Why Russia Did Not Put a Man on the Moon - The Secret Soviet Moon Rocket

It’s probably the most well known peacetime battle between the USA and the Soviet Union, in both technological and ideological terms of the 20th century.
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Although the USA won the race to the moon, if you’d been a betting person from the mid 1950’s to 1960’s, the chances are that you would have thought the Soviet Union had a very good chance of getting there first.
So why didn’t Russia put a man on the moon?
At the time the soviets were leading the space race, they had already started with the launch of Sputnik, then launched several probes to the moon, including one in 1959 that orbited and taken photos of the far side and By 1961 they were the first to put a man in to space.
So when Kennedy made his now famous “We choose to go to the moon” speech in 1962 to rally public support, Khrushchev’s response was silence, neither confirming nor denying that they had a plan for a manned moon mission.
But at the time Khrushchev wasn’t really interested in competing with the US over the moon, he was more interested ICBM’s the Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles for the strategic rocket forces.
But there were others that had harboured plans for manned mission for a long time, these included the man whose name was a state secret and the most powerful man outside the Kremlin when it came to space.
He was Sergei Pavlovich Korolev, outside the inner circle of the top space scientists he was known only as the “Chief Designer” or by his first 2 initials SP, because the Soviet leadership feared that the western powers would send agents to assassinate him........
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[@landb3607]

Holy crap, imagine being the boss of the guy who sent you to a labor camp. No wonder they had organizational struggles.

[@mopnem]

I feel like their issues were mainly due to bad organizational structure. Even the decision to destroy all the rockets like?.. short sighted no doubt

[@thommysides4616]

Yeah and he was there for six long years of hell....

[@GardaOrban]

The American astronaut is so fresh on the moon, after a moon landing he jumps out of the airship and jumps into the lunar rover, while the orc is almost unable to step out from his sputnik after a short space trip of a few KM SLAVA UKRAINI! SLAVA ORBÁNOVI!

[@zahimiibrahim3602]

Imagine the guy you had sent to labour camp years ago is now your boss.

[@Mrtroop-bd3xu]

⁠@@GardaOrbanslava Ukraine ✊🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

[@whitestaralliance7190]

The N1 rocket is the most soviet thing I have ever seen

[@user-tr2pc7xs8d]

Yeah, couse it didn't work))))

[@whitestaralliance7190]

Кирилл Русских yeah

[@stix562]

@@user-tr2pc7xs8d Uh they had a few iterations and now it works pretty good ..RD-180. Russians are not stupid. Would like countries to get along better .. and this area is one avenue ..a bright light in an otherwise glim place.

[@user-tr2pc7xs8d]

@@stix562 No no, you don't get it. Of cours I am from Russia and maybe I said a rude stuff BUT! You must know that Rogozin - CEO of Roscosmos is a corrupted man and beacuse of stealing all money to his pockets our engineeres have only 25000 of rubles for month. JUST 25000 RUBLES FOR WORK WITH GREAT RESPONSIBILITY! It's only 357$ per month! It's a not a great idea to go in space engineering in our country( Sorry for my bad english(

[@1MinuteFlipDoc]

@@user-tr2pc7xs8d wow, i'm sure the chinese would pay better for your expertise!

[@TravelinMatt67]

I just recently discovered your site. As a former communicator for the Kennedy Space Center and confirmed space geek, I congratulate you on your well researched and engaging presentations. Keep up the great work.

[@nasaskywatcher5200]

Once again, Curious Droid delivers a high quality and very educational Utube video. Well done CD.

[@Mechagodzilla-ed5qp]

Hi

[@cocojombo7975]

Isnt the right definition of NASA : Never A Straight Answer? 🤡

[@ArKritz84]

@@cocojombo7975 the word you’re looking for is abbreviation. And no, it’s not.

[@stresseddictator1849]

@@cocojombo7975 you got it very wrong

[@dickJohnsonpeter]

I no having a understand. Why. Do. You musting say about underparents now?

[@NickPoeschek]

2:48 - find someone who looks at you the way Sergei Korolev looks at Yuri Gagarin.

[@jaygill5582]

Brainchild!

[@tpndgo2061]

It is called : putting attention !!

[@theredboneking]

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[@Creeperhash]

Excellent video, I had not heard of closed systems before. Thanks for the knowledge.

[@akaishi1583]

+Curious Droid closed systems are pretty cool. They're also known as staged combustion engines.

[@akaishi1583]

+Armani Webb err, no sorry. The Merlon engines use gas generator combustion. Reason being they want it simpler for reusability.

[@olekkuvppl]

It is the ORSC Oxidiser rich staged combustion used on kero-lox engines to avoid formation of carbon residue in the plumbing post the preburner phase.USA used fuel rich staged combustion in the shuttle engines and there was no need for oxygen rich environment because hydrogen is a clean fuel

[@williamrussellmorley]

the did not take high ranking nazis atleast one of whom was a known experimenter on live humans involving cold I believe, given the keys to kingdom, gov jobs at top levels awards parades ... dum russians... well atleast they got morals and if you think russia needed that kindaguy you wrong and history right. anybody who knows anything knows who got man on moon ... the nazis

[@ToppNDP1]

+Ryan Papp Those with closed minds rarely see or hear about closed systems. An OPEN mind is what you need.

[@vinayakk2745]

If the space race continued back then, we'd already have been on the mars lol

[@kennethandres7734]

This is one of the reasons why I really want China to keep pushing their space achievements to get the West to become a bit more ambitious.

[@francescopaolociminale5258]

Brother, one of the main issues on the earth is the war between some countries that inevitably slow down lots of situations. I’m not sure why after decades of conflicts, Middle East is still a mess as well as the Russia Ukraine border and so on.....if We all were able to be peaceful, now we had more money to spend in research related to health, space exploration and other significant matters. We are in 2021 and some races seem to be stuck in the past take in consideration how they behave. I have been wise enough to stop watching news and other shit in tv. Just brainwashing. I prefer instead pick the topic I like and decrease my ignorance reading. I’m trying hard to enhance myself as a person and cultural speaking. We all should have that spirit of be ambitious and improve. Seems like is an utopia. Hopefully this pandemic taught us something. No matter how effective your warfare is, the most powerful countries have been affected deeply and if you want in a embarrassing way , take in consideration the ego that is deliver all the time by them worldwide. I might have been little bit out of topic but .....the core is : we must stop fighting each other’s and create a worldwide joint venture investing money on important matters that will give benefits to all of us. Stay blessed 🇮🇹❤️

[@De3dlus]

lmao no XD Russians were ahead of Americans in every aspect. Russians were first to land on Mars and Venus, they had their own space station,.

[@De3dlus]

@Obfu Scate XD

[@Seabass1206]

@@kennethandres7734 nothing good comes from china

[@ReNewReViews1]

The twist at the end with the Atlas V got me good, things like this I would never have known about! I love it!

[@rongarza9488]

Really interesting video, thanks. Imagine lifting a building by its base. The pressure on those engines must be huge. The "Space Race" was really a motivation for technological advances and precision by all involved. Nothing for anyone to be ashamed of.

[@deanhall6045]

Except its mostly a big, fat lie, that's something to be hugely ashamed of. There were absolutely no technical advances, zero, because by NASA's own admittance, they LOST IT !! If you can believe that. The so called space race was a sham, the Russians knew early that no human can go through the Van Allen belts. Still can't. Could in 1969, but not now, again, if you can believe that ?? One millionth the computer technology we have now, ut they somehow did it ?? Get real mate.

[@deanhall6045]

Its now 2024, what technological advances are you talking about ? There have been none, in fact, for the first time in recorded human history, technology went backward. Artemis is postponed again, again, again, no country is even close to sending humans through the Van Allen radiation belts. In fairness, your comment is 5 years old and hopefully you've seen the truth since then. Cheers.

[@AndrewReilly-of3rx]

You are right we appear to be either stagnant or going backwards the 14 trillion dollars spent on the forever wars and what was it 2.3 trillion lost apparently reminds me of George Orwells 1984 novel where the powers within the story expend their industrial surplus in wars whose only purpose is keeping the deep States in power more prophecy that went unheeded.

[@amramjose]

Synchronizing 30 engines, and having a stable plumbing/delivery system to them was a nightmare, probably the reason for every one of the technical failures, since they apparently did no modeling or simulation, but depended on trial and error. In this case, heavy on the error.

[@elroyfudbucker6806]

Controlling the 6 engines in the centre would've been fairly simple, but the other 24 ..... nyet tovarich.

[@paulgrodkowski3412]

Hey there Jose, I am typing to ask what if at all there is any siginificance to the circle shape and colors near the comment above.

[@applejacks74]

Space X makes it look easy

[@hillbillyintheasia6122]

@@applejacks74 space x easy for 33 rafters and n 1 only had 30 . russia to dum

[@nkadimashiane]

The cosmonauts can only be thankful they were not incinerated in one of those untested flights

[@nonchecker]

coming here just after finishing for all mankind. giving me chills.

[@dangleberries992]

chills are a sign of a bladder infection. go see your doctor

[@jordymejia9488]

@@dangleberries992 hmmm sounds like bing to me

[@cybergothika6906]

The end of this story only proves we're stronger when we act together.

[@mikefay5698]

Keep it clean!

[@elwoodjones4772]

They didn't act together..One was forced to sell parts & engines cause the country collapsed!😎

[@bryceterry5302]

spoken like a true comrade

[@mamindhive]

Hey gothic this is aint the mid ages thu

[@blazewitch4003]

daemons are coming aka false ''aliens'' ! ...but first Jesus will rapture His ecclesia ... be aware ! TODAY IS THE DAY OF SALVATION ----- JESUS IS COMING !!!!! If I die today will I go to Heaven? Why would anyone put off the most important decision they could ever make in their lives, concerning eternal life? / FOR IT IS BY GRACE YOU HAVE BEEN SAVED, THROUGH FAITH - AND THIS NOT FROM YOURSELVES, IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD - NOT BY WORKS, SO THAT NO ONE CAN BOAST. - EPHESIANS 2:8-9 The apostle Paul tells us what the gospel is "Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you-unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures - 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 ADMIT THAT YOU'RE A SINNER This is where that godly sorrow leads to genuine repentance for sinning against a righteous God and there is a change of heart, we change our mind and God changes our hearts and regenerates us from the inside out. Believe in your heart that Jesus Christ died for your sins, was buried, and that God raised Jesus from the dead Believe in your heart that Jesus Christ died for your sins, was buried, and that God raised Jesus from the dead. This is trusting with all of your heart that Jesus Christ is who he said he was. Call upon the name of the Lord. THIS IS TRUSTING WITH ALL OF YOUR HEART THAT JESUS CHRIST IS WHO HE SAID HE WAS. EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO EVER LIVED SINCE ADAM WILL BEND THEIR KNEE AND CONFESS WITH THEIR MOUTH THAT JESUS CHRIST IS LORD, THE LORD OF LORDS AND THE KING OF KINGS Maranatha !

[@zebertbrown1517]

WOW! I knew of the Soviet's problems with their space program during the 60s and 70s, but I didnt know America purchased the Soviet made N1 rocket boosters and subsequently contracted production back to the Russians for use in today's commercial space program. That's pure, ballsy capitalism right there!

[@arc46789]

The primary reason America baught Russian engines was to keep ex Soviet engineers working so that they wouldn't be recruited by countries like China, Iran, or NK.

[@mikefay5698]

Capitalism and free enterprise Richard Branson will fake again! China will astound.

[@Mrtroop-bd3xu]

@@mikefay5698yo look insane

[@brentgranger7856]

I went to the Museum of Cosmonautics when I visited Moscow, and it was definitely worth the visit. Artifacts inside include Yuri Gagarin's ejection seat from Vostok 1, the stuffed bodies of Belka and Strelka (the first Soviet space dogs to return safely to Earth), Michael Collins' spacesuit from Apollo 11, and a miniature model of the Lunokhod (луноход - "moon walker") lunar lander. In nearby VDNKh (ВДНХ) are an actual Korabl (корабль - ship) rocket and the Monument to the Conquerors of Space (aka "Yuri Gagarin Monument").

[@GardaOrban]

The American astronaut is so fresh on the moon, after a short trip he jumps out of the airship and jumps into the lunar rover, while the orc is almost unable to step out from his sputnik after a short space trip of a few KM SLAVA UKRAINI! SLAVA ORBÁNOVI!

[@andreytolmachev1435]

​@@GardaOrbanMoron?

[@GardaOrban]

@@andreytolmachev1435 MOON

[@kittyclaws7657]

​@@GardaOrbanthis is gotta be the most pathetic thing I have ever read in my entire life. This is actually sad. There's simply an ungodly stench of copium surrounding this comment.

[@eugenkratochvila600]

@@GardaOrban Slava to Rossia, fucking nazi.

[@tomwatts703]

The plan for 12 uncrewed flights is an interesting point. Supposedly the Soviets were shocked by how soon (i.e. after only a couple of uncrewed tests) the US began crewed flights.

[@jesusramirezromo2037]

Yhep, NASA really took waay to many risks to be first They didnt even have a backup lander in case one failled (the acent stage had a single ignition), they considered a Gemini backup, but abandoned it Russia planned to land a backup LK Lander, wich had backup engines if the main engine failled

[@ArKritz84]

@@jesusramirezromo2037 well, across all the 32 launches of all the Saturn variants, only the uncrewed Apollo 6 launch was even a partial failure. Whatever could be tested, was, and what couldn't be tested was simplified as much as possible. While risks were taken, they were well calculated risks, shown by the success of the program. And by the way, the lunar module ascent engine, as a hypergolic fueled, pressure-fed engine, had NO ignition.

[@gunternetzer9621]

Unmanned, unmanned!

[@emmpedno2161]

The yanks LIED about it... PERIOD

[@fredthegraycatt]

@@ArKritz84 I was thinking you were correct. Two valves were opened, and upon the mixing of the two chemicals they react on their own. No way that they wont ignite or whatever the technical term may be.

[@asbestosman]

These videos are informative and enjoyable to watch, good job!

[@timothyfenderson9356]

Really interesting! I’ve been listening to Moonrise podcast and this added a lot of info about Korolev and the Soviet program. Thanks. .

[@suerayner2702]

This is so interesting & very informative. Never thought I would take such an interest in this subject. Thank you for this video. Think it's great!

[@Wutzmename]

Very well done. Lots of things I didn't know about but loved it. Thanks

[@go5582]

Great job. I'm hook , on your video, audio and your voice. What a complex space engine.

[@jbearmike9678]

These really are some of the most knowledgeable and intriguing KZbin videos that I've ever stumbled upon. Thank you so, so very much Curious Droid!

[@mikemyr2995]

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[@prolinelectricful]

It's all bullshit!

[@user-qe7bt9dz1l]

MasterOfPuppets313 I could’ve sworn there were other videos that are literally the same that don’t get the same credit.

[@ericpa06]

Amazing video! I love this videos talking space engineering history!

[@sagebrush7202]

"Laser" -Dr. Evil

[@terriecotham1567]

Eric P Alvaro you right good video on the history of engineering of the race for space and the men and rockets. The move October Sky is base on a true story and wile not in depth like this one its a good movie. with roots reaching for space. Fake or real. When looking at the moon landing as real or fake it's like looking data form the Sandy Hook School Shooting. There's points on both sides that have some sold ground to stand on. Like We went to the moon as told we never went to the moon it was a cover story for USSR and the world Showing that the USA was no 1 in the space race and advance engineering As cover stores come and go all the time from Gov's we went to the moon and found UFO. there we went and the UFO, told us not to come back! I thank the BBC did quite a story on it as well as other people have like the small TV reporter on the OKC- Bombing One things for sure the engineering that gave the Internet and computers to the world now lets the flow of free Ideal and information cross the world like Ham Radios use to do when things went bad and all phone were down Just a note to thank on and thanks for posting this video found it well done.

[@jamestuccillo]

+D Love "how's about no Scott, ok"

[@odysseusrex5908]

@Horatio KJV Bible You're an idiot.

[@lesgamester9527]

Brilliant video. Cheers.

[@GEOKOUGR]

Now that is what I call a video worth viewing! Excellent work!

[@VegarotFusion]

I appreciate the objective and impartial narrative presented in your videos.

[@willierants5880]

Watching CD reruns and enjoying each episode just as much as the first time around if not more. So good.

[@jonhill3328]

A fascinating video, thanks for creating

[@eddiec4536]

Really enjoyed this major piece of history. Thank you.

[@peterhladky5481]

Another great video, thanks for publishing

[@TONYPARAMOTOR]

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[@xyzabc5755]

+TONYPARAMOTOR Excuse me. but I feel it is BS

[@sarahstrong7174]

Thankyou for giving us this interesting information.

[@GaryCSchade]

Excellent work, as per your usual. Well Done Indeed 👏🏼

[@Dansk55]

Dont forget, the most reliable space craft by flight numbers is the Soyuz r7 still used freaking today...

[@unsharded8503]

agreed

[@billhuber2964]

I guess they believe if it works ,don't fix it.

[@EinkOLED]

It's heavily revised with a glass cockpit and many other features that allow it to automatically dock to the ISS.

[@virgilius7036]

But they have no rocket with power to send a spacecraft toward the moon!

[@etherlords88]

I guess that's not a garbage American engineering!!

[@secmydom]

Great video. Really appreciate educational channels like yours. keep it up.

[@car-ls8uc]

"educational"?...you must be kidding or very dumb...

[@secmydom]

@@car-ls8uc you must not have much of a life. Good bye.

[@keithbrown2458]

Outstanding video sir well done thank you

[@LionheartNh]

Wonderful video..very interesting thank you.

[@shriramvenu]

tldr: the soviet moon project started 5 years later, had a fraction of NASA's budget and didn't have a single centralised & coordinated programme.

[@benn454]

And their rocket was an unreliable piece of junk.

[@diggerpete9334]

And they had a communist dictator regime government with the bad politics that went with it. The USA had more free thinkers and were not expected to be put to death for failure.

[@impaugjuldivmax]

@@benn454 those soviet moon rockets were ahead of their time.. but too complicated to be realised in 60s without a proper electronics and computing

[@benn454]

@@impaugjuldivmax Right, by themselves they're great. But put a bunch of them together with primitive 60s-Soviet thrust control and they go boom.

[@GustAvo-qy9xk]

And they didn't have the industry to properly make and test things

[@kunalguleria9617]

Very informative video...I always wondered anout it ...great explanation

[@Shadobanned4life]

Great vid,Thank You !

[@logresmentotum7065]

Glad I found this. Nicely done.

[@borisbuliak3626]

While on this subject I’d thought you could have covered Chelomei’s competing rocket the UR700 and UR700 nuclear. The engines for that rocket and it’s whole structure just appeals to me, even to this day. Although by now we can dispense with the UDMH propellant and use RD180 or RD170

[@mikefay5698]

BANG!

[@hillbillyintheasia6122]

russia was to lazy and greedy like their putin

[@thweethtoo]

let see who will put the first man on the sun...

[@jimoberg3326]

Be sure to land at night so you don't burn up.

[@TONYPARAMOTOR]

YOULL BE DEAD AND FORGOTTEN... OWL ........

[@Alexandru126]

The sun is too hot... they'll have to go at night...

[@thweethtoo]

and during the winter time ?

[@Alexandru126]

Well... They will have to fly from a different country or hemisphere...

[@JuanRamirez-fx8wg]

If I was an engineer working on the N1 I would’ve also felt like a complete failure after that 4th blow. Just imagine how horrible it must’ve felt to be pressured into working so hard and threatened with being replaced or sent to work your life out at a prison camp only to have your final and never tested work actually end up working for someone else and being sold for WAY below it’s rightful compensation. That … would’ve made my heart sank. I guess we’ll never actually have a chance to honor the great minds who built such fine machinery with such crap work facility and conditions, it’s honestly the result of a true miracle!

[@fredthegraycatt]

Welcome to life in Russia, where all citizens of Russia have been, and always will be slaves to the Russian government. There comes a time when citizens need to pull their heads out of the sand, ask why their government controls all media and information they receive, where citizens have no real rights, are restricted from leaving their homeland, and other freedoms, that only a government that is intent on preserving the way of life that only benefits the Russian government. Pull your heads out. Oust your Russian leaders, the government that keeps you slaves, and threatens the security of the entire European continent, and the world.

[@hillbillyintheasia6122]

russia was to lazy and greedy like their putin

[@myherpesitch7763]

Love your videos Man

[@gaius_enceladus]

Korolev and Kuznetzov - two **hugely brilliant** guys! Respect from New Zealand!

[@vegasspaceprogram6623]

I'm from New Zealand, to!!!

[@noop9k]

Glushko was responsible for the engines. Also many unnamed german engineers and scientists.

[@scottjustscott3730]

Sergey Korolev is pretty high up on my list of people I would like to have met. The responsibility he took on was tremendous.

[@grantmacpherson7908]

it's amazing what humans can accomplish with dedication, funding, support and smart individuals. Both Russia and the US are equally deserving of respect

[@yukipaw1702]

Woah, a reasonable comment

[@deathincluded3706]

yea i didnt see a comment like this coming Grant Macpherson thanks for being one of the only reasonable people to comment here

[@bigdiesil75]

Why did nasa not go back to the moon.They just wasted decades orbiting the earth makes no sense

[@morskojvolk]

trans am - Why go back? And who would pay for it? There is no economic or scientific payoff great enough to make it even close to cost effective. I'd love to see us go back, but the American taxpayer doesn't want to foot the bill. You may be too young to remember, but general interest in manned Moon missions declined so quickly after Apollo 11 that the last three Apollo missions were cancelled. Sad, I know there are millions of us who would have gladly suffered higher taxes to see a continued manned presence on the Moon.

[@tomf3150]

Ameerah, yup, we owe them astronomy, mathematic and medecine far beyond what european dark age could invent in the 15th century. But as always, no matter the religion, extremism/integrism was always there. What was the point of the crusades, really ?

[@MarioHernandez-ew1ce]

Excellent video!

[@kamikami378]

Such a beautiful explanation with exact data , I am looking forward to watch you again soon . Thanks for amazing clip

[@1984Phalanx]

I made the mistake of reading the comments.

[@DJSbros]

Bunch of ignorant retards who doubt the landing. Lol some conspiracies are just ridiculous.

[@foe11191969]

Al, let them be ignorant. I've heard that the Russians and Chinese actually pay people to spew nonsense. I'm good with the truth. History is what has happened. The idiots on Social Media sites can't take that away. Save your sanity. Let them spout their gibberish. Now that I know what is driving them, I laugh every time.

[@stuarthancock571]

Half of these trolls are troll pretenders. They probably do believe in the moon landing. They need something else to float their boat.

[@xyzabc5755]

LoLLLlllllll

[@ISleepWithAFanOn]

Thanks for the heads up YourPalAL, I'll be sure not to make the same mistake :p

[@zdamianek]

An excellent explanation with the facts (I wasn't aware of) put together. Perfect diction and the way of the data presenting! Thank you :-)

[@alveolate]

perfect pacing too... very important for documentaries saturated with information.

[@StellarAudyssey]

Brilliant video.

[@slick4401]

Luna 3 looks beautiful! It has an art deco touch to it.

[@ArdaKaraduman]

Great documentary. It's great to know all that hard work by Soviet engineers come to good use to develop our current systems.

[@hillbillyintheasia6122]

russia was to lazy and greedy like their putin .

[@Crumphorn]

Fascinating story, well told.

[@JOHNDOE-bn3lx]

Fascinating comment, well written.

[@roygbiv2667]

Yep, just a sci-fi / psy-lie tale of bull 💩.

[@mk1.lander]

@@roygbiv2667 ah shiet here we go again

[@RTXti-ez6ye]

@@roygbiv2667 science has given you internet but you don't deserve that

[@djjurky]

Fantastic video!

[@williammcclellan3497]

I appreciate your research efforts and I look forward to that outcome for the last five or six years.

[@ZERO-th6dd]

For everyone saying we did go to the moon or didn't .do a gofund to build a big telescope to search the surface of the moon see if the landing gear is there still there after all it was left behind on take off. And anything in no atmosphere will not rust or decompose. And the moor does have some grav so the landing gear should still be on the surface

[@Dewydidit]

The moon is too far away to see an object a few meters across. "no telescope on Earth can see the leftover descent stages of the Apollo Lunar Modules or anything else Apollo-related. Not even the Hubble Space Telescope can discern evidence of the Apollo landings. The laws of optics define its limits." www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/how-to-see-all-six-apollo-moon-landing-sites/

[@stephenjones9746]

@@Dewydidit The Japanese moon orbiter SELENE has managed to photograph them, because of being in the Moons' orbit.

[@No1sonuk]

Considering the poor US/Soviet relations at the time. it's a GUARANTEE that if the moon landings were fake, the Soviets WOULD HAVE EXPOSED IT AS SUCH.

[@briandenley]

Those pictures have already been taken from lunar orbit many years after the Apollo program. They show the lander base, astronauts footprints, lunar rover, rover tracks, etc.

[@Porcaciocristo]

@@stephenjones9746 BS

[@BikramMondalmbikram]

Impressive! Thanks for the info!

[@martinweir3921]

USA NEVER PUT A MAN ON THE MOON AS IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE DUE TO THE RADIATION BELT AND OTHER DANGEROUS FACTORS RUSSIA ARE VERY STRONG WILLED AND GUN HO IF IT WAS POSSIBLE THEY WOULD HAVE USA NEVER LANDED ANY ONE MAN ON THE MOON IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE EVEN IN 2020 NASSA AND OTHERS ARE TOYING WITH THE IDEA

[@rombrandsdg]

Great stuff! It is really inspiring that the video is mostly about the science than politics. Thank you!

[@mikefay5698]

Politics started space Khrushchev. Needed a Rocket to reach the USA. Too small so they launched Sputnik.

[@rhythmdroid]

I agree. It was a very thorough discussion of the scientific factors. The political ones we can all infer = )

[@TomSwift-wy1gx]

AMAZING. I never knew this stuff. Very interesting.

[@scottmcintosh4397]

This is fascinating. I've always wanted to know more about the N-1. This is the first time I've seen actual N-1 footage 🌙🚀

[@hillbillyintheasia6122]

give china credit they will get to the moon before the great russia ,lol.

[@qbonumber1]

If the Russians and Americans had cooperated, I think we would be living in mars by now.

[@amirmsaad1576]

qbonumber1 that's wrong because innovation only works with competition

[@mikexhotmail]

indeed

[@skywrithahnhana8954]

except, there wouldn't have been any incentive. We went to the moon to beat the Russians at anything because, frankly, they were building better rockets, better weapons and communism was spreading all over the globe. Therefore, within 10 years, the US built a rocket and went to the moon. We've been able to go to mars since the 70s, but it would have cost a whole hell of a lot and held a lot of risk. Because, we won and people just didn't care about space anymore we put the space program back on the low burner. That's why, even with cooperation, we're taking 50 years to even consider going back to the moon and mars. And frankly, it might be a commercial interest that gets us out there first.

[@TriegaDN]

Not true, a lot of innovation has been done through co-operation too.

[@amirmsaad1576]

Asphodelle Rose yeah but what drives innovation even further? Competition. It drives companies to do better than others in order to do better and sell more. Cooperation does make innovation but not as fast as competition

[@skemsen]

Fantastic and very interesting video. Thank you very much for making this. How did you obtain all that old Soviet video material?

[@barthennin6088]

Great video!...Interestingly, the Americans had assumed the bottleneck for the Soviets would be their ability to create a lunar lander but in fact the Soviets had that part completed - The LK (Lunniy Kkorabyl; Russian for 'lunar craft') as it was known was completed but decommissioned once the N! failures precluded the Russians going to the Moon. Ref: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LK_(spacecraft) . One major difference between the Russian LK and tte American LM (Lunar Module) was the Russian craft was designed to take ONE man to the lunar surface whereas the US LM was able to take TWO men (per mission) to the Moon suface.

[@chizmcquade489]

Also, the entire LK lifted off to rendezvous, and the cosmonaut would have to do an EVA to get back to the mother ship - no docking tunnel. Interestingly, the movie Apollo 18 (fictional - I've never seen it, but I've read the story synopsis) postulated that they found a Soviet LK on the moon and one of the astronauts used it to get off the moon.

[@hillbillyintheasia6122]

russia was to lazy and greedy like their putin

[@BillGreenAZ]

It's good to hear that Michael Caine is staying busy doing voice-over work.

[@appleseed2933]

My cocaine?

[@miguellee3]

😂

[@Bruce-vq7ni]

Sounds nothing like Michael Caine .

[@davkdavk]

@@Bruce-vq7ni Some bits do. I must admit I scrolled down to the comments to check for others that thought the same.

[@haruruben]

the size of a tangerine...

[@ohger1]

It would have been **very** interesting to see the outcome of the Soviet moon landing attempt if the N1 worked. And there's no sarcasm in that statement. It would have been fascinating to see how two different programs went about landing men on the moon from a totally different perspective.

[@lasvegassecurity2958]

Several astronauts stated that vostok rockets are on the moon.

[@Nighterlev]

@@lasvegassecurity2958 That'd be impossible because for the entire rocket to get to the moon it'd have to escape Earth's atmosphere, which simply isn't doable.

[@AMX2013]

Nighterlev bro what

[@ryangordon2351]

I think it would fuel an entirely new space race.

[@tommcewan7936]

The two most terrifying things would probably have been orbital rendezvous, and lunar touchdown. Though the Russians were ahead of the Americans in some areas - the oxygen-rich preburner cycle engines, for example - they were way behind on computer technology. There would have been no guidance computer in the LK lunar lander; the cosmonauts who would have gone to the moon trained to land it BY HAND. Anyone who's played Kerbal space program will likely turn pale at the mere thought of a lunar landing under manual guidance in real life. Vastly increasing the psychological pressure was the fact that whilst the Apollo-Saturn programme sent three people to the moon each time, two of whom would land whilst the third stayed in orbit, the N1-L3 system was a two-person affair - one would orbit the moon in the Soyuz module (which, much like the NK-33 engine, actually turned out to be a pretty good piece of kit and is still in service today, upgraded to carry three people, but originally only carried two) whilst the other would SPACE-WALK from the Soyuz orbiter just to get into to the LK lander (the two craft could be clamped together, but the lander did not have a true docking port), then descend to the moon *alone,* and land *manually*. Then do a lunar EVA with no partner to help you into your suit, or help you stand up if you fall on your back and "turtle" yourself. A lot of clever thought went into the design of the lunar "Krechet 94" suit as a result of this - it was a "semi-hard" suit with rear entry, almost a tiny space-capsule in its own right, and so had a "hatch" that allowed you to get into it and seal it up without assistance, and a large offset "hula-hoop" could apparently be attached to ensure that if you did fall backwards, you'd roll around and land on your front.

[@rs4080]

Love your videos. Dude you Must know and someone probably also noted this video explains the time turning point of history with the death in the for all man kind tv show. Your videos are incredibly educational.

[@nickdeagle1155]

great video

[@paulphelps7809]

Truth is still stranger than fiction, and oftentimes more interesting.

[@roygbiv2667]

... and this 'space' crap is total bull💩.

[@cursedcliff7562]

@@roygbiv2667 Its gone boys, space is over roy G biv just cancelled it

[@mikefay5698]

The US hates it that's why Julian Assange is being tortured.

[@RTXti-ez6ye]

@@roygbiv2667 🤬

[@ZaHandle]

@@roygbiv2667 If i had the money im gonna send you on the iss and you’ll cry like a child

[@TheCabledawg1]

The rockets we bought from the Russians were the biggest bargain since the Alaska purchase. Superb engineering.

[@ptracey9560]

fail. we didn't buy rockets from there. where do u idiots get this shit from lmfao

[@TheCabledawg1]

Google is your friend....lol

[@ptracey9560]

+TheCabledawg1 fail again lmfao. no its not. google this ill prove it, " what does T equal in G = 8 times pi times T". the most famous equation ever. u get random shit like "did you mean Y = 8 times pi times T" or weird web pages that dont have clear cut answer to this... google is a fail. but a n00b wouldn't know that

[@TheCabledawg1]

Did you mean to say that you like donuts?

[@ToppNDP1]

+Paul Tracey Shhhhh!! Go drive your F1 into the concrete median!

[@lukeburny2796]

Another info filled "great" video 📹 👍

[@gagarinone]

If Sergei Korolev, Von Braun and Qian Xuesen had worked together, the humanity would surely already have outpost and colonies around the solar system.

[@Redwhiteblue-gr5em]

You are delusional. Too much nationalism, radically opposed political systems and we were enemies during the Cold War.

[@g1sbi]

It turns out that carrying a payload in Earth’s orbit and to the Moon are two wildly different things. I thought the race was way closer!

[@ruirodtube]

Good video by Curious Droid. Reading the comments below demonstrates how many idiots live on planet Earth. These are the kind of people who would deny that the Earth is spherical or that Concorde ever flew passengers supersonically because obviously it has never been done since and the technology wasn't mature enough back then and yadayadayada... facepalm!

[@Apemopar]

ruirodtube I totally agree. It makes you wonder about these ignorant idiots denying mans achievements.

[@HalRamersby]

hey man, I totally feel ya, however if we were to spend our precious time on trying to enlighten every window licker around, we'd never have time to pursue anything actually creative or fulfilling. So fuck them.

[@777-Phil]

Man's achievements or God's grace those air-conditioned boots didn't melt on the 250 degree lunar surface. Please don't tell me of man's idolatrous achievements nor pagan rock-to-man fables. The LORD rebukes your idolatry: ALL have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; (Romans 3:23) KJV The wages of sin is death; The gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 6:23) But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:8) That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. (Romans 10:9)

[@HalRamersby]

Like I wrote above, no time to lose trying to discuss science with a fanatic. So have fun with your fairytale.

[@darinloveland6120]

Yes. Lots of stupid people. It's scary how dumb these deniers are. I think half live in parents basement and the other half have a mental disorder. I would hate to think a normal person with common sense would be this way

[@ed777tx-edward8]

Short answer “ they ran out of money “. I also read , years ago , that their design for a space capsule included levers and treadles similar to a steam locomotive, crude and not able to do the job. Nice report thank you for sharing.

[@Stormidze]

ran out of reason

[@hillbillyintheasia6122]

give china credit they will get to the moon before the great russia ,lol.

[@davidpritchard6685]

North Korea Flew a glider to the moon. One day round trip

[@Mrtroop-bd3xu]

Do you know that’s probably fake

[@Sammakko7]

50 years ago today the N1 exploded on the second launch

[@HECKAKYH-ADEKBATEH]

N1 had lot of modifications, I think over 6. Stop of moon program is due to politics, not n1 designers. Humanity lost a lot with close of the program, the biggest thing probably is the verifiability.

[@dxrinc]

50 years ago the CIA fucked the American people

[@ollihp]

@@dxrinc Criminals In Action have been screwing the world over since its' creation in 1947.

[@virgilius7036]

No, on the three launches!

[@G-ra-ha-m]

If the N-1 was so bad, why is America buying it's NK-15 motor design today from Russia in the RD-180? The American Apollo project wasn't the super miracle it appears, it was simply faked.

[@jeffreykreft5442]

This is the best documentary I have seen on the subject of the Russian lunar program. Very nicely done!

[@dirkdiggler1242]

Ima Jeffrey too!

[@DimageSapelkin]

Well, no mention of the lunokhod...

[@mopnem]

Didn’t know about all this. Time for a follow.

[@NakulDalakoti]

11:04 Imagine what would've happened if the remaining 85% of fuel had also exploded.... yikes...!!!

[@rockinrusskiy1798]

Well if you know the history he got burned alive in his spectator chair along with his guy he he told to sit beside him to watch this spectacle that was gonna beat the AMERICANS LOL! and 200 more people dead!!!!

[@wiktorekosmos7007]

@@rockinrusskiy1798 it isnt funny that ~200 people died.

[@dollynhodequeijo1467]

@@rockinrusskiy1798 dude wtf

[@scienceium5233]

second hiroshima

[@zemaneldaquinta]

great video, nice that you mentioned the plot twist with the RD-180 ending up these days being bought to Russia by the US. two great documentaries on these subjects are "the engines that came in from the cold" and "the red stuff"

[@osasunaitor]

You forgot to mention that Korolev died from the severe consequences of his earlier 6-year Gulag stay, which caused him lifelong health issues that ended up killing him prematurely. So basically Stalin's paranoid purge caused his nation to lose the chance of winning the space race (among many other disgraces). RIP Sergey Korolev, one of the most brilliant engineers of all times

[@tvoommen4688]

5:18 This fact has been mentioned here though indirectly. It is surprising that he survived that 6-year gulag life.

[@user-vk7fd2st8j]

This story is a thirdhand myth. before he got in gulag, Korolyov was involved in severe accidents of being traumatized by exploding jet engines he developed. Even more, his negligence in test and development safety was among other things the reason of him being arrested and sentenced to gulag.

[@PatrickSavalle]

They should have created their own space agency from real Jew killing nazis, like US did with NASA, which was created around nazi scientists. /sarcasm (Google operation paperclip)

[@leoarc1061]

The space race was clearly won by the Soviets. The U.S. did win the moon race though.

[@leoarc1061]

@@VasiliyLomovoy Six months in a Stalinist gulag wasn't exactly a vacation.

[@amdg2023]

It turns out you do have to be a rocket scientist to make good rockets.

[@suvamkumarsarangi6593]

And you don't have to be a rocket scientist to know that.

[@amdg2023]

@@suvamkumarsarangi6593 and your point is what?

[@walangchahangyelingden8252]

@@amdg2023 His point is that you don't need to be a rocket scientist to know that to make good rockets you have to be a rocket scientist.

[@amdg2023]

@@walangchahangyelingden8252 you missed my point entirely as did Suvam, the Russians were making bad rockets or didn't you actually watch the video? There are bad rocket scientists in the world.

[@suvamkumarsarangi6593]

@@amdg2023 My point was not to hurt ur sentiment. my statement was a joke. Just put your statement and my statement together it will be a funny statement. E.g:- You have to be a rocket scientist to to make good rocket and you don't have to be a rocket scientist to know that. I said it as a joke. It has nothing to do with Russian or or hurt ur sentiment. Ty

[@Shogoeu]

With all the technological advances in the past 50 years, hopefully, we will see another person on the moon, soon. The twist with the rocket engines was unreal - I couldn't believe it when i heard it as a kid.

[@johnreynolds5679]

What do you mean another ?

[@Mikhail-Tkachenko]

@@johnreynolds5679 It isn't difficult to understand. A 2nd moon landing program to send people to the moon.

[@johnreynolds5679]

@@Mikhail-Tkachenko What about the 1st Landing !!! It didn't happen !!!

[@MOssssssssssssssssssssssssssW]

🤣🤣🤣

[@smeeself]

@@johnreynolds5679 Nutter.

[@SSmith-fm9kg]

I was born in 1950, and grew up during "The Cold War", everyone thinking they were seconds away from "The Button" being pushed, and instant atomic annihilation, the U.S. and Russia. In retrospect, it's all just sad. What could have been accomplished, had we all worked together. Just sad. I can't say things have really changed today...different faces, different names...still politically the same. You could say, "Well, there's the ISS." But seriously, what does that amount to.

[@omerdanis2]

Agreed

[@HECKAKYH-ADEKBATEH]

USA and Britain wanted to blow the USSR up already in 1945. Cold war was declared specifically by Churchil using misinterpretation of Stalin speech (Stalin original speech as video is here on youtube btw). If you are interested, research - but USSR was not the one interested in cold war or keeping any tensions.

[@gregorytoddsmith9744]

Absolutely tragic these great minds were not and still not joined in a common mission. It happened marginally but now we race forward yet again toward MAD. Inevitable that nuclear weapons propelled by this technology will devastate the world. Dios este con nosotros.

[@enderomega2324]

In retrospect, it's all just sad. What could have been accomplished, had we all worked together. The answer IS: nothing.

[@fuzzywzhe]

Hey, how do you like the government trying to restart the Cold War today? People like you and I have to remind these dumb idiot kids what kind of terror was the Cold War. I don't think the US or the USSR was much interested in actually going to nuclear war. The US I think was more interested in justifying a huge defense budget and any other war they actually wanted to engage in, and the USSR was just matching the US because they felt they had to. Today, there is no USSR and Russia and China probably have superior weaponry and military to the United States. We're as corrupt in the United States in terms of our establishment as the Soviet leadership was back in 1985.

[@chipdavis3956]

Could you imagine if we'd worked together?

[@BaguetteGamingOfficial]

we did work together after the moon landings

[@Schmidtelpunkt]

Look at the ISS - in its current shape it was possible because of the shuttle program and Roscosmos' expertise on building the Mir.

[@daveshaw9344]

Yes indeed the nations of the world are working together now... but the 50s 60s n 70s space programs of the USSR / USA were a strain on both economies One program for both countries would obviously have been far more cost effective. Potentially could have resulted in fewer deaths as well Definitely interesting to daydream of what could have been if our governments were more reasonable..

[@michaelmcarthy7045]

We are working together in the sky lab! The Russians use their ships as taxi cabs to ship food in New astronauts in and out of the space station.

[@gamingbelowzero542]

felix mendez how much evidence do you need footprints have been spotted on the moon

[@robbynicolas]

Stumbled upon this video. Id love to hear the narrator say "One day, I saw a child playing with a ruby the size of a tangerine." Dude sounds just like Michael Caine!

[@mostafaelmahallawy3258]

Very Interesting

[@aaronwalderslade]

Amazing research brilliantly presented

[@shaider1982]

14:00 man, what a twist!

[@ypaulbrown]

love all your videos...bravo, Paul in Florida, USA

[@BS-vx8dg]

Kind of weird when, at 2:10, talking about Korolev's innovations, to have a photo of a mockup of the Apollo-Soyuz from 1975. I mean, you're talking about the competition, and you show an image of a mission that took place more than five years after the competition was over and almost a decade after Korolev died.

[@gives_bad_advice]

lol! true!

[@lordjoemott1683]

Well, at least some good came out of all that research in the end.

[@SedonaHealthCoach]

Time to stop competing and cooperate instead. Humanity must evolve!

[@voskoff7]

competition created the space program

[@SedonaHealthCoach]

Dezmond Deeppockets Competition creates nothing!

[@voskoff7]

+SedonaHealthCoach lol sure. the only reason you are able to communicate is because of a tool made to compete with the Russians and make our military more efficient. it's called the internet

[@rboosterman9944]

You are clueless about the Theory of Evolution.

[@ToppNDP1]

+SedonaHealthCoach Evolution is a myth. Times change, but everything stays the same. Man keeps making the same errors, NONSTOP throughout time. Whatever stupid things you've done, will continue onward and even get worse with each successive generation. Again, the only thing that changes, is the times each new generation lives... but what they do is keep making the same errors. They say nothing is constant but change, but looking back at history... the history that "might" be a true account (as most recorded history is a book of lies), is doomed to repeat it. Look at WWII... they said it was the war to end all wars, and now we're talking WWIII. It never ends. We are doomed to repeat. Only the years change... but everything else remains the exact SAME. Just different people.

[@ToyGunnTube]

Probably the biggest weakness in the Soviet design was the lack of computer processing power at the time made it almost impossible to manage such a complex system of 30 rocket engines.

[@DuderinoDeux]

Possibly.

[@REgamesplayer]

Not really. These systems are not that complex with analog computers and all of those failures were due to issues in rocket or engine designs. Neither USA nor USSR had any meaningful computing power. Apollo mission for example was done on ridiculously feeble computer.

[@yoskarokuto3553]

lastest neil test lem on earth with manual pilot system it fall and expload

[@ronemtae3468]

They were unable to perfect large engines like the F1 in the Saturn five that’s why I think they had 32 engines in there very large rocket built by an airplane manufacturer

[@gunternetzer9621]

@@yoskarokuto3553 The Lunar Landing Training Vehicle allowed astronauts to master the intricacies of landing on the Moon by simulating the lunar module’s performance. The open-framed LLTV used a downward pointing turbofan engine to counteract five-sixths of the vehicle’s weight to simulate lunar gravity and LM-like thrusters for attitude control. The astronauts were thus able to simulate manoeuvring and landing on the lunar surface while still on Earth. Out of over 100 flights only one LLRV and two LLTVs were destroyed in crashes, but the rocket ejection seat system safely recovered the pilot in all cases. Following the loss of LLRV-1 on May 6, 1968, in which Neil Armstrong ejected seconds before the vehicle crashed, NASA grounded all the vehicles pending an investigation. It was revealed that unanticipated depletion of helium used to pressurize fuel tanks resulted in loss of vehicle control.

[@juvenaldominguez7022]

Cool love it.

[@liquidbraino]

In Soviet Russia moon lands on you.

[@madzangels]

haha best comment :D

[@Linderberg13]

Гениально! Как оригинально, просто брависсимо!

[@randywatson8347]

😃

[@dmobile2go]

"Top Comment Award Nominee" LOL!

[@RGHxxx]

liquidbraino You made my day 😂😂

[@B.LAC.]

excellent documentaire

[@DJFusia]

Awesome !!!!

[@user-fc3sp7lb9h]

Да, Лунную гонку мы проиграли. Кстати, двигатели РД-180, которые мы продаём (или продавали) в Америку, созданы для лунной ракеты Н-1.

[@caav56]

Нифига. РД-180 - половинка РД-170, использовавшихся на боковых ускорителях "Энергии". Для Луны создавались НК-15 и их улучшенная версия НК-33, которую Глушко при закрытии лунной программы приказал порезать на металл и стереть из архивов. Хорошо, что Кузнецов решил послать приказ Глушко куда подальше и спрятал двигатели вместо их сдачи на металлолом.

[@americanfreedomlogistics9984]

Because their moon rocket launch facility at Baikanur was obliterated when one of their rockets exploded on the launchpad

[@batvette]

Nederlin disaster?

[@awuma]

@@batvette Nope. That was much earlier and had a very large number of victims.

[@johnpainter3426]

The one that took out the scientists and project leadership? Where they wanted to make the launch date coincide with a national celebration, so to fix a simple-ish problem they didn’t drain the fuel?