Apollo 11 - Go You Beaut!
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- Apollo 11 - Go You Beaut!
July 16th 1969 - Australian radio station 2GB broadcast the launch of Apollo 11.
In the studio, in Sydney, was Brian White (top left), and, reporting live from the Cape, was
journalist Derrin Hinch (top right) , talking via a telephone.
Here is the entire broadcast Derrin sent that day, which, in my opinion, ranks as one
of the more memorable commentaries from that particular day in space history.
If you want to get a sense of the feeling and atmosphere that had built up in the weeks
leading to the first moonlanding and was being felt by over a million people who stood
and watched Apollo 11 liftoff, listen on......Go You Beaut!
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as an Aussie I approve and share this mans enthusiasm and awe !!
Ah, the good old days when you could understand what reporters were saying even when they were using a telephone system to communicate!
LOL ! So true !
Back when people enunciated their words and most all communication equipment was hardwired. Ah, the good ol days for sure!
Got a surge of adrenaline when he said, “GO GO GO YOU BEAUT!”
In all my years as a team space fanatic, I hadn't heard this before and got goosebumps several times.
It’s incredible to hear the enthusiasm of even a Aussie. Just shows that it may have been an American flag that’s on the moon but everyone was apart of it.
True goosebumps even 55 years later.
Same here ...
Fantastic! At that moment, I was 15, in driver’s training, driving on streets for the first time, on Adams Road, crossing Wattles Road at liftoff, right by the field where I had launched many a model rocket. And you can bet we had the radio on in the driver’s training car!!! Go you beauty!!
I never tire of watching a Saturn V launch. Amazing engineering, science and courage to attempt the landings. The era of America reaching from moon was the best. Just go back and think of Alan Shepard, those Redstones weren't exactly flawless. The early days of America's rocketry was pretty dismal.
I was 9 years old at that great time in the history of mankind.
Proud to be an Australian and the part our country played in this monumental adventure.
I was -3 years old when this happened. :D
There was definitely a feeling of unbridled excitement in hearing this.
Definitely gave me goosebumps hearing the passion in his voice!
1966 ☺
This is missing from spaceflight and rocketry today. The excitement the feeling of intrepidation the admiration and historical significance of what is being done. U can hear this in the voice of Derrin Hinch. Today it is mostly a crowd of vapid social-media influencers who mis the basic historical and technical knowledge about spaceflight. They will just cheer on anything just for the clicks. Lacking any understanding or respect of what was done by the pioneers over 60 years ago.
Mr. Hinch mentioned the traffic, with maybe a million people in the area to witness the launch, I can only imagine. The worst traffic I've ever seen was following the launch of Discovery on February 24, 2011. I'd be surprised if there were a quarter of the spectators as there were for Apollo 11, and yet, it took 5-6 hours to make it 35 miles (55 km) to my hotel room. It would be awesome to watch a launch from the Press Site. My closest position to the pad was almost 12 miles. To be 1/4th as far away!
The mate has got power... rocket power! Love it. 🤣
I think I've mentioned this on other Apollo 11 videos you've posted. My mum was 19 in 1969 and my dad was 16 and neither of them have any memories of the moon landings. I truly despair at the pair of them!
That was wonderful! It brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for sharing this. Fantastic narration.
It’s amazing that we accomplished this in the span of a little over six years; from the time that President Kennedy delivered his speech “We Choose To Go To The Moon” at Rice until we actually did it. We were a more unified country then. I miss those days.
Simply stunning and the best commentary I've ever heard of the Apollo 11 launch
Me too....
Great to hear this. I’ve never come across that recording in any form before. Us Aussies are pretty proud of the small role we played in the early space program. I wish we’d gotten our act together since then!
Derryn Hinch later became a bit of a shock jock here in Melbourne, and even entered politics about a decade ago. He absolutely loves a headline. 😂 Thanks for posting LM5!!
Yes
I'm 77 and remember watching this launch and the first steps taken on the moon a few days later. I have followed the space program since before the original Mercury astronauts were selected. I watched Alan Shepard, John Glenn, and Gus Grissom flights as well. I later got to see the Apollo 10 astronauts at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego where I was stationed .Great memories.
"The Americans have really done it" so interesting to hear the perspective from an international observer.
I’ve never heard Derryn Hinch so excited. He only recently retired from Melbourne radio.
I was watching this live at 11:32pm Australian Eastern Standard Time.
Ah, Derrin Hinch. Later in his career he became known as "The Human Headline" when he was hosting a nightly current affairs program on TV.
What a terrific find!
Very cool! Ive seen everything there is to see, and this is so intense and real. A 10 out of 10. Awesome... THANK YOU!
This is a missile 3200ton
Fantastic find Simon. It's great to hear the sky's passion from down under. Some people in the US used to say that Walter Cronkite for CBS was too passionate, but believe me cronkite had nothing on this guy I wish that people today would be as passionate as he was, maybe it will happen when Artemis returns to the moon? A unique and great find to add to the collection. Keep them coming jim
Thanks Jim
Thank you Simon.
Watching this with my big boy PA system, shaking the roof is as god as the real deal.
(4times 42cm bass with REAL 2000 watts "sinus")
Hope i dont activate the US security system for ICBM missiles .... lol
Have a nice weekend Bro !
Thanks for the info Tom and glad you liked it - It's all about the Bass!
@@lunarmodule5 😘
stuff like this makes me proud to be a American
What an exciting replay !!!!
This rebroadcast brightened my morning commute to work today greatly. Thank you, LM5. You are a star! ⭐️
Beautiful job as ever, LM5! A fab new perspective.
Awesome sauce!!! Or should I say, "AUSSIE sauce??!!" :) :) :)
Yes that's definitely what you should say!!
Love it ! A hugely enjoyable take on the Apollo 11 launch 🙂
Love ya LM5❤
Fantastic! 🚀
Glad you like it!
@lunermodule5 coming through per usual
Gawd I'd love to see a rocket launch one day.
Being in the UK though Idk if I will
Yep me either...gotta get out there one day
@@lunarmodule5 It's on my bucket list, for sure!
Roger roll
👍👍👍👍
question: what about this little cap at the very top of the rocket: it is removed somewhere before the very launch. What's the use?
at 00:01:20
btw: superb sequence of the first stage detached
The top of the Launch Escape System (LES) had a "Q" Ball - it had eight holes in it - kind of like aircraft pitot tubes which provided data for guidance if the LES was used during flight - this excerpt is from Discover Magaine "The Q-ball cover was two halves held together by a 2-inch rubber band with a razor blade wedged behind it between the halves. Wire rope connected to both halves of the cover and the razor was routed through a pulley on a crane at the top of the launch umbilical tower, then down a tube on its side. A weight at the end of the rope rested on a lever in the tube. The lever, controlled by a pneumatic solenoid valve in the Launch Control Centre, would rotate when activated from the ground, letting the weight drop, pulling the rope, severing the band, and separating the cover from the rocket." whole article is here - www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/apollos-life-saving-q-ball
@@lunarmodule5 thx😀
@@lunarmodule5 : And the composition of the paint from the rocket?
LOL ! (J/K)
@@TomKappeln it was standard gloss paint in a can - painted on by Bob the Gantry guy over weekends when things were quieter at the Cape :P
@@lunarmodule5 😂 !
Bob Ross :" this needs a little more Titanium White" ....
Bro, don’t talk so much.
You realize this is for radio, right?