NASA’s Giant Inflatable Balls! (declassified)

[@TheSpaceRaceYT]

It really does take balls to land on Mars..

[@j.a.velarde5901]

Inflat-a-balls. Tee Hee...

[@MasonAlex-f9p]

lol

[@jantjarks7946]

That's a bit inflated, don't you think? 😉

[@Lickymaballs]

now if they have a pair and a giant inflatable cause way with an airlock for people to shoot out of now that would be funny

[@modi007-le9yw]

Big balls!

[@Yummy_Grape]

"NASA's giant inflatable balls" 💀

[@Yummy_Grape]

[dirty mind activated]

[@DUBSTEP_KUSH305]

You beat me to it 😅💀

[@JimmyBellLoyal]

I give this a video a like just based on the amount of times you talk about NASA’s big…..inflatable……balls 🤣🤣

[@jeremygalloway1348]

I'm getting flashes in my mind...between the animation of the ballsack bouncing on Mars surface animation...and chef singing salty balls song...lol. I love space...it's always so crazy and fun

[@Orikron]

Incredible title work

[@MikeysPsyche]

Cool video! I love the placeholder "Animations" that got left in lol.

[@foxyboiiyt3332]

"Nasa throughly tested their balls." I see what you did there

[@RandyBaumery-s4i]

Balls, not testes. 😅

[@kosmicdakerbal]

@@RandyBaumery-s4i r/whooosh

[@michaelbondt8202]

best video on space balls since Mel Brooks

[@jpgonzalez6043]

They used the Schwartz!

[@DUBSTEP_KUSH305]

0:32 thats what she said

[@mojmaxtr]

is there supposed to be an animation at arround 8:20 ?

[@ThouSirKingsly]

Ye I’m confused

[@Gurumeierhans]

Why do you think that?

[@vasiovasio]

Yes, they are animation placeholders and he does not even see them and put something there! Let's try to grab his attention and write something about this Imperfection in the video! 😂😂😂

[@mojmaxtr]

@@vasiovasio chill out bro i wasn't trying to hate, i was just assuring myself

[@vasiovasio]

@@mojmaxtr of course I'm joking too! 😂😂😂 The video is great and I appreciate it! 🙂🙂🙂

[@donteattidepods]

I think I have brainrot, everytime he said inlfatable balls I burst out laughing

[@FireAngelZero]

The fact they used Windows 95 for pathfinder and it worked perfectly with no errors is a miracle on its own…

[@halofour01]

Windows 95 era, not necessarily actual Windows

[@a22226565]

11:27 Curiosity is the 2012 rover , not 2016 !

[@ZakiAbate]

I still can't believe this happened decades ago ingenious. But the way u be stressing "giant inflatable balls" Everytime 😂💀

[@deemcclanahan]

am glad they tested their balls

[@Singulut]

He knew what he was doing with the title😂

[@tracyrreed]

Heh heh....heh heh... Heh heh.... he said "balls".

[@rdapigleo]

AC/DC, “we’ve got the biggest balls of them all “

[@napleswolverine7189]

I think you forgot “Balls to the wall“wasn’t that Ratt

[@lemdixon01]

Cell phones were the size of bricks in the 80's not the 90's. In the late 90's they were quite small and have got larger since for the touch screens albiet thin.

[@user-mp3eq6ir5b]

Lem Dixon - Now in addition to multi-lens cameras, most people carry 2 or more phones.

[@Funky-dude681]

hiw did this already not get taken down with this title 💀💀💀

[@Pedro_Gomes1988]

"These balls are incredibly tough" 😂😂

[@Spudstered]

Everyone's reaction to this video was the exact same "hehehehehe.. balls"

[@joshdabeard3681]

Love your content,keep it up!

[@benclarke5914]

The first soft landing on Mars was actually Russias "Mars 3"; space probe, lander, and rover (PrOP-M). The landing was almost a total failure but did actually send some info back to earth including at least 1 picture. The mission gets overlooked because of it's 'almost failure' compared to viking 1 super succsess. An interesting peice of space exploration history

[@davevann9795]

7:20 No mention of the main parachute that deploys sometime after the supersonic parachute. But at 8:00 the main chute is plainly visible in the video.

[@gerald_2196]

Very informative and great animation, thank you!

[@AquaticCat647]

Love the title 💀🤫🧏🗿

[@Kurgutt]

[hard attempt to restrain myself doing jokes about "balls"] Thank you for sharing this deep space balls knowledge

[@miken7629]

I always thought that instead of landing legs on Lunar Lander, it should have a Bean Bag on bottom with a low center of gravity and descent slowed by engine nozzles located on top with thrust pointing down, vehicle could land on uneven terrain and remain upright even if at an angle.

[@tomfeng5645]

Rocket mechanics means there's no self-righting effect. If the rocket tilts, the thrust tilts too rather than remaining upright, so no matter where you place the thrusters or the centre of gravity, it won't help. Honestly, the physics is hard to intuitively understand, if you're not confident about what I mean then my rec is to try it out in a rocket simulator with realistic enough physics like KSP.

[@Ayo22210]

I think they should do a solar powered aircraft to Mars. Have a person stay up in the orbiting probe. Do a Google Earth but Google Mars mapping and data. Land the solar aircraft each day to recharge its batteries in the evening and morning. The probe would change its inclination often to take photos from there as well to stitch together.

[@KacangNgoding]

8:14 wow, the animation is so real

[@TheTamriel]

IM-1's crash-landed Odysseus lander could have used some space balls

[@gclaytony]

I wasn't aware that NASA had used the inflateable ball "bouncy" landing since Pathfinder.

[@scottmerrow1488]

They haven't. And they didn't land on Mars either.

[@michelmilaneh8963]

​@@scottmerrow1488there's always an uneducated ret@rd in the comments 😂

[@nemopoint1254]

Will the sky-crane method become the standard landing method for Mars with a low atmosphere ?

[@oldschoolman1444]

Glad to see the comments didn't let me down! 😊

[@curtiswfranks]

I learned a lot in this video. Thanks!

[@mihan2d]

Should have said "giant inflatable Space balls" lol

[@ShawnRitch]

That was pretty ballsy of NASA lol

[@vinnylamoureux1187]

Praise and a God Bless to Elanor. Hope that there are more like her on the future. She must have done her job better.

[@arthurwagar88]

Thanks. Good video.

[@kylewollman2239]

this is great thanks!

[@dionysus2006]

Great balls video !!

[@FED.TK02]

Live pyrocynical reaction

[@HiredGun5]

More often than not, it takes big balls to try new and difficult things, especially when going into unknown territory. I'm glad we have big balls, and women who know how to fix them!!

[@philofthefuture1570]

Priceless title.

[@rwbyrose7269]

NASA should talk with Sweaty 😂

[@jeremygalloway1348]

When i first heard about the balloon ballsacks...and then first saw the animation for it...i couldnt stop laughing. Its a genius solution to a very complex problem...but holy crap is it hilarious. Just imagine all the hard work by everyone on the team...years of peoples work and lives...the dedication...the complexity of just getting off Earth and into orbit or further...the complexity of travelling millions of miles and months of travel to hit a pretty precise point...and then the complexity of managing to make it into mars atmosphere...and then...boom...out come the GIANT BALLSACKS...bouncin along the surface...protecting the payload inside. Its freaking glorious

[@Andrew-h3q6b]

"beautiful giant balls, fron a simpler time!"... Ah, yes, that brings back memories.😮

[@mathiaslist6705]

Probably some people might ask "Can this be used for the moon?" --- I think it would things make easier by having the ability to land with 27 m/s instead of bringing it down below 1 m/s. As Nova-C has proven horizontal velocity is best at zero --- so having more flexibility there could be an advantage.

[@2150dalek]

Very fascination video and informative.!! ⭐ Russia used such Balls to land one of their Moon rovers in the 60's.

[@JonathanAviles-x8x]

This is so easy it's common sense that you need stabilizer thrusters in order to keep the platform straight and they need gyroscopes to keep the platforms balance they need land scanner to look for landing area😂😂😂

[@jacqueokatch9907]

Tough balls indeed

[@lukesmith8896]

11:18 "sprirt"

[@mahweezy]

Hehe.... Ballz

[@davevann9795]

2:25 Wrong minimum time for radio signal to Mars. Minimum distance between Earth and Mars is 33.9 million miles. Light travels about 186,000 miles per second in a vacuum. Therefore time for a one-way signal to reach Mars would be about 3 minutes, not the 5 minutes mentioned in the video. When the video mentions the minimum radio time to Mars, the image shown has a distance of 140 millions miles to Mars, which would be about 12.5 minutes to get a radio signal to Mars.

[@azkavanny3077]

Well mars and earth distance is not spesicip its diffent evely lsecond

[@curtiswfranks]

I think that I might use the ball approach even nowadays for a sufficiently small and light rover. Having minimal reliance on terrain and chance is good. Analog simplicity has immense value too - fewer things can go wrong, and failures are more predictable. I would probably still aim for some on-board computer guidance akin to what we have for modern rovers (or better), because it is dumb to forgo improvements when they are available, but I would not relegate the balls permanently to the trash can. It is more of a matter of the right tool for the mission.

[@richard--s]

Is it allowed to call these balls the "Space Balls"? ;-)

[@PaulClipMaster]

Well, I hope NASA gets even bigger balls one day.

[@AlphaX3879]

DUDE 💀😭💀💀😭💀😭💀😭💀💀💀💀😭😭😭😭😭💀😭

[@SiddharthRao73]

I am convenced that "Nasa has the best balls"

[@NOM-X]

One of the best episodes, because its sad but true."

[@marcusaureliusanonymous]

Small bounce for Space Balls, Giant leap for Mankind! Seems like NASA does have balls to land on Mars!!

[@CyberR_E]

NASA’s balls. 💀

[@JamieR2077]

Can't believe I've never heard of nasa s giant inflatable balls

[@YuriiHonta]

The new technology has no balls.

[@shaziatanveer5347]

Can't wait for these to turn into footballs⚽⚽⚽

[@Mr_Lyric]

It took great self controll to resist the urge to make them bigger and only use 2

[@NunoPereira.]

These landing techniques could be used in the moon? Last moon landings have shown how is tricky to correctly land there.

[@xSolitari]

Bro I love NASA's balls, always a pleasure to see em working with them!

[@lawrencecole6527]

I did an Egg Drop contest in the Boy Scouts at a day camp. My Egg Drop disappeared and was never returned. My design was this. I'd like my check please or my original Egg Drop entry returned.

[@oofboy9365]

“It takes balls to land on mars”😂

[@mrxy201]

the way I immediately clicked on this video says a lot about me.

[@c1v1l1zedguy]

First? Love your videos!

[@matthewblume9973]

New drinking game - every time "balls" is said, take a shot :D

[@cosmoshfa88savant66]

Subbed 🙂

[@yrsp3]

Please cover nasa’s latest moon landing

[@MasonAlex-f9p]

5:39 💀

[@Marcus001]

The title would've been better without the word "inflatable"

[@raenico5285]

NASA aren't the only ones with giant indestructible balls

[@t.w.jackson6053]

Balls!

[@scorpio6587]

Might work for dropping a payload on earth, maybe even as the parachute.

[@digitalplayland]

Brilliant engineering creating useless complicated contraptions but not being able to mount a brush to clean solar panels. NASA: Notoriously Atrocious Spending Agency.

[@tracyrreed]

How funny! Balls! Like testicles! Anyone else catch that? He said balls a lot of times! Like bollocks! Or knackers!

[@Sebinator]

Should’ve just called it nasa’s massive ballz

[@gaylecheung3087]

Yeah, you’re coming in like 3 mph with no breaks 😱🤪🌎what do you expect!

[@Kyanzes]

Finally, we can see NASA's (giant) balls.

[@RandyBaumery-s4i]

Inflatable habitats sound strange, but may well be one way humans can live on Mars in the future.

[@MichaelWinter-ss6lx]

Gotta stand the test on the moon first. See how they handle regolith; Mars's duststorms can only be worse.

[@RandyBaumery-s4i]

@@MichaelWinter-ss6lx I'll be blunt. If they offer no radiation and heavy particle protection, future colonists are dead. All of the air , water, food, pot, whatever won't matter after a year.

[@JannikGomezBorngraeber]

I have the feeling he just wanted to talk about balls

[@anakamarvelous]

8:06

[@user-mp3eq6ir5b]

"He's got Big Balls, She's got a big Balls, BUT WEVE GOT THE BIGGEST BALLS OF THEM ALL !!!"

[@Laszlo34]

NASA be like "I love big balls and I cannot lie..."

[@stephennelmes4557]

5:56 Vaccum Chamber.

[@BIGMAN_INC]

Pretty ballsy ngl

[@grahamseabrook4954]

A good video, but he mis-spelled both "vacuum" and "Spirit".

[@AidenHere]

Is this a refrence to primal space "nasa giant metal balls"?

[@maybehuman4]

SO MUCH TALK ABOUT BALLS 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴

[@k.sullivan6303]

They aren't blue in color are they?

[@charliepearce8767]

Big balls? My brother can ride his motorcycle with no hands at 100 mph !

[@David-wc5zl]

NASA rules the Universe.

[@PramochanYaan]

It really take balls to land on Moon and Mars!!!

[@tonyfrancesco3701]

Hey NASA , youse gots balls ,that’s for sure

[@CMVBrielman]

Urge to play AC/DC intensifying