Meet the Lunar Worm

The thumbnail looks like a cross between a fifties space horror flick and Dune.

Someone got high reading DUNE in 1965 and said. "Hear me out, WORMS man!" “Bless the Maker and His water. Bless the coming and going of Him. May His passage cleanse the world. May He keep the world for His people.”

Some NASA engineer thought to himself, "We're gonna get TO the Moon in a giant phallic object, but how can we move around on the Moon itself in something incredibly phallic?"

Deep seas of dust were the premise of Arthur C Clarke's 1961 novel, "A Fall of Moondust". Even though we now know different, it is still a worthy read.

I was just a kid when the astronauts first landed on the moon. Shortly after their return my dad told me that they had found insects there. Wide eyed I looked and him and said “really” and he said “yeah, Luna-tics”. The dad jokes had begun.

At 08:30, all I could see was "Dougal" from "The Magic Roundabout" :P

Jack Vance, the sci-fi author, used a centipede styled vehicle in his adventure novel The Killing Machine. It is the second book in a series of five. Vance had served in the Navy during WW2, and is best known for THE DYING EARTH,a group of stories and novellas set in a future so distant that science and magic are basically the same thing. His work is vastly entertaining, so if you ever want to read some classic sci-fi,and have the time, Vance is a good place to go. I was born in 63 and vaguely remember hearing about this when they were showing off the lunar Rover. Great video... you have cool niche thing happening here and I expect you to do just fine on YouTube.

I grew up during the Mercury-Gemini-Apollo programs, and avidly tracked their progress, but never heard of this. Fascinating! I love the originality of the thinking.

Amy, you've once again made me feel ancient, LOL. I couldn't recall exactly when the first soft landings occurred, so I looked it up. 1966, dayum, I was in the 6th grade, I thought it was earlier than that. Yeah, I'm a living fossil, the entirety of the space age within my living memory. In elementary school, we had the Weekly Reader. It always highlighted the most recent accomplishments; although the Soviet efforts were lowballed due to the cold war. Always enjoy your videos! Cheers!

Hi Amy it’s nice to see you back again, I hope that you and Pete are good and staying healthy during these difficult times. Another great video, thank you.

It turned out that planners, on one hand, worried too much, but on the other, dust did prove to be unexpectedly troublesome, even though there is just a thin layer of it. There are no "sure bets" in space... BTW, this is the first time I ever heard about these concepts. Thanks!

Amy I'm glad to see one of your videos pop up in my recommendeds again after MONTHS of nothing. Always a pleasure listening to you talk about space, and you're so polite and friendly.

The Head of Moon Emperor Al Gore: " I HAVE RIDDEN THE MIGHT MOON WORM!! " Fry: "Good for him!"

This would have by far been the cutest vehicle ever. love it!

Michael Jackson was all about space apparently, moon walk, the worm, the robot... I'm surprised he didn't have a dance called Lunar Orbital Rendezvous. Great video as always Amy, thanks for sharing!

The early landers established that there was a good chance the manned LEM would not simply sink out of sight but even so the surface variation was still a known unknown. I remember the initial concern and indeed worry. Fascinating seeing some of the approaches considered.

Fascinating stuff! Thanks Amy.

Simple comment to say I appreciate you, these videos and the research you put in. Happy New Year

Thanks so much for this video Amy. In all my 69 years I've never heard of the Moon Worm. Which goes to show you're never to old to learn! Well done and keep safe.

Excellent Amy . Using the data you dug up about this , and then thinking back to that time ....e.g. Every guy had a buzz cut , wore a tie , glasses and was a conformist . Can you imagine the fear of push back these guys went through brainstorming these ideas ?? Of course following natures lead is always a safe avenue ; but any further out than that and you're liable to be eating your lunch alone . Very conservative times back then , and your channel takes me right back to it