Why he went into space without a rope

To break free from a tether is to "be unburdened by what has been"! 🤣

Was there a touch of inspiration from Star Trek: The Motion Picture?
(Likely serendipity, I know)

Very cool. Always wondered about that photo.

Love love love the NASA content. I think some insight into Wernher von Braun, and his history with the space program would be really interesting.

The "have a nice weekend whether you choose to stay tethered or not" was a good close, well done

i dont know how something locked into orbit can “float away into space” lmao

They really need to try develop space suits that are 50% smaller in bulk size and more compact than what they are now so they're not as heavy and bulky or too restrictive to move about in, on top of having a propulsion system built-in that the suit physically plugs into like a dongle of sorts that attached to the suit itself so you can then be unteathered, and have additional backup battery and backup reserve oxygen tank.

The vibe here seems "johnny harris but better"

you can't segway yourself from technical report to biased news

they're in orbit, they're not "without gravity"

they're in orbit, they're not "without gravity"

Great video. Thank you for the work

The breakdown of the tech was perfect. My only want is more of a breakdown of the actual space walk. Great video Phil! Keep it up!

Great video Phil. I recently rewatched your Earth Rise video when William Anders passed last month.

For anyone interested in NASA and the space shuttle, the new book Challenger by Adam Higginbotham is definitely worth a read.

I wonder what ever happened to that glove- probably burnt up in the atmosphere. I always wonder about things like that.

I think it's really sad that NASA is now so small and insignificant. I really want to see someone walk on the Moon or Mars in my lifetime but I'm doubting that's going to happen.

6:15 Why would anything float away so quickly instead of inertia keeping it orbiting close to the craft for a long time?

I've had the pleasure of shaking his hand, after hearing him give a presentation of that journey. He signed my dad's novelty space shuttle manual. Very cool dude. (edit spelling)

"You watch and learn" … guess I‘m getting that mustard turtle neck then despite of the risks involved!

I despise every report on this spacewalk that implies he could have drifted off or been lost in space. No he could not. Even if the MMU had malfunctioned in the worst way possible, propelling him away from the shuttle at full thrust until its fuel was expended, the total acceleration it could deliver to him is dwarfed by what the shuttle was capable of with its own manoeuvring thrusters. So even in a worst case scenario the shuttle itself could go after him and get him back. Presentations of this story that imply this was a death-defying risky mission are basically a variation of clickbait.