YouTube Marathon in honor of Apollo 11

[xPDxTV]

Basically the Title says it all.

I\'m going to be running a marathon on the anniversary of the Apollo 11 launch as my own tribute to one of the greatest space achievements in recorded history.

As you all should know, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin were the first astronauts to successfully pilot to and land on the moon.

Yes i know that Apollo 10 could technically been the first.

With Michael Collins in the command module orbiting the moon, N. Armstrong and E. Aldrin began descending and landed on the moon on July 20th a few short hours later on July 21st N. Armstrong followed by E. Aldrin would become the first men to walk on the moon.

So to honor this achievement in the only way i know how, I\'m going to be uploading a 6 day marathon of KSP videos from July 16th to July 21st as my own way of respecting these men.

You can find the videos here at (( www.youtube.com/xpdxtv ))

Hope to see you all there!

Happy flying and safe galactic adventures!

Cheers,

PD

[xPDxTV]

In this post i\'ll be embedding videos for those who wish to view them, my video and audio editing abilities are starting to blossom so i could use some constructive criticism on video and audio editing if you all have the time =) Thanks and i hope you enjoy the videos.

July 16th Video

July 17th Video

July 18th Video

July 19th Video

July 20th Video

July 21st Video

July 21st EVA Mun Walk

[VincentMcConnell]

Why could Apollo 10 have 'technically been the first'? There was some discussion about letting Apollo 10 land. Mike Collins was in favor of it, but NASA management thought it was too risky to land a LM when one had never even been tested around the Moon. So they went with the dress rehearsal. During the flight, Stafford and Cernan discovered that the Lunar Module Landing Radar was faulty in design. It would have to be redone back on Earth. Had Apollo 10 been given the GO for landing, they would not have touched down safely.

Moral of the story: ALWAYS DO A DRESS REHEARSAL.

And by the way, I\'m about to watch your video.

[GOOMH]

Why could Apollo 10 have 'technically been the first'? There was some discussion about letting Apollo 10 land. Mike Collins was in favor of it, but NASA management thought it was too risky to land a LM when one had never even been tested around the Moon. So they went with the dress rehearsal. During the flight, Stafford and Cernan discovered that the Lunar Module Landing Radar was faulty in design. It would have to be redone back on Earth. Had Apollo 10 been given the GO for landing, they would not have touched down safely.

Moral of the story: ALWAYS DO A DRESS REHEARSAL.

And by the way, I\'m about to watch your video.

Didn\'t they also short fuel the return stage to make sure they didn\'t try it? So if they could have landed they would never be able to get back to the CM.

[samstarman5]

It would be good to take a moment and remember the crew of Apollo 1 and their sacrifice. Gus Grissom was Deke Slayton\'s favorite to be first on the moon. Considering Deke\'s pull at NASA at the time, it would have happened.

I think if Jeb has a picture of a real life astronaut on his wall, it would be Gus. Virgil Ivan Grissom would have moved heaven and earth if that was what it took to get us into space. I think he did, anyway.

Why could Apollo 10 have 'technically been the first'? There was some discussion about letting Apollo 10 land. Mike Collins was in favor of it, but NASA management thought it was too risky to land a LM when one had never even been tested around the Moon. So they went with the dress rehearsal. During the flight, Stafford and Cernan discovered that the Lunar Module Landing Radar was faulty in design. It would have to be redone back on Earth. Had Apollo 10 been given the GO for landing, they would not have touched down safely.

Moral of the story: ALWAYS DO A DRESS REHEARSAL.

And by the way, I\'m about to watch your video.

From everything that I understand about Apollo 13, they could have landed on the moon just fine with the LM Aquarius. Since the Service Module couldn\'t establish orbit around the moon, however, it would have left Aquarius behind. It was probably just as well the incident occurred before they entered lunar orbit. Hence: Always stir the tanks.

[VincentMcConnell]

Didn\'t they also short fuel the return stage to make sure they didn\'t try it? So if they could have landed they would never be able to get back to the CM.

Yeah. That was one reason, but it was also a matter of necessity. Apollo 10 completed the DOI and came to within 50,000 feet of the lunar surface, but they remained in an aligned plane with the CSM above. The APS simply did not have to be fueled fully. On the other hand, NASA was worried about Gene Cernan and Tom Stafford becoming tempted to perform a landing.

[xPDxTV]

I would hope nobody would forget about Apollo 1 and what was to follow in their foot steps.

I am a little bit confused though, i\'ve been doing some research and i can\'t find anything on Apollo 2-6.

Does anybody know why there isn\'t any info (that I\'ve been un-able to find) ?

On a side note, video quality should improve over the course of the next few videos as I\'m starting to get used to the new software i use in video and audio editing.

[samstarman5]

I would hope nobody would forget about Apollo 1 and what was to follow in their foot steps.

I am a little bit confused though, i\'ve been doing some research and i can\'t find anything on Apollo 2-6.

Does anybody know why there isn\'t any info (that I\'ve been un-able to find) ?

On a side note, video quality should improve over the course of the next few videos as I\'m starting to get used to the new software i use in video and audio editing.

Just look up the Apollo missions on Wikipedia. 2-6 were unmanned missions to test various parts of the launch craft itself. Without going to the wiki, I believe all of them, including Apollo 1, used the Saturn IV-B rocket. It wasn\'t until Apollo 8 when the behemoth Saturn V was rolled out. When you really flesh out all the details of the entire moon program(which does include Mercury and Gemini), you have to wonder how anybody in Houston and Cape Canaveral found any time to sleep or for free time. They were busy beavers.

[saspr]

Just look up the Apollo missions on Wikipedia. 2-6 were unmanned missions to test various parts of the launch craft itself. Without going to the wiki, I believe all of them, including Apollo 1, used the Saturn IV-B rocket. It wasn\'t until Apollo 8 when the behemoth Saturn V was rolled out. When you really flesh out all the details of the entire moon program(which does include Mercury and Gemini), you have to wonder how anybody in Houston and Cape Canaveral found any time to sleep or for free time. They were busy beavers.

And if you flesh out the details more, you\'ll realize that Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville designed, built, and tested the Saturn V, so they were the ones losing the most sleep.

[Selrahc4040]

Space, the final frontier. All those involved in the exploration of said frontier, we salute you.

[VincentMcConnell]

I am a little bit confused though, i\'ve been doing some research and i can\'t find anything on Apollo 2-6.

Does anybody know why there isn\'t any info (that I\'ve been un-able to find) ?

2-6 were unmanned tests of the launch vehicles, LM and CM. Apollo 7 was the first successful manned flight in the Apollo program... Well, if you don\'t count Wally Schirra\'s annoying behavior...

[xPDxTV]

Just look up the Apollo missions on Wikipedia. 2-6 were unmanned missions to test various parts of the launch craft itself. Without going to the wiki, I believe all of them, including Apollo 1, used the Saturn IV-B rocket. It wasn\'t until Apollo 8 when the behemoth Saturn V was rolled out. When you really flesh out all the details of the entire moon program(which does include Mercury and Gemini), you have to wonder how anybody in Houston and Cape Canaveral found any time to sleep or for free time. They were busy beavers.

Oh wow that\'s really cool i had no idea, i did some research after reading this message and was blown away. Many thanks indeed. I\'ll definitely be spending some time on the wiki learning about these.

A little off subject the next video has been posted. It\'s been edited into the 'Videos' Message at the top of the page.

[VincentMcConnell]

Hm.. SamStarMan is incorrect. The Saturn V was first launched on Apollo 4 if I remember correctly. It was supposed to carry the LM, but it did not because the LM was not ready. The LM flew unmanned on Apollo 5.

[samstarman5]

Off by one, darnit.

[Stargrave]

i teach preschool. you can be damned sure that the focus this week and last week is the apollo program. ive got kids learning their rockets and astronauts. i even found a toy box at goodwill with plastic astronauts, a saturn 5, a LEM, Skylab, Mun Rover and a shuttle that can seperate all its boosters and tanks.

[VincentMcConnell]

i teach preschool. you can be damned sure that the focus this week and last week is the apollo program. ive got kids learning their rockets and astronauts. i even found a toy box at goodwill with plastic astronauts, a saturn 5, a LEM, Skylab, Mun Rover and a shuttle that can seperate all its boosters and tanks.

That is such an awesome subject. If you\'re in Southern California, I would like to teach kids about Apollo! haha

[Stargrave]

sorry chum, up in seattle.

[xPDxTV]

That\'s an awesome subject your teaching about. The new generations should have an appreciation for many things that happened in this country especially NASA programs and Apollo.

The next video has been posted up on the videos post ( Second Post, First Page ) Hope you all enjoy.

In my opinion the Audio quality is slightly better. Let me know what you all think!

[xPDxTV]

Due to issues with copyright and myself not wanting to be sued by NASA my (Apollo 11) video will temporarily be taken down while an edit is prepared to replace it. This will be temporary and shall be fixed by the end of today. Sorry for this inconvenience.

[xPDxTV]

Due to issues with copyright and myself not wanting to be sued by NASA my (Apollo 11) video will temporarily be taken down while an edit is prepared to replace it. This will be temporary and shall be fixed by the end of today. Sorry for this inconvenience.

With NASA copyright material removed a new link to a RE-uploaded episode 4 (16July1969) Tribute episode has been posted. Again i appologize for the inconvenience that this may have caused. It was just 99.9% unlikely to get written permission from all 3 astronauts and NASA to use 1 photograph so unfortunately a 2 minute segment had to be removed.

[VincentMcConnell]

Uh, no Apollo footage or photos is copyright...

It\'s all public domain, so you can\'t be sued...

[xPDxTV]

Uh, no Apollo footage or photos is copyright...

It\'s all public domain, so you can\'t be sued...

This quote is taken directly from the NASA website. I was flagged on YouTube for copyright violation.

This quote directly states i need permission from the astronauts that were in my video.

As i do commercialize my content to help offset the costs and time spent making HD videos i did not have the required permission.

I believe the only time there is an exception to this is if the content is educational. I could be mistaken however.

If the NASA material is to be used for commercial purposes, especially including advertisements, it must not explicitly or implicitly convey NASA\'s endorsement of commercial goods or services. If a NASA image includes an identifiable person, using the image for commercial purposes may infringe that person\'s right of privacy or publicity, and permission should be obtained from the person.

Source: http://www.nasa.gov/audience/formedia/features/MP_Photo_Guidelines.html

[VincentMcConnell]

I use the astros, nasa footage and clips in my videos ALL the time.

Never had a problem.

[xPDxTV]

I use the astros, nasa footage and clips in my videos ALL the time.

Never had a problem.

Neither have other people i have talked to. It wasn\'t like i had used them to endorse a product. That segment was strictly historical in reference. I don\'t know... Either way what is done is done and the fix had to be made.

On a bright note however, the next episode is done and uploaded. Check out the July 19th video in the videos attachment post! (Second Post - First Page of this Thread)

Hope you all enjoy!

Cheers,

PD

[LukeTim]

Yeah. That was one reason, but it was also a matter of necessity. Apollo 10 completed the DOI and came to within 50,000 feet of the lunar surface, but they remained in an aligned plane with the CSM above. The APS simply did not have to be fueled fully. On the other hand, NASA was worried about Gene Cernan and Tom Stafford becoming tempted to perform a landing.

Would have been really awesome (and fairly kerbal) if the first moon landing ended up happening because two guys were like 'F*** it. We\'re here anyway, why the hell not?!'