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The Astronaut Who Crashed In The Bathroom

When a 40-year old Ohio man named John fell in the bathroom and hit his head on the tub, no one expected it to change how the entire world approached space exploration. But John Glenn wasn’t just a business traveler in a hotel room, and the medical mystery that followed changed NASA and the space…

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Was John Glenn’s vertigo the result of his orbit of the Earth during his Mercury Atlas 6 mission? Was it all just an accident, or did it come from his intense World War II and Korean War pilot service? And could the balance, dizziness, and nausea be prevented for future astronauts?

The resulting research into what went wrong with John Glenn, Alan Shepard, and other astronauts and cosmonauts who experienced debilitating illnesses after spaceflight pioneered the spaceflight to the Moon and beyond — and it all started when a man slipped on a rug.

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49 Comments

49 Comments

  1. @Doomroar

    April 12, 2024 at 12:41 pm

    Kevin sounds kind of different on this video

    • @patrickp.9120

      April 12, 2024 at 1:21 pm

      Agree, sounds AI generated. If that’s the case, It should seriously be disclaimed that this video makes use of AI voice.

    • @Conrad500

      April 12, 2024 at 1:37 pm

      if AI stands for Aging Intellect, this is 100% an AI generated voice

    • @popularscience

      April 12, 2024 at 1:50 pm

      Hey Doomroar — this is Matt, I’ve worked with Kevin on Vsauce2 for 10 years and co-host The Create Unknown podcast with him, and now we also work together on Popular Science. I’ve had this short story video series idea for a while, and it’s great to have it fit with PopSci.

      tl;dr: does not sound like Kevin because it’s Matt

    • @popularscience

      April 12, 2024 at 1:51 pm

      Hey patrickp — nope, not AI generated! This is Matt, I’ve worked with Kevin on Vsauce2 for 10 years and co-host The Create Unknown podcast with him, and now we also work together on Popular Science. I’ve had this short story video series idea for a while, and it’s great to have it fit with PopSci.

      tl;dr: does not sound like Kevin because it’s Matt

    • @popularscience

      April 12, 2024 at 1:51 pm

      this comment has NO RIGHT to be this funny

  2. @dimaskurnia7835

    April 12, 2024 at 12:48 pm

    Vsauce2 brought me here. Amazing video tho!

    • @popularscience

      April 12, 2024 at 1:46 pm

      Hey dimaskurnia, happy to have you over here as well! New videos every week here, and continuing the regular schedule on Vsauce2.

    • @kuldeepsingh4u

      April 12, 2024 at 7:48 pm

      Likewise

    • @forbiddenera

      April 23, 2024 at 9:44 am

      ​@@popularscienceso glad you saved it

  3. @BigTimeRushFan2112

    April 12, 2024 at 1:09 pm

    Proud to call Ohio my home, go Buckeyes!

    • @popularscience

      April 12, 2024 at 1:45 pm

      “Drive, drive on down that field…”

    • @BigTimeRushFan2112

      April 12, 2024 at 1:53 pm

      @@popularscience ‘fight, fight, fight for victory!’

  4. @blakehagins3069

    April 12, 2024 at 1:10 pm

    Kevin’s voice as AI?! If so not sure how to feel about this

    • @Z-Ren

      April 12, 2024 at 1:21 pm

      Its not good, Regular voice much better. I dont care if it takes longer to record the video Its much better with a real voice.

    • @Conrad500

      April 12, 2024 at 1:37 pm

      This is the voice of Matthew Tabor. He is in fact an AI

    • @popularscience

      April 12, 2024 at 1:53 pm

      Hey Blake — nope, Kevin’s working on the next two documentary and tech videos. I’m Matt, I’ve worked with Kevin on Vsauce2 for 10 years and co-host The Create Unknown podcast with him, and now we also work together on Popular Science. I’ve had this short story video series idea for a while, and it’s great to have it fit with PopSci.

      tl;dr: does not sound like Kevin because it’s Matt

    • @popularscience

      April 12, 2024 at 1:56 pm

      Hey Z-Ren, it’s a real voice, just not Kevin’s. 🙂 I (Matt) co-host The Create Unknown podcast with him and have worked on Vsauce2 for 10 years.

  5. @Miracle12348

    April 12, 2024 at 1:34 pm

    AI voice?

    • @popularscience

      April 12, 2024 at 1:52 pm

      Hey Miracle — nope, not AI! I’m Matt, I’ve worked with Kevin on Vsauce2 for 10 years and co-host The Create Unknown podcast with him, and now we also work together on Popular Science. I’ve had this short story video series idea for a while, and it’s great to have it fit with PopSci.

      tl;dr: does not sound like Kevin because it’s Matt and not AI

    • @Conrad500

      April 12, 2024 at 1:59 pm

      @@popularscience Don’t believe him Miracle, he was programmed to say that

  6. @memth02

    April 12, 2024 at 1:38 pm

    I cannot believe that they made Kevin’s voice AI in this video, it almost sounds like it was voiced by a completely different person that sounds nothing like Kevin.

    • @popularscience

      April 12, 2024 at 1:41 pm

      Ok, that’s a nice theory, but do you have 200+ podcast episodes of proof to back up your claim? Probably not!

    • @memth02

      April 12, 2024 at 2:00 pm

      Shoot, ya got me there.

    • @aL3891_

      April 12, 2024 at 2:00 pm

      That sounds like something an ai would say….

  7. @Conrad500

    April 12, 2024 at 1:44 pm

    BUT WHO’S THEY AND HOW DO I GET THEM TO TELL ME!?

    • @popularscience

      April 12, 2024 at 1:44 pm

      they’ll let you know when the time is right

  8. @aL3891_

    April 12, 2024 at 1:56 pm

    A wild Matt appears

    • @popularscience

      April 12, 2024 at 1:59 pm

      I spend half my life dodging Poke Balls

  9. @SciMinute

    April 12, 2024 at 2:26 pm

    Great video! 👍

  10. @1cjckc9oook96

    April 12, 2024 at 3:08 pm

    I hope i never hit my head reel hard🤞

  11. @pootca

    April 12, 2024 at 3:08 pm

    I hope i never hit my head reel hard🤞

  12. @spliffmachine1990

    April 12, 2024 at 5:35 pm

    the voice threw me off for a moment 😀 great video though

  13. @mrdrprof8402

    April 12, 2024 at 9:05 pm

    So I had the same thought a lot of people have but I’m willing to give the benefit of the doubt. Went and looked up some podcast episodes and Matt definitely sounds different here. I’m willing to chalk it up to presenter voice rather than AI (podcast vs video essay after all) but it gives me the same sense of uncanny disquiet most AI voice does. Can’t really put my finger on what’s off but definitely soemthing.

    It’s a shame cause the topic is really interesting and I liked listening to Matt on the podcast. However the video needs more dynamic narration. If this is indeed not AI then maybe a other take or two would go a long way, I’ll give the next video a shot!

  14. @mrdrprof8402

    April 12, 2024 at 9:05 pm

    So I had the same thought a lot of people have but I’m willing to give the benefit of the doubt. Went and looked up some podcast episodes and Matt definitely sounds different here. I’m willing to chalk it up to presenter voice rather than AI (podcast vs video essay after all) but it gives me the same sense of uncanny disquiet most AI voice does. Can’t really put my finger on what’s off but definitely soemthing.

    It’s a shame cause the topic is really interesting and I liked listening to Matt on the podcast. However the video needs more dynamic narration. If this is indeed not AI then maybe a other take or two would go a long way, I’ll give the next video a shot!

    Edit: having listened to the whole video I gotta say the narration is noticeably better in the back half, I believe it’s real. Probably just growing pains in a new style. Overall I liked the video!

  15. @gamingforfun8662

    April 13, 2024 at 5:30 am

    Hope this channel doesnt die again

  16. @Jolfgard

    April 13, 2024 at 8:24 am

    4:55
    Wouldn’t there be a long tradition of this condition in spaceflight people (I dunno who I can legally call astronaut right now) since then if that was due to entering outer space?

  17. @Nutzername007

    April 13, 2024 at 1:01 pm

    At least nobody watch this absolutely boring channel what I really support when I hear AI generated voices.

    • @LT.dans_new_legs

      April 13, 2024 at 2:27 pm

      It’s not AI it’s another human being you bandwagoning rube

  18. @dunn808hi

    April 13, 2024 at 1:20 pm

    John Glenn was a United States Marine Corp Pilot. Not Army Air Corps.

  19. @babblo

    April 13, 2024 at 1:34 pm

    Kevin or death

  20. @LT.dans_new_legs

    April 13, 2024 at 2:24 pm

    Wait… This is Matt?

    ong Matt and Kevin sound like you could be twins… Wild.

  21. @Feralzen

    April 16, 2024 at 9:10 am

    Can’t believe Ive never heard of this man before. He was in another category than most! What a life!

  22. @memeslich

    April 19, 2024 at 2:36 am

    One day I hope someone makes a video about the time I fell and knocked myself out in the shower as good as this one.

  23. @aaronlosey7201

    April 20, 2024 at 3:01 pm

    I miss kevin already

  24. @larrysouthern5098

    April 21, 2024 at 6:11 pm

    John Glen. a really tough Marine..

  25. @shaider1982

    May 17, 2024 at 8:40 pm

    1:04 i said “ahhh!”when I saw this. Looks painful

  26. @dukecraig2402

    June 12, 2024 at 8:13 am

    Something you missed is that his Korean War wingman, Ted Williams, was behind the scenes at the Cape for both of Glenn’s launches to see him off, the Mercury mission in 62 and his return to space on the Shuttle when he was 77.

  27. @dhpbear2

    June 15, 2024 at 4:01 pm

    🙂

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