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When We Left Earth
- Thread starter scoober78
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Same.
Incredible. I love these new documentaries where we get to see what was really going on and the successes and failures they experienced; especially with first hand accounts. It is truly amazing.
It also makes you realize how little we have progressed (barring Burt Rutan and Scaled Composites with Space Ship One) in the realm of space exploration. Someone needs to harness the dream again.
CWJones411
IRR
Saw part of it in HD. Incredible footage, too many commercials.
Thanks man - I was too ashamed to ask.
You make a great point here. I was watching some awful crap on the Military channel extolling the virtuous of something when I realized that that entire channel is nothing but propaganda. When you actually know that we screwed the pooch a few times, it makes our success all the more impressive IMO.
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Blutonski816
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Always good stuff to watch... Had ,my DVR ready to record it for re-watching later...
So many of my childhood heroes interviewed there.
It's almost hard to believe that Carpenter and Glenn are the only ones left from the Mercury 7
So many of my childhood heroes interviewed there.
It's almost hard to believe that Carpenter and Glenn are the only ones left from the Mercury 7
Watching the show has rekindled the dream again. I forgot how much I want to be an astronaut.
The pictures of the Earth from those altitudes are just breath-taking.
The pictures of the Earth from those altitudes are just breath-taking.
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Blutonski816
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Wait till they show the earth from a trans-lunar distance..
Me and my friends always say that every member of mankind would have a much greater appreciation for the world we live in if they could see their planet from a distance that they could cover with their hand...
Gene Kranz is a pretty incredible guy as well. Some one somehow convinced him to come down to Krock for a speaking engagement just a few months ago. I just so happened to be in the ready room when he came in and got some one on one time with him before the show. The theme of his talk was "failure is not an option" and spoke at length about Apollo 13. He is still extraordinarily sharp, even with astrophysics.
All of these achievements are made even more spectacular by measuring the average age of the scientists and engineers working on these projects. As I recall, most guys in flight control were under 30.
All of these achievements are made even more spectacular by measuring the average age of the scientists and engineers working on these projects. As I recall, most guys in flight control were under 30.
I don't know. I wanted more info then we got. I know they have a lot of history to cover, but I was left craving for some details. The lack of detailed information about the loss of Liberty Bell 7 was glaring. I know that officially Grissom was not held accountable, but they haven't come up with the cause of the prematurely blown hatch either. It would have been nice to hear a few minutes about the subsequent investigations, theories and the inspection of the recovered spacecraft years later.