Moon Launch Live

[stuartmmcfc]

Anyone watching this on channel 4 now?
It’s got me glued

[Matt..]

Some of the footage is the same as the Apollo 11 documentary that came out this year (and might still be at your local cinema). What this is showing is just how incredibly well they did remastering the footage.

If you can you should see if the Apollo 11 documentary is still on near you!

I’m enjoying this though!

[MiniMan64]

There’s fantastic programs all over the schedules at the moment.

What I really enjoyed about this one (and the 8 days to the Moon on BBC4 this week) is there’s no talking heads, no interruptions, no commentary.

Just what happened.

It’s incredible

[parabolica]

Matt.. said:

Some of the footage is the same as the Apollo 11 documentary that came out this year (and might still be at your local cinema). What this is showing is just how incredibly well they did remastering the footage.

If you can you should see if the Apollo 11 documentary is still on near you!

I’m enjoying this though!

Went and saw Apollo 11 last night and couldn't agree more; I knew it was a documentary but didn't realise it was a non-commentary documentary - its just the remastered footage with audio actually taken from 1969. It was fantastic.

[Langweilig]

It brought back a lot of memories, even though I was very young at the time. I wasn't aware that there was a fuel leak in the third stage of the Saturn V. To see our own James Burke showing us around an escape bunker built under the launchpad was amazing.

[MitchT]

Great programme. It did make me wonder though... what with the moon mission stopping the world in its tracks and other things, like Concorde, for example, what is there today that's stopping the world in its tracks and capturing the imaginations of all ages, genders, ethnicities, etc. on a global scale? I can't think of anything and it makes me feel rather sad.

[Bungleaio]

I really enjoyed tonight's programme too.

If you've never seen this then I'd recommend watching it, think band of brothers but space

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0120570/

[anonymous-user]

MitchT said:

Great programme. It did make me wonder though... what with the moon mission stopping the world in its tracks and other things, like Concorde, for example, what is there today that's stopping the world in its tracks and capturing the imaginations of all ages, genders, ethnicities, etc. on a global scale? I can't think of anything and it makes me feel rather sad.

1,The climate change thing
2.Crap on Twitter

[irocfan]

Bungleaio said:

I really enjoyed tonight's programme too.

If you've never seen this then I'd recommend watching it, think band of brothers but space

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0120570/

Or another (sort of) related one: The Right Stuff

[patmahe]

I just watched it on the all4 player using my Chromecast, just thinking I'm probably holding more computing power in my hand than that entire Saturn 5 had available to go to the moon.

Astonishing to see just how gripped the world was, concerning also that there was so much difficulty keeping communication going while they were in Earth orbit. Cool footage though, I guess it's the first 'first' in exploration where TV cameras existed to capture it all. Imagine in a thousand years what people will make of this footage.

[MiniMan64]

MitchT said:

Great programme. It did make me wonder though... what with the moon mission stopping the world in its tracks and other things, like Concorde, for example, what is there today that's stopping the world in its tracks and capturing the imaginations of all ages, genders, ethnicities, etc. on a global scale? I can't think of anything and it makes me feel rather sad.

There isn’t really.

If we go to Mars it should be interesting.

The difference in how the media covers it will be interesting. One thing I've noticed in these documentaries is how much calmer and more uncomfortable people are being interviewed for TV than they are now.

[poo at Paul's]

MitchT said:

Great programme. It did make me wonder though... what with the moon mission stopping the world in its tracks and other things, like Concorde, for example, what is there today that's stopping the world in its tracks and capturing the imaginations of all ages, genders, ethnicities, etc. on a global scale? I can't think of anything and it makes me feel rather sad.

Love Island finale?

[iandc]

poo at Paul's said:

Love Island finale?



That sums today's epic views nicely! don't bother with anything serious when a bunch of randy airheads can get us all gripped to the sofa.

[Elroy Blue]

MiniMan64 said:

There isn’t really.

If we go to Mars it should be interesting.

The difference in how the media covers it will be interesting. One thing I've noticed in these documentaries is how much calmer and more uncomfortable people are being interviewed for TV than they are now.

If we go to Mars there will be hours of TV from climate nutters taking about the pollution from the rocket or how the money should have been spent on lentils

[AshVX220]

Elroy Blue said:

MiniMan64 said:

There isn’t really.

If we go to Mars it should be interesting.

The difference in how the media covers it will be interesting. One thing I've noticed in these documentaries is how much calmer and more uncomfortable people are being interviewed for TV than they are now.

If we go to Mars there will be hours of TV from climate nutters taking about the pollution from the rocket or how the money should have been spent on lentils

I thought the same thing as I watched it. I don't think humans on Mars will grip the world in the same way Apollo 11 did sadly. People just don't seem to be as impressed or in awe of such achievements these days sadly. I hope I'm wrong.

Watching the show, I was a bit sad that I wasn't around to see and appreciate it as it happened, it must have been remarkable.

However, when we do return to the Moon, or go to Mars, just imagine how amazing the footage will be, all in 4k probably, it'll be fantastic and I hope I'm here to see it.

[Zirconia]

AshVX220 said:

I thought the same thing as I watched it. I don't think humans on Mars will grip the world in the same way Apollo 11 did sadly. People just don't seem to be as impressed or in awe of such achievements these days sadly. I hope I'm wrong.

Watching the show, I was a bit sad that I wasn't around to see and appreciate it as it happened, it must have been remarkable.

However, when we do return to the Moon, or go to Mars, just imagine how amazing the footage will be, all in 4k probably, it'll be fantastic and I hope I'm here to see it.

They absolutely will be watching it I expect. Reality TV generation, chances of something dire happening, real deaths, this will be the ultimate love island in the jungle or whatever for a few people.

Unfortunately it will popular for all the wrong reasons.

I expect.

[bony_13]

Moon Launch Live was good.

8 Days To The Moon was fantastic!

Great to have so much coverage on the main channels.

[S7Paul]

MitchT said:

Great programme. It did make me wonder though... what with the moon mission stopping the world in its tracks and other things, like Concorde, for example, what is there today that's stopping the world in its tracks and capturing the imaginations of all ages, genders, ethnicities, etc. on a global scale? I can't think of anything and it makes me feel rather sad.

I agree, and from what I read in many comments against various videos on YouTube, a significant number of people don't believe the moon landings happened, don't think we've ever been into space (or in some cases, that space even exists), and think footage of (and from) the ISS is all done in a studio. So, when you're faced with that level of stupidity, I don't think that any future achievement on that scale will have the same effect as it did back in 1969.

[Zirconia]

Just finished watching. That was a good un.

They have just finished restoring mission control as well.

[anonymous-user]

James May on the Moon.
BBC4 now and on I player