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 N₂O₄.
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.
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 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.
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 it’s not for them.
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.
exbenedict
*were
sorryforsayingthat
I don’t understand why videos can’t be posted just the way they were. Having the words across his chest and the shitty music just ruins it
stevelite
...or Moscow 😂😂
Jarodamus
Thanks for ruining this video.
ufoara
Nice copy, Tag James Burke
darlingdaredevil
Connections! Brilliant. Taught me so much. Bought the DVDs 30 years later.
RowanUnderwood
But there is a cut at :22 ?
FrolickingFrolicking
Also the OP didn’t even type a superlative. “Perfect” “in history”. Like so many posts, the person has no idea what they’re talking about.
Also it’s trivially easy to time a short scripted narration to a thing THAT HAS AN EXPLICIT CLEAR COUNTDOWN
fallswinkingtothefloor
James Burke, fucking legend.
ForTheLoveofGodAndAllThatIsHolyMyAnusIsBleeding
The pedant in me is bothered that the engines he points to use kerosene not hydrogen.
FreshOutTheBox
What the most perfect shot in TV history needs is some crappy music. Said no one ever.
FrolickingFrolicking
Also it’s not the most perfect shot in TV history. It’s 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 didn’t 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
SpaceHaggis
IakobZ
Moscow. Moscow. Please, Moscow.
TK421isAFK
Or DC, or Tel Aviv.
IakobZ
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.
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 N₂O₄.
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.
pkao
Oh wow! Voyager 2 has gone so far out there!
ChloeRed
An due to the late John Clark, I understood everything you said.
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.
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
spattr
Is that the series "Connections"? Great series.
SteveD31415
Yes. Wonderful 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
SecretAgentSuperBooger
Brilliant stuff. Sauce: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLf02uWXhaGRng_YzH-Ser_VEV4lGSLX_1
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.
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
Detacheddavid
In a Nazi environment, apolitical == Nazi.
JohnSatclaire
You…do realize that von Braun was an actual, literal Nazi, right?
FrolickingFrolicking
That doesn’t change the fact that apolitical under naziism = nazi
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 it’d 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.
MediocreExtremist
Why the horrible annoying background music? People really have to unlearn that 'skill'
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.
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
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."
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 it’s not for them.
exbenedict
The original didn’t have the music. It’s a stupid ass TikTok/Instagram trend that needs to fucking die like karaoke captions or single word captions
LariCheltsy
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.