Scandal: Apollo 15

Several viewers have made comments over the pronunciation of Gemini. Yes, NASA has always used an idiosyncratic pronunciation said to be pronounced the same as "Jiminy cricket." In 2018 a NASA official told the New York Times that the “knee” pronunciation "is part of the agency’s culture, and serves almost as an insider’s shibboleth — a word whose proper delivery identifies you as someone in the know."

I’m sure glad politicians never profit from their positions in government.

Does anyone else see the irony of a Congressional or Senate committee investigating the issue of someone benefitting financially from a public position?

This "scandal" seems pretty insignificant considering the conduct of our government and its waste of taxpayer dollars today.

I had the honor of meeting the Apollo 15 astronauts during an event in Salt Lake City in the fall of 71 when I was 11 years old. When their schedule for the day was announced my mom actually wrote to Gov. Rampton lamenting the lack of opportunity for just regular folks to see the astronauts that day. In response he arranged for me to spend the entire day with one of his aides travelling with the astronauts around the city to some of the events where the astronauts would be. I got to shake hands with all three of them and have a large print of their mission patch signed by each one of them. One of the most memorable days of my life thanks to my wonderful parents; my dad for getting me interested in flying and space and my mom for making the impossible possible. Thank you mom and dad, RIP

And now there is zero accountability OR embarrassment within the U.S. Government

We live in a country where money is king yet we begrudge our heroes for needing it. We pay millions to men to play with a ball yet risk your life for peanuts. Upside down world.

the transcript of the corned beef sandwich incident is one of my favourite bits of space foolery

As a 15 yr old, I figured out that if I sent a self addressed envelope to the aircraft carrier that picked up Apollo11 capsule I could get a cancelled stamp back with the date the astronauts were on the carrier….. still have it.

I was 16 when Neil stepped off that ladder. I had, as a Young Brit, fully expected them to say how great the USA was in those first words. Even at that age, Neils' words brought me to tears as it was such a poignant statement. Now at 70, they are still my greatest Heroes. Niel, Buz and Michael took the greatest of risks to do what they did and for me personally, these guys deserve to make something out of such a dangerous mission. It all seems so petty to me. I get the point but even so. These guys were the right stuff and always will be in my eyes. I might also add that I love your channel and your accurate factual narrative on many subjects.

Considering that James Irwin became so dehydrated during the mission that he picked up a heart murmur that plagued him for the rest of his life, this scandal seems so petty. Every Apollo astronaut was in peril from ignition to splashdown.

I landed a summer internship at Grumman Aerospace in my sophomore year (1967] at New York Institute of Technology. I managed to get a full time job and finished my bachelor degree going to night classes. I wrote a Fortran software battery simulator program for the LEM (Lunar Excursion Module). Best job I ever had.

These infractions kind of pale in comparison to todays infractions by politicians... and there are no repercussions nowadays.

NASA:"we're going to place you into some serious lufe or death situations that you certainly may die from" Also NASA when you take some stamps to the moon:"HOW DARE YOU???".

I'm willing to bet that if we held that same yardstick against the politicians of today, not one would be left standing. Not one!!

The "myth of the perfect astronaut" was shattered for me by reading the book "The Right Stuff". After all, at the end of the day, they were just men doing a very dangerous job.

Being 62 i remember this. I also remember the majority of the public thinking it was not that big a deal. Good video, by the way. You put a lot of research into this.

My initial thought was that they knew better as former military officers, but as I thought about it more, it's not like people in the Presidency and Congress don't profit from their former positions in office by giving speeches for substantial profit. These people put their lives in harms way far more than politicians do.

That’s by far the most innocuous “scandal” I’ve ever heard of. People’s careers were destroyed over some envelopes?

For the early Apollo missions, the astronauts were unable to get life insurance policies due to the danger in their line of work. So crews would sign a number of postal covers and leave them behind on Earth, with the idea being that their family could sell the signed covers in the event the astronauts died. These “insurance covers” are highly collectible today and routinely trade for thousands of dollars apiece.