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Awesome home movie footage of Apollo 17 liftoff
Posted on 3/22/17 at 1:41 am
Posted on 3/22/17 at 1:41 am
Probably the only one of its kind in existence. This was shot in December of 1972 when the final flight of the Apollo program lifted off from Cape Canaveral on its way to the moon. It features raw audio of an actual Saturn V liftoff. It's so powerful and so loud that it drowns out all other sound around it.
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This post was edited on 3/22/17 at 1:43 am
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Posted on 3/22/17 at 1:50 am to RollTide1987
Really cool. The Saturn V has always been one of the most fascinating things to think about. Being there and seeing it lift off would be thrilling and I think it was summed up well by that guy in the video with "holy shite!" 
Posted on 3/22/17 at 2:06 am to RollTide1987
That was pretty neat. Thanks for sharing.
Posted on 3/22/17 at 4:27 am to RollTide1987
Very cool.
Posted on 3/22/17 at 5:40 am to RollTide1987
Posted on 3/22/17 at 6:34 am to RollTide1987
Someone yells "holy shite" at liftoff
Posted on 3/22/17 at 6:45 am to RollTide1987
It's incredible how slow the actual liftoff is. It's almost as if it momentarily hovers above the pad and gradually raises into the sky.
Posted on 3/22/17 at 7:14 am to RollTide1987
"Oh my gosh"
"Holy shite!"
That had to be a sight to see though.
I can't imagine being in that thing during liftoff.
"Holy shite!"
That had to be a sight to see though.
I can't imagine being in that thing during liftoff.
Posted on 3/22/17 at 7:49 am to Cdawg
The Saturn V was one bad arse machine.
Posted on 3/22/17 at 7:52 am to RollTide1987
Think of all the money and time we wasted with space exploration, all we got out of it was satellite TV.
Posted on 3/22/17 at 7:59 am to The Torch
And some really good movies about astronauts lost in space.
Posted on 3/22/17 at 8:00 am to Bmath
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It's incredible how slow the actual liftoff is. It's almost as if it momentarily hovers above the pad and gradually raises into the sky.
It's a controlled process...
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At 8.9 seconds before launch, the first stage ignition sequence started. The center engine ignited first, followed by opposing outboard pairs at 300-millisecond intervals to reduce the structural loads on the rocket. When thrust had been confirmed by the onboard computers, the rocket was "soft-released" in two stages: first, the hold-down arms released the rocket, and second, as the rocket began to accelerate upwards, it was slowed by tapered metal pins pulled through dies for half a second.
Posted on 3/22/17 at 8:00 am to The Torch
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Think of all the money and time we wasted with space exploration, all we got out of it was satellite TV.
Posted on 3/22/17 at 8:14 am to The Torch
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Think of all the money and time we wasted with space exploration, all we got out of it was satellite TV.
Think of all the condoms your parents wasted only to get you out of it anyway.
Posted on 3/22/17 at 8:18 am to RollTide1987
The only shuttle launch I ever got to see in person was STS-61B in November 1985. It was a night launch and surely something to behold. You felt it as much as you saw it. As amazing as that was, the shuttle still didn't have the awesome power of a Saturn V.
They used to test all five engines at once out at Stennis in the 1960's. My dad grew up in Abita Springs, about 40 miles away, and he said they could hear them and feel the ground vibrate, and the windows rattle. I took the tour out at Stennis about a year and a half ago, and they said they would soon begin testing the engines for the new Space Launch System vehicle, and it should be just like the old Saturn V tests. I look forward to that.
They used to test all five engines at once out at Stennis in the 1960's. My dad grew up in Abita Springs, about 40 miles away, and he said they could hear them and feel the ground vibrate, and the windows rattle. I took the tour out at Stennis about a year and a half ago, and they said they would soon begin testing the engines for the new Space Launch System vehicle, and it should be just like the old Saturn V tests. I look forward to that.
Posted on 3/22/17 at 8:19 am to RollTide1987
Can you imagine the gigantic set of brass balls it took to go "frick yeah, I'll ride that thing into space."? Every one of those astronauts must have been adrenaline junkies.
Posted on 3/22/17 at 8:21 am to RollTide1987
I've now spent the last hour watching re-entry videos and even a semi quasi TED talk from one of the Astronauts on what it takes to land the Shuttle from Space. I hate you but thank you at the same time lol.
Posted on 3/22/17 at 8:21 am to htownjeep
I'm not an adrenaline junkie but I'd sure as frick ride that thing into space.
Posted on 3/22/17 at 8:50 am to Bmath
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It's incredible how slow the actual liftoff is. It's almost as if it momentarily hovers above the pad and gradually raises into the sky.
If you've ever seen a video of a trident ballistic missile launch from a submarine, it has a similar hovering period. They use steam to shoot the missile out of the sub and water, and then once it clears the water, it hovers for a split second while the motor fires off and then it takes off. It almost looks like it is about to fall back into the ocean. Cool stuff.
Posted on 3/22/17 at 8:54 am to VinegarStrokes
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They use steam to shoot the missile out of the sub and water, and then once it clears the water, it hovers for a split second while the motor fires off and then it takes off. It almost looks like it is about to fall back into the ocean.
The missile gets "pushed" out of the tube by steam. Once it breaches the surface of the water gravity pulls it back down. That split second of negative acceleration is what ignites the first stage motor.
Fun fact: There is a small window on those missiles. As they are in flight there is equipment that takes a star-sighting through that window. Stars are in a fixed location so the missile actually uses them to make sure it's travelling on the correct path.
(I went through missile tech school before cross-rating to be a mechanic)
This post was edited on 3/22/17 at 8:57 am
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