"PREPARING THE WAY" 1965 NASA MANNED SPACE FLIGHT / APOLLO LUNAR MISSION PROGRESS REPORT 68004

[@nicholasmaude6906]

I love watching these old 1960s NASA science and manned space-flight report films.

[@monicaperez2843]

Amazed by the teamwork between individuals and companies . . .

[@altfactor]

As Paul Harvey would say, "Now you know the rest of the story" as regards the development of Project Apollo.

[@abundantYOUniverse]

Really good.

[@RV4aviator]

Cold War imperative meets seriously intelligent Engineers who figured out a way to make a science fiction dream REALITY..! Best of the Best I say.

[@drmarkintexas-400]

🏆🏆🏆👍🇺🇲🙏 Thank you for sharing .

[@davidmickles5012]

Why our traditional social structures are all collapsing: Because children and young people in my day had shows like THIS for our "entertainment"... ...and now they have Tiktok, K-pop and Twitter instead 🙄

[@davidmickles5012]

@@UNcommonSenseAUS No. Tiktok, K-pop and Twitter are bullshit, NASA in the 60s was the real deal. "Trans phobia" and participation trophies.... now that's bullshit too

[@GrunOne]

in before someone shows up in the comments to screech about how all this infrastructure, detail, and testing was all part of the hollywood set, too lol.

[@slow-mo_moonbuggy]

You're going to need an R value of earth being 3959 miles to use as the tangent point for your space rocket orbital telemetry. That R value of 3959 miles has been debunked thousands of times. The jig is up. We know it's all nonsense.

[@Oggydog313]

People think this was all about going to the moon... It was about computers.

[@cowboybob7093]

People think this was all about going to the moon or computers, it was for bragging rights.

[@Oggydog313]

@@cowboybob7093 And secret technologies undisclosed to the public.

[@jaminova_1969]

@@cowboybob7093 People think it was all about computers and bragging rights, it was about having the best Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles!

[@foxmccloud7055]

Now we are going back to the moon.

[@dougball328]

The nozzles on the Saturn 1 H1 engines are different - the four outboard engines are the same but the four inboard engines have a different nozzle. Anyone know why? And as a result, were their thrust levels different?

[@GrunOne]

Looks like the outer ones were set up to gimbal to provide steering, whereas the inner ones were more static. I could be wrong though. I doubt it would have much effect on the thrust output - though I wouldn't be surprised if it did. Hopefully someone else knows more about the specifics to enlighten me.

[@dougball328]

@@GrunOne I know that the outboards gimbaled and the inboards were fixed. And you are correct, that alone would have no effect on thrust. It may be something as simple as there wasn't room for the larger outboard nozzle to be used on the inboard engines - but I really don't know.

[@SFTaYZa]

Before the end of this decaad

[@marvintpandroid2213]

Pork barrel politics in action 2:30

[@kurtbjorn3841]

How else could such a massive project be completed except by contracting to aerospace and engineering companies? Nationalize everything? The old USSR was great at that, look where they went in the moon race.

[@marvintpandroid2213]

@@kurtbjorn3841 Oh, touchy. They did Nationalise it with a middle man in each state making a cut and keeping the local politicians on side. Do try and look outside the box.

[@kurtbjorn3841]

@@marvintpandroid2213 - Having a "middle man" as you put it is completely normal for government contracts. Been that way since 1783. Yes, they are paid. If you want to call that process pork barrel, that's on you. And try to be less patronizing next time, it is unseemly.

[@marvintpandroid2213]

@@kurtbjorn3841 You need to look up what the meaning of pork is in relation to politics. If the government wanted a value for money space program it would not be farmed out to every state in the union. Its hard to not be condescending to people who try to defend their corrupt government by invoking another corrupt government.

[@johannwolf1]

@@kurtbjorn3841 yet today Russia still has a space program that NASA depends on.

[@jaminova_1969]

Meanwhile, in 2022 the USA can't secure the border, house the homeless, manage resources like water and power, fill potholes, build a high speed railroad, or construct a new bridge or dam. It is rather impressive that we started from scratch and were able to go to the moon in less than a decade!

[@Alexandergreat1984]

Rich people need more money

[@erickrobertson7089]

I think it's a question of is there enough revenue coming in and what are they spending it on. In the case of my home state, 28.6 cents of the retail price per gallon of gasoline sold is tax, raising $900+ million dollars but the DOT states their $600 million short every year. Are we taxing enough? Are we allocating enough? For years reducing the amount of local government aid the federal and state governments distribute to smaller government entities has been falling or not kept pace with a noticeable difference. In a large city to the north of me on Lake Superior, regular sewer, water, curb, gutter and pavement projects were recently put on hold. Now they only do the work when there is a physical break. Meanwhile, that same state had a biannual budget of $50+ billion but consistently had $9+ billion surplus. Are they taxing or spending in a reasonable way? No in my opinion but I'm a layman. Your comment reminds my of an old news segment called "The Fleeceing of America" and of articles I've read from that same time in magazines like Reader's Digest.... Somehow the Pentagon allows the purchase of $200 hammers and $50 toilet seats but in reality I'm told the marked up reminder is funneled to "special" ops and projects. Government is so large now and laws are written in such a confounding way that you have to be a well connected lawyer to understand anything.

[@erickrobertson7089]

@@Alexandergreat1984 No, we all need a flat tax. Little or no deductions and everyone, individual and corporate, pays a set percentage. At least I think it's an idea worth a broad discussion.

[@ehtytrewq]

This is what they took from you.