Comments on: Apollo 11 launch revisited in slow-mo HD http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/apollo-11-launch-rev.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 11:10:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: JoshP http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/apollo-11-launch-rev.html#comment-770306 JoshP Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-770306 There is nothing not awesome about that video. From 'quartz lens' to the use of the term 'ablative' in a sentence. I've never seen metal heat so fast... It's gotta be up above 800-900 degrees in a matter of seconds. Geekgasm. There is nothing not awesome about that video. From ‘quartz lens’ to the use of the term ‘ablative’ in a sentence. I’ve never seen metal heat so fast… It’s gotta be up above 800-900 degrees in a matter of seconds. Geekgasm.

]]> By: tuckels http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/apollo-11-launch-rev.html#comment-770822 tuckels Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-770822 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luZQOqF6oYk&feature=related The same footage (lower quality) in real time, plus the launches of apollo 8 and 12. The apollo 11 launch starts at about 0:41. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luZQOqF6oYk&feature=related
The same footage (lower quality) in real time, plus the launches of apollo 8 and 12. The apollo 11 launch starts at about 0:41.

]]> By: nemofazer http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/apollo-11-launch-rev.html#comment-770314 nemofazer Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-770314 Fantastic. Amazing. I read somewhere that 27% of Americans don't believe man landed on the moon. Now that is a tragedy. Fantastic. Amazing. I read somewhere that 27% of Americans don’t believe man landed on the moon. Now that is a tragedy.

]]> By: lorq http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/apollo-11-launch-rev.html#comment-771084 lorq Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-771084 Wonderful video. Mesmerizing ballet of technology, heat, and power. Wonderful video. Mesmerizing ballet of technology, heat, and power.

]]> By: bassplayinben http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/apollo-11-launch-rev.html#comment-770322 bassplayinben Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-770322 Every time I see this clip, I am floored by the fire coming out of those engines! 1.5 million pounds of thrust from each engine, and the Saturn V had 5 of them! Every time I see this clip, I am floored by the fire coming out of those engines! 1.5 million pounds of thrust from each engine, and the Saturn V had 5 of them!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/apollo-11-launch-rev.html#comment-771091 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-771091 "In my experience, about 80% of Europeans don't believe that we went to the moon." No you are wrong. it is only few % pretty much like in the US. “In my experience, about 80% of Europeans don’t believe that we went to the moon.”

No you are wrong. it is only few % pretty much like in the US.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/apollo-11-launch-rev.html#comment-770852 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-770852 yep, a Saturn V launch is probably cleaner than a shuttle launch. Just look at the exhaust: no trail of particulates. Those solid rocket boosters are fairly dirty. So if it's contamination from launches that you're worried about, the STS program probably polluted the site worse than the Saturn Vs did. Of course most Nike sites never fired a shot. The site polution is probably things like PCBs from transformers, solvents from washing equipment, lead paint chips and the like. Just about any industrial site from that period of time is going to have some degree of contamination. yep, a Saturn V launch is probably cleaner than a shuttle launch. Just look at the exhaust: no trail of particulates. Those solid rocket boosters are fairly dirty. So if it’s contamination from launches that you’re worried about, the STS program probably polluted the site worse than the Saturn Vs did. Of course most Nike sites never fired a shot. The site polution is probably things like PCBs from transformers, solvents from washing equipment, lead paint chips and the like. Just about any industrial site from that period of time is going to have some degree of contamination.

]]> By: dequeued http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/apollo-11-launch-rev.html#comment-770871 dequeued Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-770871 This was obviously an INSIDE JOB by the Zionists at the Bushco (sorry, now under "new" management as Obamaco) You people are mind-controlled sheep if you really believe the official story of what happened. According to the official story, NAZI scientists built a giant rocket filled with highly flammable fuel and launched it into space? Why did it not fall over sideways?? And we analyzed the video in slow motion, it would have been physically impossible for an object with that mass to clear earth's gravity well. I know it may be painful to admit this, but your government has lied to you about Saturn 5. This was obviously an INSIDE JOB by the Zionists at the Bushco (sorry, now under “new” management as Obamaco)

You people are mind-controlled sheep if you really believe the official story of what happened.
According to the official story, NAZI scientists built a giant rocket filled with highly flammable fuel and launched it into space?
Why did it not fall over sideways??

And we analyzed the video in slow motion, it would have been physically impossible for an object with that mass to clear earth’s gravity well.

I know it may be painful to admit this, but your government has lied to you about Saturn 5.

]]> By: PhilTolton http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/apollo-11-launch-rev.html#comment-771128 PhilTolton Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-771128 It's funny, I enjoyed the very same things. It’s funny, I enjoyed the very same things.

]]> By: holtt http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/apollo-11-launch-rev.html#comment-770876 holtt Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-770876 It's all true dequeued. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KEueJnsu80 It’s all true dequeued. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KEueJnsu80

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/apollo-11-launch-rev.html#comment-771649 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-771649 This video was brought to you by massive amounts of win. This video was brought to you by massive amounts of win.

]]> By: sam1148 http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/apollo-11-launch-rev.html#comment-770371 sam1148 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-770371 Needs Philip Glass Music. Needs Philip Glass Music.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/apollo-11-launch-rev.html#comment-771396 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-771396 The true power of a Saturn engine is best seen from a bit more of a distance. The closeup is impressive, but the awesome enormity of this engine's output cannot be fully grasped with a closeup video. The true power of a Saturn engine is best seen from a bit more of a distance. The closeup is impressive, but the awesome enormity of this engine’s output cannot be fully grasped with a closeup video.

]]> By: Chris Tucker http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/apollo-11-launch-rev.html#comment-770633 Chris Tucker Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-770633 Your concern has been noted. Your concern has been noted.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/apollo-11-launch-rev.html#comment-771401 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-771401 Metamorphosis number 8! Metamorphosis number 8!

]]> By: hinges http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/apollo-11-launch-rev.html#comment-770381 hinges Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-770381 I saw this the other day, and was utterly hypnotised by the way the fireball from ignition is sucked back down once the engines kick in. I saw this the other day, and was utterly hypnotised by the way the fireball from ignition is sucked back down once the engines kick in.

]]> By: KurtMac http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/apollo-11-launch-rev.html#comment-770382 KurtMac Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-770382 Its not Philip Glass, but here is the same footage aptly set to the Battlestar Galactica score: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rXtG3vfAlA Its not Philip Glass, but here is the same footage aptly set to the Battlestar Galactica score: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rXtG3vfAlA

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/apollo-11-launch-rev.html#comment-771154 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-771154 if you're hungry for more, here is 4,230 more Apollo related media items from nasaimages.org - including hours of slow motion video. All available for hi-res download. And if you'd rather view it at the Internet Archive: http://www.archive.org/details/nasa if you’re hungry for more, here is 4,230 more Apollo related media items from nasaimages.org – including hours of slow motion video. All available for hi-res download. And if you’d rather view it at the Internet Archive: http://www.archive.org/details/nasa

]]> By: sum.zero http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/apollo-11-launch-rev.html#comment-770388 sum.zero Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-770388 the brightness blinded me and by 3:16 i couldn't see anything. thankfully, my vision slowly returned and i was able to see some of the later parts of the film. the brightness blinded me and by 3:16 i couldn’t see anything. thankfully, my vision slowly returned and i was able to see some of the later parts of the film.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/apollo-11-launch-rev.html#comment-771676 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-771676 Hi, Not hydrogen, that's in the shuttle. This burns kerosene with LOX to get 1.5 million pounds of thrust per engine, and there were 5 engines. Less pollution than a 747, which doesn't use liquid oxygen. I wish we still had an assembly line for these! JR Hi,

Not hydrogen, that’s in the shuttle. This burns kerosene with LOX to get 1.5 million pounds of thrust per engine, and there were 5 engines. Less pollution than a 747, which doesn’t use liquid oxygen.

I wish we still had an assembly line for these!

JR

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/apollo-11-launch-rev.html#comment-771169 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-771169 We still can't drink the tap water pretty much anywhere at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. I'm pretty sure the same stands true on the Kennedy side. We still can’t drink the tap water pretty much anywhere at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. I’m pretty sure the same stands true on the Kennedy side.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/apollo-11-launch-rev.html#comment-771940 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-771940 Yes it does! Yes it does!

]]> By: TimmoWarner http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/apollo-11-launch-rev.html#comment-771462 TimmoWarner Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-771462 It is HD because the film used to record the images has been transferred to a digital file and made available in high definition. Previously consumers couldn't view film images anywhere near their actual quality due to the limitations of their televisions. Now with good computer monitors old films can be viewed closer to they way they actually look. It is HD because the film used to record the images has been transferred to a digital file and made available in high definition.

Previously consumers couldn’t view film images anywhere near their actual quality due to the limitations of their televisions. Now with good computer monitors old films can be viewed closer to they way they actually look.

]]> By: DewetronGrant http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/apollo-11-launch-rev.html#comment-770958 DewetronGrant Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-770958 In my experience, about 80% of Europeans don't believe that we went to the moon. They tell me all the time it was just a Hollywood stunt. That really infuriates me, to be honest. I guess it's just a combination of jealousy and ignorance. In my experience, about 80% of Europeans don’t believe that we went to the moon. They tell me all the time it was just a Hollywood stunt. That really infuriates me, to be honest. I guess it’s just a combination of jealousy and ignorance.

]]> By: Ronald Pottol http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/apollo-11-launch-rev.html#comment-770703 Ronald Pottol Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-770703 Probably not too bad, I would guess, for starters, no hydrazine fuel (no nitrogen tetroxide either), or at least only trace amounts, and I expect NASA was a bit more careful that the military running sites for 15+ years. The exhaust is no worse than a car, kerosene (diesel/jet fuel) and liquid oxygen. Probably not too bad, I would guess, for starters, no hydrazine fuel (no nitrogen tetroxide either), or at least only trace amounts, and I expect NASA was a bit more careful that the military running sites for 15+ years. The exhaust is no worse than a car, kerosene (diesel/jet fuel) and liquid oxygen.

]]> By: DewetronGrant http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/apollo-11-launch-rev.html#comment-770959 DewetronGrant Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-770959 Hey dequeued, grab a telescope and look at the stuff that we LEFT ON THE MOON. Jeez! Some people... Hey dequeued, grab a telescope and look at the stuff that we LEFT ON THE MOON. Jeez! Some people…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/apollo-11-launch-rev.html#comment-771478 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-771478 Yeah liquid oxygen and hydrogen sure are bad for the environment when burned. Yeah liquid oxygen and hydrogen sure are bad for the environment when burned.

]]> By: peterbruells http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/apollo-11-launch-rev.html#comment-770968 peterbruells Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-770968 it's about 20 to 30%, according to the reports I could find. About the same number as Americans, according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_landing_conspiracy_theories By the way, I have a nice anecdote about of friend of a friend who got picked up from the airport in a Mercedes and got asked if they had cars like that in Germany. SCNR. Now, seriously: The European "No Moon Landing"-Kooks are probably those who get verbal about is. Someone who doesn't believe that those were fake will usually not confront Americans about this. ("Hey, dude, is it true that you Americans did went to the Moon?") it’s about 20 to 30%, according to the reports I could find.

About the same number as Americans, according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_landing_conspiracy_theories

By the way, I have a nice anecdote about of friend of a friend who got picked up from the airport in a Mercedes and got asked if they had cars like that in Germany. SCNR.

Now, seriously: The European “No Moon Landing”-Kooks are probably those who get verbal about is. Someone who doesn’t believe that those were fake will usually not confront Americans about this.

(“Hey, dude, is it true that you Americans did went to the Moon?”)

]]> By: peterbruells http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/apollo-11-launch-rev.html#comment-770972 peterbruells Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-770972 As far I know theres no telescope around which can actually make artifacts left on the moon visible. There's a laser refractor, yes. However, technically speaking, it only proves that someone sent something to the Moon. The first sucessfull soft landing happend 1966, Luna 9. Luna 13 even returned with some moon dust, but that was after the manned American landing. Obligatory xkcd: http://xkcd.com/202/ As far I know theres no telescope around which can actually make artifacts left on the moon visible. There’s a laser refractor, yes.

However, technically speaking, it only proves that someone sent something to the Moon. The first sucessfull soft landing happend 1966, Luna 9. Luna 13 even returned with some moon dust, but that was after the manned American landing.

Obligatory xkcd: http://xkcd.com/202/

]]> By: london2012 http://boingboing.net/2010/04/26/apollo-11-launch-rev.html#comment-773048 london2012 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-773048 Bask in the glory, non-believers. Mankind at its finest. http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/sci-tech/chandrayaan-images-debunk-apollo-15-conspiracy-theory-scientist_100241727.html Bask in the glory, non-believers. Mankind at its finest.

http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/sci-tech/chandrayaan-images-debunk-apollo-15-conspiracy-theory-scientist_100241727.html

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