• Hank
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Topic: Request - Video Rockets blowing up

In addition to teaching video production, I am now teaching an engineering class.

I want to do a unit on prototypes and failure.  I have seen videos of early NASA of a lot of different rockets blowing up as they figured out how to do it right.  I cannot find any these videos.  I think it would be helpful to show how NASA had problem, they worked those problem, and sent people to the moon.  (I'm sure I'm going to be using Apollo 11 a lot)

I figured there are enough space nerds here that someone knows where to find it.

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Re: Request - Video Rockets blowing up

There are several clips in The Right Stuff and October Sky.

/super-helpful

EDIT: Also, if you haven't seen the episode of From the Earth to the Moon called "Spider," check it out post-haste. No explosions, but that whole "work the problem, people" engineering mentality runs front and center.

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Re: Request - Video Rockets blowing up

Thanks for the suggestions.  I have the right stuff, and can get October Sky from the library.

As for From the Earth to the Moon, That is going to be my weekend project.

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Re: Request - Video Rockets blowing up

It's wonderful. It's delightful.

Also, every episode is essentially a new short movie, so you could watch a single episode if ya wanted.  cool

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Re: Request - Video Rockets blowing up

Teague wrote:

It's wonderful. It's delightful.

Also, every episode is essentially a new short movie, so you could watch a single episode if ya wanted.  cool

Absolutely this. Spider is fantastic from an engineering pov, and just generally awesome. But I also really love Galileo Was Right from a "no seriously guys, rocks and science can be really fking cool." it's just a nice look into the actual captital S science that Nasa was/is doing.

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