amazing how the demeanor of the country changes from generation to generation, and how the signs of strength, compation, knowledge change along with it. you always talk about the coolest stuff. keep it up
@jeffkamen2307
7 жыл бұрын
I look for the "spot" every time I'm at GCT! I love being able to find it and knowing why it's there in the first place. I live in CT so I go to NYC several times a year.
@queenofdramatech
7 жыл бұрын
I look up every day to make sure that hole is still there! Love being a commuter!
@lonekinkong9893
7 жыл бұрын
Way to Go Amy. Tks again and we love you.
@bodeans59
7 жыл бұрын
I would like to see an episode on the Apollo space and moon suits. How they were constructed, materials, functions, etc. Keep up the good work!
@CanadaJarod
7 жыл бұрын
I enjoy hearing from someone who comes at the history of space exploration from a historical perspective. Studying physics very few people I know focus on the smaller interesting stories that you cover. You're definitely my favourite of all the guests Tom has posted videos from!
@miaandree4727
7 жыл бұрын
I am only 12 years old but I would love to be an Aerospace Engineer for NASA or SpaceX. I went to space camp in 2016 and I am going back next year! I watch your videos all day everyday. I love watching you! I am going to Kennedy next week for the second time and hopefully doing the behind the scenes tour!
@johnwalkup9133
7 жыл бұрын
+Mia Andree follow that dream Mia. The sky isn't the limit any more!
@davecarvell
7 жыл бұрын
Mia Andree -- best of luck to you!
@NyanLama459
7 жыл бұрын
I have the same dream, but the UK doesn't have a space program. Go follow your dreams and remember how lucky you are to live in a country where you can. Best of luck to you.
@wahoo236
7 жыл бұрын
I was just there last year. Bummer, I wish I would have known. Thanks for continued great content, Amy! You rock.
@ulysisxtr
7 жыл бұрын
Do early space stations!!! plz!!!!
@RedButtonTV1
7 жыл бұрын
something like this? ...from the internet 1929 Herman Potocnik Noordung The first significant design of merit was by a Slovene rocket engineer named Herman Potocnik. Potocnik’s book The Problem of Space Travel - The Rocket Motor was printed in 1929 and was filled with over 100 illustrations. This publication had detailed drawings depicting a circular space station for permanent human habitation in earth orbit. These 1928 drawings depict both an artificial gravity space station and a cis-lunar craft. The Herman Potocnik Noordung Memorial Centre in Vitanje, Slovenia. “A visionary with an extraordinary technological imagination and an astounding philosophy of existence, Herman Potočnik Noordung was the author of the first strategic plan for the human exploration of space, whose predictions enjoy growing confirmation with each new extra-terrestrial accomplishment in the modern era.” “The concluding thought of the fourth and last segment of Potočnik’s book is about the drive for nuclear and photonic technology which would make it possible to travel to nearby planets in our universe. The book considers space travel not as mere day-dreaming but as a very real technological possibility.”
@ottotechnica
7 жыл бұрын
Something like the Almaz would be interesting.
@ulysisxtr
7 жыл бұрын
ok, maybe I wasn't clear enough.. Yes, I saw the video on skylab, and mir, but there were more, even before skylab.
@truthteller50
7 жыл бұрын
name them?
@ulysisxtr
7 жыл бұрын
Salyut1, DOS2, Salyut2, Kosmos... Oh, sorry... U guys don't really care about soviet space stations, right? but then again, these four came before skylab.
@grindlemarka
7 жыл бұрын
An interesting part of our history !!
@itechflagstaff
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the great video. I just got your book and stayed up way to late reading it last night. It is a great read.
@VR360TV
7 жыл бұрын
Love the channel, just subscribed :-)
@twothreebravo
7 жыл бұрын
Rockets AND trains? I'm in nerdvana.
@MrChief101
7 жыл бұрын
Amy, dear-- the height is 125feet-- check out your still pic showing the missile and a bit of the ceiling in the distance. If the missile is 63feet, then the ceiling should only be twice that distance! The Concourse is 275feet long. Excellent bit of Cold War fun! I missed it by *that* much.... my mother and I arrived in NYC in late 1959-- and I lived literally a block away and around the corner (at 45th St betw 3rd and Lex!). I would have gone ga-ga seeing a Redstone in GCT. Next time you're in town see if you can get a special tour of the double ceiling. There are two layers of ceiling and there are access ladders for changing the bulbs. There may be one near the "hole" in question and there may be some old clamps and such left behind! You never know!
@PikaPetey
7 жыл бұрын
coool!! i love these space videos
@bardigan1
7 жыл бұрын
That spot in the roof looks just like a little dirt spot. In fact, I thought it was intentionally left to show how dirty the ceiling was before renovation a few years back. Thanks for posting and keep up the great work!
@gasaholic47
7 жыл бұрын
Here's a little tidbit for you: In one of those shots, in the background you can see the Kodak Colorama, which was the huge picture that hung in front of the East window of the Main concourse. It was taken down in the mid to late 90's, during the restoration of the Terminal. While living in Rochester, NY a bout 5-6 years ago, I wrote an article about the Colorama for the blog at the George Eastman House. There was a display going up there at the time that showed many of the original Colorama prints, that were used in the final display at the Terminal. (For those who don't know, George Eastman founded Eastman Kodak in Rochester) Having grown up in the Bronx, Passing through GCT was a regular thing for me. The restoration of the terminal has been magnificent, however i do have a soft spot for that Colorama.
@pokiebaron1
7 жыл бұрын
Love all the info you manage to pack into your videos!! :-)
@Daehawk
7 жыл бұрын
I knew about that hole. Saw a big tv show on the station. Was very cool. Have never saw the pics of the rocket there though so thank you. Thats very cool.
@lsdzheeusi
7 жыл бұрын
Excellent, Amy! Can't wait to look for the hole next time I'm there. Surprised you haven't so much as mentioned "Hidden Figures" ... would have guessed you'd be all over it !!!
@that_llama_in_a_tuxedo4584
7 жыл бұрын
As someone who goes through Grand Central every day I'll be sure to go see it when I have a chance.
@machia-mw1lm
7 жыл бұрын
Great history lesson , thank you .
@thomasdupee1440
7 жыл бұрын
Amy, near the beginning of this video, you referred to a train collision which was attributed to low visibility caused by heavy smog. FYI, in the USA, the person who runs the train is known as the Locomotive Engineer. In the steam era, the Locomotive Engineer was assisted by the Locomotive Fireman, whose main task, among other things, was to optimally maintain boiler pressure and watch the left side of the train. In other parts of the world, the term of use is "driver" however, in the USA, we use the term "Locomotive Engineer". Thank you for the videos!
@johnc.bojemski1757
3 жыл бұрын
Her history of GCT is absolutely correct!
@stevenschofield8518
7 жыл бұрын
I never knew that !! Thanks : ) keep up the fantastic work!
@pollyh3190
7 жыл бұрын
Polly HConcerning the Redstone rocket in Grand Central Terminal, the ceiling is about 125 feet high at that point. It is a thick concrete with reinforcing steel mesh all throughout. Massive steel girders crisscross the area above and attach to the backside of the ceiling one sees from below. I have been above that point, walking, when I saw a wad of old newspaper stuck in a hole at my feet. I got down on my knees to peek after pulling the paper out. It was very surreal to look through a hole and see such a brightly lit open space with people crossing the floor so far below. I wadded up the newspaper and again placed in the hole. Over 30 years ago and the experience is still vivid.
@P61guy61
7 жыл бұрын
That was great! Thank you.
@awesomusmaximus3766
7 жыл бұрын
Another great vid thank you Amy
@JBS319
7 жыл бұрын
I've seen that hole in the ceiling thousands of times probably. Another interesting tidbit about the mural at Grand Central: when the Metropolitan Transportation Authority was restoring the interior of Grand Central in the 1990s, they left a small rectangle unrestored, black from decades of cigarette smoke, to leave a historical reference. Until 1991, trains left from Grand Central to destinations such as Montreal, Toronto and Chicago. Nowadays, the furthest you can get is Poughkeepsie and Wassaic to the north and New Haven to the east on commuter trains.
@salvatornado
7 жыл бұрын
yay! space stories!
@thezman350
7 жыл бұрын
Fun episode, thanks Amy. Maybe you've already done some episodes about this and I've missed it, but one that came to mind that could be fun is what science fiction stories if any have inspired real space inventions or developments.
@UpcycleElectronics
7 жыл бұрын
Amy, what are some outlandish ideas people have used to spice up the Space game and keep the public's interest?
@SwarmBuilt
7 жыл бұрын
I looked at it almost every time I went through GCT. Amy note there are several other rockets in NYC in the rocket park. From the world's fair - there are some amazing Mercury Capsules, an Atlas, a Titan II, and Apollo F-1 at the New York Hall of Science.
@zapfanzapfan
7 жыл бұрын
I missed that little tidbit when I was in NY. Next tine, next time...
@Zwind95
7 жыл бұрын
Never saw the hole, but there is a brick they didn't clean when they renovated the building back in the 90s(?). Story for that is it's supposed to be a guide to show how much the station needs cleaning
@nyohan
7 жыл бұрын
You can see the hole using Google Street View! There is a panorama of the terminal and you can zoom in on Pisces to see it.
@bigbaddms
7 жыл бұрын
Another awesome video Amy... Thank you! Btw it's guy wire, not guide :)
@davidcarmer4476
7 жыл бұрын
It actually is guy wire, but I don't remember why.
@bigbaddms
7 жыл бұрын
I may be autistic? I guess that's supposed to be a joke? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy-wire
@twothreebravo
7 жыл бұрын
A "guyed" wire? :D
@russellhltn1396
7 жыл бұрын
Sexism! Why isn't it called a gal wire?? :D
@samvise85
7 жыл бұрын
Isn't a guy wire connected with a base or ground to stabilize the ogject? Is it the same if it's used to lift the object from above? (Just asking, it's not my native language)
@lautrectheembraced1347
7 жыл бұрын
A small dot on the ceiling of a train station. What a weird historic relic :D
@Joshbly
7 жыл бұрын
You need about a million more subs.
@richleonhard9527
7 жыл бұрын
Interesting video. I grew up in "The Cold War". It was a time of great paranoia. People were terrified of a Soviet first strike. I can understand the reasoning behind putting this missile on public display.
@MarianApparition
7 жыл бұрын
It's fascinating how the perception of these rocket's, (and similar Nike/Ajax systems often found around cities) has drastically altered pre and post Cold War. The old silo's are fascinating, but lack any of the comfort they gave during the nuclear arms race.
@ripsumrall8018
7 жыл бұрын
I'd like to see (if you haven't already) a show about astronaut freefall (zero g... mumble) training. You and Pete could take a ride on the Vomit Comet. It'd be a hoot.
@michaelmangano5142
7 жыл бұрын
Hi Amy Here's a little something I have been trying to research.. The Bachem Ba349 Natter which was a massive influence in the space shuttle development Could you make this an episode? Love the work Cheers from Down Under
@sambeatty2312
7 жыл бұрын
Amy, I love your content, but the ceiling isn't 275 ft high
@larryscott3982
7 жыл бұрын
Sam Beatty Wiki calls it 125 ft high. (275 ft long)
@h0lx
7 жыл бұрын
What's that in civilized units?
@marcospiazza2961
7 жыл бұрын
hahaha
@ketheranechromate7479
7 жыл бұрын
38 Meters and 10 Centimeter by 83 Meters and 82 Centimeters.
@larryscott3982
7 жыл бұрын
Ketherane Chromate Do you mean 38.10 m by 83.82 m?
@BulletproofPastor
7 жыл бұрын
Question: Why does Saturn's stages go from S-I to S-II to S-IV? What happened to S-III?
@timgoodall737
7 жыл бұрын
Hi Amy, can you put the call out for pics of that hole? For international followers, it would be cool to see it.
@mikecowen6507
7 жыл бұрын
Amy, excellent job noting "Grand Central Terminal"! I also noticed the caption "Public Domaine". Oopsie!
@Pygar2
7 жыл бұрын
Pretty cool! I'll bet you get a pic soon! Amy, the film "Destination Moon" has a Woody Woodpecker cartoon explaining how space travel works- it's on YT. I can't seem to find the film minus the DM framing, though. I've been told NASA revised it as an educational film, too... any ideas about locating either? If only it could be shown in schools today; there would be fewer people who don't understand how rockets work!
@leodorst5841
7 жыл бұрын
Hi Amy, a question for a possible future topic (unless you have treated it already). I am reading in Collins 'Carrying the Fire' about the final pose adjustment of the Gemini on its main chute before splashdown (the one that cost Grissom his helmet). But I cannot find how this was done anywhere, not in old footage either. Did a parachute attachment slide along the capsule? Sounds like something you would know. I completely share your love for Gemini!
@user-tl5fi9lz9z
7 жыл бұрын
I'll be in NYC in May. I'll go and look for the hole.
@stevegardnermax
7 жыл бұрын
I agree, what were the earliest space stations?
@CybershamanX
7 жыл бұрын
The image of that missile in Grand Central reminded me of the scene in Beneath the Planet of the Apes wherein we saw a congregation of mutated humans worshiping a giant nuclear tipped missile. I wonder if the spectacle of the Redstone missile standing erect in the voluminous train station was an inspiration for the filmmakers a mere decade later.
@curbowman
7 жыл бұрын
Hi Amy! i'd like to know about vintage space ventures of countries different than the USA and URSS.
@matthewfetherston5322
7 жыл бұрын
just an idear.....can you do an article on russias rocket motors that the US brought from some store they had and how they were more efficient closed cycle engines.
@pollyh3190
7 жыл бұрын
BTW. Imagine the day when a Space Station is as busy as GCT is today. !!! Our ISS is not even as busy as a pony express was in the 1860's. Let's hope for ever onward and upwards.
@mpccenturion
7 жыл бұрын
Cool!
@scoutairactivitiesbookings8735
7 жыл бұрын
I would love an episode on NOUNS & VERBS, ie the programming language of the Apollo computers. What do the nouns and verbs mean? What language did those early computers use? How many keystrokes did Ed Mitchell have to make on descent to the lunar surface to insert the program patch to avoid an abort?
@MrJackHackney
7 жыл бұрын
You've discovered a Black Hole in the Constellation Pisces that people can see with the naked eye! Maybe we should have the Army send a rocket there to explore it. I could not resist being silly.
@bx8garageman
7 жыл бұрын
I gotta look for the hole in the ceiling, I already know I got a hole in my head lol!!!
@LeAnimal65
7 жыл бұрын
Thank you for, yet again, a video chocked full of interesting cold war trivia. You have an excellent presence for presentation. 1 question for you, my dear: what does the tattoo on your left wrist symbolize? Thanks again & please keep up the good work. Very inspirational for my 12 year old daughter.
@johnc.bojemski1757
3 жыл бұрын
The mural is actually a REVERSE image of the actual sky.
@francoislacombe9071
7 жыл бұрын
The constellations on the ceiling mural are indeed drawn as mirror images of how we see them in the sky, as if seen from the other side of the celestial sphere, except, curiously, for Orion which is drawn in its correct orientation. Nobody really knows why the artist did this, if it was a mistake or a deliberate choice on his part.
@antagonistictherapy
7 жыл бұрын
Was the Redstone missile the unmanned precursor to the Atlas rocket, similar to how the Falcon 9 is the unmanned precursor to the Falcon Heavy which will carry astronauts to space and beyond?
@jimigogls
7 жыл бұрын
Worked in Grand Central for 7 Years, never knew about the Red Stone Rocket and probably saw the hole and thought it was just a black dot.
@grimgeek13
7 жыл бұрын
I saw it and got told it was just a spot they didn't clean to show the amount of pollution XD, glad I now actually know what it was!
@jeffkamen2307
7 жыл бұрын
Actually, in another area of the ceiling (not the main concourse) there's a section that wasn't refurbished/cleaned for that very reason. To show the amount of dirt, diesel soot and tobacco that accumulated over the years.
@nielsnielsen8373
7 жыл бұрын
Amy, can you tell us about rockoons?
@ivankebabremover6764
7 жыл бұрын
If I ever own a train terminal it's getting a full compliment of ICBMs.
@tzkelley
7 жыл бұрын
Actually, there is a Grand Central Station. It's a post office.
@pauljones3017
7 жыл бұрын
And also the previous building, which got demolished to build the current one. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Central_Terminal#Grand_Central_Station
@benwilson1088
7 жыл бұрын
A stretch, but Operation Sentinel in France today. I will have to look for it next time.
@zapfanzapfan
3 жыл бұрын
Did they leave the fuel in the rocket and served drinks from it to the morning passengers? :-)
@kevinowenburress2435
7 жыл бұрын
What about the yuma gun that fired a projectile into space?
@cosimocasotto4252
7 жыл бұрын
Why is the inside of rocket engines always blured in documentaries?
@mikecowen6507
7 жыл бұрын
Cosimo casotto Many injector plates were considered top secret. Why give away your best propulsion engineering to an adversary watching a documentary? The F1 engine had quite an elaborate security closeout plate. Maybe Amy will share the story sometime?
@agentcrm
7 жыл бұрын
A few months too late. Was there last December. Didn't know about it, that said I'm an Aussie. :p
@lbendel15310
7 жыл бұрын
Whoa. How cool. I'm really early
@trailkeeper
7 жыл бұрын
maybe it was still operational as they gawked at it with wonder with a hotdog in one hand and a ticket in the other
@murph1329
7 жыл бұрын
You need to move to huntsville and get a job at the us space and rocket center
@pojntfxlegacy611
7 жыл бұрын
Please, use the metric system ;)
@thecognacsipper
7 жыл бұрын
but...you're not reading! Is it as Tom said? btw I already followed you but it was nice to have an extra on Tom's channel!
@csterett
7 жыл бұрын
Could you do a piece on how when Neil Armstrong put the U.S. flag on the moon, He wasn't "claiming" the moon for the U.S. because no one nation can "own" a celestial body. Isn't there an international treaty to this effect?
@IronmanV5
7 жыл бұрын
Next Video: Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators
@earth111
7 жыл бұрын
So you have a electric spaceship?
@timgoodall737
7 жыл бұрын
Don't worry, saw it from a previous comment
@user-tl5fi9lz9z
7 жыл бұрын
There is a great place to get cake in GSS.
@nyctmtakid8358
5 жыл бұрын
my book brought me here
@johnc.bojemski1757
3 жыл бұрын
Only the late lamented PENNSYLVANIA STATION demolished shamefully in 1966 was more spectacular in dimensions and appearance.
@LtCmdrData45
7 жыл бұрын
Very cool: I'll be sure to search for that black dot on the ceiling the next time I'm in NYC. Here's another video idea: the Moon is a little over 250,000 miles from Earth, and yet it took the Apollo crews 3 days to get there at a velocity of 24,791 mph. Perhaps you could put together a video explaining this discrepancy of time and velocity?
@Trifler500
7 жыл бұрын
I guess it was just comforting in the same sense that having a gun in your bedroom could be comforting if you lived in a bad neighborhood and genuinely feared a home invasion.
@nigelweir3852
7 жыл бұрын
Early hyperloop
@venshiba
7 жыл бұрын
yay
@aNytmare
7 жыл бұрын
The missile is NOT made from red stone? I am shocked!
@zapfanzapfan
7 жыл бұрын
But Redstone Arsenal is where it was designed is named after the red stone in the area :-)
@lajoswinkler
7 жыл бұрын
It would be a bad idea cause all the circuits inside would go nuts. :P
@Hugh.Manatee
7 жыл бұрын
Am i the only one who was puzzled about why Amy would be talking about something related to Minecraft?
@RedStefan
7 жыл бұрын
I have question about General Space, who is he? 😑😀😂
@akizeta
7 жыл бұрын
He's a friend of Major Breakthrough.
@rtbinc2273
7 жыл бұрын
The Gothamist has pics - along with pics of how dirty the ceiling got from tobacco smoke. gothamist.com/2014/10/14/ceiling_secrets.php
@NorthernChev
7 жыл бұрын
...I saw the hole. ...wait. What?
@angelog4150
7 жыл бұрын
Who else saw the Gemini tattoo Amy has on her left arm?
ahhhhggg, show me the hole, i' live in Europe, and there's not a change in the next 5 years that i'm going to America , sadly.
@batchint
7 жыл бұрын
it's visible from here... www.flickr.com/photos/sarchi/8557530308/in/album-843672/
@stevegardnermax
7 жыл бұрын
Peter Harris, I see it..thanks
@blissroadmusic
7 жыл бұрын
So awesome!
@chrismusix5669
7 жыл бұрын
Everyone knows you make missiles with paper and gunpowder, not redstone.
@Rainer67059
7 жыл бұрын
More passengers pass the train station than the JFK airport sees on a day. This means something since you like JFK, the president not the airport, don't you? If you remember taking a photo but you didn't actually take it, it's possible that's a reality shift aka Mandela Effect.
@GoDamit1000
7 жыл бұрын
Guy wire, not guide wire.
@larryscott3982
7 жыл бұрын
Bob Smith I was gonna say that. But thought I was the only one so I didn't.
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