00:00NASA developed in parallel, today we would call it concurrent engineering.
00:05While hardware was being built, tests were running.
00:08While tests were underway, systems were being changed.
00:12While missions were underway, the next upgrade was being integrated.
00:16Gemini spacecraft sometimes differed greatly from each other.
00:20Every mission was also a test flight.
00:23The risk was knowingly accepted.
00:25Mercury flew on modified military rockets.
00:28Apollo later got the Saturn V.
00:31Gemini needed something in between.
00:34The choice fell on the Titan II.
00:37Originally an intercontinental nuclear missile.
00:40And that was by no means ideal.
00:43Intercontinental ballistic missiles or ICBMs are not built for humans.
00:48They vibrate heavily, accelerate aggressively and have little margin for error.
00:53Astronauts sometimes call the flight riding a vibrating bomb.
00:57So, riding a vibrating bomb.
01:01Keep your dirty thoughts to yourselves now.
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