The Saturn V Rocket story: "Moon Machines (Apollo)" Documentary  - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: klunkerbus
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 01, 2016, 12:42:10 pm
content: Moon Machines is a great series. The other episodes cover the command module, the navigation computer, the lunar module, the space suit, and the lunar rover. The series is in my digital library as my go-to when I want something playing in the background if I can't sleep. Arguably the best few dollars I spent on a DVD.Some of the interviews are a bit hokey, but after all, the interviews are often with behind-the-scenes people who likely were never in front of a camera before.

author: nctnico
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 01, 2016, 01:17:46 pm
content: I agree. A lot of classical engineering where they continued until they got it right. I like the part about the dividers in the exhaust of the rocket motor to stop oscillations in the flame. Someone probably put a lot of thought and measurements into finding such a simple and elegant solution. Or maybe it is something they just tried. Either way it solved a major obstacle!

author: rrinker
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 01, 2016, 11:50:18 pm
content: "Because we were engineers, and engineers can do anything" <sticks tongue out at correct angle> Best part of the whole thing!

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 02, 2016, 05:15:15 am
content: Haven't watched the video yet - but the Saturn V was my favourite machine of that era.

author: jonovid
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 02, 2016, 05:52:13 am
content: good videoi d linked it \/ from Yt, so i see it on the big tv.update-its a bit disappointing how US manned missions to the moon have endedwith the space shuttle or space truck as I see it.most likely the Chinese will be the next on the moon. as for theaveragecitizen,IMO space travel will be a VR headset playing simulator game on a Vomit Comet aircraft, that can simulate the feeling of weightlessness in 25 second intervals. cheaper then virgin galactic. way cheaper then hotel on the moon. as Vomit Comet aircraft can take more paying passengers. as for a manned mission to mars. it must be the most expensive funeral plan ever, and theaveragecitizen? why would you watch this morbid tv reality show. at the end of the day a hotel on the moon would be cool.update- the South Australian Woomera Rocket Range or Woomera Test Range .Aired in the 80's on the ABC it is a look back in to the early years

author: Cerebus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 02, 2016, 03:34:42 pm
content: Well Mr. Jones I just hope you're pleased with yourself. You've blown away most of a potentially productive day's work by making me watch that video and all the others in the series.

author: TheSteve
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 02, 2016, 06:53:04 pm
content: Can you imagine the pride and thrill it must have been to be an engineer who worked on that project.

author: Cerebus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 02, 2016, 07:03:37 pm
content: Quote from: TheSteve on November 02, 2016, 06:53:04 pmIf you watch the other videos in the series there's one on the Lunar Rover. One of the guys who worked on it says something to the effect that every time he looks up and sees the Moon he is reminded that there are three Rovers still up there that he helped to build.

author: max_torque
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 02, 2016, 07:47:59 pm
content: There are quite a few of the original Nasa Project status update films on You Tube, like this one:Which are fascinating for their period feel and the incredible detail and view of the massive depth of the project