The Sky at Night -- Bases on the Moon

[@pearlfisher2813]

Brilliant . Arthur C Clark and Sir Patrick Moore together. Thanks for uploading.

[@mrrolandlawrence]

Pat & Arthur! Legends. Those lads at the british interplanetary society really nailed it in 1950 already with the lunar lander!

[@RichardPearson57]

Do you remember 1963? Here is a classic Sky at Night program for you to enjoy..

[@herberthuncke1288]

thank you kindly

[@patrickguernsey4929]

Not everything was better in the past but here, yes, it was.! !

[@watchreadplayretro]

Pure brilliance all the way through.

[@trecker59]

R.I.P. Patrick & Arthur.

[@TheSundaysLive]

Brilliant upload, thank you very much.

[@getAMCIVideos]

Really nice program from the pass.

[@EricIrl]

I notice it was directed by Richard Marquand. I'm pretty sure that is the same Richard Marquand who went on to direct "Birth of the Beatles" (1973) and "Return of the Jedi" (1983)

[@edmund184]

this is better than either

[@captur69]

Its madness going to Mars..before we set up a base on the moon...

[@GoldSrc_]

Thanks for the upload.

[@Astronut54]

We should and could have been on Mars about 30 years ago, let alone with bases on the Moon. Clark was dead on when he predicted a circumnavigation of the Moon in 5 years (1963 - 1968, 5 years, Apollo 8)

[@wildboar7473]

yes a little too dead on.

[@iancottenham]

superb what is your source

[@phonotical]

Well, we are nearly 20 years into this one and we are still dragging our feet

[@johnq0public11]

With this talk of going to the Moon back in 1963 and of Arthur C Clark stating that the Moon would be the next best move for mankind . . . it would be obvious, no matter how ridiculous or unbelievable you may think it is, to believe there are already maned moon bases when talk of going to Mars is now being made!

[@RichardPearson57]

vimeo.com/channels/astronomyspacetv

[@John-wd5cb]

Did they produce this for propaganda? Any engineer would tell you everything needs to be under the surface. Doesn't make sense any other way.

[@georgethomas4889]

Wow Arthurs predictions turned out terribly wrong on all fronts.

[@Astronut54]

+George Thomas Except for the Apollo 8 Mission of orbiting the Moon!

[@SubMachine1000]

Von Braun drew up plans for NASA to put men on Mars 1982. NASA were serious about it but the Nixon administration cancelled it.

[@chriswatson7965]

I don't think that is a correct representation 1. Fly around the moon in 5 years - correct 2. Russians beating US to the moon - he was taking the Russian information on face value as true. Unfortunately a great deal of what the Russians were saying was propaganda and they had no serious expectations of a moon landing with the program they were developing. This fooled not just Clarke, but the US government also. 3. US not landing on the moon before 1970, but shortly afterwards - This prediction though technically wrong, is in essence correct. It was a minor miracle that the US managed to get the landing done before 1970 (July 1969), and it was largely on the basis that the US believed that the Russians were about to send a moon landing expedition imminently. A huge amount of money and effort was spent on the project. 4. Orbiting Mars in 20 years - this was one everyone got wrong. After the moon spending money on manned space exploration dried up. The US had spent an exorbitant amount of money, and the Russians were never serious, and were exposed for it. The mid 1970s saw the energy crisis and the first world wide economic slump since WWII. Any thought of governments spending money on manned missions was completely canned. It is only now being rethought of as costs have come so far down private companies can now consider doing it. Had the political will been there in the 1970s and 1980s orbiting manned Mars by 1990 was highly probable. The forecast failed for not foreseeing the change in the political will, not because it was not feasible. 5. Martian base by 2000 - same as for 4.

[@rmkerslake]

..and except for those hundreds of communications satellites!

[@mick_hyde]

Thanks for the upload.