The Innovations Powering Space Travel | Power Trip: The Story of Energy | Full Episode | PBS

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[@pesmob215]

What an awesome documentary by pbs again

[@arobatto]

It’s disturbing to read comments here on defunding public broadcasting. They have informed, educated and entertained the general public for decades. Private entities have no incentive to do so other than to serve the interests of profits and shareholders. I for one applaud the work public broadcasting has done and hope it will continue to do so for the next century.

[@davidlong1786]

It's the ones that are uneducated and proud of being so. They live with their fingers in their ears and eyes closed going "La la la la la " so reality doesn't effect them.........or so they want to believe.

[@Bogey1899]

It's one of my favorite ways to enjoy tv , it's mostly intelligent, and mind nurturing

[@martinkasche5607]

Beautiful & Fantastic.

[@CausticLemons7]

Inspiring.

[@beeper4722]

But great history and images !

[@rhapsodyingreensmith]

This is great

[@twhelostl61]

I am fascinated by space. Mercury, Apollo, Shuttle. At the same time, we're struggling to maintain the planets ecosystems. When the government sets budgets, they should focus on society first. Healthy happy people are more likely to achieve more.

[@willmpet]

Not Gemini?

[@fluxfaze]

If we don’t wise up here on Earth, self-extinction is more certain than space colonization.

[@brian_coreas]

Old NASA Rockets Was Amazing.

[@ianbeedles1329]

The true innovation will come when we dispense with rocket power and find another way, and cheaper way, to escape Earth's gravity.

[@rhapsodyingreensmith]

agree

[@AaronHamm]

Gatekeeping innovation is a new one lol

[@Ken_the_Canadian]

Please Please Please go FUND PBS. FUND FUND FUND PBS ASAP!

[@namerican8510]

Why, they're communist

[@mxk250ff]

Take some of that Ukraine money

[@rhapsodyingreensmith]

@@namerican8510 this video isn't

[@el3n3s73]

No. I can’t even watch the content with ought using a vpn. If they are going to benefit from the scale of KZbin, they should open their content to the actual contributors. All people matter. Regardless of the híper localized perspective of pbs.

[@borg.ia2]

Very beautiful. I sort of wonder if variable-geometry-(electro)magnetic fields could be used for generating motion in outer space. There are many ways to produce electricity and it would be great if somehow that could be converted into motion without the need to store huge amounts of compressed gas for propulsion only. Meanwhile space-mounted accelerator/decelerator stations (similar to railguns in principle) could be used some day for freight infrastructure in space/interplanetary/intra-Solar System.

[@AndreiNeacsu]

While there was a photo with Herman Oberth in the center (put there for Von Braun), I am a bit surprised and dissapointed that there was no mention of him, at least up to that point. The best time to discuss him too was when retelling the ideas of the 20's and 30's.

[@merlepatterson]

Can anyone provide the time stamp of the Starship catch?

[@rhapsodyingreensmith]

i caught several Space X shots in around 43-45 minutes and then there was a Starship somewhere else. But the 43-44 minute part was basically the NASA administration under Obama admitting that space travel needed to be privatized and then, it's praising billionaires for bringing the price down on space travel and making it accessible to all of us.

[@The_Isaiahnator]

Take a shot every time someone says "energy."

[@balu6010]

what is the app that dude is talking about visibility of boats ?

[@Djamonja]

There are lots of them, just google it.

[@benquinneyiii7941]

Air breather

[@assasin649]

No Starship?

[@rhapsodyingreensmith]

i saw a Space X rocket in there but this was probably made before

[@mikepotter5718]

I;m wondering how many times we'll be going back to the moon before we admit our approach isn't working.

[@Bogey1899]

I dont think Wernher Von Brauns last name is pronounced brown , isnt it as we say brawn ? Please help me settle this...

[@Djamonja]

Correct

[@hoplitnet]

kinda simplistic; is this for kids?

[@danneerrr]

Kind of strange when you explain something so eloquently and succinctly that people find rocket science simplistic-weird, huh? That’s the beauty of PBS

[@123cp8]

Too poetic 🙄

[@peterdollins3610]

Cliches.

[@chrisvalford]

Not the best PBS post. Lots of mistakes and very focused on the American ideal

[@BlueberryBricks]

What mistakes? Are you being intentionally vague? And of course it's focused on "America", PBS is after all an American institution.

[@Dustinwhy8]

Shouldn't we map the oceans on earth first? It's 90% unexplored.

[@AaronHamm]

Get on it!

[@Gomust67]

We are already currently using many boats and ships equipped with 3d scanning and mapping technology to map the ocean, there are enough people to map the ocean and explore space, we can do both.

[@piconano]

You can't travel space with rockets! Are you people sleeping? Do you not see how the UAVs behave? That's an innovation.

[@davidlong1786]

🤣 UAVs is wishful thinking.

[@beeper4722]

So much false opinion in the first five minutes ..

[@patreekotime4578]

You could be MORE vague, but I'm not sure how.

[@ducnguyen-qv7sw]

Education would help you a lot.

[@rhapsodyingreensmith]

which?