The Science youtube thread

[McWigglebum4th]

Youtube is full of exceedingly dull videos where a man stands in a room and tells people all about stuff


In this video a man discusses how to land on mars using an inflatable heat shield


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLBXnJ1JjVQ


I think we need a thread where we can collect all the dull boring science videos we find on youtube

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[vescaegg]

Numberphile and a Vsauce channels are v good for that kinda stuff.

[Eric Mc]

McWigglebum4th said:

Youtube is full of exceedingly dull videos where a man stands in a room and tells people all about stuff


In this video a man discusses how to land on mars using an inflatable heat shield


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLBXnJ1JjVQ


I think we need a thread where we can collect all the dull boring science videos we find on youtube

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That was so dull and boring I watched it twice.

In fact, NASA Langley have a whole pile of other dull and boring videos which are great for those who are interested in dull and boring subjects like hypersonic aircraft, manned spacecraft, emergency escape systems etc.

[scubadude]

Nice find.

Pretty big jumps they are chasing, moving from landing 1mt behind a 3mtr shield to 40mt behind a 20mtr shield!!

My wife wasn't impressed that I watched it with my (2yr old) son (Who's shouted "SPACE ROCKETS" all the way through) and told him he could fly that if he works hard :-)

[Eric Mc]

Better than watching "Big Brother" - that's for sure.

Soon I won't be watching broadcast TV any more.

[MartG]

Have a look at 'Head Squeeze' - a lot of them are presented by James May

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=head+...

[J98]

IXV time lapse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2cqf1APjTw

Don't know if any of you have watched many of Destin's videos before, but they're all very interesting (especially the series on helicopters), he's starting a new series on space. Cool bit with Don Pettit as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXrcm7DgDbA

[laam999]

After my dad asked me to explain gravity to him I used an analogy of bowling balls on a trampoline, then I found this, you may like.

Gravity Visualized: http://youtu.be/MTY1Kje0yLg

[anonymous-user]

I stumbled on these Apollo documentaries on You Tube:

MoonMachines

Fascinating ;-)

[don4l]

This is a video about the most powerful machine that man has ever built.

It generated 85Gw, yes Giga watts. It only did it for 162 seconds.

To put this into context, Britains total electricity production at the moment is 40.7Gw. That includes all Coal, Gas, Nuclear, Wind and imported electricity.

Three men are sitting on top of this machine.

Saturn 5 launch

For a good explanation of what is happening in the above video, watch this:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPW7ZqtW5U4

To see how much energy the national grid is currently distributing, click the following link, and select "Generation By Fuel Type (table)" on the left.

http://www.bmreports.com/bsp/bsp_home.htm

[Eric Mc]

Soon to be exceeded by this -



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdxeDdwmEb0

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[Morningside]

Telstar Communications Satellite from 1962. History, build, test and launch of the satellite. Great documentary from that era.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXE4nEAOzYM

Check out their other videos. From car crashes, NORAD, ejection seat tests and more.

Edited by Morningside on Monday 29th June 14:09

[MartG]

Some beautiful footage from a sounding rocket

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEwKOeCj0jU

[Eric Mc]

Great footage. Pity about the music.

[qube_TA]

Amy Shira Teitel / VintageSpace makes regular videos about the history of space flight, Apollo era stuff generally. They're quick bite-sized clips but she really knows her stuff

Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw95T_TgbGHhTml4x...

[Eric Mc]

I've been watching her stuff (phawr, phawr....) for the past year or so and it's generally quite good and entertaining. She does talk a tad too fast for my liking.

She's just had her first book published and she's now making appearances on NASA TV - so keep an eye on her progress.

[qube_TA]

Eric Mc said:

I've been watching her stuff (phawr, phawr....) for the past year or so and it's generally quite good and entertaining. She does talk a tad too fast for my liking.

She's just had her first book published and she's now making appearances on NASA TV - so keep an eye on her progress.

I wonder if it's nerves as she's sped up as they've gone along, her earlier clips were half the speed.

I bought her book, not read it yet but the subject looked interesting.

She is very easy on the eye, particularly if young, attractive females are your thing

[Eric Mc]

I like 'em fat and ugly (only kidding).

[Beati Dogu]

Firing a ping pong ball through a Coke can:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoG9Dc1YVLY

[MartG]

The Atlas rocket was made of very thin steel, and derived all its structural strength from internal pressurisation. If pressurisation failed.......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmrrcAVOV4s&fe...