How NASA Took Cars to the Moon

REBOOT! The Museum of Flight in Seattle asked to include my old video on this in their new Apollo exhibit, and when I looked at it I decided it was too embarrassing. So I redid the video, and added onboard audio! And am happy with the outcome so decided to take the old one down and put this one up instead. Enjoy!

[jefferysmith]

a new restaurant just opened on the moon the food is great but it doesn't have any atmosphere.

[AndersWelander]

I believe it wasn't until Apollo 17 that they got the camera to correctly track the ascent stage after take-off and it was done manually from Earth.

[SymonSaysTV]

Bringing a rover to a film studio. Ain’t nothing complicated in that! 😉

[larncieldarknciel]

Those rover that cost each 60 million dollars, Yeah the price of 12 haul trucks. The go karts that the astronauts took to the moon are very well known for not leaving tire tracks, for the ridiculous price tag, and for creating rooster tails on the moon surface comparable to other Sand cars we see on earth. How they took it to the moon? very simple, they didn't. however, they had to include this go kart as part of the moon stuff to get as much money as possible from YOU. We are talking about a go kart with fewer parts than a jeep that cost 60 million dollars. Do you guys have any idea how much money contractors and people making the deals with those contractors pocketed during the Apollo program. It was a cash cow.

[yourstruely]

The camera on the lunar rover films the takeoff and even follows the acent.
Did this camera have a ptz type remote control??
If it did how were they able to follow it exactly. Remote control with a 3 to 6 minute time delay??

[bridgecross]

The idea that this stuff can be called "vintage" makes me feel old. Really old.

[star]

Thank You, Amy another Great Video
My X wife Grandfather help build the car and the Apollo air system so they can breath
His name was Bill Robinson. He work for Prat & Whitney also he work on Amelia Earhart Air Plane and on Indy 500 race cars.

[yourstruely]

The dish on the rover is pointing straight up.. To what?

[RamsWings]

Hi Amy, if you look at 3 minutes and 26 seconds into this video (as the Lunar Module launches off the Moon) just for an instant before the filming stops and cuts back to you, you can see the 'flame' from the rocket motor. Sort of puts the dampeners of the conspiracy theorists who ask why we can't see a flame from the rocket motor. In this video, you can. Cheers

[Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

I *DID NOT KNOW* the last rover missions drove *THAT FAR* total distance.

[bernieb]

no question, nobody has ever been on the moon and I was alive back then

[lodesmets]

You said the last rover had the record of 35km. What was the max speed of these rovers?

[jonathanshaw]

Not quite as insane as saying we landed a rocket there, which they talked with Houston with a 10, 000lb rocket engine directly beneath them while I can lose people on my phone depending on which room I'm in my house.

[ScottStewart-kf]

Toyota Highlander, Mitsubishi Outlander, Chevrolet Uplander and the Apollo Lunar Lander. That last one is most interesting to me!

[danielraymadden]

NASA claims the whole mission was packed into a box and put in storage, now they say the files have decayed beyond examination.

[duaustin]

good one with the camera allowed to watch. Good one. so convenient again. LOL

[pabloshaciendos]

17 miles on a 1969 battery ? Wahahahaha....

[Paul-L]

You have to like at 1:18, NO TYRE TRACKS. So they picked up this car and placed it down before driving ( 2 people ). Why did they take cars? Once would have been enough as they are treating the moon ( if they went ) as a tip.

[YF]

I actually did not know this! great video! and it was awesome seeing you speak at ISDC 2017!!

[jorgepancho]

Where is the camera? And why is it always on mark? How did the actors know where to be center camera?