CybrSlydr
08-31-2009, 10:09 PM
James May has to be my favorite presenter on Top Gear. Clarkson is funny as hell and I love him, but there's something about him I just don't respect as I do James May.
As such - I was quite surprised to see this series on YouTube. And Mr. May is the absolute perfect person to host it.
I strongly recommend you guys check it out - does a whole retrospective on the US Space Program in the 60s, talks to some of the astronauts who walked on the moon, etc. I mean, some of it is downright staggering! They mentioned that NASA wanted a 99.9% success rate on parts when the rocket launched - meaning that as the rocket has over 6 million parts, they were HOPING that no more than 6 THOUSAND would fail!
Excellent, excellent program - worth every minute.
Here's part one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvExCo43aq0&feature=related
As such - I was quite surprised to see this series on YouTube. And Mr. May is the absolute perfect person to host it.
I strongly recommend you guys check it out - does a whole retrospective on the US Space Program in the 60s, talks to some of the astronauts who walked on the moon, etc. I mean, some of it is downright staggering! They mentioned that NASA wanted a 99.9% success rate on parts when the rocket launched - meaning that as the rocket has over 6 million parts, they were HOPING that no more than 6 THOUSAND would fail!
Excellent, excellent program - worth every minute.
Here's part one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvExCo43aq0&feature=related