Why Apollo Astronauts Trained in Nuclear Bomb Craters

Apollo astronauts trained in nuclear bomb craters at the Nevada National Security Site. But why?Thanks Audible! Start listening with a 30-day trial and your first audiobook plus two Audible Originals free when you go to audible.com/veritasium or text veritasium to 500500
I found this story fascinating because in a way a nuclear bomb crater is more like a meteorite impact site than an impact site itself. Consider: Barringer Crater was claimed to be a meteorite impact site but geologists dismissed it as a volcanic formation. It was only after studying nuclear bomb craters and the minerals found there that geologists concluded the energy and pressures that created Barringer Crater were too high to be from volcanic activity and therefore must have formed from a meteorite impact.
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[@CyclingSteve]

Why are you testing nukes underground? USGOV: Oh, er, for constructing canals...

[@Wildefire42]

There were plans to nuke a canal from the mediterranean to the sahara depression so they weren't the only ones. Using nukes to make an artificial ocean... the 60's were wild!

[@fahmisa4790]

meanwhile in USSR, let's try constructing a nuke lake

[@fahmisa4790]

meanwhile in USSR, let's try constructing a nuke lake

[@GarrusN7]

Nukes were seen as legitimate tools for various things other than war. Crazy times.

[@ralanham76]

@@PoliticalJames awesome let's Nuke some abandoned shores

[@ImAllergicToSkin]

“But the Nevada test site provided something... extra” Cancer

[@boxtroxrequiem4882]

1:39

[@carbonmonoxide20]

@Bolt verse and jesus with a black man who has a halo and fire on his back who can also fly

[@lachlanmtb7540]

Lmao

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[@philo-]

It honestly makes me happy hearing the astronauts of Apollo exclaiming that they found the rocks they wanted. There's something so amazing about the journey and the relief and joy they must have felt. You can hear it in their voices.

[@Coolgiy67]

Nerd

[@nicolocantaluppi5572]

@@Coolgiy67 You try getting shot into space in a tin can and Land on a rock in the middle of nothing.

[@robm2907]

Think of how happy it makes humans to hear / repeat song lyrics and patterns that they like but takes very little effort to know. It must have made those humans so happy to say speak back and understand the names of the minerals and know what they are, their properties, and any implications it could have for their understanding of the galaxy. Good humans.

[@Lil.Grandpa]

@@nicolocantaluppi5572 They should too, considering it was probably fake.

[@pepsi3005]

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[@Rockyers]

0:05 I like how the subtitles say "Neil Armstrong and Buzz Lightyear set food on the moon"

[@mikejohnstonbob935]

big plot twist: dinosaurs had nuclear technology and wiped themselves out

[@sumitshresth]

not dinosaurs but but native Americans

[@ErebosGR]

Imagine the Demon Core accident but with a T-Rex holding up the beryllium dome with its tiny hands.

[@damyr]

@@x_x5009 Exactly. Humans are the product of nuclear mutation of dinosaurs. We are all basically T-Rexes and velociraptors... ok, most of people are just stupid gallimimus.

[@EFSpartan]

Still a valid hypothesis, where there aren't significant evidence that dinosaurs weren't advanced. Even nuclear disasters like Chernobyl would have radiation lasting hundreds of thousands of years, plenty of time in 65 million year span from their great extinction. Any significantly advanced civilization would build things that would recycle and not stay forever like we are doing right now. Would there be traces of humans 65 million years from now?

[@zamundaaa776]

@@EFSpartan just from their skeletons one can see that they were in fact not technologically advanced enough. How advanced their speech was, how much they traveled etc. Besides all that, a T-Rex that handles machines would be absolutely hilarious.

[@xxthexcaliburxx]

I like how the cold war basically was the US and the USSR bombing themselves to prepare for when the other side decides to bomb them

[@BZB2000]

Both countries have ridiculously large swaths of uninhabited land, so it’s really not surprising.

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[@arpanray8480]

Cold war expectation: USA nukes Russia, Russia nukes USa Cold war reality: USA nukes USA, Russia nukes Russia.

[@dirm12]

And they were both much happier for that option. Everyone wins!

[@aarambhverma1550]

*USSR

[@deltavii7499]

Mint The USSR and the Soviets are the same.

[@vedvod]

Aarambh Verma actually, if you look at the actual agreements and ensuing politics of the 1991 dissolution, Russia *technically* didn’t leave the USSR, and they, in a way, assumed the titles and powers of the USSR (but it “ended” the Cold War, obviously). Therefore, as some (forgot who) political leaders have claimed, Russia and the USSR are technically the same entity, just renamed, the 1991 dissolution was merely a way for Ukraine and everyone still in the USSR to get out, leaving just Russia in the USSR, which, at the time of dissolution, was still inclusive of Russia. TL;DR, Russia and the USSR could be legally argued to be the same legal entity

[@spacefishaviation276]

stolen joke but still funny tho

[@Aaron-kp4zs]

When you dig straight down in minecraft and fill the hole with tnt

[@ole781]

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[@Joshua97776]

Aaron it’s very effective

[@PrintScreen.]

lame joke

[@bobthebobman7457]

You use command blocks

[@trampoleen8750]

When you brake your computer

[@rebmcr]

"I think we found what we came for!" That's got to be a contender for 'most satisfying sentence ever uttered'.

[@francescosaccomanni9024]

…Is anyone else also wondering if the sites were still radioactive when the astronauts visited them?

[@gabedidit7673]

Ion even get why the dude who made this video is that close to the crater. I wouldn't be in that state at all

[@thediplomaticpodcast3399]

@@gabedidit7673 probably because that was detonated in the 50s? and it’s 2022?

[@gabedidit7673]

@@thediplomaticpodcast3399 hell naw couldn't be me

[@imdeadinside792]

I think I would just be irradiated not radioactive so it would be fairly safe

[@brandonl.6840]

@@thediplomaticpodcast3399 half life of uranium and other radioactive elements in nukes are REALLY long like REALLY long it takes a while for those types of elements to deteriorate

[@besmart]

This is what I call "science for the crater good"

[@TheCimbrianBull]

*ba dum tss!* 🥁 😂 🤣 😅

[@adamhasse8364]

It's Okay To Be Smart, stop

[@Q_QQ_Q]

When you are going to the moon ?

[@Jelkiin]

P... please no

[@Matojeje]

Jooeeee

[@speed2574]

That guy calmingly shutting the fridge door while the nuke's going 5 4 3....

[@greyarea805]

That's Indiana Jones if he had a crisis before getting in

[@cravinbob]

Cold beer on a HOT day can take your breath away.

[@idkanameforthis]

GIVE ME HATE on my videos ...

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@@idkanameforthis no

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@@idkanameforthis why are ppl asking for hate on their videos- like what’s the point? Just curious

[@KillersFromTheWest]

Super informative, thanks for the great content.

[@davidluchsinger7377]

I can’t imagine the power needed to excavate a pit that large. Insane.

[@helloratto8877]

about 1 nuclear bombs worth👍

[@colbyr7811]

Compared to the largest nuclear bombs tested they are relatively small. That's the part that inspired shock and awe in me.

[@CenarosNL]

Still going strong after all these years. And not a bit of quality loss. Love it man. Thank you.

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He is really great! We are very lucky! 🤗❤️

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Robert Jansen he doesn't mean pixel quality

[@iamme8359]

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[@vothequyen4972]

Oh my god, The subtitles said “Buzz Lightyear” instead of Buzz Aldrin 😂

[@bullymaguire3867]

@@vothequyen4972 WTF dude😂

[@bonflores8849]

Did.. did you just use Kerbal names??? Lol

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@@iamme8359 it can be better

[@losguapos8776]

Great video man very informative

[@Killermonktr]

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[@veritasium]

The astronauts were exposed to some additional radiation from visiting the site, but they were about to go to the moon. So radiation was part of the job.

[@XtreeM_FaiL]

If you can survive this, you can survive that too and if you can handle that, you can handle those too...

[@grovemeister04]

Neat Derek!

[@talbizle]

Thanks for the awesome video Derek.

[@DomWPC]

only 3.6 rontegen not great not terrible

[@martiddy]

@DMoney Industry Yes it was rad...ioactive!

[@Goryllo]

"America is conducting nuclear experiments for the benefit of all Nations..." wow, they really had a great sense of humour in the 60's

[@christianege4989]

Why? It was a benefit to all nations. The increrase of illnesses due to the nuclear radiation and the from this following increase of illness of the people caused the medical industrie to produce more drugs, increasing these companies sales and therefore amount of tax they have to pay, which then resulted in the governments having more money they could spent for their people. So see, the nuclear tests benefited all mankind. P.S.: If you can find the irony in this comment, you may keep it.

[@coin5207]

@@christianege4989 by that logic HIV is also a benefit to all nations. How about you get yourself some aids to support your local government

[@joshuahadams]

It kinda was. There hasn't really been a battle on the scales of Stalingrad or Ypres since August 9th, 1945.

[@delightfulsunny]

It did benefit all nations because it ended the WWII. If U.S.A. did drop those two bombs in Japan, imperial Japanese army would have continued their evil doings to no end.

[@travelinman70]

sounds like a plausible cover story to me!!

[@cloudypatch9087]

Woah this Is so cool and interesting, keep up the great work

[@SevenGC89]

I never really thought about it until watching a video like a month or 2 ago that was saying how scientists were refuting the Chicxulub crater as meteorite impact for a long time because they couldn't find any debris, not yet understanding that the meteor impact vaporizes it completely. After hearing that it makes perfect sense, at least for me most representations of meteors have been in old movies and games, to pick a recent one I played Final Fantasy V, very early on you travel to different meteor sites and all of the "impact" sites have a cone shape with a tail where it hit and dragged. Idk why until now.. maybe I just never gave it much thought but that tail pattern is so illogical especial when the meteorite is still fully intact at the other end!

[@DangerousDac]

Fun fact: he's closer to Area 51 than anyone wanting to raid it in September :p

[@LarryFish3rman]

They actually give two different tours to this site, one depending on if there is a non-citizen in the group, and another, through a different gate*, if there is only U.S Citizens present. *I think. That whole area is surrounded by more secret sites than just Area 51. There is a drone facility, an airforce base, and countless other top secret runways and bases than well ever know along with a ton of craters and weapons testing grounds.

[@MrQhuin]

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[@Duncan_Idaho_Potato]

About 13 miles (21 kilometers) away as the crow flies, according to Google Earth.

[@megamind6000]

Sep 20: Naruto run

[@bengersbootlegs]

I was gonna say that, its kinda nice having an educated and civil comments section. Its kind of a novelty in 2019

[@galaxchen5942]

"11 of the 12 men visited the site" So the 12th guy just kinda arrived and flew to the moon?

[@doomguy8718]

Nah he was actually an alien

[@karsyakalege5494]

He was the imposter

[@ReviloAnimations]

@Life u good mate...?

[@sebastiandalton3981]

@@ReviloAnimations dang u watching this at night?

[@ReviloAnimations]

@@sebastiandalton3981 its 3:40 and im still awake trying to figure out why frosting is considered a solid

[@soulraider6074]

So that’s where they’ve filmed it! Thanks!

[@jstnj_]

Amazing video.

[@theheeheeman9206]

"I think we found what we came for" "Crystalline rock" "Yesssirrr"

[@idkanameforthis]

GIVE ME HATE on my videos ...

[@Newnenwne]

Hee Hee

[@willywonka3050]

JESSE WHERE IS THE CRYSTALLINE ROCK

[@SDfighter1]

@@idkanameforthis Bot?

[@idkanameforthis]

@@SDfighter1 nah

[@M4rtingale]

2:05 WTF ARE YOU DOING MAN IT'S EXPLODING IN LIKE 5 SECONDS!

[@vladimirlenin843]

Don't worry. He survived in the refrigerator. It's lead lined

[@nemlolrawrlawl2350]

@@yoyonis6840 That was an actual belief back when these testings were being made. It may have been a pretty terrible scene, but it was accurate to beliefs.

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DON'T OPEN THE DOOR YOU FOO-

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Cheese

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Interesting knowledgeable videos

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[@Bepis13]

Imagine the moon being covered in lava today, and being able to see it in the middle of the night...

[@idahomike]

I know what we could call it... the sun!

[@cherrybomb9130]

Mike Price It probably wouldn’t be bright enough to light up the sky, however on new moons, quarters, and crescents where we would normally see it dark, it would glow red.

[@Blackholebirb]

@@idahomike the sun isn't made out of lava... The stuff on the surface is hydrogen :p and if there was lava it would be under the surface making it magma

[@sampohlmann1503]

History would be different

[@alexwaddington6161]

I feel like we can already see the moon at night?

[@costa_marco]

"1m wide, 635 feet" deep... Loving the mixed units. SI FTW! ;)

[@veritasium]

haha, yeah I had other takes with ~200m but this one was better I think...

[@costa_marco]

@@veritasium I understand. It sounds more impressive. By the way, thank you very much for the quality content. Greetings from Brazil.

[@sugandhakohli]

@@veritasium Guess that's what happens when you come to the US after living for a while in Australia... :D

[@Ezio393]

@@veritasium We from the rest of the world have no clue how deep is 635 feet without googling and converting it.

[@cyrkielnetwork]

@@veritasium How big it is in football fields? ;)

[@anuragsapkota6458]

Really good video

[@loosejenkins47]

That shot right at the start showing all of the craters was insane after seeing how big only 1 is and there's over 900!

[@pillarshipempireemployee0142]

SmarterEveryDay: gets disinfected to _look_ at sealed containers in sealed containers. Veritaseum:

[@johannes8346]

Veritasium: *sneezes* (because he inhaled some of the moon dust)...

[@egodef1]

Bru are you okay dude

[@777Duble777]

@@egodef1 Oh wow, I guess my phone didn't turn off in my pocket or something, that's scary

[@DarklyBishop]

SmarterEveryDay advocates for religion in everyone of his videos so... That kinda negates his scientific mind when he believes in a fairytale. Just sad.

[@pillarshipempireemployee0142]

@@DarklyBishop Oh, I didn't know.

[@Aziraphale686]

I wonder if Tom Scott is angrily deleting a project from his timeline right now lol.

[@joonasfi]

Hehe :) It'd be a weird thing to see an angry Tom Scott! I don't think I've ever heard him angry - just frustrated

[@enb3810]

Damn, I just clicked off of one of his videos

[@elevander]

They can do similar videos. I enjoyed both Derek’s and Tom’s Chernobyl videos

[@ThisFish888]

The sudden influx of space related videos is likely a NASA shill campaign

[@JalnorTheGreat]

@@ThisFish888 Or maybe there's a big anniversary that's got everyone talking about what happened back then... you know, maybe a nice round number like 50 years?

[@hikodzu]

Hopefully we soon go back there, I can't wait..

[@dcamron46]

Lol I love how bombs are still quantified in terms of TNT or dynamite sticks, as if it’s 1912 and most people know what that ‘feels like’ Oh man, a thousand sticks of dynamite!? I remember last week when I was excavating that hole near San Fran for gold that was a big blast, so it’s even bigger than that!?

[@Araknala]

They used *PLOWSHARE* when they could have used *SKILLSHARE* .

[@thiesenf]

Or Brilliant... or any of the other 4.3*10^5353465344 craptacular "services"...

[@Araknala]

Thiesen or their brain

[@tymccormick2512]

Yesnt

[@funjoyknowledge3304]

And no health care no free higher education no social security lol

[@thebrotherhoodlc]

What a lame name for company Plowshare

[@MrRogsmart]

I learned more about the moon in 13 minutes than I ever learned in school. Keep up the good work.

[@jasonjr2500]

I know

[@hankfrancoisanimo2688]

True that

[@dylanstarzec2099]

roger smart same

[@kingsly2275]

roger smart TBF to school you probably learned more about the moon there it’s just the way they try to get you to learn the information isn’t interesting whatsoever I mean who finds reading facts about the moon through popcorn reading “fun”? For learning to be effective it has to be enjoyable or just shoved down your throat till the point it’s near impossible to forget

[@lukce7770]

@@kingsly2275 i agree

[@joedellinger9437]

My father was the chief drilling engineer for the Sedan test! I grew up hearing about it.

[@MarcoAdventures]

11:15 That is the happiest person I have ever seen in my entire life.

[@vaguelysomething]

You inspired me to pick physics as my major

[@pluto8404]

Ah... should have went for lesbian dance theory major. There will be no jobs in physics after we raid area 51 and find nasa's dome projector.

[@roguemaniac7929]

Poolie and respawn because they used beds

[@JustanApple96]

Hey I just graduated with a physics major. Work hard and enjoy it! It's a grand adventure and it doesn't stop even after you graduate.

[@jackbond5348]

Carl Sagan said it best Confessions of Walking Speech 1.0 Quote: 'We have created a world that profoundly depends on science and technology, we've also created things so that no-one understands science and technology, we might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces'

[@megamind6000]

@@pluto8404 sep 20: Naruto run

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Thanks for being one of the best educational KZbinrs on this site.

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here is a reply

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yeah, because youtubers on vimeo suck!!! xD

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@@sirBrouwer i know... thats why it's really weird to say "the best educational youtubers on this site"..... don't you think??

[@theknightikins9397]

“Crystal rock!” “Yes sir!” I love astronauts.

[@RevKali]

I’m more mind blown by the craters created by nukes, that’s just insane how power we can create!

[@davidsaesthetics2280]

And these was only in kilotons powerlevels just imagine what would happen with a 50 megaton thermonuclear fusion device thats insane !

[@squidwardo7074]

not to mention it took like 10 pounds of plutonium to make that

[@ll-li3dt]

8:23 its offical. “yessir!” on the moon is the best out of all the yessir memes

[@marp00n]

lolllll

[@jonoliahjohn6800]

Always has been

[@benshelton16]

Yes sir, you would be correct

[@lightcer3]

It was so good that it was out of this world

[@XxThePlaylistxX]

Deathclaws.

[@10tothe10088]

Closed Caption at 0:04: "Neil Armstrong and Buzz Lightyear" LOL

[@TauGeneration]

To infinity and beyond

[@baasjan9488]

10tothe10088 😂😂

[@Mr.Parker27]

HMM

[@nasasquad2380]

All i hear is “buzz aldrin”

[@mrandrossguy9871]

10tothe10088 Those texttomeme Rascals 😂

[@findingKoronic]

exactly 3 years ago, this masterpiece was born

[@MKHALH]

Look at the captions “Neil Armstrong & buzz lightyear”

[@ver.zy21]

Caption; "Neil Armstrong and Buzz Lightyear first set foot on the moon" Woody; What the actual fck?

[@anwar4227]

Woody:DaFuK

[@bcbble]

"Neil Armstrong and Buzz Lightyear first set foot on the moon." That's what close captions thinks you said LOL

[@drewlop]

I thought you might be pulling a prank but it's true lmfao

[@drewlop]

Oh actually the auto-generated captions get it right, so this might be an autocomplete error or just a brain slip from whoever typed 'em in

[@sahd7950]

I needed to find this so I didn’t think I was crazy

[@ALWAYSDOINSHI]

@@drewlop he did it on purpose

[@gabahoe_gbh1333]

I just noticed on the video it said someone was called "Dick Gordon"

[@antsinsidemypants7900]

Me and the boys: FIRST ONE TO ROLL DOWN TO THE BOTTOM!

[@ChristianJackson47]

Sometimes when I watch science stuff like this, I wonder if we already know everything there WAS to know and at this point we are literally making things up that actually become reality.

[@shaileshrana7165]

Really interesting video bruh. Love how you structure the story. It takes more effort than it looks.

[@stevedd9725]

Yeah, it takes much effort to lie.

[@JorgeRodriguez-xx8vx]

@@stevedd9725 So stop lying to yourself.

[@markcollard9326]

yeah, moon rocks that were actually independently tested actually ended up being petrified wood. so who lied? google "moon rock petrified wood."

[@AnselmWiercioch]

@@markcollard9326 rofl.

[@christianege4989]

@@markcollard9326 Yes, google it! Because if you would do that, you would have found out that these wood pieces were a joke by two artists. NASA itself NEVER said that they were moon rocks, even more, NASA never even claimed that they have given a moon rock to the dutch museum you are referring to. But as always, when it comes to claims that fit the view of you conspiracy believers, you dan't do proper research, but read only the parts that fit into your believes, and then stop research, or even dismiss parts as false. And all just because you want to still believe in your fantasies instead of just admitting you are wrong.

[@JosephSivits]

4:31 if the yellow sign is a historical sign, then the white sign is a historical sign sign

[@jamesramirez0408]

ffs

[@rimusen6364]

Joseph Sivits haha true

[@lukasaoo88]

Its a historical sign sign for a historical sign

[@pbjbagel]

That's hysterical

[@speedwheel1807]

@@pbjbagel historic*

[@tylerfb1]

Apollo, and every US astronaut pilot and mission commander since Mercury, have been test pilots, ie graduates of the USAF Test Pilot school or other service equivalent. Test pilots are not just expert pilots, they have scientific or engineering degrees, and a test pilot school graduate has the equivalent education of a scientific or engineering PhD. They are professional scientists, just on the practical side of aero and astronautics.

[@kbanghart]

​@@JFlatby Right, and NASA civilian Rusty Schweickart (Apollo 9) and NASA civilian Harrison Schmitt, LM pilot on Apollo 17 weren't test pilots. Someone needs to re-read their space race history.

[@skendae9152]

2:05 got me thinking about Nuketown. Back in the good ol days…

[@user-px7kx2gp1b]

0:03 Subtitles say "Buzz Lightyear"

[@theodopulous2623]

omg they do

[@hy7968]

But if you switch it to English subtitles that are auto-generated it says buzz aldrin.

[@flyingturret208thecannon5]

TO INFINITY, AND BEYOND!

[@AtLanTis613]

😂😂👍..yeah

[@ButtersChannel]

Yo they do😂

[@King_Zog_I]

Bruh them using nuclear bombs for canals is something 8 year old me would do in Minecraft

[@MeatBallFreak333]

Lmao

[@obxsgbbjjv8362]

3:33 Veritassium you are wrong, actually Chagan crater is in Semipalatinsk testing site which is located on East Kazakhstan

[@abhinavsrivatsakingsman5244]

excellent explanation sir I am just 12 yrs old and I understand your explanation perfectly

[@jamesyang4898]

America: We test nuclear bomb for the benefit of all nations. Nations: doubt Japan: DOUBT

[@ZeHoSmusician]

You mean, "Japan: LIES!"

[@dymytryruban4324]

Actually, Edward Teller suggested to use nuclear explosions in Canadian mining industry. His idea was rejected.

[@cyberNinja69477]

haha nagasaki go boom

[@VVayVVard]

To be serious, while military uses are (by definition) not in everyone's best interests, nuclear testing in itself has been highly educational for mankind as a whole.

[@jamesyang4898]

@@VVayVVard Nuclear bombs is made with explosive fisson reaction. And nuclear energy is made with sustained fission. The former needs highly refined uranium, while the latter don't. To benefit the world you will need to research the latter and not the former. And they are very different in scientific nature despite their similarity in both using fission as a energy source.

[@ingmanni873]

Spends millions of dollars to go to the moon. What they bring back: Rocc

[@kylec278]

ingmanni you stole this from a meme lmao

[@FloofyRulezz]

Nobody cares @Kylc Official

[@bek_quereshi]

What do you expect them to bring?? Your stolen panty?

[@skibididopyesdop]

Salman Ahmed LMAO

[@punishmint]

Salman Ahmed yeah

[@beactivebehappy9894]

0:04 The captions had me🤣

[@saidchacon]

Subtitles on 0:02 : yeah Buzz Light-year was there as well

[@PBMS123]

3:35 Chagan Crater is located in Kazakhstan, not Russia. It was obviously detonated within the USSR in the 60s, but that is now Kazakhstan.

[@Numerlon]

wait a few years...

[@TaiViinikka]

Great point.

[@immersegrafx6040]

Numerlon wait for what

[@Frogulong]

Is this bait?

[@kip741]

Luke Mills are u fr?

[@sebastianalmanza4756]

No one: 1950s: “Let’s use nukes for construction!”

[@sebastianelytron8450]

This stupid meme didn't exist back then. Life was so much better.

[@driftshirofc9463]

That's how he fallout universe happened

[@sebastianalmanza4756]

Sebastian Elytron There’s much to be nostalgic about, but there’s not denying life is much better now

[@Brissles]

No one said nothing..

[@nonofyourbusiness7631]

Gayyyyyy meme

[@rickey6990]

Derek: "Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin first set foot on the moon." Captions: "Neil Armstrong and Buzz Lightyear first set foot on the moon."

[@shadyshrimp4169]

I learned more in this video than all of my time in school

[@kingjames4886]

"to determine how homes and household items could be made to withstand nuclear bombs" conclusion: they can't. everyone will die. "to determine if we can use nuclear weapons to excavate ground for civilian purposes" conclusion: we can't. everyone will die.

[@raniedelfajardo742]

Conclusion : Bomb was only used to kill people

[@Void-ng8jz]

Best conclusion than nothing👍

[@Napoleonic_S]

wut, did you not see the video? there were some houses that still stood after being blasted, they were right there beside the totally blown away "normal" houses that were right next to them.

[@kingjames4886]

@@Napoleonic_S are you sure you weren't looking at a bunker?

[@AdibasWakfu]

fridges are nuclear blast resistant, don't you watch movies?

[@stuck_around]

brady joe and destin seeing moon rocks: wearing full scrubs in pressurized vault and all samples are triple bagged behind glass derek: lol so i got this moon dust here im just gonna open the jar n take a look (8:40)

[@subwarpspeed]

There are different levels of security and separation. Quite a few rocks were given to nations around the world, I would assume not being in vacuum. The ones they can do actual science and publish papers on are provably the secure ones like Destin visited. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolen_and_missing_Moon_rocks

[@AZOffRoadster]

@@subwarpspeed Some sample containers were already contaminated. Damn moon dust is hell on seals.

[@MGCooley]

In Destin's video didn't they say the samples were brought back in vacuum?

[@Barblooms]

They need a LOL button in addition to the like button. Good one!

[@patrickgragg5602]

You stupid f******every government that has checked into these moon rocks has found that they came from Greenland you idiots

[@abhistraj5732]

Awesome 😎

[@NightsOfDevil]

This is like a fun version of my science class

[@Deloooon]

8:14 I like how they sound more like children finding special rocks in the playground than actual professionals or scientists

[@samar5838]

You literally did ctrl+c ctrl+v of the other comment

[@utubejeffo]

They were neither professionals nor scientists. They were pilots. Big kids with expensive toys doing something crazy.......as usual.

[@mohammed-yw5zm]

@@samar5838 Oh cOpiEd CoMmEnT OoO

[@reidgowan2670]

@@utubejeffo What do you even mean they weren’t professionals? They definitely seem like being an astronaut is their job.

[@starstrangledmanwithaplan8148]

@@samar5838 ok?

[@mihaiesco490]

“100 Km thick” Dayummm that’s thicc thicc

[@meepmweep]

Dummy thicc crater

[@MH_Poogie]

thiccer than u mom's

[@privateaccount4934]

Life Broken thiccer than joe’s crater

[@jeek3452]

@@privateaccount4934 what's joe?

[@ladzsn5314]

yee my haw JOE MAMA

[@ALovelyPassionFruit]

These sites are awesome if people haven’t been there. Crazy how you think it’s not that deep then you look at pictures and it’s huge

[@fahadalamsiddiqui7301]

00:03 closed caption (English) says "Neil Armstrong and Buzz Lightyear" 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@theodensuhrie7915]

This desert has GOT to have some interesting critters in it.

[@pearmango4349]

dog

[@mr.spycrab2985]

dog

[@lebaeuhjunkyard4731]

Cat

[@momsspaghetti7874]

Cat

[@willshipley8803]

Cow

[@MuhammadNurbasit]

next video : Can you swim in Nuclear Test Site

[@joshuabryk4316]

Atticus Baker not entirely true. You can swim in it to a certain degree because radiation halves every 7cm however if you were to swim down too close to the fuel you would die

[@chefgiovanni]

Sure, until you wiggle like a sparkler and then fade out.

[@notsure6187]

Can you swim in Lake Karachay?

[@reidgowan2670]

Me: Going for a swim in the ocean Employees at Fukushima:

[@grayghost0513]

Your answer is yes you can one time you can do it try it in a radioactive pool and give me your last words via yt Lol

[@GamIngDoge.]

good start on the titles, whoever made them

[@ts4gv]

such a crater would be a cool place to put a giant spiraled terrain-hugging rollercoaster.

[@victoriaeads6126]

I love that these astronauts were so excited about lunar geology. The Apollo program wasn't designed for scientists to be the astronauts, but the people they chose were just the right sort to understand why geology is exciting💜 I also love that we now expect astronauts to be scientists as well as pilots.

[@slidsilver4461]

So far, only a single scientist has visited the surface of the moon... but that will change in 2025 with the Artemis 3 landings!

[@1daramano]

Let it something clear for the new generation. The moon landing happened because of the war, NOT because of the science. More than half a million people worked on this project, because of the moon dust ?????

[@Nurpus]

Derek: *1 meter* wide hole Derek literally 4 seconds later: *635 feet* deep Just pick one or the other, don't do that to my brain.

[@desp8161]

Divide by 3

[@chankludo1]

Ur dumb.

[@sealifett8395]

American so backward

[@truepotential206]

You need school mate

[@katief7047]

Omg I’m glad I’m not alone. I had to rewatch 3 times to understand what he was trying to say lmaooooo

[@OmnikTWR]

i like your aviators

[@erikataki1267]

Totally makes sense, needed astronaut training stuff. Yeah

[@TarlMarl]

I’m ready to see this again in my recommended the next 8 years

[@Berserkaru]

Ayye

[@Dackered]

e

[@kannatheweeb8836]

Maybe

[@14758]

Ay kurzgesagt actually supported this

[@CarlosAM1]

Imagine taking a piece of cardboard and sliding down that crater.

[@corentin_mnjln]

"buzz Aldrin" and the subtitle say buzz lightyear😂😂

[@nartyiskitury]

Great and a piece of science:-)

[@cadenfisher6455]

Imagine going sledding in one of those

[@T4zchi]

Well it wouldn't work in the Arizona one

[@frankbradleyjr]

Boogie Board it... Yeeeee hawwwwww

[@jameshillarybalonda1222]

Warning radioactives

[@Raj-wf6ln]

@@jameshillarybalonda1222 gas mask

[@dwightk.schrute8696]

1 meter wide hole, was drilled down 635 feet deep ... damn, get your units straight!

[@AZOffRoadster]

Yanks. What can ya do?

[@Terje1337]

It’s what’s common to a lot of aviation around the world. Meters in horizontal distance, feet in vertical.

[@shanerc]

Fun fact: they sent Apollo 16 astronauts to Sudbury, Ontario to study the breccia of the crater that forms the Sudbury basin. It is the only Canadian city namechecked by the Apollo astronauts.

[@TheKrighter]

They used dynamite to create a replica of the actual Moon's craters? I've always been a Moon landing fan, but never knew that, amazing.

[@petshop2097]

But why do meteorites always land in craters? Don't you think that's a bit of a coincidence?

[@florencewidjaja2081]

the meteorites created the craters?

[@robiaharefin6876]

@@florencewidjaja2081 whooooosh

[@wtflol6969]

@@robiaharefin6876 This one flew higher over her head than EVEN neil armstrong over the MOON

[@namamishanker7167]

Not necessarily

[@travelinman70]

that's like asking why tornado's go straight for the nearest trailer park.

[@03jkeeley]

"The moon was entirely melted" Mmm... fondue

[@msDanielp369]

LOL

[@lukasaoo88]

Cheeesee

[@msDanielp369]

@@lukasaoo88 cheese with chocolate

[@Machogutten]

You mean.. Moondue

[@sofiqulislam6447]

This is where they make the whole cinema.

[@Lo-Life]

I always just thought becoming an astronaut was easy and was what I wanted to be until I realized how smart they actually are.