did you know when NASA engineer actually designed the eagle lander

@@emfields5082 Those are 2 different things, this is a multi-purpose imaginary spacecraft, that one Nasa designed is the actual Moon lander that brought Armstrong on the moon, in real life

I agree beautifull video: It made the fictionary spacecraft into an actually realistic ship, with airlock, stairs that don't just appear/disappear, retractable gear, etc.

I concur with you.

I agree with you. I think Space X has taken inspiration from the series in particular.

Amen to that. I just wish more people were looking to horizontal VTOL designs like this...far more practical and plausible. Instead, we have billions being thrown at the same ridiculous tail standers (like the SpacedX stainless dildo) that don't stand a chance of being practical or viable. Gerry Anderson treated us to tech that could be. It's a shame no one is taking it more seriously.

Said this many times myself.. Especially the Eagle.. Looks very believable and not far fetched..

yes , exactly how I feeled about the eagles design, some thing transported into space in pieces, then assembled, they are my No 1 sci fi space ship design.

Or so we thought back when we watched it. But yeah, you're right. Eagles are manageable. Enterprise type Star Trek ships are monstrosities.

The windows for the pilots are a bit small, especially for something that would be used in many roles and where it would crucial to see out, but perhaps the electronics made up for it. Great design otherwise.

It was in no way perfect, but it was belieavable and a concious effort to make something utalitarian that could actually work. I am still convinced we will se something like it on the moon one day.

On a par with the Star Wars Start Destroyer for classic icon status 😎

It looks and feels like something that would actually work on the Moon and fits with the NASA aesthetic so perfectly.

Brilliantly done. Loved that show.

We're there as far as being capable of building a "real" Eagle. It's only a matter of funding for getting one to the moon.

In the TV Show, they sometimes landed on planets with an atmosphere, it would need heat shielding to do that.

The tribute card at the start was a nice touch.

Oh God, no....

Lol - thank you.

Don't think heat shielding is necessary. With nuclear fuel cells powering the motors it would have a slower, controlled re-entry.

Ya what he said..

@@seanhughes1808 Thinking the same thing, but he left out the missing left phalange.

I have rewatched some episodes and the series itself did not age well, but I would love a modernized script (which means no moon reaching escape velocity and finding a new star system every week, and less date characters).

​@@57thorns Regarding the "wandering moon": I've read (and agree with) commentary that there was difficulty in the 1960s developing science fiction shows centered around a STATIONARY locale (like Moonbase Alpha or the UFO studios) as opposed to a MOBILE locale (Lost in Space, Star Trek, Captain Scarlet, Wild Wild West, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea). Even Thunderbirds' Tracy Island was rarely the scene of any plot-related action aside from the launch sequences. I guess the Anderson & Co tonic to this difficulty was to have a stationary "moon-base"... but turn the moon into a giant spaceship~ IMO, it doesn't do much for plausibility.

I found one - in GREAT condition - on eBay back in 2001 - I bought it for myself as a 40th birthday present!

Glad you enjoyed it!

I also builded an eagle using lego just after the first episode I saw in 1975.

Wow, thank you!

@@romeo3928 It is very, very good. I think Fred Ordway, Harry Lange and Anthony Masters would appreciate your work.

Lucky you what a privilege you had

Thank you Robert Mac!

Not really..... 😅

It was beautifully produced.

I've always loved this ship!

I always used to joke with my brother if you ever want to survive an Eagle flight make sure Alan Carter is flying !!

@Tungsten Kid I saw that TNG episode and watched all the Space:1999 episodes back in 1975 1976 and didn't make the connection. I failed! lol Thanks for pointing this out, now I have to go watch that segment of TNG again and watch Alan Carter again.

@@watershed44 Yeah I'd seen that epiode ('Final Mission') several times over the years without recognising it was Tate, and i only realised it was him earlier this year (2020) when i saw it again and thought "Hey that looks like Nick Tate"..:) He pops up briefly in this clip- kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q652eMyeq7e1hWQ.html

@@tungstenkid2271 Thanks so much for the direct link to the segment in the episode!

Yup, recognized him right away. Alan was a hero figure for me when I was 11. In 2014 at NY ComicCon I dressed up as .... you guessed it , a pilot (yellow sleeve and all). :)

Thank you. My mom saw the Dinky Eagle while in England on a business trip with my dad back in the 70's and knew I "needed" it! I too wondered why it was green.

Thanks!

Me too! Although my parents didn't really understand it, they could see it was an amazing production.

Thank you!

Thank you. Though I have a complete model for rendering, it's a hodge podge of Autocad, 3DS Max and mapping. If I get to cleaning up all of my Autocad files that it took to put this together I will let you know!

@@romeo3928 count me in on that :-) you have done an amazing job

Me to please this is awesome! Cheers Mate!

Thanks, it was amazing for the mid seventies!

Thank you.

Thanks very much!

Wow, thank you!

Thanks!

Thanks very much for your kind words.

Thank you for your kind words.

Envious of your 44" model! I remember back in the 70's, the episode "Another Time Another Place" and there's John, Helena and Alan walking out of a full size Eagle, I was so excited! And of course later figured out it was photo cutouts - but it was amazing for the time!

Elevating the cockpit seats was the only way the astronauts would be able to see out of the viewports, and as I was modeling it, the seats could not be sunken. It would have made filming a little easier as it would have better aligned the heads of the seated astronauts with the occasional character who would walk in through the door.

Glad you liked it!