Don't say that he's hypocritical, Say rather that he's apolitical. "Once the rockets are up, who cares where they come down? That's not my department, " says Wernher von Braun.
It's the Voyager 2 launch, on a Titan IIIE. Its first-stage engines use neither hydrogen nor oxygen: The boosters are solid-fuelled, and the core engines burn Aerozine 50 with NâOâ.
And the F1 engines of the S-1C stage of a Saturn V (shown at the beginning of this clip) burned kerosene with liquid oxygen.
The second and third staves of the Saturn V did use hydrogen and oxygen. The rest is just hydrogen and oxygen with some chemical gubbins in the middle to make the hydrogen and oxygen behave themselves until they were burnt, aside from the solid boosters which might as well be alchemy.
solid fuel came from that cult dude who spring-boarded Hubbard didn't it? I can see why we'd rather focus on the Germans as our rocket fuel heroes, all the Americans were so messy
I think it might be from "The Day The Universe Changed" (1985) because I remember those episodes more than the earlier "Connections" series (1978?) which I think aired on PBS after TDTUC was well received on Public TV... I ended up seeing them out of sequence back then, so it's possible I'm completely wrong.
The original didnât have the music. Itâs a stupid ass TikTok/Instagram trend that needs to fucking die like karaoke captions or single word captions
short answer: some people like it. Long answer: this trend is being actively encouraged by copyright bots; music overlaying a video's original sound makes it less likely to be copyright struck. Whether or not this video would be flagged, the trend keeps trending: people tend to like what they're used to.
As for the particular music, yeah phonk is basically the new dubstep, some of it is extremely jarring but there are also a few really good songs, but I guess the problem with posting tiktok content to imgur is that the audience that does comment is from a different generation so itâs not for them.
It helps keep content from being dinged as copyrighted, gives more stimulus for ADHD folk to focus on, and synergistically helps the algorithm push more popular backing songs. Jesus boomer, we've invented radio, TV, and internet since you've been in your cave.
They clearly meant the scene taking place second didn't have to be recut to get the rocket launch right. It was two separate scenes, one was just setting up the other.
Yeah, the "walk behind the Saturn V" is one clip ending with "Oxygen" is one cut, then the "stand and talk then point and launch" is another clip with no cuts at all, he timed it perfectly, was an interesting series, it's called "Connections" - https://archive.org/details/ConnectionsByJamesBurke/Connections/
Yeah, I remember watching this on TV, I think, as a wee lad in the '70s/early '80s, when it first aired in the US.
And, while it's an incredible scene, it's not quite as amazing of a take as it's often made out to be, considering that there's a massive live countdown, so he KNEW when to time things and turn around. Still cool, though! I suspect they had other cameras focused on just the rocket at the same time, with him out of frame, so they had a clean clip to use if it didn't synch up.
You know exactly when it's going to happen, but you have to do it perfectly in one take, no do-overs. And with the stress that that knowledge brings. Having done a bit of this in my time, I'm hella impressed.
stevelite
...or Moscow đđ
darlingdaredevil
Connections! Brilliant. Taught me so much. Bought the DVDs 30 years later.
Harm
'Destination: the Moon. Or Moscow.' Cheeky.
demizu
"The Planets - or Peking"
ForTheLoveofGodAndAllThatIsHolyMyAnusIsBleeding
The pedant in me is bothered that the engines he points to use kerosene not hydrogen.
exbenedict
*were
RowanUnderwood
But there is a cut at :22 ?
FrolickingFrolicking
Also the OP didnât even type a superlative. âPerfectâ âin historyâ. Like so many posts, the person has no idea what theyâre talking about.
Also itâs trivially easy to time a short scripted narration to a thing THAT HAS AN EXPLICIT CLEAR COUNTDOWN
FreshOutTheBox
What the most perfect shot in TV history needs is some crappy music. Said no one ever.
FrolickingFrolicking
Also itâs not the most perfect shot in TV history. Itâs trivially easy to time a short narration to a thing that has a clear COUNTDOWN.
Also OP video clearly has a cut. Are we supposed to be impressed that they didnât just cut to the launch after saying the words whenever?
KalliJ
Merely as a matter of curiosity, what is your opinion on this? /gallery/most-complicated-nervewracking-camerawork-film-history-maybe-4u2Rs5L
Ladeduh
Fuck that noise in the background that isn't part of the original cut.
JarJarDrinks
His "Day The Universe Changed" series is even better.
Fentex
No it's not. The original 'Connections' is the superior series of all he made.
SpaceHaggis
fallswinkingtothefloor
James Burke, fucking legend.
ufoara
Nice copy, Tag James Burke
Jarodamus
Thanks for ruining this video.
sorryforsayingthat
I donât understand why videos canât be posted just the way they were. Having the words across his chest and the shitty music just ruins it
CrisprCAS
Don't say that he's hypocritical,
Say rather that he's apolitical.
"Once the rockets are up, who cares where they come down?
That's not my department, " says Wernher von Braun.
IWantedOneOfThoseLongUsernamesTooSoIGotOne
Very appropriate, given today's news.
Aethramyr
If you need to hear it, it's here:
https://tomlehrersongs.com/wernher-von-braun/>
(All of Tom Lehrer's songs are in public domain, btw: https://tomlehrersongs.com )
TheSharpieOne
bikergeek6249
Tom Lehrer just died, BTW. He was 97. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/tom-lehrer-dead-musical-satirist-1236330485/
OhIfIMust
Dang.
I can only imagine what torment itâd been for him, watching things go to shit over the decades.
CrisprCAS
https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1eDdvMHg4bXRyZTZjN2ludGJrNGQ1N2JpNWJwd3Mybnl2eDhpZHRyeiZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/a9xhxAxaqOfQs/200w.webp
3ifish
Tom Lehrer died, now I'm sad.
Detacheddavid
In a Nazi environment, apolitical == Nazi.
JohnSatclaire
YouâŚdo realize that von Braun was an actual, literal Nazi, right?
FrolickingFrolicking
That doesnât change the fact that apolitical under naziism = nazi
PowerPedant
It's the Voyager 2 launch, on a Titan IIIE. Its first-stage engines use neither hydrogen nor oxygen: The boosters are solid-fuelled, and the core engines burn Aerozine 50 with NâOâ.
And the F1 engines of the S-1C stage of a Saturn V (shown at the beginning of this clip) burned kerosene with liquid oxygen.
jimmymcgoochie1
The second and third staves of the Saturn V did use hydrogen and oxygen. The rest is just hydrogen and oxygen with some chemical gubbins in the middle to make the hydrogen and oxygen behave themselves until they were burnt, aside from the solid boosters which might as well be alchemy.
ChloeRed
An due to the late John Clark, I understood everything you said.
billiebitkiller
solid fuel came from that cult dude who spring-boarded Hubbard didn't it? I can see why we'd rather focus on the Germans as our rocket fuel heroes, all the Americans were so messy
pkao
Oh wow! Voyager 2 has gone so far out there!
spattr
Is that the series "Connections"? Great series.
SammyTheSingingSnail
It was indeed - I still have the book!
orp0piru
Connections (1978), Connections2 (1994), Connections3 (1997)
The Day the Universe Changed (1985, revised 1995)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Burke_(science_historian)#Television_credits
SteveD31415
Yes. Wonderful series..
CallMeMcGyver
I think it might be from "The Day The Universe Changed" (1985) because I remember those episodes more than the earlier "Connections" series (1978?) which I think aired on PBS after TDTUC was well received on Public TV... I ended up seeing them out of sequence back then, so it's possible I'm completely wrong.
SammyTheSingingSnail
Actually you might well be right - I'd forgotten that series. I'd love for it and the Connections series to be aired again now.
SecretAgentSuperBooger
Brilliant stuff. Sauce: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLf02uWXhaGRng_YzH-Ser_VEV4lGSLX_1
IakobZ
Moscow. Moscow. Please, Moscow.
TK421isAFK
Or DC, or Tel Aviv.
IakobZ
MediocreExtremist
Why the horrible annoying background music? People really have to unlearn that 'skill'
DandyLion23
Music, flipping video, adding giant ass subtitles in the middle of the screen.. all techniques to avoid the automatic copyright bots.
Sensiblyinteresting
The music is added so they can steal the content without copyright bots flagging it
exbenedict
The original didnât have the music. Itâs a stupid ass TikTok/Instagram trend that needs to fucking die like karaoke captions or single word captions
LariCheltsy
Qualtagh
short answer: some people like it. Long answer: this trend is being actively encouraged by copyright bots; music overlaying a video's original sound makes it less likely to be copyright struck. Whether or not this video would be flagged, the trend keeps trending: people tend to like what they're used to.
CanOnlySayYes
As for the particular music, yeah phonk is basically the new dubstep, some of it is extremely jarring but there are also a few really good songs, but I guess the problem with posting tiktok content to imgur is that the audience that does comment is from a different generation so itâs not for them.
StellaMatutina
It helps keep content from being dinged as copyrighted, gives more stimulus for ADHD folk to focus on, and synergistically helps the algorithm push more popular backing songs. Jesus boomer, we've invented radio, TV, and internet since you've been in your cave.
SteveMND
I feel like the original creator of this post also didn't know what "without any cuts" meant.
MithridateEupator
They clearly meant the scene taking place second didn't have to be recut to get the rocket launch right. It was two separate scenes, one was just setting up the other.
Hannah1986
Yeah, the "walk behind the Saturn V" is one clip ending with "Oxygen" is one cut, then the "stand and talk then point and launch" is another clip with no cuts at all, he timed it perfectly, was an interesting series, it's called "Connections" - https://archive.org/details/ConnectionsByJamesBurke/Connections/
SteveMND
Yeah, I remember watching this on TV, I think, as a wee lad in the '70s/early '80s,
when it first aired in the US.
And, while it's an incredible scene, it's not quite as amazing of a take as it's often made out to be, considering that there's a massive live countdown, so he KNEW when to time things and turn around. Still cool, though! I suspect they had other cameras focused on just the rocket at the same time, with him out of frame, so they had a clean clip to use if it didn't synch up.
Malloon
You know exactly when it's going to happen, but you have to do it perfectly in one take, no do-overs. And with the stress that that knowledge brings. Having done a bit of this in my time, I'm hella impressed.
ChicanoBatman
this and splitting your video so we can watch your reaction to the video.
Stolf
"Oh man that was crazy. Like and subscribe and visit my sponsor nord vpn. I'mma go collect 5 million in ad revenue thanks to you fucking idiots, now."