1 00:00:02,736 --> 00:00:06,872 - Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan create a mix tape, 2 00:00:06,874 --> 00:00:07,740 plated in gold. 3 00:00:07,742 --> 00:00:10,142 [gasps] Has that been on this whole time? 4 00:00:10,144 --> 00:00:14,313 - Wernher von Braun, the father of American rocket science, 5 00:00:14,315 --> 00:00:15,614 joins the SS. 6 00:00:15,616 --> 00:00:17,516 - What does "SS" stand for? 7 00:00:17,518 --> 00:00:19,785 - Serious Nazis. 8 00:00:19,787 --> 00:00:20,552 - [laughs] 9 00:00:20,554 --> 00:00:21,520 - So Leonov's like, 10 00:00:21,522 --> 00:00:24,223 Oh, I [bleep] up this whole thing. 11 00:00:24,225 --> 00:00:25,824 The suit blew up too big. 12 00:00:25,826 --> 00:00:27,359 He's got--filled! It's filled! 13 00:00:27,361 --> 00:00:29,728 The suit's-- [blows raspberry] 14 00:00:29,730 --> 00:00:32,931 [patriotic music] 15 00:00:32,933 --> 00:00:39,204 ♪ ♪ 16 00:00:42,308 --> 00:00:44,777 - Space! That's a river, 17 00:00:44,779 --> 00:00:46,512 that's made out of sky. 18 00:00:46,514 --> 00:00:50,883 Somebody, like, said, "Oh, look at that thing up there. 19 00:00:50,885 --> 00:00:52,317 "What if we could go to that? 20 00:00:52,319 --> 00:00:54,420 "You want to put me up in this garbage can 21 00:00:54,422 --> 00:00:57,089 with fireworks strapped to it? I'll do it." 22 00:00:57,091 --> 00:00:59,858 People that were smart enough to go into space? 23 00:00:59,860 --> 00:01:05,030 Those are the smart enough ones to impregnate anything, 24 00:01:05,032 --> 00:01:07,166 anything out there. 25 00:01:07,168 --> 00:01:10,069 - Cheers. - One, two, three. 26 00:01:10,071 --> 00:01:12,638 both: To space. [glasses clink] 27 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:15,140 - Your finger got in the way of that one. 28 00:01:15,142 --> 00:01:16,942 One, two, three. 29 00:01:16,944 --> 00:01:19,278 both: To space. [glasses clink] 30 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:20,012 - Good connection. 31 00:01:20,014 --> 00:01:26,385 Hello, today we're going to talk about Carl Sagan, and-- 32 00:01:26,387 --> 00:01:26,885 [burps] 33 00:01:26,887 --> 00:01:30,022 I had to let it out-- and Ann Druyan. 34 00:01:30,024 --> 00:01:31,056 [quiet, dramatic music] 35 00:01:31,058 --> 00:01:36,962 In 1977, the outer planets were in precise alignment, 36 00:01:36,964 --> 00:01:39,231 and the guys at NASA were like... 37 00:01:39,233 --> 00:01:41,633 We could send up two spacecraft, 38 00:01:41,635 --> 00:01:43,702 "Voyager 1" and "Voyager 2," 39 00:01:43,704 --> 00:01:46,505 that could swing around each planet 40 00:01:46,507 --> 00:01:48,640 to collect data, and conduct research, 41 00:01:48,642 --> 00:01:51,343 and to take pictures, and to possibly-- 42 00:01:51,345 --> 00:01:56,748 no, for sure-edly, be flung into deep space. 43 00:01:56,750 --> 00:01:58,350 Let's [bleep] some [bleep] up. 44 00:01:58,352 --> 00:02:02,387 So NASA comes to Carl Sagan, who's a famous astronomer, 45 00:02:02,389 --> 00:02:03,922 astrophysicist, and they're like, 46 00:02:03,924 --> 00:02:06,992 Hey, man, would you like to lead a team 47 00:02:06,994 --> 00:02:09,761 that creates the message-- a mix tape-- 48 00:02:09,763 --> 00:02:14,633 for all of humanity, that we cast into the cosmic ocean? 49 00:02:14,635 --> 00:02:17,603 Mother[bleep]ing Carl Sagan is like, 50 00:02:17,605 --> 00:02:20,139 Abso-[bleep]-lutely. 51 00:02:20,141 --> 00:02:24,042 Let's put together a kick-ass team. 52 00:02:24,044 --> 00:02:27,279 He hires Ann Druyan to be the creative director. 53 00:02:27,281 --> 00:02:30,582 She's a journalist, she's a writer, she's amazing. 54 00:02:30,584 --> 00:02:33,919 So, they talked about how to, like, send the message, 55 00:02:33,921 --> 00:02:36,788 and an 8-track tape came up at one point, 56 00:02:36,790 --> 00:02:38,323 but Carl was like, This thing 57 00:02:38,325 --> 00:02:40,292 is going to get [bleep] up in your Cadillac. 58 00:02:40,294 --> 00:02:43,328 What's it going to do at 35,000 miles an hour 59 00:02:43,330 --> 00:02:45,998 for a billion years in deep space? 60 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:48,800 So these guys at NASA are looking at each other, 61 00:02:48,802 --> 00:02:49,701 and they were like, 62 00:02:49,703 --> 00:02:51,303 We could do this on a record. 63 00:02:51,305 --> 00:02:53,939 A copper record, plated in gold. 64 00:02:53,941 --> 00:02:56,875 We'll plate this thing in gold, assholes. 65 00:02:56,877 --> 00:03:01,847 What do we care? We're the United States government." 66 00:03:01,849 --> 00:03:03,916 [laughs] 67 00:03:03,918 --> 00:03:07,085 We're NASA! 68 00:03:07,087 --> 00:03:07,653 So... 69 00:03:07,655 --> 00:03:10,656 Annie and Carl sat around his kitchen table 70 00:03:10,658 --> 00:03:12,524 for hours on end, going over 71 00:03:12,526 --> 00:03:14,193 what should be included on the golden record. 72 00:03:14,195 --> 00:03:18,330 They talked about all that was best about humanity, 73 00:03:18,332 --> 00:03:20,165 what was beautiful, what was poetic. 74 00:03:20,167 --> 00:03:22,201 They looked at each other and said, 75 00:03:22,203 --> 00:03:24,603 Let's include whale sounds. 76 00:03:24,605 --> 00:03:26,104 Let's include thunder. 77 00:03:26,106 --> 00:03:30,175 Let's include pictures of drinking and licking 78 00:03:30,177 --> 00:03:33,111 and swallowing and biting and eating. 79 00:03:33,113 --> 00:03:36,748 Um, this is where the music should swell underneath. 80 00:03:36,750 --> 00:03:37,683 [orchestral music swells] 81 00:03:37,685 --> 00:03:40,852 And Annie is looking at Carl, thinking, 82 00:03:40,854 --> 00:03:43,555 This will outlive ourselves, 83 00:03:43,557 --> 00:03:46,992 maybe by a billion years. 84 00:03:46,994 --> 00:03:49,127 [giggles] 85 00:03:49,129 --> 00:03:51,930 Is "outlive" a word? - Mm-hmm. 86 00:03:51,932 --> 00:03:53,865 - They begin working on a record. 87 00:03:53,867 --> 00:03:56,602 They recorded a child's voice, that's like, 88 00:03:56,604 --> 00:03:59,438 Greetings, from the children of planet Earth. 89 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:02,374 They recorded a baby that was like, "Waa." 90 00:04:02,376 --> 00:04:03,809 A kiss, like, [imitates kissing] 91 00:04:03,811 --> 00:04:07,079 Um, birds. [imitates bird whistling] 92 00:04:07,081 --> 00:04:08,847 [imitates bird whistling] [gasps] 93 00:04:08,849 --> 00:04:11,116 Has that been on this whole time? 94 00:04:11,118 --> 00:04:12,784 - Mm-hmm. 95 00:04:12,786 --> 00:04:15,120 - Guess I haven't looked since we started filming. 96 00:04:15,122 --> 00:04:17,522 Okay, where are we? Sorry. 97 00:04:17,524 --> 00:04:20,592 Carl was like, Oh! We have to represent 98 00:04:20,594 --> 00:04:23,161 different eras of humanity. 99 00:04:23,163 --> 00:04:27,099 So Ann found a 2,500 year old piece 100 00:04:27,101 --> 00:04:29,234 of ancient Chinese music, and she was like, 101 00:04:29,236 --> 00:04:32,838 Oh, my gosh, that's some old-ass music. 102 00:04:32,840 --> 00:04:35,073 I have to let Carl know. This is the greatest ever. 103 00:04:35,075 --> 00:04:37,776 And she calls him, doesn't get him, leaves a message: 104 00:04:37,778 --> 00:04:41,079 Hey, it's Annie, I got it! It's called "Flowing Stream." 105 00:04:41,081 --> 00:04:42,447 It's an ancient piece of Chinese music, 106 00:04:42,449 --> 00:04:45,851 the most exciting thing so far that we needed--yes. 107 00:04:45,853 --> 00:04:49,621 It might sound like what plays under your massage, 108 00:04:49,623 --> 00:04:53,292 or whatever, but it's important and we needed it, 109 00:04:53,294 --> 00:04:57,429 and you're not here, and it would be really cool 110 00:04:57,431 --> 00:04:59,998 if you were here, or whatever. 111 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:03,402 This is Annie. Might've already said that. 112 00:05:03,404 --> 00:05:04,069 Good-bye. 113 00:05:04,071 --> 00:05:06,238 Carl calls her back, and says, 114 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:11,610 I wish you had left me this message--a message-- 115 00:05:11,612 --> 00:05:12,544 ten years ago. 116 00:05:12,546 --> 00:05:15,647 And she was like, What are you talking about? 117 00:05:15,649 --> 00:05:17,749 He was like, I guess you and me? 118 00:05:17,751 --> 00:05:21,153 And she was like, For keeps? And he was like, Yeah. 119 00:05:21,155 --> 00:05:23,488 And then they hung up the phone, and she was like, 120 00:05:23,490 --> 00:05:26,291 Jesus. What is going on right now? 121 00:05:26,293 --> 00:05:27,259 And the phone rings again. 122 00:05:27,261 --> 00:05:28,560 And he was like, What's going on? 123 00:05:28,562 --> 00:05:30,662 And she was like, I think we just got engaged. 124 00:05:30,664 --> 00:05:35,367 And he was like, I think that's 100% cool with me. 125 00:05:35,369 --> 00:05:36,868 [coughs] 126 00:05:36,870 --> 00:05:39,338 Wrong pipe. [burps] 127 00:05:39,340 --> 00:05:40,038 Sorry about that. 128 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:41,540 And they got engaged over the phone, 129 00:05:41,542 --> 00:05:45,310 having never shared a kiss, a romantic moment, nothing. 130 00:05:45,312 --> 00:05:46,211 - Hmm. - I just started 131 00:05:46,213 --> 00:05:47,512 to get choked up. [clears throat] 132 00:05:47,514 --> 00:05:51,650 And um, after their declaration of love, she gets an idea. 133 00:05:51,652 --> 00:05:53,318 Annie goes to Bellevue Hospital, 134 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:56,788 gets all hooked up, and she meditates for an hour 135 00:05:56,790 --> 00:06:01,193 on her love for Carl, and they recorded her brain waves 136 00:06:01,195 --> 00:06:03,995 and all of her thoughts were compressed 137 00:06:03,997 --> 00:06:06,365 into a minute of an audio file 138 00:06:06,367 --> 00:06:08,433 that was included in the golden record. 139 00:06:08,435 --> 00:06:13,705 It sounds like fireworks, like [imitates explosions] 140 00:06:13,707 --> 00:06:18,643 [imitating explosions] 141 00:06:18,645 --> 00:06:21,179 Like that. - Mm-hmm. 142 00:06:21,181 --> 00:06:22,047 - Yeah. 143 00:06:22,049 --> 00:06:27,786 So, in 1977, the golden record was launched into space, 144 00:06:27,788 --> 00:06:33,558 containing what we consider our very best everything. 145 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:36,762 Carl and Annie went on to create 146 00:06:36,764 --> 00:06:38,063 the "Cosmos" series for PBS, 147 00:06:38,065 --> 00:06:40,098 and they were together for almost 20 years 148 00:06:40,100 --> 00:06:41,199 before Carl died. 149 00:06:41,201 --> 00:06:44,536 And, to this day, Annie will be like, 150 00:06:44,538 --> 00:06:46,605 Whenever I feel sad or depressed, 151 00:06:46,607 --> 00:06:49,374 I think, "And still they move." 152 00:06:49,376 --> 00:06:52,344 I mean, that's crazy-- those spacecraft 153 00:06:52,346 --> 00:06:56,148 carrying all of our best science, art, greetings 154 00:06:56,150 --> 00:07:02,454 and the thoughts of a woman who had just fallen in love. 155 00:07:02,456 --> 00:07:04,656 [dramatic music] 156 00:07:04,658 --> 00:07:06,792 - It's a beautiful story, isn't it? 157 00:07:06,794 --> 00:07:09,661 - [sniffs] Yeah. 158 00:07:10,229 --> 00:07:13,465 - The Soviets launched the Sputnik satellite, 159 00:07:13,467 --> 00:07:17,369 and Wernher von Braun is like, We gotta get to space! 160 00:07:17,371 --> 00:07:19,237 You made me full face my face. 161 00:07:19,239 --> 00:07:22,707 [hiccups] 162 00:07:22,709 --> 00:07:24,342 [dramatic music] 163 00:07:24,344 --> 00:07:28,313 - Are you scared? - No. Yes. Incredibly. 164 00:07:28,315 --> 00:07:34,352 ♪ ♪ 165 00:07:34,354 --> 00:07:37,989 [both chanting "Space!"] 166 00:07:37,991 --> 00:07:41,259 [both exclaiming] 167 00:07:42,061 --> 00:07:43,128 ♪ ♪ 168 00:07:43,130 --> 00:07:44,796 - Oh, my lord. 169 00:07:44,798 --> 00:07:46,164 Oh, my God! 170 00:07:46,166 --> 00:07:48,567 - Waters, dude! 171 00:07:48,569 --> 00:07:52,737 [both laughing] 172 00:07:52,739 --> 00:07:55,640 - We're having a Sputnik cocktail. 173 00:07:55,642 --> 00:07:56,208 Sputnik! 174 00:07:56,210 --> 00:07:58,577 Named after the first satellite 175 00:07:58,579 --> 00:08:01,313 ever launched into orbit by the lousy Reds. 176 00:08:01,315 --> 00:08:03,615 But here's the key ingredient to a Sputnik. 177 00:08:03,617 --> 00:08:04,749 Do you want to know what it is? 178 00:08:04,751 --> 00:08:08,019 - Please. - Sour grapes. 179 00:08:08,021 --> 00:08:09,187 Cheers. 180 00:08:09,189 --> 00:08:09,921 Hello. 181 00:08:09,923 --> 00:08:11,656 My name is Matt Gourley, and today, 182 00:08:11,658 --> 00:08:15,260 we're gonna talk about Wernher von Braun. 183 00:08:15,262 --> 00:08:21,967 Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun. 184 00:08:21,969 --> 00:08:24,002 Cheers. 185 00:08:24,004 --> 00:08:24,903 Wernher von Braun. 186 00:08:24,905 --> 00:08:27,806 He's the father of American rocket science, 187 00:08:27,808 --> 00:08:30,342 and at 13 years old, in Prussia, 188 00:08:30,344 --> 00:08:33,011 and he's looking to the heavenly bodies, 189 00:08:33,013 --> 00:08:34,946 and he's seeing for the first time, 190 00:08:34,948 --> 00:08:36,781 there's something to explore there, 191 00:08:36,783 --> 00:08:38,884 and at that point, he says to himself, 192 00:08:38,886 --> 00:08:43,121 We gotta get to space, me and a bunch of guys. 193 00:08:43,123 --> 00:08:45,557 He wants to get to space at all costs, 194 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:48,693 and this will be the downfall. 195 00:08:48,695 --> 00:08:50,428 So then, in 1939, 196 00:08:50,430 --> 00:08:53,532 he's the technical director of the V-2 rocket. 197 00:08:53,534 --> 00:08:56,067 He's just there with his buddies, going like, 198 00:08:56,069 --> 00:08:56,935 We're building rockets. 199 00:08:56,937 --> 00:08:59,804 And then, World War II really hits the fan. 200 00:08:59,806 --> 00:09:03,275 And out of nowhere, a man shows up--guess who? 201 00:09:03,277 --> 00:09:05,544 Derek, guess who? 202 00:09:05,546 --> 00:09:07,178 Adolf Hitler. - Whoa. 203 00:09:07,180 --> 00:09:10,415 - And no [bleep], he's literally shrouded 204 00:09:10,417 --> 00:09:13,151 in a voluminous cape. 205 00:09:13,153 --> 00:09:14,619 Do you want a candy? 206 00:09:14,621 --> 00:09:17,722 - Whoa, ow. Jesus. 207 00:09:18,224 --> 00:09:20,792 - So he says, Hey, Wernher von Braun, 208 00:09:20,794 --> 00:09:23,528 why don't you rain down some V-2 rockets-- 209 00:09:23,530 --> 00:09:25,664 you've been developing these things-- 210 00:09:25,666 --> 00:09:27,632 indiscriminately on England?" 211 00:09:27,634 --> 00:09:30,635 And he's like, Hmm. Okay. 212 00:09:30,637 --> 00:09:31,970 And so he joins the SS. 213 00:09:31,972 --> 00:09:36,374 - What does "SS" stand for, for those that don't know? 214 00:09:36,376 --> 00:09:38,743 - S-serious Nazis. 215 00:09:38,745 --> 00:09:42,047 And so they launched V-2 rockets to England. 216 00:09:42,049 --> 00:09:44,883 After the attacks, von Braun says, 217 00:09:44,885 --> 00:09:46,318 The rocket worked perfectly, 218 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:49,387 except for landing on the wrong planet. 219 00:09:49,389 --> 00:09:51,523 His goal is to get to space, 220 00:09:51,525 --> 00:09:54,025 not necessarily to destroy. 221 00:09:54,027 --> 00:09:56,962 Guess what? The United States creates this program, 222 00:09:56,964 --> 00:09:59,831 called "Operation Paperclip," and they're like, 223 00:09:59,833 --> 00:10:02,434 Let's grab all the German scientists we can, 224 00:10:02,436 --> 00:10:06,004 forgive any war crimes, and get 'em to America 225 00:10:06,006 --> 00:10:08,406 before those Russians do. 226 00:10:08,408 --> 00:10:09,774 And they do just that. 227 00:10:09,776 --> 00:10:13,011 Wernher von Braun has come to El Paso, Texas, 228 00:10:13,013 --> 00:10:14,145 and he's like, Finally. 229 00:10:14,147 --> 00:10:16,581 Let's dig into some space exploration. 230 00:10:16,583 --> 00:10:17,916 All this nonsense is over. 231 00:10:17,918 --> 00:10:20,452 And the military's like, [burps] Yeah. 232 00:10:20,454 --> 00:10:22,187 That's great. Let's do it. 233 00:10:22,189 --> 00:10:24,189 Only if the space program 234 00:10:24,191 --> 00:10:26,524 were less satellites and more missiles. 235 00:10:26,526 --> 00:10:30,161 And he's like, Ay, Dios mio. 236 00:10:30,163 --> 00:10:33,999 Then, no [bleep], Walt Disney visits von Braun, 237 00:10:34,001 --> 00:10:35,700 and he says, I don't know if you know this, 238 00:10:35,702 --> 00:10:38,737 but I'm building a new theme park called Disneyland, 239 00:10:38,739 --> 00:10:42,207 and I want you to help me build something called Tomorrowland. 240 00:10:42,209 --> 00:10:45,310 And von Braun's like, Yeah, but can you help me with 241 00:10:45,312 --> 00:10:48,246 capturing the imagination of the American public, 242 00:10:48,248 --> 00:10:50,782 to get them excited about space travel?" 243 00:10:50,784 --> 00:10:52,584 And Disney's like, Two things: 244 00:10:52,586 --> 00:10:53,852 Yeah, I can help you with that, 245 00:10:53,854 --> 00:10:55,987 and I've got a tiny little mustache. 246 00:10:55,989 --> 00:11:00,659 So they created a TV series, called "Man in Space." 247 00:11:00,661 --> 00:11:01,593 And it's a huge hit. 248 00:11:01,595 --> 00:11:03,762 Von Braun is like, Hello, Americans. 249 00:11:03,764 --> 00:11:05,397 This is how we will get to space. 250 00:11:05,399 --> 00:11:09,401 42 million Americans watched, going, How is this possible? 251 00:11:09,403 --> 00:11:12,037 But it's gotta be possible, 'cause it's on TV. 252 00:11:12,039 --> 00:11:13,805 And so he's a national celebrity, 253 00:11:13,807 --> 00:11:17,575 so much so that he's put on the cover of "Time" magazine. 254 00:11:17,577 --> 00:11:21,446 The same Wernher von Braun who was a member of the Nazi party? 255 00:11:21,448 --> 00:11:22,547 Yeah, that's the guy. 256 00:11:22,549 --> 00:11:28,420 And then, in 1957, the Soviets launch the Sputnik satellite, 257 00:11:28,422 --> 00:11:32,424 and Wernher von Braun is like, I've been trying to tell you. 258 00:11:32,426 --> 00:11:34,192 We gotta get to space! 259 00:11:34,194 --> 00:11:36,561 Kennedy himself makes a speech and says, 260 00:11:36,563 --> 00:11:39,531 [imitating Kennedy] We will put a man on-- 261 00:11:39,533 --> 00:11:40,365 No. 262 00:11:40,367 --> 00:11:44,536 Have I out-drunked Derek Waters? 263 00:11:44,538 --> 00:11:46,838 - "Out-drunked"? 264 00:11:48,407 --> 00:11:50,341 - You made me full face my face. 265 00:11:50,343 --> 00:11:54,179 So Kennedy says, We're going to put a man on the moon 266 00:11:54,181 --> 00:11:55,213 by the decade's end. 267 00:11:55,215 --> 00:11:58,850 And so von Braun creates the "Saturn V" rocket, 268 00:11:58,852 --> 00:12:01,753 and then, on July 16, 1969, 269 00:12:01,755 --> 00:12:05,790 Wernher von Braun's "Saturn V" gets launched. 270 00:12:05,792 --> 00:12:10,028 [imitates rockets firing] 271 00:12:10,030 --> 00:12:10,762 [clears throat] 272 00:12:10,764 --> 00:12:14,165 [imitates rockets firing] 273 00:12:14,167 --> 00:12:18,937 Wernher von Braun sees that foot step on the lunar surface, 274 00:12:18,939 --> 00:12:22,707 and he's not an emotional man, but he becomes emotional 275 00:12:22,709 --> 00:12:25,477 because he was a central force in-- 276 00:12:25,479 --> 00:12:29,347 - [sneezing] - Bless you. 277 00:12:29,349 --> 00:12:32,250 - I was trying to hold it in and it made it more disturbing. 278 00:12:32,252 --> 00:12:34,686 Sorry. - He's a central force, 279 00:12:34,688 --> 00:12:37,355 in getting man to the-- - [sneezes] 280 00:12:37,357 --> 00:12:38,389 - Oh, my God. - Excuse me. 281 00:12:38,391 --> 00:12:40,225 - You're ruining it. - [sneezes] 282 00:12:40,227 --> 00:12:41,993 - Man sets foot-- - [laughs] 283 00:12:41,995 --> 00:12:43,962 Do you know what-- no, stop laughing. 284 00:12:43,964 --> 00:12:46,331 Do you know what a deal it is to get to the moon? 285 00:12:46,333 --> 00:12:47,832 Have you been to the moon? 286 00:12:47,834 --> 00:12:49,934 - [sneezes] - Neither have I. 287 00:12:49,936 --> 00:12:52,303 - Von Braun's going, I've done it. 288 00:12:52,305 --> 00:12:54,272 I've put a man on the moon! 289 00:12:54,274 --> 00:12:58,243 He's paraded through the streets as a hero. 290 00:12:58,245 --> 00:13:00,011 Ah, I feel uncomfortable with that. 291 00:13:00,013 --> 00:13:02,781 He's a genius, but he's not a hero. 292 00:13:02,783 --> 00:13:05,116 Let me think of how to phrase this. 293 00:13:05,118 --> 00:13:08,453 If there's any lasting legacy of Wernher von Braun, 294 00:13:08,455 --> 00:13:11,990 it's that he has these amazing ideas, 295 00:13:11,992 --> 00:13:15,593 but then he straight up [bleep] up and becomes a Nazi. 296 00:13:15,595 --> 00:13:19,297 Like, he's a complicated mother[bleep]. 297 00:13:19,299 --> 00:13:20,431 - You feel safe about this? 298 00:13:20,433 --> 00:13:22,133 - This thing is gonna launch, and it's gonna be 299 00:13:22,135 --> 00:13:24,836 a testament to my abilities while drunk. 300 00:13:24,838 --> 00:13:27,438 - Wait a second, 'cause there's a cop. 301 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:27,972 Hold on. 302 00:13:27,974 --> 00:13:32,143 - Just don't be patient. - Don't be patient? 303 00:13:32,145 --> 00:13:35,380 both: Three, two, one. 304 00:13:35,382 --> 00:13:36,815 - Lift off. 305 00:13:38,384 --> 00:13:41,152 - Wow! - [laughs] 306 00:13:41,154 --> 00:13:41,686 - Whoa! 307 00:13:41,688 --> 00:13:43,788 - This is the best thing that man's ever done. 308 00:13:43,790 --> 00:13:46,658 - How high did that get? - 400 to 500 feet, 309 00:13:46,660 --> 00:13:50,929 punishable by $1,000 fine or one year in jail. 310 00:13:50,931 --> 00:13:52,630 - Smells like burgers. 311 00:13:52,632 --> 00:13:54,699 - Do you want to eat a giant cheeseburger 312 00:13:54,701 --> 00:13:57,335 in the name of space exploration? 313 00:13:57,337 --> 00:13:58,136 - Yeah! 314 00:13:58,138 --> 00:14:00,905 Stay tuned for more "Drunk History." 315 00:14:00,907 --> 00:14:03,842 Space! - [indistinct talking on PA] 316 00:14:06,512 --> 00:14:08,880 - Who should we cheers to? 317 00:14:08,882 --> 00:14:12,150 - All the 'nauts. 318 00:14:12,152 --> 00:14:14,752 - To every 'naut. 319 00:14:14,754 --> 00:14:18,156 - Cosmonauts and astronauts. 320 00:14:18,158 --> 00:14:20,792 All the 'nauts. 321 00:14:20,794 --> 00:14:22,894 - 'Naut. 322 00:14:24,897 --> 00:14:27,765 - Hello, I'm Kyle Kinane. 323 00:14:27,767 --> 00:14:32,470 and we're going to talk about the first space walk. 324 00:14:32,472 --> 00:14:37,208 1965! Space race underway! 325 00:14:37,210 --> 00:14:39,544 America against Russia. 326 00:14:39,546 --> 00:14:43,815 So Russia, they've been sending animals out. 327 00:14:43,817 --> 00:14:44,515 Poo! 328 00:14:44,517 --> 00:14:45,817 But then, the U.S., 329 00:14:45,819 --> 00:14:47,886 they sent a monkey up there. 330 00:14:47,888 --> 00:14:49,687 Pew! 331 00:14:49,689 --> 00:14:51,289 And then, Russia is just like, 332 00:14:51,291 --> 00:14:53,992 Who's the most maniac Russian we have? 333 00:14:53,994 --> 00:14:57,629 Pavel Belyayev and Alexey Leonov. 334 00:14:57,631 --> 00:15:00,798 So Russia says, Pavel, Alexey, 335 00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:03,534 do you want to do some ape-[bleep] stuff? 336 00:15:03,536 --> 00:15:04,068 [burps] 337 00:15:04,070 --> 00:15:07,639 We'd like you to be the first human beings 338 00:15:07,641 --> 00:15:09,173 to do a spacewalk. 339 00:15:09,175 --> 00:15:12,977 EVA: Electorally-- 340 00:15:12,979 --> 00:15:14,512 Extra-Vehicular Activity. 341 00:15:14,514 --> 00:15:19,984 Imagine what it's like to be floating around in the '80s, 342 00:15:19,986 --> 00:15:21,753 except this is the '60s. 343 00:15:21,755 --> 00:15:26,090 And they go, What do you got going on with your life? 344 00:15:26,092 --> 00:15:26,991 Nothing. 345 00:15:26,993 --> 00:15:27,659 Same here. 346 00:15:27,661 --> 00:15:29,594 Uh, yes, yes, I'll do it. 347 00:15:29,596 --> 00:15:32,363 The mission's called the Voskhod 2, 348 00:15:32,365 --> 00:15:34,365 and so Russia's watching on TV. 349 00:15:34,367 --> 00:15:37,402 Finally, Russia's got something awesome. 350 00:15:37,404 --> 00:15:39,404 Good luck with your rock 'n' roll 351 00:15:39,406 --> 00:15:41,639 and your Beach Boys! 352 00:15:41,641 --> 00:15:42,407 We got this. 353 00:15:42,409 --> 00:15:45,109 So the launch-- it pops off, man. 354 00:15:45,111 --> 00:15:47,545 The launch pops off. It's good. 355 00:15:47,547 --> 00:15:51,950 And so, they're like, We did it! We're in orbit. 356 00:15:51,952 --> 00:15:54,585 Leonov pressurizes his suit, 357 00:15:54,587 --> 00:15:57,188 and then leaves the airlock. 358 00:15:57,190 --> 00:16:00,992 I'm floating in space! I'm floating in space! 359 00:16:00,994 --> 00:16:03,594 It's the best thing I ever did in my life. 360 00:16:03,596 --> 00:16:06,698 He's the first human being to do something. 361 00:16:06,700 --> 00:16:08,833 Everybody's watching TV, this guy's out there, 362 00:16:08,835 --> 00:16:12,403 the whole country's, Oh! We did it! We're the best. 363 00:16:12,405 --> 00:16:15,173 The First Secretary, Brezhnev, is like, 364 00:16:15,175 --> 00:16:17,375 Leonov, good job. 365 00:16:17,377 --> 00:16:18,843 [blows out air] 366 00:16:20,879 --> 00:16:22,780 Don't worry, don't worry. 367 00:16:22,782 --> 00:16:25,016 So Leonov's like, Okay, I did it. 368 00:16:25,018 --> 00:16:28,486 Can I get back into this craft? 369 00:16:28,488 --> 00:16:31,322 Oh, I can't even fit inside of it, 370 00:16:31,324 --> 00:16:33,358 because the suit blew up too big. 371 00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:34,993 He's got--filled! It's filled! 372 00:16:34,995 --> 00:16:37,528 The suit's-- [blows raspberry] 373 00:16:37,530 --> 00:16:38,963 Filled up. He's stuck. 374 00:16:38,965 --> 00:16:43,267 He's like, Oh, I [bleep] up this whole thing. 375 00:16:43,269 --> 00:16:44,369 So they cut the feed. 376 00:16:44,371 --> 00:16:48,106 They immediately cut to Mozart's "Requiem," 377 00:16:48,108 --> 00:16:51,109 which is some depressing funeral jam. 378 00:16:51,111 --> 00:16:51,743 - [laughs] 379 00:16:51,745 --> 00:16:55,146 - I'm--I'm assuming right now you'll play it, right now. 380 00:16:55,148 --> 00:16:58,216 [Mozart's "Requiem" plays] 381 00:16:58,218 --> 00:17:00,518 And it's just some sad [bleep]. 382 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:01,919 ♪ ♪ 383 00:17:01,921 --> 00:17:04,122 But then, Leonov secretly real-- 384 00:17:04,124 --> 00:17:07,191 he can real-- he can--he found a nozzle, 385 00:17:07,193 --> 00:17:10,561 so he had to-- [imitates air sputtering out] 386 00:17:10,563 --> 00:17:11,529 to depressurize. 387 00:17:11,531 --> 00:17:14,465 And his temperature-- his temperature spikes. 388 00:17:14,467 --> 00:17:16,601 He's almost got the bends. 389 00:17:16,603 --> 00:17:17,502 He nearly kills himself, 390 00:17:17,504 --> 00:17:22,006 just to get back inside to the spacecraft. 391 00:17:22,008 --> 00:17:24,675 He's in! That should be the most of it. 392 00:17:24,677 --> 00:17:26,444 He's in, and then, 393 00:17:26,446 --> 00:17:28,813 they can't get the hatch closed. 394 00:17:28,815 --> 00:17:32,050 Like noth-- like, sitcom style, 395 00:17:32,052 --> 00:17:35,787 nothing's going to go right for these guys. 396 00:17:35,789 --> 00:17:36,954 Aw, [bleep]. 397 00:17:36,956 --> 00:17:38,122 Why am I looking at this one-- 398 00:17:38,124 --> 00:17:39,757 Should I be looking at anywhere else 399 00:17:39,759 --> 00:17:42,326 other than this one point on the couch? 400 00:17:42,328 --> 00:17:43,194 - [chuckles] 401 00:17:43,196 --> 00:17:45,930 - So--so anyway, they fix the hatch. 402 00:17:45,932 --> 00:17:46,764 Great, fine, great. 403 00:17:46,766 --> 00:17:51,502 But that throws the balance off on the whole goddamn machine, 404 00:17:51,504 --> 00:17:53,838 so they're stuck twirling around. 405 00:17:53,840 --> 00:17:55,540 So Leonov says to Pavel, 406 00:17:55,542 --> 00:17:58,843 Like, we gotta land this right [bleep] now. 407 00:17:58,845 --> 00:18:00,378 They're trying to figure it out. 408 00:18:00,380 --> 00:18:02,780 They're trying to calculate the trajectory 409 00:18:02,782 --> 00:18:05,917 to get back, just land on Russian soil. 410 00:18:05,919 --> 00:18:08,686 If we land, and we land in China, 411 00:18:08,688 --> 00:18:10,054 that'll be [bleep] up, 412 00:18:10,056 --> 00:18:14,358 because of...something that Wikipedia tells us. 413 00:18:14,360 --> 00:18:17,061 They twirl towards the Earth, 414 00:18:17,063 --> 00:18:20,064 and then wait, whoa, whoa... 415 00:18:20,066 --> 00:18:22,767 Kaboof. We landed. 416 00:18:22,769 --> 00:18:26,404 Oh, man, we should get out of this capsule. 417 00:18:26,406 --> 00:18:28,139 Ah, oh, we got-- Oh, we got-- 418 00:18:28,141 --> 00:18:32,076 We can't get out--we can't get out of this capsule!" 419 00:18:32,078 --> 00:18:34,345 We should blow the doors! 420 00:18:34,347 --> 00:18:34,812 How? 421 00:18:34,814 --> 00:18:39,517 With these tiny explosives we're provided with. 422 00:18:39,852 --> 00:18:41,452 [imitates small explosion] 423 00:18:41,454 --> 00:18:43,354 Oh, good, we're out. 424 00:18:43,356 --> 00:18:44,789 Oh, where are we? 425 00:18:44,791 --> 00:18:47,525 Oh, we're in the tundra. 426 00:18:47,527 --> 00:18:49,360 - Oh, don't do that, don't do that. 427 00:18:49,362 --> 00:18:52,530 - I know. I know how TV works. 428 00:18:52,532 --> 00:18:58,903 All right, they land 2,000 kilometers off their mark, 429 00:18:58,905 --> 00:19:01,305 in Siberia, 430 00:19:01,307 --> 00:19:03,708 which is a real place... 431 00:19:03,710 --> 00:19:09,680 In the middle of mating season for wolves and bears. 432 00:19:09,682 --> 00:19:14,218 It's below-zero temperatures, wolves, bears, 433 00:19:14,220 --> 00:19:15,853 all with just boners. 434 00:19:15,855 --> 00:19:20,158 - Jesus. - Lookin' to [bleep]. 435 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:21,058 - [laughs] 436 00:19:21,060 --> 00:19:23,494 - And all they can say to each other is, 437 00:19:23,496 --> 00:19:27,231 Well, I guess... 438 00:19:27,233 --> 00:19:29,600 we should start... 439 00:19:29,602 --> 00:19:31,969 with some sweet kisses. 440 00:19:31,971 --> 00:19:36,674 [both laugh] 441 00:19:36,676 --> 00:19:39,810 - Come on, man. What--what--how much more-- 442 00:19:39,812 --> 00:19:41,779 - Well, what happened to them after-- 443 00:19:41,781 --> 00:19:43,748 - Der--Derek, don't say nothing. 444 00:19:43,750 --> 00:19:45,583 - Yeah, I just want to get what-- 445 00:19:45,585 --> 00:19:49,153 - It's--they're in Siberia. 446 00:19:49,155 --> 00:19:53,291 They're blasting flares out. Ptoo! Ptoo! 447 00:19:53,293 --> 00:19:56,027 They don't even have food, 448 00:19:56,029 --> 00:19:57,295 or Sprites. 449 00:19:57,297 --> 00:20:00,831 And then, after 30 hours, 450 00:20:00,833 --> 00:20:01,899 they fi-- 451 00:20:01,901 --> 00:20:04,268 [bottle thuds] Finally they got rescued. 452 00:20:04,270 --> 00:20:07,471 [triumphant music] 453 00:20:07,473 --> 00:20:11,642 ♪ ♪ 454 00:20:11,644 --> 00:20:13,277 You wouldn't even believe it. 455 00:20:13,279 --> 00:20:14,345 - [chuckles] - Oh! 456 00:20:14,347 --> 00:20:18,950 They're just some lunatics that said "yes" to an experiment. 457 00:20:18,952 --> 00:20:23,287 Cosmonauts, astronauts, any kind of 'naut. 458 00:20:23,289 --> 00:20:27,625 Did, yes. The 'nauts yessed. 459 00:20:27,627 --> 00:20:30,962 The 'nauts said, "Why not?" 460 00:20:30,964 --> 00:20:32,830 - [laughs] - Where da--where da-- 461 00:20:32,832 --> 00:20:35,066 Where da button? Where da button? 462 00:20:35,068 --> 00:20:38,269 [patriotic music] 463 00:20:38,271 --> 00:20:46,611 ♪ ♪ 464 00:20:59,358 --> 00:21:01,626 - You're feeling like E.T. in the river. 465 00:21:01,628 --> 00:21:04,428 - It was the first time in my life I've never been hungry. 466 00:21:04,430 --> 00:21:06,197 - [laughs loudly] 467 00:21:06,199 --> 00:21:07,164 - Oh, God. 468 00:21:07,166 --> 00:21:08,199 It's so crazy, getting drunk 469 00:21:08,201 --> 00:21:11,636 with 39 people, but nothing's made me more sick 470 00:21:11,638 --> 00:21:11,669 than that [bleep].