EXPLORATION - Inspirational NASA Space Film

EXPLORATION is an inspirational piece reconnecting history with the present, mainly focussing around the Apollo 11 mission of the late 1960's. Showcasing the passion and drive man has always had to touch the stars. JFK's famous Houston College speech serves as a motivational narration accompanied by my own footage as well as NASA's incredible archive imagery

Created by Ryan J Thompson
Composed by Benjamin Squires

Starring
Terence Lendrum
Sophie Lendrum
Stephen Thompson
Jim Somerville
Tracy Thompson

Special thanks to everyone involved, but more importantly so, NASA, and it's increble dedication for exploration, Enjoy

[eduardoortega]

You know, I'm an aerospace engineer student, my dream is to become an astronaut. I just also happen to be Dominican so, my chances are rather slim to not say zero. But watching this video just makes me feel like I'm suited up listening to the "T-10" right as I head for space, you make it feel possible for at least an instant; what I mean by all this is thank you very much

[astrotylxr]

Every time I feel down or hopeless, I watch this. Even tho this was made years ago, I still get shivers down my spine, I’ve watched this like 20 times, thank you.

[drew]

When I lose my faith in humanity...I watch this video

[mobilegaming]

To whoever is watching this, you will be successful and achieve your goals.

This film is truly amazing and inspiring!

[Warmachine_]

I have no words for this that can describe how much I love this, it just takes my breath away. I've always looked up since I was a kid and I still do now and this just encapsulates all that I love about space.

[PlasmaCoolantLeak]

Seeing this in 2019, a little more than a week after Apollo 11's 50th anniversary. Thanks for this.

[jvcastillo]

Every time i struggle with physics and calculus i watch this video.

[mobilegaming]

1:26 hits me hard and makes me think about life more

[avikl]

2023 here... man... nobody speaks like this guy anymore. Speeches that changed the world.

[kato_dsrdr]

I know humanity is so messed up but this amazing side of us makes me speechless.

[marajosephmilio]

Sir! Listening to his motivational & empowering speech more than 50 yrs ago, gives me the impression that he was truly a man ahead of his time.😪😪❤❤

[Venator-Class_Star_Destroyer]

Everytime I watch videos like this
I look out into the stars
And realize. I must dedicate myselves to helping explore them, in the name of all mankind

[craig]

As a child I loved space. Everything was just so beautiful and interesting. So I decided I would be an astronaut. I was so serious about it when I was a kid. I can't explain how much I loved it. I wanted to go to the moon. Then it was announced a while back that NASA was no longer sending people into space. My dreams were crushed. That was all I wanted to do (now of course I was a little kid and didn't know much about the real world). But now, because of things like these, I want to be a filmmaker. I'm 15 and working hard at it.

[UC-cqK]

I haven't felt this feeling in a long time

[bstudios]

Excited to see you work with Ryan Connolly, keep it up!

[Taz_Olson]

This just might have been the most beautiful piece of cinematography that I have ever seen, every shot was a masterpiece! What lenses and camera's did you use?

[JasonBowdach]

As a fellow space dreamer, I was quite touched by this. Also, fantastic work as always. You continually demonstrate some true skill in being creative VFX. Please keep it up, quite inspiring! Would be super curious to see a breakdown of ur VFX

[lukas]

*claps slowly* that was... *sniff* that was, beautiful

[byrdfilms]

Still don't understand why people dislike videos its like really here's something someone worked on for too long and you come along and dislike it for no intentional reason.... but however everyone is entitled to their own opinion :)

[anthonylabarbera]

Thank you for this. Whenever I feel like giving up on my physics homework I think of this video and how it made me realize my passion for astrophysics, thank you very much.