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Project Mariner -- Status Update #1

Okay! This is the first entry in what will likely be an "every two weeks" sort of thing. Since we're doing this full-time now, that means I have lots of time to keep you all intimately informed on ...

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Organizing interviews in the Pittsburgh area

Hello, Patrons! Just a quick note here -- I've reached out to several CMU (Carnegie Mellon University) and UPitt professors in the fields of planetary science, stellar science, and biological syste...

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Big Patreon Facelift, and a tough reality

Hello, supporters. New and old -- thank you all so much for contributing to my work. I may have expressed an unprecedented employment appeal in my latest project, but the reality is -- every day I ...

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Mariner wishlist — Natl. Archives approval

Okay! I already got my national archives request put together for this project and a technician there has approved it. The reels are a bit shorter so I’m optimistic on the price. However, lots of...

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Thinking about next project — pivoting to Mariner program.

Hey, Patrons. I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately on how the next video is going to be framed. I very much like to think that my work is unique not only for its quality, which I always aspir...

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51A launch sequence, no captions or music (Public demo)

REMINDER this is not intended to serve as raw footage or audio. Significant mixing and 'human meddling' has been applied, this is simply to provide the full 'launch experience' without any document...

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41D launch sequence, no captions or music

REMINDER this is not intended to serve as raw footage or audio. Significant mixing and 'human meddling' has been applied, this is simply to provide the full 'launch experience' without any document...

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41C launch sequence, no captions or music

REMINDER this is not intended to serve as raw footage or audio. Significant mixing and 'human meddling' has been applied, this is simply to provide the full 'launch experience' without any document...

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41B launch sequence, no captions or music

REMINDER this is not intended to serve as raw footage or audio. Significant mixing and 'human meddling' has been applied, this is simply to provide the full 'launch experience' without any document...

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Reminder: Patron playlist link is the best, one-stop place for all exclusive content uploaded to the second channel.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoDYN7Y6qKpJoZaYqk9NkZZxLLs8SxOtx...

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Alert: Uploading public version, "Early Access" coming down.

Patrons, just an FYI that I have implemented the fixes for public release and am going to be uploading/preparing the public version overnight. You may encounter some difficulty in watching the exis...

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First corrections coming in + Exclusive Content Ahead

Hello, Patrons!

Got some early feedback -- thank you so much! I watched it for the very first time with my grandfather today, got the "10,000 foot view" as it were. While editing, you're so i...

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Shuttle '84: Year Of The Jetpack (Early Viewing)

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3/30 -- the final progress update for this project

Well, here we are. I'm within 100 captions of completely finishing it.

I know that, a long time ago -- I announced I was holding myself to a "2 videos per year" timeframe. You have all been ...

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Daily update 3/29

Patrons.

Yesterday, after writing the update, I went back to work and didn’t stop until 2 AM, marking a day that altogether saw 16 hours of work done, and I can report I have finished the f...

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3/28 Progress and general video structure

Hello, Patrons. Making bullet train progress here. Today, officially -- I was supposed to be wrapping up STS-41C, or "Flight 2" as it's covered in the film. Instead, I just wrapped Flight 4...

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3/27 Update: On Target, and runtime

Hey, Patrons. You can expect a much more regular series of updates in the coming days as we get down to the wire. Just writing to let you know I am, so far -- on target to my 4/4 release plan. I ha...

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Firm Release Date: 4/4 for Patrons

It's finally upon us. Everything's coming together like clockwork, and thanks to a VERY long preparatory phase, editing is absolutely rushing by.

Based on very conservative estimates, the vid...

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What do you think about this as a title?

This is an altered image, I pasted it onto Gemini Pt. II so don't take the video length as a hint or anything. I've been kicking around a couple of titles. "1984" is the working title on this proje...

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Final footage shipment (Incl. Upscale)

Lots of STS-41B, STS-41C footage. Lots of brand new stuff, never before seen!

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Patreon Status Board 3/1/2025

We're close!

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Project Status Board 2/1/2025

Patrons, I had an idea. I am really disappointed with the pace of Colorlab and my experience in dealing with an archive company (as opposed to an individual), however it is treating me a very valua...

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Apollo 11: Relook (January)

Sorry this was late! Patreon-exclusive content for the month of January. Apollo 11 footage, remastered with my most up-to-date methods, plus a google drive folder filled with 303 GB of Apollo 11 m...

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*NEW FOOTAGE* - STS-41B

Only one more shipment to come in after this (STS-41C), then the finished video itself! There is some -41C content in the file FR-D803, but otherwise everything here is STS-41B material in STUNNING...

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Appreciation Post + New Footage Coming In

Patrons, my next batch of brand new footage came in, and I am currently uploading it for early viewing access. It is STS-41B onboard film as you've never seen it before. Above, I have attached a pr...

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Apollo 12: A Relook

Upscaled and revisited footage of Apollo 12! Lots of great stuff in here.

There's so much more to see here, as well:

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Apollo 13: A Relook

Patrons! Still in limbo on receiving Shuttle footage, so I have decided to go crazy and upscale/de-grain footage from every single Apollo mission I've covered! Working my way backwards from 14, her...

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Apollo 14: A Relook

Hello, Patrons! This isn't what you were expecting, I know. Since I am still waiting on Shuttle footage to come in, I thought this month I might provide you with something a bit different. Let's go...

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September Progress

Hello Patrons, here is what I can share for the month of September:

I have secured a footage sourcing deal to acquire 4K scans of STS-41B EVA activity (16mm). I don't have a specific timetab...

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Countdown to next release: Sources

Patrons! I have spent the summer reading, reading, reading! Bruce McCandless' book, Robert Crippen's book, a whole myriad of technical documentation and mission reports, transcripts, etc. This is t...

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