Apollo 13: Houston, We Have a Problem

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[jacoboconnell]

Simon sponsoring his own channel=infinite money loop. Legend.

[thekidfromcleveland]

Perhaps even more impressive is how calm the atronaunts were during the whole thing Despite the dire circumstances. The uncomfortable conditions. The possibilty of death. The audio recording will put you to sleep. All that yelling n drama in the movie was fabricated because the real astronaunts were so cool and collected. Theres a very small group of people that wouldve been the same way. Yes it was close to zero c. But those guys had ice in their veins on the launchpad. Absolute legends

[scottwilliamson]

My dad was one of the young engineers working at NASA-JSC on the Apollo project who was called in the night of the accident. On top of this, I was born the day of the launch. So when I was just a couple of days old he had to cut any paternity leave short. He tells the story that they basically called everyone, creating a traffic jam in the middle of the night to get into the center... I get emotional every time I hear this story. Great video.

[robertslater]

Thanks for the awesome video! My grandpa actually worked on the team that came up with the co2 scrubber and fun fact the astronauts went around and personally thanked each person at mission control and nasa that helped bring them home safe so we have a picture of my mom as a baby sitting on one of their laps.

[amb]

Another Megaprojects idea: The 2010 Copiapó Rescue Operation, a world-wide effort to save the 33 Chilean miners and development of the Phoenix Capsule.

[ClimptheGreat]

My grandfather was in the control room in houston during apollo 13, he was the chief retro grade officer (which he received the NASA presidential medal of honor for his service to nasa)... ive meet like everyone in this video. There is actually a story about his division coming up with the formula for their return back to earth that was told to me by Gene Kranz

[jsfbr]

My mom, my sister and I prayed together every night at our home in Brazil for their safe return to Earth.

[Spiritus_Invictus]

The one sentence in that movie that gives me chills every time.
"this could become NASA greatest failure."
"I disagree sir, this will become our greatest achievement"

[starcrafsf]

My grandmother was one of the head math aids with NASA during the whole Apollo project, in fact if I remember correctly she was the head of the department, and was one of the key figures that worked on the math for the Apollo 13 crisis.

[spnhm]

The mission controllers who saved the day were led by Gene Kranz and Glynn Lunney, the latter of whom pulled off (to quote Mattingley) “the most magnificent display of personal leadership I’ve ever seen”. These are the standouts in a story of many heroes

[addikay]

If you guys ever get the chance, the Apollo 13 capsule currently resides at the Cosmosphere in Hutchinson, Kansas

[htc]

I'm dating myself when I say this, but I remember the re-entry of 13. My folks got up and turned off the TV when the spacecraft didn't establish comms on schedule so we didn't know until the next day that the crew was back safely. I can clearly remember my mom crying when we founnd out. It was that kind of time back then. Godspeed.

[nazukeoya]

I watched Apollo 13 in the theater and it was the first time I ever saw people clap at the end of a movie.

[delurkor]

I was 25 when this occurred, in the Army, in Viet Nam. Listening to people saying that their grand parents worked on this, Gad I'm old!

[marsgal]

I remember when this happened. Like Apollo 11, *everybody* was glued to their radios and tvs for the duration.

Personally knew Jack Swigert before he died in '82 at 51. Absolute Legend!

[yousifkenick]

I was just one and a half years old and was present for the launch in a boat just offshore. My father says I may be the only person alive who actually slept through an entire Saturn V launch that close to the launch site (a blessed skill I still use on planes, trains, and other conveyances of very long trips).

[HankD]

Remember it well, and listened to it live (in Kenya). I watched the moon landing live on the first tv I had ever seen, while on holiday in London, and remember the colour photos! in the newspaper the following day. Been a space nut ever since.

[skwervin]

I read Jim Lovell's book that tells of his astronaut career including how he got into the program initially. An amazing read. He tells the story of how Gene Krantz would have his wife make a waistcoat for each launch which you see arriving at the command centre in the movie but Gene refused to start the pre launch until he had it - it was his good luck charm. He would not take it off until the crews landed safely.

Love you Simon and all your channels.

[Dysan]

Slight correction, only 1 engine of the 2nd Stage cutout (specifically the inboard engine, the one in the middle) they burned the remaining 4 for longer (from the same fuel tank) to get to orbit.