The 809 Objects Left on the Moon

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[@vesteel]

"that's more than the number of stars in the solar system" well you're not wrong

[@tristanweide]

When I heard that I had to replay that because I thought I misheard him lol

[@wnickelson]

There's only one star in our solar system. Think about it.

[@runaway817]

*sigh* That.... that's the joke.

[@martijn9568]

BMAN488877 Only we have not found it, yet. Looking at you Proxima Centoury C, just because it's so far away from A and B.

[@PoYtSoMaXiAs]

cant argue with that

[@lloyd7183]

You know, I’d love to ask the general public how many stars they think there are in the solar system.

[@peelysl]

32?

[@imbisatazim4673]

The same number as the number of Earths in existence.

[@maxbenson9982]

@@imbisatazim4673 6.3

[@maruftim]

does superstars count?

[@0xymoRonZzZ]

@@peelysl 42

[@TheObsidianX]

I’m starting to sense a pattern with your unhelpful comparisons

[@6272355463637]

Interestingly, the Apollo program was more expensive than an Apache attack helicopter. Or a T-Shirt.

[@chrismontoya7831]

TheObsidianX "That's longer than two football fields..."

[@GetOffMyLawnYouDangKids]

+Marcel Lindner So that means that on a scale from a fence post to a lamppost, the cost of the Apollo program was about a flagpole?

[@HMASbogan]

Its like 478 Hugh Jackmans

[@TheAdriyaman]

That they are unhelpful?

[@Nicksloan91]

Yeah, you are right. 809 is more than 1.

[@bradirv]

You missed out patricc star

[@danielwebb3173]

Woah! Really?

[@Crankiebox99]

Nick Sloan they left a lot of *shit* behind

[@Czeckie]

approximately

[@nasis18]

That math checks out.

[@dismissing]

"That's more than the stars in the solar system" I'm gonna use this everyday now, thank you.

[@cbr7170]

i dont get the joke

[@codekillerz5392]

cbr There’s only one star in the solar system

[@electromika]

Number 810. A defunct toyota corolla. Wait, wrong channel.

[@redlaserkiwi]

Noice rll reference

[@wispy9859]

SpaceX should launch a Toyota Corolla to Mars now that I think of it.

[@shobhit2197]

Hah! Real life lore it is

[@sebastianelytron8450]

Reallifelore, Wendover, Real Engineering and Riddle are all friends in real life.

[@ronizuckerman7785]

and Second Thought

[@bradirv]

"and that's more than stars in the solar system" xD dead

[@user-rj8pp6br8e]

Bradley Irving ikr

[@MrTohawk]

Depends on the definition of star. Only since Galilei we know that the things up there are different. Before him all the things in the sky were stars. Like planets and moons.

[@LimeyLassen]

There are stars in the sky than there are brains in the human body

[@kstreet7438]

MrTohawk the current

[@varana]

The ancient Greeks already found out that the moon didn't shine by itself but was lit by the sun, and a few even claimed that it consisted of the earthly elements, instead of star-stuff. Also, when they still called planets "stars", there were fewer than 800 "stars" in the solar system. The statement remains true. ;)

[@chrissytheconqueror7049]

2:05 They had to leave everything unnecessary behind. One astronaut boi: takes golf club like a boss

[@ryan1696]

Man hijacks Apollo mission and leaves 2 people on the moon because he said they were "unnecessary" people.

[@fraser21]

(Actual Scale) (Lazer the width of the moon)

[@Kolajer]

Well noted :)

[@alixer2890]

I think they meant the distance but oof I don't want to be the r/wooosh victim here so

[@fluffyshabba6423]

@@chelseabyerley852 r/itswooooshwith4os

[@fluffyshabba6423]

@@chelseabyerley852 r/ihavereddit

[@franchufranchu119]

@@fluffyshabba6423 You too

[@emillauridsen4447]

Oh wait... There aren't 809 stars in our solar system. Well you learn something new everyday.

[@mullacamp4540]

200 billion stars

[@michaelbrowning9886]

1 star

[@DanksterPaws]

Proud Infidel That was also a fucking joke you nincompo- What?

[@TuckerJohnson7]

I cannot express how much I love this channel. The random facts, the casual quips and jokes, and the high-quality presentation. You're top-notch!

[@billyrobertson3170]

I like how at 3:53 if you take the (Actual Scale) too seriously it implies that researchers regularly send a laser that's the size of the moon in width and many times the diameter of the earth in length at the moon Note that this also would imply that the retroreflectors left on the moon would be covering the whole near side of the moon in order for the whole laser to return (and probably requires a very large support so that the mirror could be flat) That's bigger than a Toyota Corola

[@thenotflatearth2714]

That’s also more than the number of fridges placed inside Toyotas in andromeda galaxy

[@The.Stalker]

More than the number of old petrol-burning cars launched toward Andromeda by the family of Liam Kosta

[@xway2]

Also more than the number of accounts which use this picture.

[@xmm-cf5eg]

What about AC units in the Ford Galaxy?

[@kindlin]

xway2, probably not!

[@MisterDesigner]

as far as you know, at least

[@as07011]

For me one of the most important artifacts to find would be one of the small metal pieces from Soviet Luna-2 mission, with ''USSR September 1959'' written on them. First human made thing to reach Moon and also from a country that does not exist anymore

[@DionKhnum]

Man that's fake also . Can't believe people believe they went to the moon all of a sudden.

[@GabrielKitignaTessouat]

@@DionKhnum haha

[@vsetenjoyer]

I'd also want to find Luna 17 which is the Lunokhod 1 rover.

[@joshuasingletary9703]

This video was made possible by Wendover Productions

[@Oliver-pi4wd]

Loaded Taco lol

[@FutureNow]

809 objects? That's LUNACY!

[@JimPlaysGames]

Was that joke accidental, or did you planet?

[@doorhanger9317]

Is this comet sirius, or is it starcastic?

[@timshelby2324]

Very good sir.

[@redlaserkiwi]

FutureNow just like you

[@StratosTitan]

Lmao “thats more than the stars in the solar system” GOT EEEM

[@dreadnought-ai]

3:24 wow, they really left a lot of _“shit”_ on the moon

[@Niom_Music]

This joke is unnecessary and unfunny.

[@jakeg3126]

I wonder how much people would pay for it? I'm sure some scientists would like to study that crap.

[@chrissimmons5289]

Except no they didn't

[@dreadnought-ai]

Niom - I didn’t give it much thought when I made it..... yet it’s one of my most liked comments. _typical_

[@sagerider2]

Won't they think of the children?

[@moritzl7065]

Wendover's Theory: 809 > 1. Now get this man a physics Nobel Prize. ;)

[@padgett9763]

Fly Jake Paul out there then you’ll have an additional 150 pounds of poop

[@numgun]

Half as Interesting videos are always a joy to watch, I love the half-joking tone in these.

[@SuMoEaGLe]

No sqareSPACE this time? Ohh that's BRILLIANT....🤣🤣

[@elliotttheneko]

Wendover Productions logic

[@lujiapan3777]

Nice skillSHARE.

[@pscoelho]

Just a curiosity: 400k pounds equals to 160 Toyota Corollas. Or about 20 Corollas if you consider pounds currency £.

[@zeeotter100]

a corolla isnt worth 20,000£ though?

[@machintrucGaming]

In france it is (at 2000£ close) dam you british pound fell so much...

[@Sophiebryson510]

It is a currency

[@ConcerningReality]

Your best-produced video yet. Loved it. Keep up the great work!

[@nousername1916]

Did you know: The American flags on the moon are now white due to radiation from the sun. Great, now it looks like the french went there

[@cosmicnovacat]

Dang....

[@Qwr987]

@@cosmicnovacat you just replied to a year old comment. Congratulations you have earned the award of : Probably Replying To A Dead Man

[@cosmicnovacat]

Joyye TE yeah u rite

[@placeholdername2737]

Lucky cat 777 F

[@eamartig]

Aaaand they got knocked over

[@theokchannel2081]

Fly me to moon, Let me play among the... one the one star in the solar system... Let me see what spring is like on Jupiter and Mars

[@JimPlaysGames]

Very windy on Jupiter, regardless of season.

[@Xanderboof]

in other words.. hold my hand! In other words.. baby kiss me! fill my heart with song and let me sing forever more!

[@godsofgamers7695]

You are all I long for, all I worship, and adore.

[@jakeg3126]

In other words, please be true!

[@romajikaiser8450]

Mars is cold and barren anyway.

[@RAJESHSINGH-vq4cs]

Idk why am I thinking about the cost of the shit on the moon 🤔

[@hkr667]

That costs nothing! Bringing it back to earth is the expensive part.

[@xmm-cf5eg]

Same issue on earth too, it takes 20k USD to send an MRAP armored vehicle in the middle east back to the US. And 10K to destroy it in the middle east as to avoid enemies using it later. And there are a LOT of MRAPs....

[@yournemesis192]

Of course the guy with the Indian name had to ask this question lmao

[@cybercop3108]

Kog Block why do you have a problem?

[@GunwantBhambra]

Moon is so big with reference of human that shit doesnt mean anything bai ji oda cost tai millions hundi ha.

[@mihan2d]

4:24 It's strange they mentioned Gagarin in that memorial. He died as an aircraft pilot but as cosmonaut he was actually successful (and also y'know, the first ever man in space).

[@hvonwolfenstein2638]

I was only Half as Interested in letting you know that I knew what gnomons were - so I only spammed it on three social sites.

[@WTDProductions]

*_Or as scientists call it_* 😂

[@Ikreisrond]

Well yeah, the rest of the world is full of scientists. Only the USA and some of its subsidiaries aren't. ;)

[@nine300]

Nope, not a single scientist in the whole country. That's why we faked the moon landing. How can you go to the moon without any scientists?

[@EchoHeo]

John Dee El to the fucking emayo.

[@infinitecanadian]

Of course, there is always someone who finds that funny.

[@kristiankoski3908]

Normal people*

[@cdills3454]

Video on moon: Exists Conspiracy theorist: ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF

[@totallynot0something047]

3:51 actual scale? Wow, thats a big laser!

[@acent7731]

I like how you're incorporating more comedy into these videos it's really funny

[@ALegitimateYoutuber]

anyone else liked hearing how that memorial also included cosmonauts.

[@Sydney-Casket-Base]

yes! i also found that pleasantly surprising :)

[@alfiaishmetova5652]

The first step of turning the Moon into Earth: Litter.

[@Jake-sw3ss]

You write great scripts for this show! Good humor mixed with good information. I click on them as soon as I see a new one!

[@cormacsmithy3975]

Half As Interesting Twice the Budget

[@JonDC70]

The 22,000 lbs descent module included 18,000 lbs of propellant, most of which, in fact nearly all, was used during the descent.

[@dannygalvez2596]

This channel is so good. Learning stuff in an interesting way within minutes!!

[@lubsch1918]

"Actual Scale" Well, that's quite a big laser

[@xck]

What’s a budget? ‘Please, someone tell me- animator’

[@nin_tan]

your sense of humor on this channel lmao

[@KeystoneState]

Has gone down hill. Too political

[@hermans_gaming]

this guy's sarcasm is the best, I love it

[@stormysamreen7062]

0:36 Apply cold water to burned area

[@kellyandrichweddle2425]

Did I miss the mention of the lunar rovers left behind?

[@InventorZahran]

Kelly and Rich Weddle When aliens discover those, they'll be thinking "so this is what they used to film some scenes from MarioKart..."

[@rexthethoughtfult-rex4337]

🌎 -------> 🌔 Distance between the Earth and the Moon is more than *809 Miles*

[@MattJohno2]

Congrats. It's 350,000 - 400,000KM away on average.

[@Xragon]

Thx for adding metric as well as emperial. Also thx for ur enthusiasm!

[@xarusman3223]

This comedic touch that you used this time was just awesome!

[@supremeoverlordess8664]

More plane stories please.

[@SecretAsian27]

When you said actual scale in the laser diagram, was the laser’s speed accurate to the speed of light? No idea why I’m asking tbh

[@oldally8869]

i hope he answers this some day

[@D0cSwiss]

It's actually pretty close. On average, it takes about two and a half seconds for light to go from Earth to the Moon and back again.

[@sluismaster]

This is quite possibly your funniest and best video to-date. Keep it up!

[@vantqe]

oml your videos have been getting much funnier lately and i love it

[@slimshadyfan4486]

"That's more than the number of stars in the solar system" r/technicallythetruth

[@dennyzavada407]

Great job, Sam. Thanks for what you do!

[@soopersam1995]

Love your videos. i wish you would make them longer. so good

[@shay3355]

2:06 ...when me and my family goes on a trip...

[@Tsukiko.97]

According to China the moon has been part of China since ancient times. (^^)

[@hannesdhondt3096]

Ayyy South China Sea jokes. I like it.

[@totallynot0something047]

Makes sense. China made the Moon and everything else!

[@gs-lj2lv]

Rory McElhinney 10/10 comedy

[@TheJupiteL]

Well, according to North Korea the moon was created by Kim Jong Un for science project.

[@epicstimulus282]

Nope because it is mine

[@drownova6181]

I love this Show.

[@Buckleupfacts]

Drow Nova Hi , can I ask you to give me your opinion about my channel :)

[@nousername1916]

no you selfish rat in 1st grade

[@timnor4803]

Shepard 2nd golf ball has been located... 40 yards from where he hit it. The super distance is a legend that won't go away.

[@Ybsjek]

Fantastic transition my friend. Just fantastic.

[@brunor.1127]

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[@tsukuyomin]

0:44 "That's more than the number of stars in the solar system"... ...it is indeed...

[@arnoldanderson5829]

Ruben Bekaert do you get the bloody joke?

[@tsukuyomin]

of course i do

[@Ruminations09]

+ Arnold Anderson Are you really so dense that you can't tell these people realize it's a joke? Seriously, why did you waste your time replying to so many people telling them something they already know. I saw at least 4 other comments that you replied to telling them something they already know. Obviously it's a joke. Everyone realizes that. Now stop telling people.

[@nousername1916]

Arnold Anderson not everyone gets a joke you idiot we’re not all the same

[@SeeASquaRE]

These Sponsor transitions are getting smoother by the day.

[@kittiecandy747]

love this channel the humour plus the smooth sponsor transition

[@kylie3893]

Can you a video why no one has been to the moon since 1972?

[@Robin-jy3xz]

Because its more fun to spend money on developing new ways of blowing people up. Why should we go to space when we can blow up millions of people at the same time instead? Fuck US and their world police role.

[@tp2487]

Hey Robin I bet you live in a shithole country dont ya...ahahahahaha

[@lemao_squash4486]

Robin Ingebretsen because there is use of going to a space rock rather than defending yourself

[@tidebleach8215]

I never understood why we have to invest so much money on space programs. The most important reason to go to space was to beat the soviets to it. Given that the cold war has ended the only other reason I can think of now is i guess to look cool? Of course the other reason would be to colonize other planets however there is not really a good reason to do this as all the problems that could be solved by colonizing other planets (such as overpopulation and global warming) have other solutions that would cost much less money and much less time.

[@Robin-jy3xz]

I can see I managed to trigger a lot of people with that comment. So, let me clarify a bit better. I do not hate americans in general, I do not hate your country (even though I would not go there on vacation, all the police brutality is keeping me away.) What I hate about the US, is, as I said, the world police role you have taken on yourself. You have this pathalogical need to start wars all over the globe, just in order to get your hands on some more oil. Starting wars and defending yourself is two different things. A lot of awesome stuff is comming out of the US, but there is also a ton of shit comming out. Also the comment about all the space debis making it a problem going to the moon is wrong. There is a lot of space debris, true, but most of it is in LEO (Low earth orbit), same place where the ISS is. There is almost no debris around the moon. Yes, you went to the moon, but that is almost 50 years ago. That is half a century. It is impressive that you went there with the technology at hand in the 60s, it is not so impressive that you are unable to do the same thing with technology that is several hundred times better now. You could have gone to Mars in the 70-80s as well, but your president at the time though it was better to spend billions developing a flying brick that was also one of the most unsafe spaceships to ever fly. Impressive, but a massive waste of money.

[@darrinloeliger6754]

I love how witty this is.

[@JakeWolf00]

My grandfather used to work for a company that built the computers for the Apollo program. One day he snuck his initials onto one of the panels and the computer along with his initials are there on the moon.

[@caiquechagas9357]

holy shit, your dry humor is amazing in this, keep it up

[@papalouis9111]

"That's more than the number of stars in the solar system "

[@adolfodef]

(Not counting fictional ones like Nemesis), that would be more than 1.

[@rexthethoughtfult-rex4337]

*Jebediah Kerman is laughing at this.*

[@Gods33Acres]

You failed to mention the 3 lunar rovers: Apollos 15, 16, 17 each took along their own ride

[@mazzalnx]

The wikipedia article about the stamp incident is something like ten times longer now... I was hoping for a light read and a chuckle, found a book instead.

[@rinthh5477]

How are your videos so good?

[@renukote]

Purple Heart Trump trolling NASA we are not going anywhere... research flat Earth

[@NortheastIndiaindetails]

ROSCOSMOS, CSA AND ISRO ON RISE

[@luisof353]

“As scientist call it”.... and almost all the rest of the world.

[@Niom_Music]

America is such hipsters lol

[@JoCronje129]

Americans: Literally put people on the moon Europeans: Makes inches to cm joke about the moon program

[@Niom_Music]

America went to the Moon, yes. But still use the imperial system? It is inferior compared to the metric system. America has always been filled with this pride and bullshit and often times forgets the reality of things. Yes, the US went to the Moon in 1969, but still today, some parts of the country looks like it's fitting of a third world country. It isn't really a very successful country looking from a wider perspective. Went to the Moon in what, a decade or so, from scratch and researching and building rockets. But it's been 40+ years since then! If it only took about 10 years to ready-up for a moon launch, humans should've set foot on Mars by like the late 80s early 90s! Maybe not stay there, but atleast went there, and get back. Space exploration hasn't really progressed much since the space-race era ended. It's all thanks to Elon Musk and SpaceX that it is even progressing, AT ALL.

[@JoCronje129]

Yes the Imperial is inferior to the Metric. We get it great point, just dont be bitching about a fucking measurement system when the USA when it does all the heavy lifting. The day America stops advancing the world, and givng away the most aid is the day you all suffer

[@ayushsharma9270]

IdioticProgramming no the day America does that all the world surpasses you, you don't even give us opportunities to expand.

[@rohanshekhawat2071]

dude.. i love your sarcasm and humor

[@calamarisauce8483]

Congrats on 400k!

[@cjpshawe]

pretty sure scientists would call it 38mm or 0.038m?

[@jaredj631]

Does the moon have active artificial satellites right now? What do they do?

[@QwertyuiopThePie]

Yes. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_Reconnaissance_Orbiter

[@jaredj631]

QwertyuiopThePie thanks

[@michaeldeantonio6295]

Look up LRO

[@user.1878]

Great video as always.

[@limejet]

Interesting thing about the apollo guidance computer: it did all its calculations in metric, and then displayed them in imperial.

[@sever9268]

FALCON HEAVY AYYY

[@andrezi_427]

could u make a vid about which plantet is the next "earth" and how we could possibly get there?

[@Niom_Music]

1. Mars. 2. Elon Musk.

[@andrezi_427]

Niom so u can life on Mars?

[@Niom_Music]

andrezi _ No, unfortunately we cannot live there, yet. The atmosphere/stratosphere (or lack there of) is too weak to keep dangerous sunrays out, unlike on Earth. And the weather is rather extreme, compared to Earth's. Though, Mars has roughly the same gravity as Earth, so that's good. But the hard thing to fix, to make the planet suitable for humans, is that there's nothing on Mars that produces oxygen. No plant life, obviously. The whole planet is like a cold baron wasteland with two frozen poles. We'd have to terraform the whole planet (just Google terraforming, if you want to know more). Basically, to make Mars more earth-like. But Elon Musk is planning several Mars mission in the near future. So it's a step in the right direction :)

[@andrezi_427]

Niom my first question was not about now...it was about when it would be possible and witch planet is the most equal to earth

[@Niom_Music]

andrezi _ You asked thereafter if we could live on Mars, which I answered that we cannot. And yes, it is possible to get there, the way to go is Elon Musk. He's a smarty boy and will surely figure something out.

[@888bossman888]

I love this so much!! This video made me laugh so hard! I love the "which is more that the amount of stars in the solar system" HAHAHA

[@chigg_]

love these videos

[@Ra1d_danois]

Well, there is only one star in our solar system so...

[@grizzlyscott8680]

DANIELMAND DK that’s the fucking joke..

[@brokenwave6125]

You say that as if there are other solar systems...Solar System is the name of only our star system because our star is called Sol. But none of the other star systems are called Solar System.

[@Digetter]

Is that 400,000 Earth pounds or Moon pounds?

[@gregorsamsa3016]

Yes, this!

[@damirock98]

It's the same, gravity forces doesn't affect the total mass of an object

[@coreytaylor447]

its in earth pounds, although you can calculate the amount of pounds they would be on the moon. it would be close to a few (earth) tons if it was moon pounds

[@coreytaylor447]

@naimad weight dosent measure the mass, weight is dependent on the density of mass, not the amount there is. gravity dictates the weight of an object, but mass is the base for it. if I didnt explain it clearly (which I probably didnt) i can go more in depth

[@damirock98]

Yeah, I know the difference between mass and weight I thought he was talking about pounds (mass) and not pounds (force) Another reason why IS is far better than imperial system: less ambiguity

[@jdaniel60]

It would be interesting to see an explained list of all man made vehicles or objects sent to the moon. For another video maybe? Greetings from Costa Rica

[@toyfreaks]

"More then the number of stars in the solar system." I had to replay that a couple times. Nice one! :)

[@cungtuanthanhle4410]

27 views and 95 likes?

[@joseignacioyanez572]

How is that possible...

[@bobbiejones7830]

Alternative Title : The 809 Objects Left On The Hollywood Set Of The Moon-landing

[@PhaQ2]

Red Hot Chili Peppers fan? Or just a consumer of delicious lead paint chips...

[@nousername1916]

Varun P r/woooooosh

[@DR_Eggz]

0:27 yeah for the year

[@zaho87]

Since you mentioned it, Could you make a video addressing the topic if there were 809 stars in our system?

[@spamspam8667]

My middle school mascot is the stars. And the population of that school >808. So there are at least 810 stars in the solar system. Nice try though

[@cup_check_official]

809 is also more than the total number of my subs :'(

[@kalpitdarbhe3384]

Your channel will grow, your videos are very good

[@hendrickstoops3591]

You’ve got great videos! Count me as sub 706.

[@cup_check_official]

Kalpit Darbhe and Hendrick Stoops thanks!

[@jackedson5577]

you, FUCKING LIAR

[@justinkoster4417]

also the moon buggy is still there, thats what took the shot off the last Apollo mission leaving the surface. (theres also another one in a museum but i dont know if it every went to the moon)

[@olfetyek449]

4:01 i love your humor

[@joshupmeyer7318]

There’s one star in the solar system

[@Andrew-gd3kz]

Josh Upmeyer that's the joke

[@Xerxes1337]

Thanks, Einstein

[@zeroskill.]

No

[@zeroskill.]

Did i actually get first

[@dreadnought-ai]

Yes

[@paulgemperlein626]

Really cool objects not mentioned: Moon Museum, Apollo 11 goodwill messages, gold olive branch, astronaut pin, cosmonaut medals

[@platypuschallenger]

"That's more than the number of stars in the solar system" Kind of a stretch, but I guess wait oh