there was some sort of sensor unit packed inside a cork sphere that was released to try to have it survive the "hard landing" (impact, in other words!).

[@Vtarngpb]

Honestly, who would watch this video and not like it?

[@PhillieCheezeKC]

Al Gore: “I have ridden the mighty moon worm!”

[@Simonize41]

Hi Amy, good to see another video from you. And what an interesting concept and one I never knew existed. The pleasure is ours by the way, thank you for allowing us into your day. Be well Amy.

[@jimmeade2976]

Nice informative video, Amy. Though I grew up with the space program, I never heard of the lunar worm before today. Thanks for keeping this video to under 15 minutes. That's about the limit of my attention span.

[@mitrickjohns2834]

Now that was truly bizarre. One reason I love this channel.

[@johnburr9463]

You need to do a video about home life in that era. It would put a lot of this into perspective. It's a serious accomplishment.

[@johnburr9463]

Also, a look at the textbooks of the era would be cool. Our school was poor and we literally used textbooks from that era even though t space shuttle was already being built.

[@josephpeluchette191]

First time seeing your channel great job very interesting and I learned something

[@33freddyt]

You have great taste in history and science and also a great taste in shoes. Some dude is a lucky man

[@gordonwallin2368]

Nice interesting, but fun channel, Cheers from the West Coast of Canada.

[@DominikJaniec]

very nice ideas! never heard about any of them, thus thank you Amy, for sharing them here :)

[@paulgracey4697]

I worked at Hughes Aircraft with an engineer/scientist who did some of the remote sensing of the lunar mare surface through telescopic spectroscopy that determined whether the Surveyor lander would sink into the dust or not. These early ideas explored by the Aeronuetronic division of Ford had to have predated his work, because that lander's pads were more than sufficient. Of course the Surveyor was lower weight per pad than the LM had, but the quicksand like dust had been ruled out by the time that probe series was launched. Surveyor even used another mode of lunar transport not mentioned in this video. One of them took off with its remaining landing rocket fuel to reposition itself several meters away, and probably looked back at the disturbance that it had caused upon take-off.

[@mattomon1045]

thank you for teaching us on this

[@RRSDollar]

Thank you, Amy! This is so cool! I'm glad your videos have been suggested to me again.;) The very first time I watched one of your videos, this "British reporter" had produced a "documentary" about denying the US Moon landings... I always believed that the US had sent astronauts to the Moon starting in the 60's, unfortunately, this British guy got me confused about the topic. Then I started doing stargazing in 2013, astrophotography, went to museums in LA, went to NASA's website... So many evidences! I felt so silly to have giving some credit to that British reporter. Anyway, I'm excited to witness the return to the Moon by 2024!;) Btw, you remind me Winona Ryder when younger!

[@kurtswanson6950]

Another great video, Amy!

[@Primus54]

Another great and interesting video from Amy. Anybody but me wish Amy would visit us more frequently with great content?

[@dylanthrust6683]

I actually remember all this discussion when I was a kid. They also talked about giant inflatable beach ball looking things. Interesting after it was all said and done the lunar rover was closer to a golf cart than anything else.

[@glenesis]

New Old stock news is awesome stuff! Thanks for sharing :)

[@colinsorrells8755]

Came for the history, stayed for the view.

[@martianpops7785]

Wow thanks Amy, this explains the edited images from the Moon & Mars. Kudos!!! 👏👏👏

[@robadams1645]

What do you mean?

[@Insightfill]

This is FASCINATING!