Wonder of ScienceA short compilation of astronauts falling over on the Moon during the Apollo missions, showcasing their challenges with balance and movement caused by the Moon's low gravity, bulky spacesuits, and navigating the loose, dry lunar regolith.
JackEnrod@wonderofscience The tiniest pinhole and they would be dead.
drevil@JackEnrod @wonderofscience that's what I have been thinking too. I am sure those view glasses could handle a bump or two, but I would have need a space underwear change every time I felt I was loosing my balance
waso nytpu@JackEnrod
The Apollo space suits were actually very cleverly designed with the inner pressure vessel being covered by many layers of various protective fabrics (including fiberglass cloth IIRC).
Even if the suit did somehow get a tear, they were only pressurized to 3–5 PSI (the partial pressure of oxygen in air) so if the astronaut found the leak they could probably just cover it with their hand and seal it until they got back to the capsule and could either abort the mission or permanently reseal it (dunno if they had a method of repairing suits in Apollo yet, I'd assume so). They could connect to the other astronaut's space suit as well if their air supply started running out.
Meercat ✅
Nik0 
@nytpu @JackEnrod @wonderofscience
I just realized that engineers are mostly nerds who watch alot horror or disaster movies who can think of any horror scenario imaginable and find a solution to those scenarios.
I just realized that engineers are mostly nerds who watch alot horror or disaster movies who can think of any horror scenario imaginable and find a solution to those scenarios.
Coach Pāṇini ®@ashiisbest @nytpu @JackEnrod @wonderofscience
Apparently, that superpower didn’t transfer from atoms to bits.
Apparently, that superpower didn’t transfer from atoms to bits.
Fish Id Wardrobe@ashiisbest @nytpu @JackEnrod @wonderofscience Well, yes and no. If they had fallen onto their back they would have been in big trouble. The reason these "falls" look so easy is because they practised against falling. A lot.
keplerniko@nytpu @JackEnrod @wonderofscience Thank you for this insightful and probably-correct post. I went to Space Camp four times and was a space geek as a kid, so I already knew that the suits weren’t pressurised to 1 bar.
Doesn’t change the fact the astronauts were probably had a bit of mild panic at each fall that they could tear some sort of hole in the suit, but you have articulately and clearly explained why that even that fear on the Moon would have been more or less irrational: the chance of a life-threatening situation was fairly low.
ReallyCanadianFly@nytpu @JackEnrod @wonderofscience
You've just ruined tons of sci-fi where someone dies or has a major emergency from a tiny leak that empties the high pressure suit in a matter of minutes or seconds. It's cool to learn how they actually worked though! 😂 😁
You've just ruined tons of sci-fi where someone dies or has a major emergency from a tiny leak that empties the high pressure suit in a matter of minutes or seconds. It's cool to learn how they actually worked though! 😂 😁
L-)@wonderofscience tripped on the moon
Mike Smale@wonderofscience Play while watching.
-Yakety Sax- Music
Brody 🚀 Brooks@wonderofscience Thank you for blessing the timeline with this
mattahan@wonderofscience They're just like us 🥹
epicdemiologist@wonderofscience "Dadgummit."
Dgar@wonderofscience
That damn regolith.
That damn regolith.
geobeck@wonderofscience
Great recovery by one of those astronauts.
Imagine tripping, reacting as you normally would, but the ground isn't as close as it should be because you're falling slowly. Apollo astronauts probably felt like toddlers taking their first steps.
Thaddaeus@wonderofscience "One small stumble for man, one giant OH WHOOPS for mankind..."
Pyperkub@wonderofscience Per #ThePolice "Giant steps are what you take
Walking on the moon
I hope my legs don't break
Walking on the moon..."
Walking on the moon
I hope my legs don't break
Walking on the moon..."
2¢@wonderofscience henceforth, I will refer to those bare patches in the backyard as the regolith.
Alopece@wonderofscience
No officer, I haven't been drinking. It's just the gravity.
No officer, I haven't been drinking. It's just the gravity.
Peter Principle@wonderofscience Pratfalls in space.
Buster Keaton would've been a natural.
Cormido@wonderofscience it’s crazy they aren’t more careful with falls like these… something could puncture the suit, damage some important equipment, etc.. I’m the caring parent 😂
Aunty Miche🛡🇺🇦@mikecormido @wonderofscience They were designed so the chances of that were very low. There's a comment upthread that goes into detail.
apgarcia@wonderofscience too bad break dancing hadn't been invented yet..
Fabián LU4EHF@wonderofscience a lot of people think it's a set-up.
TransitBiker@wonderofscience The reason for the outer bulky space suits, is to protect the inner suit from rocks and stuff. Probably did not help that their boots had a very basic tread.
Nick ✅@wonderofscience But why didn't the director just yell "cut!" and have them re-film the scenes without tripping? Surely the studio execs would want it to look convincing!
Umur@wonderofscience that would be me after a few drinks.
Alex 🔧🔮🌎🪿
@wonderofscience a true Wonder of Science!
Darren Gregory@wonderofscience That's me after a few beers, although I am not sure my knees could take that hammering now!
Not a Clone of Coyoty@wonderofscience Michael Jackson was too graceful. "Ooh ooh ooh!" should have been "Oops oops oops!"
MoreWrong Reverend Rhizic@wonderofscience guess I'll just have to hum the Benny Hill Theme to myself...
Steve Hersey
Aviva Gary@wonderofscience This is hilarious and sad 👀
The Thief
Jeff@wonderofscience I wonder if they ever felt like if they bounced too high, they wouldn't come back down.
Octavia Con Amore 
Succubard's Library@wonderofscience I love the one where they fall forward, then just sproing back up 
Virginia S. O'Possum@wonderofscience It's a dirt trampoline! One of the recoveries is a thing of beauty.
Bjb@wonderofscience we’ve all been there.
jfml - Jonas Laugs@wonderofscience Amazing! If only it had alt-text …
Jeff Moore@wonderofscience There’s a bit of an Ozymandias quality to this. Love it!
Benzo Kazooie@wonderofscience They look like wayward Thunderbirds puppets! 😆