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Luke Talley is a Docent Emeritus at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
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In 2018, Marshall Space Flight Center uploaded a ton of really cool old "Saturn V Quarterly Updates". Watching these videos really helped me understand the scale of the Apollo program. What our ancestors did was absolutely amazing. Here is one of those videos: • Saturn V Quarterly Fil...
Go to the MSFC KZhead channel, scroll back to 2018 and watch those Archival films. They are amazing, even from a film production standpoint.
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Luke Talley is one of the most interesting and impressive engineers I have ever met. I decided to do my best and capture Luke's thoughts as much as possible, because this is the rare opportunity to hear about the Saturn V program straight from the Horse's mouth! I hope you enjoy this video, and if you'd like to hear more of what Luke has to say (Including why he won the award) that's over on the Second Channel. Here's a link to that video: kzhead.info/sun/lrmkksiprmumdaM/bejne.html Also, friendly reminder that the Holographic Stickers will go out to Patrons at the beginning of the year. If you're considering supporting, (I'm grateful by the way) I'm going to lock in the Patron list at the end of the year. Here's the link if you're interested: www.patreon.com/smartereveryday
I'd love to watch another video with Luke, he's so amazing!
So...the baffles were put into the engines to stop turbulent flow of the fuels...Score 1 for Destin 0 for Derek.
Enjoyed this video. Great detailed interview. One of your better efforts - good to see high quality stuff online, freely available.
Luke and many others that accomplished such a feat are national treasures! Thank you for sharing this!
Holy smokes! That is SO COOL. My father in law was a contractor working on the microwave links at Goldstone. Anything Apollo has extra meaning for us.
I worked with Luke Talley at IBM-Charlotte in the mid-1980's. I was a new mechanical engineer out of college and Luke was the system engineer for the printer we were developing. I loved the stories he told about Apollo. In 2016 I was visiting my son who is an aerospace engineer in Huntsville. We decided to tour the Space & Rocket center. As we were walking by the Saturn V, I was telling my son some of the stories Luke told me. When we reached the Instrumentation Ring, there stood Luke working as a volunteer. It was great to see him again after almost 30 years. Destin, I am so happy you are capturing Luke's stories so that a large audience can hear them.
That's awesome
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That’s incredible your son must have been excited about that experience!
My great uncle worked at IBM & Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville for many years. His name is Jim Hall. He still lives in Huntsville today. A good good man. For the last 25+ years, he's been retired and just traveled and went cave spelunking which is still his favorite thing to do. I wish I could take a trip to NASA with my uncle. It'd be cool to hear this stuff from him. Back when I saw him a lot when I was a kid, I didn't realize IBM=NASA so I didn't think to ask questions. And I wasn't interested in this stuff back then anyway. I was into girls. And cars. 🤷😄
Luke's stories are all over the internet. He's got some written history as well that he's done. Look up his name & IBM or NASA and it'll pull them all up on any search engine.
Not every channel can publish a 58 minute video that I want to watch completely uninterrupted and without distraction... but you've done it
same here. watched the entire thing from beginning to end. Enthralling. One of mankind's greatest engineering achievements to date and Luke knows so much about it, tells the story so well.
The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord’s; But the earth He has given to the children of men. - Psalm 115:16 We were NOT meant to explore space. Engineers like Jack Parsons, a known occultist, were given instructions by dark spiritual forces to build these rockets. Our boundary is the Karman Line, 100kms above the surface; the lowest satellites orbit at more than double that height. Think about how computers are linked now worldwide in order to subjugate human beings. Enjoy the godless utopia.
@@garethwest9069 you are interpreting scripture as if it applies to space travel. That is the most foolish, ignorant thing I have seen today. Congratulations.
@@JamesFaction Your circular "it's foolish and ignorant because it is" argument will not do. It is most pertinent to the subject. Truth hurts, I guess.
I agree!
This is an incredible man. The fact that he graduated from college in 1965 with no experience with digital computers, and then proceeds to design the computer control system for the Moon missions in a handful of years. This means mastering not only digital computing (both hardware and software design), but ALSO obtaining a deep understanding in the physics and engineering behind space travel (i.e. rocket science)... all in just a few years. The gargantuan gulf between his awe-inspiring genius and his humility is.. I don't know.. I'm floored.
It’s great to have a high IQ and not so great if you don’t.
Luke, it was an honor to meet you yesterday. As a former NASA avionics and instrumentation guy, I felt I was meeting a predecessor who set the stage. You’re an amazing guy Luke!
this is not luke’s channel, i doubt he will see your comment
@@yammmit the space gods heard him and that's what matters bro
My condolences to Luke on the loss of his wife
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I am 75 years old and am basically a space nerd. I can't thank Destin enough for putting together this video. I could listen to Luke for hours. Thank you guys for this great video!
Ditto!
I honestly feel smarter after watching this video! I'm a space nerd too, but have never heard many of the design and structural facts until now. He explains it in understandable jargon. Thank you Destin for making this!!
As a fellow space nerd, I love this stuff because you can learn new things no matter how much you know. There is always something new and exciting to learn!
Not only is Luke an incredibly smart man, but he can convey and articulate that knowledge in a way that makes sense to normal people… an incredible skill. I looked for you Luke, when I visited the Center a few weeks ago, but must have been a well deserved day off.
I met Luke last time I was at the Huntsville Space and Rocket Center! Such an amazing guy. He just walked up one day and started telling us about it all.
Craziest part of the video is hearing that companies were willing to train their employees instead of expecting 10 years experience before you graduated
@@Paul_KG flew straight over your head. He’s saying people are expected to already have 10 years of experience before being able to get a job. You’re saying basically the opposite. By the way, read up on the statistics, younger generations work harder and longer hours, study more and actually get paid less my man Edit: Boomer deleted his comment That’s how you know someone sat down, frowned deep and furrowed their brow and realized they were plain dumb as rocks incorrect. Truly the most brutal moment you can have on the internet, especially when you feel you gotta erase all memory and hope no one saw R.I.P 😅
"10 years exp required upon graduation." "Highly competitive pay package." 29,257$ average per year
@@Paul_KG r/whoosh
@@jawmedia7575 And a decent house cost around 12,000. Imagine if you could buy a house now for around half your annual salary?
Ukrainians were picked...they only take weeks to use high tech US equipment while all others take months to do the same.
The amount of knowledge in that man's brain is beyond incredible. 🤯
He's one of those rare folks you can honestly say, "He'll forget more in his lifetime than I'll ever know."
I love how Destin asks him about what the experience is like and he's just like ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ "fun i guess". Gotta love these engineers, it's "just" a problem to solve for them. It's such a contrast to the people who brag their whole life about how their one idea made them rich. Super down to earth guy.
You ever be watching a video, and realize you're watching greatness? A literal living legend.
Worked 37 years in big mainframe IT, and learned to recognise when someone is a great technical guy, great at communicating and endlessly enthusiastic. Luke is one of those writ large. A rare talent and still humble
My father was a aeronautical Space Engineer at NASA Johnson Space Center Clear Lake Texas and it was truly amazing the stories he had I recently found a invitation for my father for Apollo 11 launch party for the astronauts and engineers and it brought tears to my eyes I believe when he worked for NASA right at 30 years unfortunately about a year into his retirement cancer I took my father's life. And recently I got to go visit Houston and went to the NASA Museum in Clear Lake and it was spectacular. The memories I had when I was younger to go meet my dad for lunch at the cafeteria at Johnson Space Center. Wonderful sweet memories I miss my father and I just want to say a big thank you to everyone that has invested your time into the space program.
My father was a structural engineer at JSC starting in 1965 until his retirement. He worked on the physical structures on site. I also have memories of going on site when he took us to see the buildings and structures he worked on like the crane track system to lift items in and out of the original training pool. My older brother is an aeronautical engineer who has had a long still going career (over 40 years) working for contractors to JSC. One of the last coherent conversations I remember between my brother and dad, before my dad was lost to dementia, was their discussion of my brother doing a test for a part going to ISS in a room on site my father was part of designing. The room is design to absorb sound. As they are talking, I am having a memory of my dad taking my brothers and I to see this room when we were children and was amazed to hear the room was still being used.
58 minutes felt like 15 minutes. Thank you Luke and Destin !
That was 58-minutes??? Whoa! That was the best 58-minutes I've spent in a LONG time!
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That was the fastest hour while I was on my treadmill. Was fascinated the whole time. Actually shaking my head in amazement.
Probably one of the best videos I've ever watched on the Internet. I'm speechless. I can't believe how far KZhead has come. Congratulations Destin. This is Discovery Channel quality stuff!!
Better than discovery channel.
KZhead has gone backwards my friend lol. Amazing amazing video tho
@@mfreund15448 yep, better. He explained these concepts so easily in a way I never picked up when I was a kid reading books on this stuff.
@@Powd3r81 yeah Fake product ads on every video. Embedded ads on videos that dont pay the creator. Midroll ads. Content creator sponsorship ads. You cant report ads eithout a long and tedious process per ad. Its even harder to report them for being fake products. Most of them only operate for a month then shut their sites down and move on. Leaving you no recourse. Buying Premium doesnt remove 2 of those kinds of ads at all. Regardless of what version you buy. There is not option to not be recorded in private by google. So it listens to you constantly. And yeah ie basically just a way to put cameras and microphones in every home... willingly. So yeah product itself is failing miserablly. And pushing legal boundaries. But given Google is literally a government funded security project and has been since around the failure of Yahoo... is that really a suprise?
Discovery channel is propaganda for boomers and retards.
The software for the Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) was one of the most amazing things of the Apollo program. Most of the software for the AGC was stored in read-only memory known as core rope memory, but there was some read/write core memory. Core rope memory was done by weaving wires through and around magnetic cores. Computer code consists of 1s and 0s. It was physical in this case. If the wire went through the core, it was a 1. If it went around the core, it was a zero. The software was written by programmers at MIT and sent to Ratheon to be built. Ratheon used ladies to build these, and some engineers also called it LOL memory for Little Old Lady memory. Some programs could take months to build.
Thanks for that!
I bail on most you tube videos after 2 or 3 minutes. I watched every second of this and was fascinated the entire time. What an inspirational glimpse into an incredible moment in history. Luke is a charmer with his unselfconscious modesty.
Luke's intelligence is only exceeded by his humility. Thank you Luke and Destin for this amazing journey!
World needs more men like him. Humble but wicked smart. Oh and kind too.
@@JuniorJunison There's plenty of men like him out there every day doing what smart, talented people do, they just aren't a part of something as notorious as the Apollo program.
They’re everywhere. No one cares if you’re a normal person. Only if you did something extraordinary.
This is solid gold. Never lose this recording - you guys should donate this to the center so the Space Campers can really learn how those stages work - maybe cut it into pieces and have a player by each stage so they can watch it as they examine the stages. So very excellent - Thank you both for THIS!
I fully agree! Great idea!
I got goosebumps in parts of this interview, this guy could have talked for hours.
Never lose this recording? Like how NASA lost all the original tapes and the telemetry data from the Apollo missions? Like how NASA "destroyed" the technology that they claimed got them to the Moon?
I could not agree with you more great idea my father was a aeronautical space engineer for 30 years Johnson Space Center and I recently got to go to the museum and it was awesome
Thanks for sharing, on a slide rule,with less computer power than a smart phone today. I think we as a nation and people have lost are MOJO. What a teacher he is.would love to have had someone like him in my life to give me hope for anything is possiblegod bless him and his family and God bless America.
As a resident of Huntsville, seeing the Saturn V at the Space and Rocket center is just awe inspiring. Every time
This was such an interesting and fascinating video. Loved how engaged he was, and the sheer joy he displayed when he explained everything. Definitely one of the better show and tell videos on the internet yet. Just spectacular stuff.
I’m an engineering student at the college directly across from this museum, and I’ve frequently made trips across the road to study underneath the Saturn V during the slow hours. Often times, volunteers such as Luke ask me about the projects I work on, and vise versa. These guys are a massive encouragement to me, and I’m so happy to see Luke and the other volunteers getting the attention they deserve. Maybe I’ll run into you sometime, Destin! Edit: Luke finds it incredibly humorous that my name is also Luke, so I guess I’m kind of a big deal. Lol
Can you ask if they plan on cutting the co2 emissions??
@@alienbotfarm187 I’ll write down any questions y’all have and ask them!
@@alienbotfarm187 ?
@@alienbotfarm187 You can do your part by shutting up. That'll stop all kinds of noxious gasses from polluting the atmosphere.
@@alienbotfarm187 your kidding right?
Those apollo engineers are so humble it's so wholesome... "I just felt like somebody who didn't know what the heck was going on". The mark of true greatness is not only achieving something great but remaining humble and modest about it
Neil Armstrong was the same way. He didn't want the recognition because he knew he was just one of 350,000 who made it happen.
Yes, of course, they were born in the '10s, '20s, '30s, & '40s; they are of an entirely different ethic... I knew many of them, lovely people.
I really appreciated that quote when he said it. I'm not an engineering student but I joined a science grant team at my college and that's basically how I feel. But I'm having fun and helping where I can.
@notfiveo Of course they could be duplicated, but why try? Is your next new car going to be an Edsel? Sure, Ford could recreate one for you, but why would you or they want to?
I don't remember when was the last time I enjoyed a storytelling video like this one. Luke Talley is simply amazing, and he still has freshness in his memories so many years later.
I'm an electrical engineer, and I revel in Luke Talley's genius and teaching ability. Truly a great man that helped accomplish great things. Thanks for this amazing video.
Thank you for capturing Luke's history. Of the 350,000 people that worked on Apollo, I'm sure there are many other interesting stories. Unfortunately most of those will be lost. It is great that at least one more piece of Saturn V's creation will be available for future generations.
Hello, can we make frends? We can exchange contact information.
So many brilliant minds that cooperated for the rocket 🚀 to take off
Yes. remember there's some unrecognized engineers that are very important to the project.
Apart from the engineers and designers, there was also an army of machinists, electricians and general wrench turners who probably had great stories, but I suspect most of them have also passed.
350,000 people... what a waste... nowadays a few kids could reenact the cgi of that hoax
What a great episode, Destin! Thank you. Born in 1961, like so many others I grew up with the space race and Apollo/moon program. Thank you, Mr. Talley, for your incredible work and for talking Destin through this video. You are a credit to all your co-workers who also worked on such programs. Please accept my condolences over the loss of your wife, Kitty. RIP.
Born 2007. A few years ago I got obsessed about the space race and started consuming a lot of space content. Would've loved to grow up with the space race now.
@@Emnatas Sounds like you might be in luck since its kind of jumped back into popularity again.
This should be required viewing in public school. Well done!
But that would make to much sense! They can't brainwash young minds into thinking that their victims, when the kids see where being smart and applying yourself can take you. We can't have young people being smart and independent thinkers now can we? Gotta have just a bunch of stupid, brainwashed, lemmings.
I love this. Luke should be writing his memoirs and go into all of this stuff as well as his life.
10 seconds after this man started speaking, you can tell he knows his stuff. What an incredible individual, with an incredible story. Thank you for all the hard work, Mr. Talley. Your efforts inspired millions of people around the world. It will be remembered for the rest of human history.
Man, it's almost intimidating just how brilliant Luke is. It's like he operates on a whole other level compared to the rest of us, even most modern engineers.
He's just one of many thousands that made the lunar missions possible. He's probably one of the best to explain that "This is how we did it."
Well he built a rocket from scratch and sent it to space successfully in 1 go so yeah I have to agree.
Intimidating? God hasn’t made a creature on earth that intimidates me.
@@Jimbo0341usmc I don’t know bro. Sharks are pretty scary.
@@Jimbo0341usmc a bull elephant!!
On a personal note, this is my all-time favorite video on the internet. Thank you both for creating and sharing this with us. 👏👏👏
This was super interesting. I've always been blown away by the saturn 5 and the moon landings, thank for putting this together!
Awesome video… I’m sorry for your loss Luke, and thank you everyone that worked on this for getting us to the moon oh so long ago, I hope to see this feat in my lifetime!
I'm very grateful for the internet and channels like yours because without any of this I would never hear fascinating stories like this. Thank you.
Yeah, but for every channel like this one there's 4 or 5 furries. The internet was a mistake.
@@Dee-nonamnamrson8718 I guess "furries" are something that one needs to actively search for. I have never seen one. Destin's channels are awesome information
The part that blows my mind as someone who is heavily into machining, is how they managed tolerance-stacking (in both the physical parts AND the operation) for something this large and complex. It's absolutely mindblowing.
The level of precision was pretty amazing. Then again, do note that Luke mentioned that there were skilled craftsmen involved, when he was talking about the welding of the aluminum skin for the first stage. This seems to suggest (to me) that there was skill involved there, and mass production would not have been possible; the fabrication process needed those skilled engineers present. Establishing a repeatable process that could maintain that level of quality for mass production might not have been possible at all.
Luke Talley is a captivating storyteller. I was mesmerized for the duration of this presentation. I have read Gene Kranz's Failure Is Not An Option as well as Jim Lovell's Lost Moon. Dustin, your efforts in this case have fed my hunger and thirst for information regarding all things Apollo. Thank you. Those books, the movie, my Hasselblad, and now your video with Luke Talley bring together a more coherent package in my quest for understanding Apollo. A side note: my uncle was one of the many contractors who contributed to the Apollo effort by helping with the design of one of the stages (which, I have forgotten) of the Saturn V rocket We would visit my aunt and uncle Slidell, Louisiana during his employment toward that end. It intrigued me even then while a child.
I saw a new video from Destin, and I didn't even look at the title or the thumbnail before I clicked. I just thought, "I need a dose of positivity and uncomplicated enthusiasm for life. I'm going to watch this right now." Thanks, Destin for putting on display your genuine love and interest, not just in knowledge but in other people especially.
One of my favorite things about this channel is that despite how smart we all know Destin is, he always, _ALWAYS,_ listens more than he talks, and only really asks questions or clarifies for us viewers. it's a really great way to approach conversation, and is hands down the best way to learn. abandon everything you think you know, and become a knowledge sponge. for that (and many other reasons), I really look up to him.
Love hearing explanations from this generation, no bs!
Brilliant, informative, with a bit of humour thrown in. Loved this. As a Mechanical Engineer in this day and age, the admiration for these guys is huge. What an achievement. It's a shame my field of work doesn't quite involve rockets, aeronautics, or, putting people in space, but it's a great career to be in. hopefully one day I can look back on a project and be as proud of it as this guy - and remain as humble.
Many decades ago there were documentaries like this on regular TV that had entire production teams behind them. Sadly they have been replaced by what passes for mass media entertainment. Thank you for taking the time to put together these gems. Luke is one of millions of people who have made our world better in some way. Their stories are what we should all be looking up to, not some sports figure or actor. Please keep doing this thing you do so well!
Quite so, I couldn't have put it better.
I wholeheartedly agree with your comment on the lack of good to great documentaries on regular TV. As a result of that decision by the major broadcast/cable networks, my wife and I watch streaming channels almost exclusively usually for their documentary content.
I agree. It's a shame society disolved into reality shows and people starving for their 15 minutes of fame.
@@ruffxm Yeah , and those " ask your Doctor " commercials ! by the way , no other nation allows this type of advertising from Big Pharma through their broadcasting , only this shambled country !
I beg you to Watch old NASA films… i beg you to. The best comedy there is.
In my opinion, this always has been the greatest channel on KZhead!! Wonderful!
Fact is, one of the greatest on the internet.
@@alfwok GenuineJerks. You're welcome
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Which begs the question why did 281 dislike the video? I mean what could be their reasoning?
@smartereveryday My father worked in spacesuit reliability at JSC during Gemini and Apollo, and by the time of the Space Shuttle he was the director of spacesuit reliability. He passed away awhile back, but it would have been great if you could have talked to him. Spacesuit reliability was a fascinating area at NASA. In the Apollo 13 movie, the scene where they had to find a way to connect the CO2 scrubbers of the LM and command module, my father was part of that group figuring it out. My father loved duct tape, so I’m not surprised that it was part of the solution! I remember him leaving to go back to work at 3am to work on that problem. Anyway, glad you got to interview Luke.
I knew this rocket was an engineering marvel but that it was THIS complicated. I didn’t know. What a marvelous guy is Luke. After hearing his story, I have so much respect for him. 🙏🏻 He is truly a rocket scientist. Not many people can say that. 😁 What just boggles my mind still is that they used rocket fuel to cool the nozzles of those enormous engines. Thank you for this in-depth interview. I was glued to my iPad. Greetings
It's so heartwarming seeing engineers of some of the greatest feats of mankind getting the attention they deserve. And I appreciate you asking questions, even if it seems annoying. It seems like Mr. Luke enjoyed somebody being very interested in it!
Truly fascinating. My gradfather, Eugene "Buzz" Swoyer, was an elecrical engineer that worked for McDonnell Douglas and NASA. He worked on Stage 2 of the Saturn 5 with thousands of other engineers. He went on to work on Sky Lab and the early phases of the Shuttle. He passed in 2018, but our family is forever proud of my grandfather's achievements, our little bit to help the Nation get to the moon. LOVE this video!
lol ...much more recently the cosmonauts on the international space station said multiple times in live interviews that we do not have the technology to go much further due to deadly radiation. Somebody is lying.... I'm an idiot of sorts, but even I can smell BS when it's shoved directly in front of my nostrils.
So cool. I live near Mather Air Force Base in california, all around me is previous land owned or leased by McDonnell Douglas and Aerojet, now it is all getting turned into homes.
@@KillerCuddles-fc6kg "much more recently the cosmonauts on the international space station said multiple times in live interviews that we do not have the technology to go much further due to deadly radiation." Do you have sources for this? "Somebody is lying...." Or someone is mistaken - either the person speaking or the person listening. "I'm an idiot of sorts, but even I can smell BS when it's shoved directly in front of my nostrils." And how do you know what the BS is?
@@maxfan1591 The BS is obvious when the words of one group of respected scientists as scientists speak at the direct conflict of another group of respected scientists........... One of these groups is liars. Common sense is how I know one of these groups is LIARS... I know, sadly, it's not so common anymore. Good luck Max
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One of the greatest things about this channel, is getting the opportunity to hear some amazing stories from remarkable people, who are extremely passionate about their industry and career. Thank you for sharing their journey ❤
Wow, huge respect to Luke! As a software engineer, I’m so inspired by his experience!
Small pointer for anyone viewing with subtitles: Most times when "inner stage" is mentioned it is in fact called "interstage". This is the short fairing section connecting the "real" stages, covering the engines and connective supports.
The final frontier: astronauts on ISS tell euronews about humanity's future in space ^^^^never on the moon
I met Luke several years ago and was amazed at how vividly he recalled the Apollo program and all that was done back then. After discussing the main engines, we talked about intersecting trajectories and how the guys from the lunar module needed to reacquire and meet up with the orbiter. His comment was something like "they call it Rocket Science for a reason". What a great guy who is still contributing to science and the growth of knowledge in all of us.
This is my favorite video on this channel, set in my favorite museum in the world (except maybe the Louvre). I've visited this museum many times. I live about 6 hours away and make the drive on average at least once a year, often twice. If any of you ever go, talk to the people in the lab coats, they all worked on apollo and are all filled with a treasure trove of facts and info
Luke was amazing, the world needs more like him.
Brother, that may be the best thing I’ve ever watched on KZhead. Really fantastic. Well done.
This is an incredible one. Love how Destin is all about quality before quantity
This is definitely one of his best videos
“Mouth dropping entrance to the hall” is spot on. I went there once and when you first see the scale of that thing it just blows you away. Video can’t do it justice. I was at IBM for 18 years and this will always be the most incredible part of their history.
Luke has probably forgot more than most younger engineers know! What a national treasure. Thank you for sharing this with us.
i am from India. we have a growing space program and people like Luke are the ones erase all borders. he's true inspiration for all humans to go beyond what's achieved by humans before. pretty sure there are few lukes in ISRO who will get india to the moon and beyond. he loves his job .
I can't get over how amazing Destin's ability to make a video about science is, while also keeping it grounded to the human element. It's second to none
Destin is to science what Steve Irwin was to crocodiles. His love of the subject is intoxicating.
I, too, graduated from college in 1965 and went to work at Kennedy Space Center on Apollo. I was with Boeing working on the ground support equipment systems, specifically pneumatics and hydraulics. I'm sure Luke and I were probably in the same room at one time or another. It is very true that most of the guys doing the actual work were right out of college and it's just a real thrill to have been a part of that program, especially at Kennedy for the exciting events. We were all lucky to be at the right place at the right time. I already knew most of the stuff he talked about, but he did a great job presenting it. I knew about the 33, 22 and 11-foot dimensions, but did not realize it was designed that way to make it easier for the Alabamans to remember.
Man, talk about a life well lived. This guy's career is nothing short of amazing. He also seems to have a genuine sense of humility about his role in it all too, which I've found to be a fairly reliable marker of intelligence.
"How did it feel to watch Neil step onto the moon?", the hesitation in his voice.. That old man was holding back a tear on that one.
Back in 1969/70, I was an instructor at Redstone. In my off duty time, I spent many hours exploring the rocket exhibit at Marshall. Those were later moved to the Alabama Space and Rocket Ctr. Standing at the base of the Saturn 5, my mind swirled with so many questions. Now my questions and much more, have been answered. As a sidebar, prior to that, I worked for a NASA subcontractor. I assisted on setup and testing of oscillators for the telementry system for Apollo spacecraft. I still get a kick out of seeing inside Apollo panels and sometimes seeing my oscillators. Thank a million for such a excellent and informative video!
Thank you very much for your service!
Oscillators were tricky enough in the late 1970s! I can only imagine your pioneering work earlier improved them and made out jobs easier. Thank you...🇺🇸 😎👍☕
You should've carved your initials into an oscillator.
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This was amazing! My kids and I were riveted and paused many times to marvel at something learned, clarify ideas and history, or draw out explanations. What a lot of fun! We’ll definitely watch the extended version! Almost nothing is more satisfying to listen to than a true expert talk about their field. Thanks for bringing one to us!
This was my first visit to the channel and one of the best videos I’ve seen on YT. Thank you for including Luke’s story in this presentation.
"they knew there would be a lot of us alabama guys working on it, so 33 22 11, they were keeping it simple" such a funny guy. rip Kitty
This was a wonderful video Destin. A fantastic interview and tour. I loved listening to the amazing engineering that went into the Apollo rockets. Much love to you and the team!
This rocket is a national treasure. So is this old man.
I’d pay GOOD money for a one on one tour like this it’s awesome to get it here for free, but I’d still love to do it in person.
Come on down to Huntsville, AL and tour it, you never know, Luke might be doing talks the day you come.
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@@truthpurveyor8298 I went to Kennedy earlier this year and I’m not opposed to making a trip to check out more space things.
you can walk around inside the museum yourself. i go there all the time.
@@gabberpiet6919 I’m sure you can but talking with someone that had a huge hand in it while walking around would be outstanding.
I was fortunate enough to visit this museum in 2017 and had a similar tour as you Destin. I'm currently working on Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket, and I can confidently say, these guys are another breed of engineer. Absolute legends!
Great video! I was thrilled to hear him talk about the welding of the tanks which is what my grandfather did. He had lots of good stories about building that behemoth. Thank you for doing this.
Destin, thank you very much for finding such incredible people, sharing their stories and producing these incredible videos! Thank you to you, Mr. Talley, his wife and everybody involved in making this happen!
I fell asleep watching this. Not because it was boring, but listening to Luke talking about the rocket gave me such a great warm, fuzzy and soothing feeling. He and everyone else did an astonishing job and accomplished so much, and I don't mind rewinding to get the parts I missed.
Luke's an amazing orator. His humor, accent, and humility are a really remarkable combination.
After 15 years of watching documentaries and movies and reading books about rockets, NASA, Saturn V and more, this is the first and only time that I actually REALLY understood how the rocket works and how it was built. Massive respect to both of you guys. This is awesome content. Enjoy Xmas and New Years! Cheers to you all. Big love, hugs! From Belgium.
I live 3-4 miles from this place(6 km), worked at Space Camp for 2 years in 90s... and work in this field.. and this video is the first time i fully understand this as well. The wife teaches here locally and has been in/out space camp for years.. everyone here knows Mr. Talley that is around rocket center but i dont know how many of us truely understand what him and others really accomlished... Cheers.
Thanks to KZhead videos I have learned more about the space program and moon race in last couple years than I ever knew living during that time.
This is so awesome! I’ve never seen a documentary on Apollo that ever gave this kind of detail. We need to get more interviews of these guys!
It's July 27th, I just watched your video and I wanted to thank you. It is absolutely amazing what this gentlemen knows and the way you were able to film it. You both did a fantastic job, thank you again!
It only takes a few moments hearing Luke to realize you're listening to a remarkable engineer.
This felt like i was getting a personal tour, amazing
Absolutely fascinating. My dad worked on rocket / motor design out of college for twenty-five years or so, I have a much greater appreciation for the brilliance of these men and women who started from scratch. What started with slide rules and analog computing, sent folks to the moon, probes to interstellar space, and has some contribution to every single thing on Earth today.
I as a human am so proud of those engineers who made all this possible. The peak of our technological civilization.
We're living in a truly special era... we're lucky to have people like Destin doing content like this.
Another nasa boot licker? 😂😂😂😂 You can't make this stuff up
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What an incredible man! It's so sad that a lot of Apollo era people have already taken their stories with them forever... Big thank you for recording Luke, this is indeed a treasure:)
When I walked into that hall with the Saturn V laid on it's side it completely blew my mind, I was 18 at the time, now 38 and couldn't believe man could make something so incredible. Going to the Kennedy Space Centre was the highlight of my US (UK resident) trip and still is one of my fondest memories, well worth the drive.
This is AWESOME!! Thank you and bless you for getting this documented while Mr Luke is still with us!!
25mph created all this “Foolishness”! Unbelievable…what a story! The way he explains everything is outstanding. He meets people right where they are are allows them to have a real understanding and in turn respect and awe for what those people were able to accomplish with such little understanding of their own at the time! Genuine Understanding is something we could all use more of! Thank you for helping with that!
I found it amusing to use miles-per-hour and gallons everywhere.
@@JohnDlugosz i think he has made similar speeches many times in his life so speaking in metric would be painful, having to convert it for everyone.
@@UhOhUmm yup, he converted it to imperial for the everyday tours. it is well knwon that apollo was done in metric. big parts of the space industry still work with metric. even some americans. for example space x and lockheed martin (only the space division).
@@heikos4264 NASA uses metric for everything; and have ever since there was an issue with the Mars Climate rover over a units difference.
@@mxspokes i remembered there was something with a conversion error in the software, just didn't remember what mission it was.
I used to work at Space Camp and during my training as a counselor for the robotics program, we got to hear his in-depth explanation of the IU ring and it blew me AWAY. Such a kind, genuine, and incredibly intelligent man.
This was awesome. Thanks Luke for sharing this incredible information!
I was 5 years old when Apollo 11 launched, and was completely hooked on the rocket and all of it's successive missions. I remember having an Apollo V coloring book, each page illustrated a section of the mission. I don't think that book left my side for a month or more. This was a fascinating video, thank you.
Destin I love these videos. I catch myself watching those stupid shorts at night when I could be getting “Smarter Everyday” by watching something about how to be a better programmer or be a better electrician or even rewatching some of your videos. Or better yet playing with my kids. Thanks for not making shorts and for producing content that is entertaining and educational! Happy New Year and God Bless!!!
I wanted to thumbs up this comment too but in a silly way did not want to change the 69 current count. But I totally agree about the “shorts” I wish they would have just stayed on TikTok….
@@alan.schertz completely agree. I deleted TikTok one night after I realized it was 2am. I go to bed at 10pm. I scrolled through I don’t know how many videos in 4 hours. Insane.
This man is the very reason I value this channel so highly. Where is this interview on mainstream media? Where are the people documenting this mans knowledge and passion and delivering it to new generations of learners? Thank you for everything you do Destin, this channel is a blessing.
There's nothing about this in mainstream media because sadly, half of this great country still thinks that the Earth is flat.
In my opinion this chanel is mainstream media, nothing wrong with that. There is even one episdoe of host guy talking to a general about information warfare (really great one)
Absolute solid gold. Really enjoyed the information and the manner in which Luke delivered it. Many thanks also to Smarter Every Day for putting this gem together.
Great timing to release this video. I was just walking under an identical Saturn V rocket at Kennedy Space Center yesterday, in total amazement, trying to understand each of the systems and components. There just wasn’t enough time for this engineer to read the displays all in one day, and keep the wife and kids from getting bored/overloaded, so I am soaking this up now in retrospect. Thanks again Destin!
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Explain to them how thrust works in a vacuum. Or how deep the ocean is where the rockets land.
It is great to be there in reality, but there's not enough time and too many distractions to hear the full story. This video solves that problem.
Luke, Kitty, and all of the other men and women, are national treasures. Please Destin, keep telling their stories before their stories are lost. They need to teach to the younger generations of what’s possible when we work together. Keep looking up!
Thank you. My great uncle is one of those people 🙏
That was a great chat. His knowledge and recollection is like it was yesterday and it's amazing how smart the human being is. To develop all of these incredibly complex systems and fix the issues, the injector plate, for example, is unreal.
Absolutely fascinating how well Luke explains things!
Destin, please, please, please don’t stop creating content such as this! What you’re doing is bigger than you can possibly imagine. I’m so thankful for guys like you who actually care about the “how” of many of the big things in our society enough that you spend your time to find guys like Luke Talley and hear their stories. Those stories that some of us might never hear in our lifetimes or would be lost to the sands of time. I’m confident that you, Destin, will be ensconced in the annals of history for your amazing contributions to science, engineering, and yes, storytelling that teaches. Thanks just doesn’t seem enough, but it’s what I have to use to help encourage you to continue. Thank you, Destin!
43:46 "You're going to the same place if you don't do something" -Luke Talley 1970
My Dad was at Redstone Arsenal/Huntsville with Dr. von Braun and the other German Engineers in the early/mid 50's with the U.S. Army Signal Corps teaching a radar guidance course, when he was discharged G.E. Aerospace hired him as a Radar Guidance Engineer and we moved to Cocoa Beach Fl., where he worked for G.E. from '57 through '76 until Apollo ended and G.E. then transferred him to Vandenburg. My Dad told me that Dr. von Braun used to have Friday night gatherings at his house where anything rocketry could be discussed (to be a fly on those walls!). It was a great time to grow up in Cocoa Beach, it was like the wild west and I remember reading years later that we had the highest avg. SAT scores in the country during the late 60's/early 70's due to our incredible demographics (a recently retired Principal Aerospace/Computer Engineer with America's largest defense contractor.
Great video, I've just found your channel but I'm excited to watch the longer cut!
Thank you Destin for capturing this small glimpse into such an amazing piece of machinery from one of the designers, before that generation is gone entirely. Hopefully this will last for generations into the future.
That tour was awesome. Mr. Talley clearly knows that rocket at such a level that clearly he loves his job, and realized the gravity of the task at hand. Very rarely do you come across anyone as knowledgeable about an item and the science behind it who wasn't the direct inventory. I could listen to him talk all day.
This was great. Loved it! Thanks for making this.