The Bizarre Story Of The Soviet Space Program | Knocking On Heaven's Door | Timeline

From Sputnik to Yuri Gagarin, this film follows the Soviet space programme, kick-started by a mystic who taught that science would make us immortal and continued by a scientist who wanted us to colonise the universe.
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[@adamfrazer5150]

"It was the height of the Cold War"......soooooo according to every doc I've seen, the 'height' was 1946-1991 😐

[@gregbors8364]

Most people point to the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) as the time when the Cold War came closest to becoming hot.

[@soreliprick]

Who you calling astute?

[@MrDustpile]

Cold War tensions came in many waves. Such turbulence, so it's really interesting that Eastern Europe dropped communism due to still, dead-handed repression and stale, crumbling economics.

[@Fishingadventureuk]

1960s

[@adamfrazer5150]

@@Fishingadventureuk Ah, Mr Chairman, didn't realise you were listening ! Of course, 60s. (Dials phone) Yeah somebody take the chairman here and go take him on a tour of a torture dungeon ? Good, make it snappy.

[@chinmaybendreCSB]

Regardless of political and social ideologies that we find ourselves into, can we imagine a world led by these brilliant philosophers and scientists from around the world? How wonderfully astonishing life would that be taking human civilization from strength to strength? 😊

[@al-hakimbi-amrallah5404]

Hate to break it to you but most of them don't want to rule, they just wanna do research.

[@vulpes7079]

Technocracy FTW!

[@teemuhannila1968]

Its easy if one tries

[@krobson4849]

What a strange, and different doc about the Soviet space program. I really enjoyed it.

[@FishHive]

I am always amazed by the Soviet Space Program

[@TheGreg6466]

They've found some very eccentric Russians so far and I'm only 15 mins in, this is very strange.

[@lukestrawwalker]

The Soviets (Russians) were always very, umm, "open minded" as to what they called "science"... Most of us have heard of the CIA programs in psuedoscience or perhaps more generously called "alternative science" and most people consider that sort of thing pretty far "out there" as it's all based on unmeasurable, untestable, unverifiable theories or phenomena, and we tend to look at it with a kind of smirk or laugh. The Russians have always taken this sort of thing very very seriously. They certainly have a unique way of looking at things... I know when the Russian space program and the US space program started more closely cooperating, particularly with the shuttle/Mir program onwards, when the reams of scientific and medical data that had been accrued over the decades of the Soviet space program was mostly rejected by NASA doctors and scientists, because either their methodology or measurements were obtained by such unorthodox and (considered) unreliable means... Later! OL J R :)

[@ursodermatt8809]

if anything is bizarre it is this video

[@TheGreg6466]

@@lukestrawwalker yeah interesting isn't it, thanks for the reply man, appreciate it, :-)

[@jackycook64]

It isn't that they are eccentric. The local people that give tours greatly enjoy talking about their history and many become quite animated. I feel incredibly fortunate that my mom and I have had the privilege of visiting many villages and learning about their history told by the local guides. I think it is easier to understand and appreciate by personal experience. Can't wait to go back!!!

[@MrDustpile]

Russians seem a very 'take it as it is' people, adapting and thriving in whatever fast-and-loose environment. Hence that viral dashcam video where Russians ended up in the river but still sounded quite calm as they floated away. Though I also saw a way less funny video of a Russian woman leaping from a cliff with a broken bungee rope, with the Russian guys sounding more baffled than anything after the blood-chilling scream and she got down to the trees.

[@dannyadrian2820]

Came in for the documentary, stayed for the strangeness until the end, inexplicably. Then I saw the comments, not a disappointment there.

[@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

Not gonna lie, at first glance thought the presenter was gonna bust out & sing Time, Love & Tenderness.

[@charlies2092]

Underrated comment

[@CauliflowerMcPugg]

If I was an intellectual from outer space. I would come nowhere near Earth only maybe to bring the kids on the weekend like you would to a safari park , keep the doors locked and windows up.

[@lukestrawwalker]

Why do I increasingly get the idea that we are some other planet's reality show... LOL:) OL J R :)

[@Frank183847572828]

Nikolai Fedorovich Fedorov: 17:00 Two basic limits on men and the human species, distance and time. Interesting, seems to me like a basic understanding of the theory of relativity of the 19th century by binding the understanding that space and time are linked to each other.

[@Doctor699]

Went into this expecting technical points, trajectories and the like. What I got was a deep spiritual insight reaffirming my own core beliefs. "Knocking On Heaven's Door." Says it all right there.

[@neilfriedman]

Thank you Timeline for this most interesting doccie. I found it well made and well told. A new slant on history

[@alitahir4147]

The cryogenics guy could hire a janitor.

[@bigdmac33]

"Death...nothing good happens out of it'" [ 14:06 ] - I can think of a few people whose death made the world a better place!

[@maggsbufton1969]

Love the interface song! It’s brilliant!

[@rochesterjohnny7555]

Glad I clicked on it, was informative, entertaining, and not what I had expected at all

[@rippspeck]

I did not expect these Werner Herzog levels of esotericism.

[@samshepperrd]

This film rescued my Sunday. Nothing else among my KZbin subs, then I see this Timeline doc about the Russian space program's history. Filmed at the time of glasnost and perestroika when Russia opened their archives to redesrchers everywhere. A period that didn't last long.

[@XOPOIIIO]

Militsiya is written instead of politsiya 4:29 That means the video was made before 2011.

[@Oscuros]

Horoscho.

[@RichardWatt]

When I was in Russia in 2014, I'm sure the police cars still said militsariya, but I wasn't in Moscow.

[@RichardWatt]

Also, the 2011 would be the year of first broadcast on the BBC.

[@fostercathead]

Fascinating. Absolutely fascinating.

[@jayc3110]

That was a wonderful film, so well made .... Enthralling... Thank you!

[@bigdmac33]

Utterly remarkable story.

[@delusionnnnn]

A lot of this had to do with Lysenko's rise during Stalin. He was wrapped up in pseudoscience, and anything that offered an alternative to "capitalist science" was taken seriously even if, like Lysenko, there was no scientific rigor to it. Lysenko offered a response to "western" genetics (ironically itself inspired by Russian work), and Lysenko wormed his way into Stalin's worldview, and embracing Western science could not only get you scorned, but killed. So Stalin (and immediately post-Stalin) Soviet "science" was positively filled with ludicrous pseudoscience. You still see a lot of consequences of this era.

[@SuperMrHiggins]

Dude, even western countries were full of pseudo scientific research pursuits. It's like somebody had to sit people down and explain the differences between science and magic. Come think of it, know a few who would benefit from that discussion in our day and age.

[@charlespawl364]

Look into the Vril Society in Germany in their work on rocketry. Its the same weird science and magic coming together.

[@christheghostwriter]

We're plummeting into a new age of pseudoscience in the US right now. Social media platforms make it possible for tens of millions of Americans to believe that 5G gives you COVID-19 and that COVID vaccines implant microchips into people. It's baffling to witness. Baffling and very, very sad.

[@thenarnian485]

Hatred of enemy tends to turn one into what they proclaimed to hate said enemy for.

[@user-yx8io4sw6v]

And despite that they still were the first to go to space, the Baylaev experiment, all of Vernadsky's work regarding the biosphere was hugely influential! I think soviet scientists are more open to exploring ideas of spirituality that rigid western atheist scientists don't care for.

[@jaketmurphy]

“Yes there are a couple patients in there now” 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@DeepfriedBaby]

The guy selling the cryo tubs. lol- Never trust a guy who never takes off his bluetooth. What's so urgent you can't put it away and wait for the call to come in?

[@HarryFlashmanVC]

Wearing a Bluetooth ear piece when you don't need to makes you look like a toss pot. Someone should tell him!

[@sunnydisinfectant]

Sad to see what pathetic monsters their society now produces

[@DannyWilliamH]

The humanist guy tells a grim tale but one I think we can all relate to on some level. Death *does* seem cruel and needless. Also, there may come a day when what he says is possible. However, imagine eternal life. It wouldn't be as great as he proclaims because time itself becomes meaningless if there is too much of it. Life has value *because* we have limited time, even if we don't actively realize that or wish for it. I think an eternal human would beg for death eventually. I really do. Further, those he's freezing are never going to be brought back in any capacity. No chance. They're stored in a garbage dump, ffs. I think the creepiest possibility is that future humans (or AI of some kind) looks to the dead for slave labor. There is a book I read about this and it kept me up at night for days, lol. Some malevolent AI bringing back the dead - fully restored as they were before death - and making them both eternal and cogs in an awful wheel of some kind. I don't see humans actually deciding one day to being back the dead even if it's possible. The future will probably be more about culling the living than bringing people back.

[@av1301]

I agree with your last paragraph. It's way more efficient to create new life (see e.g. global overpopulation) than stalling death, and much MUCH easier than reversing death. Eugenics, on the other hand (filtering out some of the new life) is an idea we keep coming back to, and to an extent currently employ.

[@riyodabitchless2042]

But listen, you will explore every part of earth, imagine how beautiful immortality is!

[@AndrewTubbiolo]

It's interesting to see that the ESP crowd has worked its way into Russian science funding and state support. We have indications the US government also funds it to some degree. But not to this level of sillyness. It's sad to see that only the military has the focus of mind and effort to make systems that work. Russians def have a tendency to take crazy turns off the road.

[@lukestrawwalker]

Oh, "psuedoscience" is RIFE in the Russian/former Soviet scientific system... That's why when NASA and the Russian space program finally started working together around the time of the shuttle/Mir program, NASA ended up rejecting MOST of the data and "findings" the Soviets had accrued over the decades of their space program-- most of it was based on VERY shaky scientific methodology or using completely outdated or atrociously inaccurate outdated equipment or using flawed techniques that invalidated the results... Later! OL J R :)

[@almabooplove7173]

NASA: liar liar

[@techtinkerin]

Gagarin must have been a special man to sit on that rocket for the first time!😎❤️

[@aliensoup2420]

That was a special combination of faith in the technology and courage against highly possible bad outcomes. I think about the men in the front lines of the 1st wave to hit the beach on D-day. They must have been certain they were marching into death as soon as the landing craft doors opened, yet they did it anyway.

[@IntrovertCorner480]

You can always trust someone who always wears a Bluetooth headset

[@golden1789]

So very interesting.

[@christheghostwriter]

As others have noted, the height of the Cold War was the 1960s. The US and Soviet Union were racing each other to space and racing each other to a nuclear buildup. By the 1970s, whatever momentum the Soviets had gained was starting to level out. Then, in 1979, they made the worst mistake in their brief history when they invaded Afghanistan. They had pumped money into any country that asked for it, thinking they would expand their reach that way. They thought they were going to pull Afghanistan into the USSR, but didn't count on the mujahedeen resistance. They got stuck in a quagmire almost immediately, and didn't have the resources to win. They were too embarrassed to leave, so they just poured more and more money into the occupation. Reagan gets (unearned) credit for ending the Cold War. The reality is that the Soviets brought on their own demise.

[@larky368]

If a drunk is teetering and you give him a gentle nudge you should get some credit for causing him to fall. Carter or any other Dem would have taken his elbow or given him a cup of strong coffee. Reagan recognized that they were on their last legs and terrified them with the belief that they would have to find a solution to "Star Wars."

[@atarkus8]

@@larky368 Take off your partisan blinders. The ironic thing is that it was Carter that got them into Afghanistan. It was his CIA that started funding the mujahedin. However, having said that, I disagree with the premise that it was Afghanistan that did them in anyway. It certainly contributed. But it wasn't the definitive factor. The system was running out of steam in the 70s. It needed serious reforms or it was on course for slow decline. Gorbachev accelerated that decline with his attempt at reform which was more akin to shock therapy.

[@almabooplove7173]

60's Prince Constantine II was named King of Greece. 1969 his three newborn baby, Niklaus. He will be a lider of the world. 1974 King Constantine and his family was exiled from Greece.

[@The1976spirit]

@@larky368 StarWars was the coverup for generalissimo microchip. The 1st spaceshuttle liftoff proved these micromonsters can keep a burning compost pile of 2.000 tons in balance overhead.

[@peppertrout]

15:15 That cryo dude could start his eternal life by cleaning up that sloppy yard and Quonset and inspire some confidence in people instead of,looking like a frigid hack of a slob. I’d really trust his business to give me eternal life!

[@johndaugherty4127]

Well, the elite mean that death is only bad for them. They think it's awesome for you and me.

[@golddustwoman4993]

That investment banker turned transhumanist seems like he's just not coping well with his existential crisis. I hope he receives the help he needs or achieves immortality.

[@antonvernooy6186]

if you listen in the beginning you can hear the cars because the highway runs like 100 feet by stone hedge

[@fidelcastro6931]

Time and space are our only limitations.

[@SezrahSylvan]

I'm not sure if you've already done a programme on it but what about Jack Parsons? Probably his link to Aleister Crowley is the reason why no one has really heard of him but he worked on the jet propulsion for space travel in the US and this story seems so similar. What an interesting time in history.

[@Ed-ty1kr]

At some point in this documentary I began to patiently wait on some grand hallucinogenic reveal, like some Soviet era LSD that we had never heard of... But there was none. And to think, how odd is that?

[@coreyandnathanielchartier3749]

The trouble with some of this is, no matter where humanity goes, human nature goes with it. Hate, lust, greed, envy, fear, love, superstition. I do find it interesting how the average Russian balances the need for spirituality, personal salvation, the quest for self-improvement, and the need to contribute to the collective. I wonder what these ancient Russian philosophers would have felt about the coming revolution and it's implications on Russia's place on the world stage. Funny, now our scientists are trying to achieve lofty goals by thinning our population, and our philosophers are gagged and silent, still looking for a Utopia on earth that is less likely than ever before in history.

[@gabriellandaverde6219]

What’s the name of the music in the intro?

[@andreasleonardo6793]

Nice video about first Soviet man filed in space which occurred during cold war

[@silentsteph2689]

History is who’s ink dries first

[@aceto1900]

Not always...

[@Praetorian8814]

What is the song at the beginning? The one that goes like, gagarin something something,

[@benediktmorak4409]

suppose you needed a title so the people will also look t your film. i live here 30 years in Russia, and besides Gagarin or Korolev, i never have heard of any of the other people or their ideas. and did not even think anything when walking down a street that bears their names. - chapeau - to all the people who made this film possible!

[@ferrosascordoba7177]

Bizarre, but won the space career uwu

[@kitpesec1536]

Are you serious???)😂

[@vlasponomarenko2230]

@@kitpesec1536 they were the first to space tho

[@thegunner7942]

@@kitpesec1536 they did win the race to space

[@kitpesec1536]

@@thegunner7942 what was behind that “Vic”? And where are they now?? Just to be the first who launched the rocket means nothing. They lost the race in couple years. More of that, they lost their empire (empire of evil, if you know)

[@rajindersng]

Can anyone tell the name of song in the beginning... when the guy was traveling in train

[@calvinduke4810]

Wow

[@nisantasicoocugu216]

35:24 what’s that song name?

[@aliensoup2420]

"They joked that their name was 'The Group Who Work for Free' ". Sorry that distinction was taken by the prisoners of the Gulags.

[@sharkbaituahaful]

Who sings the "knockin on heavens door" remix at around the 2:45 mark?

[@operation1968]

This outta be good...

[@redindian9216]

👍👍👍

[@casimirotambunting]

NO DOUBT ... IT IS REALLY BIZARRE

[@frankfedison5203]

Just a thought: in light of the whole Cleopatra...thing, perhaps you shouldn't refer to HistoryHit as "the netflix of history"? 😁

[@donedvalds9041]

A garden with human compost? 10:06

[@yh1559]

Does anyone know the name of the song in the beginning?

[@setituptoblowitup]

"Poyekhali!"

[@zabdas83]

Love Russian history... You guys are F...ing awesome man!

[@laurisgatiszarinovs2891]

Who's the guy that talks at the start?

[@M4PL3B4CKW00DS]

whats the songs name around the start of the video

[@iOnlyGotOneArm]

"Гагарин, я вас любила" by Группа Ундервуд. You can simply search KZbin for the title & it will come up.

[@korstmahler]

When was this one filmed? Funny that he paints Transhumanism as something actually related to the whole affair too. Even that guy who they kept making fun of seemed confused about that. His answer was like "Uh we both want to solve death" Also seems like he's new to seeing what the average poor European town looks like. Maybe he only visits Moscow? He says "outside Moscow" like he's headed into the abyss lol

[@kitpesec1536]

Have you seen “outside Moscow”? It’s real abyss

[@korstmahler]

@@kitpesec1536 I know, he's just never seen it before I guess?

[@quantumeseboy]

The key to happiness is always in escaping Russia ;)

[@davidfoye4359]

I told you to pray years ago And excuses is KING

[@mohammadrezakhani2539]

👍👍👍👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@PacoOtis]

This video appears a bit "far out" during the last fourth, or so. A bit too much??

[@rogerc7960]

followed by deaths of pilots flying high altitude...

[@olengagallardo8551]

"no not him"😁

[@torrey88]

Michael Cera on the thumbnail

[@tgmccoy1556]

Russians simply think outside the box. Part of their charm.

[@kitpesec1536]

I wish you taste this “charm” entirely

[@christopherbromsky6900]

@@kitpesec1536 Did you taste it ?

[@SeniorWhoopyIRL]

Somebody needs to tell that librarian, you can't handle ancient documents especially handwritten letters with bare hands. Wear some gloves

[@lukestrawwalker]

In SOVIET RUSSIA, ancient documents HANDLE YOU!!! OL J R :)

[@Arrows_Driftwood]

Thank you to our Russian comrades who paved the way and those who still lead the forefront of space travel. Learning about tokamaks and toroidal plasma brought me here.

[@Miklos82]

Not what I was expecting.

[@isaacshawky]

So sad to see this creative and spiritual nation inflicting such suffering and pain on their neighbours.... :-(

[@Timic83tc]

A nation cannot be defined by their current leader. It's sad but true

[@aliensoup2420]

Not just their neighbors, they tortured their own people in the gulags, and imposed starvation upon millions.

[@naciremasti]

Yuri was merely the first to survive.

[@ThriveTalesTV]

how many died before YURI ?

[@Arnold-yz4fl]

Very interesting and also crazy documentaire, this is why I do love Russians😇

[@ursodermatt8809]

i love russia because they occupy parts of the ukraine. and ahh, ehh parts of georgia and Moldova

[@ThriveTalesTV]

@@ursodermatt8809 I prefer America more , because they occupy IRAQ .Afganistan .LIBYA .Panama .Haiti .Grenada ,Dominican Republic and they dropped Nuclear bomb on JAPAN . What a lovely bunch of people .

[@ursodermatt8809]

@@ThriveTalesTV great! you admit america is better.

[@ThriveTalesTV]

@@ursodermatt8809 Yes America is far better in Occupying other countries ...

[@ursodermatt8809]

@@ThriveTalesTV thanks for confirming you prefer america. greetings

[@angelogarcia2189]

i think we are going to be the aliens. someone has to be first.

[@peterparker9286]

You are on to something wise one...

[@izzajuhari4991]

Soviet March song intensify 🎉

[@NikiBaranov]

Imagine the world where people like Tsiolkovsky, Korolev and a whole bunch of other great Russian minds of late 1800 and early 1900 were not living in the backward and soviet society/country... just image...

[@fratercontenduntocculta8161]

Of all parts of the Cold War, the Space Race was won by all Humankind. Our friendly rivalry truly propelled us to the stars faster than we ever thought. It's my sincere hope that when there is finally peace in Ukraine, that we can resume our exploration of space together.

[@seandawson5899]

Biographics, the KZbin channel has a really good biography about Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin if anyone is interested in that as well.

[@adamfrazer5150]

Good call man 👍 Simon has some quality channels putting out interesting topics 🍻 .....although he's starting to crop up everywhere, he's spread his butter over most of my bread 😳 (that sounds too suggestive...)

[@seandawson5899]

@@adamfrazer5150 Simon is literally the person who got me back into learning after school, I forgot how enjoyable it can be with a great teacher and the right format

[@adamfrazer5150]

@@seandawson5899 totally agree with you on that man 👍 Makes me wonder how my grades would've looked if my teachers had half the enthusiasm as Simon does - he can take the driest and seemingly boring topic and make you want to hear more 😊

[@Birdini626]

"not not him" "this man" what was the point of that hahaha

[@PolizeiPaul]

While living forever in a cyber space world seems great, The Japanese warned us long ago of what can go wrong, Watch Galerians Rion.

[@SemorreButte]

Synapse plz?

[@andrewemery4272]

Beware; Some of the Russian language has been incorrectly translated into English.

[@thegunner7942]

They did that for their propaganda

[@kenoliver8913]

Very common in all reporting and documentaries - and often done to exaggerate or otherwise distort the story.

[@somewhere6]

Indeed, the translation here did take some liberties.

[@BigHugsFromHell]

30:07 At this song, which I now realize was a cover of "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood," this is exactly what I heard: "Baby, can you understand it now? Sometimes I feel a little man. Dont'cha know that nowowinlife can always be an angel? When things go wrong, I see a little man. I'm just a soul who's injush-shish-akudd. Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood."

[@slayermate07]

imagine if we were to put national barriers and ideologies aside...imagine what we could accomplish across the milky way by now. Alas it is not to be.

[@petehenderson]

nobody should ever pay for any subscription jus making rich people richer

[@naciremasti]

Especially when they're all old documentaries. So tired of that intro its become a chore to fast forward thru.

[@Djmonty92]

thy are using windows Vista 🤦 50:39

[@mushroomman1856]

At the 40:57 mark the Russian Robin Williams

[@dwanedexter7685]

The Russian soviets are the most sophisticated

[@pressureworks]

Enough already with the constant moving the camera around.

[@ronemtae3468]

The first man in space was murdered by the Soviets

[@glenkelley6048]

WHY so fast with the SUBTITLES? WHO CAN READ THAT FAST? NOT ME!!!!

[@golddustwoman4993]

I can

[@HansDunkelberg1]

If you use a computer, you can stop and restart KZbin footage by pressing the space bar. The left-arrow key throws you back by 5 seconds. That sort of tricks is called shortcuts. It pays to google for them. There are plenty of them also for other purposes.

[@waynethegreat23]

It's not nice to die

[@vatovega]

Spaceship

[@joeymitchell4594]

Dude! Please get to the space program! I’m half way through and so far you’ve been talking to a bunch of nuts about a Russian philosopher.

[@TheRumbles13]

Я люблю ехать чаннель

[@gregbrogan9061]

Yuri Gagarin had

[@fatedead505]

Who is the presenter?

[@gobstoppa1633]

HARDLY BIZARRE".