I think it's pretty cool that they had cameras capable of recording at 500 frames per second back then. Then again they had enough technology and smart people to actually put men on the moon, so a 500 fps camera would have been a walk in the park.<p>In before any 'the moon-landings were faked' statements, although I would be surprised by any HN reader saying that unless tongue-in-cheek.
On a related note, it was refreshing to have a voice-over by a person who's actually competent. Sometimes it feels like the internet aggregate of videos is 70% silent/irrelevant music, and 29% average joe commentary.
I wish space travel was a bigger priority, specifically for governments since they seem most capable so far. We've made so many incredible advancements in the last 20 or 30 years, it'd be awesome to see how spaceships would have evolved had we put the same amount of effort into developing them.
I always find it incredibly humbling to watch forces like that at play, even more so when we humans have managed to harness them for our own benefit.<p>I still get a shiver down my spine every time I hear, and feel, an F22 do a hot pass (hell even a P51 Mustang!), but something like this would be orders of magnitude more intense.<p>I would definitely love to see a launch in person at some point...
The original source of the video appears to be <a href="http://www.spacecraftfilms.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.spacecraftfilms.com/</a> and they look to have more NASA related videos at <a href="http://vimeo.com/user1634425/videos" rel="nofollow">http://vimeo.com/user1634425/videos</a>
I would do close to anything to get a first hand view of a rocket launch. The shear force that is necessary to lift 100tons+ off the ground is a spectacle in itself.