NASA Sent a Fax | The West Wing

[@jon-michaelharris5840]

“I’m rooting for Zurich, I’ve had it here with the Swiss” I love this show

[@thomasconnors4338]

I actually just started the series because of the these clips. Did the Swiss actually make his job harder in any way or was the point just to say “screw your and your chocolate” to one of the only advanced nations that I’m pretty sure has never dropped bombs on anybody ever?

[@garrenshot]

That's a total Psych line if I've ever heard one

[@garrenshot]

​@@thomasconnors4338just for funny. He could've named any country

[@jamesm9995]

You had one job, and blew it!

[@QuixoticCowboy]

​@thomasconnors4338 it is probably Sorkin inserting his own warped view of the world as he does in all his shows and movies. Almost 99% of his writing is great and then there is the 1% where he needs to preach his ideals even though he claims to be centrist

[@alyzu4755]

"It's not gonna rain this afternoon". "Well thats a relief". 🤣🤣🤣

[@alertgasper]

just rain satellites, that's all

[@mankeez5892]

An official channel for The West Wing with high quality clips is fucking amazing

[@Acekhan201]

As humorous as 90% of it is, I truly love this storyline because Josh actually learns something serious from it. You can tell he cared enough about Donna's feelings that he did the math and actually consider her point of view. Prudence is never unreasonable.

[@sabrewolf4129]

2:45 I'm rooting for Zurich. I've had it up to here with the Swiss.🤣🤣

[@OldFellaDave]

We were out at sea once when one came down 'near' us ... like several thousand clicks away ... but it was an email warning by then ;)

[@flimso8699]

I love the West Wing so much. I think this is a sign it's time for another rewatch!!! :D

[@develynseether4426]

Actually Josh was wrong. In 1997 (4 years before this was aired) a resident of Oklahoma was hit harmlessly on the shoulder

[@heddalee]

Actually, you're wrong. Josh is part of a fictional world and cannot be "wrong" about anything, particularly when he's telling you what the rules of his fictional world actually are.

[@develynseether4426]

@@heddalee OK then, the guy who wrote Bradley Whitford (who plays Josh) line is wrong, same difference.

[@heddalee]

@@develynseether4426 The writer wasn't wrong either. It's a fictional world even to the details.

[@develynseether4426]

@heddalee wrong because the nation, the statistics (at the time), The rules, the constitution so much were based on true events.

[@heddalee]

@@develynseether4426 In other words, you don't know what fiction is. Got it.

[@anenglishmaninsandiego]

Fresh HD uploads of The West Wing clips? So down for this!

[@stevensutton4677]

Were I there hearing the news from Donna, and she asked what happens next, I'd put on a straight face and say with barely suppressed panic: "Listen to me very carefully, go in there, bring the President out of his meeting, and tell him." I'd also run away.

[@stuartanderws5705]

Now that's how the TV show Dead Like Me got its premiss.

[@SeattlePioneer]

[@constructioneerful]

Great show.

[@cohenb18]

I understood that reference 😂

[@sadjaxx]

Great show!

[@kblenseigne]

You’re doing a fabulous job editing these. Thank you. These are my daily pauses taking me to an idealistic place where politics is sane and the people human. Sad that it’s all fiction. LOVE TWW!!!

[@lionsjourney29]

You noticed this channel popped out of the blue, with incredibly quality clips and edits, and an apparent soundtrack clip outro claiming to be THE official West Wing channel? It’s a week old channel at best. Spitting out a great deal of content. While it can be JUST a YT channel to supplement Max and it’s West Wing content….. Could HBO be drumming up interest after so long for a reboot or a sequel?

[@user-lf5uw9nx7h]

Favourite of all time. Addicted. Charlie Leo CJ Toby. Hard to choose. Brilliant.

[@MisterMac4321]

So, some 17,000 man-made objects have fallen to earth since we started sending stuff up there and none of them have actually hit anything? Sounds like we're overdue...

[@jeffreypierson2064]

They have hit things, but not people. Earth has a huge surface area, but each human only takes up about 2 square feet.

[@draco84oz]

When Skylab returned to earth in 1979, some pieces of it landed in the Western Australian desert, about 80 miles from the nearest town. In response, the local council sent a $400 littering fine to NASA.

[@MisterMac4321]

@@draco84oz Obvious question: did NASA pay it?

[@draco84oz]

@@MisterMac4321 no - and it was eventually written off after a few months. The fine was a bit of cheeky fun on the part of the council anyway. That said, a DJ in the US did raise some money to pay it in 2009.

[@stargazer7644]

Technically most of them never actually make it to Earth.

[@Gredddfe]

Not just Josh, but everyone talking to her didn't bother to fill her in on the details.

[@alexb6234]

They're so jaded LOL

[@chadkent327]

I think everyone takes Josh’s view that you might as well have some free entertainment at the office

[@citythink]

Small but absolutely genius subplot of an episode. Always loved the structure of the stories and subplots and how they fit overarching stories. Still so wonderful to watch and I still have a crush on Donna Moss.

[@Grz349]

Falling TO earth isn’t the same thing as falling INTO the earth. Mostly because it’ll burn up before it hits anywhere.

[@davidlamb1107]

falling INTO the earth makes it sounds like it's falling through a crack, or into an open volcano or something.

[@tomhill6047]

And even if it doesn't burn up on re-entry, there's, like, a 70 percent chance it'll just fall into a body of water.

[@TheGconrad]

I miss these characters so much.

[@joemckim1183]

The earth is what 65%+ covered in water, its most likely going to land in the middle of an ocean or in the middle of a desert or forest. Thats if it doesn't basically fall completely apart on re entry.

[@untexan]

And most of these are controlled re-entries so they specifically don’t land on someone’s head

[@donjones4719]

@@untexan I'm not sure about "most of", but more and more of them. And for a long time the big ones have been controlled. They aim for Point Nemo, a spot in the South Pacific that's the farthest point from land on the planet and isn't a route for any shipping. The FAA just enacted a new regulation that no launch license for a satellite will be granted unless the operator shows how a controlled reentry will be made. The Chinese are putting up more and more satellites lately and aren't especially careful about them.

[@jimmyryan5880]

Plus there is a lot of empty land. Russia, central Asia, Canada and Australia are basically empty. The odds of it being within 100 miles of a person are tiny.

[@bazzers]

Divide up the surface area of the Earth, including water, by current population and you've got 677,000 square feet per person (nearly 12 football fields). Sparse odds for a collision even if we were evenly distributed over the planet ... which we extremely aren't.

[@joemckim1183]

@@bazzers I wonder what the factor is human structure compared to surface area.

[@gilleora]

Except Rick from Northern Exposure. 😂

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

"They say it's not gonna rain this afternoon." M: Astronomers from around the world are reporting unexpected meteor showers.

[@nationalstudyacademykim5030]

Hilarious! I didn't know that!

[@philipb2134]

Headquarters threatened my boss for authorizing the purchase of a fax machine. Months later, it revealed that purchase made our office unusually profitable.

[@davidweihe6052]

Fax machines may be obsolescent, but they are as legally significant as a registered letter, or a document with a notary’s seal. How did it make your office so profitable, though?

[@philipb2134]

@@davidweihe6052 Before faxes, the best way of communicating with East Asia was by telex - and that was very expensive. The next best thing was by phone - even more expensive, and you had to call late in the evening.

[@donkemp8151]

I was on a field training exercise in Southern Germany about 40 years ago. As Battalion Maintenance Officer, I was tasked with planning for our vehicle maintenance while away from any supply. Our Brigade said “We have this new gadget that can transmit written information over normal phone lines.” First time I ever heard of a fax.

[@claremontcowboy7409]

@@davidweihe6052 not really lol - an email carries the same weight

[@garretthildebrandt428]

I know Binging with Babish got the name from this show, but when they said "She's meeting with Babish" I pictured CJ & Andrew Rae doing an episode together!

[@bigh7972]

TWW was perhaps the best written show of all time.

[@gyvas]

- So I suppose there's an argument to be made that we're due - I guess there is, if you haven't a clue about basic statistics and fall prey to the Gambler's fallacy

[@villageblunder4787]

How mean

[@franciscofiallo8168]

It’s also bad policy. No one cared about Space Shuttle debris issues on launch, stating that they were so common they couldn’t be dangerous. And then the space shuttle Columbia disaster showed that those incidents are serious.

[@78625amginE]

So are you on Peacock or HBO? I'm getting both ads...

[@F34RTHED34DMAN]

It's a Warner's product, they lease it to other streamers periodically but if you want it guaranteed max is the bet

[@saa001]

One person has been hit but falling space debris. Minor injury at that. Not bad odds.

[@Bobalicious]

This show got me through the W years.

[@janetkriegl6720]

Abso-effing-lutely it did !!

[@najawin8348]

Sam, do you run this one as well?

[@charleshetrick3152]

Recently a piece of space junk did finally hit a house in the U.S.

[@marsspacex6065]

There is like 50 times more satellites in space now compared to then. 65% are owned by SpaceX.

[@mahoganywolf8843]

The SpaceX ones are mostly minuscule though, they’d be dust long before they hit the surface.

[@marsspacex6065]

@@mahoganywolf8843 800kg but they are designed to full disintegrate.

[@wjbushjr]

So to easily explain to new viewers, satellites decommission all the time and they free fall to the earth's atmosphere. If you know anything about space, the amount of said power of falling through the atmosphere is so much force that it would break apart of the delicate materials to make the satellite. And guess what? There's no guidance system whatsoever for those satellites, so Satellite will stray over to orbit and most likely land in an ocean at most. VERY EXTREMELY RARELY, does it ever crash to anyone and when it does, the amount of debris that has been taken apart has been already so astronomically, it's literally impossible to cause another iceage or damage to the planet. But it's sure fun to worry huh? Don't be a Donna.

[@SilkCrown]

Looks like Josh is gatekeeping knowledge in order to make others around him look foolish and get them to waste time they could have spent doing something useful for the administration.

[@frankm.2850]

Josh is kind of a dick. Might be entertaining, but telling her would make her less stressed and almost certainly more capable of doing her job and less distracted. And yes I know it’s a scripted, fictional show.

[@kaboom-zf2bl]

yup that would be typical american arrogance ... ignoring something as devastating as a bit of space junk returning to earth and NOT caring where it hits ..

[@markkondilis9237]

I mean, what's the point of worrying? We can do very little about it in any case and the chances of someone getting hurt by such an event are pretty low.

[@kaboom-zf2bl]

@@markkondilis9237 the fallout from Fukushima made it around the world ... we need to worry about it BECAUSE they DO carry Fusible material that will contaminate large portions of the planet and make areas hazardous to life and growth of our food and us ... the American attitude of of toss our junk in the ocean has resulted in huge islands of plastic in them ... yes we can do something about it ... the shuttle when they were asking for funding was toughted to be able to retrieve those dead satellites and bring em back safely ... thats right the vaunted shuttle was supposed to be a garbage truck to collect the crap tossed into space and forgotten about... yet it NEVER brought one single piece of space junk back ... and yur attitude is what has made American have money that is worth NOTHING ... with over 73 TRILLION dollars of debt ... thats a lot of debt per person in the usa ...

[@Shadowkey392]

Considering that most of it never makes it halfway through the atmosphere, why bother?

[@kaboom-zf2bl]

@@Shadowkey392 because like sky lab and soon the ISS ... they will make it to earth and btw most dont disappear they shatter sure but those radioactive pieces fall over an even larger area ... look at the shuttles explosions Challenger only covered 3 states ... and it's puny compared to what is up there ... and dont forget out of the 100,000 + man made junk orbiting earth there are 5 or 6 hundred working ones ... the rest is just garbage waiting to pollute the Earth just like all the garbage on the streets ... the attitude you are displaying is the same as when they included growth hormone in our meats ... they said it woulldnt affect us ... 1 generation kids are FINISHING puberty by age 11 ... not just getting started ... which makes that attitude part of the PROBLEM .. we only have here to live and that wont last forever as one day another killer asteroid will remove us as well ... so smarten up and find solutions instead of ignoring the problem before nothing can be done about it anyway

[@vederianl9723]

Watch it again. First, it's not devastating in the slightest. Second, what alarm is there to ring? Third, it's so common no news agency bothers to even report it.