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Scott Manley

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Internet Rocket Scientist, Gamer, Astronomer, Dad, Scotsman, Pilot. Makes videos about space and science

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1Mar 7, '25Watch as air traffic clears the debris zones53.1×5.1M13k1.2k1.7k
2Dec 25, '24Yeah this looks like it's in a phugoid oscillation - as the nose drops it gains speed causing it to pitch up, then as it slows it pitches down. This is the kind of thing you see wh36.2×3.5M10k6081.9k
3Oct 17, '25A mysterious expert in submersibles was interviewed by the Coast Guard during the Titan investigation. His name is redacted, but we barely get into the interview before it becomes 35.9×3.5M25k2k3.9k
4Oct 13, '24A great day for engineering:24.2×2.3M18k6.3k951
5Mar 4, '25We've never seen anything like this recording of a landing on another world. @fireflyspace20.9×2M24k3k2.8k
6Jan 13, '25Starlink skeptics kept telling me it wouldn't provide worldwide access because it was priced for the US. I just saw this article that compares Starlink vs competitors in a number o19×1.8M8.9k1.1k556
7Jun 21, '24Oh boy, it just gets worse and worse18.1×1.7M25k2.5k3.3k
8Dec 26, '24China demonstrating a prototype tailless next generation stealth fighter feels very much like a 'Sputnik Moment' because the US could have built something like this a long time ago16.1×1.6M9.5k7041.5k
9Aug 15, '25This clip is never not cool. Showing an Apple MacPortable ejecting a floppy disk in Zero g. But at this moment in time, for me it’s especially appropriate as I’ve just left Apple a15.7×1.5M7.6k632587
10Mar 27, '24After flying F-14's for the aerial stunts in Top Gun, Scott Altman became an Astronaut, here's him landing the shuttle. I think he planted that nose wheel like he was landing on a 15.7×1.5M6.4k475676
11Aug 31, '24Just witnessed an awful plane crash at novato. No survivors.13.5×1.3M11k315624
12Oct 13, '24Flashback to 3 years ago when I predicted this catch mechanism in Kerbal Space Program12.3×1.2M15k442734
13Jul 26, '23Don’t use floating point numbers for monetary transactions11.1×1.1M7.2k222303
14Aug 29, '21I feel like I need to apologise to Astra for this.... but it was too good a joke to ignore.8.8×034k6k606
15Nov 21, '24The warheads are coming straight down, this is a missile that was launched on a lofted trajectory because it's being used at a much shorter range than intended. Whether it's an ICB8.7×840k9.9k1.6k846
16Jan 16, '25Commercial flights are turning around to avoid potential debris.8.1×789k6.5k457406
17Nov 13, '25So... is this some pyrotechnic to nail the legs to the deck?7.9×767k6.8k209451
19Mar 16, '25Does google's Pixel phone have a special feature where it looks like an iPhone in reflections?7.6×736k15k306848
20Mar 14, '25You don't usually see panels like that from the 2nd stage6.7×649k5.3k250286
21Jan 16, '25Given that this is disrupting aircraft downrange, I would be wanting an investigation before I let starship fly again. I'd want to know what kind of debris risk we're dealing with,6.5×630k5.4k253245
22Nov 19, '24ISS was in the right place at the right time, can't wait to see real pictures6.4×624k11k634516
23Feb 6, '25I’m sure that when the ‘hire on merit only’ crowd find out that women are generally better candidates for long term Spaceflight they’ll tell NASA to stop hiring men. Equal performa6.1×588k6.2k473391
24May 28, '25Since SpaceX demonstrated propulsive booster recovery and reuse we wondered who would be next to achieve this. It was SpaceX refrying the world’s biggest booster, a technical feat 6.0×585k5.6k177216
25Aug 26, '23Judging by the movement of the shadows ISRO spent a long time checking out the rover before going ahead and rolling through that crater6.0×583k6.2k29571
26Apr 8, '24Aircraft squawking 1200 over USA right now5.8×557k5.9k334342
27Aug 3, '24Raptor designs are becoming less Star Wars, more Star Trek.5.5×534k9.4k602429
28Sep 19, '24I am in no way an expert on submersibles, but, based on what I know and what I see here, the pressure hull failed at the glue join between the carbon fiber and the titanium ring on5.4×524k5k257787
29Oct 13, '24HOLY SHITBALLS THEY CAUGHT IT!5.4×521k27k1.9k372
30Jan 16, '25Does that look like fire in places where it shouldn't be?5.4×521k7.1k470457
31Jun 8, '24Booster was clearly close enough to the target that they had people with cameras ready.5.4×520k7.6k228233
32Aug 27, '25So how are the ‘orange rocket bad’ folks right now?5.4×520k9.4k233249
33Aug 23, '23Congratulation ISRO! (“Iterally just woke up, and grabbed my phone to check on status)5.3×515k19k1.3k42
34Jun 26, '24SpaceX is going to destroy the International Space Station5.2×508k5k337225
35Feb 8, '25NVIDIA are pushing a graphics future where the GPU renders at low resolution and uses AI to interpolate more detail. This is basically what we did as kids in the 80’s, the graphics5.2×501k12k540627
36Dec 14, '24View post on X4.7×459k11k862353
37Jun 22, '23I watched the coast guard press conference and I heard a lot of journalists asking about recovering bodies. I don't think most people understand what happens to flesh and bone when4.7×456k5.5k17564
38Jun 6, '24I know who was flying Starship today4.4×431k10k623334
39Mar 14, '24Not sure the attitude control is working......4.3×418k6.7k295175
41Jan 5, '25With New Glenn & Starship expected to launch within days of each other I'm seeing a lot of people saying that New Glenn is too late and already redundant. However, New Glenn's much4.0×385k5.7k329319
42Aug 10, '23The infuriating thing about creator monetization is you can tweet something so utterly wrong and If I reply to it to point out how wrong it is the original poster gets rewarded.3.8×371k6k27146
43Jan 16, '25Meanwhile - India have demonstrated docking with their SPADEX mission.3.7×356k6.3k304184
44Apr 20, '23So as I said, maybe Superheavy needs a flame diverter.3.6×344k4.9k19944
45Apr 9, '23So…. After a wild day, traveling a hundred miles across the country to an unfamiliar airfield I no longer have my pilot certificate. Because I have a new one, that doesn’t say stud3.3×324k8.8k13716
46Jun 6, '24That looks like a successful soft landing. DAMN WHAT A LEGEND!3.3×323k9.6k760227
47Nov 22, '24Look at the booster engine relight sequence:3.2×311k9.2k785806
48Jan 16, '25They have speeds in miles per hour and I'm not used to this for orbital launches.3.2×309k5.3k7983
49May 5, '21Less than a week ago NASA had to stop working with SpaceX on HLS development because of protests from The National Team and Dynetics. This is how SpaceX reacts.3.1×013k1.7k110
50Dec 2, '21In yesterday's video I lamented the fact that the only X-38 footage on the internet was in 1999 era 240p quality. Well, someone who worked on the project hooked me up with somethin2.9×012k1.6k427
51Jun 6, '24Well um - I wonder if that'll still work.2.9×281k5k10897
52Jun 6, '24Clearly, SpaceX needs to mount a mission to recover that flap so it can be given a medal2.8×271k9.7k52392
53Dec 14, '24Something about the state of education in this country.....2.8×269k5.5k278198
54Mar 3, '21Aaaaaaand success!!!!2.8×010k1.8k87
55Sep 23, '24I’m on a date with my wife right now and need to apologize for staring at my phone instead of being a loving husband.2.6×249k7.5k198216
56Jan 6, '23For the next week @KerbalSpaceP is a available for free in the Epic game store. It’s only a game, but it’s a game that has helped start a lot of people on a career in aerospace.2.5×239k4.8k482140
57Nov 18, '23HOLY SHITBALLS IT'S MOVING!2.4×229k5.3k29057
58Nov 19, '24Bad news.... I don't think the Banana made it.2.3×227k6.8k16194
59Oct 13, '24As I expected: the booster came down vertically away from the tower and only once it was on 3 engines in a good configuration did it translate towards the tower for the catch:2.2×218k6.6k354224
60Jan 16, '25Excitement delivered! Note that the engine which didn't relight for the boostback worked fine for the landing.2.2×217k5k310169
61Jan 12, '25It takes too long to keep typing 'Blue Origin New Glenn'. I should just use the acronym BONG instead, we're hoping to see the BONG lit tonight if the weather cooperates. In my time2.2×214k6.5k382131
62Mar 14, '24So that'll be the largest thing ever sent to orbit in one launch.2.1×204k6.4k38275
63Dec 9, '20Suicide burn was a little late, RIP SN82.0×07.1k1.2k126
64Oct 13, '24And that looks like a succesful landing burn! And RIGHT ON TARGET because they had a camera there waiting:2.0×198k6.8k390178
65Oct 27, '22I just completed an important space history video restoration project, there's an often shared video showing a Mac Portable ejecting a floppy disk in zero G, but it's painfully low2.0×07.1k1.4k348
66Jun 6, '24So to sum up my commentary on the Starship/Superheavy test launches: IFT1 - 'Holy Shitballs! It's Moving!' IFT2 - 'Holy Shitballs! It's staging!' IFT3 - 'Holy Shitballs! It's burni1.9×184k9k611200
67Jan 17, '25Given how photogenic the starship debris trail was, I think we should get @NASA to insist that the ISS deorbit happen in twilight, if we're spending a billion dollars to do this we1.9×182k8.2k405120
68Aug 28, '21And the 6th Astra launch vehicle goes the wrong way:1.9×06.5k920136
69Mar 14, '24Really awesome to see this, even if it's probably dying1.7×168k5.8k22774
70Sep 26, '22We have arrived1.7×07.7k69270
71Mar 14, '24There's a type of plasma blackout where the free electrons in the plasma block radio waves. I think starship is experiencing the second type of plasma blackout where bits of its an1.7×164k5.3k223108
72Jul 26, '21As of right now The National Team, led by Blue Origin has received more HLS development funds than the current winner, SpaceX. $579 million for National Team $135 million for Space1.6×08.1k35139
73Mar 6, '25Just remember, every questionable landing on the moon just makes Neil Armstrong look like even more of a hero.1.6×156k5.4k20188
74Aug 22, '20I think @elonmusk enjoys watching rocket nerds making guesses about construction at Boca Chica.1.6×08.4k15418
75Jun 6, '24I was so sure that the damage to the forward flap would have lead to a nosedive, but the control software managed to adapt, and the flap operated despite missing a huge chunk of it1.6×151k5.7k17147
76Jan 25, '25In 650 years we’ll know whether this tweet needed a community note.1.5×147k7.4k251169
77Aug 16, '18Important notice to developers of software that's going on Mars spacecraft. If you're developing a Daemon, try and name it something like 'Mars Automated Telemetry Transmitter' so 1.5×05.4k1.4k10
78Sep 16, '21There's now a record number of humans in orbit - 14 in total - 7 on ISS, 3 on Tiangong and 4 on Inspiration41.4×06.3k73534
79Dec 15, '21Parker Solar Probe's view of its sundive in August, peeking over the edge of the sunshield to see streamers of plasma.1.4×05.7k827152
80Mar 28, '21So, I took a look at the 'encrypted' telemetry data from Starship's static fire and I figured something out.1.3×05.2k53686
81Feb 9, '22SpaceX has lost as much as 80% of the Starlink satellites launched on Thursday due to a solar storm, combined with the intentionally low deployment orbits used for debris managemen1.3×04.9k689144
82Oct 29, '24As many of you know I've been posting aviation videos, and these regularly get comments warning me about being careful because the FAA might be watching and might see something sho1.3×125k4.8k9879
83May 15, '21I fixed the camera angle.1.2×05.4k45055
84May 14, '21I give more respect to a failure of a space mission in public than to a success in secrecy.1.2×05.7k28123
85Dec 25, '21To get into the spirit of what JWST has to do next, try unwrapping all your presents without tearing any paper.1.2×05.6k36519
87Feb 19, '21Niiiiiice1.1×05.2k30513
89May 13, '21SpaceX has an FCC application for a Starship orbital flight which gives a lot of important info - Booster lands offshore in gulf, Starship threads its way between islands and then 1.1×05k34430
90Dec 12, '21* 2 Stage Launch System * Fully Reusable * Methalox Boosters With Dozens of Engines * 420t To Orbit No it's not Elon's plans for Starship 2.0 it's Boeing's Space Freighter - find o1.1×05k20684
91Aug 25, '22Damn.....1.0×04.5k35152
92Dec 10, '20More successful than your choice of thumbnail.1.0×05k13812
93May 4, '21This is the kind of accuracy you need to do every time if you want to eliminate the landing legs.1.0×04.9k18323
94Jul 29, '21Remember, rockets are a transportation system based on a series of tubes.1.0×04.9k13815
95Oct 16, '21"I have a great idea for SpaceX, can you help pass it on To Elon Musk" 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩1.0×04.9k10419

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